Should they rest around the campfire or head back? Everyone involuntarily turned to look at Song Yan.

Wang Zhuzi may have injured a blood vessel in his leg. The pressure bandage quickly became soaked with blood. Although the bleeding has stopped, he has lost a lot of blood. What will happen if he can't hold on in this cold weather until dawn?

Furthermore, wounds from animal bites should be cleaned as soon as possible.

Song Yan: "Wang Zhuzi needs to go to the commune hospital for his leg injury. Let's hurry on our way! Is there anything else to eat? Let's all grab something to eat!"

Wei Erzhuang and his men had brought some dry rations. After encountering the wolf pack, they were so focused on escaping that they lost a lot of their belongings. Only Liu Sanzi's rations remained.

Song Yan silently took out his own steamed bun. He toasted the bun over the fire until it was golden brown and smelled delicious. Everyone ate half a bun to fill their stomachs, drank some water, and then prepared to set off.

The wolf pelt and the wolf were loaded onto the carriage, and once everyone was seated, they set off...

It was already past midnight when the carriage arrived at Qingshan Brigade.

How could any woman sleep soundly when her husband hadn't returned from the mountains? The carriage entering the village startled the village dogs, and the women from those households all came out.

Unexpectedly, their men were covered in blood. Even those who weren't injured had a lot of wolf blood on them.

Erzhuang's wife was terrified, and Cheng Xiuyun burst into tears.

Now is not the time for her to cry. Wang Zhuzi is the most seriously injured and needs to go to the commune.

Song Yan quickly told them about it.

The man who went into the mountains last night didn't return, and many people in the village know that. Now that there's some noise, everyone's come to check.

This immediately alerted half the brigade.

Wei Erzhuang and Wang Zhuzi are going to the commune, and their families have to go with them!

Erzhuang felt fine and refused to go no matter what. His family was already struggling financially, and going to the commune would cost too much money.

The group of people all offered their advice, saying that wolves have foul mouths and that if you've been bitten, you should go to the hospital to get checked out.

These were not things Song Yan cared about; she asked Xiao Hu to take her mother-in-law back first.

Many women surrounded Song Yan, with men following behind them.

Chen Xiaobei and the others chattered amongst themselves, saying that they wouldn't have been able to come back tonight if it weren't for Song Yan.

They pulled back the three wolf carcasses, and everyone saw them. They had bullet holes in their bodies, but the fatal bullet holes were almost all between their eyebrows. How could Song Yan be such a good shot!

Cheng Yousuo was quite excited. Every year, there was a militia skills competition between the various brigades, and marksmanship was a very important part of it. There was no rule that women couldn't participate, so next time he would send Song Yan to participate in the marksmanship competition. First place would definitely go to the Qingshan Brigade.

Song Yan: Thank you so much!

Sun Zheng wasn't from this brigade, but the others were. Their relatives surrounded Song Yan, wanting to thank him. Chen Xiaobei's mother simply burst into tears.

Everyone chimed in with their own words of comfort, saying that it was a blessing that he was back at all, and that he shouldn't cry.

According to regulations, game hunted with a hunting rifle belongs to the entire brigade. Now, some people want to divide up these three wolves.

Wolf meat doesn't taste good, but it's still meat!

The men were just waiting for the captain to say something.

Song Yan called the captain aside and told him what they had discovered.

Captain Wu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. People keep cats and dogs, but who would keep a wolf as a pet? He quickly went to take a closer look.

Sure enough, the fur on the wolf's neck was different from the rest of its body.

Captain Wu: "Let's disperse! It's the middle of the night, how could this thing be lost? We'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

Captain Wu's authority was undoubtedly high; his words caused many to disperse. Only a few who had gone hunting, along with Cheng Yousuo, remained. He instructed Cheng Yousuo to fetch Lao Du and Lao Zeng. Captain Wu knew these two were not simple men…

"How many wolves did you kill?" Old Zeng asked.

Song Yan touched her nose. "Maybe there were ten." In the dark, she didn't count how many had died.

"It's impossible for someone to raise wolves, let alone so many. Nobody would believe that. But all three wolves have signs of being tied up around their necks. Look!" Old Du carefully examined the wolf carcasses. "These two have wounds on their bodies, and they look like they were beaten. And look at the wolf pelt too."

And these wolves are too skinny.

They were all skin and bones.

Old Du said, "Let's cut open her stomach and take a look!"

Exactly! If they were raised by humans, they certainly couldn't be fed only meat! Looking at the food scraps might be helpful.

Those who hadn't been injured while hunting immediately took action.

There was a bloody smell, and a sour, foul odor... Song Yan couldn't help but feel nauseous.

Old Du was the most professional; he carefully examined the food inside the wolf's stomach.

As Chen Xiaobei and his companions were being chased, they tried to shake off the wolves by constantly throwing away the prey they had hunted.

Looking at the remains of their prey inside the wolf's belly, they gritted their teeth in anger.

After examining the wolf's stomach, Old Du also wanted to check its intestines.

When Cheng Youfu saw that his elder brother hadn't returned for a long time, he came looking for him and saw Song Yan vomiting.

Song Yan couldn't take it anymore. "No, I'm going back."

Cheng Youfu: "Sister, I'll take you home."

At this moment, Chang Xiaohu also changed his clothes and came back to pick up his second sister-in-law.

"You should take her home!" Captain Wu said. The fewer people who know about today's events, the better; let's get those two boys away.

In the empty house next to the brigade headquarters, Lao Du and his team were still busy.

Undigested beans were found in the wolf's intestines. Wolves are omnivores, so eating beans isn't surprising. But the beans were clearly cooked. Could a wolf have cooked beans itself?

Chen Xiaobei and his group ventured deep into the Old Black Mountain. For a while, they lost their way, so they hunted as they went, trying to find their bearings. They couldn't pinpoint their exact location when they encountered a pack of wolves. The wolves chased them, stopping and starting, chasing and stopping…

"The marks on the wolf's neck and the cooked beans prove our guess was pretty much right. And the fact that they managed to escape probably means they've been domesticated, which has lessened their wildness." Old Du was genuinely glad they were still alive. And he'd heard they only took five bullets from the borrowed hunting rifle. What were they thinking? So stupid. If it weren't for Song Yan today, they'd all be dead.

Old Du shared his analysis. Captain Wu was dumbfounded. This unbelievable thing was actually true. What should they do? Report it?

These are all just speculations, after all. If you ask: Who keeps these wolves? Where are they kept? And what are they doing? Nobody knows!

If someone asks about these things and you know nothing about them, it will be difficult to explain.

These are turbulent times. We shouldn't create trouble for ourselves.

Captain Wu decisively silenced everyone who knew about the incident, making them pretend nothing had happened.

He also specifically instructed Cheng Yousuo to go to the commune to find Wei Erzhuang and Wang Zhuzi, and to tell them to keep quiet and not to say a single word that they shouldn't say.

Everyone's smart enough to understand what Captain Wu was worried about. That's why everyone resolutely obeyed the captain's orders.

Song, the educated youth, was a smart person, and Captain Wu firmly believed that as long as she gave instructions, she wouldn't make a mistake...