Jiang Jun was a little anxious, and his fingertips were still trembling slightly.
Her mind went blank for a moment, and the memory that hung by a thread popped up again at this moment.
"Lao Wu, it's true. My thoughts once summoned wild wolves, but luckily I'm still alive in the end!"
When she was in Chuncheng, she encountered a wild wolf in the mountains and confronted it for several hours. She exhausted the last bit of her strength and finally succeeded in killing the wolf.
That time, she was looking for the legendary Tea Tree King. She went alone in the direction pointed out by a fellow villager, thinking that "maybe she could encounter a miracle", relying on her knowledge of some wolf-defense techniques, and set off with the small knife less than a foot long given to her by Captain Bater.
The hill she was going to was called Waiba by the locals and had a very primitive feel.
Jiang Yun was particularly interested in these undeveloped mountains and rivers. She declined the offer from several educated youth at the foot of the mountain to accompany her into the mountains. She took out the small knife she carried with her and shook it: "I have the imperial sword given to me by the Mongol Emperor. I am not afraid of wild wolves or wild boars!"
She felt that those educated youth were of no help at all. They liked to shout and scream whenever something happened, and instead caused trouble for her.
Jiang Yun had gone up the mountain with the locals several times to pick tea, mushrooms, and various edible leaves. He knew how to avoid pythons and small animals, where to find water and wild fruits, and knew that the local mountain people were simple, kind, and helpful. So he treated this solo trip as an outdoor gold-panning trip.
The reason why she wanted to "pan for gold" was because Jiang Yonghua's salary in the factory was too low. After rushing to Chuncheng and settling down, the little savings they had were already very little, and they had to keep some aside just in case.
The family of three relied on Jiang Yonghua's meager salary and were either starving to death or dying of thirst. When Jiang Jun didn't need to hire temporary workers at the factory, he would follow the locals into the mountains to find food and hunt, working hard to support his family.
At the market where she bought the telescope, she discovered a way to make money. People from abroad would collect animal skins from hunters, among which wolf skins were the most expensive.
Jiang Jun couldn't think of any other way to make money except at the night market where smuggled goods could be bought and sold.
Thinking of the wolf skin, and thinking of a big wolf skin that could be exchanged for a thick stack of one, two, five, and ten dollar bills, Jiang Jun couldn't help but take out his knife and carefully look at the light on the blade in the sunlight. He thought, this knife is enough to kill a small wolf weighing seventy or eighty kilograms!
Just as the thought came to his mind, Jiang Jun heard panting sounds coming from nearby.
In the bushes less than a hundred meters in front of her, a wolf appeared, which was said to never appear on this mountain!
The moment she saw the wolf, she was not worried about her own safety at all, but thought, "This wolf is probably only about 60 or 70 kilograms, I can handle it," and she felt a little secretly happy.
It was a wolf that fell into a hunter's trap. One of its paws and mouth were tightly clamped by an iron clamp, and it was struggling in vain.
Between turning around and running and killing the wolf, Jiang Jun chose to kill the little wolf without hesitation, and looked forward to skinning it.
She looked around and found a suitable spot where she could stab the tip of the knife into the wolf's throat, causing it to bleed to death without affecting the integrity of the entire wolf skin...
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Chen Yuanwu was horrified. "Why do you want the wolf skin? Aren't you afraid there are other wolves nearby?"
Jiang Jun smiled wryly. At that moment, she only had eyes for the money, not the wolves. "Because the locals say there have never been any wolves there! Wolf pelts are worth a lot... They're very warm, warmer than a woven blanket!"
Chen Yuanwu was still afraid. Although he had found Chuncheng, he was not there at that time. "Don't take risks when you see danger in the future. Always run to a safe place! Your survival is the most important thing!"
Jiang Jun nodded, her fear lingering. "Of course I'll run away if it happens again. Can't you see how scared I am now? You don't know how dangerous it was. Those two traps must have been set so many years ago, they were already rusty. The wolf struggled hard and easily freed its claws..."
The knife accurately pierced the wolf's throat. The wolf felt pain and struggled hard, and even managed to free its front paws and attacked Jiang Yun frantically.
Chen Yuanwu's heart was in his throat: "Are you injured?"
Jiang Jun nodded. "I didn't dodge in time. It grabbed me near the neck, almost grabbing my carotid artery."
Chen Yuanwu was anxious: "Let me see!"
Jiang Jun did not shy away from the issue and pulled his collar to the side, revealing a little bit of his shoulder and a dark red raised scar. It was obvious that there must be a bigger scar hidden under the clothes.
Chen Yuanwu's heart was pounding. He hugged Jiang Yun tightly and buried his face in her shoulder. He almost couldn't see her anymore. "Don't look for a job when you go back. Just live in the dormitory of the Equipment Department and wait for me to come back."
Jiang Jun's heart moved, and he pretended to smile casually, "There are no wolves in the city. Look, I'm fine now, right? And I even skinned that wolf myself."
There was no one around, so she ran back to find someone. She was not afraid that the wolf would be lost, but rather that it would be confiscated.
For the sake of the wolf skin, she gritted her teeth and risked it all. At least this was much better than surviving in the wild, and she didn't have to drink wolf blood or eat raw wolf meat.
Chen Yuanwu raised his head and pinched Jiang Yun's face helplessly: "What's going on in your head?"
It's always beyond his expectations!
Jiang Jun stared at Chen Yuanwu in a daze. "I was terrified at the time, too. My neck and shoulders were aching like crazy. I couldn't tell where the bleeding was. I just couldn't die. If I died, I wouldn't be able to see you anymore. I had to see you!"
Chen Yuanwu's eyes lit up: "Why did you want to see me?"
Jiang Jun said stupidly, "I-I think if I tell my dad about this, he'll be scared to death and won't let me go out anymore. If I tell anyone else, they'll be scared to death. But telling you will make all the difference."
Before returning home, she gave the wolf skin to a familiar hunter to sell. She bandaged the wound on her shoulder, changed her bloody clothes, and went home to lie to her neighbors that she had only injured her shoulder. When Jiang Yonghua and Jiang Lan came back a week later, her wound had already scabbed over.
But when she faced Chen Yuanwu, she would always lose all her rationality in Chen Yuanwu's gentle tone and become extremely stupid.
Chen Yuanwu stretched out his fingers and gently stroked Jiang Yun's scar, his heart still aching: "As long as you are with me, you won't be afraid anymore, right?"
Jiang Yun sensitively hunched his shoulders: "Yeah, I'm not afraid."
Chen Yuanwu withdrew his hand and held Jiang Yun's arm tightly: "Then, if you encounter something scary in the future, just leave it to me, okay?"
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