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The two were walking along the path in the village.

I saw smoke coming from many houses, and it was getting dark, so I could barely see clearly.

"Brother Chen, do you smell anything?"

When Xu Wenyan mentioned this, Chen Sanlin sniffed the air carefully: "Hmm, it should be the smell of meat."

What kind of meat could be left now? Xu Wenyan could only shake his head again. Now he could only hope that these mice did not carry any viruses.

"Hey, Captain Xu."

Hearing someone calling him from the side, Xu Wenyan turned his head and looked over. The man looked familiar. He was walking towards them with a bowl in his hand.

"It's you." After getting closer, Xu Wenyan could see the person clearly. Wasn't this the man who caught the mouse yesterday?

Looking at the pieces of meat in the man's bowl, Xu Wenyan didn't feel it was delicious, but rather a little nauseous.

"Do you want to eat something? This mouse is edible. We ate it yesterday, so there's no problem with it." The man smiled proudly, as if he had won a bet.

"Yes, yes, Captain Xu, you just worry too much." The conversation between the two attracted the surrounding villagers.

At first, these people were really afraid to eat rats, until the man in front of them ate them yesterday without finding any problems, and then everyone started to crave them.

After all, mice are meat, and a large piece of it at that, so naturally not many people would be willing to eat them.

In response, Xu Wenyan just laughed awkwardly twice.

Without saying a few words, the two left.

When we arrived at the military tent, Boss Han was cooking: "Brother Xu, you are here. Have you eaten yet? Do you want to eat something with us?"

"I've eaten." Xu Wenyan walked over and looked at what was in the pot, which was a hodgepodge of cabbage leaves, some wild vegetables, and potatoes stewed together.

"By the way, did you find any rats in the military tent?"

Boss Han thought carefully and said, "I have to be busy patrolling during the day and have no time to pay attention. You can find Lao Luo, he already knows."

After chatting for a few more sentences, as soon as I entered the tent, I saw Luo Sanyuan sitting on the bed and moving his arms. The herbs that Xu Wenyan brought back were very effective.

It is also because Doctor Zhao knows how to prepare it that the medicine is more effective.

"Xu Wenyan, why are you here? Did you miss me?" Luo Sanyuan put down his arms in the air and slowly stood up.

"Not bad, it can even stand up on its own."

Judging from the extent of his wound recovery, he should be able to fully recover in a few days. It was originally an external injury, so he needs to rest long enough.

After understanding the situation from Luo Sanyuan, it turned out to be true.

Not only did he see them, he also caught two with Xiao Liu. If Er Mazi hadn't stopped him, they might have roasted them and eaten them.

Afterwards, Xu Wenyan went to Zheng Liwei's house again. They also saw rats in the house. Although there were not many, it was enough to show the seriousness of the matter.

After Xu Wenyan returned home, he began to think about how to get rid of these rats. Now a very convenient way is to go back to the shelter, pick more Datura, and mix it with the tender sweet potatoes that they had gnawed before.

In this way, most of the mice can be poisoned to death directly.

But there is still a problem. Most of the villagers have already determined that these rats are edible, so this simplest method no longer works.

If these villagers ate the poisoned rats, most of them would be poisoned, and Xu Wenyan would indirectly kill many people.

Xu Wenyan rubbed his hair irritably: "I am really impressed."

Chen Sanlin, who was sitting on the side, came over carefully and put his arm around Xu Wenyan's waist: "Don't think too much, let's go to the mountains to pick bracken tomorrow and relax."

Judging from the time, bracken and toon should be mature in this season. When you can't think of a solution, don't worry too much and relax appropriately.

There is always a way.

The next morning, the adults in the family carried their backpacks and went out. They needed to cover the roof in the morning. When Xu Wenyan went out these days, he saw many slabs of stone on the edge of the cliff.

These stones would be perfect to use as tiles. Xu Wenyan saw a lot of ferns while walking on the road.

Xu Wenyan was just about to peel away the grass to see what was growing inside when he saw a dark shadow jump out of the grass and knock Xu Wenyan to the ground, accompanied by the sound of a chain rubbing against the ground.

"Brother Xu, be careful!" Rong Xiaoliu, who was walking behind Xu Wenyan, shouted.

The others turned their heads and saw a wolf-like creature pressing on Xu Wenyan with its teeth bared.

This scene immediately frightened everyone. Chen Sanlin took two steps from the front of the team and was about to pick up a machete to chop the neck of the wolf-like creature when he was stopped by Xu Wenyan.

"Brother Chen, wait!"

The wolf-like creature lowered its head and rubbed it against Xu Wenyan's face, while its tail was shaking like a rattle.

Everyone then realized that this was not a wolf, but a dog that looked somewhat like a wolf, a dog tied with an iron chain.

Xu Wenyan didn't know exactly what breed it was. The dog was black and brown all over, with simple patterns. The dog breeds in ancient times were not as diverse as they are today, and they were almost all pastoral dogs.

Xu Wenyan sat up and touched the big guy's head. It seemed that a dog of this size must be one or two years old. "Good dog, you scared me to death."

Looking at the iron chain around the big dog's neck, it must have run away from a nearby village. But does anyone in Xujia Village keep dogs?

"Are you okay?" Chen Sanlin reached out and pulled Xu Wenyan up, looking at the enthusiastic dog with a vigilant look.

Seeing that the dog kept rubbing against his chest, Xu Wenyan shook his head: "I'm fine."

Then he took out the biscuits from his chest and gave one to the big dog.

The big black and brown dog carefully took the biscuit and ate it in two bites.

"I don't have much to give you. Just finish eating and leave." As if the dog understood what Xu Wenyan said, it quietly retreated to the side, wagging its tail and looking at Xu Wenyan expectantly.

Everyone continued to move forward, but Xu Wenyan still looked back.

Since childhood, Xu Wenyan felt that animals were much easier to get along with than humans. At this time, he thought of Dahuang from his previous village.

When he was a child, no one played with him, but Dahuang was the only one who didn't despise him. When he grew up, Dahuang followed him wherever he went.

When the big black and brown dog saw Xu Wenyan turning around, the smile on its face became even bigger. It followed him, wagging its tail, and kept circling around Xu Wenyan. The iron chain around its neck almost tripped Xu Wenyan several times.

"Oh, stop it, it's so annoying." Although he said it in annoyance.

But Chen Sanlin saw the smile that Xu Wenyan couldn't suppress on his face.

Xu Wenyan really likes this big dog.

While everyone was moving the stone slabs, the big dog was wandering around, occasionally diving into the grass. I thought he would catch something, but after several attempts, he always came up empty-handed.

After running for a while and getting tired, he lay down beside Xu Wenyan, looking at Xu Wenyan with his eyes wide open and his head tilted.

Xu Wen wanted to reach out to pull the chain around its neck, but the big dog seemed to be very defensive. Whenever Xu Wenyan tried to touch the chain, it would cleverly dodge.

In this regard, Xu Wenyan could only let it go.

The big dog followed everyone until they carried the stone slabs back home.

The closer it got to the village, the more sneaky it became, and it seemed hesitant to go into the village.