Chapter 24: I Want to Be With Sister Jin

Today, he could not wait to taste it as the thought of the yummy meat came to mind.

Gu Jiajie got to his feet at once and pulled his dazed father up. “Let’s go, Dad before the other villagers see the wild boar and take it away!”

No one questioned what Gu Jin said because Du Aiqing was a skillful hunter.

They thought that Du Aiqing must have contributed the most in catching the wild boar and Gu Jin just had an incredible stroke of luck by stumbling upon it. If they went there now, they might get a bigger share of the meat.

“Right away! Right away!”

Gu Dechang got to his feet and headed out with his son, with Gu Jin leading the way in front.

Meanwhile, the old man, Chen Hong, and Gu Minmin had all stopped eating.

As soon as Gu Jin walked out the door, she stopped and looked at the child beside her.

She frowned when she saw An Mingji’s pale face. “Are you hungry, An? Why don’t you stay and wait for me here while you get something to eat?”

“That’s right. This kid hasn’t eaten anything yet. Let me bring him something to eat.”

Chen Hong walked up to him with her writhing fat hips and a flattering smile on her face. Her sour expression from last night and this morning was gone.

Seeing Chen Hong approach, An Mingji gripped Gu Jin’s hand tightly. “I want to be with Sister Jin,” he said in a crisp voice.

His panicked face was a response to the fact that Gu Jin was about to leave him alone.

Gu Jin looked at her uncle and cousin, who were waiting for her not far away. Sighing, she went up to Chen Hong. “Auntie, I’ll bring An to the mountains. Could you make a few boiled eggs for him?”

“No problem. I’ll boil some eggs for him right away!”

Chen Hong had a bright smile on her face, not feeling bad about the earthen jar of eggs at all.

Gu Jin then carried the wild child and followed her uncle, as well as cousin, to Mount Blackbird.

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While Du Aiqing waited, he picked up the wild rabbit and two junglefowl he had previously hunted and placed them beside the wild boar. Then, went to check out the deer that the wild boar was chasing after earlier. Seeing that it was dead, he picked it up too and placed it on the wild boar not far away.

He and Gu Jin had stumbled upon the wild boar and deer together. Finders, keepers, so he had no intention of keeping them to himself.

The wait was long, and Du Aiqing was pretty emotional as well.

He was thankful at the thought of his wife and kids having meat to eat.

Soon, he saw Gu Jin returning with the kid in her arms. Gu Dechang and his son were behind her.

“Holy moly, this wild boar is huge!”

Gu Jiajie was wide-eyed when he saw the beast.

So was Gu Dechang. He was so excited at the sight of the massive wild boar that his face turned red.

Du Aiqing looked at the father and son with a smile. “Shall we move this huge thing now? The stench of blood will attract other creatures, I’m afraid. We mustn’t stay here for too long.”

“Okay!”

Gu Dechang held the wild boar’s two rear hooves, Gu Jiajie the head, and Du Aiqing the belly.

“One, two, three, up!”

Even with the three of them, the men struggled to carry the wild boar, which weighed over one thousand pounds.

But thinking of their families, they were thrilled and full of energy.

While he carried the wild boar, Du Aiqing called out to Gu Jin not far away. “You carry the deer, wild rabbit, and junglefowl, Gu Jin!”

“Got it!” she said while she looked at the three energetic men carry the thousand-pound wild boar away.