roccoschili Chapter 222 Wolves vs. Bandits
Chapter 222 Wolves vs. Bandits
This year our family is no longer short of money, so the kang is always heated at night in winter.
As soon as she left the house, she felt a chill and couldn't help shivering.
"It's really cold out here."
She shrank her body and was about to go check the firewood when she heard Xiaohua's cry.
"Meow."
Zhu lowered her head and saw Xiaohua squatting in front of her, "Xiaohua, why are you not staying in your nest? What are you doing here?"
Xiaohua and Xiaobai's nest is in the kitchen.
They both like to stay in the kitchen, so I made a nest for them in the kitchen.
The residual warmth from the kitchen stove can help Xiaobai and Xiaohua get through the cold nights.
Xiaohua meowed a few times, as if expressing something.
Zhu didn't understand, but she probably understood that Xiaohua was here for something. "Are you looking for the baby?"
"The baby is sleeping soundly right now. I don't think he can get up."
Xiaohua raised her paw and pointed inside the house.
Zhu glanced into the room and tentatively asked, "Do you want me to go back inside?"
Xiaohua nodded.
Zhu didn't quite understand, but she knew that Xiaohua was not doing this for no reason, so she went back to her room.
She sat on the bench, puzzled as to what Xiaohua meant.
Sudden--
There was a piercing scream, breaking the silent night.
"what!"
Zhu's heart tightened when she heard this.
She stood up and quickly sat down again. She couldn't run away at this time.
Many people were woken up and came out to see what was going on.
"What happened? It's so noisy late at night."
"I heard someone screaming. It's so cold at night, why are you not sleeping?"
"Go and have a look, I wonder who was bitten by a wolf."
When the villagers who were watching the fun heard that there was a wolf, they all hid back in their homes and no one dared to go out.
"Oh my God! Is the wolf coming down the mountain to look for food?"
"I think that's probably the case. I don't know whose family is unlucky enough to be visited by a wolf coming down from the mountain."
"When it gets light, we have to talk to the village chief and find a way to stop the wolves from coming down the mountain."
At the entrance of the village, six or seven wolves were staring fiercely at a dozen bandits.
There were five or six bandit corpses on the ground.
"Why, why are there wolves?" a bandit said tremblingly.
Wolves are the most ferocious in winter. Even if they are bandits, they dare not provoke wolves.
The bandit leader swallowed and kept backing away. If he had known there were wolves in the village, he would never have come.
"Run quickly!"
He is not arrogant enough to deal with wolves.
however--
Several wolves attacked the bandits again.
It is obvious that they want to put these bandits to death.
"Ah! The wolf is coming, run!" The bandits ran faster and more scared than each other.
But, humans can't run as fast as wolves.
It's still a wet and slippery winter.
Then, screams, one more tragic than the other, resounded throughout the sky.
Not only did it wake up everyone in the village, it also scared a lot of people.
"From the sound, it seems a bit far away from us. That's good, that's good... No, I don't know whose family is in trouble. Sigh, I don't dare to save them."
"Why does it sound like this sound is coming from outside the village? Could it be that someone sneaked out of the village and encountered a wolf coming down the mountain?"
The woken-up Mu Baobao rubbed his eyes and sat in the quilt: "Grandma, it's so noisy."
Zhu touched her head and said gently, "Maybe she's someone's disobedient child who sneaked out of the village late at night and was caught by her family."
She felt a little uneasy in her heart. Judging from Xiaohua's attitude and screams, she was afraid that something bad was going to happen.
As for what kind of bad thing it is, let the baby ask Xiaohua after dawn and you will know.
Baby Mu was still confused, his little brain not working at all, "Oh, so that's it."
Zhu asked her to retreat back into the quilt, "Keep sleeping, baby, don't worry about those things."
Baby Mu lay down obediently and soon fell asleep.
"Old woman, is there something wrong?" Old Man Mu asked in a low voice.
Zhu frowned and whispered, "I'm not sure. Let Bao Bao ask Xiao Hua after daybreak."
"Let's not sleep tonight. I'm feeling anxious."
Father Mu responded and sat down beside the bed. "Don't think too much. Just don't come to our house."
Zhu sighed, "How could I not think about it... Forget it, there's no point in saying so much."
"Come and talk to me. It's hard to bear this late at night."
The couple were talking in low voices, waiting for things outside to calm down.
The next day.
As soon as the sky was getting light, Zhu prepared to go to the village chief's house to inquire about the situation.
As soon as she went out, she saw many villagers going out as well and asked, "Where are you going?"
A villager said, "Let's go to the village chief's house."
"After what happened last night, we have to ask the village chief for a decision."
Zhu thought about it and was not surprised. "I'm going to the village chief's house too."
"I didn't get enough rest last night, so I was worried something might happen."
The villagers were talking at once.
"That's right. Just hearing the wolf howling makes me panic. I'm afraid the wolf will run into my house."
"I heard the sound was a little far away, so I couldn't figure out what was going on."
The group soon arrived at the village chief's house, but found that many villagers were already there.
They are all here to talk about what happened last night.
The village chief smoked his pipe and said loudly, "I already know what happened last night."
"I checked inside the village and at the village entrance early in the morning and there was no problem."
"Something seemed to have happened at the village entrance last night, but the wolf didn't enter the village."
Hearing that the wolf did not enter the village, the villagers felt relieved and worried at the same time.
"The wolves didn't come into the village this time, but they might next time. In the middle of winter, wolves are really short of food."
"Don't think like that. I think it's a good thing the wolves didn't come into the village, otherwise they would have come last night."
The village chief raised his hand and said, "Don't think of the worst."
"If a wolf had any intentions towards the village, it would have entered the village last night. Why would it wait?"
When everyone heard this, it seemed to make sense, but...
"Village chief, we are still afraid. Wolves are so ferocious."
"What if a wolf comes to the village tonight?"
The village chief was also considering this issue. "The best way is to have the young and middle-aged men in the village patrol starting tonight."
Upon hearing this, many villagers quit.
"No, no, it's too dangerous!"
"I don't agree either. Wolves are so ferocious in winter that they can kill people with one bite. I can't bear to let my son take such a risk."
The village chief was not angry. "Since you have said so, please do not make a fuss when the wolf comes down the mountain and lands at someone's house."
"You think of relying on others, why should others help you?"
Many villagers were speechless. If it were any other time, it would be fine, but it was a wolf.
The village chief added, "I'm putting this out there. Either we patrol together, or we don't enjoy the village's protection anymore."
"Whose sons are these young men on patrol? Who wouldn't feel sorry for them? But you're the only ones who feel sorry for your own sons?"
"All I do every day is think about is taking advantage of others."