1940s: I supported my wife and sister-in-law by hunting.

For five consecutive days, Chen Gaoshan went into the cornfield almost every day at midday when the sun was at its strongest.

Today was the last day of his private appointment with Qiu Yanzi. Just as noon approached, he picked up his fishing net and headed out as usual.

As soon as I stepped out of the house, I saw Lianhua standing at the door of the west wing, her round belly sticking out.

She held a cucumber she had just picked from her own yard in one hand and a cornbread in the other. She had put some soybean paste into the hole in the middle of the cornbread and was taking small bites of it with the cucumber.

The sweltering heat of the dog days of summer makes people lose their appetite, but these refreshing dipping vegetables can help people eat a few more bites of dry food. Lianhua is enjoying her meal; the morning sickness is long gone, and she's been eating a lot these past few months.

She spotted the mountain that was about to be left.

"Shanzi, are you going to the river again today? We're tired of catching small fish to stew every day."

Chen Gaoshan smiled and nodded.

"Okay, today's the last day. I'll go online a bit more. In this sweltering summer, what else can we eat besides small fish? Besides, you and Xinghua are both pregnant, so you should eat more nourishing food. I'm off!"

Xinghua just came out of the storeroom, holding a straw hat in her hand. "Wait a minute."

She took a few steps forward and placed the mountain on Gao Shan's head.

"Wear this to shield yourself from the sun. Look at you, you've gotten so tanned these past few days, you're almost as dark as a donkey's testicles. The back of your neck is even oily from the sun."

When he reached the river bend and cast his net, and arrived at the cornfield where the two had agreed to meet, Qiu Yanzi was already impatient.

They pounced on him, grabbed a handful of black glucose, and stuffed it into his mouth, not letting him say a word.

Just as things were about to be over, Chen Gaoshan, still reeling from the shock, suddenly had his sixth sense, honed over years as a hunter, suddenly erupt without warning.

He frowned, feeling a slight tremor coming from the ground beneath his feet; the sound was definitely not from a passing carriage.

His heart skipped a beat, and he lost all other thoughts. He didn't care about Qiu Yanzi beside him at all, and immediately lay down on the ground, pressing his ear to the surface of the cornfield.

The moment it touched the ground, a series of dull and chaotic hoofbeats entered its ears. The sound grew louder and closer, making the ground tremble slightly.

Chen Gaoshan cursed inwardly. This was clearly a herd of wild animals coming down the mountain!

Anyone with a brain can see that at this time of year, the only creatures that would dare to openly come down from the mountain and trespass into the farmland in broad daylight are wild boars!

Right now, the wild boars coming down the mountain are all sows with a litter of piglets. The sows protecting their piglets are the fiercest and most aggressive. They will charge at any living creature they see, and they are even more frightening than a lone male wild boar.

To the wild boars, the patches of sweet, juicy, tender corn in the field looked like delicious lollipops.

Every autumn, the wild boars would come down the mountain and wreak havoc on the crops, but usually they would come in the dark at night and sneak away to destroy them when no one was around. But today was different.

These beasts are incredibly audacious! They actually dared to trespass into the village's fields in the middle of the day!

"Shanzi, what are you doing? You're just standing there like a wooden stake. We agreed on two sessions, why are you suddenly lying on the ground? There's so much dirt on the ground, it's uncomfortable and filthy. What happened?"

Seeing his sudden change in behavior, Qiu Yanzi asked him a question, still carrying her lingering, flirtatious energy.

Chen Gaoshan had no time to explain. He got up from the ground, bent down to grab the underwear that was thrown aside, and hurriedly put it on.

"What's wrong? Something terrible has happened! Wild boars have come down the mountain and are wreaking havoc on the cornfield! Hurry up! Put your clothes on and stop dawdling!"

Upon hearing that it was a wild boar, Qiu Yanzi's face immediately turned pale. She instinctively stepped forward, pressed herself against Chen Gaoshan's back from behind, and grabbed his arms with both hands.

"Shanzi, where are you going? You didn't bring any gear, you're just going empty-handed? Don't be so reckless! You absolutely can't get into trouble, otherwise I, your sister-in-law, won't even have this last bit of fun left."

Chen Gaoshan didn't like hearing her say that from the bottom of his heart.

No wonder other people's wives can't compare to the lotus and apricot blossoms in our own house; they only care about the little things in their pockets.

"Shut your mouth! Stop spouting nonsense! Even if something happens to your silly Qiangzi, I won't get involved! Don't stop me, or the whole field will be ruined by wild boars!"

Qiu Yanzi trembled at his shout and reached out to grab wildly in a panic. She accidentally touched his waist and felt something hard and heavy.

"Wait, what's that other thing on your waistband? It's hard and it's hurting my hand."

Chen Gaoshan reached out in an annoyed manner, touched his waistband, and pulled out a Mauser pistol tucked into his belt.

"Anything else. Even if I wanted to wear Diao Chan on my waist, I wouldn't have the skill! Only this thing can hold its own!"

He was too lazy to chat with Qiu Yanzi about these trivial matters; the farmland was the priority right now.

Holding the Mauser pistol in his hand, he turned around and ran straight towards the direction from which the sound of hooves came.

I ran like crazy for a full mile. Along the roadside, corn stalks lay scattered and bent, the straws trampled and uprooted, the ground covered with broken corn leaves and gnawed corn cobs, a mess as if the land had been plowed by oxen.

In the short time these wild boars have been here, they have already wreaked havoc on a large area of ​​crops!

Further ahead were soybean fields planted by the villagers. In the soybean fields, a group of wild boars were rotting the crops with their snouts, their eyes blinking as they did so.

There were at least four adult wild boars, each one plump and strong with dark fur, accompanied by piglets that grunted and munched on bean sprouts and rooted around the sow, eating with great gusto, completely unaware of anyone approaching.

Chen Gaoshan held his breath, raised his Mauser pistol, and aimed at the dark herd of wild boars in front of him. However, the distance was about forty meters away, and with the range of the Mauser pistol, the accuracy was really questionable.

He didn't dare to delay, immediately pulled the trigger, pulled the safety off, and pulled the trigger without hesitation!

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

A series of gunshots rang out in the fields, making ears ring.

The wild boars, who were engrossed in their meal, were completely startled by the sudden gunshot. The once fierce boars were terrified and scattered in chaos.

The mother boar led the entire herd of wild boars, turning around and fleeing frantically into the dense forest behind the mountain, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Chen Gaoshan stared at the direction the wild boars fled. This was not just a few wild boars; there were at least twelve or thirteen of them, big and small, crammed together. No wonder they were so destructive.

Seeing that the wild boar herd had run some distance away, he didn't care whether there was anyone else in the field. Whether it was time to act or not, they were getting down to business. These few gunshots would scare them away if they really wanted to do something.

He shouted at the top of his lungs towards the village, and his voice carried far.

"Wild boars are coming down the mountain! Everyone come quick! Someone come and protect the crops!"

Actually, he didn't need to shout anymore; the gunshot just now was more effective than any shouting.

In the village, the sound of gunfire was the most urgent signal. In no time, the villagers, young and old, grabbed hoes, sickles, and pitchforks and rushed over.

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