Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

After walking for several more days, there was still no water, and the wild vegetables on the mountain had all dried up. Now, not only was there no water, but there was no food either! With no other choice, Zhou Dashan decided to lead everyone a little deeper into the mountains. Although it would be a bit more dangerous, they were sure they could find food and water.

Zhang Xixi would activate the system scanning function wherever she went, and this time was no exception.

"System, activate the scanning function!"

"Host, there's a small lake ahead, but there are a few wild boars there."

"It's good that there's water ahead. Judging from the direction Zhou Dashan is walking, it seems to be the direction of water." Zhang Xixi reminded him of the wild boar, "Brother-in-law, there must be a lot of wild animals in these deep mountains and forests. Why don't we send someone to scout ahead first?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Dashan immediately stopped in his tracks. "Sister-in-law is right. It would be better to go and find out."

Zhou Dashan looked around. The open space was not bad. He turned around and said loudly to everyone, "Everyone, rest here for a while and take good care of the children and the elderly. I will send someone to scout ahead first."

Not long after everyone sat down, Zhou Yu'an and Zhang Wenhong returned in a panic with several people!

Seeing this, Zhou Dashan quickly asked, "What's wrong? Is there danger ahead?"

"Dad, there's water over there." Hearing that there was water, everyone was overjoyed; they were finally relieved that they wouldn't die of thirst.

Zhou Yu'an took a breath and said, "But there are still a few wild boars there."

Upon hearing about wild boars, the smiles on everyone's faces froze. Zhou Dashan glared at Zhou Yu'an and said, "Why didn't you just say it all at once? You made us all excited for nothing."

Zhou Yuping looked at Zhou Dashan with a wronged expression, "Dad, I just got a bit out of breath while running!"

Zhang Wenhong also said, "There are a total of 3 wild boars. I think if we all unite, we can not only have water to drink but also eat wild boar meat."

Zhou Dashan looked at Zhang Dacheng and the clan elders, "What do you all think?"

Zhang Dacheng stated first, "These wild boars definitely won't allow us to get close, so we'll have to kill them. But without water, none of us can hold out any longer!"

The other elders echoed, "I refuse to believe that so many of us can't defeat those few wild boars!"

"Those who ate the fruit last time have become much stronger, and with so many of us, we should be able to win!"

Seeing that everyone agreed to go hunting wild boars, Zhou Dashan selected some people from those who had eaten fruit last time, and he and Zhang Dacheng led them. They also brought Zhang Wenhong along, since the Zhang family father and son were both experienced hunters, and it would be more reassuring to bring them along. Zhang Xixi was worried, so she also took a big knife and went with them!

Duanmu Yun thought that she could help with her martial arts skills, so she planned to follow Zhang Xixi, but was stopped by Chen Shi.

"Yun'er, it's too dangerous, you can't go."

"Auntie, I know martial arts. I can help Sister Xi and the others." Duanmu Yun tried to break free from Chen's hand, but she couldn't with great effort. She thought to herself, "Is this auntie a master? No wonder these people dared to go into the mountains. They probably don't need my help." She stopped struggling and obediently sat on the ground.

Chen, sitting beside him, said, "The men are there, so don't worry. You should rest more!"

Zhou Dashan led his men to the lake. The lake was indeed small, about the size of a house. Three wild boars were leisurely eating wild vegetables by the lake.

Looking at the two large and one small wild boars, Zhang Xixi thought to herself that this must be a family of three. However, the wild boars were so much bigger than domestic pigs, and they had sharp tusks in front of them. They looked extremely fierce and were a bit troublesome!

Zhang Dacheng was also observing. The wild boars were large, strong, and had thick skin. It would be difficult to deal with all three of them together, so they should be separated.

Zhang Dacheng looked at Zhou Dashan and whispered, "This is a bit tricky. We need to separate these three wild boars and start with the smaller one."

Zhou Dashan himself had never hunted, so he decided not to give any unsolicited advice. "Father-in-law, you can arrange things as you see fit!"

After Zhang Dacheng nodded, he divided everyone into three teams. He and Zhang Wenhong led the teams to hunt down the two smaller ones, while Zhou Yurong led the team to hunt down the smaller one.

Zhang Dacheng told Zhou Yurong to stay where he was, while he and Zhang Wenhong led their men to ambush the wild boars from two directions. Although their arrows hit the wild boars, they did not cause them any harm. However, they did not expect the arrows to hit the wild boars; they were just there to distract them.

Sure enough, the two wild boars looked up and charged fiercely at them. Zhang Dacheng and Zhang Wenhong also led their men to surround them, picking up their weapons and chasing after the wild boars.

Seeing that only one wild boar remained, Zhou Yurong led his men to charge forward, while Zhang Xixi and Zhou Dashan watched from the bushes. The wild boar's hide was incredibly thick. Zhang Dacheng and Zhang Wenhong were locked in a fierce battle with the boar, suffering several wounds, none of which were fatal. This only further enraged the boar, making it even more ferocious!

Zhang Xixi felt that she still needed her own big knife. She looked over at Zhou Yurong's side, where Zhou Yujie was doing a great job, having already knocked out and tied up the little wild boar.

Zhang Xixi shouted, "Yujie, go help my second brother!" Then she turned to Zhou Dashan and instructed, "Brother-in-law, you should find a tree to climb up and stay there!"

After saying that, Zhang Xixi also rushed towards Zhang Dacheng with her broadsword, slashing at the wild boar's hind leg. Fortunately, this sword never disappointed, and the wild boar's leg was severed instantly, letting out a violent scream.

Seeing this, Zhang Dacheng and his men immediately swung their weapons hard at the wild boar's head and eyes, striking while it was weakened and killing it! After a short while, the wild boar lay sprawled on the ground, grunted a few times, and then stopped moving.

Just in case, Zhang Dacheng stabbed the wild boar in the neck again. With Zhou Yujie, a strongman, by his side, Zhang Wenhong quickly ended the fight.

Seeing that the wild boars were all dead and everyone was slumped on the ground, Zhou Dashan immediately ran over and asked loudly, "Is everyone alright?!"

"fine!"

"Everything's alright!"

Zhou Dashan looked at Zhang Wenhong, who was covered in blood, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wenhong, you're injured!"

Zhang Wenhong shook his head. "It's not my blood, it's from a wild boar."

"That's good, that's good!"

After resting for a while, everyone cheered! They were all beaming with joy; they had actually killed several wild boars, something they could brag about for a lifetime!

Zhang Dacheng happily stood up and looked around the place. The mountain behind them was very high, and wild animals could not easily come down. The only way out was from the direction they came from. There was also water and wild vegetables. This was a good place.

"Clan Chief Zhou, I think we should set up camp here tonight!"

Zhou Dashan thought there was a flat area here, close to the water source, so he nodded in agreement and arranged for some people to go back and bring the villagers over, and also to help carry their things.