My Wife Is the Capitalist Heiress of the 1970s - Chapter 40

In this rural area, there are plenty of people with great strength.

However, he was a bit too strong.

Hearing Zhou Wenshan’s assurance, Zhou Yuanchao temporarily believed him, after all, Zhou Wenshan hadn’t said anything boastful in front of him.

He took out the rope from the basket and tied the large wild boar and a half-grown wild boar tightly together. He then cut a few branches to make a simple wooden frame and fixed the two wild boars to the frame. Zhou Wenshan could carry them on this frame later.

After finishing, Zhou Yuanchao said to Zhou Wenshan, “Wenshan, is this okay? Shall we try it?”

He wouldn’t have been 100% convinced if he hadn’t actually seen Zhou Wenshan carry it on his back.

Zhou Wenshan walked to the wooden frame, squatted down, put his hands on the frame behind him, and with a little effort from his legs, lifted the two wild boars and the frame together.

Zhou Wenshan didn’t feel any strain carrying the two wild boars. After all, he could lift a stone weighing over a thousand pounds, and the two wild boars together weighed only a little over 400 pounds, which was less than a fraction of the weight of the stone.

When Zhou Yuanchao saw that Zhou Wenshan had actually carried him on his back, his face lit up with joy. “Wenshan, how is it? Is it heavy? Try walking a few steps!”

Being able to carry someone on your back doesn’t necessarily mean you can carry them while walking.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wenshan paced back and forth several times, saying, “Dad, it’s nothing, it’s very minor!”

Zhou Yuanchao’s lips twitched slightly. This kid is really something!

Zhou Wenshan was carrying the wild boar on the wooden frame, so it was inconvenient for him to carry the basket on his back. He had to ask Zhou Yuanchao to carry it for him.

Zhou Wenshan first put down the wooden frame and helped Zhou Yuanchao tidy up the things on the ground. They took the matsutake mushrooms out of the basket first, making sure not to crush them.

First, put the pig’s heart and other internal organs into a small burlap sack and place it under the basket. Then, put the matsutake mushrooms in the sack so that they won’t be crushed.

After Zhou Yuanchao put on his basket, Zhou Wenshan helped him put the wild boar, which weighed about 100 pounds, on his shoulder. Then he picked up his own wooden frame and slowly followed behind Zhou Yuanchao down the mountain.

This trip yielded a considerable harvest, at least 500 jin of wild boar. Some were given to the village, and some were kept for our own family. We can sell about 300 jin, which should bring in around a hundred yuan.

It’s safe to assume that our family won’t lack meat for a long time.

I could also secretly take some out to help my father-in-law; Chen Wan would definitely be happy, and then wouldn’t she let me do whatever I wanted? Thinking about it this way, I felt quite pleased with myself.

The road down the mountain was difficult to walk. Everyone says that going up the mountain is easy but going down is hard, especially since they were carrying such heavy things down the mountain.

Zhou Yuanchao is getting on in years, already in his early forties, and his strength isn’t what it used to be. Carrying a wild boar weighing over 100 pounds along the mountain path was exhausting for him!

After walking for more than ten minutes, I was already out of breath. “I’ll rest for a while before continuing.”

Sweat beaded on Zhou Yuanchao’s forehead, and Zhou Wenshan felt a pang of heartache seeing this. “Dad, let me carry this wild boar too. Carrying two wild boars isn’t heavy at all!”

Indeed, Zhou Yuanchao looked at Zhou Wenshan, who was neither red-faced nor out of breath, and didn’t even break a sweat. It felt as if he were just following behind him on a leisurely trip.

Zhou Yuanchao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. “No, those two wild boars you’re carrying are much heavier than mine!”

Zhou Wenshan didn’t say anything. He put down the wooden frame on his back, picked up the wild boar that Zhou Yuanchao had put on the ground, and put it on the wooden frame.

The three wild boars stacked together were over a meter high.

Zhou Wenshan carried the wooden frame on his back again, as easily as ever.

Zhou Wenshan smiled at Zhou Yuanchao, “Dad, I told you I could carry it, but you still insisted on arguing with me!”

Looking at Zhou Wenshan carrying three wild boars on his back, Zhou Yuanchao felt a mix of emotions, yet also a sense of relief. Wenshan had grown up and knew how to care for his father.

“Haha, alright, I really didn’t expect you to be so strong, you brat, you didn’t even say you were that strong!”

Zhou Wenshan said, “I’m afraid you won’t believe me if I tell you!”

Zhou Yuanchao thought for a moment, “Try not to let others see you doing this kind of hard work. When we’re almost at the bottom of the mountain, I’ll go home and get a cart. We’ll use the cart to take this wild boar back.”

Zhou Wenshan thought it was a good idea. It was best to keep these things about him a secret as long as possible; it wouldn’t do any good if others found out. So he immediately agreed, “I’ll do whatever Dad says!”

Zhou Wenshan carried the wild boars on his back, while Zhou Yuanchao carried a basket, which made things much easier. However, the pig offal in that basket weighed about 20 to 30 pounds.

On the way down the mountain, Zhou Yuanchao kept asking Zhou Wenshan if he needed to rest, and Zhou Wenshan always said no.

He didn’t feel tired at all, but he did take a break once in the middle, washing off the blood and grime at a place with spring water to recuperate.

Having reached this point, we’ve essentially covered half the mountain path. In less than an hour, we’ll reach the path at the foot of the mountain.

After resting for ten minutes, the two set off again.

This time, we reached the foot of the mountain in one go.

After arriving at a place not far from the main road, Zhou Yuanchao said, “Wenshan, wait for me here. I’m going home to get my cart. I’ll be back soon.”

Zhou Wenshan nodded, “Okay, Dad, go ahead, no need to rush.”

“OK!”

Zhou Yuanchao, carrying his hunting rifle and basket on his back, hurried home.

Zhou Wenshan put the wooden frame aside and sat down on a large rock to rest.

Although he was very strong and could easily lift the three wild boars and the wooden frame, the frame still left two red marks on his shoulders.

However, the red marks left by the straps disappeared at a visible speed after he put the wooden frame down.

Zhou Wenshan stared thoughtfully at the disappearing mark.

Is this also a benefit of time travel? Self-healing ability?

Twenty minutes later, Zhou Wenshan saw Zhou Yuanchao coming over, and his elder brother Zhou Wenhai also came over pushing a cart.

After Zhou Wenhai arrived, he patted Zhou Wenshan on the shoulder, looking excited. “Good lad! Dad told me that I really underestimated you before. You’re amazing!”

Zhou Wenshan smiled slightly at his elder brother, “Brother, isn’t this what I should do? Come on, let’s load this wild boar onto the truck, and now our family can eat our fill of meat.”

Together they untied the three wild boars from the wooden frame. When Zhou Wenhai saw the severed boar head, he gasped, “It’s such a big boar head! Wenshan chopped it off with a knife in one stroke?”