Chapter 78 - Chapter 78: Chapter 73 Ah Niu Saves the Cow l (2/2)

He easily caught it inside the net.

“Huh, it’s actually a little turtle,”

Qin Niu felt surprised.

It wasn’t much bigger than a fingernail cap, and looking at its tiny head and legs, he estimated it had hatched only a few days ago.

It was unfortunate, born shortly before encountering a flood.

Luckily, it had desperately swum towards the shore and not been swept into the raging torrents; otherwise, it most likely would have drowned.

Softshell turtles were common, but turtles were not.

People liked to eat softshell turtles, but no one liked eating turtles.

Most people who caught turtles would release them.

Qin Niu glanced at the chaotic scene and realized that the little turtle had no chance of survival.

It appeared very timid.

After being caught, it tucked its head, legs, and tail into its shell, not daring to move.

“Encountering you is a stroke of fate, I’ll keep you!”

After a brief hesitation, he directly tossed the little turtle into the bucket.

After giving the net back to Er Dan, he continued to fish.

At that moment, someone let out a series of exclamations.

“Look, what’s that?”

“It looks like a person!”

“No, it’s a sheep.”

In the middle of the distant floodwaters, a dark shadow struggled. But the ferocity of the flood made its efforts seem feeble.

The onlookers watched, hearts in their throats.

Qin Niu strained his eyes and finally saw clearly.

It was not a person, nor a sheep, but a small black calf.

It must have been washed down from upstream.

In the floodwaters, corpses of various animals and humans were common. After the tide receded, villagers would spontaneously bury them on the spot.

Otherwise, the decay of the bodies could easily trigger an epidemic.

The little calf seemed to have exhausted its strength, not knowing how long it had drifted in the floodwaters.

A strong will to survive made it occasionally muster the strength to lift its head and flail briefly.

But it was quickly swept under by the flood crest again.

Qin Niu stopped fishing and fixed his gaze on the small calf.

At this moment, he was not the only one concerned about the calf.

Some villagers from Daoyuan Village across the floodwaters were shouting, equally attentive to the calf’s plight.

If one could rescue it and raise it for a year or two, it would definitely become a large water buffalo.

A valuable asset for plowing fields and pulling carts.

“Er Dan, watch the bucket for me,”

“You… want to save that calf?”

Er Dan looked terrified.

“With the calf’s dumb ways, it’s surely a goner if we don’t save it. I’m going to give it a try.”

Qin Niu, with his Threefold cultivation of a mortal man, plus being a good swimmer from the start, believed it was worth an attempt.

This was also a rare opportunity.

“None of the skilled swimmers in the village have made a move yet; maybe you shouldn’t go,”

“It’s all right!”

Qin Niu took off his clothes, revealing his muscular upper body and sturdy legs.

He wore only a pair of briefs and quickly ran downstream, then leaped into the floodwaters.

He chose to rescue from a buffer zone.

The biggest concern there was the whirlpool.

Getting caught in it would make escape difficult.

“All Niu is trying to save that calf; he’s truly risking his life!”

“His mind has always been off.”

“What a sin!”

The villagers were abuzz with comments.

Some were simply jealous, not wanting Qin Niu to get the calf.

A small calf had a market value of about three or four taels of Silver Money; picking it up was like getting an ordinary person’s annual salary.

But this money required risking one’s life..