1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Seeing how meticulously she had prepared, even bringing various seasonings, Lu Mingzhou realized she really wanted to have a secret rendezvous with him. He walked over, "I'll do it, you go and rest for a while!"

Qiao Wanqing handed it over to him and went to pick some wild onions.

After finishing the barbecue, having some wild scallion fried rice was incredibly delicious.

Just as they finished eating and were about to wash the dishes, Lu Mingzhou heard an unusual sound. He gestured for Qiao Wanqing to be quiet and pointed to a large rock not far away, telling her to hide. Qiao Wanqing thought there was some danger, but a short while later, two wild goats came to the stream.

Both of them stared wide-eyed. This place wasn't deep in the mountains; it was more like the outskirts. Sometimes, military wives would come here to chop firewood and gather mountain produce if they went a little further. How could there be such a large wild animal here?

Regardless of how the two wild goats came to be, Lu Mingzhou decided to shoot them down first. He quickly picked up the crossbow he had brought and shot at the goats, hitting them squarely in the neck.

This was a crossbow he made himself, and it was quite lethal. After shooting the goat in the neck, the goat was still alive, so he rushed over and finished it off.

Looking at the two plump goats, Lu Mingzhou was quite happy. "The goat meat is so fragrant. I'll take it back and make you a goat hot pot for winter."

Qiao Wanqing looked at the two goats, one big and one small. The larger one was an adult goat, while the smaller one was slightly smaller but still quite fat and could yield a lot of meat.

Qiao Wanqing was also happy. Although she had plenty of meat in her space, she had no reason to take it out! Now that she had this, she wouldn't have to worry about where to get some if she wanted to take it out in the future.

"How much should we keep?"

It was 1976 now, and the conditions in the army were much better. There was no shortage of food, especially since the troops here were relatively wealthy, with their own farms and breeding farms, so they had no shortage of supplies. Therefore, the management of personal hunting was not very strict. In most cases, the mountain products from the back mountains belonged to whoever got them. Only large animals, or those in large groups, needed to be handed over, but individuals could still keep some for themselves.

Lu Mingzhou said, "We'll keep the smaller ones for ourselves, and send the larger ones to the cafeteria."

Qiao Wanqing glanced at the smaller one; it could yield at least seventy or eighty pounds of meat.

That's pretty good.

The two tidied up, tied up the goat, and headed home.

Lu Mingzhou thought that was all he had to gain for the day, but after walking for more than half an hour, when he passed a mountain stream again, he suddenly stopped and became alert. "Quick, climb the tree."

Qiao Wanqing, who was nourished by the spiritual spring water all year round, had sharp hearing and eyesight. She also heard it and was a little incredulous that it was the sound of a wild boar.

That's not right!

This is the outskirts, how come there are wild boars here?

However, she quickly found a sturdy tree and climbed up. Once she was a bit higher, she saw a large group of wild boars charging towards her from not far away.

It's a group!

Qiao Wanqing's eyes widened; she had never seen so many wild boars before!

Upon seeing so many people arrive, Lu Mingzhou quickly switched to his weapon. He had originally planned to take a few back with him since he was here, but seeing so many, he immediately took out his gun.

Bang bang bang!

Several shots were fired, all hitting vital organs, and the leading wild boars fell to the ground with a thud. There were forty or fifty of them in the group, seven or eight of them were large, five or six were medium-sized, and the rest were small.

Even so, this number is still very rare. It would be too dangerous to fight so many people. Since Lu Mingzhou had a gun, he simply shot them all down.

A group of people who were conducting a training exercise not far away stopped in their tracks upon hearing the gunshot.

What was that sound?

"Gunshots? Someone fired a shot."

Everyone was startled, and the company commander immediately ordered everyone to be on guard. However, since this was their own territory, they listened carefully and found something strange.

"It sounds like...a pig. Has someone encountered a wild boar?"

"Let's go take a look."

The large group of people ran towards the direction of the sound. No matter what, they would definitely go to check after hearing gunshots. If it was a wild boar, they would definitely have to clear it out, since this was the outer perimeter and many family members would be coming over, and their safety had to be ensured.

If they are spies, they can go there in time to deal with them.

The group moved quickly and arrived in no time. Lu Mingzhou was catching a wild boar cub. Upon seeing it was one of his soldiers, he shouted, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and help!"

Dozens of young men immediately scattered to catch piglets.

Good heavens, did the brigade commander accidentally disturb the wild boars' lair? There are so many!

In an instant, the screams of piglets filled the air. Qiao Wanqing couldn't help but laugh out loud at the somewhat comical scene.

Lu Mingzhou finished off a wild boar that wasn't quite dead yet, then went to help Qiao Wanqing down. Qiao Wanqing smiled and held out her hand to him. She jumped down from the tree and looked at the wild boars scattered on the ground. "Should we take all of these back?"

Lu Mingzhou laughed and said, "Of course, this is all meat. We'll take it back and treat the brothers to a good meal."

Although conditions have improved a lot in recent years, and even the fine rations in the army are now high in energy and filling, so many young men still crave meat!

"Can we take some back with us?"

Lu Mingzhou glanced at them, "Let's take a smaller one back!"

Lu Mingzhou picked two smaller ones, one weighing seventy or eighty pounds and the other weighing about sixty pounds.

On the other side, dozens of people made a fuss and caught more than thirty wild boars.

"What a pity, we arrived too late, otherwise we could have caught them all."

"You really want to wipe out their whole hideout? The whole family's probably here!"

"Hahaha!"

A group of people were chatting and laughing when they came over and saw Qiao Wanqing. They immediately stopped talking and stared at Qiao Wanqing with their eyes shining.

Is this their brigade commander's wife?

How beautiful!

Seeing the looks in everyone's eyes, Lu Mingzhou felt a little proud, but on the surface, he still pretended to be serious. "This is your sister-in-law. Stop looking at her. Take the wild boars back. Are there any brothers training on the mountain? Send someone to inform them to keep an eye on the large animals here recently. They should all be cleared out. Family members often come to the perimeter. Make sure no one gets hurt."

"yes!"

The group received their orders and immediately went about their respective tasks. However, a few bolder individuals greeted Qiao Wanqing, "Hello, sister-in-law!"

He ran away immediately after shouting.

They were all young people with innocent and harmless smiles; some of them looked like minors.

Lu Mingzhou tied up the wild boar, turned around, and saw his wife staring intently at him. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Qiao Wanqing smiled. "It's nothing, let's go back!"

She took her things and went home to the family compound with Lu Mingzhou.

What's wrong? It's just that Lu Mingzhou's success has become more concrete.

Previously, she spent most of her time in the performing arts troupe, performing everywhere and training daily. At that time, she spent most of her time on stage and was still somewhat distant from the soldiers.