It gets dark early in the mountains, the forests are dense, the roads are difficult to walk on, and dew forms at night, making the ground slippery and muddy. Several times she almost fell on the road.
Fortunately, Gu Chen helped her along the way, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to walk back at all. By now, her legs were weak.
"Xixi, Gu Chen, wash your faces first. Are you hurt anywhere?" Aunt Gu hurriedly brought out a basin of hot water from inside the house and wrung out towels for the two of them.
The three-headed wolf was lying in the yard. It was hot, so we had to deal with it tonight, or it would start to stink.
"Wang Dagang, quickly arrange for two people to boil water. I'll go call the brigade." Cao Wang didn't forget the important matter. Wang Dagang was a master at slaughtering pigs, so he wouldn't be too bad at dealing with wolves.
While they were doing this, Lin's mother wrung out the towel and wiped the blood off Lin Yuxi's body. But wiping wasn't enough; her hair was also covered in blood.
"You two go wash up first. When the police come, they'll need to take your statements," Cao Wang said quickly, seeing their disheveled appearance.
Lin Yuxi nodded and left the courtyard.
At this moment, the village's attention was focused on those few wild wolves. Lin Yuxi swaggered out and took out a kettle, boiled four or five kettles of water, and then went to wash her hair.
It was hot, so she used a fan to dry her hair. Before she knew it, she fell asleep while the fan was drying her hair.
When Lin Yuxi woke up again, she opened her eyes and looked at the rubble above her head.
Yesterday, she was exhausted, but after a good night's sleep, she felt refreshed. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and saw that it was already bright outside. Her watch was on the cabinet next to her. She picked it up and saw that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
"mom?"
Hearing a noise at the door, Lin Yuxi, with her hair untied and long, black hair cascading down her back, went out in a set of pajamas.
"Xixi, you're awake? I didn't wake you this morning because you were sleeping so soundly. Come and eat something; you must be hungry after not eating for several meals. I boiled some sweet egg soup for you and fried a meat patty." Lin's mother quickly lifted the lid of the pot to check if it was still hot.
The pot lid was still steaming, and the eggs weren't cold yet. The meat patties needed to be fried again to make them crispy.
"Has the police already come?" Lin Yuxi frowned. She seemed to remember the village secretary saying that he wanted to take a statement.
Lin's mother recalled what happened last night before slowly saying, "I've been here. Xiao Gu has already taken care of it. This time you killed the wolf and saved an old lady. The reward the commune gave you should take about a month to come."
“These past few days, the village secretary and the production brigade have said that they will give our family a few days off so that I can take good care of you. You don’t need to go to work for a while.”
After Lin Yuxi ate a simple meal, she discovered that the bloodstains in the village had been washed away. She also heard that the back mountain had been reinforced with security measures, and had been fenced off with wire.
The old lady has also been taken to the health center. She is still alive and has not died yet, but her injuries are serious. They are looking for her family.
In the village, the talk of the town after meals revolved around her and Gu Chen.
"I didn't expect Lin Yuxi and Gu Chen to actually kill the three-headed wolf?"
"You didn't see how fierce the wolf looked when it died; it was terrifying to look at."
"Luckily we didn't offend her back then. Although it was wolf meat, it was still greasy and unpalatable."
Suddenly, a woman stepped forward from the crowd, pointed at them, and began to berate them:
"A bunch of shallow-minded people. Where did their ambition go when they were talking badly about others behind their backs? Now that they know someone has the ability to hunt wolves, they want to eat the meat, but they still complain about it. They want it all, ugh!"
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