“How about I go and bring the livestock back?” Hu Wenhua suddenly spoke up in the quiet, oppressive atmosphere.

Everyone looked up at him in surprise.

The old village chief was the first to object: "No way! There are too many livestock; it's too dangerous for them to go back and forth like that!"

Livestock is important, but people are more important, especially since these are all from the village. Not a single animal belongs to the Hu family or even his sister's family. It's absolutely unacceptable to let Hu Wenhua risk his life for the sake of the villagers' property.

Master Fan also disagreed: "After the people outside have had a good lunch, won't they cause trouble? We can't go. I'd rather the livestock end up in their stomachs than let you risk your life to go there!"

It's heartbreaking to see livestock suffer, but compared to human lives, all I can do is feel sorry for them.

Besides, how could they possibly catch so many animals, especially rabbits?

The longer it takes, the greater the danger.

Shui Qing, however, felt that since Wen Hua had brought it up, he must have thought it through carefully. She looked at Wen Hua and asked, "Have you thought it through? How do you plan to bring it back?"

Hu Wenhua immediately voiced his thoughts: "Sister, I was thinking that pigs and sheep can make noises, but rabbits are docile and even if they make a sound, it will be very faint and hard to be noticed. Besides, most of the mother rabbits are still in the village, and most of the rabbit houses on the back mountain are still baby rabbits that haven't been sold yet, so we won't bring them back."

We're only carrying pigs and sheep, and right now the pigs and sheep aren't fully grown. The biggest and heaviest pig is less than 100 pounds, so it'll be easy to load them onto the oxcart. We should be able to transport them all back in two or three trips!

Old Village Chief Fan Qiye and others hesitated.

Hu Wenhua said it would take two or three trips to transport the goods back, but they thought that if they sent more men to pull the carts, they could transport them back in one trip.

If it's just one trip, as long as they hold off the other side, the risk is negligible.

The men present hesitated. They were heartbroken at the thought of their livestock being harmed by outsiders, and when they heard that Hu Wenhua was risking his life for their village, they strongly disagreed. However, they had to admit that Hu Wenhua's method was indeed feasible!

It would be unreasonable and illogical for Hu Wenhua to go, since how could they let Hu Wenhua risk his livestock? But it would be fine for them to go themselves.

It's worth the risk.

"Dad, should I go?" Li Wen looked at his father and said excitedly.

Their family had the most pigs and sheep, and they had finally raised them to several dozen kilograms each. How could they bear to let the thugs eat them! It would be as painful as having their heart ripped out!

"I'll go too!" Old Wu said quickly.

His family doesn't have pigs, but they have ten sheep! And they're all very well-behaved.

Several more men immediately stood up and responded.

Aunt Zhang gritted her teeth, stood up and replied, "I can easily pull a cart weighing several hundred pounds. I'll go with you."

The golden ox and silver ox went out, the bronze ox was injured, the little grass couldn't walk, and the two smaller ones under him were not as strong as himself. Of course, he had to carry the pigs and sheep back himself!

She wasn't afraid of danger, but she was more afraid that the livestock would be killed by bandits.

Li Wen quickly said, "Aunt Zhang, no need. A few of us men can go over there and we'll bring them all back at once."

“At this point, we can’t distinguish between you and me. Let’s get him back first,” Wu the eldest said.

"That's right, Aunt Zhang, no matter whose it is, we'll bring it all back, nothing will be missing!"

Don't worry.

Aunt Zhang's eyes welled up with tears. She wanted to say thank you, but in the end, she just said, "Okay, when we slaughter the pig, I'll treat you to pork!"

The men grinned when they heard they were eating pork.

Now that we've decided to bring the pigs and sheep back, we need to make a plan.