Nothing happened overnight, and everyone slept soundly. Early the next morning, they ate some of the dry rations they had brought, tied their prey to the rafts, and then, in pairs, pulled the rafts down the mountain.
Along the way, the group dared not stop for a moment, only taking a short rest at lunchtime. The rest of the time was spent traveling. On the way here, they traveled light and walked for a whole day to reach the air-raid shelter. On the way back, they walked even slower because they were pulling their prey. The group continued walking until after 11 p.m., when they finally returned to the village, drenched in sweat.
By this time, everyone in the village was asleep, but the brigade leader was awakened by a commotion. Knowing that the hunting party had returned, the brigade leader quickly got out of bed, dressed, and ran outside.
Before they even reached the foot of the mountain, the team leader saw the exhausted group of people, as well as the villagers who had been woken up to help.
Because of the winter hunting team's entry into the mountains, there have been patrols every day for the past few days, just in case something happens to the team and there is no one to provide support.
Therefore, Gu Nanxun and his group were discovered by the patrol as soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain. A commotion ensued, waking up some of the villagers. The brigade leader was also awakened by the patrol team's notification.
The captain stared in disbelief at the mountain of game being carried aboard the rafts. "How did you manage to bring all this back?"
"Captain, look, this is a small cart they made themselves, using wood as wheels, and it's quite light to pull."
Upon hearing the brigade leader's question, a villager excitedly replied, pulling hard on the rope as he spoke. With the villager's pull, the raft moved forward slightly.
"Captain, we won't have to worry about meat this year for the New Year! Xiao Gu and the others hunted a lot of meat!"
A man grinned broadly and spoke happily to the brigade leader, his booming voice particularly loud in the quiet night.
"Yes, Captain, I just counted. There are 56 wolves, one deer, 5 pigs, 6 sheep, a few rabbits, and a few chickens."
The village accountant excitedly reported the quantities to the brigade leader, but the smile on his face just wouldn't stop.
Gu Nanxun looked at the village accountant speechlessly. In the dark of night, when did he count the numbers? And the numbers were quite accurate.
"Great...this is wonderful!" The captain couldn't help but pat the prey beside him, speaking incoherently.
This is wonderful! We were already short of food this year, but with so much game caught, it seems the villagers won't have such a hard winter. This time, the game caught is several times more than all the game caught in previous years.
"How are you all? Is everyone alright? Are any of you injured?" Suddenly remembering something, the captain quickly asked with a tense expression.
He was overjoyed just now, never expecting that they would catch so much prey and whether anyone would get hurt.
"Dad, the rest of us are fine and no one was injured. It's just that Wang and Lin, the educated youths, suffered some minor injuries, but they've been treated."
At this moment, Liu Guoqing said to the brigade leader with a happy expression that he had wanted to talk to his father earlier, but he had been interrupted by others until now.
"That's good, that's good. You've worked hard. Hurry up... let's go to the brigade headquarters first and have your aunt make you something to eat."
Upon hearing his son Liu Guoqing's words, the captain subtly glanced at his son. Seeing that his son was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Gu Nanxun and said.
"Uncle Zhiqiang, I won't go. I'm tired today and want to go home and rest early. You guys go ahead!" Gu Nanxun refused when he heard the captain's words. All his thoughts were already on home. Thinking of Lin Qing waiting for him at home, a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.
Lin Qing had already prepared the meal and was waiting for Gu Nanxun in the space. Knowing that Gu Nanxun was coming back today, Lin Qing hadn't slept yet and had been waiting for him.
"Okay, then you go back and rest first. We can talk about it tomorrow."
Hearing that Gu Nanxun was tired, the brigade leader didn't force him. While calling on the villagers to drag the game to the brigade headquarters, he secretly glanced at the raft next to Gu Nanxun. He saw that the game on the raft that Gu Nanxun was pulling was several times more than the game on the others. So he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and think to himself, "This little Gu is really strong."
After seeing the captain lead everyone away, Gu Nanxun quickly returned home with Thunder and Lightning. Upon entering, they went straight to their spatial dimension.
Inside the space, Lin Qing saw Gu Nanxun enter and quickly rushed to greet him, about to throw herself into his arms.
"No... I'm dirty!" Gu Nanxun said as he tried to stop Lin Qing, but Lin Qing ignored him and threw herself into Gu Nanxun's arms.
"Now you have to wash again." Looking at Lin Qing in his arms, Gu Nanxun pinched Lin Qing's cheek helplessly, and said with a smile, while tightly hugging Lin Qing's waist with his arms, unwilling to let go.
"Then, Brother Nanxun, help me wash," Lin Qing said with a smile, hugging Gu Nanxun's waist and refusing to let go.
Although Gu Nanxun was only gone for three days and they met in between, Lin Qing felt something was missing these past two nights without him by her side. But seeing Gu Nanxun today made her feel instantly at ease.
Seeing Lin Qing's dependence on him, Gu Nanxun couldn't help but smile. He picked Lin Qing up and quickly walked into the bathroom.
After a long while, Gu Nanxun, looking refreshed, led Lin Qing out of the bathroom. However, Lin Qing's hands were red.
"Brother Nanxun, I've made you some food in the kitchen. I'll go get it for you." Lin Qing said as she walked towards the kitchen, but Gu Nanxun stopped her.
"I'll get them, you sit here and wait." After saying that, Gu Nanxun quickly walked to the kitchen and took out two bowls of wontons from the stir-fry machine.
Lin Qing put the wontons into the cooking machine after making them, because the storage space inside the cooking machine is static, and the food can be kept fresh inside. Of course, Lin Qing could also put them in the warehouse, but she was used to putting the food in the cooking machine. She felt that taking the food out from inside would be more ceremonial.
Besides wontons, the cooking machine also contained noodles, rice, and some side dishes. Lin Qing didn't know what Gu Nanxun wanted to eat, so she prepared several dishes and put them in the cooking machine.
Gu Nanxun handed a bowl of wontons to Lin Qing, "Have some with me."
Lin Qing saw the wontons handed to her and instantly felt hungry, so the two of them ate a late-night snack together.
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