Chapter 126: A -meter-tall female man
Not long after, a giant tiger more than half a meter tall and more than two meters long slowly walked out of the pine forest, then stopped at the place where the wild boar had fallen before, put its nose close to a pool of bright red snow and sniffed it a few times.

Then, it raised its head and looked in the direction where Li Guoqiang and Guan Changsheng left, its eyes full of cruelty and coldness.

At this time, Li Guoqiang had no idea that he had inadvertently done something that snatched food from the tiger's mouth. While walking down the mountain with Guan Changsheng, he listened to Guan Changsheng's introduction to the Fenghuangling Production Brigade.

Although Fenghuangling is a production brigade, there are only less than 20 households in the village and the population is less than 100 people.

Moreover, under the Fenghuangling Production Brigade, there are three production teams: Fengtou, Fengwo and Fengwei.

Among them, Fengtou Production Team had the smallest population, with only 3 households and 12 people.

In addition, the Fengwei Production Team has a medium population, with 4 households and 17 people.

The Fengwo Production Team, where Guan Changsheng was located, had the largest population, with a total of 12 households and 48 people.

Therefore, naturally, all the positions in the team, such as production team leader, branch secretary, accountant, women's director, and militia company commander, fell into the hands of the Fengwo Production Team.

Just like Guan Changsheng, he was both the team leader of Fengwo Production Team and the team leader of Fenghuangling Production Team.

After hearing all this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Uncle Sheng, since the population of Fengtou and Fengwei is so small, why don't we merge them with Fengwo?"

"Do you think we don't want to?"

Guan Changsheng glanced at Li Guoqiang, then shook his head and explained, "It's because their two villages are too far away from Fengwo. It takes an hour to go back and forth."

"Besides, if they could move, they would have already moved to Erdaogou Commune outside the mountain, or to Fengxian County. Why would they need to move to Fengwo?"

"Just like Fengtou Village, there were still seven or eight households in their village more than 20 years ago, but later on, everyone tried their best to move out of the mountain one after another."

"After all, life in the mountains is not easy. We have to rely on collecting Chinese medicinal herbs and hunting to exchange for food all year round. If there is any other way, who would want to stay in the mountains and suffer!"

When he said this, a trace of sadness appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but feel silent for a moment.

Although this mountain was like a treasure house with its doors open to him, allowing him to take whatever he wanted.

But for ordinary people, life is not so good. Not only do they have to face various dangers, but they also have to solve various life problems.

Among them, the most serious problems are marriage, funerals, birth, aging, sickness and death.

In these mountains, once you get sick or injured, there is no way to get proper and timely treatment. If the condition is a little serious, you can only wait to die.

In addition, due to poor living conditions, girls from outside would never think about marrying in, while girls in the village would try their best to marry out.

In this way, over time, the population of the village will become smaller and smaller until it becomes a deserted village.

Just like the two villages of Fengtou and Fengwei, there are only 3 or 4 households left in each of them now, and it won’t be long before it becomes a deserted village.

As they walked, they just passed a valley when a stream covered with ice and snow suddenly appeared in front of them.

On a hillside opposite the stream, there are more than a dozen thatched houses scattered in an orderly manner, making people feel like they have come to a paradise.

"arrive!"

Guan Changsheng smiled slightly, pointed at the thatched houses, and said softly: "The two houses at the bottom over there are my home. You can stay at my home tonight, and ask your aunt to cook a few specialties for you to taste."

"Row!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded hurriedly and agreed, "Sorry to bother you then!"

"Harmful!"

Guan Changsheng waved his hand, and then said seriously: "Why are you being so polite to me? You saved my life. From now on, just treat this place as your own home."

After saying this, he pulled the sled hard, stepped onto the ice of the stream, and headed straight towards the village.

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly and then hurriedly followed.

After a while, they crossed the stream, passed through the mountain path in front of the village, and walked into Guan Changsheng's yard.

Afterwards, Guan Changsheng did not enter the house, but shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, come out quickly, there are guests at home!"

"Hey! Here we come!"

Soon, a hearty echo came from the house, and then a sturdy woman with short hair was seen walking out of the house in a hurry.

Looking at the tomboy's slightly rough face, nearly 1.80-meter height, and muscular body, Li Guoqiang's mind instantly emerged with an internet celebrity named Yu Jie that he had come across in his previous life.

Just when he was feeling a little surprised, Zhou Xiaoyu looked at his handsome face, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Oh my god! Brother Sheng, where did you bring this little brother back from? He looks so cute!"

"Come, Xiaoyu, let me introduce you."

Guan Changsheng waved his hand, and then said with a serious face: "His name is Li Guoqiang, and he is an educated youth from the Jinshanbao Production Brigade. If he hadn't killed the wild boar today and saved me, I would probably be disabled by now."

"what?"

Zhou Xiaoyu was slightly stunned, then hurriedly walked up to Guan Changsheng, stretched out her hands and kept touching him, and asked with a concerned look on her face: "Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"fine!"

Guan Changsheng saw this and hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm fine. I just got hit by a wild boar on my waist. You can just rub some medicinal wine on it later."

"Let me see!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoyu immediately reached out and lifted up Guan Changsheng's clothes. Then, looking at the large bruise, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

Then, she seemed to think of something, turned around quickly to look at Li Guoqiang, and then fell to her knees on the ground.

"Little brother, thank you for saving our brother Sheng. You are our family's great benefactor. I kowtow to you here!"

As she said this, she wanted to lean over and knock down.

"Don't!"

Li Guoqiang glared at her when he saw this, then he hurried forward and held Zhou Xiaoyu's arm, saying, "Aunt, please don't do this. I just happened to pass by and helped Uncle Sheng. I really don't deserve such a big gift from you."

"no!"

Zhou Xiaoyu's expression straightened up, and then he said seriously, "You saved our brother Sheng's life, I must kowtow to you, otherwise I will feel really bad."

"Oh!" Li Guoqiang couldn't help but say helplessly when he saw Zhou Xiaoyu being so serious: "What's there to be ashamed of? No matter who encounters this situation, they will help. If you insist on doing this, I won't dare to come to your house again in the future!"

"This"

Zhou Xiaoyu couldn't help but hesitate for a moment when he heard this.

"okay!"

At this time, Guan Changsheng, who had just reacted, waved his hands and said, "Xiaoyu, since Qiangzi doesn't want to, don't embarrass him. Let's find a chance to repay his kindness in the future!"

"That!"

Zhou Xiaoyu turned her head and glanced at Guan Changsheng, then she didn't hesitate any more, nodded and agreed, "Then we'll find a chance to repay this kindness in the future."

After saying that, she stood up and enthusiastically pulled Li Guoqiang towards the door.

"Come on, go inside and get on the kang to warm yourself up, just like you're at home. I'll make you something hot to eat later, and I guarantee you'll be full."

"Okay!"

Li Guoqiang nodded and agreed, then he laughed and said, "Then I'd like to taste your cooking skills later."

"But you have to let me kill the wild boar first, or it will freeze and I won't be able to do anything with it later."

"Yes!"

Zhou Xiaoyu paused when she heard this, then nodded hastily and agreed, "How could I have forgotten about this!"

"Hey, Brother Sheng, go get a bucket of hot water from the house first. I'll help Qiangzi kill the wild boar!"

After saying that, she didn't care whether Li Guoqiang agreed or not, and hurried to the courtyard wall, brought two long benches, then reached out and grabbed the wild boar's two thighs, and lifted it onto the bench.

Seeing this scene, Li Guoqiang was instantly shocked by Zhou Xiaoyu's strength, then hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Auntie, I'm familiar with slaughtering pigs, why don't you let me do it myself!"

"Are you sure you can kill a pig?"

Zhou Xiaoyu looked at Li Guoqiang's white and slender hands, and a hint of doubt appeared on her face.

"Of course!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then said confidently: "If you don't believe me, you can take a closer look later!"

"That"

Zhou Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed, "Okay then! You can kill this wild boar, and I'll help you!"

After saying that, she hurried into the house, took out a basin and placed it under the wild boar's neck.

At this time, Li Guoqiang had quietly taken out a sharp knife from his small world, stood in front of the pig's head, then aimed at the carotid artery in the wild boar's neck and stabbed it in.

Then, he twisted and pulled with a little force, and a stream of bright red pig blood flowed out from the cut.

Since the wild boar had been dead for some time, the blood in its body had already coagulated somewhat.

In order to drain the pig's blood as much as possible, he immediately pressed the wild boar's chest and abdomen hard, as if he was performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on it.

As he pressed again and again, the pig blood at the cut began to gush out rapidly.

Zhou Xiaoyu stood aside, watching Li Guoqiang's operation, with a look of surprise on her face.

She didn't expect that a pig could be killed in this way.

In the past, whenever their village killed a wild boar, they would stab the boar's neck and then hang the boar's body up to drain the blood. They had never thought of doing what Li Guoqiang did, by pressing on the boar's heart to drain the blood.

In comparison, Li Guoqiang's method is undoubtedly the best choice as it can drain the blood from the wild boar's body more effectively and saves more time.

Just as she was wondering how Li Guoqiang, at such a young age, could be so good at killing pigs, Guan Changsheng just came out of the house carrying a large bucket of hot water.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly asked Zhou Xiaoyu to bring the pig blood into the house for processing, and asked Guan Changsheng to pour hot water on the wild boar, and then scrape off the resin and hair on the wild boar with a knife.

After a while, Zhou Xiaoyu finished processing the basin of pig blood and came back with a knife to help.

With their skillful knife skills, the wild boar was quickly cleaned.

Then, without changing the knife, Li Guoqiang used the sharp knife to cut open the wild boar's belly and took out the whole offal. Then, he used the knife skills he learned from butchering an ox to cut apart the parts of the wild boar one by one.

By the time he put down the knife, more than an hour had passed and the sky was getting dark.

Guan Changsheng and Zhou Xiaoyu, a couple, looked at the cleaned bones and pieces of fat and lean pork placed around them with looks of surprise on their faces.

As far as they could remember, in all their decades of life, they had never seen anyone cut up a pig so neatly and quickly.

As for this miraculous pig-killing technique, if they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would never believe that it came from a young man like Li Guoqiang.

How many pigs must be slaughtered to develop such superb pig-killing skills?

Just as they were wondering if Li Guoqiang's family specialized in slaughtering pigs, Li Guoqiang looked at the pork, hesitated for a moment, and then said softly: "Uncle Sheng, Aunt Yu, you know that this place is quite far from the Jinshanbao Production Brigade. It's difficult for me to bring these pork back. How about you help me sell these pork?"

"No matter how much you sell, you can just give me 80%!"

"Look what you said!"

When Zhou Xiaoyu heard what Li Guoqiang said, she was immediately unhappy. "Who do you think we are? Not to mention helping you sell the meat, even if you want my meat, I can cut it off for you with a knife."

"No matter how much it sells for, I promise to give it to you in full."

"Forget about it this time. Next time, if you need our help, don't ask. Just ask. And don't mention money to me again. Remember?"

"This"

Li Guoqiang looked at Zhou Xiaoyu's angry face, and felt a little warm in his heart. He nodded quickly and agreed: "Okay, then I won't be polite with you!"

"Hey!"

Zhou Xiaoyu raised her eyebrows, then smiled and nodded, praising: "That's right!"

After saying that, she immediately took Guan Changsheng and put the pork and bones in a large earthenware jar in the corner of the yard for refrigeration, and waited until the next day to take them to Erdaogou Commune outside the mountain to sell.

Then she hurriedly called Li Guoqiang into the house and got on the kang.

(End of this chapter)