Chapter 30 Meeting the Wolf

Lin Qi originally thought that only four male educated youth, Ming Kangjian, Jian Tongyi, Zhao Yi and Mo Mingyang, were interested in hunting, but when they went out, they found that Gan Tian and Ma Guizhi had also followed them.

"We can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor, so we naturally have to go along with them." Ma Guizhi said as a matter of course.

Gan Tian was more honest, "I'm mainly curious."

"It's okay, let them go. Many people in the team also went to the mountains to hunt, and I heard that there were quite a few women going too." Ming Kangjian said.

"They say autumn harvest is very tiring, and the team members are trying every way to store more meat. The river was full of people yesterday, and many people went to the mountains." Mo Mingyang said, looking at Lin Qi, "But everyone caught small fish and shrimps, and fish weighing two kilograms are rare."

Lin Qi didn't respond.

Mo Mingyang continued, "Before the drought, those experienced people in the village were able to use harpoons to catch large fish weighing several kilograms or even more than ten kilograms."

"So amazing!" Zhao Yi was stunned, "When can I see it for myself?"

"Just wait. In a few years, when there are big fish, you will see them." Jian Yitong said in an ambiguous tone.

"What do you mean by 'a few years'? You mean we have to stay here for a few more years!" Ma Guizhi looked at Jian Tongyi in shock as if struck by a bolt from the blue.

Jian Tongyi nodded slowly, "According to my guess, it will take several years."

Or even longer.

Ma Guizhi burst into tears upon hearing this, "Why does it take so long?"

Jane remained silent. He couldn't answer this question.

Ma Guizhi looked at her rough hands and thought of her dark and rough face when she looked in the mirror this morning. She broke down mentally.

Ma Guizhi cried, and Gan Tian followed suit, "I want to go home."

At first, he was just sobbing quietly, but later he started crying loudly. If you didn't know, you would think someone's parents had died.

Jane and the four male educated youth were stunned.

Lin Qi was also a little dumbfounded.

After a while, Mo Mingyang asked impatiently, "Are you still going to put on a condom?"

"Go!" Ma Guizhi wiped away her tears, gritted her teeth, and looked ruthless.

"It's just a trap, not a fight with the prey," Zhao Yi reminded.

Ma Guizhi rolled her eyes at him and said, "I know."

There were indeed a lot of people in the mountains. Lin Qi chose a road that she and Xu Hexiao didn't often take, which was separated from their cave by several hills.

Lin Qi was not familiar with this place, so he led his men straight in. On the way, they met several groups of people who were also going to the mountains to hunt.

"Others have bows and arrows." Jian Tongyi was a little jealous.

Mo Mingyang also looked at other people's bows and arrows, "If you don't have a bow and arrow, a slingshot will do. You can shoot birds and pheasants. I'm not picky."

"Make one yourself or buy one?" Ming Kangjian suggested.

"Bows and arrows are hard to make, but slingshots are okay. I used a slingshot when I killed the four pests, and it was pretty accurate." Mo Mingyang said modestly.

“........”

Along the way, the four male educated youth talked about slingshots, while the three female educated youth did not say a word.

The other two had just cried and were in a bad mood, so they didn't bother to talk. One of them was paying attention to the surroundings, his mind was on the nearby plants and trees.

There have been so many people coming to the mountains in the past two days that small paths have been trampled out underfoot.

"There are no animals outside." Lin Qi said. There were so many people coming that the small animals were frightened and ran into the mountains.

"Then let's go deeper?" Jian Yitong looked at Lin Qi with an uncertain tone.

"Danger." Lin Qi had no expression on her face.

"With so many of us, we can scare them away. What are we afraid of?" Mo Mingyang said casually, "Since we are here, let's go and take a look."

"Yes, let's go to a deeper place and have a look. At worst, if we encounter danger, we can just retreat." Zhao Yi also agreed.

Jian Yitong looked at Ming Kangjian, "What do you think?"

Ming Kangjian pondered for a few seconds and said, "Let's go and take a look. I am also curious about the deep mountains."

Lin Qi looked at them and nodded, "Okay, if you encounter danger, run, quickly."

"You don't have to worry about that. After all, it's faster than you. You stay here to feed the beasts and buy us time to escape." Mo Mingyang said half-jokingly.

Jian Tong punched him in the chest, "Don't scare me."

Lin Qi glanced at them and said, "I can climb trees."

Others: “….”

The deeper they went into the mountains, the denser the vegetation became. Lin Qi led the way, and the others followed closely behind her. After climbing over two hills in succession, the forest became even quieter. At this time, no human voices could be heard around them. There were only the chirping of insects and birds, and occasionally one or two animal roars.

Ma Guizhi and Gan Tian, ​​who were walking in the middle, had forgotten their sadness. They looked around nervously, holding hands and silently relying on each other.

Shhh——

Lin Qi suddenly stopped and signaled everyone not to move.

"What's wrong?" Jane asked in a low voice.

Lin Qi pointed to a place not far away, where two pheasants with beautiful fur were leisurely foraging for food.

"pheasant!"

An exclamation.

The two beautiful pheasants were startled and ran into the grass and disappeared.

"Why are you standing there? Chase after him."

The four male educated youth rushed out first, and the two girls followed at the end.

Lin Qi looked at them expressionlessly, reflecting in her heart on why she brought them into the mountains.

He is so reckless, and doesn't look like he is here to hunt at all.

"Damn it, he runs pretty fast!" Mo Mingyang spat out the fallen leaves in his mouth, feeling angry and helpless.

"Don't be so jumpy next time and scare away the prey." Zhao Yi said dissatisfiedly.

Mo Mingyang felt a little guilty, but he tried to comfort himself, "I was just excited. It was my first time seeing a wild chicken, and I couldn't control myself. Sorry, I will be more careful next time."

Mo Mingyang apologized, and others couldn't continue to blame him. Ming Kangjian changed the subject, "If we just jump on him, the chances of catching him are slim. Lin Qi, do you want to start putting on the condom now?"

Lin Qi glanced around and saw a lot of bushes and wild fruits. There should be small animals, so she said, "Okay."

With other people present, Lin Qi could not be as perfunctory as before when putting on the condom, but fortunately they brought tools, so she taught them how to put on the condom the same way Xu Hexiao did.

They set up ten traps in total and used up two kilograms of millet.

"My heart aches." Zhao Yi touched his chest.

"Think about pheasants and hares," Mo Mingyang reminded.

"I thought about it. I'm more afraid that all the pheasants and rabbits are gone, and there are only a few hairs."

"Shut up!"

After the condom was put down, people could not stay at the scene, so Lin Qi led everyone to the side. They found a shady place, sat down and started to eat lunch.

Lunch was the steamed buns we made this morning. They tasted average, but everyone was hungry after walking all morning, so they ate them with great relish.

Zhao Yi finished eating first. He clapped his hands and said, "I'll go over there and take a look."

He pointed in a direction where the grass and trees were not tall and it didn't look dangerous. Ming Kangjian didn't stop him and stood up, "I'll go with you."

"I'll go too." Mo Mingyang also said.

"And me." Jian Yitong said, and looked at Lin Qi, "Is there any problem with you staying here by yourselves?"

Before Lin Qi could say anything, Ma Guizhi and Gan Tian stood up first, "We want to go too."

All the men have left, so they don’t want to stay. It’s too dangerous!

"Lin Qi, do you want to leave?" Gan Tian saw that Lin Qi didn't move, so she turned around and asked her.

Lin Qi shook her head, "No."

She found something even more interesting.

When the other six people walked away, Lin Qi walked towards the bushes, parted the bushes and saw a pheasant's nest inside. There were more than twenty oval-shaped small eggs neatly lined up in the nest.

So many eggs, where is the hen?

Just when Lin Qi was curious, she heard a clucking sound not far away. She turned her head and saw a weasel biting a hen's neck, holding the hen in its mouth and running into the deep forest.

Lin Qi: “….”

Is it such a coincidence?

At this moment, something even more coincidental happened - the hen had just been caught and the rooster appeared.

But it wasn't just the rooster that showed up, there was also another hen. The two chickens were leisurely strolling around, foraging for food under the tree and pecking at the fruits that had fallen from the tree.

Lin Qi blinked her eyes, and with a thought, two slender vines, like spirit snakes, tied up the feet of the two pheasants and dragged them over.

“Hehe——”

The two pheasants screamed and struggled violently.

Lin Qi frowned and simply let the vines wrap them up, leaving only two heads exposed. Even their mouths were tied up by the small vines.

At this moment, the two pheasants were completely quiet.

Lin Qi put them in a backpack, then took the pot and went to pick up eggs in the bushes. After picking up one nest, she found another nest in the bushes nearby. This nest had fewer eggs, only a dozen or so.

At this time, there were nearly forty eggs in her earthenware jar.

Worried that the eggs would break if they collided with each other in the jar, Lin Qi filled the jar with leaves.

She put the earthenware pot filled with pheasant eggs at the bottom of the backpack, followed by two pheasants, and above the pheasants were the wild vegetables she had just picked. There were quite a lot of wild vegetables, which completely covered the pheasants.

When Lin Qi was thinking about whether to continue looking for eggs, Ming Kangjian and others came back.

Unlike the excitement when they left, at this moment their faces were filled with fear and they ran for their lives.

"There's a wolf!" Zhao Yi shouted.

Lin Qi was startled. She looked behind the six people and saw that it was indeed a wolf.

Two!

How could there be a wolf!

Lin Qi took out the two wrapped pheasants from the backpack and put the basket on her back.

"Run outside!" Lin Qi said.

"What should we do with the trap we set?" Zhao Yi shouted.

"What time is it? You are still concerned about condoms. Saving your life is more important." Ming Kangjian wanted to curse.

At first, Lin Qi led the way, followed by Zhao Yi, Mo Mingyang, Gan Tian, ​​Ma Guizhi, and Ming Kangjian and Jian Tongyi. But soon, Lin Qi was overtaken and fell to the end.

“Run!”

Jane grabbed her arm.

At the same time, Ming Kangjian grabbed the other side.

At this time, they were only ten meters away from the two wolves. If the other side gave a running start and pounced, they would be in trouble.

"Throw away your backpack!" Jane said.

"Drop what you have in your hand!" Ming Kangjian also said.

Lin Qi ignored their words. If they continued running like this, they would never be able to outrun the two wolves.

"Fuck, it's getting closer!" Jane cursed.

"ah--"

Gan Tian let out a scream, and fell to the ground the next second.

She tripped and fell.

Because of her shouting, the already nervous crowd became in a state of panic. Some fell down, while others had their clothes caught on tree branches.

Oh no!

Ming Kangjian was extremely anxious. He let go of Lin Qi and rushed over to help Gan Tian up.

Just then, two wolves appeared.

"It's over!" Jian Tongyi also let go of Lin Qi's hand. He stared directly at the two gray wolves, ready to fight for his life.

Here we come!

Both wolves leaped up at the same time -

"Let's fight!" Jian Tong shouted and rushed forward.

call out!

Bang!

Two objects flew out from Jian Tongyi's ears and hit the two wolves on the heads.

The vines flew away and the two chickens were free.

Anger transfer.

"run!"

Lin Qi reminded Jian Tongyi.

Jian Tong came to his senses and without saying a word, he dragged Lin Qi and continued to run out of the mountain.