Chapter 43: Chapter 43 – Where is the heavy money _1 Chapter 43: Chapter 43 – Where is the heavy money _1 Nan Feng carried several arrows and a firewood hatchet up the mountain, and chopped down a thin bamboo from the foot of the mountain.
She sharpened the bottom of the bamboo, making it a spear, a trick she learned from Ye Ge.
The little figure gradually disappeared into the deep mountain.
At first, she still encountered some hunters and woodcutters, but the deeper she went into the mountain, the fewer people she saw.
But Nan Feng still kept going, thinking she might run into Ye Ge.
Then, a whirl of thoughts assaulted Nan Feng’s mind –
If she did run into him, would Ye Ge think she followed him deliberately?
Would he think she was too assertive?
Would he start to be annoyed by her?
On second thought, she was here to hunt today anyway and the mountain didn’t belong to him.
He could come here, so why can’t she?
…
Then Nan Feng shook her head, telling herself not to overthink.
The morning passed quickly, and she did not encounter Ye Ge, but she has bagged three pheasants and two bamboo rats.
She buried her game, marked the spot, then climbed on a tree branch to rest.
Then she took out the squished sweet potato that Nan Quanyou had packed for her.
It didn’t taste good anymore, but she hoped for meat when she went home at night.
Just as she had taken two bites of the sweet potato, something caught her eye.
In a bush, she saw a dark figure and what could it be but a wild boar?
Without thinking, Nan Feng pulled out her bow and arrow, aiming for the neck of the wild boar.
Perhaps the pig’s skin was too thick.
Her arrow entered the pig’s neck like a needle piercing a quilt and did not inflict fatal injury.
The wild boar screamed in pain.
The echo reverberated in the mountains, scaring away a flock of birds and some wild rabbits and pheasants.
Nan Feng didn’t care about the small game.
She was only focusing on the wild boar, which probably weighed fifty to sixty pounds.
That would be quite a fortune.
Hurt and panicked, the wild boar started bolting around the mountain.
Nan Feng couldn’t give it a chance to escape, and in a flash, she let go of the second arrow.
However, the wild pig ran too fast, and the second arrow missed.
The pig even managed to get further away.
Nan Feng quickly jumped off the branch to chase after the wild boar.
She chased the boar for miles along the mountain road.
The boar ran aimlessly, going wherever there was an opening.
Eventually, Nan Feng was quite winded from the pursuit.
Then, something Nan Feng did not expect happened, the wild boar suddenly stopped as if it had realized someone was chasing it.
Nan Feng didn’t give it a chance to retaliate.
She shot an arrow aiming at the boar’s eyes.
A high-pitched squeal filled the air, and the wild pig, even more frenzied than before, charged straight at Nan Feng.
Nan Feng knew she couldn’t outrun the boar.
So, she swiftly climbed onto a tree nearby, getting herself out of the boar’s reach.
Even though the boar was blinded in one eye, it could still see with the other.
It saw Nan Feng climbing the tree, and started bashing the tree trunk.
The pig’s brute force was tremendous, almost shaking Nan Feng off the tree several times.
She could only hold onto the trunk as tightly as possible.
She had one more arrow, but she couldn’t get it.
Just when the boar was about to knock down the thick tree, a figure suddenly landed on the tree trunk next to Nan Feng.
“Ye Ge?” Nan Feng was overjoyed, rescue had actually come.
Ye Ge first made a “shushing” gesture to Nan Feng, signaling her to stay quiet.
Then he took off the bow and arrows from his back, but he didn’t shoot right away.
Instead, he pointed at Nan Feng’s hatchet.
Her hatchet was tied to her waist just like the arrows.
Nan Feng quickly realized what Ye Ge meant.
He was telling her to be ready.
She nodded at Ye Ge.