After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 67, Episode 0069: A Perilous Scene from the Winter Hunt

"Killing Pig Stew" is a stew eaten in rural Northeast China when pigs are slaughtered for the New Year.

It's very famous, but Lin Yuexi has never eaten it, neither in her past life nor in this one.

I heard you can put anything in it.

Unfortunately, she still can't eat. "That's enough. Any more would be too noticeable."

"Okay."

Ren Yan responded and ran out again, carrying the basket filled with cabbage and potatoes.

The three of them, Leng Xingran and Leng Xingran, walked in one after the other, as if they had just come from a refugee camp.

Lin Yuexi's expression changed slightly: "...Which of you is injured?"

With such a strong smell of blood, could these three be injured?

Leng Xingran, afraid of scaring her younger sister, quickly waved her hand and explained, "We're all fine. We're just covered in wild boar blood. Do you have any hot water? I'm about to faint from the stench."

"Yes, Ren Yan cooked two large pots."

The three of them rushed into the kitchen to get hot water.

Half an hour later, the three of them had taken a shower and changed into clean clothes. They sat in the main room as if they hadn't eaten for hundreds of years. Lin Yuexi warmed up a steamer of steamed buns, and the three of them devoured more than a dozen in just a few minutes.

They were eating the steamed buns with such gusto that Lin Yuexi was worried they would choke. "Slow down, slow down, have some soup too."

Luckily, Ren Yan made too much seaweed and egg drop soup for lunch, otherwise the three of them would have had to eat steamed buns with water.

All three of them were starving. After each of them ate five or six steamed buns, they were only half full and could eat the buns and drink the soup at the same time, while also chatting with Lin Yuexi.

Zhang Ze: "Hunting with the troops is really exciting, but it's tiring. We can't match their physical strength at all."

Xu Zhichuan chimed in, "It's fortunate that the battalion commander brought in people from the military this time, otherwise our battalion would have lost at least half of its men."

Lin Yuexi's hand holding the water glass trembled slightly. "What's going on?"

Speaking of this, it's infuriating. Zhang Ze replied in a displeased tone, "On the second night after we entered the deep mountains, we encountered a lone wolf. I don't know if the guys from the Third Brigade did it on purpose, but they completely disobeyed orders and actually killed the wolf."

Even city dwellers like them from the capital know that wolves are pack animals and extremely vengeful; if you mess with one of them, you'll be sure to face the retaliation of the entire pack!

Moreover, the former captain had given orders repeatedly, and after the troops gathered, Huo Han, the leader, also explained the precautions to take after entering the mountains, including those against wolves.

Lin Yuexi couldn't help but feel a little nervous. "And then what? You won't be surrounded by a pack of wolves, will you?"

Leng Xingran gave her a look that said, "That's not necessarily true." "We were not only surrounded by wolves, but a large pack of wolves, with seventy or eighty of them. If Brother Han and the others hadn't noticed something was wrong and rushed back to kill the wolf king, we would have had even more injured people."

It might be more than just an injury.

"Fortunately, there were quite a few troops this time, more than 400 people; they were not only numerous but also well-equipped. Although there were quite a few people who were dragging their feet, a few dozen wolves were nothing to them."

No, what's the situation with the injured person?
Lin Yuexi had this question in her mind, but she didn't ask it aloud.

She herself detests all forms of moral blackmail, so asking this question could easily lead to misunderstandings about her original intention. Leng Xingran seemed to know Lin Yuexi's question, took a sip of soup, and continued, "The ones who were injured were from the Third Brigade. They killed that lone wolf in the morning, and we were surrounded by the wolf pack that night."

“At first, we didn’t know they had killed the lone wolf from the previous night until we were surrounded by the wolf pack.”

"Here's what happened: the soldiers were walking in front of us. We said we were going with them on a winter hunt, but we were actually just there to carry the game. The soldiers would hunt the game in front, and we would carry it to the back."

The troops have found several caves where they can store their prey. They only need some men to carry the prey into the caves, while others guard them.

If everything goes smoothly, it can be said that the Red Star Brigade is the one who purely benefits from this winter hunt.

The troops provided the weapons, the soldiers did the hunting, and the Red Star Brigade only did the work of carrying and guarding the prey, yet they still took half of the spoils.

So the troops didn't stay with them; the troops were in the more dangerous, deeper mountains, in a safe rear area where the soldiers had already cleared the danger.

Of course, there are still some risks, but what hunting in the mountains is risk-free?
Moreover, they not only outnumbered each other, but they also had weapons.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.
What kind of wonderful things are you all dreaming of?
"We guessed that lone wolf was an old wolf that had been driven out of the pack. It was alone, thin and weak, and wandered out of a cave where it hid its prey."

Leng Xingran took another sip of soup, and Zhang Ze, who had already finished eating, seamlessly took over, saying, "That cave is guarded by the Third and Fourth Battalions. Before Han Ge and the others left, they kept reminding everyone that if you encounter wolves, whether it's one or several, you should hide and not show yourselves, and definitely not provoke them."

That night, everyone hid in the cave, so no one reported the incident. Unexpectedly, the four young men from the Third Brigade encountered the wolf again while patrolling the next morning. Even more unexpectedly, they killed the wolf and ate roasted meat.

Xu Zhichuan: "These four people, it's hard to say whether they were brave or not. After being surrounded by wolves, none of them asked them anything, they just left it at that."

As he spoke, a hint of lingering fear appeared on Xu Zhichuan's face. "No wonder people say wolves are clever. The wolf pack not only surrounded the cave that the Third Brigade was guarding, but all our caves were surrounded."

Lin Yuexi paused for a moment, but couldn't help but ask softly, "Is it possible that the wolf pack knows there's a lot of food in the cave you're guarding?"

The four from the Third Brigade were most likely scapegoated.

Leng Xingran and the other two nodded in agreement.

Leng Xingran: "We also think that it's not entirely the fault of those few in the Third Brigade that we were surrounded by the wolves."

Xu Zhichuan: "But we thought it was useless. Everyone felt that it was those four who caused the trouble."

Zhang Ze: "What's worse is that the four of them were unharmed, but two other people from the Third Brigade were bitten by wolves and were seriously injured. They were rushed to the commune overnight, and their condition is still unclear. I heard that one of them had his tendons bitten off, and the commune couldn't treat him, so he was sent to the county."

They were greedy for that one bite, but their greed has caused them enormous trouble.

It wasn't that others were shifting the blame onto the four of them, but rather that the two who were bitten were convinced that it was because of them that they got into trouble.

The reason is, well, it's a bit...

Zhang Zeqing cleared his throat and said in a lower voice, "Those four people are unreliable. They didn't even bother to get rid of the barbecue smell on their clothes after eating, and people could smell it when they got back."

"The people guarding the cave asked them if they had eaten meat. All four of them said no. No matter what the others thought, they didn't say anything since the others said no."

"Then it came out that they weren't cowards; they killed the lone wolf and even roasted and ate it."

Under these circumstances, it would be strange if the people guarding the same cave didn't blame the four of them.