Chapter 772

The pig wasn't dead, and Wang An was in a genuinely good mood. He handed the axe to Wang Li and said, "You smash those two; let's see if you can finish the job with one axe, hehehehe."

Wang Li took the axe with a face full of excitement and said with a grin:

"Hehehe, I'm the one who chops all the firewood at my place; I've got great aim."

After saying this, Wang Li picked up the broad axe and walked toward one of the wild sows that had its front leg broken.

At this time, the sow had its hind legs and mouth bound. Seeing Wang Li approach, it instantly let out an incomparably shrill scream.

Because the sow was facing away from Wang An, from Wang An's line of sight, he saw the sow's back arch once more, and its anus and urinary tract also retracted simultaneously.

It was very obvious that the sow was terrified of the city gate falling!

To tell the truth, Wang Li and the sow at this moment looked very much like a fierce, menacing strongman and a delicate, helpless young girl.

Most importantly, this strongman was about to forcibly do something to this girl, and the girl was unable to resist.

Seeing this, Wang An couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.

Hearing Wang An's laughter, Wang Li even turned his head to smile at him; it was clear that Wang Li didn't know what Wang An was laughing at.

However, Wang An didn't say anything either.

Very quickly, Wang Li's broad axe fell, and with a crisp "Bang" sound, the sow lay there and stopped making noise.

I don't know why, but when Wang An knocked on a pig's head, it was a dull "thud," but when it came to Wang Li, it turned into a crisp "Bang."

Wang An immediately stepped forward to check the wild pig's breath, confirming that the pig had truly fainted.

Wang An couldn't help but praise him happily: "Looking at this, you're better than me; you really finished it in one go."

Wang Li smiled without replying, picked up the broad axe, and walked toward the last conscious wild pig.

Not surprisingly, Wang Li ended the battle with a single axe strike, focusing on being steady, accurate, and ruthless.

Knocking the pigs unconscious wasn't difficult, but when the two of them lifted the fainted sows onto the horses' backs, it was genuinely quite strenuous.

Fortunately, pure Oroqen horses are much shorter than normal local horses; if compared to Wang An's large stallion, they were even shorter.

Because even an adult Oroqen horse only stands about 1.3 or 1.4 meters tall.

But even at this height, it takes several years to grow to that size.

Normal local horses grow quite large in just two years and training begins then; by the time they are three or four, they are already adult horses.

But Oroqen horses need three to four years just to reach maturity, and when training starts, it is mainly for carrying loads, followed by training for riding.

It takes 4 to 5, or even 5 to 6 years for an Oroqen horse to completely stop growing.

From this, one can see how slow the growth rate of an Oroqen horse is.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why the price of Oroqen horses is generally higher than that of local horses.

However, don't let the small size of the Oroqen horse fool you; their load-carrying ability is the most excellent among all horses.

In this regard, even Wang An's large stallion is far inferior.

People often use the term "axle-man" to describe those men who aren't very tall and don't look fat, but are very heavy and possess great strength.

Because such people don't show off, yet their bodies are full of solid, sinewy muscle.

And the Oroqen horse is, in fact, a true "axle-man among horses."

Wang An and Wang Li struggled to place the three wild pigs onto the horses' backs, and then thoughtfully used ropes to wrap around the horses' bellies, tying the pigs' necks and hind legs together.

After tying them, Wang Li subconsciously muttered: "I never imagined that a sow would have a day where it rides a horse, damn it."

Wang An looked at the three horses carrying the three wild pigs weighing over 200 jin each, and felt that this scene was genuinely quite comical.

He laughed and said: "Yeah, day after day, who knows what's what."

After a while, Wang Li suddenly said with a face full of worry:

"Fourth Brother, you say if we keep walking, what if the pig falls off the horse?"

Wang An heard this and subconsciously said:

"If it falls, we'll just lift it back up; we can't have you carrying it back."

Wang Li shook his head and said: "No, Fourth Brother, I mean these pigs are dead heavy; won't they fall to their deaths if they drop?"

Wang An heard this, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and gave Wang Li a glare, saying:

"Why are you so full of trouble? Worrying about useless things every day; how could they fall to their deaths so easily? Day after day, put the meat and those wild piglet cubs on the horses' backs, let's get moving."

As they spoke, the two of them worked together to load the sacks containing the meat and the sacks containing the small piglets onto the horses' backs.

Immediately after, Wang An led the horses forward, and Wang Li, blinking his eyes, also led his horse and followed.

Although they didn't delay along the way, their speed could never be increased.

The two of them leading the horses wasn't fast to begin with, and for some reason, these three sows recovered their ability so quickly.

Along the way, the two of them had to occasionally smash the pigs' heads with the broad axe to let the pigs, which had just regained consciousness, fall back into a coma.

Once, Wang An forgot to use the blunt side of the axe and instead used the blade side to give the pig's head a fierce strike.

It must be said, perhaps because Wang An used less force, or perhaps the wild pig's head was truly very sturdy, but the axe blade didn't cut in.

However, at the spot where it was struck, pig blood flowed out quite a bit, and it kept dripping all the way, never stopping.

Finally, nearly 5 hours later, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them finally arrived home.

Seeing the horses carrying the pigs back, the group of hired hands was filled with shock and surprise.

Perhaps in their understanding, such a thing had never happened before.

A man from the settlement with the surname Niu said: "Oh my god, Xiao An, you're truly vicious! The pig mouths are all tied up; are these live pigs?"

Wang An heard this and said happily: "That's a must, kill them when we need to eat; it's all about freshness, hahahaha."

Another person immediately replied: "Hey, fresh or not doesn't matter, as long as there's meat to eat; even if it has a bit of a rancid smell, it doesn't matter."

"Rancid smell" refers to cured meat; in this era, meat with a rancid smell was still perfectly fine to eat.

Others also said:

"Yeah, even missing a meal or two of meat is fine; hunting is so strenuous."

Immediately after, others also started talking all at once.

It was clear that this group of people felt a bit embarrassed eating meat at every meal.

After all, given the living conditions of this era, being able to eat meat at every meal was simply unimaginable.

After everyone finished speaking, Wang An said nonchalantly:

"It's fine, working for my family, you must eat meat at every meal, hahahahaha."

(End of chapter)