Chapter 32 Can't Find

In the evening, Zhao Yi and Mo Mingyang carried the body of a wolf through the team. Almost all the team members knew that they had hunted a wolf.

So, when Ming Kangjian and six others arrived at the educated youth site, they were followed by a group of onlookers.

Not long after, several leaders of the brigade also arrived.

Parents whose children haven't returned home for a day also find this place.

"So many children, but not one of them came back?" Captain Luo Feng's face was solemn.

"No." Seven parents shook their heads in unison.

"Are you sure they all went to the mountains?" Deputy Captain Luo Zhijian looked at his younger brother. His younger brother's child was fifteen years old, which was the age when he was fearless.

My brother nodded, "They went to the mountains. Several of them went together, carrying bows and arrows and slingshots. When they told me about it, I thought there were so many people, so it should be okay, so I didn't stop them. But they were gone for the whole day and didn't come back until dark."

"There are many people going to the mountains today. Let's ask first if anyone has seen them." Luo Feng said.

"Okay, let's go ask now."

When Lin Qi walked into the educated youth site, no one noticed her. She first went to the room to change her clothes, took the dirty clothes to wash, brushed her teeth, washed her face, and when she walked back to her room to sleep, Jian Tongyi called her.

"Ma Guizhi cooked porridge in a clay pot." Jian Yi said.

Lin Qi paused, "I don't want to eat anymore."

Jian Yitong was surprised. "Not hungry? Tired? Or scared?"

Lin Qi avoided answering his question and asked, "What's the matter?"

At this moment, Jian Tongyi felt that Lin Qi was not stupid. What kind of fool would be like this?

"I want to talk to you about the distribution of prey. During the hunting process, everyone contributed more or less. My idea is that we all eat the wolf meat together, and invite some respected elders in the team to have a meal. As for the wolf skin, they also want it, but they are not so shameless to ask for it." Having said this, Jian Yitong paused for a moment, and found that there was no displeasure on Lin Qi's face, and then continued, "We two killed the wolf, and the wolf skin should belong to the two of us. I want the wolf skin, what about you?"

Wolf skin?

Lin Qi thought of the cave. She wanted to put a bed there, but now there were only sheets and no quilt.

Seeing Lin Qi hesitate, Jian Tongyi panicked and said hurriedly, "The wolf skin belongs to me. I can compensate you."

As he spoke, Jian Yitong laughed embarrassedly, "This is my first time hunting a wolf, and if nothing unexpected happens, it should also be my last time. I want to keep the wolf skin as a family heirloom and give it to my sons and grandsons in the future, so that they can see how mighty their father (grandfather) was when he was young."

Lin Qi: “….”

"But if you also like the wolf skin, then you can keep it. You have made the greatest contribution in killing this wolf, and you have the right to dispose of it." Jian Yitong said, without any embarrassment on his face. It was true that he wanted the wolf skin, but it was also true that he thought Lin Qi had more right to own the wolf skin than he did.

"What can you compensate for?" Lin Qi asked.

Is there a way?

Jian Tong's eyes lit up. "You can ask for money or things, as long as I can afford it."

"A quilt, okay?" Cotton was not easy to come by, and Lin Qi was not sure whether Jian Tong could afford it.

Jian Tongyi only thought about it for a moment before agreeing, "I don't have any cotton coupons either. I'll ask my family to send them to me. The weight should be around 7 or 8 kilograms. Is that okay?"

"Can."

That night, the team leader and the deputy team leader began to organize the men in the team to go into the mountains to look for people. The people at the educated youth site were temporarily let go because they were tired after a day's work and were able to have a good sleep.

Lin Qi got up the next day and wanted to go to the cave after having breakfast, but San Ya came to her door halfway through breakfast.

"Yesterday, my uncles and my brother went to look for them, and today my sister-in-law and aunts also went." San Ya sighed, "Fortunately, my house is not yet built, otherwise my brother and his family would have been among the missing. My brothers were also woken up early this morning and had to go into the mountains with everyone to look for people."

Didn't find it overnight?

Lin Qi was a little surprised. There were seven families and eight children missing, including a pair of brothers. The oldest of the missing was Luo Fu, 20 years old, and the youngest was Luo Guanghui, 12 years old. They were all children who grew up in the mountains. In the mountains, they were as agile as monkeys, with good strength and speed. Logically, nothing should have happened to them.

Even if something goes wrong, the whole army should not be wiped out.

Did they encounter a pack of wolves?

San Ya was still sighing, "Everyone has gone to find someone, and we have to go cut grass for the pigs again."

Lin Qi was not averse to cutting grass for pigs. Unfortunately, the place where she was cutting grass for pigs today was exactly where Xu Hexiao grazed cattle.

"I know where there is pig grass. I'll help you." Xu Hexiao's mood improved for no reason when he saw her.

"Then I'll help you herd the cattle." Lin Qi said. Although she said she was herding cattle, she would just sit there, and when she saw a cow running away, she would make the grass grow and lead it back step by step.

After a morning, the cows stayed in that area obediently.

"They are so well behaved today." Xu Hexiao was a little surprised. Normally, the cattle would have moved to two or three hills in the morning.

Lin Qi didn't comment. She pointed at the cow dung and said, "I'll leave that to you."

Xu Hexiao smiled indulgently, "Of course, they are my work. The pig grass has been cut, do you want to go back now, or wait a while?"

"Now. I've agreed with San Ya." Lin Qi said, picking up the backpack and ready to leave.

"Wait a minute." Xu Hexiao took out two eggs from the basket, "Here you go."

Lin Qi looked at the boy, then at his slender palm, and took only one. "One is enough."

Xu Hexiao was soft-hearted, with the corners of his mouth curled up, "I'll cook two more next time."

Lin Qi didn't comment, "Okay."

Another day passed, and the eight missing people were still not found.

The four people from the educated youth point also joined the search team. The weather was hot, and the wolf meat had been prepared by Ma Guizhi and Gan Tian. They went to the team leader's house to borrow an iron pot and various spices, and stewed the wolf meat and various spices for several hours.

As soon as Lin Qi returned to the educated youth site, she smelled the fragrance.

"You eat a few pieces first. The main course will have to wait until everyone comes back." Gan Tian picked up a few pieces of meat from the pot and gave them to Lin Qi.

"A whole day and a whole night have passed, why haven't we found the person yet?" Ma Guizhi underestimated him and felt a little scared. They almost became the ones who couldn't come back.

Lin Qi didn't respond and concentrated on eating her lunch.

After lunch, she went out again.

"It's dangerous in the mountains, why are you still going?" Gan Tian asked her.

"I won't go to the mountains." After Lin Qi said this, she walked out of the gate of the educated youth site with a backpack on her back.

There were many people in the mountains, so Lin Qi didn't dare to light a fire to smoke the wild boar meat. Fortunately, the cave was cool and the smoked meat wouldn't go bad for the time being. She checked the smoked meat and then looked at the yams in the corner. After confirming that they were intact, she took the kitchen knife and left the cave.

She plans to make a bed today.

It is difficult to make an exquisite and complicated bed, but Lin Qi only plans to make a simple frame, without even a bed board. She plans to wrap vines layer by layer and then weave them tightly. In that case, she will not only save the bed board, but also the mat.

Lin Qi believed that the mutated iron wire vines created by her supernatural power would be twice as flexible and would not wear out even after three to five years.

Lin Qi used her special powers to silently chop down a tree as thick as a bucket. She dragged the roots back to the cave, not even sparing the branches and leaves.

Originally, he only planned to make a bed about 1.2 meters long, which would be enough for one person to sleep on weekdays. However, there was too much wood, and the bed he finally made could accommodate four or five Lin Qis.

Lin Qi had dehydrated the wood, so there was no need to worry about shrinkage. The bed legs were thicker than her thighs, so it was still stable even if she jumped on them.

After finishing the framework, Lin Qi began to peel the bark of the wire vine, followed by winding and weaving it. This process took Lin Qi a longer time. By the time it was almost dark, she had only completed half of it. The rest would have to wait until tomorrow.

Lin Qi did not eat dinner in the cave, and Xu Hexiao did not come to the cave to look for him. When she returned to the educated youth center, she learned that Xu Hexiao had also been sent to the mountains to look for someone.

"Almost everyone in the team who is over 15 and under 60, regardless of gender, has gone out," said Ming Kangjian.

Because they had spent the day, now they could rest at night.

"It's been such a long time, is the person still alive?" Mo Mingyang was not very optimistic about whether the missing person was still alive.

"You can say this at the educated youth camp, but don't say it outside." Ming Kangjian reminded, and then said, "The captain has called the police, and the police came in the evening, bringing a police dog with them."

Hearing that the police had also joined the search team, Zhao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately it's not raining, otherwise the police dogs would be useless—"

Boom!

Lightning struck from the sky, striking a high mountain not far away.

Several people at the educated youth point were frightened and stood there in a state of shock.

It rained heavily all night and stopped the next morning, making it more difficult to find people.

Lin Qi had to cut grass for the pigs, and to the outside world she was a slow, clumsy fool, and was not in the team looking for people, but she still had to go cut grass for the pigs.

She was surprised, yet not surprised, to see Xu Hexiao herding cattle.

"We searched all night and they didn't give me a rest." Xu Hexiao smiled bitterly, his wet and sticky hair drooping on his forehead, looking pitiful. He handed her two eggs, "I cooked them especially for you. I have some too, I ate them this morning."

Lin Qi took the egg, looked at his red eyes, and pointed to the stone under the shade of the tree, "Go to bed, I'll help you watch the cows."

After walking in the mountains and forests all night, he must be exhausted.

Xu Hexiao thought of how well-behaved the cattle were yesterday and did not refuse. "If they run away, call me."

Lin Qi hummed and urged him, "Go to sleep peacefully."

After Lin Qi finished eating two eggs, Xu Hexiao fell asleep. She began to cut grass for the pigs, stimulating them to give birth while harvesting. In less than 20 minutes, her backpack was full.

The cattle in the herd not far away had the green grass she had helped to grow, and even if they were beaten with a whip, they would probably not be willing to move.

She leaned against the backpack and looked at Xu Hexiao quietly.

Xu Hexiao is worried today!

He thought he had hidden it well, but she could tell the difference right away. In the past, Xu Hexiao would look into her eyes first when he saw her, but today, Xu Hexiao didn't even look into her eyes until he fell asleep.

Why?

What did you do to offend her?

Lin Qi couldn't think of anything, so she stopped thinking about it and waited quietly for Xu Hexiao to wake up.

Xu Hexiao woke up when the sun rose overhead.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Lin Qi standing beside him. The girl leaned against the tree, her pure eyes reflecting his figure.

Somehow, Xu Hexiao suddenly felt a little aggrieved and very uncomfortable, as if someone was strangling his throat and he could hardly breathe.

"Lin Qi, if the people who have been bullying you are in trouble, suffer a disaster, or even die, and you have the chance to save them, will you save them?" Xu Hexiao asked in a low voice.