The next day, just after dawn, Wang Guangping brought several young and strong men from the village to the door of Old Ye's house.
Boss Ye quickly finished the last two mouthfuls of porridge in the bowl, held the steamed bun he had not finished eating, put on his coat, and walked out while buttoning it.
The people waiting outside the door felt relieved instantly when they saw him come out with a bow and arrow.
Boss Ye can even shoot wild boars and tigers, so dealing with a pack of wolves is no problem at all.
Boss Ye looked up at the lineup of people going into the mountains together today. Not only was there Ye Qingyuan, but also Ye Qinggang from next door.
"Qing Gang, if you follow us up the mountain, what will happen to the elderly and children at home? Do you need my family to help look after them?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Qinggang said gratefully, "Brother Ye, thank you very much, but I won't bother your family anymore.
"Didn't the child's mother return to the village these days? She missed the child, and my parents and the child missed her too.
"I've become redundant at home, so I might as well go into the mountains with you guys."
"That's fine." Boss Ye was relieved to hear that someone in his family was taking care of the elderly and children. "Then let's get ready to go into the mountains. Everyone should check their shoes and leggings before leaving, and it's best to tie up your cuffs as well.
"The number of insects on the mountain has gradually increased this season. If you don't pay more attention, you might get bit by a grasshopper, which would be very uncomfortable."
So everyone listened to Boss Ye and armed themselves fully.
"Okay, let's go. Village chief, you should go home soon." Boss Ye led a few people towards the back mountain.
When he reached the foot of the mountain, thinking of what the village chief had said before, Boss Ye couldn't help but look a few more times, wondering which piece of land he would be allocated for building a house.
Among those who went up the mountain this time was Ye Qingbin, the villager who helped carry Ye Laizi's body back last time.
He knew the way, so everyone followed him after entering the mountain.
Before they had walked too far, Ye Qingbin pointed to a small tree not far from the mountain road and said, "Ye Laizi was found under that tree."
Boss Ye frowned when he heard this and asked, "Is it so close?"
From the time they left the house till now, they had been walking for less than half an hour, and they hadn't even walked very far!
Ye Qingbin nodded and said, "Who says it's not true? It's because it's too close, so the villagers are very scared!"
But what Boss Ye was thinking about was not this, but would the wolves really come so close?
"Wait a moment, I'll go over and take a look." Boss Ye plucked up his courage and went to the tree where Ye Laizi was found, wanting to see if he could find any clues.
But the people who went up the mountain to carry the corpse had already trampled the surrounding area into a mess, and it was impossible to make out anything.
Boss Ye searched around but found nothing. When he straightened up and was about to leave, he suddenly felt something flash before his eyes.
He raised his hand and fiddled with the branches in front of him, and found a silver earring hanging on it.
The earrings were hanging on a thin branch, covered by dense leaves.
If it wasn't a sunny day today, and Boss Ye just happened to see a little reflection in the gap between the leaves from this angle, it would probably not have been discovered at all.
Boss Ye calmly took off the earrings and put them into his sleeve pocket without telling anyone else.
"I don't see any problems here. Let's take a look around. If there are wolves, they will definitely leave traces.
"Okay!" everyone responded.
Anyway, Wang Guangping had already instructed them to follow Boss Ye's arrangements today.
Boss Ye took a few people and walked into the mountains again. They walked around the place where Ye Laizi had the accident as the center point, but they did not find any traces of wolves.
Before Boss Ye could say anything, Ye Qinggang said, "What's going on? There don't seem to be any wolves around here!"
Boss Ye looked at him in surprise and asked, "You also read these?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingyuan immediately answered for Ye Qinggang, "Brother, you don't know that Qinggang's father used to be a famous hunter in the surrounding villages!
"Brother Qinggang has been following his father into the mountains since he was a child and knows everything about hunting.
"It wasn't until his father was injured hunting that Brother Qinggang stopped going up the mountain."
Only then did Boss Ye realize that this was the reason why Ye Qinggang's father had been bedridden for so many years.
With such a psychological shadow, it is understandable that Ye Qinggang is unwilling to go up the mountain again.
Ye Qinggang shook his head upon hearing this and said, “I only learned a little bit from my father, but I’m still far behind him.
"I haven't been up the mountain for several years now, and I've become rusty. I can't compare to Brother Ye at all."
"Don't be so modest. I noticed just now that your pace is very much like that of a mountain runner. Since entering the mountains, you have been keeping your eyes and ears open, which shows that you are quite experienced.
"What do you think we should do next?"
Ye Qinggang declined for a moment, but when he saw that Boss Ye still insisted on hearing his opinion, he said, "I think we can go a little further in, but it's not necessary to go too far.
"The weather has been very good recently and the ground in the mountains is very dry, so even if wolves have been here, they may not have left any footprints.
"It is said that Ye Laizi went up the mountain after drinking that day, so I suspect that what he encountered was not a wolf pack, but a lone wolf.
"He was chased by wolves and fled all the way here before being pounced on and killed. So when his body was discovered, it wasn't badly eaten.
"If it were really a wolf pack hunting, it would have been gnawed to the bone."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
