Chapter 196 Don’t take any chances
She can criticize her elder brother, but she cannot criticize anyone else, not even her husband.
Zhao Min is a good-tempered person: "Is it okay if I don't say anything? Let's go home!"
Zhou Ling responded, got on the back seat of the bicycle with a smile, and the couple walked home while talking.
The young couple always discuss things together, and they have never had a quarrel in their three years of marriage.
However, Zhou Ling seldom went back to her mother's home, even though they lived in the same village, because she couldn't stand her mother saying bad things about Zhao Min every time they met.
Well, Zhou Ling and Zhao Min have become husband and wife. As a mother-in-law, she looks down on her son-in-law. After a long time, even her own daughter can't stand it.
It was also because of these things that Zhou Ling and Zhao Min worked hard. They just wanted to live a good life for Cui Shufen to see.
In the evening, the howling of wolves spread into the village, and many villagers heard the sound at home.
Zhou Yong noticed something was wrong, and Li Baotian, who was sitting on the kang, hurried down.
"Did a wolf enter the village?"
Zhou Yong stood up and said, "Even if he hasn't entered the village, he's probably on the edge of the mountain!"
The father-in-law and son-in-law left home, and many people like them came out to check the situation.
Li Hongjun hurried to the brigade and gathered people to go up the mountain to disperse the wolves.
It would be troublesome if the wolves entered the village and caused casualties.
Zhou Yong and Li Baotian rushed over, and many villagers followed them.
When winter comes, wolves that can't find food will go down the mountain due to hunger.
But generally it happens at night, like in the evening, when the wolves come down the mountain, which means they are hungry to a certain extent.
In addition to the people from the public security brigade, many villagers followed them up the mountain.
When it comes to everyone's safety, no one backs down.
Everyone came to the foot of the mountain with torches in hand. Wow, when the wolves saw that they did not run away, they bared their fangs and prepared to attack.
At Li Hongjun's command, gunshots rang out, and several wolves ran around, and soon one by one they fell to the ground.
Zhou Yong went forward to check. He frowned slightly. Someone asked, "Why is this wolf so thin?"
Several wolves were extremely skinny. Normally, wolves shouldn't be so thin in December, after all, it had only been more than two months since winter began.
Li Hongjun came forward, and he also felt that something was strange: "Could it be that there are wild beasts in the mountains driving away the wolves?"
This possibility does exist, but wolves are social animals, and even ferocious beasts will not easily provoke a wolf pack.
There were many different opinions, but no conclusion was reached.
Li Hongjun took a look and led everyone into the mountains, during which they found many wolf footprints.
"Captain, look over there."
Li Hongjun looked over and saw several wolves in various shapes lying dead on the snow.
The dead wolves had no external injuries, indicating that they were not attacked by other animals.
Zhou Yong narrowed his eyes and had a bad feeling in his heart.
"These wolves look like they died of illness."
"Indeed, what disease can kill a wolf?"
Everyone started discussing the matter. Zhou Yong carefully observed the wolf's body and then followed everyone back to the village.
"Zhou Yong, where are you going?"
"Dad, I'm going to Cao Biao's house."
Li Baotian looked puzzled: "Why are you going to Cao Biao's house so late?"
Of course Zhou Yong had something to do, and Li Baotian didn't say anything else. The father-in-law and son-in-law separated at the intersection.
"Sister-in-law, I asked you to bury the two pigs that died in the farm. Where did you bury them?"
Zhao Chunhua glanced at Zhou Yong and said, "I didn't go with them at that time. They said he was buried at the foot of the West Mountain."
"Are you sure the dead pigs were buried?"
When Zhao Chunhua was asked by Zhou Yong, she said: "I didn't go there at the time, so I don't know whether the body was buried or not."
Zhou Yong asked the person in charge, and Zhao Chunhua told him.
"Zhou Yong, has something happened?"
Zhou Yong told Zhao Chunhua about his suspicions, and her face turned pale.
Assuming that the wolves died because they ate dead pigs, there is a high probability that a plague will break out in the West Mountain and North Mountain next year.
This matter concerns the safety and interests of all villagers, and we cannot be careless about it.
Zhao Chunhua accompanied Zhou Yong to the home of the person who handled the matter, and after their repeated questioning, the other party told the truth.
It was freezing cold and the four women couldn't dig the soil, so they discussed it and decided to throw the two dead pigs into the West Mountain to save trouble.
How does Zhou Yong feel?
I feel like strangling them to death.
"Sister-in-law, don't make this public..."
If the news gets out, people will panic.
Zhao Chunhua realized the seriousness of the matter, and Zhou Yong went straight to find Li Hongjun.
The only way now is to go into the mountains and hunt the wolves before the ice thaws to minimize the harm.
When Zhou Yong went home and told his father-in-law about the incident, Li Baotian frowned and said, "It won't be that harmful, right?"
There was once an outbreak of swine fever in Huaixi Village, and the pig carcasses were thrown into the mountains, but nothing happened afterwards.
"Dad, don't rely on luck for anything. If a plague breaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable..."
Li Baotian nodded continuously: "Indeed, let's do as you say."
No one can afford to take the risk of such a thing. If a plague breaks out in the mountain next year, it will endanger all the villagers.
If they sell the infected mountain products to the Agricultural Bureau again, things will get serious.
The next day, Zhou Yong gathered more than 500 villagers. Each of them was strong and healthy. They brought enough dry food and overnight supplies. They went up the mountain with their tools to hunt wolves.
More than 500 people were divided into three teams and advanced horizontally from the west mountain to the north mountain, trying not to let go of any wolf.
On the second day after they entered the mountains, they occasionally found pheasants and rabbits that had died abnormally.
In this situation, it is no longer useful to hunt only wolves. Other animals are also included in the hunting range, and their carcasses are all burned.
The killing did not stop until there were no more abnormal deaths of animals. They stayed in the mountains for a full twelve days.
It took them five days to return. Zhou Yong slept for two days and two nights when he got home. There were many people like him who fell asleep as soon as they got home.
Everyone who goes up the mountain is exhausted. Not only can they not eat well, they can't sleep well either.
Zhou Yong woke up and sat up in a daze.
Li Caiyun looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhou Yong shook his head: "Nothing, what day is it today?"
Li Caiyun glanced at the old almanac hanging on the wall. It read January 17, 1980 in the Gregorian calendar, and December 30, 1979 in the lunar calendar.
Zhou Yong glanced at the almanac, rubbed his face, and went out to get some water.
When he came back, Li Caiyun asked, "Are you hungry? The food is hot in the pot!"
Zhou Yong was not hungry at all, but Li Caiyun still brought him the food.
"After I went up the mountain, nothing happened in the village, right?"
Li Caiyun shook her head and carefully poured a cup of boiling water for Zhou Yong.
After dinner, Zhou Yong went to the brigade. He walked around the brigade and then went to the breeding farm.
His arrival made many people in the farm very nervous. Zhao Chunhua had long realized how much trouble her negligence had brought to the team.
"Zhou Yong, this is all my fault, punish me if you want to!"
Zhao Chunhua did not evade responsibility, but bravely stood up and admitted her mistakes.
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