Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 106

The snow and ice outside have been frozen nearly one meter thick, and it is becoming more and more difficult to go up the mountain to cut firewood. The amount of firewood collected every day is getting less and less these days. If this trend continues, even if they repair other houses, There isn't enough firewood to keep warm, and growing indoor corn will be out of the question.

Now they have only two ways to go, either go deep into the mountains to collect firewood, or go to the village to dig firewood. The temperature continues to drop every day, and the freezing is getting worse. It is not safe to go into the mountains at this time. Most of the firewood in the village is buried under the ruins. Although the ruins are difficult to dig, once a ruin is dug up, a lot of firewood can be harvested, or coal can be dug. The mountain is much better, but the excavation of the ruins cannot be completed in a day or two. If the progress is slow or something else happens, the supply of firewood may be insufficient.

Everyone was uncertain, so they sat around and had a brief discussion, and finally decided to divide the people into two teams, one team went to the village, and the other team went up the mountain. If the trunks and branches around the forest were all cut down, then the tree would be cut down. Cutting down a tree can get a lot of firewood, enough for two or three days.

It’s just that cutting down trees is not an easy job without tools, so people began to look for axes and saws in the village in groups, and when they found the tools at hand, they set off. On the first day, they put two trees, All the firewood was dragged back and split into equal lengths, and all of them were stacked in the corner of the room. In a few days, the firewood in the corner was piled up to the height of a person. I believe it will be as high as the roof in a short time.

The team that went to the village to find firewood also brought back good news. After several days of digging, they finally dug up a warehouse and found nearly two tons of coal inside. It’s winter, and everyone put down their work and went to the village with various tools to help transport coal. Fortunately, people found a wheelbarrow in a yard, and the men took turns pushing the coal. People ran back and forth tirelessly Between the village and the base, the two tons of coal were transported back to the base in less than half a day, but the poverty suddenly became rich, and people were reluctant to burn coal, so they still burned firewood every day and went up the mountain to collect firewood.

The hunting team led by Uncle Qi had a bumper harvest recently, and one day even caught four or five pheasants and two rabbits. However, Uncle Qi always wandered around the edge of the forest. Uncle Qi finally confirmed his guess before telling everyone about his discovery.

It turns out that Wujia Village is very remote here, and the surrounding mountains are basically not too deep for people to enter. That is to say, after turning over the surrounding mountains and going inside, it can basically be regarded as a virgin forest, and there are still many forests there. Animals that are rarely seen by ordinary people are like the traces of wild boars that Uncle Qi just discovered.

Or because the temperature dropped too low, the animals at the top of the food chain in the primeval forest couldn't survive, especially when their prey went down the mountain, and these animals naturally followed. What Uncle Qi discovered was exactly There is a trace of an adult wild boar, but Uncle Qi still has doubts, because the hoof prints he saw are really big, bigger than the biggest wild boar he has ever seen. Judging from the hoof prints, this wild boar may have It weighs four or five hundred catties!And Uncle Qi also judged that it was a sow wild boar.

The wild boar is a very ferocious animal. If there is a wild boar in a forest in the north, even if there is a tiger, most of the time, it will detour, so a wild boar weighing four to five hundred catties is not a delicacy for them, but a nightmare , if it attacks humans, the consequences will be disastrous.

When Wu Hong was a child, he went up the mountain with his seventh uncle to catch wild boars. He knew the ferocity of wild boars. A full-grown wild boar can knock down a big tree!When the young man heard the ferocity of the wild boar, his original thought of catching and eating it gradually faded away. If he couldn't catch it, he should go around and avoid the head office if he couldn't afford it.

It's a pity that their hunting team has caught a lot of prey recently. The wild boar obviously found it here by following the traces all the way. If the wild boar is hungry, it is impossible to guarantee that it will not attack humans. This is a very big threat to their base. This group of people wanting to take down this wild boar is undoubtedly a dream.

Uncle Qi has been thinking about how to ambush this wild boar these days. He is a member of the older generation, so he naturally thinks of old methods, but Wu Hong has the idea of ​​using firearms in the army. It would be much easier to kill him with a gun, so he found Qin Zhiyuan to talk about the matter that night.

Qin Zhiyuan was naturally happy. For him, this wild boar was an extra meal for them. He went to find Uncle Qi and some good hunters, and after discussing with them, they came up with a good solution.

At dawn, Uncle Qi led a few boys out, and they sprinkled fresh blood on the area where wild boars often haunt. The smell of blood stimulated the hungry wild boar in the mountains. It chased the smell and ran all the way to the edge of the forest. There was a fresh meat hanging from a tree trunk. It stood there murmuring for a long time, hesitating whether to go forward.

"I didn't expect this wild boar to be so big." A young man ambushing in the trench whispered.

Uncle Qi gave the boy a sideways glance, raised a finger to his mouth, and then carefully stared at the wild boar not far away. This wild boar was as he had guessed, and it was surprisingly big. If their existence is found, then they are dangerous.

Qin Zhiyuan lay on Uncle Qi's other side, looking at the fat hind legs of the wild boar, he felt very happy. This pig can eat for a long time if it is saved.

The wild boar seemed to have heard the slight sound here, and retreated cautiously into the woods, but the temptation of food made it reluctant to leave, but it did not dare to go forward. After turning around in place twice, people discovered that this wild boar had some Wisdom, so they lay still on their stomachs without making a sound. Slowly, the wild boar finally moved forward, and came to the tree little by little, but the meat was hanging in the air, and it couldn't reach the piece of meat with its height. Yes, it stood under the meat and turned around twice, its temper gradually became irritable, and it began to hit the trunk with its body, with more and more force, making a bumping sound, and the trunk also rustled as it was bumped, and after a while It's a little crooked, and people watching from a distance all clenched their fists and gritted their teeth silently, "Change direction, change direction."

Maybe the wild boar heard the prayers in people's hearts. It bumped a few times in one direction, and then turned to the opposite direction to continue to hit. Unexpectedly, it sank as soon as it reached the opposite ground, and the wild boar also made a sound. Howling.

"Huh!" The people breathed a sigh of relief, shouted excitedly, and quickly climbed out of the ditch to surround the trap to see the wild boar.

Qin Zhiyuan also jumped up with one hand on the edge of the trench, ran to the edge of the trap and looked down, "Hey, it's so big, I thought it was big enough just standing far away, seven Grandpa, this wild boar probably weighs more than 400 catties."

Seventh Uncle's health is failing, and it will take a long time to climb a ditch. Hearing Qin Zhiyuan's question, he lowered his head and glanced, "Four hundred fifty or sixty catties."

Wild boars are originally a cautious animal. Usually in the deep mountains, if there is no lack of food or people actively attack it, it will not attack people, but this time it will be trapped in a trap surrounded by people. Immediately panicked, howling and ramming without direction, people looked funny, there was a guy carrying a wooden stick on his back, this stick was originally a hoe handle, but he used it as a tool later, he untied it The stick was stretched into the trap to stab the wild boar, but he was bitten by the wild boar and almost dragged him into the trap. Fortunately, the man next to him quickly pulled him, and he was so scared that a layer of sweat broke out on his back , He snatched the stick back with a flick of his strength, and angrily took the stick and beat the wild boar hard.

The wild boar howled in pain, Uncle Qi frowned and stopped him, but this guy was frightened just now, so he ignored Uncle Qi's stop and whipped the wild boar several times, the wild boar was completely enraged, and bit the stick, With a click, the stick was bitten off with one bite, with that crisp sound and force, if it was bitten on a person, it might be broken more easily than a stick. The boy was so frightened that he quickly threw the stick in his hand.

When people saw the ferocity of the wild boar, they were a little scared, and took half a step back without any trace. At this time, Uncle Qi untied the belt around his waist, squatted down and began to beat the wild boar. Swift couldn't bite the belt, so people watched Uncle Qi stalking the wild boar repeatedly, and he didn't stop until dark.

The people who were blown by the cold wind were all frozen. They wanted to go back first, but they were too embarrassed to mention it, so they just stamped their feet and rubbed their hands on the spot. After a long time, Uncle Qi finally stopped. He tied his belt around his waist and sighed He said, "Let's starve it all night, come back tomorrow morning and bring the prepared lid."

Several guys quickly lifted the cover. It turned out that the cover was the original door panel of Qiao Miwei’s house. When the big rock came, the others raised the soil with shovels until the trap was completely covered, and Uncle Qi called to stop.

On the way back, Qin Zhiyuan asked Uncle Qi curiously, "Grandpa Qi, why didn't you just shoot it directly?"

Uncle Qi smiled and said, "The weather is too cold now. If we shoot the wild boar now, its blood will be frozen before transporting it back. It will be bad if it is frozen in the meat. Then we will lose a good meal." Yes, and the meat with blood in it can’t be eaten, it’s good to have pig’s blood for steaming blood soup, or enema.” After speaking, Uncle Qi sighed, “This wild boar is too big, it’s hard to eat it. It is bigger than other wild boars, first exhaust its strength, and then give it a gun, then it will have no strength to resist, we can fish it up and still receive blood, so we can carry it back directly.”

Qin Zhiyuan nodded, "That's the case, then why cover the trap with an iron sheet?"

"Don't cover it, wild boars can run, don't underestimate it, if we don't watch from the side, it won't be able to trap it with that trap." Uncle Qi shook his head.

(End of this chapter)