After further discussion, the group decided that Tong Wen Yao would stay, and Tong Bo would follow. Wen Jiang was seven years old now, and would be eight after the Lunar New Year. It was time for him to be independent. Since he didn't like studying, after he finished his lessons with the teacher, they would hire a chef to teach him how to cook.
Tong Wenyao said, "There's no need to hire a chef yet. I saw a cooking book in a bookstore when I was out. We can let Wen Jiang read the book and learn from it. If he still insists, we can find a famous chef to teach him."
Tong Hong pursed his lips and said, "If we hired a chef before, within a day, there would be a lot of chefs applying for the job. But now, if we want to find a chef, it is extremely difficult."
Tong Wenyao comforted him, "Uncle, don't worry, there will always be a way out when you reach the mountain."
Speaking of reading, Tong Bo asked her, "Sister, how long has it been since you last read a book?" Tong Wenyao was a little amused and said quickly, "Second brother, aren't you busy?"
The second brother tapped her head gently and said, "Don't neglect it. What about martial arts?" Tong Wenyao nodded and said obediently, "I have practiced martial arts!"
Tong Bo said coldly, "In that case, from now on, I will practice martial arts for two hours every morning and learn to read for four hours every afternoon."
When she heard this, she felt like the sky was falling. What she hated most was studying. She was forced to study by her parents when she was a child. She finally finished high school and was about to go to college when the zombies broke out.
They were so happy during those days because they didn’t have to go to school. But slowly the zombies became uncontrollable and began to spread all over the world, so they also began to flee.
After the conversation, it was already dark outside. Two lanterns were lit in the yard, swaying in the wind. Tong Bo asked the servants to bring the food. Wen Jiang came out of her second aunt's room, holding Xin'er's hand, and said, "Mother said she has no appetite, so she won't eat tonight."
After hearing this, Tong Wenyao said, "Then let the kitchen keep the porridge warm and wait until Second Aunt wants to eat it."
"That's all we can do."
After dinner, Lanhua served ginger soup and said, "Today is the Great Cold. In the past, my family had the custom of drinking a bowl of ginger soup during the Great Cold, symbolizing sweeping away the bad luck of the year and welcoming good luck in the new year. So, I took the initiative to make this ginger sweet soup."
Xing'er presented a bowl to each person. Tong Wen Yao took it and tasted it. There was no trace of ginger in the soup, but it was slightly sweet. After she drank it down, she went to get her plum blossoms. She picked them yesterday and the water on the plum blossoms had dried. She took out some granulated sugar from the space and put it in the earthenware jar, then put the plum blossoms in. The sugar had to soak the plum blossoms. In addition to the granulated sugar, she also added some rock sugar and white wine, and then sealed it tightly.
Tong Wen Yao took a part of it and put it into the space, and then stored the rest in the cellar.
I looked up and saw that the light was still on in Second Aunt's room. I thought Second Aunt must be very sad. If she had known earlier, she would not have said those words in the study.
After finishing all this, Tong Wen Yao went back to her room to wash up.
She buried the plum wine under the grape trellis in the backyard of the villa and fed it to Guaiguai before exiting the space. She didn't know what happened to Xiaoxue as she hadn't seen it since she came back.
Tong Wen Yao had just laid down when there was a loud knock on the door in the yard. She stood up and looked out the window. There were many people holding torches at the door. Seeing this scene, her heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could something have happened to the people who entered the mountain?
She picked up the clothes on the hanger and put them on, then put on her robe and tied it tightly, then hurried downstairs. At this time, many people in the yard were covered in blood. Wu Qing talked to another hunter and asked about the situation.
"It was Ge Fei who disobeyed Hunter Wen's orders, which caused the wild boars to go berserk. Hunter Wen then fought the wild boars alone to protect our escape. Now he has fallen off a cliff, and his life or death is unknown!"
Wu Qing said, "Where is Ge Fei?"
Wu Feng snorted and said, "Now, Ge Fei is still in the mountains. He said it was his fault that caused Wen Hunter to be injured and fall off the cliff. He is determined to find Wen Hunter today. If he can't find him, he will die to atone for his crime."
Tong Wen Yao became anxious after hearing this. It was so dark, and he had fallen off the cliff, so his life or death was unknown. She felt a little guilty in her heart. If she had not asked Wen Ziyu to come hunting, he would not have fallen off the cliff.
Wu Qing said in a calm voice, "Our savior is still in the mountains, his life or death unknown. There are no cowards in our Changjiang Village. Brothers who can still walk should grab their weapons and torches and go into the mountains together to rescue Wen the Hunter."
After hearing this, the men and women of Changjiang Village immediately echoed, "Save people, save people." The cohesion of the entire village was revealed at this moment, which also provided them with experience for fighting the enemy together in the future.
After Wu Qing finished speaking, those who could run and move went home to grab tools, some took hoes, some took pitchforks. The women lit a bonfire at the gate of the yard and made torches. In less than a quarter of an hour, everything was ready.
Wu Qing looked at the young men in the village in front of him and said in a serious voice, "This time, rescue is the main thing, and defense is secondary. If you encounter wild boars, avoid them if you can. Once you find someone, come back quickly."
"yes."
Before they even said they were going to set off, a rumbling sound came from the back mountain, and the trees in the forest made a rustling sound. Wu Qing had seen a wild boar coming down the mountain last time, so this time he immediately realized that a wild boar was rushing down the mountain madly.
"Hurry, all the old and young people in the village, go back to your houses immediately, close the doors and windows, and don't come out. The wild boar has come down the mountain."
Under normal circumstances, the villagers might have been asked to go back into their houses and hide, but this time the wild boar came with great force. Many villagers lived in thatched houses and could not resist it at all. Moreover, the wild boar was mad, so they had to lead them to face it.
Fortunately, because we had just made a torch, there was a light on this road, which could stop the wild boar for some time. The trees in the forest kept making rustling sounds, and we could even hear the sound of trees falling.
Tong Wen Yao was standing on the second floor watching the situation outside. The yard was also filled with many people from the village. Some of them even brought quilts and huddled together to keep warm.
Tong Wen Yao instructed Xing'er to ask Lan Cui to make some ginger soup for them to drink to prevent colds.
She was a little worried about Wen Ziyu, wondering how he was doing in the mountains. But now that wild boars had invaded the village again, she couldn't go up the mountain to look for him. Wu Qing had Wu Feng and his men set traps, most of which used ropes. These traps could quickly tie up the wild boar's legs, making digging pits too late.
After all, there was a wild boar in the dark forest that couldn't wait any longer and ran out of the forest at a high speed. However, it ran so fast that the rope couldn't be pulled up and it rushed directly into the village. Wu Qing said, let the second team surround, intercept and kill the wild boar, and deal with the body tomorrow.
After hearing this, Wu Feng said, "They know."
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