I am a Primitive Man
Chapter 416 – A Big Hole
“It look like wild boars.”
As the leader of the Green Sparrow Tribe, the Eldest Senior Brother often led the tribe members on hunting trips in the past. After Han Cheng came over these years, their outings decreased, but those profoundly ingrained instincts remained.
Upon hearing Han Cheng’s inquiry, he voiced his assessment.
Han Cheng turned his gaze towards Shang, who agreed with the Eldest Senior Brother’s judgment.
Han Cheng snorted. These days, it wasn’t easy to peacefully grow some crops!
All sorts of characters were coming out to enjoy the autumn breeze and pluck peaches.
They had just restrained those greedy birds, and now wild boars had arrived.
Was it easy for their tribe to toil and sow crops?
It’s survival of the fittest; those who want to survive well must face many competitions!
“These wild boars must die!”
“Kill them and eat their meat!”
Primitive people were much more fierce, each clenching fists and weapons, angrily shouting here.
On the one hand, it was because the wild boars had ravaged their crops; on the other, it was because they had caused misunderstandings in their tribe, unfairly accusing their people, so now they transferred all their anger onto the wild boars.
“Take your bows, arrows, spears, and vine shields, and find them…”
The people in the tribe clamored passionately, ready to confront the wild boars.
Compared to the excited crowd in the tribe, Han Cheng’s reaction was much more indifferent. After calming down from his initial anger, he even laughed a bit.
He had his thoughts about wild boars.
In later generations, pork accounted for many regularly consumed meats.
Correspondingly, there were various kinds and numerous ways to enjoy its taste.
Sweet and sour ribs, braised pork, braised pork elbows, braised pig trotters, hot and sour sausage soup—just thinking about these made Han Cheng salivate.
However, because the tribe’s people were always busy with various matters, and the rabbit traps were present, there weren’t many occasions when the tribe specifically set out for hunting.
So, encounters with wild boars were also rare. So far, this animal that held an important place among livestock had not appeared in the Green Sparrow Tribe.
Now, they had come knocking on their door!
It seemed that not only birds perished for food, but pigs were the same.
Thinking about the upcoming pig farming plan and the various delicious pork dishes that could be made, Han Cheng couldn’t help but smile.
The people waiting for his decision, including Eldest Senior Brother, couldn’t help but stare blankly. With so much of their grain destroyed by wild boars, how could the Divine Child be smiling?
Han Cheng pulled his thoughts away from the memories of those delicious dishes and then shook his head, vetoing the Eldest Senior Brother’s proposal.
Wild boars were highly mobile. While the area near the Green Sparrow Tribe had been developed into farmland, further out was dense with various trees and vegetation. Under such conditions, finding these wild boars that had ravaged their grain wasn’t easy.
Strengthening patrols around the grain fields wasn’t entirely impossible, but it would be troublesome. Through conversations with Tie Tou and Ru Hua, he knew everything had been fine until yesterday evening.
In other words, these wild boars were active at night.
At this time, it was challenging to obtain lighting tools, and the tribe’s grain fields were vast. Night patrols weren’t convenient, and the night was long; they wouldn’t know when the boars might come.
You can steal for a thousand days, but who can guard against thieves for a thousand days?
Of course, the most important thing was the night patrol. After hearing about it, these wild boars might not dare to come, so Han Cheng’s pig farming plan must be postponed.
They immediately became somewhat excited after explaining his considerations about the wild boars to everyone. It was evident that they were very enthusiastic about raising pigs.
After all, with deer and rabbits around, everyone understood the benefits of raising animals.
Moreover, unlike deer, which were mainly used for work in the tribe and consumed sparingly, deer gave birth too slowly. Wild boars, on the other hand, were completely different. These creatures were much larger than rabbits and prolific breeders, with nearly two litters a year.
If the tribe could raise more of them, everyone’s food supply would become much richer.
After Han Cheng proposed this idea, he immediately received everyone’s support.
Some people even brightened up at the thought and then regretted not thinking of it themselves.
After Han Cheng shared his thoughts, the Eldest Senior Brother and others immediately expressed their willingness to wait near the grain fields with weapons until the wild boars arrived, then capture and bring them back to the tribe for domestication.
Han Cheng shook his head again.
He didn’t doubt Eldest Senior Brother and their hunting skills, but wild boars were not easy prey, especially those large enough to stand up to a saber-toothed tiger.
Judging from the hoofprints left in the grain fields, the wild boars that came here for a feast were not small in size.
Dealing with such wild boars wouldn’t be easy; at worst, it could lead to injuries, especially since Han Cheng preferred to capture them alive, significantly increasing the difficulty.
Seeing Han Cheng shake his head again, the crowd couldn’t help but feel puzzled. One after another, their thoughts were rejected. What was the leader thinking? Was there another good way?
Indeed, Han Cheng did have a good plan.
He first sent everyone back to have breakfast. After breakfast, he instructed some people in the tribe who often did weaving and similar tasks to use straw ropes to weave wide nets, similar to those on the first-generation fish traps.
Then, he had Eldest Senior Brother and the others go out with stone javelins, bone shovels, and other tools, returning to the area where the wild boars had ravaged the grain.
He marked out several areas there and instructed everyone to start digging holes.
The people understood that the Divine Child’s actions aimed to capture wild boars, adding to their confusion.
Shouldn’t hunting involve chasing after prey with weapons? Why were they digging holes in the ground now?
Would wild boars jump into the holes by themselves? Were they supposed to wait for the boars to fall in?
Amid the people’s confusion, one large and five smaller holes had already been dug.
The large holes were over 1.5 meters deep, while the smaller ones were around 1.2 meters deep.
All these holes were dug straight down without any slope.
Once the holes were dug, a man previously instructed by Han Cheng arrived. He carried an axe at his waist and held many wooden stakes, each about 30 centimeters long and sharpened at both ends.
According to Han Cheng’s instructions, all these stakes were hammered into the freshly dug soil pits.
Standing by the edge of the pit and looking at the sharp wooden stakes inside, imagining something falling into the pit, Shang couldn’t help but shiver.
The Divine Child’s move seemed quite cunning!