Reborn in the 1980s, starting with fishing and hunting to build a fortune

Chapter 94 The Best of the Young

Chapter 95 The Best of the Young

As soon as everyone arrived, they were deeply shocked by the scene before them.

Less than 100 meters apart, two large wild boars, each weighing two or three hundred kilograms, were lying down.

On the snow were two large pools of blood that had long since frozen and a pile of exposed wild boar organs and entrails.

Although the scene was bloody, it was also delightful.

That's five or six hundred pounds of meat! In an era when people could only afford to eat meat a few times a year, that much meat was enough to drive anyone crazy.

"My goodness! Xiangyang actually killed two big wild boars!"

The speaker was a burly young man named Zhang Wei, who was Li Xiangyang's neighbor.

However, he was several years older than Li Xiangyang. He used to play with his older brother Li Xiangdong and didn't get along with Li Xiangyang, but they knew each other.

Next to him was his younger brother, Zhang Lei, who was a year younger than him. He was not yet married and was rather immature and childish.

"Xiangyang... he's really amazing now!" Zhang Lei stared at the wild boar on the ground, his mouth agape, his eyes full of envy.

"Hey, stop praising him. He was just lucky. He happened to bring a gun today and just happened to run into a herd of wild boars."

Zhao Lijuan quickly tried to smooth things over.

It wasn't that she disliked Li Xiangyang being praised, but rather that she understood the principle that "the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind."

The Li family has been making too much noise in the team lately.

The rest of the family didn't know, but she usually liked to gossip and was well-informed. She had unintentionally overheard too many people being envious of their family.

Deep down, he just wanted to make a fortune quietly and didn't want the Li family to become too famous, so that others would covet and be jealous of them.

"Lijuan is right. Xiangyang has been lucky to catch deer, wolves and wild boars recently. If I had that kind of luck, I could catch them too, maybe even more."

Upon hearing Zhao Lijuan say that Li Xiangyang was lucky, Liu Qiang immediately chimed in.

In the team, he has always been the most popular and prominent among the younger generation.

He and his father managed their family ranch very well, and they were praised by the team and other elders on many occasions.

He is widely recognized within the team as the most promising among the younger generation.

Even the woman he's currently dating is Liu Guifang, the village beauty that Li Xiangyang pursued relentlessly but failed to win over.

But who knew that Li Xiangyang would steal all the limelight from him in just half a month?

They have become a new hot topic of discussion among the younger generation in the team.

Even Liu Guifang said to him several times that Li Xiangyang was better and more capable than him, and that she had misjudged him before.

This made him a little jealous of Li Xiangyang.

Also, there was the time last time, when the Li family fought the wolves.

The two old men kept praising Li Xiangyang in front of him, saying how capable he was, that no one in the team could compare to him, and so on.

He was very unconvinced when he heard that, always feeling that Li Xiangyang had just been having some good luck lately.

If you give him that luck, he can do it too.

"Liu Qiang, come on! With your marksmanship, you might be able to hit a stationary target, but when it comes to shooting at a running wild boar, you won't even be able to aim at it before it knocks you flying."

Zhang Lei immediately scoffed.

Liu Qiang is indeed capable, and he admires him, but he just can't stand him because he always wears that arrogant "I'm the best in the world" look on his face.

We're all young people full of vigor, with two shoulders and a head to carry, so why is he the only one who's superior?

So what if he's arrogant?

"What? You're not convinced? If you're not convinced, we'll have a match when you have time—?"

Hearing Zhao Lei describe him in such a negative light, Liu Qiang instantly became agitated.

"Let's practice then, who's afraid of who?"

Zhang Lei quickly crouched down in a horse stance, intending to wrestle with him: "Your brother here has time now!"

"Smack."

With a sharp crack, Zhang Wei slapped Zhang Lei on the back of the head: "Are you ever going to stop? I called you here to help Xiang Dong bring the wild boar back, but you're arguing with Liu Qiang instead."

After being hit by his brother Zhang Wei, Zhang Lei fell silent and obediently followed the others.

"Hehe, you've got a real problem, haven't you?" Liu Qiang teased from behind, then quickly ran forward.

Just as he ran to the wild boar's side, he was suddenly startled by Wangcai, who darted out. His legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

He exclaimed in alarm, "No—something's wrong! There are wolves!"

Everyone saw it at that moment, and they were all shocked and retreated in panic.

A brownish-yellow wolf with a bright red mouth was seen lying between them and the wild boar.

The fine hairs on his chin were still bleeding, making him look extremely ferocious.

And right now, they don't even have a decent piece of wood, let alone a gun.

"Don't be afraid, everyone, don't be afraid—"

Li Xiangdong quickly ran over, using his body to separate them from Wangcai, and explained with a smile, "This wolf is raised by Xiangyang, it won't bite. I forgot to tell you beforehand, so you don't need to be afraid."

After saying that, he walked over, lifted the thick hemp rope tied around Wangcai's neck, and said, "Look, there's still a hemp rope tied around his neck."

"Phew~"

"It really is..."

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The Zhang brothers, Zhang Wei and Zhang Lei, along with Liu Qiang, were slightly shocked by this news.

"I've seen people keep cats and dogs, but keeping wolves..."

"Liu Qiang shook his head helplessly and wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

Then he carefully stood up.

At this moment, Li Xiangyang walked towards them from the other wild boar. He guessed that these people had come to help, so he waved and greeted them warmly: "Zhang Wei, Zhang Lei, Liu Qiang, you've all come too!"

"Yes, Xiangdong said you hunted two wild boars and need help dragging them back," Zhang Wei nodded in reply.

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Xiulan ran towards Li Xiangyang.

Seeing the bloodstains on Li Xiangyang's hands and clothes, her first thought was that he had gotten them while gutting the wild boar, but she still asked with concern, "Xiangyang, are you alright? This blood—?"

"I'm fine. This blood comes from two wild boars. It's cold outside, why did you and your sister-in-law come along?"

"Xiulan is just worried about you," Zhao Lijuan interjected. "She's afraid that someone will steal your capable husband away."

Liu Xiulan immediately tensed up when Liu Guifang said she was coming along; she had seen it all.

Sigh, should we stop sending Liu Guifang over to play? Zhao Lijuan suddenly realized this was a problem.

"Sister-in-law, you're talking nonsense, just joking." Liu Xiulan turned around and shouted back, her cheeks slightly flushed.

Her main reason for coming was because she was worried about Li Xiangyang. Secondly, she heard that Liu Guifang was also coming, but in the end, Liu Guifang didn't come. Instead, she complained that it was cold outside and waited at Li's house so she could help deal with the wild boar later.

"Well done, Xiangyang!"

As Li Xiangyang approached, Zhang Lei immediately patted Li Xiangyang's arm and said...

"No, no, it's just good luck."

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Li Xiangyang modestly admitted that he had been too high-profile lately and needed to avoid suspicion.

But Liu Qiang took this seriously and immediately said to Zhang Lei with a smug look on his face, "I knew it! Xiang Yang has been lucky lately. Look, he's saying it himself now."

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"Oh, yes, it's because Xiangyang is lucky."

Surprisingly, Zhang Lei didn't argue with Liu Qiang. Instead, he changed the subject, laughing as he said, "I wonder—who was it that almost peed their pants from being scared by Xiangyang's little wolf cub, even when they were hunting wild boars—"

"you.....

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Liu Qiang was instantly speechless.

"Alright, alright, you two are so annoying! If you want to argue, go back to your own place and argue!"

It's getting dark, hurry and help lift the wild boar onto the sled.

Zhang Wei was driven crazy by the two childish kids arguing.

The Li family members were also amused.

They're such a pair of clowns.

Li Xiangyang chuckled and said, "Yes, yes, everyone, please help us carry these two wild boars back. I'll treat you all to a pork stew later, and there'll be plenty of meat!"

"Pork stew—?"

"And there's plenty of meat?"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately perked up. Without the Li family even lifting a finger, the three of them carried the entire wild boar king onto the platform.

Their team lives in a semi-agricultural, semi-pastoral area, which is also close to Northeast China, so they also have the custom of eating "pig-killing feast".

This year is the first year that the household responsibility system has been implemented, so there aren't many families raising pigs yet.

Then, the group dragged the two wild boars back to the village, shouting as they went.

As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, a large group of curious people gathered around.