In the blink of an eye, it was mid-November. The sky was high and the air was fresh, much better than during the autumn harvest.
Village chief Gu Jianqiang and village party secretary Gu Ren organized people to go hunting in the mountains early in the morning. Everyone gathered at the village chief's house. The village women's director, who is also the village chief's wife, also organized the women in the village to pick wild vegetables and so on.
Gu Ranzhou was originally holding An An, but when he saw Lu Zhenchuan, he put the child in his arms. Lu Zhenchuan was suddenly stunned and held the child with a helpless look on his face.
"Wife, what are you planning?"
Gu Ranzhou: "Take the children and send them to the cowshed to keep the old man company!"
"There's no one at home. I'm not sure if I can leave the children home alone." Although he had set up a formation at home, who knows if the two children would run away. It seems he needs to teach them self-defense skills in advance.
Lu Zhenchuan nodded after hearing what his wife said, then carried the child to the cowshed: "Oh, okay, I'll go now!"
The villagers had originally stayed away from the cowshed. At this time, they were all planning to go hunting in the back mountain, so naturally no one would go near the cowshed. Gu Ranzhou thought it would be nice to leave the child there to accompany the old men.
The villagers arrived at the village chief's house one after another. This time, only young men came. Children were not allowed to come. After all, they were going to the mountains to hunt, not to play. What if something unexpected happened? The group of people would not be able to take care of the children at all.
After sending the two children to the cowshed, Gu Ranzhou and the other two also went to the village chief's house.
When Gu Jianqiang led the group of men to the back mountain to hunt, he repeatedly emphasized: "Everyone, be careful this time. We are going up the mountain to hunt, not to die. Be smart."
Everyone shouted, "Got it, Village Chief."
"Let's go, let's go up the mountain!"
A group of people walked up the mountain in a mighty procession. A few men holding muskets walked in front to lead the way, and the others followed behind.
Suddenly, one of the educated youth saw the fruits on the tree and asked, "There are quite a lot of wild fruits on this mountain. I wonder if they are sweet?"
An old educated youth once said after a hunting trip: "Some are sweet, some are not sweet, if you know the goods."
The young educated youth said again, "How about we pick these wild fruits and sell them in town?"
"Are you going to die? How dare you say such a thing?"
The other villagers just took their words as a joke and didn't think much of it, but some of them were not necessarily so.
Gu Ranzhou, standing next to Gu Jianqiang, also heard what the young educated youth said: "He has a point. Of course, it's impossible to sell it myself, but if I pick it and send it to the supply room, the price may be low, but at least I can make some money. The villagers don't care about these wild fruits, but people in town may not be so interested."
Gu Jianqiang said, "Xiao Zhou, do you mean that our village can pick some wild fruits and sell them to the supply cooperative?"
Gu Ranzhou nodded and said, "Of course we can, but we can't sell too many. You know, if we pick these fruits now, they will wilt in a few days and won't keep for long. Plus, if there are too many wild fruits, the price will drop immediately and we won't make much money. Most of the people who eat wild fruits are from the town, and there should be very few in the village. After all, it's not like there are no wild fruits in other villages. Of course, if there is a way to send wild fruits to places that are short of them, that would be another matter."
Many people looked at each other in surprise, and all had their own plans in mind, but they soon gave up because Gu Ranzhou was right. They might be able to sell the items for a few dollars on the black market, but if there were too many items, they wouldn't be able to sell them for much, and they might even lose their lives. It wasn't worth it for that little money.
Gu Ranzhou looked at the woods in the distance, and the leaves were rustling in the wind!
Gu Ranzhou looked around and then said to Gu Jianqiang, "Fourth brother, I'm going to explore somewhere else. You guys be careful."
After hearing what Gu Ranzhou said, Gu Jianqiang nodded and said, "Xiaozhou, we're in the mountains now, you have to be careful."
"Don't worry, I won't go far."
Gu Ranzhou took Lu Zhenchuan and Lin Feng along a small path that was not far from the villagers. He then said to them, "You two can practice. I'll go look for it by myself."
"Wife, can I go with you?"
"No, I can do it by myself. I plan to go deep into the mountains."
"Oh well!"
Gu Ranzhou was walking alone in the dense forest. Although it was not easy to walk in the forest, it was okay for him to be alone. He did not seem particularly abrupt when walking through the forest.
Walk... shouldn't I say fly. After about 20 minutes, they reached the depths of the forest at the back mountain. Suddenly, a noise coming from not far away stopped Gu Ranzhou in his tracks. He saw a group of wolves fighting with a python coiled on a huge tree trunk fifty meters ahead. Gu Ranzhou curled his lips slightly. He was not afraid of the group of wolves and snakes. The white wolf leading the group should be the wolf king.
A group of wolves and a snake were confronting each other, and then a third breath appeared. Gu Ranzhou walked out and found that there were two dark tooth holes on the white wolf's body. That's why they were visible because the two holes on the white wolf's skin were very conspicuous. It was most likely bitten by a python, and the python was not in a much better condition. It was entangled on the tree branch, and its body kept shaking.
The poisonous python spit out its red tongue and stared at it with its bloodshot eyes, and it refused to give in.
The white wolf seemed not to feel Gu Ranzhou's hostility towards him, so he continued to stare at the python. Gu Ranzhou glanced at the poisonous python, but the poisonous python moved and it flew into the forest in an instant.
Gu Ranzhou was stunned for a moment. This python actually bullies the weak and fears the strong. Could it be that it thought it was a helper sent by the White Wolf?
When the white wolf saw the python running away, it immediately turned around and bared its fangs to Gu Ranzhou. It fell down as soon as its fangs were exposed. It was most likely that the poison had taken effect.
Gu Ranzhou looked at the wolf next to the white wolf. It seemed to be a female wolf, most likely the wolf king's wife.
Gu Ranzhou approached the wolf king, reached out and stroked its head, comforting it: "Luckily you met me, otherwise, you would have been finished today."
Gu Ranzhou had saved intelligent animals before, so he took out a bowl of spiritual spring water from his space and placed it in front of him: "Drink!"
The white wolf seemed to understand what Gu Ranzhou said. Its eyes widened even more, and then it licked the spiritual spring water that Gu Ranzhou put down with its tongue. Although it didn't know what was in the bowl, it knew that the thing in front of it was good. It didn't need any reason, just intuition. The reason why it could become the wolf king was also based on this intuition and of course its powerful strength.
Gu Ranzhou smiled. Yes, it really understood. It seemed that this wolf king had already gained intelligence. Although it was approaching the Dharma Ending Age, it was not yet the Dharma Ending Age so it was normal for the wolf king to have intelligence. In his previous life, when he was guarding the "gate" and staying in the mountains, he had seen animals with intelligence.
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