The night is very dark.
The moon is very round.
Several families near Zhang Laitai's house were awakened by the noise.
The crowd gathered around but did not dare to approach. Everyone held a torch in their hands. They squeezed through the crowd and walked in. They could see two wild wolves squatting at the door of Zhang Lailai's yard.
As soon as he saw the two wolves, Xiao Hei jumped excitedly in Cheng Wanwan's arms.
Cheng Wanwan stroked its head to comfort it and asked, "What on earth is going on?"
Zhang Dagang held a torch and a kitchen knife in his hand, and said in a horrified voice: "In the middle of the night, someone suddenly grabbed the door. My father got up to open the door, and was held down by a wild wolf. My mother was also held down. Fortunately, I run fast..."
In the yard, there was a wolf behind Zhang Lai Lai and Zhang Granny. The wolf's front feet pressed on their backs, and the bits from its mouth dripped and fell on the backs of their heads. They were so frightened that their faces were as pale as earth and they were shaking like chaff.
It was precisely because the two living men were under the claws of the wild wolf that the villagers holding torches did not dare to act rashly.
The two sides faced each other.
There are only four wild wolves here, and there are at least dozens of them. They have a good chance of winning. However, when fighting wild wolves, they will inevitably be injured. Having a piece of flesh torn off is no joke. No one dares to risk their lives. Someone mentioned that Dashan’s mother-in-law had a little wolf at her house, so Li Zheng invited the person over without stopping.
Everyone's eyes fell on the little wolf in Cheng Wanwan's arms.
Xiao Hei screamed excitedly.
Li Zheng said: "Dashan Niang, let Xiao Hei lead these wolves to the mountains. We and the wolves can live in peace and not harm each other."
Cheng Wanwan's lips raised a faint smile: "The people of Dahe Village and the wild wolves in the mountains have coexisted peacefully for decades, and there has never been any conflict. I want to know why these four wild wolves are so late at night." Let’s visit Rascal Zhang’s home. Why don’t Rascal Zhang give us a good talk?”
Zhang Laiyi was held down by the wild wolf, and his fear turned into anger: "I also want to ask you why you raise wild wolves at home. Just because you raised wolf cubs and recruited all the female wolves from the mountain. Beasts are beasts. , it can really guarantee not to hurt anyone! Uncle Li Zheng, when the wolf cub leads these wolves halfway, everyone will join together and kill all these wolves..."
"Ouch..."
Xiao Hei was lying on the ground, staring at Zhang Rascal with fierce eyes.
Xiao Hei got angry, and the female wolf also roared, and the two wolves squatting at the door of the yard roared. On the mountains in the distance, the howls of wolves could be vaguely heard, especially clearly at this night.
Granny Zhang shivered and broke down and said: "Rascal Zhang, stop chirping, let Dashan Niang get these wolves away first..."
Cheng Wanwan spread his hands: "I didn't raise these wolves, and they won't listen to anything I say. Zhang Rascal, Dagang Niang, you two should think carefully about where you offended the wild wolf."
For several nights in a row, the wild wolf came and went in a hurry, never staying too long in the village.
Even if the wild wolf really wanted to hurt someone, why didn't he go to Aunt Wang's house next door, which was closer, and why did he come so far to Zhang Lai's house?
The rogue Zhang must have done something to offend Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei complained to his family, so the female wolf came to the door with a pack of wolves.
No matter how much he thought about it, Cheng Wanwan couldn't figure out where exactly Zhang Laitai offended Xiao Hei.
"Li Zheng, do it!" Zhang Laihai said angrily, "The whole village will come together, I don't believe we can't deal with these four wolves!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the she-wolf raised her claws and grabbed them hard. There was a blood mark on the back of Zhang Lailai's neck. The blood mark was very deep and the blood dripped down drop by drop.
He was extremely arrogant just now, but after being caught once, he let out a scream, and his whole body suddenly became depressed. Then the smell of urine emitted from the yard - Zhang Rascal was so frightened that he peed.
Li Zheng's face was full of anxiety. Although he looked down on Zhang Rascal, he was still from the same village. As Li Zheng, he had the responsibility and obligation to protect every villager.
He looked at Cheng Wanwan.
Cheng Wanwan shook his head calmly: "Uncle Li Zheng, wolves hold grudges. There are at least a hundred wild wolves on the mountain. After killing these four, who will deal with the remaining hundred or so. The wild wolves came to the door late at night, and they also I didn’t bite Zhang Rascal to death, which is obviously to get an explanation. As long as Zhang Rascal admits his mistake, the wild wolf will leave on its own.”
Zhang Laihai didn't dare to move. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and cursed angrily: "Smelly bitch, it's all you, you're the one who caused this!"
Mrs. Zhang was scolded, and she suddenly remembered what she had done. Early this morning, she secretly took away three pheasants and a hare in front of Wanwan's house. She always thought it was Zhao Orion who secretly placed them at Dashan's house. The one at the door, judging from this, was not Zhao Orion at all, but was brought to him after being bitten to death by a wild wolf.
Yesterday, someone in the village said that Cheng Wanwan's family had raised wolf cubs, and that the female wolf on the mountain brought food to their family. When she heard this, she didn't believe it at all.
She ate the pheasant happily, but she never thought that a wild wolf would come to collect debts.
"I, I took three pheasants and a hare in front of Dashan's house in the morning. The pheasant ate one, and the rest was hanging on the beam of my house..." Mrs. Zhang said tremblingly, "Dagang, you Get your stuff out quickly."
Zhang Dagang carefully walked into the yard, and then into the main room. There were younger brothers, sisters, and a cousin in the room, all trembling and hugging each other.
He went to the back room to take out the game hanging on the beam. A wolf pounced on it and immediately picked up the prey and brought it to Cheng Wanwan.
The things were obtained, but the wild wolves had no intention of retreating.
Cheng Wanwan sneered.
Taking it without asking is stealing. Mrs. Zhang is more hateful than she imagined.
If wild wolves hadn't come to her door, four of the game that originally belonged to her family would have been stolen inexplicably.
If you steal a pheasant today, what unlimited things will you do in the future?
She said: "Should the pheasant that was eaten also need to be replaced?"
Mrs. Zhang took a deep breath and said, "I've eaten everything. How can I pay for it?"
She regretted it so much. If she had known better, she would have stewed all these things in one meal. After eating them, the wild wolf would not be able to smell them and there would be no way to find them.
Cheng Wanwan said softly: "Chickens in Ping'an Town cost about thirty or forty cents per catty. Even if a pheasant only weighs two catties, it should cost at least sixty or seventy cents?"
Mrs. Zhang glared: "This is a pheasant caught by a wild wolf. Why should I pay you compensation? Uncle Li Zheng, is there any way to do this?"
Li Zheng waved his hand: "In that case, let's all leave. We made a lot of noise here in the middle of the night and didn't cooperate to solve the problem..."
"Can't I compensate you?"
Granny Zhang was in great pain, and she would never bear to spend sixty cents on meat. But she had eaten the pheasant and couldn't spit it out. She had no other option but to pay for it, and she was afraid that it would not happen. It's clear that the wild wolf is thinking about it.
She called to her niece: "Xiuhong, go to my room and get sixty cents."
After a while, a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old came out of the house. Under the moonlight and firelight, she showed a round and white face. The girl handed the copper plate in her hand to Zhang Dagang, turned around and went back into the house.
Zhang Dagang counted out sixty coins and handed it to Cheng Wanwan.
Mrs. Zhang's heart was bleeding. Her total belongings only amounted to more than 200 yuan, so much was lost all of a sudden...
Cheng Wanwan looked at the little wolf cub and said, "Xiao Hei, tell your mother that it's getting late, so go back and rest early."
"Ouch...Ouch——"
Xiao Hei yelled a few times.
The two wolves immediately let go of Zhang Lailai and Mrs. Zhang, walked towards Xiao Hei, and licked Xiao Hei all over with their tongues. Big Hei also came over and barked.
As soon as Zhang was free, he got up from the ground. He turned around and picked up a hoe in the yard and swung it at the she-wolf.
"Ouch——"
A wolf that was guarding outside the courtyard jumped up from the courtyard wall and slapped Zhang Baaiwan on the back of the head with his paw.
