A group of men who were originally hungry and a little listless walking at night.

Because of the faint meaty aroma in the air, I suddenly became energetic. Even in the pitch-black night, it could not cover up the pairs of shining eyes in the darkness.

When you are so hungry that your chest is sticking to your back and your stomach is burning, nothing is more attractive than food.

All the black shadows were ready to go, their pace getting faster and faster, and they all walked towards the direction of the meat smell, floating in the wind!

There were dozens of black figures, clearly a large group just standing there, yet they walked on the night road without making any sound. Each of them wore rubber-soled shoes, and some even had cloth strips tied around their feet to prevent slipping and making noise.

Even though this group of people were excited in their hearts and looked pleased, there was no confusion in their movements as they walked forward. Just like before, everyone was alert, their muscles tense, and they kept a distance.

The leading black shadow waved the axe in his hand and walked forward with a smile.

They had been in the village for such a long time today, but there wasn't even a dog barking to warn them.

These households all sleep like dead pigs, aren't they just fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered?

If we don’t rob them, whose will we rob?

The opportunity given by God must not be wasted!

At this time, Lixi Village was completely silent, and no one had noticed this group of people traveling at night.

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Wanxi Village.

Two patrol members standing at the sentry post at the entrance of the village, holding binoculars in their hands, were staring vigilantly at the two black figures staggering towards their village.

The moonlight tonight was not as bright as the previous two days, but with the reflection of the snow and the two telescopes in their hands, they could still clearly see a black figure staggering towards them about four or five hundred meters away.

The two telescopes in their hands were not high-power infrared telescopes with night vision capabilities, but just ordinary telescopes found in the village. The night vision function of such telescopes was very poor, but it was better than nothing.

"Blow the whistle, blow the whistle, blow it quickly!"

Cai Junmin looked at the figure in the telescope with a vigilant look on his face. He patted Zhou Daxin's arm and whispered, "Hurry up and notify the patrol team to pay attention to the situation. Don't let those guys take advantage of our loopholes!"

"But there are only two people, aren't they too few?" Zhou Daxin hesitated while holding the telescope.

They had heard before that the gang of robbers in the county town had dozens or even hundreds of people, but there looked only two people in front of them. What if they were just passing by and they woke up everyone in the village? Wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?

This was the first time Zhou Daxin encountered such a thing, and he was a little hesitant.

After all, no one had done this before. No one had ever been a scout or a combat soldier. In addition, there had always been peace before, so Zhou Daxin's attitude was normal.

"Tsk, you're right. Just two of them don't look like the gang of robbers in the county town... Look at the group of thieves caught at Miss Qin's house. There were six of them. Just two of them is really too few. And they're staggering like they can barely walk. If the two of us go down, we can take them down one each. If the robbers are so weak, how can they steal other people's things?" Cai Junmin touched his chin in confusion, frowning. "But we can't be careless. What if these two are spies sent by the robbers and the main force is behind them? It's not impossible."

"It would be great if we had two walkie-talkies. We could just call the patrol and they'd come over. We wouldn't have to worry about waking up the villagers with our whistles..." Zhou Daxin nodded and sighed, "Hey, what are these two guys doing out and about so late at night? Can't they just sleep quietly at home? Are their beds uncomfortable, or did they drop some money for them to pick up? Aren't they just being unreasonable to go out so late at night?"

Holding binoculars in their hands, Cai Junmin and Zhou Daxin hesitated for a moment as they watched the two figures slowly approaching from the opposite side.

They decided to wait and see whether the two people were coming towards them before making a decision. If the two people were just passing by, it would be too exaggerated if they woke up the entire village.

The village patrol team had never encountered such a thing in the past few days. This was the first time for the two of them to stand guard, and they really didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"We have to talk about this matter with the captain and the others tomorrow morning. If seven or eight people happen to pass by one night, I'm afraid everyone in our village won't be able to sleep." Touching the plastic whistle hanging around his neck, Cai Junmin frowned and whispered to Zhou Daxin.

Zhou Daxin, who was standing next to him, remained silent. His gaze was fixed on the two dark shadows in the distance. As time went by, the shadows drew closer...

The face that was originally unclear now slowly appeared in their sight.

However, the next second...

Both Cai Junmin and Zhou Daxin were stunned, and their eyes suddenly widened!

The faces of these two people are clearly familiar faces!

"This, this, this... Isn't this the village chief's youngest son, Zhao Dabao, and Zheng Changdong, the grandson of Mrs. Zheng? They're the ones who have returned!"

"Come on, let's go down and open the door for them!"

Zhou Daxin and Cai Junmin, who were originally worried that the whistle would wake up everyone in the village, suddenly jumped three feet high and ran down from the sentry post in a hurry as if their butts were on fire.

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"Just a little more, just a little more, and we'll be there soon." Zhao Dabao was panting as he walked on the dilapidated road. His eyes were full of tired red bloodshot, and he was so thin that he looked almost unrecognizable. The blue-gray cotton coat he was wearing looked more like he had rolled in the mud. He looked even more miserable than the beggars who were begging under the overpass before the earthquake.

"Brother Dabao, if it weren't for you this time, I would have died on the road." Looking at the familiar shadowy outline of the mountain not far away, Zheng Changdong felt a sore nose and his eyes swollen.

They are finally getting home!

They had only been away for a year, but it seemed as if they hadn't been home for a century.

Especially after the earthquake, they were thinking about what happened to their families every day. They wondered if someone had died in the earthquake or if someone was caught in a snowstorm and would never wake up again.

But no matter how anxious they were, they couldn't fly back home directly from the neighboring province. They could only follow the footsteps of others and walk step by step towards Yunhai City. Even though there was a blizzard a few days ago, they would take some time every day to travel.

Thinking about it now, this was almost the most correct decision they made at that time!

Although it was hard and slow to travel in the snowstorm, they did not encounter any murder, arson or robbery along the way. However, as soon as the snowstorm stopped, the originally quiet world, which seemed to be covered with only white, suddenly became noisy.

No one knew where those criminals who committed murder, arson and robbery came from. When they set out from Dannan City in the neighboring province, there were a total of 11 people. However, when they arrived in Yunhai City, there were still 10 people. The missing person was because he had already returned home.

As for the remaining ten people, six were from other counties in Yunhai City, and only four were from Ningyong County.

Since the several county towns were located in different directions, the ten of them parted ways in Yunhai City and went in different directions.

When the four of them were on the road again, the snowstorm suddenly stopped. They thought it was a good thing, but they didn't expect that in just half a day, not only did someone steal their luggage, but someone even wanted to capture them and treat them like two-legged sheep, and directly raise them in a pen and kill them for meat!

The four of them almost risked their lives to escape from that group of people.

During the escape, the four of them were forced to separate, and only he and Brother Dabao were left together.

"Oh, I wonder how Brother Guo and the other two are doing. Have they returned home yet..." Zheng Changdong felt sad.

"Brother Guo and the other two are from Shangtang Village, which is even farther away than where we are. They should not have reached home yet. I just hope they haven't been caught by that group of people before..." Zhao Dabao also sighed.

Ever since they were almost caught and eaten, they never dared to go near crowded areas or travel during the day. They only dared to sneak towards home under the moonlight at night, and hide themselves in a secluded place during the day. For three whole days, they only had two meals of wild vegetables. If they were not young and healthy, they would have died on the road long ago.

Zhao Dabao's eyes darkened. Compared to whether Brother Guo and the other two could escape the pursuit of that group of people, there were more serious problems waiting for them.

When they went out to work, there were six of them going to the same place.

But now, only the two of them have returned...

Zhao Dabao pursed his lips, his eyes filled with unspeakable sadness and worry.