Before Liu Ercheng and his two sons could react, Wu Qiaoqiao had already disappeared. Seeing this, Liu Ercheng hurriedly told his two sons to follow her. He himself went back to the house and called his wife, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, and granddaughters to a room, closing all the doors and windows tightly.

After settling his wife and children at home, he went to the courtyard and called out to the neighbor next door. He heard Feng Mingran reply that they wanted to go to Liu Sanqian's courtyard to take a look.

Just as Feng Mingran was replying, they heard Liu Sanqian shouting from his side. Liu Sanqian meant that all four families should go to Wu Qiaoqiao's house and stay together to shrink the protective circle so that they only needed a few men. If they were too spread out, it would be even more unsafe if wolves came in.

So Feng Mingran and his two companions, along with Liu Ercheng and his family, headed towards Wu Qiaoqiao's courtyard. At Wu Qiaoqiao's house, Feng Mingyue and the others overheard what everyone was saying. Feng Mingyue climbed out of the window and into the courtyard. Once Liu Ercheng and the others arrived, she opened the door and let everyone in first.

After Liu Ercheng's family went inside, Liu Ercheng and the other three men, including Feng Mingran, did not go in. Instead, they waited at the gate for Liu Sanqian's group to arrive. Only after Liu Sanqian's group arrived did they enter Wu Qiaoqiao's house together and close the gate.

After Liu Ercheng and Liu Sanqian closed the courtyard gate, they turned around and saw that everyone was still waiting in the courtyard and had not gone in. They asked and found out that Wu Qiaoqiao had blocked the door of the main room, and it could not be pushed open from the outside. Someone had to go inside to pull open the square table blocking the door in order to open it.

You should know that the table was made of good wood, so it was very heavy. Two people could lift it, but at this time, only Zhao Xiuxiang and Lin Yuwei were left in the room. Because Lin Yuwei's belly was already quite big, Zhao Xiuxiang did not dare to let her do anything strenuous.

When Feng Mingyue saw this, she was just about to climb in through the window to help Zhao Xiuxiang move the table. Liu Sanqian and the others were quick, so when they turned around, they saw everyone still waiting in the yard. Feng Mingyue had only just climbed in.

Soon the door to the main room was opened, and after everyone entered, they saw the door to Zhao Xiuxiang's room, which was blocked by a cabinet. There was nothing they could do but have two strong men lift the cabinet and move it aside to open the door, because there were too many people in the room to fit them all.

At Wu Qiaoqiao's house, everyone got on the kang (a heated brick bed) and dressed. The last few men stood guard at the two windows, watching outside. Meanwhile, Liu Sanqian and Liu Ercheng led Feng Mingran toward the village.

When Wu Qiaoqiao ran to the direction from which the shouts and howls came, she saw that most of the villagers had come out and were fighting with twenty or thirty wolves.

When Wu Qiaoqiao arrived, she immediately saw a black wolf lunging at a villager's throat. If the bite landed, the man would be dead. She quickly drew her bow and shot an arrow at the wolf. Because the arrow was shot in haste, the wolf dodged it with a turn in mid-air.

After landing, the black wolf immediately turned and looked at Wu Qiaoqiao with its fierce yet intelligent eyes. At the same time, Wu Qiaoqiao drew an arrow, nocked it on her bow, and aimed at the wolf. The two faced off, and while confronting the wolf, Wu Qiaoqiao's eyes glanced slightly towards the villagers.

At that glance, she noticed that the wolf in front of her was different in size from the other twenty or thirty wolves. It must be the alpha wolf. While she was holding the alpha wolf back, the villagers killed several more wolves.

Hearing the mournful cries of the other wolves before their deaths, the alpha wolf's eyes gleamed with even greater ferocity. It slowly lowered its body, its gaze sharp. Wu Qiaoqiao knew this was the wolf preparing to attack, so she decided to strike first. She shot an arrow at the wolf, and then quickly drew another arrow from her quiver and shot it at the alpha wolf.

None of the arrows hit the alpha wolf. However, they did hit the wolves behind it, though not killing them. The wounded wolves were then killed by the villagers.

After the alpha wolf approached her, Qiaoqiao threw away her bow and arrows, drew her wood-chopping knife from her back, and charged at the wolf, engaging it in a fierce battle. To be honest, if she were alone in the mountains, she would have killed the wolf long ago. Right now, she didn't want to draw too much attention, so her main tasks were to restrain the alpha wolf and ensure the villagers weren't killed by it.

While Wu Qiaoqiao was fighting the alpha wolf and keeping an eye on the villagers, a gunshot rang out. The alpha wolf, which had just scratched Wu Qiaoqiao's arm, was shot in the throat. The alpha wolf let out a mournful howl and fell to the ground, gradually ceasing to breathe.

Everyone looked in the direction of the gunshot and saw Liu Sanqian running towards them with a gun. Wu Qiaoqiao didn't stop when she saw this. She picked up her wood-chopping knife and attacked the remaining wolves that were trying to escape after the alpha wolf died. Everyone was startled by Wu Qiaoqiao's actions and came to their senses. They also attacked the wolves. After a fierce battle, all the wolves that had entered their village were killed.

Afterwards, they counted 32 wolves that had entered their village, not including the three that Wu Qiaoqiao had shot. Liu Sanqian also produced the wolf he had killed. As for the villagers' casualties, there were no deaths, but quite a few were injured. Fortunately, the weather was cold, and everyone was dressed warmly, so the injuries were not very serious.

So everyone applied medicine, counted the wolf carcasses, and after everything was done, Liu Yougen and the village officials decided to give Wu Qiaoqiao and the others a reward. Originally, Liu Yougen had asked if they wanted meat after killing the wolves, but Wu Qiaoqiao thought about the two wolves in her woodshed. Of course, she didn't know that after she came out, Liu Sanqian and the others had also brought in the two wolves from Liu Sanqian's yard. However, Wu Qiaoqiao didn't know this at the time, so she told the village that she didn't need the meat, just three wolf pelts would be enough. She wanted to make a wolf pelt for Zhao Xiuxiang, who had also caught a chill during the march, and a wolf pelt would make her feel better.

After saying all this, Wu Qiaoqiao decided to go home to apply her medicine and rest. After she left, Liu Yougen and the others decided to go to the town the next day to ask the armed forces department or the police station for help from Zhang Jianjun and his group. When they counted the wolves, they found that they were all a bit thin, probably because of the heavy snowfall this year. There might not be any prey on the mountain, so the wolves had come down. Therefore, they wanted to ask the comrades in the town to go into the mountains to see if there were any large prey near the village. If so, they would kill them.

Of course, these things are none of Wu Qiaoqiao's business; she just wants to go home and rest now.