Chapter 33: No One Else Like Her in the Entire County
Song Chu easily killed a wild boar, not a single thread on her clothes was out of place. This made the nine people present feel a deeper, indescribable sense of admiration and fear towards her.
Especially Tang Qing, who had just experienced a life-or-death situation and was saved by Song Chu. Now, coming back to his senses, he was filled with lingering fear.
He took a deep breath and said gratefully, “Song Chu, thank you so much for just now.”
“From now on, my life, Tang Qing’s, is yours,” he declared, patting his chest, as someone from the village known for getting into fights and hanging out with the local ruffians.
Song Chu looked at him with disdain, “What would I do with your life? Just work hard for me from now on.”
In the village, besides her being the village bully, Tang Qing was considered the second bully. Even her fourth brother followed him around. Apart from the truly unscrupulous people like the three rascals, most of the village’s troublemakers were basically his followers.
By winning over this person, along with her fourth brother, she could utilize the village’s group of ruffians.
Tang Qing grinned, “I will definitely follow you and work hard from now on.”
If it weren’t for Song Chu, he would have lost his life today.
“How did this wild boar end up here?” Song Chu had taken a look around earlier and hadn’t seen any wild animals.
A young man standing not far away, covered in sweat, said weakly, “I accidentally lured it here.”
“Lured it here?” Song Chu raised an eyebrow.
The man shivered at her raised eyebrow. Was this village bully going to beat him up? He was so scared.
“……” Song Chu thought, am I really that scary?
Tang Qing couldn’t stand his buddy’s cowardly behavior and explained, “A wild rabbit ran by earlier, and he saw it and chased after it. Who knew he chased it so far and lured a wild boar.”
He saw him throwing stones at the wild boar, which is how it was lured to his side.
Song Chu knew that when people are in danger, their instinct is to run towards a place they perceive as safe. It was normal for this guy to lure the wild boar back here.
However, she still said sternly, “From now on, when I take you up the mountain, you must stay in the designated area where I tell you to work. Don’t run around. If something happens, I won’t be responsible.”
She added, “This time it was a wild boar. What if it was a tiger or something? Could you still wait for me to come and rescue you?”
Hearing her say this, everyone present felt a wave of fear and quickly said, “We won’t run around anymore.”
“I will definitely never chase rabbits again,” the man said, almost in tears.
“Alright, continue picking the fruit. Consider today a lesson. Just don’t make the same mistake again.”
Song Chu smiled and kicked the wild boar on the ground, “After we finish picking the tea fruit, we’ll go back to the village and divide the wild boar.”
Tang Qing looked at the wild boar and swallowed, “Boss, can we also get a share of this wild boar?”
He hadn’t eaten meat in a long time.
Song Chu saved him and could even let them eat meat. From now on, she was his boss.
Song Chu didn’t have much of an opinion about his address, “Yes, those of you who came up the mountain can get a bigger share. The rest will be divided among the villagers.”
In this era, everything belonged to the state.
The snake from before could be kept, but such a large wild boar couldn’t. So, it was better to divide it among the whole village. This kind of action wasn’t against the rules.
Sharing the meat could also make everyone remember her favor.
“That’s great! Boss, you’re really generous,” Tang Qing said, his lingering fear replaced by joy.
The others were also happy to hear about the meat distribution and became even more diligent in picking the tea fruit.
While they were picking the wild fruit, Song Chu went to find a long vine to tie up the wild boar, making it easier for her to drag it later.
Looking at the time, Song Chu also checked the progress of the nine people. She was quite satisfied, “Alright, that’s it for today. We’ll come back tomorrow.”
Those who were quicker had already picked four bags, and Tang Qing and the other two had each picked more than two bags. When Song Chu was wandering around earlier, they had slacked off a bit.
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After she killed the wild boar, they suddenly burst with energy. Otherwise, they would have only picked one bag each.
Song Chu asked them to find a sturdy branch and tie the bags to the middle, with one person carrying each end.
This way, it would be easier to carry them back. Otherwise, on average, they wouldn’t be able to carry three or four bags each.
Her second cousin, Tang Youhua, couldn’t help but praise her with a smile, “Chu Chu, you really have a way. You’re so smart.”
He used to think that his cousin was just too naughty. His impression of her was that besides being gluttonous, lazy, and fierce, she also liked to take things from their house.
Now he realized that his cousin was so capable and very smart.
The others also chimed in, “Chu Chu/Boss, you’re really smart.”
Song Chu chuckled, “Of course, learn from me in the future.”
Would a village bully be modest? Obviously not. She was indeed very smart.
Having witnessed Song Chu easily kill a wild boar, the others were no longer surprised to see her dragging a four-to-five-hundred-jin (200-250 kilograms) wild boar down the mountain. They had become accustomed to it.
But they also genuinely acknowledged her ability and no longer feared danger when going up the mountain in the future.
When the group went down the mountain, they happened to meet the villagers coming off work.
Seeing Song Chu dragging a large wild boar down the mountain, the villagers were all stunned.
The families of the nine people were especially shocked. They ran over and were relieved to see that they were unharmed.
They didn’t dare to ask Song Chu, so they asked the nine people, “What’s going on? How come Song Chu is dragging such a big wild boar back?”
“She killed it,” the honest ones said with a smile.
Tang Qing, on the other hand, started to vividly recount the story to the villagers, describing how they lured the wild boar, and how Song Chu displayed her great power by rushing over and easily killing the wild boar.
He had a good way with words and immediately painted a thrilling picture of the scene, instantly elevating Song Chu’s image.
After hearing the story, everyone in the village felt it was a close call, followed by amazement at Song Chu’s awesomeness.
She truly lived up to her name as the village bully. Killing a wild boar was as easy as killing a chicken for her. Not just in their village, but probably no one else in the entire county could do the same.
However, their fear of her also deepened. They thought to themselves that they must tell their kids when they got home to never provoke this village bully.
At the same time, they couldn’t help but feel a little envious of the Song family. With such a capable girl like Song Chu, their family definitely wouldn’t lack meat.
As for letting their sons marry Song Chu, not a single family in the village even considered that possibility.
No matter how capable Song Chu was, she was still the village bully. If they married her, what if she beat their sons to death if they disagreed on something?
No matter how beautiful or capable she was, they definitely couldn’t marry her. That wouldn’t be marrying a wife; that would be marrying a tigress, a mountain guardian beast to be worshipped…
Tang Min also heard the news and came running over. Along the way, he heard the villagers retelling the thrilling story Tang Qing had told.
While feeling a lingering fear, he also felt a surge of pride. His niece was truly amazing.
He walked and said with a smile, “She promised me before that she would absolutely not let anyone get hurt. It seems she is indeed very reliable.”
Others also felt the same way. Song Chu’s credibility in this aspect instantly soared.
It seemed that with Song, the Village Bully, around, the villagers who followed her up the mountain to pick tea fruit would indeed be safe. She hadn’t been bragging before.
11:30 continued~~