Chapter 186 Prey

Lin Yue rushed out of the office building with the children, but unexpectedly, he ran into Zhang Yulan's man Li Zhiguo as soon as he walked out the door.

When he saw Lin Yue, he called out from a distance, "Sister-in-law, where are you taking the children?"

This man always looked enthusiastic no matter who he met, and his smile was bright and open. If Lin Yue had not heard from Zhou Aixiang in advance, he would have really thought that he was completely unaware of Zhang Yulan's visit.

As Zhang Yuandong had reminded her, people like this were the most terrifying. Lin Yue didn't want to get too involved with him, so she said hello to him indifferently and left with the children.

After walking a long way, Little Mushroom held his mother's hand, looked back, turned around and raised his head to ask: "Mom, why is Uncle Li still standing there, looking at us!"

Lin Yue didn't look back, but just touched the boy's hair and said with a smile: "He might be waiting for someone there. Are you guys going home to take a nap or go to school now?"

The children immediately became noisy. Four of the five children answered. Some wanted to go to the Yuhong class right now, some wanted to go home and sleep, some did not want to sleep and wanted to go out and play. There was also little Sisi, who held Lin Yue's hand tightly and would not let go. She looked up and said eagerly, "Mom, hug me!"

The little girl's voice was soft and tender. Lin Yue met her longing eyes. His heart softened and he reached out to hug her.

Little Mushroom was not happy with it anymore, whining that Lin Yue was biased, and tried to climb up by pulling her pants, almost pulling Lin Yue's pants off. Lin Yue had no choice but to reach out and pick him up as well.

There was a crisp sound behind him. Lin Yue turned around and saw Li Zhiguo casually throwing away a long and thin object and turning away.

She didn't know if it was because Lin Yue had a prejudice against this person, but she always felt that there was a gloomy feeling from the back of this person, which made her shiver unconsciously.

The children finally came up with a unified answer, and she led the noisy little guys back home. She could already imagine that no matter whether they took a nap at noon or not, they would not be able to go to school in the afternoon.

When I got home, Zhang Yuandong hadn't gone to work yet. He pointed to the leather bag on the table and said, "This is the roast chicken I asked someone to bring back from the city. I forgot to take it out at noon. Let's keep it for tonight."

"Why did you think of buying grilled chicken?"

Zhang Yuandong paused and said unnaturally: "I heard that the roast chicken here tastes good, so I bought some for the children to try."

Lin Yue thought about the fact that Wang Tingting liked to eat this, and he immediately understood.

In the evening, she brought the plate of roast chicken to the table, placed it in front of Wang Tingting, and said with a smile: "Today, Yuandong specially asked his comrades to buy it. He said that the roast chicken here is delicious. Let's try it."

Even if you have money, it is not easy to eat these in this era, especially since the camp is very far from the city. The children's eyes are shining, staring at the plate of roast chicken with burning gazes.

Lin Yue picked a chicken leg and put it in Wang Tingting's bowl, then pushed the plate to the middle and let the children start eating.

Wang Tingting knew at a glance that this was bought for her. Her eyes were red, and she looked up at Lin Yue for help and whispered, "Thank you..."

Lin Yue smiled and said, "Why are you thanking me? I didn't buy it."

Wang Tingting and Zhang Yuandong always felt a little awkward when they were together. Although there was no strict separation between men and women in this era, they still consciously avoided too much contact when living under the same roof. And because of her personality, Wang Tingting always gave people the impression of being a bit strong and sharp-tongued.

She sat there awkwardly, mustering up her courage for a long time before she called out, "Brother, thank you, Brother Zhang."

Zhang Yuandong nodded frankly. He had indeed seen Wang Tingting crying so sadly last night, and thinking that she liked to eat roast chicken when she was a child, he asked his comrades in the camp to buy one for her.

Ever since she misunderstood Zhang Yuandong as ungrateful, Wang Tingting hasn't called him brother for many years.

In fact, she later realized that she had misunderstood, and she has always felt a little guilty, not to mention that Zhang Yuandong helped her father so much, she was grateful in her heart, and had long regarded this family as relatives. This time, she finally opened her mouth, but the other party didn't respond much, and she suddenly felt a little aggrieved.

Lin Yue laughed: "Alright, alright, let's eat quickly. If you don't hurry up, the children will finish the food."

Several children held a piece of chicken each, chewing it until their mouths were full of grease. They laughed and reached out to grab another piece.

Lin Yue gently hit them and reminded them: "Don't rub your greasy hands everywhere, be careful not to rub them on your clothes."

Before they finished their meal, they heard a commotion outside, mixed with the excited voices of the children. Lingling and the others couldn't sit still any longer, staring out the door, wanting to go out, but because they hadn't finished their meal yet, they didn't dare to move.

From the noise, it sounded like there must be some happy event. Lin Yue followed the children's wishes and the whole family went out to watch the excitement.

The street was very busy, with many adults and children standing at the doorsteps of their homes, looking towards the street corners. Seeing Zhou Aixiang there, Lin Yue asked, "Sister-in-law, what's going on? Why is it so busy?"

Zhou Aixiang's whole family also went out. Before she could say anything, Dongkai said excitedly: "Auntie, you don't know yet, the Eighth Company was very impressive today. Not only did they hunt that big tiger, they also brought back a big black bear, which is bigger than the tiger!"

Lin Yue was startled, and she quickly turned her head to look at Zhang Yuandong. Zhang Yuandong hugged her shoulders and asked calmly: "Oh, the Eighth Company is really amazing. When did this happen? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Lu Mangang groaned over his son's head and said with a smile, "Just now, this kid didn't go home after school. He ran to the back mountain with a few classmates and happened to see the Eighth Company carrying prey back. The kid heard that a soldier would carry the prey over, so he came back excitedly and shouted for a long time. If you didn't know, you would think he hunted it!"

Dongkai was so anxious that he jumped up and down, and pulled Lu Mangang's sleeve hard. Lu Mangang ignored his son's protest and laughed.

As we were talking, seven or eight warriors finally turned around the corner, carrying tigers and black bears, and walked towards us straight ahead, looking straight ahead. They were followed by two empty-handed warriors. If anyone asked them anything, they would introduce them with a smile on their faces. Every time they finished explaining, they would always draw applause from everyone.

The appearance of tigers has caused panic among the people. We finally caught one this time. In order to reassure everyone and to show the strength of the troops, the Eighth Company came here for a patrol.

The warriors held their chests high, walked steadily, and their faces were full of pride. They felt that they were just like the top scholar riding a horse in the parade, except for the little red flower on their chest.

Several children ran over screaming and followed other children to surround the warriors. This was the first time they saw real tigers and bears, and they were scared and excited. They excitedly reached out to touch their fur and walked slowly forward with several warriors.

Lin Yue cheered along with the crowd, but he was carefully examining the tiger. It looked bigger and stronger than the one in the space. The warriors came up to it, and Lin Yue listened to their introduction. It turned out that they found this tiger on another hilltop. At that time, it was fighting with a black bear, and the warriors happened to take advantage of it.

After the soldiers finally took a break and returned to the camp, the children reluctantly walked back. Zhang Yuandong pulled Lin Yue to the back and said softly, "After dinner, I'll go with you to take a look."

Lin Yue nodded silently, and hadn't come back to his senses until he sat down at the dining table again. He ate the meal absent-mindedly.

After finally finishing the meal, Lin Yue made an excuse to go out with Zhang Yuandong, went out to find a secluded place, and entered the space together.

As if sensing something, as soon as the two men walked into the tiger's territory, they heard a majestic tiger roar, and then three tigers, one big and two small, ran out from the dense forest.

Lin Yue had no idea that the tiger was pregnant. She had locked it up in the mountains and seldom visited it. One day, she noticed that the tiger was abnormally fat and had a large belly. She began to wonder if the tiger was pregnant. Sure enough, not long after, it gave birth to two tiger cubs.

Fortunately, Lin Yue noticed it and prepared spiritual spring water for the tigers in advance. One of the tiger cubs was too weak when it was born, and if it weren't for the spiritual spring water, it would have almost died.

At this time, the mother and her two cubs were circling around Lin Yue and Zhang Yuandong, just like domestic cats, without any awareness of being tigers at all.

Lin Yue stroked the little tiger cub's head. The little guy sat beside her, tilted his head back and chased Lin Yue's hand. He really looked like a domestic cat.

She guessed that the man hunted by the warriors should be the boys' father, but she didn't know why he appeared in such a distant mountain instead of living with them.

If Lin Yue understood the habits of tigers, he would know that wild tigers only stay together when they are in heat. At other times, they each move around in their own territory and will fight if they cross the boundary.

Time passed quickly, and the day after the tiger was hunted, the troops distributed meat again. This time, there was more meat, and Lin Yue planned to make all the uneaten meat into smoked meat, and give it to Uncle Zhang's family when he went to Luohe Brigade.

But before Sunday even arrived, Brother Zhang came to the door carrying a lot of bags.

Lin Yue was a little surprised and asked, "Brother, why are you here at this time? Didn't we agree to pick you up on Sunday? You didn't even call us before you came, otherwise we could have picked you up."

Seeing that Brother Zhang came in such a hurry, she was afraid that something might have happened in her uncle's house, so she quickly let him in.

Brother Zhang gulped down a large glass of water, then wiped his mouth and said, "What's the matter? It's just that our team went hunting in the mountains yesterday and caught some prey. I thought I'd send it to you today so you can have some fresh food."

He opened the snakeskin bag, and there were several pieces of meat inside. Lin Yue couldn't figure out what kind of meat they were. Brother Zhang introduced them to her one by one. Good guy, Lin Yue didn't know what to do with more than half of the meat.

There were a few live pheasants in the bag. When the children saw them, they cheered and gathered around.

It must be tiring to carry so many things from home. This was someone's good intention, so Lin Yue did not refuse. He happily accepted the things and used them to cook a large table of dishes at noon.