The next day, at dawn, Ningxia opened her eyes and found that Mu Yuanqing and his wife had dressed and come to the master bedroom, holding Liu Qingtian who was still sleeping and talking.
Ningxia sat up and found that Lin Yi and Xiaojie had woken up. Lin Yi was sitting beside the iron bed, staring blankly ahead with red and swollen eyelids, looking extremely pitiful.
"Why are you crying? You're so useless." Ningxia suppressed the bitterness and reached out to stroke his hair.
"Sister Xia Xia! You're awake!" Lin Yi turned around and called out softly.
Ningxia reached out to tidy up her messed-up hair, "Are you crying so early in the morning?"
Lin Yi's choking voice was very obvious. "No, I made it this morning. Sister Xia Xia, you should eat something before leaving."
Ningxia just felt very sad, "Okay, I'll eat something." She would crawl back even if she had to.
Sangsang and Liu Qingtian were still asleep, completely unaware of the sadness of parting.
Lin Yi followed Ningxia all the way to the living room door. Just as he was about to follow her to the yard, Ningxia stopped him.
"I promise you, I'll be back. Now you need to get back under the covers and get a good night's sleep."
Lin Yi shook his head and refused to leave.
Ningxia sighed softly, her heart unusually soft. She leaned over and kissed Lin Yi gently on the forehead, "Eat well." After that, she winked at Xiaojie, and disappeared into the yard with Mu Yuanqing and Liu Ximu without looking back.
Xiao Jie held Lin Yi tightly, not letting him chase out, even though Lin Yi was crying behind him. The two teenagers stood at the gate for a long time, until the two younger ones got up, and the Ningxia family's small courtyard became lively again.
"Is this... wolf dung?" Ningxia asked, looking at a pile of unidentified objects behind Mu Yuanqing's house.
"They were here last night." Mu Yuanqing said with great certainty.
"How do you know?"
"Before we went to your house yesterday, Xixi and I checked around the house. Xixi even sprinkled a lot of animal repellent powder. These wolf feces are fresh."
"Tsk~" Ningxia smacked her lips, "Why do I feel like these bastards did this on purpose?"
Liu Ximu nodded. "They should be. After all, I sprinkled animal repellent powder, so they usually don't come near. They suddenly came here last night and left wolf feces. It must be a protest, or they know we're not home."
Ningxia narrowed her eyes. "So, doesn't that mean we'll start working today or tomorrow?"
Mu Yuanqing smiled helplessly, "I'm afraid so. They were ready to attack twice before, but were poisoned by the powder Xixi prepared and ran away. It seems they can't hold it back anymore."
"What are you waiting for? Come on." Ningxia carried the things he brought into the yard, not caring about the cold, and worked hard.
Ningxia brought all the wire from home to make traps. The Mu family's yard was almost defenseless, so the palm-sized yard was filled with simple wooden traps.
It was taught to her by the squad leader and his men. It can be used to catch pheasants and rabbits and can temporarily restrain them, but if the opponent is a wolf that is many times larger than her, it will be like a tickle.
Liu Ximu took only one look and then grabbed a handful of nails and hammered them into the wooden strips that fit the flesh and blood. The lethality was multiplied many times over.
Ningxia was amazed by what she saw. No wonder people in the Shuguang Base can live well without buying medicine. They are so smart.
"What should we do outside?" Ningxia asked.
Liu Ximu prepared the last clamp and spoke slowly, "Don't worry about the back. Just nail a few wooden bars on the windows. The important things are the livestock shed and the front yard."
Mu Yuanqing nodded. "These guys are really hungry. They will definitely go after Maomao and the others. We need to make arrangements over there."
"Tie up those in the shed in a corner, and put some poisoned mutton chunks outside and in the aisle. Set up some traps, dig a few holes outside the shed and in front of the yard, and put some wooden stakes underneath." Ningxia made the arrangements slowly and leisurely.
Mu Yuanqing and Liu Ximu nodded repeatedly.
"Then you two go dig the pit first. I'll prepare the poisoned mutton chunks and poison solution. I'll also scatter the traps and stakes in the pit. If they get hurt, I'll make sure they can't get up."
"Okay, let's get started!"
"Try to get it deployed before tonight, I'm afraid..." Mu Yuan didn't finish his love words, but both of them understood what he meant.
The big and small creatures in the house seemed to know what was going to happen. After having a good meal of cooked grass, they obediently let Mu Yuanqing tie them up in the corner with ropes.
The small empty space was filled with half-thawed pieces of poisoned mutton. Mu Yuanqing felt so distressed when he saw this that he had taken out all the mutton in the house to offer to the gods.
Ningxia was digging a hole with great effort. After a while, the coldness in his body was completely dispelled. Because his body temperature was too high, white mist was emitted from his whole body.
The edges and corners of the traps in the yard were also sprinkled with poisonous mutton and fresh chicken pieces brought from Ningxia that had just died, also covered with coagulated blood. This was originally the dinner for the three of them.
"Is it done?" Ningxia looked at the two big pits in front of the yard. They were about as deep as her shoulders, with several sharpened wooden stakes standing at the bottom of the pits.
"Almost." Liu Ximu controlled the medicine bottle in his hand and slowly poured the thick green liquid into it.
"It's getting dark. Let's work hard and dig the hole outside the livestock shed." Mu Yuanqing said as he moved hay to cover the big hole.
Liu Ximu and Ningxia nodded and went to the side. It was getting dark and Ningxia could hear the howling of wolves not far away. They had to speed up.
"Are you all right?"
"alright."
"Go inside first."
"Is this pine oil?" Ningxia picked up the small jar Liu Ximu handed over and examined it carefully.
Liu Ximu nodded, "Well, in exchange for the medicine, it's not ready yet. You make a few torches and I'll build some firewood in the yard."
After saying that, he went out, leaving room for a few people at the gate, and set up a row of triangular bonfires as tall as a person. He also brought a lot of firewood and piled it at the back in case of emergency.
This is the last retreat for the three people. If even the campfire is captured, then they... will probably die here. Liu Ximu's eyes were full of calmness.
When they left Ningxia's home at dawn, they quickly drank some porridge. They hadn't eaten for a whole day, and their stomachs had already begun to protest, but no one planned to fill their stomachs at this critical moment.
Several people stood by the door, holding their breath and waiting secretly.
"If they didn't come, it would be really troublesome." Ningxia yawned lazily.
"They will come." Liu Ximu's tone was extremely firm. Seeing Ningxia's eyes full of doubt, he said, "I sprinkled some medicine powder around."
"Master, you are so omnipotent? Meat-flavored powder?"
"What are you thinking about?" Mu Yuanqing was startled by the words "Ningxia's meat-flavored medicinal powder," which made him feel even more relaxed. "That's Xixi Diao, it can arouse the emotions of a beast."
"Isn't that just like... an aphrodisiac?" Ningxia insisted on shocking the audience.
Liu Ximu rarely smiled, "That's understandable."
The three of them smiled at each other in tacit understanding.
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