“These three wild boars can’t be taken with us. It would be best to leave a few people to guard them and bring them back later. Who do you think should stay?” After confirming that the male wild boar was dead, a new problem arose: who should guard the prey? Old Ying asked the group.
Continuing through the forest was impossible; dragging wild boars was out of the question. This male boar alone weighed two hundred pounds, and the other two together weighed over a hundred pounds. Three hundred pounds in total—carrying them would be pure torture.
Since it was still early and curiosity was paramount, no one wanted to stay. Just as they were in a dilemma, Zhang Guodong raised his hand: "I'll stay. Anyway, my archery skills aren't good enough to kill a rabbit!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
I feel that Zhang Guodong was quite considerate at this time.
Zhang Guodong smiled helplessly, somewhat embarrassed. He really hadn't accomplished anything in the team; he hadn't even drawn a bow, and just now he had only watched everyone else shoot arrows.
"I'll stay too, I'm tired from walking!" Xiang Chunyan said with a smile. Her expression was normal; this woman had excellent emotional control.
“Me too!” Li Yun immediately said, smiling.
Lin Yue glanced at her best friend sisters with surprise, wondering why Li Yun, who loved excitement, didn't want to move forward. She then looked at Zhang Guodong, but quickly looked away; she never imagined that Li Yun would have any connection with this guy.
"I'll stay, Lao Ying, you take them!" Lao Zhao said to Lao Ying as soon as he saw that no one else wanted to stay. Leaving the guests alone in the forest, especially deep in the mountains, would be very dangerous. They heard wolf howls last night, which meant that there might be blue wolves in this area.
Encountering a blue wolf is a very dangerous situation. Old Ying is better at handling this kind of situation; he has fought with blue wolves many times and always escaped unscathed.
Old Ying nodded: "Alright then, those of you who are continuing should not stray too far. If we go any further in, we'll reach an even more dangerous area, where wolves might appear!"
The presence of wolves filled everyone with excitement but also a sense of fear. Yet, the group pressed on without hesitation!
After separating from Fatty and the others, Zhang Guodong, Lao Zhao, Xiang Chunyan, and Li Yun stayed by the three wild boars.
But it doesn't mean doing nothing.
The wild boar was heavy, and we'd need to carry it back. Old Zhao said he'd make a simple stretcher. He found some sturdy tree trunks and started chopping them down with his machete, cutting down six small trees as thick as an arm. Then he cut off the branches one by one, creating the handrails needed for the stretcher. Old Zhao then took out rope from his bag and wrapped it around the two tree trunks.
"This simple stretcher can support a weight of four or five hundred pounds, it's very practical!" Old Zhao explained.
Zhang Guodong also wanted to go up and help, but after the rope was wrapped around a tree trunk a few times, it came loose as soon as he leaned against it. Tying a knot looks simple, but it's not easy to do in practice.
Old Zhao took one look and immediately laughed, "You can watch, I'll do it!"
Zhang Guodong felt a little embarrassed, as he hadn't been able to help and had only made things worse. The two women were smiling slyly.
Old Zhao is very fast.
"I'll go take a look around!" Zhang Guodong said to the two women. After saying that, he turned around and walked into the woods without looking back, the crunching sound of his footsteps gradually fading away.
The two women exchanged a glance.
"Shall we go take a look too?" Xiang Chunyan said with a smile, pulling Li Yun's hand. They both knew that Zhang Guodong was very good at finding medicinal herbs, and rather than staying bored, they might as well look for some; maybe they could find something new.
Li Yun immediately agreed, saying, "We can't go too far!"
Old Zhao glanced at the three of them but ignored them. As long as they didn't stray too far from him, there shouldn't be any problems. Besides, he was quite curious about this young man. How could he find medicinal herbs in such heavy snow? This young man was interesting.
Old Zhao only saw that Zhang Guodong had dug up a two-year-old wild ginseng, unaware that Zhang Guodong had actually dug up many more, including a wild Hewu with a large lump, and the legendary Golden Snake Grass Fruit!
He Wu was found in a thicket of vines, entangled with them and difficult to identify. The branch, which was over a meter long, turned out to be a 'fleshy lump' weighing more than a pound after it was dug out, exactly as described in the manual.
While it cannot compare to wild ginseng in terms of value, it is still considered a precious medicinal herb. Ancient records contain numerous accounts of the 'thousand-year-old Hewu,' adding to its mystique.
Isn't the story of turning white into black and reversing aging tempting enough?
With two women accompanying him, Zhang Guodong's journey to find medicinal herbs was not lonely; in fact, he even felt a bit lucky with the women. Li Yun remained as temperamental as ever, while Xiang Chunyan looked at Zhang Guodong with a hint of allure in her eyes. Clearly, last night's encounter had given her a long-lost taste of feminine pleasure, and this 'calf' was surprisingly formidable.
Xiang Chunyan is a married woman whose husband works at a national research institution and is a research expert. However, their life is not happy, and they have no children. The reason is that Xiang Chunyan puts too much pressure on her husband. As a woman involved in politics and entangled in numerous scandals, she puts her husband, as a research expert, under great pressure.
Of course, this is just hearsay. Xiang Chunyan is not old, only thirty-one years old, and she is beautiful and a mature woman, so it is not surprising that gossip about her circulates in rumors.
Furthermore, the new session of the People's Congress of Huaxia will convene soon after the Lunar New Year, and the district committee and government will soon face a major personnel reshuffle. Rumors are circulating that Xiang Chunyan has a chance to be promoted to deputy district head, though not a non-member.
Xiang Chunyan has become a typical strong woman, not in the business world, but in the political world, because she is only thirty-one years old.
The husband, He Guoqiang, was in his forties, but looked like a man in his fifties. He seemed to be impotent and couldn't hold his head up in front of his wife. The couple continued their sexless marriage for more than three years.
Xiang Chunyan was actually very conservative and kept herself clean.
But this time she crossed the line. Even when she was the leader's secretary, she hadn't had sex. Walking with Li Yun in the woods, Xiang Chunyan felt a burning sensation between her legs, as if her virginity had been broken, and there was something there.
It hadn't been penetrated by a penis for over three years, but yesterday was an exception.
My feelings are very complicated.
However, the conversation with Li Yun went smoothly.
Xiang Chunyan didn't know why she had put Li Yun and Zhang Guodong together. Li Yun had been "poisoned" by Xiang Chunyan, and a seed had been planted in her heart. Of course, whether this seed would sprout or even bloom was another matter.
In short, Li Yun didn't dislike Zhang Guodong. She felt that this ordinary-looking guy with average height was someone she could befriend. As for matters of the heart, she would let nature take its course.
Zhang Guodong was like a stubborn bull, not uttering a sound; his attention was now completely focused on finding medicinal herbs.
His sensing range was about fifteen meters; beyond that limit, he was powerless and could only measure the land step by step. After wandering around for about ten minutes, Zhang Guodong sighed helplessly. He hadn't found a single medicinal herb in over ten minutes; wild medicinal herbs were indeed very scarce.
But Li Yun, who was following behind, started complaining: "This jerk, is he deliberately going in circles? He's been walking for so long and he's still spinning?"
"Wild and precious medicinal herbs are hard to find; you can't do it without patience!"
"Who said I'm impatient? Hmph, Guodong, let me dig it up!" Li Yun shouted to Zhang Guodong in front of her.
Zhang Guodong felt dizzy for a moment. An image of Li Yun pulling up radishes flashed through his mind, and he immediately felt a chill run down his spine.
Zhang Guodong responded weakly, thinking to himself, "The snow on the ground is thick, and there are plenty of withered branches and fallen leaves. It crunches underfoot. Would you really want your delicate hands covered in mud?" Besides, Zhang Guodong didn't dare let her do it. Damaging the roots of the precious medicinal herbs would greatly reduce their value, making transplanting difficult. After walking a while longer, they crossed a small hill, and were now a kilometer away from Old Zhao's location; they could no longer see each other.
"Ah!" Suddenly, Li Yun exclaimed from twenty meters away.
Xiang Chunyan also hurriedly called out, "Xiao Zhang, come here quickly!"
The voice was a bit urgent, and Zhang Guodong, disregarding everything else, ran towards the two of them.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Zhang Guodong covered the distance of about twenty meters in the blink of an eye, taking down his bow and arrows as he looked around, but he didn't see any wild animals.
Li Yun pointed to the ground, a look of surprise on her face.
"Ah, what an adorable dog!" Li Yun said, squatting down and reaching her hand towards the bushes in front of her.
Zhang Guodong quickly stopped them: "Wait, where did this dog come from in these mountains?"
Upon closer inspection, a small burrow appeared in the dense bushes, but it wasn't very deep, only about half a foot deep. It was covered with a thick layer of dead leaves, and a furry creature was huddled inside. Zhang Guodong noticed that several heads were sticking out.
"Is it really a dog? It's so furry!" Zhang Guodong exclaimed in surprise.
Xiang Chunyan was also surprised. The little puppy was only the size of a palm, but its brownish-gray fur was already fully grown, like balls of yarn, and the puppies were all huddled together. They were indeed very cute!
"Don't move!" Old Zhao's voice came from behind everyone. "That's not a dog, it's a wolf cub!"
Upon hearing Li Yun's exclamation, Lao Zhao immediately rushed over. Despite being in his late forties or early fifties, he was incredibly fast at traversing the forest, even faster than Zhang Guodong. His movements were fluid and graceful, demonstrating his deep familiarity with the mountains and forests.
"Ah!" Li Yun was so frightened that she took a step back, staring at the earthen burrow in shock. How could such a cute creature be a wolf?
Old Zhao appeared, now armed with an air gun, his expression grave.
"That's right, they're wolf cubs, about half a month old. We have to leave quickly. The cubs can't be moved, otherwise they'll pick up human scent and the mother wolf will catch up with us, which will put us in great danger!"
Zhang Guodong had also heard about this. Apparently, wolves can smell humans, and if a wolf cub has been touched by someone, it will immediately know and will definitely chase after it, even launching a sneak attack.
"No wonder there were wolves howling last night!" Zhang Guodong said. "Old Zhao, there are blue wolves around here, should we leave?"
With wolves around, it would be too dangerous for two men and two women. At least of the four, only Old Zhao could be of any use; he knew how to shoot an arrow and handle a gun.
This aspect frustrated Zhang Guodong.
Wolves have a habit of living in packs, but they also sometimes appear alone. When they do appear in packs, there are likely to be several, or even a dozen or dozens of them!
Xiang Chunyan blushed slightly and secretly glared at Zhang Guodong. Wasn't there a 'wolf howl' in the cabin last night?
"What should we do? Can't we keep these... wolves?" Li Yun was immediately troubled. She thought they were puppies, but they turned out to be wolf cubs.
Zhang Guodong and Lao Zhao exchanged a glance and laughed: "Girl, wolves are very difficult to raise. They are wild by nature. Even if you raise one, it will still be a wolf and will hurt people!"
Zhang Guodong nodded in agreement.
The wolf cubs were probably woken up by the noise. One of the bolder cubs, still half asleep, looked at the big guy outside and actually toddled out like a child learning to walk. Looking in the direction, it turned out to be running towards Zhang Guodong, whimpering incessantly.
"Damn, what's going on?" Zhang Guodong was immediately frightened. The first bold wolf cub came out, and the other brothers and sisters followed suit, running towards Zhang Guodong one by one.
"Run!" Zhang Guodong frantically dodged, afraid of picking up the wolf's scent. Being chased by the big wolf was no good, but the little wolves wouldn't let him go, clumsily persisting. Old Zhao was dumbfounded. Why were they so fixated on him?
"I don't know either, this wolf cub is acting strange today!" Old Zhao said oddly. "Xiao Zhang, stop, do you have something to eat on you?"
Zhang Guodong quickly stopped, remembering that he still had roasted chicken on him.
Does roast chicken count?
Li Yun and Xiang Chunyan stared in astonishment, mouths agape, as Zhang Guodong hurriedly pulled out a roast chicken. They couldn't believe that such a cute little wolf cub would choose this good-for-nothing instead of them.
Well, I'm actually feeling resentful about it.
This woman's thoughts are indeed incredibly strange; she actually gets jealous at a time like this.
He pulled out a golden-brown roast chicken and tossed it over, but to his surprise, the four wolf cubs only sniffed it once before abandoning it and continuing their relentless pursuit of Zhang Guodong. Despite their small arms and legs, they weren't running very fast and kept tripping over things.
"My God, what do you want?" Zhang Guodong was frantic. Being chased by a wolf cub only half a month old was probably unprecedented for him. But Zhang Guodong was afraid of the adult wolf behind them!
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