Chapter 334: The Worried Thing Happened

During the meal, Wang An said to Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li

Seeing Mu Xueli said with great regret: "Yeah, I was busy firing my gun at the time, and in that split second, there were probably five or six wild boars."

Wang Li also said: "Yeah, Fourth Brother, I saw it too; they all seemed to be yellow-haired ones."

Wang An nodded and said: "When we go back in a while, we'll get them all out; otherwise, it would be a waste."

Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li were stunned for a moment upon hearing this, because the two of them didn't know that this gully could be entered directly by driving a sled.

So the two of them thought that getting the wild boars out from the bottom of the gully was a fairly difficult task, and there were many dangers involved.

Because this meant that someone had to go down to the bottom of the gully to tie the wild boars to the rope.

And during the process of going down to the gully bottom, one would also have to clear away the tree branches or bushes on the gully walls; otherwise, when dragging the wild boars up, they would very likely get stuck.

Seeing Mu Xueli quickly reacted and immediately said: "Yeah, brother-in-law, I'll go down to the gully bottom in a while, and you guys just drag from above."

Wang Li immediately followed up: "I'd better go down; I have less strength than Brother Mu, so it's just right for me to go down."

Seeing Mu Xueli rolled his eyes at Wang Li and said with great disdain:

"Forget it, with your big frame, even dragging you—"

Before Seeing Mu Xueli could finish, Wang An interrupted him and said:

"What are you making a racket for? Neither of you needs to go down; we'll just drive the sled in from over there."

As Wang An spoke, he pointed his hand toward the ice surface.

The two turned their heads to look in the direction Wang An pointed, but they didn't see anything; however, both of them let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

You have to know that dragging a rope down to the bottom of a gully is basically no different from dragging a rope down a cliff.

Anyway, as long as you accidentally fall down, no matter who it is, it's damn tough; if you don't die, you'll be crippled.

After discussing this matter, the three of Wang An finished their meal; unsurprisingly, all three were full after eating only a little.

Actually, when people are eating, they are afraid of stopping halfway, because after stopping, when you want to continue eating, you will find that you are no longer hungry and simply cannot eat much.

After the meal, the three of Wang An began to load meat onto the sleds, but Wang An's sled was left empty, because one sled had to be cleared to go into the big gully and pull back the wild boars that had fallen in.

Zhang Shuya was observant this time, as she also helped move the chunks of meat.

After loading the sleds, the four of them walked toward the ice surface.

Since finishing the meal, Zhang Shuya had been in a state of wanting to speak but hesitating; Wang An, being such a sharp person, naturally noticed it long ago, but a person like Wang An rarely takes the initiative to ask.

Because there is a saying that makes a lot of sense: being pushy is not good business.

Besides, to Wang An, Zhang Shuya didn't even count as a passerby; it was Zhang Shuya's status that made Wang An save her.

So if Zhang Shuya has something to say but doesn't say it herself, waiting for others to ask proactively, is that possible?

After arriving at the ice surface, they tied Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li's sleds to a tree at the entrance of the big gully, and the four of them drove the sled toward the inside of the big gully.

It must be said that this big gully is really long; just reaching the place where the wild boars fell is a full two li or more.

And the further inside this big gully they went, the higher the height from the gully bottom to the top became; by the time they reached the location of the wild boars, the distance from the bottom to the top was at least thirty or forty meters.

There were many small holes on the gully walls, and quite a lot of sparrows lived inside; because of the four people's entry, all the sparrows on the walls were startled and flew out of the gully in a flurry.

Actually, Wang An dared to enter the big gully mainly because it was just early spring, and the temperature was still very low; in the Northeast, it is still considered winter.

If this were summer, Wang An would absolutely not dare to enter easily.

Because by then, the poisonous snakes, big black mosquitoes, and all kinds of insects in this gully would be everywhere.

Especially the big black mosquitoes,

The big black mosquitoes of the Northeast are famous throughout the country; when they land, they look about the size of a hornet, just not as thick as a hornet.

But now, in this world of ice and snow, these things don't exist at all. By the time the group reached the wild boars, the souls of the five yellow-haired ones had already gone to see the Buddha.

Only five carcasses were left, having smashed quite a deep pit into the thick snow at the bottom of the gully, and quite a few branches on the gully walls had been broken as well.

Because the temperature at the bottom of the gully is much higher than outside, the five yellow-haired carcasses were basically not frozen stiff yet.

Which is to say, it's just the right time to skin them now.

The three of Wang An didn't hesitate anymore and began to gut, bleed, and skin the five yellow-haired ones directly.

Just as the three were dancing their knives, Zhang Shuya finally couldn't hold back and spoke.

"Big Brother, can you take me to your commune in a while? I want to make a phone call."

At this time, the entire Xing'an Commune only had one telephone, and it was the kind with a hand crank.

However, Wang An did remember that in his past life, not long after the land was divided among households, which was 1982, every village in the Northeast began to install power lines.

It was also until then that the homes of the village heads in each village gradually began to install telephones.

After Zhang Shuya finished speaking, Wang An looked at his watch; it was already almost two o'clock, and then Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"Fine, there's still time; we'll go to the commune first in a while, and then go home."

After Wang An finished speaking, he continued to lower his head and work.

As a police officer, Zhang Shuya must have something important if she wants to make a call, and Wang An still had to cooperate.

Besides, Wang An felt that Zhang Shuya making a call must be because of that gang of bandits in the forbidden area; if Zhang Shuya could solve them, Wang An would be spared from having to find Wu Dong for help.

Soon, the three of them finished gutting and skinning all five yellow-haired ones.

To save time, Wang An decided not to dismantle the wild boar carcasses, and except for the hearts, livers, lungs, and stomachs, all the intestines were thrown away.

Mainly because there was no time to empty the feces, and besides, Wang An discovered that although the intestines of these five yellow-haired ones were not ruptured, in many places they were left with only a thin layer of membrane.

It felt like they would explode without much effort, and then there would be feces everywhere.

So for the sake of safety, it's better not to be too reluctant to throw them away.

Throwing the five wild boar carcasses onto Wang An's sled and covering them with wild boar skins, after walking out of the big gully, the four of them took three sleds and headed toward Xing'an Commune.

Actually, the road to Xing'an Commune is the same as the road to Wang An's home; after all, Xing'an Commune, which is Liu Family Village, is only two li away from Kaoshan Village.

About three or four li away from Wild Boar Ridge, the sharp-eyed Wang An discovered a set of brand-new footprints, and they were leather shoe footprints.

A person like Wang An is very attentive to these anomalies.

Because whether it was when they came to Wild Boar Ridge, or when Wang An was tracking those two people before, or when he was leading Zhang Shuya back, these footprints did not exist.

This was enough to show that the person who left these footprints had just passed by here not long ago.

Wang An called for the sled to stop and followed the footprints back for a distance, and then Wang An concluded that this person had come out from the forbidden area.

Wang An's actions naturally attracted the attention of Zhang Shuya, Seeing Mu Xueli, and Wang Li.

Zhang Shuya also reacted at this time; this was someone coming out of the forbidden area.

The thing Zhang Shuya was worried about had finally happened.

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