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Chapter 466 Wild Boar
"Cough, cough, cough."

In the room, there was a violent coughing sound, which lasted for a long time and did not stop.

Yinniang quickly wiped away her tears, and ran to the back room with bare feet.

Wu Xiaoming followed behind fiercely, and saw a woman in her 30s leaning against the corner sickly, her face was pale without any blood.

"Mother" Yinniang went up to beat her mother's back, with a deep worry on her face.

The woman coughed for a long time before she stopped, with a sickly blush on her face, she asked in a hoarse voice, "Yiniang, whose family is this child from?"

"His name is Wu Xiaoming, and he is the young master of Master Wu's family." Yinniang replied in a ignorant manner, not paying attention to her mother at all. After hearing the name of Master Wu, her hands trembled in fright.

Who is Mr. Wu? He is a murderer who started out as a moneylender. He has done nothing but murder and arson.

The Jiang old man's family who lived in the next door village, because they borrowed three liang of silver from Mr. Wu and failed to repay it, their maid was forcibly taken away and sold to the town to be used as a servant girl. She was beaten to death within half a year. In the wealthy compound.

"Mother, why are your hands shaking?" Yinniang didn't know that her mother was frightened, and asked with a puzzled expression.

With a forced smile on her face, the woman was about to warn her in a low voice when the two little daughters beside her pleaded, "Sister, we are so hungry!"

One of the two little guys is four or five years old, and the other is even younger, who looks about three or four years old.

The long-term malnutrition made the two little guys as thin as monkeys, and they were weak when they begged, and the woman swallowed what she wanted to say.

"Sixth Sister, Seventh Sister, Daddy has gone to buy food, there will be food soon." Yinniang embraced the two younger sisters in her arms, and kissed their foreheads.

The two little guys looked at their sister pitifully, their eyes full of pleading, and said: "Sister, we are very hungry now, please find us something to eat."

Faced with the pleas of the two younger sisters, Yinniang really couldn't refuse, so she could only look back at her mother, and whispered, "Mother, Liu Niang and Qiniang are hungry, I want to go to the mountains and see if I can find some wild vegetables return."

Hearing that there were wild vegetables to eat, the two little guys gulped and looked at the woman expectantly.

The woman bit her lower lip tightly. There were wild boars and wolves on the mountain. No one dared to go up the mountain except the hunters. It was too dangerous for Yinniang to dig wild vegetables.

As the hostess of the family, before she fell ill, Liu went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables to subsidize the family. Knowing that there were no wild vegetables left in the surrounding area, it was impossible not to go to the mountains to get a harvest.

Deliberately dissuade, but powerless.

Mrs. Liu was silent for a long time without speaking, and finally said after a long time: "Don't go to the river, the river in the mountain is where wild boars drink water."

"Got it, mother, I'll be back soon." Yinniang got off the kang and walked out, only to hear her mother sobbing behind her.

"The mountains are very dangerous, and the river is even more dangerous. Aren't you afraid?" Wu Xiaoming followed out the door and asked Yinniang in a low voice.

Yinniang shook her head slightly, looked at Wu Xiaoming seriously, and said, "I'm afraid, but I'm more afraid that my two younger sisters will starve to death, they are too young."

Wu Xiaoming nodded half-understood, only felt that Yinniang was very powerful, as if she was much better than himself.

After all, he never dared to go to the mountains, and Yinniang dared to go, which meant that Yinniang was even stronger.

"I asked Aunt Liu to send the food box back. If I knew it, I wouldn't have given it away. It's just good for your sister to eat. You play with me in the future, and I will bring you delicious food, so you don't have to go dig wild vegetables on the mountain." Wu Xiao Ming looked at Yinniang and thought this method was very good.

Yinniang just shook her head, thinking of her father's warning, she refused: "Daddy said, I would rather starve to death than beg for food, Daddy won't ask for anything from your family."

Carrying a small bamboo basket, Yinniang went out of the courtyard and walked west, Wu Xiaoming followed him quietly.

After walking for a long time, Yinniang turned her head and asked, "Why are you following me? Aren't you going home?"

"I haven't been to the mountain yet, I want to go and see it with you." The six or seven-year-old child, just at the time when he didn't know how to be afraid, Wu Xiaoming thought to himself that if Yinniang dared to go up the mountain, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for him not to have been there? .

On weekdays, Aunt Liu was with her, so she couldn't go to many places.

Coincidentally, Aunt Liu went back to deliver food boxes. If she didn't go up the mountain with Yinniang this time, she wouldn't have such a good chance next time.

"I have never seen a wolf on the mountain, but I have seen a wild boar. If you are not afraid, follow me." Hearing Yinniang's words, Wu Xiaoming shook his head repeatedly, saying that he was not afraid.

The two were one in front and one behind, and the two half-grown children walked together towards the mountain to the west.

It is said that it is a big mountain, but it is not steep and has no reputation.

Yinniang first searched at the bottom of the mountain, and after seeing that there were no edible wild vegetables, she took Wu Xiaoming up the mountain and talked about which wild vegetables were edible.

"Yinniang, where is the river you are talking about?" Looking at Yinniang's empty bamboo basket, Wu Xiaoming, who hadn't seen the harvest for a long time, couldn't help but said: "This mountain is next to the village, and the wild vegetables on the mountain are all harvested. Let's go to the river to have a look."

"To see the river, you have to climb two hills to the west, and you may encounter wild boars." Yinniang said worriedly, thinking of wild boars made her shudder.

Wu Xiaoming had never seen a wild boar, but only heard that it was very powerful, so he picked up a stick from under a tree and threatened, "Don't be afraid, Yinniang, I will protect you. If I meet a wild boar, I will kill it."

"Pfft..." Yinniang smiled like a blooming flower, and continued to move forward with a face of disbelief, and said without looking back: "Blowing."

Whether she likes it or not, Yinniang searched the two hills close to the village, but she didn't find many wild vegetables, so she could only continue to search deep into the mountains.

After climbing over three mountains, Wu Xiaoming finally saw the small river that Yinniang mentioned.

At the foot of the mountain, a small river runs from south to north, leading to the depths of the mountain.

There are reeds as high as a person in the river, and a few wild ducks are roaming happily. Occasionally, you can see pheasants flying out of the reeds with fluttering wings.

There are ducks and pheasants, which means that in the reeds, there must be their nests.

With bare feet, Yinniang carefully looked in by the river, looking for the location of the wild eggs.

It's a pity that the river gets deeper and deeper, and pheasants and ducks instinctively prefer to lay their eggs deep in the reeds, where the water is too deep.

After walking around the river a few times, Yinniang found two eggs and a duck egg.

Wu Xiaoming found nothing but a hare hiding in the grass, but with the abilities of the two of them, it was impossible to catch this hare.

"Three eggs are quite a lot. Let's dig some wild vegetables and mushrooms and go back." Sitting by the river, Yinniang kicked the water, counting the harvest, and looking at Wu Xiaoming.

The sun in the sky shone on the stream, casting a golden brilliance.

Against this background, Yinniang's white and tender feet and the splashing stream seemed to form a perfect picture.

"Hum."

Suddenly, the picture scroll was broken, and the grass behind him shook, and with a humming sound, a wild boar with tusks poked its head out of the grass.

Actually, this wild boar is not big, it looks like it has just grown up, but for Yinniang and Wu Xiaoming, this wild boar is still too big.

Seeing the wild boar appear, Yinniang's face turned pale with fright, and Wu Xiaoming's condition was not much better.

Wu Xiaoming frantically touched his wooden stick, but unfortunately he didn't know where it was thrown, and how could he find it in such a hurry.

"Run, run into the water, that's how I got rid of a wild boar last time." Yinniang held the bamboo basket in one hand and Wu Xiaoming in the other, and the two hurriedly ran towards the center of the river through the water.

Adult wild boars are very aggressive and territorial, and will readily attack outsiders who come into their sight.

Wu Xiaoming and Yinniang ran ahead, and the wild boar was chasing after him like crazy.

The further you go to the center of the river, the deeper the water inside.

After a while, the river submerged up to their chests, and the wild boar stayed in the shallow water by the river, looking at them angrily.

"Wild boars don't go into the water, we just need to stay in the water, and it will go away after a while." Yinniang and Wu Xiaoming held hands, and the warmth from their hands brought them peace of mind.

1 minute, 10 minutes, half an hour.
The confrontation continued, the wild boar could not get into the water, and Wu Xiaoming and Yinniang could not go ashore either.

Almost an hour later, the icy river water froze the two of them shivering, and Yinniang trembled and said: "I met a wild boar last time, and I hid in the river for half an hour, and the wild boar left by itself. go?"

After all, Yinniang is still a half-grown child, so she doesn't know the habits of wild boars.

In fact, the wild boar has a strong ability to wait, and is easily provoked. In the animal kingdom, it is relatively vengeful.

The wild boar in front of him has just grown up, and it is probably the first time he has encountered an intruder. If he does not drive the intruder away, it will not let it go.

An old hunter once encountered a situation where he was blocked by a wild boar on a tree, and it lasted overnight.

For the wild pig, Yinniang and Wu Xiaoming are enemies, and the enemy is confronting him, which is an insult to the pig.

It's a pity that Wu Xiaoming and Yinniang don't understand animal language, and they can't cross the river, so they can only stare at the wild boar, just playing a war of attrition.

"You go to the left to look, you guys go to the right, every reed marsh must be searched!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, we must find the young master."

Two hours later, there was suddenly shouting and barking of hounds on the mountain.

The wild boar was walking restlessly on the bank, looking as if it was facing a formidable enemy.

Wu Xiaoming was overjoyed, quickly shook Yinniang's shoulders, and said happily: "Yinniang, that's the voice of Butler Zhang, we are saved!"

(End of this chapter)