"Okay, okay, you all did a great job!" The village chief continued, "Shitou, you take a few people who can skin the wolves and peel them. Dahu, you will be responsible for chopping the wolf meat, and we will distribute the wolf meat to everyone later." The village chief began to arrange the follow-up matters in an orderly manner. He knew in his heart that he had to deal with these things quickly, otherwise it might affect his journey tomorrow.
"Yes, village chief!" Zhou Shitou and Dahu immediately answered loudly, and then led everyone to get busy.
Some went to fetch water to clean the wolf meat, while others found knives to skin the wolf. Everyone was busy and happy, each doing their own job.
After all the wolf meat was distributed, the village chief stretched out his arms, breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered, "Oh, I'm so tired every day."
Although there was fatigue in his tone, it was more of a sense of relief after completing the task.
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The sky was still just getting light, and the wisps of morning light were like a veil, slowly covering the entire forest.
In this hazy silence, the village chief's familiar gong sound suddenly rang out, "Dangdangdang..." The crisp and loud sound instantly broke the tranquility of the early morning and echoed slowly in the sky above the forest.
The people in the village had long been accustomed to the sound of the gong. They got up from their beds, stretched, yawned, and began to prepare for their meal in an orderly manner, and then packed their bags to get ready to set off.
The Su family had wolf meat soup this morning.
Speaking of which, the taste of wolf meat is really not that good. The cooked meat is dry and tough to chew, just like chewing dry branches. It is really not very delicious.
Yao Qingshuang frowned and chewed a few bites reluctantly. The rough texture made her frown even tighter. She finally forced herself to swallow the wolf meat in her mouth.
She really didn't want to take a second bite, so she turned her gaze to Su Mingfan who was wolfing down his food.
Su Mingfan was eating with such gusto, as if he hadn't eaten for several days, his head almost buried in the bowl of wolf meat soup.
His eyes were fixed on the meat in the bowl, his mouth was chewing non-stop, his cheeks bulged, making a "smacking" sound.
Yao Qingshuang looked at him and shook her head helplessly, then silently distributed the wolf meat in her bowl to several children.
Su Minglan was lowering her head, drinking soup in small sips, when she suddenly saw a few pieces of wolf meat falling from the sky and landing in her bowl.
She looked up in surprise and found that it was Grandma Yao Qingshuang. Suddenly, a sweet smile bloomed on her little face, her eyes curved into crescents, and she said crisply, "Thank you, Grandma!"
Su Mingyang, Zhou Xiaowen, Zhou Xiaowu and other little guys nearby also saw this scene, and they hurriedly followed suit to express their gratitude. Their childish voices rang out in this small place, revealing a strong sense of childish innocence.
Su Mingfan didn't even notice who divided the meat. He just focused on eating. When he saw a few more pieces of meat in the bowl, he ate even more ferociously, as if he wanted to swallow the whole bowl.
At this time, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard. Shuanzi's mother, who was next to him, looked panicked. She held Shuanzi tightly in her arms and ran away hurriedly.
When Yao Qingshuang saw this situation, she was secretly shocked and wondered what was going on.
Without caring about anything else, he hurried forward to grab Shuanzi's grandparents who were following behind him, and asked anxiously, "Uncle and Aunt, what happened to Shuanzi?"
Shuanzi's grandmother looked helpless, shook her head heavily, sighed deeply and said, "Alas, Shuanzi has a fever. Everyone got up to eat in the morning, but Shuanzi didn't get up. We thought the child might be sleepy, so we didn't pay much attention to it.
But when his mother went to call him, she touched his head and found it was so hot that you could boil an egg on it. I thought, this child must have been scared by a wolf yesterday, which is why he is like this.
After hearing this, Yao Qingshuang showed sympathy on her face and looked at the whole family with pity.
She also understood that it was heartbreaking for a child to be sick in such a remote place, and she was once again glad that Dr. Bai and his team stayed.
At the moment, I could only try to say some comforting words and gently soothe them: "Uncle San, Aunt San, don't worry too much. Shuanzi has always been a lucky child. He will definitely get better."
"Well, I hope so." Shuanzi's grandparents also hurried over.
Shuanzi is the child that Shuanzi's parents have been waiting for for a long time.
When Shuanzi's mother was pregnant with him, perhaps because of the limited financial conditions at home and the unnutritious food they ate, the child looked like a kitten when he was born. He was skinny and small, with arms and legs as thin as straw stalks. He looked very fragile and it seemed that he would be very difficult to raise.
It was for this reason that his parents gave him the name Shuanzi, hoping that he would be like a tie that tied something up, so that the child could grow up smoothly and healthily.
But who would have thought that Shuanzi's health was so poor that he was simply a sickly person and fell ill every other day.
Every time they get sick, they have to spend money to see a doctor and buy medicine, which is undoubtedly adding insult to injury for their already poor family.
Although the family was originally living in poverty, they could still manage to have two meals a day. However, because of Shuanzi's frequent illnesses and the money he spent, the family could only have one meal a day, and the whole family became hungry and poor.
Fortunately, Shuanzi's father only has two married sisters. If there were more brothers and sisters in the family, it would be strange if the family was not in turmoil because of Shuanzi's constant illness and spending money like water!
Yao Qingshuang returned home with a heavy heart. Looking at the children in the house, she pondered silently in her heart.
Well, Zhou Xiaowen and Su Mingyang are relatively older children, and it seems that they were not scared by the scary wolf howl yesterday.
Su Minglan is a girl after all, and she is more sensitive. She would probably be afraid of the sound of the wolf howling.
Looking at Zhou Xiaowu and Su Mingfan again, these two little guys are trying their best to eat meat with full concentration. They look really carefree, and it seems that there is no need to worry for the time being.
Yao Qingshuang stood there thinking for a while, then turned to Su Wenxuan and said, "Mingxuan, after dinner, please take some time to go to Doctor Bai and buy some tranquilizing soup for the children. It would be troublesome if they got sick from being frightened all the way."
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