After breakfast, before Jiang Zhi found time to chat with Xiao Man, he saw Xiao Man, who had gone out for a run early in the morning, running back in panic and excitement: "Master, Aunt Jiang, the wild boar is here again! Our wheat field has been ruined!"
The wild boar came again and ate up a large piece of the wheat that had grown an inch deep. There were pig footprints all over the field.
Following the traces, Jiang Zhi and others chased them all the way to the pass.
It turns out that the water in the ditch has dried up and the weeds under the cliff have withered.
After half a year, the wild boar on the other side of the mountain did not go into the ditch, but came over the slope and through the grass.
Wild boars have very good memories. They know where to eat. They mustered up the courage to cross the pass and head straight to this slope.
And after eating the wheat seedlings, he immediately ran away over the mountain.
what to do?
The two families gathered together again. Needless to say, everyone looked at Jiang Zhi.
Jiang Zhi also knew that the problem was serious.
Half a year ago, wild boars were causing harm to corn sorghum, and I used medicine to knock over two large wild boars.
Later, I found three more "blood-sealed" plants. I was reluctant to dig them up and planned to keep them for planting.
But after the refugees broke into the mountains, Jiang Zhicai dug up another one and made more than a dozen throwing spears just in case, and now they are kept in the medicine shop.
The problem is that the last time a trap was used to successfully ambush a herd of wild boars, they had the right time and place. They injured the wild boar with a wooden fence in a narrow ditch and then successfully injected the medicine into the wild boar's body.
Nowadays, the whereabouts of wild boars are uncertain, and traps cannot be set up on the slopes. It is very difficult for people to fight wild boars head-on.
Although Mr. Xiao Man is also worried, he is much calmer than before: "If we can't find the wild boar, we will still use the old method to guard it. If we walk a few more times, we will find where it came from, and then we will find a way to set a trap."
Now, it is better to replant wheat quickly. Although it is more than half a month late, it is not a big problem. "
Jiang Zhi also said: "Yes, we'd better replenish the seedlings first. During this period, we need to drive out wild boars at night."
The crops in the mountains are so troublesome. Basically, one third is eaten by wild animals, one third is harvested by nature, and the rest belongs to humans.
The solution hasn't been decided yet. Xiang Dejin and the others will find out when they come for dinner.
"Old man, Aunt Jiang, why don't you kill those wild boars first?"
They knew that the broth they ate during this period was all pheasant and pork, and the quantity was running low. Now that wild boars were found, they just replenished the warehouse.
But Jiang Zhi and Xiao Manye only talked about replenishing seedlings and did not mention killing wild boars.
After hearing Xiang Dejin's inquiry, Mr. Xiaoman said, "Those wild boars are not easy to kill."
We had seen the size of the wild boar herd in the summer, and now the small wild boars in the same group as Pork Belly have grown up. Everyone knows that it will be very difficult to hunt again, and we cannot take risks casually.
Xiang Dejin said: "You didn't have the manpower before, but now we brothers are here, and it happens to be wild boar hunting."
They had been recuperating in the mountains for more than half a month, and their bodies were very healthy. Although they exercised every day, they still wanted to verify whether they could return to the camp.
Jiang Zhi thought for a while, and decided that his throwing spears could not be exposed for the time being, and everyone needed to have some tricks to keep things under control.
Now that Xiang Dejin and the others are here, even if they can't kill the wild boars, they can still find the wild boars first and see what's going on on the other side of the mountain.
After living in the mountains for more than half a year, she had never thought of crossing the pass.
"Then let's try to find a place where wild boars usually sleep!" Jiang Zhi said.
Wild boars have their own territory and cannot be approached easily. First, you need to find traces of activity in the periphery to confirm their whereabouts.
The sooner this happens, the better.
Xiang Dejin and the four others immediately became excited and prepared their own weapons.
Li Laoshi volunteered to stay and guard the house. Jiang Zhi did not expose his cowardice, but only asked Qiao Yun and Chun Feng to be careful. If there was any dishonest move, they could take out their spears and stab him to death.
So, over there, they brought hatchets and sticks to the four Dejin people, and here, Jiang Zhi, Xu Errui, Xiao Man, and Peggy, seven people and one pig, set off.
It was helpless to bring the little wild boar with me. After all, we were going to kill the wild boar. It felt a little strange to bring the same kind with me.
But since the last time the refugees broke into the mountains, they tied up Peppa Pig, and she was so angry that she could no longer move the rope.
After that, whenever I saw the rope, I immediately became nervous and hid far away.
Sneaking a rope around Peppa Pig's neck would be like poking its Achilles' heel.
He immediately jumped up and down and ran rampant. His strength was so amazing that even two grown men couldn't control it.
This was still the result of Jiang Zhi's action. If it had been someone else, there would have been blood. Xu Errui tried it once and was almost picked off the cliff by a vicious little wild boar.
It's even more impossible to drive it away. People can't run as fast as it does, and its rough skin and thick flesh can dig through any haystacks and shrubs. If you want to go around it and walk in a straight line, it's not in the same rank at all.
It can't be beaten away or tied up, so it can only be taken with it. Now the little wild boar is walking close to Jiang Zhi, so it behaves well and doesn't run around.
The last time we ambush the wild boar was in the ditch, and the wild boar had already climbed over the pass.
Looking at the low mountain pass right in front of them, it took them half an hour to walk along the slope at the edge of the ditch.
Climbing on the thick tree pole and looking over, there are mountains and mountains below, and there is also a lush forest, and no rocks or soil can be seen at all.
Compared with the Laoyunya side where people burn charcoal all year round, the mountain pass side is simply a virgin forest.
The little wild boar kept tickling the tree trunk.
Jiang Zhi suspected that it was not really itching, but just marking it.
After all, a wild boar whose back is brushed and combed every day and whose hair is well groomed cannot possibly feel itchy all over after taking just one step.
And along the way, Page followed the rules, but he inadvertently walked through some bushes where a large number of wild boars had turned over.
Xiaoman looked at the Qinggang Forest below and said with a smile: "No wonder it can support so many wild boars. The fruits here are enough for them to eat."
Just as he finished speaking, a squirrel jumped over his head.
Xiang Dejin and Xiao Man had actually been here before, but they had not gone down the mountain into the valley.
When you reach the pass, you have to find a route down. It is very dangerous to walk in the deep and shallow grass. If you miss the mark, you may fall down the mountain.
This time, the little wild boar chirped and walked in front, with Jiang Zhi still following closely behind.
Looking at the route that Peppa Pig took, the originally unremarkable bushes and grasses immediately showed the traces left by many animals.
Broken grass stems, turned soil, and incomplete bark are all signs of the passing of wild boars.
"Aunt Jiang, there are fresh footprints here! There is water!"
Follow the slope all the way to the depression on the hillside, where the vegetation is the most prosperous.
Xiaoman suddenly pointed to a depression.
Everyone looked over and saw that it was indeed a spring, and the other was a mud pond.
The four Xiang Dejins were most familiar with this scene. The little wild boar made a mud pit next to their shack.
The wild boar's territory has a fixed pattern. One area is for eating, one is for sleeping, and the other is for pooping, peeing, and playing.
The location of the mud pit is also the outermost part of their territory.
