pjbooks Chapter 40 The Lottery, the Villagers Who Were Stunned
Chapter 40 The Lottery, the Villagers Who Were Stunned
[Harvested one wild boar, harvest points +387]
[Harvested one wild boar, harvest points +305]
[Harvested one wild boar, harvest points +198]
[Harvested one wild boar, harvest points +212]
This was a system notification given when he shot four wild boars earlier. Upon closer inspection, Lin Chuan chuckled.
The two largest wild boars had their tails drooping, clearly broken off.
Isn't this the wild boar that cornered him and Lin Xue in the tree a few days ago?
At that time, Lin Chuan only had a slingshot, and he survived by breaking the pig's tailbone with the slingshot.
Things are different now. Lin Chuan now has a bow and arrows, and the wild boar that once cornered him is now just a matter of one arrow.
Unexpectedly, these wild boars came to Liziao and even recruited a few henchmen.
No wonder it's so aggressive, able to ram into trees for hours on end; it turns out it was injured by a two-legged creature.
After going around in circles, it still ended up in Lin Chuan's hands, which could be considered revenge for the fright Lin Xue suffered earlier.
Lin Chuan bled the wild boar and then cut some vines. The Tang brothers lit a fire and watched Lin Chuan work.
They wanted to help but were also a little scared. These wild boars had become a source of fear for them, and they would probably dream about them at night.
Seeing Lin Chuan using vines to tie several wild boars together, Boss Tang asked curiously:
"Xiao Chuan, these wild boars must weigh over a thousand pounds, are you planning to just haul them back like this?"
"Hmm~".
Lin Chuan didn't explain anything. After tying it up, he tried pulling on it and it felt okay.
With a single effort, he dragged the wild boar back, one hand at a time, leaving Tang Laoda and Tang Laosan dumbfounded until Lin Chuan's figure disappeared.
"Third brother, you must never mess with him in the future, he's a monster."
"Hmm." Tang Laosan swallowed and nodded repeatedly.
Lin Chuan had no idea that he was being treated like a monster just because he was pulling something, but he felt fine.
He only needs to use a few hundred pounds of force to drag something weighing a thousand pounds on the ground, unless he is going uphill, in which case he will need to use both hands.
As he walked, Lin Chuan glanced at his system. This time, his single-time gain points exceeded 1,000, plus the remaining ones from before:
Harvest Points: 1376
With his harvest points exceeding 1,000 again, Lin Chuan was tempted to try his luck at the lottery, but also wanted to keep them.
Once the system unlocks the targeted lottery function, the value of this thing changes.
It's no longer a completely random gamble; it can be considered a trump card. In case of an unexpected situation, this thing could actually be a lifesaver.
But he was itching to try his luck, so Lin Chuan drew a regular prize.
[You spent 300 Harvest Points to participate in the lucky draw. Congratulations! You have won RMB 3000. Would you like to claim your prize?]
Did you win money?
Lin Chuan was somewhat disappointed; the prize was rather ordinary and tacky.
But then he thought about it again and accepted it. His mother didn't know about the situation in the county and thought he had several hundred yuan from selling fish.
Although I won't ask him for it, I definitely won't give him any more money, and he has a lot of things he wants to do lately.
The bathroom needs repairing; it's too inconvenient to shower at home. The furniture also needs to be replaced; the house is quite large, but it feels empty.
We also need to build a smokehouse. We've sold the meat, but the intestines and other meats need to be smoked, otherwise they'll spoil. These past few days, he's been having Lin Xue smoke the intestines by wrapping them in nylon paper, which isn't very convenient.
As for these things, there's no way I'd get money from my mom to build them; she'd definitely think it's a waste of money.
And refrigerators, televisions... well, never mind, for these big items, the money has to be spent openly.
Lost in thought the whole way, Lin Chuan moved quickly, and by eleven o'clock, he had returned to Qiaotou Bay.
Tang Lao Er has already carried him back. He's been given an injection and bandaged up, and he's currently on an IV drip.
The matter was still unresolved, and not all those who had gone out had returned. No one was in the mood to go to the fields, so they all gathered at the threshing ground to discuss it.
"Look, what's that?"
"Isn't that Xiao Chuan? You don't even recognize Xiao Chuan? I heard he's the one who saved the Tang brothers this time."
"Heh, if you ask me, Xiao Chuan is just kind-hearted. He was bullied just a few days ago, and yesterday he reminded them, but they didn't appreciate it, so he went to save them."
"Yes, Ogawa..."
"No, look what Xiaochuan is pulling!"
Lin Chuan was still far away, and he was easy to recognize, but the wild boar lying on the ground was a dark, indistinct lump that was hard to see clearly for someone with poor eyesight.
"It looks like a wild boar."
"How could it be a wild boar? It's such a big lump. A wild boar would be so heavy. How could anyone pull it? Look at him, he doesn't even tremble when he walks."
"My god, it really is a wild boar! Let's go take a look."
Lin Chuan was pulling along just fine when he suddenly saw a large group of people running towards him.
He thought something had happened and that Tang Lao Er hadn't survived, so he pulled the wild boar and walked a few steps quickly.
He led the wild boar and walked quickly, while the crowd slowed down.
"Xiao Chuan, what you're pulling out is a pig!"
"Yeah, we caught it on the mountain."
The onlookers looked at each other in disbelief. They were so close; how could they not tell it was a pig?
The key point is that these are such big pigs, and there are several of them, how can you speak so calmly while pulling them?
Seeing that they didn't speak, Lin Chuan was too lazy to ask. If Tang Lao Er had really gotten into trouble, people would have been making a fuss by now.
He led the pig without stopping and walked into the crowd.
The previously quiet crowd suddenly started making noise, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over a hot oil pan.
"My God, that must weigh over a thousand pounds! How did he manage to pull that?"
"And with one hand, that's incredible strength."
"Speaking of which, Xiaochuan is seventeen already, and he's got that energy..."
"Are you trying to kill yourself? He's just a child, still in school."
The contrast is so great because Lin Chuan is still a child in their eyes.
It's like a three-year-old child in a bay pulling a hundred-pound load – it completely overturns our understanding.
Lin Chuan dealt with some of the aunties' questions and led the pig toward Wang Hu's house.
He still had to share the meat with others, and he didn't want all those people to come to his house; it was better for them to stay with Wang Hu.
Wang Hu, as expected of the team leader, is meticulous. Even in the midst of his busy schedule, he remembered the wild boar incident and immediately asked his wife to boil water when he returned.
The Lin Chuan family and the Wang Liang family were all busy at Wang Long's house, it seems that Wang Hu had considered slaughtering pigs there.
When Lin Chuan led the pig into the yard, Lin Xue was the first to run up, followed closely by Wang Yan.
"Brother, brother, did you hunt this wild boar?"
"Hmm," Lin Chuan pulled Lin Xue closer and whispered in her ear:
"These are the wild boars that trapped us in the tree last time. I've avenged you."
"real?"
"Go and look at its tail."
Lin Xue ran off excitedly to flip the pig's tail, and Wang Yan, though unsure why she was doing it, followed suit.
Lin Feng came over and handed Lin Chuan a cup of tea, and took the bow and arrows from him as well.
Lin Chuan downed his tea in one gulp, then turned to look at the person who had followed him:
"Dear uncles and aunts, come and lend a hand. After we slaughter the pig, we'll treat you all to a feast of 'pig-killing stew'."
"Pork stew?"