Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 514

Chapter 514: Chapter 398: Exterminating the Wolf Pack

In the early morning, a group of three to five-year-old children, wearing tattered clothes patched with scraps and straw sandals, caught Ping’an’s attention in the village canteen.

He curiously widened his eyes, watching the children scramble for food, cry, and fight. He listened to the adults scolding the children, heard the sound of adults smacking them hard.

All of this was so novel to Ping’an. He held onto the table corner tightly, refusing to leave. Wherever cries came from, he would stare intently. Wherever the children stopped crying, his face showed obvious disappointment.

As breakfast ended and people gradually left, women began wrapping bean buns on a large wooden platter on the canteen tables, drawing his full attention again, as there were big jars lined up in the front yard.

Zhou Jiao saw him quietly observing everything from Mother Zhang’s embrace and told him she was heading home first. Seeing him wave her off casually, she happily grasped Zhang Guoqing’s shirt corner and followed him out the door.

Last night, Zhang Guoqing succumbed to the beauty trap, helplessly agreeing to three conditions with her.

The couple sneaked to the mountain’s foot. Zhang Guoqing carried her, cautious not to go to dangerous places, secretly relieved that Zhou Jiao was unfamiliar with the mountains, intentionally taking a detour that took an hour.

When the agreed time arrived, he escorted her back to the village. Zhang Guoqing, fully armed, began running solo up the mountain. Unaware of the mountain’s actual conditions, he cautiously searched for animal tracks underground.

Stopping and starting along the way, as he discovered more tracks, he lost the urge to hunt. When the wolf tracks disappeared on the deep mountain’s outskirts, he halted his steps.

Looking at the dangerously dense woods ahead, he ultimately thought it over for a long time and resolutely decided to give up pursuing. Now that he had a wife and child, there was no need to venture alone.

On the way back, encountering fleeing pheasants and those small animals, he paid them no extra attention. He now worried about the wolf pack in the deep mountains; usually, no one would venture inside unless absolutely necessary. He wondered if Mr. Wang and those old hands would want to go in.

At home, seeing Zhou Jiao breathe a sigh of relief, he didn’t dare tell his wife the truth. Everything would have to depend on circumstances tomorrow.

Zhang Guoqing accompanied his wife wrapping bean buns, steaming bread, and playing with his son, as if nothing had happened. He had already decided in his heart to bring more wound medicine up the mountain tomorrow.

The next morning, Zhang Guoqing deliberately brought along the treasured dagger given by his father-in-law. After getting ready, he bid farewell to Zhou Jiao and their child, heading to Kaoshan Village with the village elders to gather with everyone.

The Kaoshan Village’s communal canteen had prepared dry rations. Not much, yet nobody said anything.

Gradually, two large trucks rolled out in the threshing ground, from which people jumped off, each carrying a weapon. Zhang Guoqing took a rifle from a colleague, and everyone quickly formed a line without much chit-chat.

After Zhao Dashan and Zuo Lin negotiated with Mr. Wang and his team, they still followed the old hunters’ advice, staying behind to protect.

Soon, everyone marched grandly up the mountain. Not far along the path, officers from the police station stopped villagers trying to sneak in for fun and profit.

Zhang Guoqing followed beside Zhao Dashan, watching Mr. Wang and his team cautiously scouting ahead. Although he understood those cunning wolf packs had gone deep into the mountains, he did not voice this. The elders ahead were all highly skilled and should quickly discover clues.

His focus was now on Mr. Zhang. As an old hunter, his father and two uncles were conspicuously leading the way.

That was the deep mountain, a place his father may have ventured only a handful of times in his life. But seeing his uncles so confident made Zhang Guoqing secretly sigh. What it means not to accept aging, that’s what it is!

Mr. Wang truly deserved his reputation as an outstanding hunter, the most excellent one within a ten-mile radius. Before long, he led everyone into the deep mountain’s outskirts.

By this point, everyone understood that how to proceed still needed proper negotiation to find a good solution. Anyone who foolishly went inside might not return home.

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