Hearing Xu Mingxuan mention the wild boar hunt at the farm, Chen Lan removed the pig nose she was wearing and asked curiously, "Brother Mingxuan, what's going on? You two are being so secretive."
Xu Mingxuan took off his pig nose and handed it to Chen Lan, then whispered back, "It's just that when the crops at the neighboring farm are almost ripe, they're always ravaged by wild boars coming down from the mountain. Their farm arranged for people to stake out for several days, and finally they got a chance and killed these two wild boars that were ruining the crops."
This time Chen Lan didn't understand. If they killed wild boars, the commune members at the farm would have meat to eat! What was there to talk about?
Unexpectedly, Xu Mingxuan continued, "Finally, when they managed to carry the wild boars back, who knows how the higher-ups found out about it. That same day, they drove over and took both wild boars away."
Chen Lan mentally stored the two pig noses into the system's warehouse, then asked disbelievingly, "Brother Mingxuan, didn't they leave one for their farm? That shouldn't be the case! Did they really take both wild boars away? And leave nothing for the farm?"
At this moment, Er Zhuang also reached out and handed his pig nose to Chen Lan, then continued, "They left one, just a boar's head that was smashed to pieces by a hoe." Sudans novels
Chen Lan was stunned after hearing Er Zhuang's words. She hadn't expected such things to happen at the farm. However, thinking about the era she was in, a time when daily necessities were relatively scarce, she felt relieved.
After Xu Mingxuan gave Chen Lan a few instructions, he and Er Zhuang went off on their sleighs towards the direction Qing Song and the others were coming from. Chen Lan followed far behind them.
When Chen Lan heard Xu Mingxuan and Er Zhuang shouting loudly, "The people coming from the front are Qing Song and Da Ye."
She immediately took out four sleds loaded with seven wild boars from the system's warehouse, as well as the wolves she had just collected, then stopped walking. She covered herself tightly and waited for them on the original path.
Qing Song and the others were arriving with two horses pulling two large sleds for grain. The people who arrived first were very surprised to see the ground covered with prey, but no one made a sound. As soon as they got out of the car, they tacitly started moving things, clearly Qing Song and Da Ye had already explained everything to them after they returned.
When Qing Song and Da Ye walked over with Er Zhuang, they saw the additional wolves on the ground and were also wide-mouthed with shock. Qing Song and Da Ye pulled Er Zhuang aside, and Da Ye stammered in a low voice, "Er Zhuang, after we left, did you three really encounter a wolf pack? Oh my god! How did you three manage to kill so many wolves and get out unharmed?"
Er Zhuang replied in a low voice with great spirit, "How did we do it? Of course, we fought for our lives! Didn't you look closely at the wounds on those wolves? Many of them were fatal at a single blow. I'll tell you two quietly, don't tell anyone else! Those were all my sister-in-law's masterpieces. How about that? Impressed? My sister-in-law is not only strong but also highly skilled in martial arts."
Er Zhuang's words stunned Qing Song and Da Ye. They smiled and gave Chen Lan a thumbs-up.
Er Zhuang continued to whisper, "I'm telling you two! Apart from the four of us, no one else can know that my sister-in-law came to our farm, understand? Otherwise, we'll all be exposed."
Qing Song replied in a low voice, "That's for sure. How could we possibly say anything about this? Isn't that like a birthday star eating poison and seeking death? We hadn't even said anything when we got back! They reported that fierce beasts had come down from the mountain and attacked the sheds at the foot of the mountain. The people living in the sheds were ravaged by the beasts. They've already reported it, saying that some of us chased them up the mountain."
Er Zhuang said, "That's good! This saves us some trouble and avoids us having to find excuses to explain things when we get back."
At this moment, Xu Mingxuan walked over and asked loudly, "Qing Song, Da Ye, have those lost educated youths from the neighboring farm been settled?"
Qing Song also replied loudly, "They've all been settled. They'll be leaving early tomorrow morning."
Xu Mingxuan hummed and said in a low voice, "Hurry up and get to work! We still need to organize people to process all these prey tonight, so as not to attract unwanted attention. We also need to arrange for a few more people to send the two largest wild boars tomorrow morning to shut some people up."
Qing Song and Da Ye chuckled and said, "Understood, we'll arrange it right away."
Chen Lan's senses were extremely sharp. Although she was quite far away, she could hear everything they were saying. As she helped move the prey, she listened to their chatter and couldn't help but find it amusing. When had she become so skilled in martial arts?
Early the next morning, around five o'clock, while the people who had been busy all night at the farm were asleep, Chen Lan left a pile of food and necessities for Xu Mingxuan and Er Zhuang. Without eating breakfast, she, along with the people from the valley, prepared to set off home against the cold morning wind.
Xu Mingxuan, who had just lain down, was about to get up to see her off. Chen Lan stopped him, saying, "Brother Mingxuan, that's unnecessary. We are educated youths from the neighboring farm. If you see us off, it might arouse suspicion."
Xu Mingxuan and Er Zhuang had stayed up all night yesterday, and today the farm still had a lot of things to deal with. So Xu Mingxuan thought about it and felt Chen Lan's words made sense. Therefore, he agreed not to see them off. He just kept instructing Chen Lan to be careful on the road and not to be careless, to be vigilant, and to pay attention to safety, especially since she was bringing a group of children.
She didn't know when the snow had stopped that morning. Chen Lan, with the group of people from the valley, set off on their sleighs. The group quickly left the farm and only slowed down after they were a considerable distance away, preparing to find a sheltered spot to have breakfast.
After they had a hasty breakfast, it was already broad daylight, so they immediately set off again. Chen Lan quickly led them to the birch forest from yesterday.
The children who arrived first stared at the prey on the ground, unable to move. Chen Lan took a closer look and was amused. She saw that the large pig leg that had been stewing in the large pot was gone, with bones scattered around the pot. A few feet away on the ground lay six or seven foxes of various sizes.
Last night, she had just casually mentioned it to Er Zhuang, and she hadn't expected to have a surprise waiting for her today. It seemed her mouth was blessed by heaven, otherwise, how could she have been so accurate.