My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 280 Pigs and Leopards

Amidst gasps and gunshots, Heiwa unleashed unprecedented speed.

It was even faster than when it encountered wolves, wild boars, or other wild animals in the past.

"Wang Wang Wang-"

Even its cries at this moment were rough and deep, almost like a roar.

The crowd had just heard its cry.

Its powerful and robust body charged towards the leopard like a black whirlwind.

Wherever it passed, fallen leaves were swept up in a whirlwind, like a tiger descending a mountain.

That leopard was originally considered a tyrant in the mountains and forests.

In particular, it is used to being a lone wolf and has extensive hunting experience.

If it comes to fighting alone, I wouldn't be afraid of anyone in these mountains.

But now, when it saw Heiwa's incredibly fierce demeanor, it was immediately startled.

Wild animals in the mountains have the most acute senses.

People who live in comfort for too long become desensitized to the stench of blood and the menacing atmosphere.

These wild beasts, however, could sense it clearly.

When the leopard saw Heiwa's menacing demeanor, it knew it was not someone to be trifled with and immediately became fully alert.

But no sooner said than done.

The leopard had barely taken a stand when Heiwa had already crossed more than ten meters and pounced fiercely at it.

The leopard let out a terrified howl, like a pitiful cat's cry.

He leaped up, hastily dodging.

What a ferocious leopard! Even with its tail broken off, it still reacted so quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it dodged Heiwa's attack.

At the same time, like an angry big tabby cat, it bared its teeth and claws, its body curled up under the big tree, its two thick, fleshy paws sticking out sharp claws, and it was already scratching at Heiwa fiercely.

It has to be said, felines are incredibly quick to react.

After dodging the attack, the counterattack was launched in one smooth motion, leaving the audience dazzled.

However, Heiwa is not bad either.

It has thick skin and tough flesh, and is full of muscles, making it very resilient.

When danger strikes, the pent-up energy within the body, which usually has nowhere to go, is unleashed.

"Wang Wang Wang..."

It roared wildly as it fearlessly faced off against the ferocious leopard.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the other side is a leopard.

Heiwa's inherent wildness kicked in.

The creature didn't even flinch from the leopard's sharp claws; instead, it opened its mouth wide, revealing its gleaming white fangs, and lunged to bite at the leopard's neck.

With a single bite, it tore a piece of flesh, skin and all, from the leopard's shoulder and neck.

If the leopard hadn't reacted quickly and dodged the vital spot...

With one bite, Heiwa could break your neck.

The fact that a piece of flesh had been gnawed off the leopard also aroused its ferocity.

Soon, the leopard also scratched several deep bloody marks on Heiwa's face, forelegs, and shoulder blades.

But Heiwa's ferocity also flared up. He remained fearless and reckless, and once again pounced wildly.

They were willing to trade injury for injury in order to take the leopard's life.

A dog and a leopard, one black and one yellow, immediately got into a fierce fight, biting each other into a ball.

Dogs barked, leopards roared, and blood gushed out and spilled on the ground.

The sight made Chen Ling and the others feel their scalps tingle and their bodies heat up.

Chen Ling repeatedly raised and lowered his hunting rifle, aiming at the leopard several times, but he couldn't bring himself to shoot.

They were afraid of accidentally hurting the black child.

The other two boys with shotguns were even more forgettable; they completely forgot about guns at that moment.

He just stared wide-eyed at Heiwa fighting the leopard, the cold sweat on his face still clinging to him.

While they were watching the game in a daze, still hesitating whether to join in or not.

The battle between Heiwa and the leopard has come to an end.

One after the other, perhaps less than half a minute.

The leopard was driven back by Heiwa.

The leopard roared in alarm and anger, then turned and leaped up a tree to escape.

Even with its tail broken, it was still agile and nimble enough to leap to the top of the tree in a few quick movements and disappear among the branches and leaves.

The remaining Blackie was still circling around the big trees on the ground, angrily raising his big head and roaring back and forth.

A leopard is not a tiger.

Although ferocious, they are not good at prolonged head-on battles when faced with a strong opponent.

Faced with Heiwa's relentless attacks, it still chickened out.

Cowardly as I may be.

But a leopard is a leopard after all. It can easily traverse mountains and rivers, and no one can stop it from escaping if it wants to.

Even Heiwa won't do.

"That was terrifying! I never expected it to really be a leopard."

Wang Lixian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew how powerful this leopard was.

Let alone leopards.

As long as they are large, ferocious beasts like jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards.

If people meet, they can't avoid offending each other and live in peace.

Then we must do everything we can to kill it or drive it away.

There is no other choice.

They won't give you a choice either.

"This thing was driven back to the deep mountains and forests a few years ago and never came out again. We haven't seen it for many years. Now it's reappeared. Everyone should be careful."

Everyone then came to their senses, nodded in agreement, and dared not have any other thoughts.

While drinking at midday, they heard that there might be leopards in the mountains again, and they got a little excited.

Because few young people have ever seen a leopard.

Even stories about leopards are rare.

So when I first heard about leopards, I found it quite novel and rare.

Some people are even itching to hunt one.

But now, after encountering the leopard, I realize how naive my previous thoughts were.

The moment the leopard with the broken tail fell from the tree and turned to look at them.

When they met those cold and cruel eyes, they felt as if their foreheads exploded and their hair stood on end.

Let alone going up to fight the leopard.

They don't even have the guts to raise a gun.

Thinking about it now, I still feel a little scared.

no way.

This is the true reaction of ordinary people when faced with wild animals.

Many things cannot be solved by imagination alone.

You have to experience it to know whether it's good or bad.

Even if jackals, tigers, leopards, and bears are few in number and in a pitiful situation.

When people encounter this, their primary concern is survival.

You feel sorry for it, but it finds you delicious.

You think it's fun, and it thinks you taste good.

"We owe it all to Heiwa this time. Fugui, you must take good care of it when you get back and heal its wounds. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, I'll go to my wife's parents' house to find a female dog for Heiwa."

As Chen Ze spoke, he felt a little embarrassed and ashamed. He had been so frightened when he saw the leopard that he blamed himself for not being out in the mountains often enough and for being too timid, which made him lose face in front of his friends.

"Heiwa is amazing. He's a dog that's fought wolves before. He's even fiercer than a leopard."

Others also expressed their admiration.

However, seeing Heiwa covered in wounds and still bleeding, everyone felt a little uneasy.

I'm worried it might be too badly injured.

Such a good dog, don't let it cause any trouble.

Then they saw that the magnificent hawk in front of Chen Ling had flown back at some point, and they all suggested that Chen Ling go down the mountain and return.

Hurry up and treat Heiwa's injuries.

With all this bleeding, we don't want it to cause any trouble if we delay.

"It's alright, this little injury is nothing to it."

陈凌了解自家狗，尤其黑娃是最抗揍的，这点伤也不过是点皮外伤，这不，它自己都不怎么在意，舌头在伤口上稍微舔了一遍就不管了。

Instead, it started whining and wagging its tail at Chen Ling, signaling that after killing the leopard, it was time to hunt the wild boar.

"Let's go, that big lone pig is nearby. Let's take it down and then go home."

"Huh? So, we have to go hunt pigs again?"

Everyone was caught off guard by Chen Ling's words.

Wang Lixian also said, "Why don't you just forget about it? You should go back and apply the medicine to Heiwa."

Chen Ling patted Heiwa's head and said with a smile, "The pig is right in front of us. We can't have come all this way for nothing. Look, Heiwa doesn't want to go back like this."

Then his expression gradually became serious: "The main problem is that leopard with the broken tail from before. I reckon it came with the wild boar. This guy knows the wild boar is injured, so it's probably trying to wear it down until the wild boar is too weak to resist, and then it will make its move."

Wang Lixian was stunned when he first heard this.

Then he slapped his forehead: "Yes, it must have come with the pig. The pig has a trap on its leg. If the leopard targets it and picks a fight with it every day, it can wear it down to death."

No matter how fierce a wild boar is, it is not as agile as a leopard. The leopard can harass it, preventing it from eating and sleeping properly, and thus hindering its recovery from injuries.

That way, we can slowly wear it down.

Everyone was astonished: "Really? Is this leopard that cunning?" "Yes, but this isn't the leopard's problem, it's the pig's problem."

Chen Ling picked up the hawk from the ground and placed it on the hunting rifle on his shoulder, letting it stand upright: "Let's go, we're already here, we're determined to catch this pig today."

Everyone was still young, and upon hearing this, their fighting spirit was ignited.

"Okay, we'll listen to you and Brother Xian, and go together to take it down."

"That's right, we're already so close, how can we let a leopard scare us and go back empty-handed?"

So the group continued to let Heiwa lead the way, sharpening their knives and charging towards the location of the wild boar.

The wild boar was indeed nearby.

They had walked no more than a hundred or two hundred meters when Heiwa slowly stopped on a gentle slope covered with wormwood and began to bark softly at the people behind him.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ling led his men over quietly, parted the dense grass and looked down the slope. Sure enough, a large boar with tusks was limping along, dragging a trap, struggling to walk through a wide depression overgrown with weeds.

Behind it, on the gentle slope opposite the depression, there was a very obvious mark left by a clamp.

"Good lad, he must have been alerted by the commotion we made when we encountered the leopard, and he's trying to sneak away."

"This pig has a broken front leg, so it can't run very fast. Let's just shoot it."

When Chen Ling saw this, he was amused. It had actually been scared out of its wits and run away. Then there was no need to look for it everywhere.

Wang Lixian also said, "Listen to Fugui, let's fight."

So next, Chen Ling released the kite.

Along with two other men carrying hunting rifles, they slowly approached, and the three of them aimed at the wild boar from three different directions.

After taking aim, Chen Ling made hand gestures, and the three of them got ready as well.

However, just as they were about to fire...

Suddenly, the wild boar let out a loud "whoosh" and turned to run away.

This left everyone stunned.

"What a clever fellow."

Wild boars, despite not being able to see you with their eyes, are actually very aware of whether people or predators are approaching.

Because their vision is not outstanding.

However, their hearing and sense of smell are frighteningly acute.

So just as Chen Ling and the other two were about to glance at it, it immediately noticed and turned to run away.

Despite having a broken leg, it runs surprisingly fast, its body wobbling as it runs.

Unfortunately, he's not quite the same as before he was injured.

One of its front legs was broken and still attached to the trap. It tried to run up the slope and slip off from the top, but it failed to make it up after two or three attempts.

Seeing this, Heiwa became excited and wanted to rush up and fight the wild boar.

Chen Ling pressed it down, glanced at the hawk circling in the sky, and took a few more steps forward with his hunting rifle.

Aim at the wild boar and fire.

"Bang bang bang-"

A gunshot rang out.

The two people behind him followed suit.

"Puff, puff..."

With a few shots, Chen Ling's two shots accurately hit the back of the other front leg and the joint of the boar.

With a loud "Oink!" the boar's two front legs buckled, and it instantly collapsed to the ground, rolling down the slope.

Chen Ling and his two companions seized the opportunity and fired again.

Unfortunately, the boar struggled fiercely and rolled down the slope into the grass. The shots missed vital organs and only hit the boar.

Wild boars, especially large boars, have thick armor that is difficult to penetrate with a shotgun at a distance, and sometimes it is even impossible to wound their flesh.

"Heiwa, Ertuzi, let's go."

Upon seeing this, Chen Ling threw down his hunting rifle and called out to Heiwa and Yaozi.

Heiwa couldn't wait any longer. Barking, he charged out like a whirlwind, weaving through the lush grass and heading straight for the wild boar.

Er Tuzi also circled down from the sky, plummeting fiercely towards the wild boar like a glider.

"Yuqiang, drop the steel snare down."

Chen Ling carried a hunting knife and asked someone for a steel fork before rushing after Heiwa.

The people behind him were worried that he might be injured by the wild boar.

They followed closely behind, carrying hunting rifles and other weapons.

They haven't arrived yet.

The barking of dogs, the cries of eagles, and the squeals of pigs indicated that the dogs and eagles had already started fighting with the wild boars.

The boar's two front legs were both crippled, and it collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

There was no way to avoid it.

First, his eyes were blinded by a fierce yellow-clawed falcon.

Then the big black dog showed its ferocious side, riding on its back and biting it.

When Heiwa was hunting pigs, he gnawed on them haphazardly.

Unlike Xiao Jin, who specifically tries to reach in from behind.

It prefers brute force and does whatever feels good.

From the wild boar's back, ears, belly, and two injured forelegs.

Keep taking bites.

When Chen Ling and the others arrived, Heiwa had already removed the two injured front legs of the boar.

If it weren't for the fact that the wild boar still had the ability to fight back.

It had probably already gutted the boar by then.

"Be careful, let me test it first, everyone stay away."

Seeing that the boar had lost two front legs, Chen Ling didn't dare to take too much risk.

A pig that is blind and has lost its front legs is not necessarily weak, nor is it necessarily deprived of its hearing and sense of smell.

When a beast is in pain or enraged, the potential it unleashes is terrifying.

Even though the boar has no legs, it still has tusks and can gore people if they get too close.

When it goes berserk, its huge fangs can gouge or stab a person to death.

Even without fangs.

Its own strength should not be underestimated.

The wild boar's body is thick in the front and thin in the back. When it runs and charges, it's like a tank, with 80% of its strength concentrated in its front half.

If it's pushed to the limit, it can snap a tree as thick as an arm with a flick of its neck in a fight.

If such a blow were to hit someone, it could kill them half to death.

Therefore, one can never be too cautious when dealing with such a large boar.

So Chen Ling told Heiwa and Ertuzi to step back, picked up his hunting rifle again, and fired at the boar three or four meters away.

Since the wild boar has lost its front legs and can no longer run, it will naturally have to rely on a gun when it gets close.

If the legs are all intact.

This pig can run and jump on its own. When people get close, the wild boar tries to jump up and headbutt or pick on them.

In a desperate situation where there's no time to fire a gun, a hunting knife and a pitchfork are more useful.

Chen Ling fired a shot to test the waters, and sure enough, the wild boar was no match for him, so everyone came over.

Under a series of "bang bang bang" shots.

The wild boar squealed a few times and struggled fiercely, kicking its hind legs wildly, but it was powerless to resist.

He ultimately died a humiliating death at the hands of three shotguns.

"We finally killed this guy. His skin was so thick that I got tired of shooting it with a gun."

"Heh, it's all thanks to Heiwa for taking its front legs off, otherwise it would have been sitting here taking bullets, it would have been crawling towards you long ago."

"And the rich family's kite is also formidable; it blinded a pig."

"Shuiwa is the dumbest. He can't even shoot accurately. He always hits the wild boar's back. What good is he?"

"Get lost, how much better can you be than me?"

The pig died, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, then started discussing it amongst themselves.

Moreover, this boar is quite large, and it is indeed a large, solitary boar that has separated from the herd.

A lone boar specifically refers to a boar that separates from the herd.

A large lone boar, on the other hand, specifically refers to a large boar weighing over 350 jin (approximately 175 kg) that lives away from the herd.

Only those weighing over 350 jin (approximately 125 kg) are qualified to be called "big"; smaller ones are not acceptable.

This big lone pig looks to weigh at least 400 pounds.

Men, when they hunt such a big pig together, are bound to be excited.

The more they talked, the more excited they became.

They'd be happy even if we didn't give them any meat.

"The pig is quite big, how are we going to get it back?"

Wang Jusheng looked at Chen Ling and Wang Lixian and asked.

Chen Ling pondered for a moment. This pig was too big. They weren't in a proper place on Nanshan Mountain, and it wasn't easy to walk around. It was indeed quite a chore.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "How about we just leave it as is?"

Wang Lixian nodded: "Alright, Shuiwa, Yuqiang, you two get the axes and chop the pig's head off."

"Fugui and I emptied out their intestines and stomachs."

"The rest of you, cut some sticks, gather some grass, and twist some straw rope. Later, you can bundle it up and carry the pork back."

"okay."

Everyone sprang into action.

As the sun gradually sets in the west, the setting sun casts a dim, golden light on the mountains and forests.

After the group finished butchering the pig, and the dog and the hawk had eaten their fill, they left some offal around the mountain as a sacrifice before carrying the pork down the mountain.

"Fugui, Xiange, do you think this leopard will dare to come out again?"

"I don't know. It's best not to come out again. It's better to hide in the deep mountains and forests. Otherwise, if it comes out, it will scare people into not daring to go up the mountain. People will have to find a way to deal with it."

(End of this chapter)