"Oh, don't even mention it." Old Chen sighed. "It's all my bad luck. I ran into Wu Baoan and his gang of hotheads who insisted on dragging me to rescue Da Bao. But we couldn't find Da Bao, and instead we discovered that Zhan Liang had fallen off a cliff. I carried him for over ten miles, and I almost died from exhaustion."
"You're such an idiot! It's pitch black, and you just go because he tells you to? You deserve to be exhausted!"
"I didn't want to go, but I got so nervous that I blurted it out. I had no choice but to go anyway. Luckily, I found Zhanliang on the way. If I had gone to Wolf Valley, I might not have been able to come back."
"Have you found Da Bao and that brat?"
"We haven't seen a single person; they're probably already wolf food."
"Good, that ungrateful wretch is finally dead. Our good days have finally arrived!" Old Mrs. Chen slapped her thigh with joy.
Old Chen was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean? Are you stupid? That brat has made so much money. Once she's dead, the eldest son's family will be at our mercy."
"That's right, how come I didn't think of that!" Old Chen's fatigue immediately disappeared, and he grinned. "That brat is a stumbling block in our family. As long as she's dead, I don't believe we can't deal with the eldest son and his wife."
Grandma Chen couldn't stop smiling, craning her neck to look outside the gate. "By the way, you said Zhanliang fell into a ravine, how is he?"
"It's nothing serious, just a broken leg."
"He broke his leg. It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone. There will be no one to do the housework. What are we going to do?" Old Mrs. Chen showed no concern or heartache. Her first thought was that no one would help with the housework.
Just then, a commotion of footsteps came from outside the courtyard, and then Wu Baoan hurriedly entered the courtyard.
"Second son's wife, Zhanliang is injured."
Hearing the shouts, Mrs. Sun rushed out of the house in a panic. She was so worried about Da Bao's safety that she hadn't slept all night.
Seeing Chen Zhanliang being carried back, his head buzzed, his vision went black, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Forcing herself to stay awake, she ran over and saw the man with a deathly pale face and his eyes closed. Her face was full of anxiety. "Village head, what happened to Zhanliang?"
"Let's go inside first and talk about it."
Wu Baoan instructed everyone to carry Chen Zhanliang into the house and settle him in before he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Second brother's wife, don't worry. Zhanliang has broken his leg and has probably fainted from the pain. He's not in any danger."
"You hurt your leg, but what about Da Bao?"
Wu Baoan frowned and shook his head. "Second son's wife, you stay home and take good care of Zhanliang. Go and fetch a doctor to check his leg. I'll take some people to find Da Bao right away."
Sun nodded gratefully, "Thank you, village head. I'll go and fetch the doctor in a bit."
Wu Baoan walked out of the house and shouted to the villagers who were exhausted, "Da Bao is still in Wild Wolf Valley and his life is uncertain. I'll have to trouble you all to come with me into the mountains."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
"Village head, don't worry, as long as we have the strength, we will never give up."
"That's right, we won't go down the mountain until we find Da Bao."
"Yes, hurry up, saving lives is the priority."
"......."
Seeing how passionately they were speaking, Old Man Chen rolled his eyes in anger. These brats, do they really think they're great heroes?
I'm exhausted now. If I were to go back to Wolf Valley, it wouldn't be to rescue people; it would be to go looking for our ancestors and die.
Thinking of this, he quickly said, "All of you, calm down and stop trying to be brave. Forget about going to Wolf Valley, some of you will probably collapse from exhaustion before you even leave the village."
If you ask me, we should all go home, get a good night's sleep, eat and drink our fill, and then make some plans.
Wu Baoan shook his head anxiously, "Uncle Zhonghou, you're right, but saving lives is the priority right now, we can't afford to delay!"
"Security guard, I'm not trying to criticize you, but you usually seem quite shrewd. How come you turn into a fool at crucial moments?"
Think about it carefully. Da Bao has been missing for a day and a night. Wolf Valley is fraught with danger. If you ask me, he should be dead by now. Even if we go, we probably won't find a trace of his bones.
As the village head, you must consider the bigger picture and not risk your life for the sake of a dead person.
"If anything happens to any of the villagers, you'll be a sinner to our village. Think carefully before you decide whether to go or not."
After hearing what Old Man Chen said, Wu Baoan's expression became serious. He thought about it carefully and felt that there was some truth to it. Everyone was tired and hungry, and they could only go into the mountains to rescue people again on the premise of ensuring their own safety.
Just then, Lin rushed over from the neighboring courtyard. After searching through the crowd without finding Chen Qingqing, a bad feeling rose in her heart.
Her voice trembled, "Zhanshan, why hasn't Qingya come back?"
Chen Zhanshan was stunned, his eyes widening. "What did you say? Qing'er went to Wolf Valley too?"
Madam Lin's face paled. "Last night she asked me to go find you. When I came back, I heard Cuiqin say that as soon as Zhanliang left, Qingya chased after him."
Only then did Madam Sun realize that Chen Qingqing was not in the crowd. She trembled and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, it was my fault that Qingqing was harmed."
Chen Zhanshan's vision went black, and he almost fainted. He struggled to stand up and asked, "Why didn't you stop her? Why did you just let her go to Wolf Valley?"
Old Chen sighed softly and said slowly, "Don't you know what kind of temper she has? She's incredibly stubborn. Once she decides to do something, no one can stop her. In her haste, she rushed out, and now look what happened, she's probably eaten by wolves."
Old Mrs. Chen's eyes were full of schadenfreude. "That's right, who told her to be so cocky? She's finally met her match!"
Chen Zhanshan's eyes blazed with fury, a surge of anger rising to his head. He glared fiercely at Old Man Chen and demanded loudly, "You knew last night that Qing'er had also gone to Wolf Valley, but why didn't you say so sooner?"
Wu Baoan was so anxious that he stamped his feet. "Uncle Zhonghou, since you knew that Qingya went after Zhanliang, why didn't you tell us? If we could find Zhanliang, we might be able to find Qingya too."
Old Chen's face stiffened, and he said with his neck stiff, "What do you want me to say? Even if I did say it, what difference would it make? A good-for-nothing is dead, so what? What's the big deal? I didn't tell you for your own good. If you had really entered Wolf Valley, you might have been fed to the wolves long ago, and you wouldn't still be standing here talking."
"Exactly, why are you yelling at us old folks? What does her death have to do with us? Why should we say anything? You're really sick in the head!" Old Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes dismissively.
"Great, great, that's wonderful." Chen Zhanshan trembled with anger, all the last bit of family affection he had left vanished.
Wu Baoan was extremely anxious and shouted, "Stop arguing, come with me into the mountains to rescue them right now!"
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