Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 382 - 381: Deceptively Simple

Chapter 382: Chapter 381: Deceptively Simple

Wild boars, gregarious omnivores, are fast, strong in attack and defense, and can be considered hexagonal warriors among wild animals.

Encountering a wild boar, you can’t play dead; this fellow even eats carrion, and playing dead will just cause you to lose time to escape. It’s not easy to fight it either. Its skin is thick and its flesh is tough. Even if you have a gun, unless you shoot its head, it’s hard to inflict a fatal injury. And wild boars are an extremely formidable species. While other animals would run away when injured, a wounded boar only becomes crazier and more irritable, more eager to kill the person who has injured it.

Lin Nianhe didn’t run away; she took off her gloves and took out the dagger Su Yuncheng had given her from her shoulder bag.

Without waiting for Su Yuncheng to ask, she explained softly, "With such heavy snow, I can’t run fast, and if I encounter other wild boars, it would be even more dangerous."

Su Yuncheng saw that she wasn’t panicking like other girls when faced with danger and couldn’t help but feel even happier. He "hmm" with a gentle tone as if the danger in front wasn’t there at all, "Then you stand farther away."

"Okay."

Lin Nianhe silently stepped back a few paces, holding the dagger in one hand, quietly staring at the boar.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three shots.

Two shots shattered two eyeballs, one shot right between the eyebrows.

The hexagonal warrior let out a shriek, crashing to the ground.

There was no fierce battle, no thrills, it ended just like that, seemingly simple.

In reality, if not for Su Yuncheng’s accurate marksmanship, it would be almost impossible for a person to escape unscathed when encountering a wild boar.

Not far away, the stupid muntjac came running back, tilting its head and looking at them.

Su Yuncheng picked up the rabbit and turned around to Lin Nianhe’s side, "Let’s go, down the mountain."

"Eh? We’re not taking the boar?"

The fight was much quicker than Lin Nianhe had imagined. She hadn’t even warmed up the dagger, and she put it back into her shoulder bag.

Su Yuncheng took Lin Nianhe’s hand and walked back, explaining, "There should be its companions nearby, let’s leave first. And it must weigh three to four hundred pounds, it’s too slow for the two of us to drag it back."

"Oh, okay."

Su Yuncheng was afraid of being surrounded by a group of wild boars. He only had one gun, and the bullets were limited. If they were surrounded, he would have a hard time protecting Lin Nianhe.

He walked a few steps with Lin Nianhe and then simply carried her on his back, speeding down the mountain.

Lin Nianhe, feeling she could only provide some emotional value, whispered in his ear, "Brother Yuncheng, you’re amazing, you’re the best wild boar hunter I’ve ever seen."

She wasn’t lying, because he was the only person she had seen hunting wild boars.

Su Yuncheng’s steps hesitated slightly.

Suddenly, he felt like even if ten more boars came, he could take them down with one shot each!

His gaze was extraordinarily firm, "As long as I’m here, I won’t let you get hurt."

"Mm," Lin Nianhe’s mouth curved in a smile, nodding vigorously, "I believe you."

They actually hadn’t gone too far. Su Yuncheng ran down the mountain in less than twenty minutes.

He delivered Lin Nianhe back to the Educated Youth Corps and instructed her, "If you don’t know how to skin the rabbit, just leave it there and don’t touch it. I’ll bring Feng Wei to find the team leader, and we’ll go down to collect the wild boar."

Lin Nianhe frowned upon hearing this and took out his dagger to give to him, "Take this with you, be careful."

Seeing his expression, she felt that things were not so simple. If they were just going to carry the wild boar down the mountain, there was no need for him to bring Feng Wei with him.

Su Yuncheng ruffled her hair and quickly left.

Indeed, things weren’t so simple because when he came back, he had estimated the distance. The place where they encountered the wild boar was only four or five miles away from the foot of the mountain. At such a close distance, it was very likely that the boar herd was heading into the village.

He didn’t tell Lin Nianhe about this, afraid of scaring her.

Lin Nianhe had guessed as much but didn’t mention it either, fearing that Sister Lan wouldn’t be able to control her emotions and would go up the mountain to hunt wild boars.

She pretended to be calm, holding the rabbit as she returned to the backyard. After calling out and receiving a response from Zheng Lirong, she entered the house.

"Where have you been? Look at your little face, all frozen." Zheng Lirong quickly poured Lin Nianhe a cup of hot water.

"I went up the mountain and caught a rabbit." Lin Nianhe replied lightly, opting to not dwell on the details. Not seeing the two children, she asked, "Where are Shanshan and Xiao Jun?"

"They were sleepy, so I sent them back to Uncle Guan’s to sleep." Zheng Lirong said, "I have something to discuss with you."

"Uh-huh, I have something to talk to you about too." Lin Nianhe said, taking off her coat, "If you hadn’t come over, I was thinking of sending Wu Genmao and his buddy over to the provincial city soon."

"What’s the matter?"

"It’s nothing urgent, you go first." Lin Nianhe gestured for Zheng Lirong to speak first as she sipped her hot water.

"Zhang Changjiang was sentenced," Zheng Lirong said, "Thirty years."

Lin Nianhe clicked her tongue in surprise: "I thought they would have executed him."

"His right arm is crippled; he’ll suffer more alive than dead." Zheng Lirong laughed, "Speaking of which, there are rumors in the provincial city black market that I have connections high-up, and some are even saying that I was the one who got rid of Old Bai."

"Ah?" Lin Nianhe’s eyes widened in astonishment.

Zheng Lirong just laughed it off: "Let them say what they want; now nobody dares to mess with me, at least I can have some peace."

"That’s a good thing too," Lin Nianhe said, "Being notorious at a time like this is much better than them saying you are kind-hearted."

"I see it that way too," Zheng Lirong paused, then said, "Sister, I was wondering if you could supply a bit more goods at once?"

"What happened?"

Zheng Lirong explained with a smile: "I sell at cheaper rates, so a lot of people come to buy from me. You see, I’m having a bit of trouble keeping up with the demand."

Lin Nianhe furrowed her brows in thought, then after a moment said: "Okay, but definitely not for the next two shipments. I’ll make arrangements as soon as possible."

Of course, she could increase the goods for Zheng Lirong today, but that would not fit the timing and logic of goods circulation.

"Okay, okay!" Zheng Lirong nodded repeatedly, "Just call me when it’s time."

"Mm," Lin Nianhe, seeing the conversation was reaching a conclusion, added, "There’s another thing – I have two months of home-visit leave for the New Year, and they won’t deliver goods when I’m not here. I want to ship more goods to your place before I go. The cold weather will keep them from spoiling. Can you handle it on your side?"

Zheng Lirong hardly took any time to think before nodding: "Sure, I have several warehouses empty, there’s plenty of space."

"That’s good to hear. Once I have the specifics settled here, I’ll send Wu Genmao over to speak with you in person," Lin Nianhe said, "You don’t have to worry about payment; we can settle accounts when I get back."

After so many instances of cooperation, she trusted Zheng Lirong, her business partner, very much. Besides, she was confident Zheng Lirong wouldn’t play any tricks on her, unless she wanted to go meet Bai Bo.

"Alright!" Zheng Lirong agreed at once, "I’ll keep the accounts clear for you to check anytime."

"I trust you," Lin Nianhe said with a smile, "and there’s one more thing I need your help with."

"We’re sisters, what’s this about needing help," Zheng Lirong playfully glared at her, "Just tell me, and I’ll see it done."

Lin Nianhe explained with a smile: "When Wu Genmao comes over, I’ll have him bring you around a hundred headbands. You know a lot of people; could you help distribute them a bit?"

Zheng Lirong looked puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"Our textile factory has started a new headband product line, and we’re hoping to sell it to the provincial city," Lin Nianhe explained, "As you know, the barriers to enter the Provincial City Supply and Marketing Cooperative are way too high, so I was thinking about creating demand among the people first – help me distribute the headbands, especially among family compounds of various factories."

Now a businesswoman herself, Zheng Lirong instantly grasped Lin Nianhe’s plan, and nodded with a smile: "Okay, when they ask, I’ll tell them it’s from the Lan County Textile Factory, and have them contact you directly."

Her tone was carefree, but inside, she was once again impressed by Lin Nianhe’s shrewdness. If the Lan County Textile Factory approached the Cooperative Society in the provincial city directly, they might not even get a response, but Lin Nianhe’s strategy would turn the tables, making the Provincial City Supply and Marketing Cooperative come to them instead.

In the business world, whoever initiates contact first often finds themselves at a disadvantage.

She was in

"That’s exactly my..."

Lin Nianhe’s words were cut short when a distant gunshot was heard from outside.