After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 79 Battle Against Wild Boars
Everyone's expression changed simultaneously.

The three Ye brothers huddled together in fear, asking, "Why did the wild boar come down from the mountain?"

Shen Yi, with a solemn expression, told Su Chunlin to close the door. He had just drawn his sickle and wood-chopping knife for self-defense when he saw a figure appear in the snow not far from the Su family's house before he even stepped out of the yard.

Song Yongnian's face darkened. "You all saw it, didn't you!"

"Quick! Close the door!" Mrs. Han jumped up in a panic.

"It's too late!" Shen Yi rushed to the gate, quickly closed it, then climbed onto the wall and shouted, "Wild boars are coming! Wild boars are coming! Everyone, hide!"

He called out three times, looked around, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there were no villagers nearby.

At this moment, the wild boar had arrived at the Su family's door, rooted around on the ground twice, and suddenly rammed into the gate.

The people in the courtyard were terrified.

Song Yongnian urged Ye An and the others to go into the main room with Su Chunlin's family and bolted the door. He himself struggled to climb up the wall and fight alongside Shen Yi.

"What do we do now?" Song Yongnian turned around, waiting for Shen Yi to make a decision.

Shen Yi's cold face showed no sign of panic, his gaze remaining firmly fixed on the wild boar. "Why are you asking me?"

“Because I believe in you, you are a capable person.” Song Yongnian said with certainty.

Shen Yi glanced at him, then turned his gaze back to the wild boar and pondered, "This wild boar weighs more than 300 pounds. It's a strong and powerful creature. It's difficult for the two of us to fight it. The best way is to drive it away."

"How do we chase it away?" Song Yongnian stared at the wild boar, feeling quite panicked. He would dare to take a chance on a small wild boar, but he couldn't afford to confront this adult wild boar head-on. If it nudged him, he would lose half his life.

Shen Yi thought for a moment, then hesitated and asked, "Use fire?"

"Okay! I'll go get the firewood now." Song Yongnian returned to the Su family's courtyard.

Hearing the noise, Su Chunlin mustered his courage and opened the door. Seeing that Song Yongnian needed firewood, he immediately crawled out and led him to the woodshed, where he rummaged through all the flammable wheat stalks, dry branches, and withered leaves.

The entire woodshed was filled with dust.

Song Yongnian didn't care about getting dirty; he carried the firewood and handed it to Shen Yi on the wall.

Shen Yi casually threw down wheat stalks, dry leaves, and branches, creating a circle. He even tried to scare away the wild boar with the branches, but unexpectedly, he angered the wild boar, which then frantically rammed the door.

Su Chunlin was so frightened that he hid back in the main room.

Song Yongnian was unaware of the situation outside, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to pass on firewood.

Those loud bangs were like blows to the soul; anyone with a weak heart would probably faint from fright.

Seeing that the firewood had almost trapped the wild boar, Shen Yi lit two bundles of bundled wheat stalks and threw them to the left and right sides of the firewood circle.

As the fire started burning outside, the wild boar was still desperately pushing against the gate. Just as it realized something was wrong and tried to escape, Shen Yi and Song Yongnian were adding firewood to the fire from either side.

Fueled by the northwest wind, the fire burned ever brighter, reaching the top of the wall.

From below came the mournful howls of wild boars, and the increasingly violent pounding on the door.

Song Yongnian's heart pounded with anxiety. "Can this door hold up?"

Shen Yi nodded uncertainly, "It should be fine. My father-in-law specifically had the carpenter reinforce it."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a creak was heard, the door bolt snapped in two, and a ball of fire rushed into the yard, overturning the stone table and benches, and knocking over the firewood piled up in the corner.

Sparks flew up from the pile of firewood. Shen Yi's expression changed drastically, "This is bad!"

After saying that, he resolutely climbed down the wall, picked up his wood-chopping knife, found the right spot, and swung it down hard at the wild boar.

The wild boar's mournful cries pierced the sky, making the hearts inside the house pound like drums.

Just as the wild boar launched a desperate counterattack, Song Yongnian rushed over and delivered the final blow before quickly running away.

The wild boar was completely exhausted and its howling gradually subsided. It wandered around slowly for a few more laps like a headless fly before finally collapsing to the ground.

Shen Yi and Song Yongnian exchanged a glance, and both breathed a sigh of relief.

They hurriedly grabbed snowflakes to extinguish the burning pile of firewood.

"Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, we're safe!" Shen Yi called out.

The door to the main room opened in response.

Su Chunlin was the first to rush out, carrying a stool, followed by a group of pale-faced followers.

When everyone saw the wild boar burned to a crisp in the yard, and then looked at the mess all over the yard, they were dumbfounded.

Song Yongnian went to find Su Changxi.

Soon, villagers arrived one after another to help.

As soon as everyone entered the yard, they instinctively kept their distance from the wild boar, but couldn't help but secretly peek at it while working.

After finishing his work, Shen Yi was the first to step forward and kick the wild boar twice to make sure it was completely dead before saying, "It's alright now."

Everyone swarmed forward, chattering and discussing amongst themselves.

"Why would a wild boar suddenly come down the mountain? Is there no food left in the mountains?"

"But why did it run to Chunlin's house? Does it know there's food there?"

Su Changfu stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "It was probably the smell of peanut oil that attracted it."

As he spoke, he looked at Shen Yi with a look of relief, "Luckily you were selling oil here today, otherwise we would have had to wait until the wild boar caused trouble before we knew it had entered the village. Such a big guy, even a man might not be able to escape if he encountered it. If an old person or a child had run into it, there would have been no way they would have survived!"

Upon reflection, everyone realized that was indeed the case! They all expressed their gratitude to Shen Yi.

Shen Yi remained modest, not daring to take credit, saying, "It was Song Yongnian who discovered the wild boar entering the village; if you want to thank someone, thank him."

Song Yongnian shook his head seriously, "I found wild boar footprints at the foot of the mountain. Some of the shallower ones were covered by snow. I guess the wild boar entered the village yesterday, but it just hadn't found its target yet. It's probably just like the township head guessed. It was Brother Shen's peanut oil that lured it out."

Su Chunlin chuckled, "You two don't need to be modest. I saw you fight the wild boar with my own eyes. You are both great heroes of our village!"

"Dad, weren't you hiding in the house with us?" Su Ming asked innocently, which made everyone burst into laughter.

Su Chunlin's face flushed red with embarrassment. He glared at his troublesome son, then turned to Su Changxi with a shameless grin. "Brother, you've all seen it. My perfectly good yard has been ravaged by wild boars. And my front gate, half burned and half damaged. It definitely needs to be rebuilt. The outer walls also need to be repainted with yellow mud, otherwise it'll look terrible. All of this costs money! I need to get a bigger share of the wild boar meat to make up for the losses."

There's an unwritten rule in the village that whenever a wild boar enters the village, whoever hunts it must offer some of the boar meat as a feast for the villagers.

Su Changxi was speechless for a moment, then laughed and scolded, "Your son-in-law helped kill the wild boar, so how could you not get a share? Don't worry, we won't take advantage of you. Here's what we'll do: get thirty or four jin, add some dough, stew it in a pot, and everyone can have a bite of meat."

"Alright!" That was exactly what Su Chunlin had been waiting for, so he immediately went out to find a butcher to come and help.