Even if there are still some, they should not be from the same tribe and will not come to retaliate against the villagers. Moreover, we have not heard the occasional wolf howling since then. Who would have thought that wolves would appear in the mountains again.
"Let's wait for a while and see."
Wolves are the most vengeful creatures. If you kill wolves, you must kill all of them in the pack, otherwise they will come after you for revenge sooner or later.
"Gao's boy and Cen's fourth son, you two go to the cowshed tomorrow and fix the gate." The only problem on their side was that the gate of the cowshed was a little flimsy.
"I understand, Grandpa Chen."
"That's enough. It shouldn't be a big problem. If there really were wolves, they wouldn't let the four of you get away like that. You're carrying so much meat. If there really were wolves, they'd be after the meat and wouldn't hide."
The four people nodded. They thought so too, but they didn't dare to say it out loud. What if they said something wrong and everyone let down their guard?
"Maybe this is a good thing. Look at the size of these three wolves. They might come down the mountain when winter comes and they have nothing to eat. If you kill them first, we can spend the winter in peace."
These words were mostly meant to comfort him, but Old Man Chen really meant it.
"Come on, come on, get busy. We're in for another treat. You four kids have made quite a good catch this time. Ye Zi, you'd better take more with you when you leave. The trail will be difficult to walk on once it snows, and it will be even harder for you to come back."
"Hey, I won't be polite."
"Old Luo, come over quickly and peel the skin. It just so happens that Ye Zi is not busy looking for wolf skins. We will prepare them and have Zixiang deliver them to us."
Old Man Luo...
"I'm a doctor, and you're treating me like a butcher?"
"Hey, it's all because of your good skinning skills, otherwise I wouldn't hesitate to use you."
The whole yard was bustling with activity. It was not until dawn that they finally packed up the prey and herbs that Chen Ye and his four companions had brought back.
The young people were fine, but the elderly people really couldn't hold on any longer. Chen Ye and the other three quickly sent the elderly people back to rest. The four of them also simply tidied up and lay down to sleep.
Fortunately, there was not much work to do in the fields at that time, otherwise Gao Fei and Cen Zixiang would have been so lazy every day and some people would have complained. After all, the educated youth who came here had to share the village's food rations, and they could not live as comfortably as the villagers themselves.
If it weren't for Chen Ye, Cen Zixiang would never have the opportunity to go to the city from time to time.
Chen Ye woke up in the afternoon because she was hungry. When she woke up, she smelled the aroma of food in the air. She quickly followed the smell to the kitchen.
Shuanzhu was waving a spatula while cooking: "Sister, you're awake, are you hungry?"
"Well, when did you come here?"
"I've been here for a while. Grandpa said you guys were busy all night last night, so he asked me to make some delicious food to reward everyone after lunch. The meat is here, so I came over here to cook."
"There are still two more dishes before we can eat. How about I serve you some food first?"
"No, it won't take long. I'll wash my face and call someone over for dinner."
"Okay, I'll hurry up and we'll be eating soon."
"Didn't you make a few more meat dishes? Where's the extra meat? Don't be reluctant to give it away."
"I made it. I made several meat dishes, which will definitely be enough for us. I need to deal with the meat. In this weather, won't it get stinky if we just leave it there?"
The weather is getting cooler and some people are wearing short jackets, but it is definitely not okay to keep the meat like this, unless you can freeze the meat in the middle of winter.
"I'll take care of it after dinner. Are your second and fourth brothers still sleeping?"
"No, the two of them went to Grandpa Zhang's house to exchange for tofu. Fourth brother said you like drinking soy milk, so he'll see if he can get some back for you."
"Grandpa Zhang's family made tofu today?"
"Yes, I mentioned it yesterday. Grandpa and Grandpa Feng happened to be preparing to eat scallion and tofu."
Tofu is a good thing nowadays, but not everyone makes it. There is not enough food to eat, so who would waste time growing soybeans? The people in the village can only eat tofu two or three times a year.
"That's great. I thought Grandpa Zhang would have to make tofu at the end of the year, but this year he's already made it much earlier."
"Grandpa said the harvest is good this year, and everyone should have some money in their pockets, so they can definitely eat better."
"Oh, by the way, sister, I've put all the food you asked for in the cellar. Don't forget to take some back with you when you leave tomorrow. It's all freshly harvested food this year and it's delicious."
"I've also exchanged you for twenty kilograms of the millet you asked for, and a hundred eggs. Is that enough?" The eggs were tied up and taken to the village to be traded with people. It took many families to get a hundred in return.
"That's enough. The eggs are no longer fresh after a long time." People in the city also raise chickens, but the eggs they lay are not enough to eat.
"Do you want to take the chickens I raised for you this time? If you do, I'll get you two half-grown ones to raise."
Although Chen Ye's household registration is no longer in the village, the village always remembers Chen Ye's involvement in everything, and the villagers have no objections, except for the tractor.
Not to mention that Ye Zi's father means that their village has a backer, so the higher-ups will be much more relaxed about some things in their village. These are all invisible benefits. For these reasons, the villagers will not let Ye Zi suffer any losses.
The family was not allowed to raise more chickens and ducks, but Ye Zi's house was here, and he had the same treatment as the villagers and could raise two chickens. Shuanzhu was quite willing to raise these small animals, so he just got two chicks and said he was helping his sister raise them. In this way, no one would say anything about the four chickens in his yard.
"Why take it? You raised it with so much effort, so you can save it for the winter when there's no meat to eat. You and Grandpa can kill it to replenish your bodies. Don't catch chicks when the weather gets cold. They're hard to raise. Wait until next spring."
"Sister, you should take it. Grandpa said it's hard to buy meat in the city. We can always get it in the village if we want to eat it."
"Besides, Fourth Brother and Second Brother Gao go up the mountain from time to time and can get pheasants and rabbits to eat." Shuanzhu felt that although life in the city was good, the food was not good, and it seemed troublesome to find anything to eat. He would rather live in the countryside.
"Then you can keep it for now. It can still lay eggs. Wait until it gets colder and stops laying eggs. You are busy, I will go call people over for dinner."
Chen Ye first went into the house and put the large dining table on the ground, as well as the small dining table on the kang. It was a bit crowded for so many people to sit at one table, so they set up two tables each time.
Before Chen Ye walked out of the door, he saw Gao Fei and Cen Zixiang coming back carrying two large basins.
"Little sister, what are you doing? Come on, Fourth Brother brought you some soy milk. I'll heat it up for you now."
"Then go and heat it up. We can drink it together when we eat later. I'll go call someone over for dinner."
Gao Fei put the tofu in his hand into Chen Ye's hand: "Take this in, I'll go call someone."
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