He started by killing his abusive father, and from then on, he embarked on the road to wealth.

Chapter 67 Wild Boar Gully Really Has Wild Boars

Meng Fuqing said to Shan Qiyu, "Mother, I bought a carriage from Brother Niu, so we won't have to walk tomorrow."

"Okay, are you hungry? Did you eat anything for dinner? If you're hungry, Mom will light a fire and cook you something."

While traveling, Meng Fuqing took advantage of the dim light to take out something from his spatial storage and eat.

She shook her head. "I've already eaten. Let's get some rest."

The carriage was personally chosen by Niu Da. The horses were sleek and the carriage looked sturdy and spacious. It only cost eighteen taels of silver in total.

The mother and daughter tied up the mule cart and the horse cart. Shan Qiyu spread bedding in the carriage, hoping that the three children could squeeze in and sleep there so that they wouldn't get cold.

Meng Fuqing didn't want to squeeze in, so she and Shan Qiyu slept on the bedding that had been laid out on the floor earlier.

The women who had previously sent messages home came together to find Meng Fuqing, asking how much it cost to deliver the messages.

Meng Fuqing explained the cost to them, and they only felt at ease going back to sleep after paying.

Cui Miao'er also asked Meng Fuqing to send a message to her family. When she paid the money, she felt a pang of pain. Meng Fuqing had to pay ten coins for running a errand, which was too much.

Seeing that she was clutching the copper coin tightly, Meng Fuqing knew that Yao Bo Niang's eldest daughter-in-law was always stingy, and that if he wanted to teach her a lesson, he would have to ask her mother-in-law to come out.

"Don't want to give it? Then I'll go ask Aunt Yao for ten more coins." She made a move to get up.

"Here you go!" Cui Miao'er shoved the money in her hand into hers and stormed off.

She saw it; Meng Fuqing bought another carriage. He's so rich, yet he still cares about her little things. He's really stingy!

Meng Fuqing, his hands sweating from squeezing the coins, reluctantly handed over all the money he had just received to Shan Qiyu.

I slept without any dreams.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already daylight.

Many people at the rest camp were busy preparing for a hot meal; it was too cold, and they couldn't stand not having a hot meal in the morning.

The message sent yesterday seemed to have sunk without a trace; no new family came to the place where it landed. The women couldn't help but shed silent tears while doing their work, and would look up from time to time hoping to see their families.

After a quick wash, Meng Fuqing took out an ordinary-looking, sharpened dagger from his spatial storage and tucked it into his waistband.

Things are different now than before; there are too many people around, so it's best not to use vines if possible, to avoid arousing suspicion.

While Shan Qiyu cooked, the two children went with the villagers to gather firewood and start a fire, while Meng Fuqing wandered around the area and gathered some hay to feed the horses and mules.

As she walked, a round, dark brown clump of feces on the ground caught her attention. Not far away was a broken sapling. She went over to take a look and saw that the broken end looked like it had been gnawed by something.

She knew there were wild boars in Wild Boar Gully, but Niu Er said she hadn't seen them much in the last two years, though the droppings looked recent.

She thought she couldn't be so unlucky as to run into someone in just one night.

The next moment, Meng Fuqing heard the grunts of the wild boar and the screams of a person.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw Meng Xiaocong running towards her frantically with tears and snot streaming down his face. Behind him, a black wild boar with sharp, curved tusks was charging straight at him.

"Aaaaaah! Help! Help! There really are wild boars in Wild Boar Gully!!"

Seeing Meng Xiaocong frantically leading the wild boar toward her, Meng Fuqing wondered if she should just kick him into the boar's mouth.

At this moment, Meng Xiaocong turned his head, which was constantly looking back, and although his vision was blurry, he could still clearly see Meng Fuqing standing not far away. His legs went weak, and he knelt on one knee.

Just as the boar's tusks were about to touch his body, an arrow shot straight towards the boar.

With a loud "Ouch!", the arrow pierced one of the wild boar's eyes. It raised its front hoof in pain, and beneath it was Meng Xiaocong, who was clutching her head and screaming in terror.

The next moment, Meng Xiaocong felt his body lighten and he flew up. After landing, he rolled twice on the ground. When the dizziness subsided, he struggled to lift his head and look in the direction of the wild boar.

Holding a dagger, Meng Fuqing repeatedly stabbed the wild boar in the neck from the blind spot on the side where it was blind.

Blood kept gushing out, but the wild boar did not fall down. It ran around wildly as if it were trying to find the person who had hurt it.

Meng Fuqing was agile and nimble, showing no fear whatsoever, but onlookers were on tenterhooks, always thinking that she would be gored by the boar's snout and stabbed by its tusks at any moment.

Not far away, Xie Jin, who had drawn his bow and nocked an arrow, frowned and pursed his lips, his face grim. After aiming, he fired another arrow, the arrow aimed directly at the wild boar's other eye.

The moment the arrow pierced the boar's eye, Meng Fuqing seized the opportunity to make a deep cut on the boar's neck, almost reaching the bone.

The wild boar let out a squeal, its massive body collapsed heavily to the ground, twitched a few times, and then died.

Meng Fuqing was almost covered in blood, and the stench was unbearable. She frowned in disgust.

Xie Jin's expression was somewhat grim. He stepped forward and asked, "Are you injured?"

"No, it smells awful. Do you know where there's water? I'll go wash up."

"cold water?"

"Correct."

Xie Jin pondered for a moment, knowing she felt uncomfortable, so he didn't say anything more. He pointed in a direction and said, "There's a cave over there, and water in front of the cave. Be careful."

Meng Fuqing nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped. "How do we divide the wild boars?"

Seeing that her face was covered in blood and she was still worrying about it, Xie Jin couldn't help but grind his teeth, and laughed angrily, "You killed him, so it's okay if I don't take any of it from you."

Meng Fuqing glanced at him, then turned and left.

She didn't intend to keep it all to herself; if there were no outsiders around, she would have simply stored it away in her spatial storage. Unfortunately, there were outsiders present. This wild boar weighed two or three hundred pounds, and the pork was quite gamey. Given the current conditions, she couldn't properly prepare it. Her family of four didn't know how long it would take to eat it all, so it was better for the two of them to each take a portion and let the villagers handle the rest.

Unexpectedly, Xie Jin was unwilling to accept it.

The villagers, who had heard the commotion, arrived late and were astonished to see the bloodstains on the ground and the dead wild boar.

"Didn't they say that wild boars haven't been seen in Wild Boar Gully for the past two years?"

"Was it Young Master Xie who killed him?"

Meng Xiaocong, who was nearly scared out of his wits, had now recovered. He stumbled to his feet and said in a daze, "Meng Fuqing, it was Meng Fuqing who killed him."

Meng Xiaocong's father was also among the villagers at this time. When he saw that his son hadn't returned for a long time, he came over to check on him. Upon hearing this, he subconsciously said, "Did you eat poisonous mushrooms? Can Qing girl kill wild boars?"

Meng Xiaocong also suspected that he might have eaten poisonous mushrooms. He knew that Meng Fuqing could hunt, but he never imagined that she could even hunt wild boars.

Xie Jin said, "It was indeed Meng Fuqing who killed him. Could you please carry it to a safe place?"

In just one day, the villagers had developed great respect for this mysterious young man, and upon hearing this, they immediately said, "Of course, of course..."

Someone asked, "Where's Qingya?"

Xie Jin replied, "She went to wash off the blood on her body."

Back at their lodgings, the villagers, who were packing to set off, were completely captivated by the wild boar that had been brought back.

Xie Jin found Shan Qiyu and briefly explained what had just happened. Finally, he said, "Madam, could you please bring me a set of clothes? I will have my men deliver them to Meng Fuqing."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "She knows martial arts, so there's no need to worry if she encounters wild animals again."

Pale-faced Shan Qiyu swallowed the words of personally delivering the clothes and nodded hurriedly, "I'll go get them right away, thank you so much."

She quickly handed the wrapped clothes to the female subordinate next to Xie Jin, thanked her repeatedly, and watched her leave.