Lucky husband

The atmosphere in the main room was relatively relaxed because Jiang Zhiyun covered Li Mingkang's ears from the beginning, and Li Mingkang was not woken up, let alone cried.

Li Mingyue was protected by the adults in the family, and when there were no children crying at home, she was not frightened and cried like Li Mingjin Mengliu.

And Li Mingjin had already experienced once in a dream that he was not so afraid, and he was still in the mood to watch his brother sleep.

Since the children in the family are very sensible and quiet, and the courtyard walls and the house are strong, Li Chengzhi was even in the mood to weigh two bone-chopping knives after he closed the door of the main house.

Looking at the thick back and sharp blade, Li Chengzhi asked, "Mother, when did you buy these two bone-chopping knives?"

"I just realized that there might be a drought this year, so I asked your third brother to quietly buy two for self-defense. I didn't expect to really use it." After explaining briefly, Mrs. Li told her son, daughter-in-law and children "By the way, Boss, Xiuhe, Yunniang, Yueyatou and Brother Jin, none of you can tell that you have these two knives at home, do you know?"

Now that there are wolves in the village, those who don't have any knives at home must be very panicked at this time. If the news about their own two bone-chopping knives gets out, people will definitely come to borrow knives for help without even thinking about it.

With two sharp bone chopping knives glowing white under the oil lamp, the adults in the family feel at ease. It happens that everyone has slept for a long time in the afternoon and is not sleepy now. Sitting in the main room and listening to Mrs. Li say Life experience, chatting about family affairs, paying attention to the movement outside, time passed slowly.

I waited until the sky was slightly white, the barking of the dogs gradually calmed down, and I didn't hear any more wolves barking outside. I guessed that the wolves had gone back to the mountains.

At this time, no one dared to relax completely. It was not until the sky was bright and there was no sound outside that Mrs. Li put away the two bone-chopping knives and asked Jiang Zhiyun and Bai Xiuhe to take the children to sleep. Holding a kitchen knife and an ax to guard the yard, Li Chengzhi went out alone with two hatchets to inquire about news.

This was because the wolves had to go back to the mountains during the day, which was relatively safe, so Mrs. Li dared to let Li Chengzhi go out.

When Li Chengzhi opened the gate of Li's courtyard, Li Chengli next door also opened the gate, followed by his two daughters.

The two girls looked at Li Chengzhi: "Uncle!"

Li Chengli looked at his elder brother: "Brother, are you also planning to visit the village?"

"Well, girl Chun, girl Xia." Li Chengzhi nodded. He looked at the two nieces and said disapprovingly, "Second brother, you can just come out and do what you want with the two children."

Li Chengli said with some embarrassment: "No, the girl is in the back room with Mingcai, and the two girls were afraid when I went out, so I said to send them to the mother, and let the mother look after it."

Li Chengli spoke vaguely, but Li Chengzhi knew which room was in the back room. He also knew Qian Xinghua, the second younger sibling, and probably guessed why she did that, so he nodded clearly: "Chun girl, Xia girl, you Grandma is in the yard, you go in."

After the two children entered the yard, Li Chengzhi and Li Chengli went to the village together.

The two brothers are holding the same type of hatchet, the difference is that Li Chengzhi has two, and Li Chengli has only one.

Li Chengzhi said with some emotion: "These hatchets were forged by my father when my third brother was 16 years old, and each of us had one for each of the three brothers. It has been ten years."

In fact, what Li Chengzhi was thinking at this time was the look on his father's face when his father gave his second brother the hatchet with two horizontal lines carved on it when the family was separated.

Li Chengli's mouth was stupid. Although he looked at the hatchet and thought of many things, he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.

Seeing that his words made his second brother feel a little uneasy, Li Chengzhi immediately changed the subject: "I don't know what the wolves did when they went down the mountain last night. All the dogs in the village are barking."

Speaking of this, Li Chengli thought of her mother knocking on the wall in the yard last night to remind them: "Last night, Xinghua and I were fast asleep. If mother hadn't reminded us early, we don't know when we would wake up."

"Mother is worried about you. When she heard that there was no movement from you, even if she shouted loudly that might attract wolves, she would not be relieved until she woke up both of you." Li Chengzhi helped Old Madam Li speak.

Of course, what Li Chengzhi said was true. To be honest, he didn't even think about his second brother and the others at the time. Only a mother would be worried about every son.

Li Chengzhi's words made Li Chengli feel more guilty towards Mrs. Li, and made up his mind to honor his parents more in the future, and Xinghua must be with him.

Gossiping on the road, the Li family brothers gradually reached the most populous part of the village.

The doors of every house were closed last night, and now people came out one after another like the two of them: "Brothers of the Li family, have the wolves passed over there?"

Li Chengzhi replied with a look of surprise: "Last night we heard dogs barking non-stop, but we didn't hear wolves barking. Are there wolves in the village?"

He really didn't know if a wolf had passed by, anyway, he heard the dog barking so loudly, so Li Chengzhi avoided that question to avoid being stereotyped.

Li Chengzhi's expression was equally surprised. What surprised him was that just now his elder brother was still telling him how the wolf came to the village last night, but in a blink of an eye he said he didn't know when someone asked him.

The man saw the expressions of the two brothers, and said in a low voice: "Your families live far away, maybe you didn't hear me. A pack of wolves came to the west of the village last night. I heard that the fourth house of the Bai family was raised." The chicken was all eaten."

Li's house is located in the east of Shanghe Village, with some distance between the east and the west. Generally speaking, you can't hear the movement in the west. The wolves ate the chicken. Li Chengzhi and the others really don't know. The shock this time is real. the shock.

"Are you okay?" Li Chengzhi asked in a low voice.

"It should be fine. I just went to look at it from a distance, and I only heard the aunt of the fourth room of the Bai family crying and scolding the wolves, saying that these damn beasts ate her chickens, but I didn't hear her say that someone had an accident. "

"Hey, it's lucky that the wolves are all right here. Fortunately, the dogs in our village are clever and found the wolves early and barked to remind us." Li Chengzhi said, and some wanted to raise a dog at home. .

"That's right." The man also expressed emotion, "I heard that the hounds of Zheng Orion's house were the first to bark when they noticed something was wrong last night, and then the dogs in the village made any movement."

Zheng Liehu's presence in Shanghe Village is not strong. Their family lives in the north, which is similar to that of Li's family. It is backed by the mountain and a short distance from the center of the village.

The difference is that Zheng Liehu's family doesn't have much contact with the villagers.

One of the most important reasons is that Zheng Liehu did not marry a woman, but married a brother. The background of that brother is unknown, and there is a scar on the left side of his face from the corner of his forehead to the corner of his eye. It looks quite scary.

It is said that he was rescued by Zheng Orion on the mountain, and then he married Zheng Orion. Within two years, he gave birth to a son for Zheng Orion. This brother's health is not very good. Zheng Orion invites Dr. Xing to see a doctor and take medicine for him all the year round. .

In addition to the fact that the husband in the family is not gregarious, Zheng Orion himself is also a little different. He is tall and strong, and has great strength since he was a child.

Zheng's family has no land, so they rely on Zheng's hunting and selling prey in the mountains to earn money. The family's life is not very good, and the current life is even more sad after the drought.

But when it comes to the hounds of Zheng Orion's family, everyone should give a thumbs up. The two hounds have been trained very sensible. When people approach their home, the eyes of the two dogs are enough to make people feel frightened.

"Fortunately, there are Zheng Orion and his hounds, who are alert enough." Li Chengzhi praised.

The man he met on the road talked to Li Chengzhi and the others before going back. There were wolves in the village, so he didn't dare to stay outside for too long.

After Li Chengzhi and Li Chengli separated from him, they continued to walk towards the village. They didn't go to the west to watch the excitement, but to talk to Village Chief Bai about something.

However, Village Chief Bai went to the fourth room of the Bai family to the west at this time, and Li Chengzhi and the others still had to go to the west.

The fourth room of Bai's house was in a mess at this time. The fourth wife of Bai was crying and scolding the wolves last night in the yard, saying that it was not easy to raise her chickens. Once they were eaten up by the wolves, she would She wished to beat the wolves to death, scolding her son and daughter-in-law for stopping him last night.

Village head Bai was given a headache by Fourth Mistress Bai, and he couldn't help shouting: "What's the trouble? The wolves hold grudges the most. Once you kill the wolves, the wolves will definitely come to Shanghe Village to take revenge. If something happens, who will you?" Take charge!"

Although Fourth Nai Bai is the elder of Village Chief Bai, but Village Chief Bai is a member of Dafang. He has a higher status in the clan and is the village head. He has a certain dignity. If he really got angry, he still scared Fourth Nai I dare not say anything more about killing wolves.

When Li Chengzhi and the others came over, the chicken feathers and other things in the yard had been cleaned up by the fourth daughter-in-law of the Bai family, but the smell of blood did not disappear so quickly.

Not only was the bloody smell still there, but also the hole in the dirt wall that was smashed by the wolves. Li Chengzhi glanced at it without saying anything, and pulled Li Chengli outside, waiting for Village Chief Bai to come out.

After finally comforting the fourth room of the Bai family, Village Chief Bai rubbed the bridge of his nose and walked to his house. He was frightened all night last night, fearing that someone in the village would have an accident. Fortunately, only ten chickens died, nothing serious happened, but he I am worried that the wolves will not be satisfied once they come, and they will come again for the second or third time.

Li Chengzhi stepped out and shouted, "Mr. Bai."

When Village Chief Bai saw them, he greeted them: "Brother Cheng Zhi, Brother Cheng Li, I haven't had time to ask you before, how was last night?"

"We heard dogs all over the village barking all over the village last night, and the children in the family were so scared that they couldn't sleep and cried." Li Chengzhi looked worried, "I heard that wolves came to our village today. Is our village safe?"

"I don't know." Village Chief Bai said truthfully, "The only way for now is to make everyone be careful, and don't go out when it gets dark. Some people have a small population. If you are worried, go to a house with a large population. squeeze."

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