When they came back, Old Mrs. Tian went downstairs to serve them food. After Tian Tian had recovered, she could sit at the table and eat directly.
Tian Mu was so excited to see them come back that after they finished their meal, he took Tian Zhuo to another room to play.
Tian Tian was exhausted after walking for the whole morning and had no strength left in her body. In addition, she did not sleep well the night before. After dinner, she did not help them wash the dishes and went back to the room to sleep.
I don’t know who helped Tian Tian to cook the food in the room, but it was very warm.
Tian Tian spread out the mattress, took off her thick cotton clothes, got into bed and fell asleep soon after.
In the east room, Tian Lisong was telling Old Lady Tian what happened last night. He said that this morning they found scattered internal organs and a dead head with eyes open outside the door.
Chen Guihua's face turned pale as she listened. Even Lin Meiyu, who had seen it once, felt a little nauseous. She never wanted to see that kind of scene again in her life.
Tian Lilin, who helped to slaughter pigs every year, accepted it well and there was nothing unusual on his face.
"This is too tragic, isn't it? Doesn't he have a wife and son? What do you think will happen to Liu and his mother in the future?" Old Mrs. Tian said with a sigh.
During the war, Old Man Tian went out to serve as a soldier to fight the Japanese invaders, and the three children in the family were all raised by Old Lady Tian. The four of them suffered a lot during those years, and she knew best how difficult it was for a woman to raise children.
"What else can we do? We have to live like this. There are so many widows like him who live with their children. Didn't they all get through it?" Tian Lisong also sighed and said.
"If you ask me, this man deserves to die! How could he go out drinking in the middle of the night? Doesn't he know that he has a wife and children at home? Don't you know that you stayed there all night after drinking? It's late at night and it's winter. It's very dangerous to go back. Doesn't he know? Everyone lives in the village. There are more than one or two people who have frozen to death. He is just a pervert." Chen Guihua didn't buy it.
Even though every household is visiting relatives now, no one would go home so late at night and drink so much alcohol.
It's the same with your relative's family. They let people go home even though they were already drinking. Isn't that bad intention? Why don't they let people stay at home for one night? Now that something has really happened, it's too late to regret.
"Who says it's not true? But he from the Zhao family has always been a drunkard. He liked drinking since the day he got married. He asked you to drink for him every day. He didn't complain about food, clothing, and everything else. He also worked very hard. Who would have thought that he would die from drinking?" Lin Meiyu said.
Among them, she was the only one who was somewhat familiar with the deceased person. Although they couldn't say much, but the fact that a familiar person died in front of her, and in such a tragic way, would make anyone sigh in their heart.
"We should be more alert at night next time. Now that the wolves have come down the mountain and are eating human flesh, who knows what will happen. Although we are far away from those deep mountains, we still have to be careful. We should lock the doors at night. If all else fails, we can make two torches and hang them at the door. Light them all night to scare away the wolves." said Old Mrs. Tian.
Tian Lisong nodded and said, "I'm just about to go to the brigade headquarters. I'll discuss this matter with my brother later. We can either have a meeting or put on the loudspeaker to remind everyone."
After the family finished discussing, Lin Meiyu gave the things that Grandma Lin had given her to Grandma Tian to distribute, and then went back to her room to sleep. Tian Yuan also went to the west room to catch up on his sleep.
Tian Lisong was not so idle. He simply rested for a while at home, then put on his clothes and went to Li Dahua's house to find Tian Ligang.
Tian Ligang was also shocked when he heard the news. After discussing it, the two decided to go to the radio station the next morning to broadcast the matter, so that everyone would be more careful and not let their children run around outside in the next few days. Then they would go to the county police station to file a case.
The next morning, Tian Ligang went to the broadcasting room and told everyone about the incident, asking them to keep an eye on the child and not let anything happen to him.
After hearing this, everyone started talking about it. Although they could hear the howling of wolves here, they hadn't seen any wolves in many years. After all, they didn't go into the mountains, so the wolves wouldn't come down the mountain.
Now, not only did people hear that the wolves had come down the mountain, but they also heard that someone had been bitten to death by wolves, which caused an uproar in the neighborhood.
If everyone was not afraid of wolves before, it was because Tian Ligang's father had a hunting rifle, but now the rifle has been handed in long ago.
Also, during the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production, all the ironware in every household was collected. Some families still don’t have kitchen knives or iron pots, let alone anything else to protect themselves.
Tian Tian yawned as she listened to what Tian Ligang said on the radio, and kept rubbing the hemp rope with Old Lady Tian and the others.
Although such a tragic thing happened yesterday, Tian Tian had not seen the scene at the door and did not feel anything about it. She returned to normal after a good night's sleep.
On the contrary, Lin Meiyu saw it with her own eyes yesterday. Today, her face looked a little bad and she looked a little dazed.
After everyone knew that this incident happened in Lin Meiyu's mother's team, people who were familiar with the Tian family came to inquire about it.
Lin Meiyu really didn't want to think about this incident. Fortunately, Chen Guihua heard what Lin Meiyu said yesterday and volunteered to tell everyone about it. Soon everyone started chatting enthusiastically.
Tian Tian couldn't stand so many people, and Lin Meiyu didn't want to listen to what they said anymore, so the mother and daughter went back to their room.
Not long after Tian Tian returned to the house, Shen Lingling and Tian Yun came over together.
Tian Lisong told Tian Ligang what happened last night, and Tian Yun also knew about it.
The two of them came here not to ask Tian Tian about this matter, but to show their concern for Tian Tian.
"Were you not frightened yesterday?"
Tian Tian shook her head. "No, my parents stopped me when I went out yesterday. I didn't see anything. I just heard what they said. When I went out again, the door was clean."
"That's good! This sounds really scary. My grandpa listened to what Uncle Ligang said this morning and asked my dad to take the wine away! Shen Lingling breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Tian Tian was not scared, then she let out a breath through her nose and laughed.
Her grandfather was also a drunkard when he was young. He didn't care about anything after getting drunk. He had a fight with her grandmother and even broke the only table in the house. He still couldn't get rid of this bad habit.
Later, Shen Lingling's grandmother got older and didn't care anymore. She told him to drink if he wanted, as long as he didn't make trouble or get drunk.
Now that her grandfather doesn't drink anymore, her grandmother is still a little annoyed.
"My grandma told my brother and me not to go out to play for the next few days and to wait until the police station finishes killing the wolves in the mountains before going out," said Tian Yun.
"My grandma won't let us go out either. If so many people hadn't gone out today, my mom wouldn't have let me go out. It's so boring to stay at home every day!" Shen Lingling also echoed.
Shen Lingling usually likes to go out and walk around, hang out with the old ladies, and listen to gossip from various villages. Now, she is asked to stay at home and not allowed to go out. This is simply a torture for Shen Lingling.
Tian Tian didn't care about not being able to go out. Anyway, she could stay at home without going out. Compared to this, she cared more about another thing.
"We said they were going up into the mountains to hunt wolves?"
Shen Lingling nodded, "Yes! What if we don't beat them and they go down the mountain? Are we supposed to swing hoes to beat the wolves? Wolves are the most vengeful creatures. If you can't kill them this time, they will keep harassing us next time."
"But we don't have to kill the wolves. Just put two wooden boxes to scare them and prevent them from going down the mountain casually." Tian Yun also added.
"Are our troops going up the mountain to fight? But we don't have any wood warehouses?"
Tian Tian felt a little worried after hearing this. The mountain was blocked by heavy snow. It would be okay if you just wandered around a small hill outside. Many people also went up the mountain to collect firewood in winter.
But if you go into the deep mountains, it is very easy to get lost, and once their team goes to the mountains, her father, who is an accountant, will definitely go with them. After all, they are going to deal with wild beasts, and Tian Tian is also worried that something will happen to her father.
"How could it be possible that someone from our team would go? Aren't they just going to die in vain? There happen to be troops stationed nearby, so they should be going up the mountain to hunt wolves. Not necessarily at this time. It's too cold now, and it's not a good idea to go up the mountain. We just have to be careful." Tian Yun said.
Over the years, wild beasts only came down the mountain during the two years of famine. They were still young at that time and couldn't remember how they dealt with the problem. If Tian Yun hadn't heard that Tian Ligang was in charge of this matter, she wouldn't have known what the rules were.
During the following period of time, the children in the family were kept at home and not allowed to go out, and even the adults were allowed to stay at home if they wanted.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, snowflakes began to fall from the sky again. Tian Lisong came back from outside, brushed off the snow on his body, and said, "Tian Lili's boyfriend came over today to tell my second brother's family the good news."
He was staying with his brothers before he came back just now, and happened to run into Tian Lili's mother coming to see the second brother Tian and telling her about this matter.
"What's the good news?" Chen Guihua asked casually.
"Lili is pregnant. I heard it's been more than two months. As soon as she found out, she came over to tell her second brother the good news."
"What?!" Chen Guihua asked with eyes wide open, "Is Tian Lili really pregnant?"
To be honest, pregnancy was not something that Chen Guihua should make such a fuss about. Moreover, it was winter and everyone had nothing to do so they were all staying at home to have children. There were already several families in their brigade that had reported the good news.
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