Chapter 194 has indeed arrived.

With Erlang Shen and his dogs outside, Sheng Xiping and the others didn't need to worry about anything; they could just take turns patrolling at night.

The farm was quite quiet in the first half of the night, but not long after midnight, the dogs in the yard started barking in unison.

Sheng Xiping wasn't a deep sleeper; he woke up instantly and quickly sat up.

No one took off their clothes at night; they all lay down wearing cotton-padded jackets and trousers.

Sheng Xiping quickly put on his shoes, got out of bed, put on his hat, took off his gun, and ran outside.

When I went into the yard, I saw that all five dogs were barking towards the back of the mountain.

Erlang Shen and Daqing, seeing the tall, round staff, wanted to jump out.

"Daqing, Erlang Shen, behave yourselves and don't go out."

Late at night, how could Sheng Xiping let the dog jump out to chase prey?

Who knows what came just now? What if it was some kind of ferocious beast? That would be terrible!

So Sheng Xiping pulled the safety and fired two shots in quick succession toward the back of the mountain.

As soon as the gun went off, the dog barked even louder.

"Alright, alright, stop yelling. We'll chase after them again tomorrow morning. Stay put and don't run around."

Sheng Xiping put down his gun, calmed the dogs down, and made them quiet.

Then, he took out a flashlight and checked both the pigsty and the sheepfold. Finding nothing unusual, he felt relieved.

Wang Jianshe and his group also came out, and they walked around the area around the farm, inspecting it carefully.

They were only relieved to know that no pigs or sheep had been bitten or lost.

In the latter half of the night, no one slept very soundly, and every now and then someone would get up and go out for a walk.

Finally, dawn broke, and everyone got up. Zhang Zhijun went home to get some noodles, and when he came back, he cooked them in a small pot so everyone could eat some.

Sheng Xiping borrowed the large pot used for scrambling pig feed, mixed some potatoes and squash with some cornmeal, poured in the noodle cooking water, and scrambled some dog food.

Using a broken pig trough from the farm, we fed the five dogs until they were half full.

Just then, the farm workers came to relieve them, and Sheng Xiping and the others took the dogs out and headed in the direction where the dogs had been biting the previous night.

Sure enough, some jackal footprints were found on the road. They weren't from a few days ago, but were fresh tracks left last night.

Sheng Xiping examined the footprints carefully and found that there were more than two jackal footprints, at least five or six.

The footprints stretched from the back of the farm all the way into the forest.

"Damn, those two female jackals are really something, they can even summon other jackals."

Sheng Xiping hadn't expected that the jackal would be so vengeful.

That pack of jackals only had two females left, but they still wouldn't give up. They cooperated with the leopard the night before last, and last night they summoned other jackals.

Fortunately, Sheng Xiping suddenly thought of this last night and brought the dog over to keep watch.

Otherwise, the farm would have suffered even greater losses this morning.

"Let's go into the mountains today, find these jackals, and kill them all. We can't let them cause any more trouble."

This guy keeps harassing people endlessly. Anyone would get angry in his place. Sheng Xiping was furious. He was determined to fight these bastards to the death today.

It's already the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. Everyone has been working on the mountain for more than three months. They finally got a holiday and came back, but they were disturbed by a group of jackals and couldn't get a proper rest. Everyone is holding their breath in anger.

Without saying a word, the group, with their dogs on their leashes, followed the jackal's tracks into the woods.

The group walked into the forest and went for seven or eight miles. Erlang Shen raised his head and sniffed in mid-air, then roared wildly in one direction.

When we entered the woods earlier, Erlang Shen called out, which meant he had discovered jackal footprints.

The fact that it's calling again now proves that it's not too far away.

Erlang Shen struggled forward while shouting, and Sheng Xiping immediately loosened the rope. "Jianshe, release the dog."

The others also loosened the ropes, and all five dogs darted out at once.

Erlang Shen and his dog led the way, with Daqing and Erqing following closely behind.

The injured Black General is unusually active today.

I guess it was because it lost face when it was bitten by the leopard last time, and Black General's bad temper couldn't stand it, so it wanted to make a good impression today.

The dog ran ahead, barking, while the person followed closely behind.

After walking about four or five miles further ahead, the sound of dogs barking became continuous.

"Quick, let's go over there right away, they must have found something."

As soon as Sheng Xiping heard the dog's movements, he knew what kind of prey it had encountered.

Everything else was fine, but the fear was encountering a pack of jackals, so Sheng Xiping took off running, and Wang Jianshe and the others quickly followed.

This forest is mostly composed of broad-leaved trees, especially oak, walnut, and hazelnut trees.

Oak trees bear berries, walnut and catalpa trees bear hickory nuts, and hazelnut trees bear hairy hazelnuts.

In late autumn, nuts such as walnuts and hickory nuts fall to the ground and are covered by snow in winter.

Such places are the favorite winter spots for wild boars. They come in groups, dig through the snow, and search for nuts to eat.

About two or three miles away from Sheng Xiping and his group, there was a sheltered, sunny mountain hollow, which was also called Boji Waizi in some places.

Last night, there was a running basket weighing about 300 pounds lying here.

Logically, after winter sets in, pigs are kept in pens, and boars join the herd until spring, when boars leave the herd to act independently.

I don't know why, but this running basket wasn't added to the group; it's still alone.

Yesterday evening, the pig was rooting around in this woods for food. After eating and drinking its fill, it found a sheltered spot to lie down and rest.

Little did they expect that, just as dawn broke, they would be targeted by several jackals.

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