Chapter 267 Stress Response

His children were kidnapped by criminals. At such an urgent and dangerous moment, he was not by his wife's side, and let Xia Juanjuan run into the mountains alone to save the children. This made him feel full of guilt!

Even if he has to bear punishment, he can't rush back immediately!

Bai Zihan and his men drove the jeep away. Bai Zihan patted Lizhan on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we will help you explain it to the commander when we return."

Li Zhan smiled and said, "Don't worry about me. Admit your mistakes and don't be stubborn. I will go back and accept the punishment myself."

Bai Zihan didn't say anything else. Although it was understandable, the army was not a place like any other, and they were bound to be punished. However, they had done nothing wrong, so it shouldn't be that serious.

Before the jeep started, Bai Zihan suddenly stuck his head out of the window and said, "Oh, right. I always forgot to mention this. From the possession of those criminals, including their confessions, it seems that they didn't have any Browning's wood. But... the gunshot wound to the boss who was killed by wolves seemed to be Browning. This... sounds strange. Anyway, you better be careful..."

Of course Li Zhan couldn't ignore what Bai Zihan noticed.

Although the gang leader was later attacked by a wolf and the wound on his body was damaged beyond recognition, he could still tell at a glance that the wound was caused by the bullet fired by Browning.

But now, Browning has not been found, which is a worrying thing.

After seeing Bai Zihan and the others off, Lizhan came back.

Xia Juanjuan just came to her senses now. As soon as the triplets were not by her side, she couldn't help but feel scared and wanted to get up quickly to look for them.

This time, they encountered such a dangerous situation, wasn't it because she was too careless and abandoned them to go to Beijing?

She never wanted to experience this kind of thing again.

Li Zhan also noticed that something was wrong with Xia Juanjuan, so he had to send a telegram back and take a few more days off to stay at home with Xia Juanjuan. Every time she had a nightmare in the middle of the night, he would hold her in his arms and comfort her over and over again.

Xia Juanjuan also felt quite ashamed, but at the same time she felt warm in her heart.

Fortunately, Li Zhan was there to accompany her through this period of fear and stress.

The little wolf cub was brought back to Li's home. Because Xia Juanjuan fed it spiritual spring water every day and applied the best external wound medicine to its wounds, the little wolf cub recovered quickly.

Xiaowen, Xiaowu, Beibei and the triplets all like the wolf cub very much and actively feed it every day.

By the time Lizhan had to return to the troops, the wolf cub's wounds had almost healed.

After reluctantly sending Li Zhan away, Xia Juanjuan gave Lin Yuru some instructions, then carried the little wolf cub and teleported through space into the mountains again.

Even though the wolf cub gets along well with the other cubs in the family, it is still a wolf after all, so it is better for it to live with its own tribe.

Moreover, putting herself in her shoes, Xia Juanjuan still remembered clearly the look the wolf cub's mother gave her before she cruelly abandoned her child and ran into the mountains that day.

She must bring the wolf cub back to its mother wolf.

As if smelling her scent, Xia Juanjuan waited for a while, and the female wolf from last time emerged from the dense bushes.

When the little wolf cub saw his mother, he immediately cried happily and ran towards his mother.

Xia Juanjuan did not get any closer. She released two or three wild boars from the space as a thank you to the wolves for saving her children.

Only after the wolves quietly disappeared into the forest again did she enter the space again and return home.

When it was time for dinner, the kids ran to feed the wolf cub, only to find that the wolf cub was gone!

Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei were fine, as they were already grown up. After hearing Xia Juanjuan say that the little wolf had returned to the wolf pack in the mountains, they were sad but still accepted this fact.

The three little ones refused to obey and lay down in the yard crying and making a scene as if they had agreed to do so.

Xia Juanjuan was both angry and amused. How old is he? Who did you learn this from?

However, the little ones were helpless and were forcibly carried into the house one by one by Xia Juanjuan. They howled for a long time, and then each of them was given an apple to chew on. The matter of the little wolf was temporarily put aside.

However, in the next half month, every time they woke up, they would run to the place where the wolf cubs were raised to take a look.

Xia Juanjuan thought about raising a dog at home, so that when the kids go out to play in the future, the dog can follow them, and in case they encounter human traffickers or something, the dog can protect the owner.

However, people are not well fed nowadays, so keeping a dog is a bit of a luxury. Also, you have to choose a dog with a good temperament. I'll discuss it with Liezhan and then decide.

In the afternoon, Xia Juanjuan and Lin Yuru divided up the tofu, soaked bean sprouts, and eggs and delivered them to the homes of the villagers who had helped go up the mountain to look for their children.

Each family had a piece of tofu, a basket of bean sprouts, and ten eggs.

Every family was filled with smiles of joy.

The folks in the village are simple and honest. Although there are quarrels and conflicts between one family and another on weekdays, not many of them end up terminating each other. Most of them are still harmonious.

Whenever a family encounters some problems, such as weddings or funerals, building a house, or as in the case of the kids being taken away, the other families will generally be eager to help.

It is normal for the family being helped to express their gratitude, but there are only a few who are as generous as Xia Juanjuan and directly give ten eggs to each family.

After hearing this, Li Qiang and Wang Guixiang regretted their decision to the core.

If they had known Xia Juanjuan was so generous, they would have followed her into the mountains to help find the child.

Anyway, in the end, it was the couple who found it themselves. The other people in the village just went to buy some soy sauce, and they found so many things. They made a huge loss.

However, because of what Liu Lan did, Li Qiang, as Liu Lan's son, had a worse reputation in the village.

However, he and Wang Guixiang and his wife had already had a falling out with Liu Lan before, so he was not suspected of being Liu Lan's accomplice.

The two of them were thick-skinned, so they continued to live their own lives in Qingshui Village.

In the late second month of the lunar calendar, farming work begins to get busy.

Xia Juanjuan went to see Secretary Zhao again.

Secretary Zhao looked at Xia Juanjuan in astonishment: "Lizhan Wife, are you talking about... growing ginseng?"

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said, "I heard that ginseng is sold at a very high price in the drugstores in Beijing. If we can get some, we can dig it out and sell it to the city later, and our village can also make a lot of money. I saw ginseng seeds being sold in the county last time. Now is the planting season. Moreover, there are dense forests near our village, so we don't need to occupy collective arable land. We can just plant it under the forest in the mountains, which doesn't take much effort. But..."

Xia Juanjuan said, then changed the subject, a little shyly: "I have also heard about this, I don't know whether it is allowed or not, and whether there are any risks. I just think that everyone's life is very difficult. If there is some extra income, then everyone will definitely welcome it... But if you are afraid of the risks, then Secretary Zhao, just pretend that I didn't say anything..."

Xia Juanjuan had thought about growing ginseng before.

The mountains and forests here are rich, the humus layer such as fallen leaves is thick, and the temperature is suitable, which is a good environment for growing ginseng. Although it is artificially cultivated, it can also be regarded as semi-wild forest ginseng.

Moreover, ginseng has a long growth cycle, and becomes more valuable as it ages.

It takes three years to achieve small success, and six years to reach a good size and quality.

If you plant the crops now, there is no need to rush to sell them. Wait three to five years, and the policies will become more and more relaxed. Then it will be allowed to sell them.

However, looking at it now, this matter is definitely very risky.

At most she would suggest it, and she would not be too enthusiastic to make it happen. Otherwise, if something went wrong in the future, being blamed would be a small matter, but she might become the scapegoat and be implicated in the fight.

Secretary Zhao pondered for a moment.

He had been to school and had been to the county town and the capital in his early years, so he certainly understood that what Xia Juanjuan said was feasible.

But there are risks involved, that's for sure.

The requirement given from above is to grow food grains. If you plant more economic crops such as cotton and beans, it may not be allowed and you will be criticized. What about planting ginseng?

However, it was true that everyone's life was hard, and as the commune secretary, it was his duty to lead everyone to prosperity.

After thinking for a while, Secretary Zhao raised his head, looked at Xia Juanjuan firmly, and said, "Mrs. Lizhan, your suggestion is very good! I will tell all the villages about this matter and ask for their opinions. You don't have to show up for this matter, and pretend you don't know in front of others in the future. If everyone agrees to do it, we can all pool our money privately to buy seeds, and then start working."

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but admire Secretary Zhao in her heart.

In such matters, there are many low-ranking officials who, for their own sake, not only disagree but also obstruct others from doing the job.

Secretary Zhao's willingness to take the lead is already very valuable.

Moreover, he told himself to pretend he knew nothing in front of others in order to clear her from the matter. If something really happened, it would not be discovered that it was her who proposed it.

Xia Juanjuan had ready-made ginseng seeds in her space, and she had originally planned to provide the seeds for free if Secretary Zhao agreed.

But now. She has changed her mind.

Human nature is unpredictable.

She directly provided the seeds for free, and the people in the commune did not contribute anything, so they would definitely not care so much about it in the future. If they were exposed, they would definitely confess immediately.

It would be better to follow Secretary Zhao's idea and ask everyone to pool their money to buy seeds. This way, everyone will contribute money, and they will definitely attach more importance to it.

Xia Juanjuan came back.

She went to Luocheng again, gave him the ginseng seeds, and asked him to find someone to go to the black market and sell them to the people in their commune.

In Jing City, after he returned to the team after a fierce battle, he still received a punishment. However, considering that he had his reasons, and that they had just finished their mission and were in a rest period, the impact was not that bad, so he was only asked to reflect on himself and was fined one month's allowance.

There is nothing much to say about Lizhan, he actively accepts criticism.

That day, two of his soldiers were peeking in at his door, looking as if they had something to say.