Siheyuan: I Raised Ten Thousand Wild Boars

Long Zhonghua, looking at the sky outside the window, fell into deep thought.

It doesn’t matter how long I have been locked up here, four months, five months, or even half a year, because I don’t know when I can get out.

I still remember that day when I received a notice from my superiors that many people were called into an office building and were told that they were "bull gods, snakes and ghosts" who needed to be re-educated.

It was said that in order to concentrate thoughts, spirits and time, everyone was asked to live in the office building. In order to avoid being disturbed by the outside world and to concentrate on writing self-criticisms, it was also stipulated that everyone could not leave the teaching building and could not contact their families.

In the following days, I had to write piles of self-criticisms, reflect on my mistakes every day, and then write self-criticisms again. It was like there was no light in the sky.

Fortunately, he persisted and later came here.

Although the place is not very good, we eat the cheapest meals, sometimes even vegetable leaves and leftovers. Compared with before, it is much more comfortable.

There are some downsides, too, like there are people guarding you and you can’t go out for fun.

It was okay during the day and I could just bear with it, but at night, worry, doubt, anxiety, and pain all came flooding into my mind one after another and it was so hard to bear.

He missed his wife and children, and wondered how they were doing.

You can actually pass notes out here, but you will be subject to inspection.

Last time, he couldn't help it and passed a note to his wife, who sent him a bottle of pickles, but he was scolded by the guards because the pickles were pickled with sesame oil, and even the workers and farmers couldn't afford sesame oil, so why did you eat it?

This was because my wife felt sorry for me and tried every way to help me. Fortunately, the person in charge let me take it away and didn't pursue the matter any further.

"Lao Long, stop looking, come and chat, and you must persevere!" The old man on the side saw that he was in a daze, afraid that he might be depressed, so he encouraged and enlightened him.

"Hey, don't worry, my old bones are still strong. I can last for a few more years at least!" Long Zhonghua stood up and said.

Living here, everything else is fine except that I can’t go out every day. I feel very depressed and my days and nights have started to get reversed.

"By the way, I heard from the person who delivered the food that a junior director came to the farm recently. He seemed to be causing trouble on the farm and even beat people up. The noise was quite loud. Could it be related to us?" said a thin old man in high spirits.

"You, are you confused because of sleep? What does this have to do with us? If it had anything to do with us, you would have come here a long time ago! Do you want someone outside to help you reflect on yourself?"

"That's right. Those who are related to us are either sweeping the floor or are just like us. Just sleep more and don't think too much!"

"Bah, why are you sleeping? I haven't taken a shower for almost a month, and my body is almost pickled." The thin old man said unhappily.

"Old Chen, it's good to have a smell. I can fall asleep smelling it!"

"Hahaha"

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Li Guohua and his four companions drove further and further away, and finally stopped the car when they passed the foot of a mountain.

"You wait here for me, the wild boar should be over there on the hill!" Li Guohua opened the pulled noodles, pointed to a small hill not far away, and said to the three people in the car.

I saw that small hill was only about ten meters high, and the trees were not very lush, and some parts of the ground were even bare.

"Director Li, how about I go with you!" Zhang Zhijun (name changed) said worriedly.

Although he doubted how there could be wild boars in such a place, seeing Li Guohua's confident look, he had no choice but to believe it for the time being.

"No need. One person won't alert the enemy." Li Guohua waved his hand gently and ran out quickly.

Zhang Zhijun and Zhang Liangcai were left sitting in the back seat, looking at each other in confusion. They were a little confused as to what was going on.

It's not like he would run away. The other party was not sent down to the countryside for labor reform. He was a cadre sent to the countryside to work. What's more, he had his brother-in-law by his side.

"Well, you are just worrying about nothing! Instead of spending time on this, you should think more about how to release the wild boar later!" Zhao Yunlong said with a smile while sitting in the co-pilot seat.

This guy had already thought it through when he went out. The wild boar could not be placed in the trunk of the jeep, and the only place it could be placed was in the back seat, so he grabbed a passenger seat.

As for whether or not the wild boar can be hunted, this question does not exist in my brother-in-law’s dictionary.

Even in the desert, when my brother-in-law said he found a spring; in the mountains, when my brother-in-law said he found a walking fish; in the water, when my brother-in-law said he found a swimming rabbit, he believed it.

The two looked at each other with bitter smiles and could only look into the distance.

Li Guohua was seen running a few steps up the hill, then down the hill, and then there was no movement.

"Ouch! Ouch!"

Just when the two were getting a little impatient, a fierce howl came from the other side of the hill.

As soon as the three got out of the car, they found Li Guohua appearing on the hill, holding a pig leg in one hand and dragging a wild boar weighing nearly 300 kilograms.

"Liangcai, look, is that Director Li?" Zhang Zhijun asked in disbelief.

It was so sudden. There was no sound of fighting at all, and suddenly a wild boar was pulled out.

Then there was something wrong with the pig. Its two front legs were scratching the ground hard, as if it was trying desperately to escape but unable to. It was nothing like the ferocious wild boar in the legend.

"Zhijun, yes, it's Director Li. I remember his clothes and pants clearly!" Zhang Liangcai said with his mouth open in surprise.

Seeing that Li Guohua subdued such a big wild boar by himself, he wanted to complain that the pig must be fake.

"Go and help, why are you still standing there!" Zhao Yunlong slapped each of them and said,

"Oh, oh!"

The two men finally reacted and ran up with Zhao Yunlong. The four of them carried the wild boar down together.

"Brother-in-law, should we kill this wild boar first? Otherwise it will run around in the car!" Zhao Yunlong wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked with a frown.

It took a lot of effort to get the wild boar into the car.

"No, the pork will not taste good if it is killed. If we go back alive, we can leave the pig's blood!" Li Guohua shook his head and said.

Anyway, I'm driving the car myself and it's not my own, so I just make sure the meat tastes good.

"Yes, yes, pig blood is a good thing. Zhijun and I just need to hold him down. Let's go back quickly!" Zhang Liangcai said, holding the wild boar leg.

Looking at the fat on the wild boar, he felt energetic in doing anything. He wanted to sleep with the wild boar because of the delicious meat.

"That's right. It would be a waste to kill it now. Liangcai and I will hold it together. Don't worry!"

After saying that, Zhang Zhijun and Zhang Liangcai hugged the wild boar's legs on the left and right. The wild boar stood upside down in the carriage, letting out a miserable cry.

"Okay, hold it down, we're ready to go home!"

Li Guohua was so annoyed by the pig's squealing that he couldn't help but step on the accelerator harder.