In Crisis
Many ways flashed across my mind to deal with this crisis. To my great disappointment, the Yuan energy condensing oracle bone characters that I always resort to successfully actually failed me at this crucial moment. For three times in a row, each time I failed. This grave lesson taught me how important practical experience was. But I had no time to regret. Neither did I have time to try to condense. I turned and pulled Huang Shulang to run to the ridge of the field quickly.
Once a three-hundred-pound boar dived, it was the equivalent of a tank, especially when it used the slope of a hill to completely speed up, it became unstoppable.
I wondered how far Huang Shulang and I could fly if we were hit by the boar.
"Moo!"
There was a roar. It was Old Huang!
Old Huang suddenly rushed out from the sideways, standing in front of me and Huang Shulang and in the face of the feral boar. Without hesitation it hit the boar head-on.
Generally, the weight of a bull was about 1000 jin (approx. 500kg). Old Huang experienced the second development, so he was tall, almost time and half larger than regular bull. It weighed at least fifteen hundred jin (approx. 750-800kg). Although it had no inertia to rush down the slope, it was already running, no slower than a boar. It weighted four times the weight of a boar. The two bumped into each other and the result was obvious.
Time seemed to stop there. The bull and the boar both stood still. But the long horns of Old Huang were pierced into the boar's head, and like a fountain, the scarlet blood sprayed around. The snow was white. As the scarlet blood sprinkled in the snow, it was like the plum blossom in the snow.
"Ho!" Old Huang roared and lifted his head. He threw the boar with a weight of more than 300 jin (approx. 150kg) out directly for about one zhang (approx. 3.33meters). The boar fell to the ground with a bang sound and it didn't move at all.
"Bull Demon King, really it was a Bull Demon King." The fatty stood still, muttering to himself.
Ma Jindong also opened his eyes. In the twelfth month of the lunar year, the children of the countryside could often see that the white knife go in the red knife come out of the pigs, but that scene was nothing to mention compared to this bloodiness. Where the horns of Old Huang had been pulled out of the boar's head, the white brains were all over the ground.
The three of us were scared and almost frozen, but the Black Bean family got to enjoy a feast. No matter it was red or white, they took it all in. Red Autumn family also enjoyed the fun together. Although all the Red Autumn family members lived in my house, they still maintained their wildness. After my quenching, they were stronger than ever. But the ferocity didn't get any weaker.
Old Huang was a vegetarian, so although he worked hard, he didn't fight against those two families for the feast.
"We are prosperous now. With such a big pig, it is enough for you and your second grandpa to eat for a year." Huang Shulang was still thinking so much and far in such a situation.
"You dead fatty, do you know that if it weren't Old Huang who suddenly came out to stop the boar just now, we two could have been bumped to death by the boar?" Now I think of it, I was still afraid.
"Master, I panicked at that time. I’ve never met such a situation before." Huang Shulang felt guilty.
"What’s more, why the hell did you shout? The boar was crazy. With your shout, it’s no difference than asking for death? I dare not bring you out in the future. It’s only a matter of time that you kill me." The fatty's crimes were too numerous to mention.
"Master, I will never dare to do that again." Fatty was really afraid that I would not take him.
Things had passed, I did not want to go further to find trouble of the fatty, so I turned around, "Forget it anyway! We need first think about how to get the boar back."
This kind of thing, actually, was not difficult for us, the children living in rural areas. At the foot of the mountain, the straw the villagers piled was there. When the straw was in our hands, it might become a very useful tool. It was not a big problem to drag a boar of more than 300 jin (approx. 150kg) with a thick straw rope. Huang Shulang was not with skilled hands and feet, so he was specifically responsible for the tidying and cleaning of straw. Ma Jindong and I were responsible for weaving straw into a rope, one responsible for one end. The rope was getting longer and longer. In less than half an hour, a thick and long straw rope was woven.
First we tied up the boar with a rope, then we put the rope around Old Huang's body before letting Old Huang pull it to go to the village.
Li Lijuan ran over quickly, holding a red plastic bucket in her hand. It was covered with a lid.
"Wow! You've hit such a big boar." Li Lijuan was shocked to see this fat boar. But she was not afraid.
"Li Lijuan, what are you doing here with a bucket?" I asked in surprise.
"I have brought you food here. Eat it while it's hot. I've just fried glutinous rice cakes for you. It will not taste as good when it's cold." Li Lijuan put the bucket in the snow and opened the lid. Immediately we saw the heat come out from the inside ceaselessly.
The three of us had been hungry for a long time. Hurriedly we put down the things in hand to quickly gather around the barrel.
"How can you eat with your dirty hands?" Li Lijuan asked.
"Isn’t this easy to deal with? Rub them with the snow, and they will be clean." I laughed while saying.
We had been busy for a long time, so our hands were all warm. Putting the snow on the hands to have a rub, we got our hands clean as the snow was melted into water. Not a few glutinous rice cakes were in the barrel. We each ate two, and there was still some left. Huang Shulang was ready to reach the bucket, I slapped his hand to halt him.
"Li Lijuan, have you eaten yet? Please eat the one left." I could see that Li Lijuan’s throat moved up and down when we were gulping. She must be hungry.
"It's okay. I'm not hungry." Li Lijuan shook her head.
"Please eat it as you should." I said impatiently.
Li Lijuan picked up the glutinous rice cake left in the bucket and took a nimble. Obviously Huang Shulang had already eaten two, but he still watched Li Lijuan eat eagerly. I kicked him and he stumbled.
"What are you looking at? Go to work! When you go home, you can eat yourself to death." I had a supercilious look at Huang Shulang.
"I won't eat it when I get home. I'll have boar meat sauted with winter bamboo shoots, the taste would be delicious." Huang Shulang got drooling because of his own words, that was truly mind-blowing.
When Old Huang dragged the boar to the entrance of the village, the villagers all came around.
"Oh, that's wonderful. Such a big boar!"
"At least it is with a weight of four hundred jin. The wild boar weighs more than a domestic pig."
"Yangyang was so bold that he dared to shoot a boar with his three apprentices. What if they got hurt?"
"These little kids were excellent. I haven't seen such a big boar in years."
"Look, two holes are there in the head of the boar. How did this come into being?"
"Maybe these three boys got the boar in a trap."
……
The villagers surrounded us and talked about the possibilities.
"Make a way, make a way, please!" Huang Kui came out somewhere, driving all the people from the village away. When all the villagers were gone, Huang Kui began to complain. "You guys are too bold. How dare you go hunting in the mountains? Fortunately you came back safely. But what if anything happened?"
Huang Kui was very angry. Today it was really dangerous. If anything should happen, the consequences would be dreadful. Though a boar was also a pig, it was not inferior to those fierce beasts when they become irritable. Sometimes the boars were much scarier than the great beasts.
All three of us had our heads down, but when it came to things like this, we just didn't talk back. We just admitted but refused to correct our errors despite repeated education.
Huang Kui also did not know how to deal with us effectively. "That’s OK. First let’s get the boar back. I'll go back and get my tools. Yangyang, go back and boil a pot of water. I've never dealt with such a big boar."
Grandpa was also scared by the boar. It was frightening to think about it. It will lead to a disaster no matter accidents took place in any link.
Grandpa, who was rare to be angry, couldn’t help scolding me this time: "Yangyang, how dare you act like this? You take the fatty and Jindong to go with you, but how will you explain to their family members in case of anything? If anything happened to you, what should I, an old man, do?"
I knew that I was a little thoughtless this time: "It was the Black Beans that came across with it. I did not know that the Black Bean was so bold that he dared to fight with the boar.”
“In the future, you should think twice before you leap. After all, you are a master." Grandpa tapped me twice on the head.
I smiled. Grandpa was not angry any more, and he stroked my head.
"Yangyang, go and ask your first grandpa for help. This year, no one in the village asked for money when helping us build our house. When the boar is done, every family may get a piece. We can't eat much at home, anyway. Your uncle Kuizi also sent a pig leg that is smoked now." Grandpa pushed me.
I think it was reasonable. ‘The favor should always be repaid, no matter how big or small it is.’
The villagers came and they cleaned up the boar in a bustle. Finally, Grandpa sent a piece of pork meat to each family. There was still a small piece of meat left in our house, which was secretly left by uncle Kui. In addition, many pig offals were left.
The villagers were as happy as celebrating a festival, and they went home with the boar meat in their hands thankfully.
I didn't go out for two consecutive days. Huang Shulang, Ma Jindong and Li Lijuan still came to our house every day. I would teach them to learn the ancient characters these days, beginning with the seal characters. It would be all in the order I learned them.
To me, the ancient characters were very simple, which seemed to be an alien book in the eyes of the three of them. Li Lijuan was a little better off, but learning was also extremely difficult for her. In addition, I was not so patient as Mr. Lin. I didn't know why, I thought of Mr. Lin again. Those scenes in last winter were still alive to me.
‘Mr. Lin, when can I see you again?!’
In Crisis
Many ways flashed across my mind to deal with this crisis. To my great disappointment, the Yuan energy condensing oracle bone characters that I always resort to successfully actually failed me at this crucial moment. For three times in a row, each time I failed. This grave lesson taught me how important practical experience was. But I had no time to regret. Neither did I have time to try to condense. I turned and pulled Huang Shulang to run to the ridge of the field quickly.
Once a three-hundred-pound boar dived, it was the equivalent of a tank, especially when it used the slope of a hill to completely speed up, it became unstoppable.
I wondered how far Huang Shulang and I could fly if we were hit by the boar.
"Moo!"
There was a roar. It was Old Huang!
Old Huang suddenly rushed out from the sideways, standing in front of me and Huang Shulang and in the face of the feral boar. Without hesitation it hit the boar head-on.
Generally, the weight of a bull was about 1000 jin (approx. 500kg). Old Huang experienced the second development, so he was tall, almost time and half larger than regular bull. It weighed at least fifteen hundred jin (approx. 750-800kg). Although it had no inertia to rush down the slope, it was already running, no slower than a boar. It weighted four times the weight of a boar. The two bumped into each other and the result was obvious.
Time seemed to stop there. The bull and the boar both stood still. But the long horns of Old Huang were pierced into the boar's head, and like a fountain, the scarlet blood sprayed around. The snow was white. As the scarlet blood sprinkled in the snow, it was like the plum blossom in the snow.
"Ho!" Old Huang roared and lifted his head. He threw the boar with a weight of more than 300 jin (approx. 150kg) out directly for about one zhang (approx. 3.33meters). The boar fell to the ground with a bang sound and it didn't move at all.
"Bull Demon King, really it was a Bull Demon King." The fatty stood still, muttering to himself.
Ma Jindong also opened his eyes. In the twelfth month of the lunar year, the children of the countryside could often see that the white knife go in the red knife come out of the pigs, but that scene was nothing to mention compared to this bloodiness. Where the horns of Old Huang had been pulled out of the boar's head, the white brains were all over the ground.
The three of us were scared and almost frozen, but the Black Bean family got to enjoy a feast. No matter it was red or white, they took it all in. Red Autumn family also enjoyed the fun together. Although all the Red Autumn family members lived in my house, they still maintained their wildness. After my quenching, they were stronger than ever. But the ferocity didn't get any weaker.
Old Huang was a vegetarian, so although he worked hard, he didn't fight against those two families for the feast.
"We are prosperous now. With such a big pig, it is enough for you and your second grandpa to eat for a year." Huang Shulang was still thinking so much and far in such a situation.
"You dead fatty, do you know that if it weren't Old Huang who suddenly came out to stop the boar just now, we two could have been bumped to death by the boar?" Now I think of it, I was still afraid.
"Master, I panicked at that time. I’ve never met such a situation before." Huang Shulang felt guilty.
"What’s more, why the hell did you shout? The boar was crazy. With your shout, it’s no difference than asking for death? I dare not bring you out in the future. It’s only a matter of time that you kill me." The fatty's crimes were too numerous to mention.
"Master, I will never dare to do that again." Fatty was really afraid that I would not take him.
Things had passed, I did not want to go further to find trouble of the fatty, so I turned around, "Forget it anyway! We need first think about how to get the boar back."
This kind of thing, actually, was not difficult for us, the children living in rural areas. At the foot of the mountain, the straw the villagers piled was there. When the straw was in our hands, it might become a very useful tool. It was not a big problem to drag a boar of more than 300 jin (approx. 150kg) with a thick straw rope. Huang Shulang was not with skilled hands and feet, so he was specifically responsible for the tidying and cleaning of straw. Ma Jindong and I were responsible for weaving straw into a rope, one responsible for one end. The rope was getting longer and longer. In less than half an hour, a thick and long straw rope was woven.
First we tied up the boar with a rope, then we put the rope around Old Huang's body before letting Old Huang pull it to go to the village.
Li Lijuan ran over quickly, holding a red plastic bucket in her hand. It was covered with a lid.
"Wow! You've hit such a big boar." Li Lijuan was shocked to see this fat boar. But she was not afraid.
"Li Lijuan, what are you doing here with a bucket?" I asked in surprise.
"I have brought you food here. Eat it while it's hot. I've just fried glutinous rice cakes for you. It will not taste as good when it's cold." Li Lijuan put the bucket in the snow and opened the lid. Immediately we saw the heat come out from the inside ceaselessly.
The three of us had been hungry for a long time. Hurriedly we put down the things in hand to quickly gather around the barrel.
"How can you eat with your dirty hands?" Li Lijuan asked.
"Isn’t this easy to deal with? Rub them with the snow, and they will be clean." I laughed while saying.
We had been busy for a long time, so our hands were all warm. Putting the snow on the hands to have a rub, we got our hands clean as the snow was melted into water. Not a few glutinous rice cakes were in the barrel. We each ate two, and there was still some left. Huang Shulang was ready to reach the bucket, I slapped his hand to halt him.
"Li Lijuan, have you eaten yet? Please eat the one left." I could see that Li Lijuan’s throat moved up and down when we were gulping. She must be hungry.
"It's okay. I'm not hungry." Li Lijuan shook her head.
"Please eat it as you should." I said impatiently.
Li Lijuan picked up the glutinous rice cake left in the bucket and took a nimble. Obviously Huang Shulang had already eaten two, but he still watched Li Lijuan eat eagerly. I kicked him and he stumbled.
"What are you looking at? Go to work! When you go home, you can eat yourself to death." I had a supercilious look at Huang Shulang.
"I won't eat it when I get home. I'll have boar meat sauted with winter bamboo shoots, the taste would be delicious." Huang Shulang got drooling because of his own words, that was truly mind-blowing.
When Old Huang dragged the boar to the entrance of the village, the villagers all came around.
"Oh, that's wonderful. Such a big boar!"
"At least it is with a weight of four hundred jin. The wild boar weighs more than a domestic pig."
"Yangyang was so bold that he dared to shoot a boar with his three apprentices. What if they got hurt?"
"These little kids were excellent. I haven't seen such a big boar in years."
"Look, two holes are there in the head of the boar. How did this come into being?"
"Maybe these three boys got the boar in a trap."
……
The villagers surrounded us and talked about the possibilities.
"Make a way, make a way, please!" Huang Kui came out somewhere, driving all the people from the village away. When all the villagers were gone, Huang Kui began to complain. "You guys are too bold. How dare you go hunting in the mountains? Fortunately you came back safely. But what if anything happened?"
Huang Kui was very angry. Today it was really dangerous. If anything should happen, the consequences would be dreadful. Though a boar was also a pig, it was not inferior to those fierce beasts when they become irritable. Sometimes the boars were much scarier than the great beasts.
All three of us had our heads down, but when it came to things like this, we just didn't talk back. We just admitted but refused to correct our errors despite repeated education.
Huang Kui also did not know how to deal with us effectively. "That’s OK. First let’s get the boar back. I'll go back and get my tools. Yangyang, go back and boil a pot of water. I've never dealt with such a big boar."
Grandpa was also scared by the boar. It was frightening to think about it. It will lead to a disaster no matter accidents took place in any link.
Grandpa, who was rare to be angry, couldn’t help scolding me this time: "Yangyang, how dare you act like this? You take the fatty and Jindong to go with you, but how will you explain to their family members in case of anything? If anything happened to you, what should I, an old man, do?"
I knew that I was a little thoughtless this time: "It was the Black Beans that came across with it. I did not know that the Black Bean was so bold that he dared to fight with the boar.”
“In the future, you should think twice before you leap. After all, you are a master." Grandpa tapped me twice on the head.
I smiled. Grandpa was not angry any more, and he stroked my head.
"Yangyang, go and ask your first grandpa for help. This year, no one in the village asked for money when helping us build our house. When the boar is done, every family may get a piece. We can't eat much at home, anyway. Your uncle Kuizi also sent a pig leg that is smoked now." Grandpa pushed me.
I think it was reasonable. ‘The favor should always be repaid, no matter how big or small it is.’
The villagers came and they cleaned up the boar in a bustle. Finally, Grandpa sent a piece of pork meat to each family. There was still a small piece of meat left in our house, which was secretly left by uncle Kui. In addition, many pig offals were left.
The villagers were as happy as celebrating a festival, and they went home with the boar meat in their hands thankfully.
I didn't go out for two consecutive days. Huang Shulang, Ma Jindong and Li Lijuan still came to our house every day. I would teach them to learn the ancient characters these days, beginning with the seal characters. It would be all in the order I learned them.
To me, the ancient characters were very simple, which seemed to be an alien book in the eyes of the three of them. Li Lijuan was a little better off, but learning was also extremely difficult for her. In addition, I was not so patient as Mr. Lin. I didn't know why, I thought of Mr. Lin again. Those scenes in last winter were still alive to me.
‘Mr. Lin, when can I see you again?!’
