After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

Li was also very happy. Although the pheasant was a little thin, it was still very tempting to the family who had not seen meat for more than a month.

Li really wanted to put the meat away and eat it slowly, but in this hot July, the meat would go bad in two days without a lot of salt.

It's even more uneconomical to make it into bacon. There's only one pheasant and not enough firewood to waste.

Li's wrinkled face was filled with regret. She looked at the pheasant and sighed, "You'd better eat it. It won't hurt if you eat it, but it will hurt if you eat it."

Ye Qing acted coquettishly towards Li, "Grandma, let's stew it. Add more water and some freshly dug wild vegetables."

"Okay, let's listen to Qingya and stew it at noon." Li also thought it through. They would still have to walk for a long time in the future, and they would need a good body to hold on.

Wei took the pheasant and cleaned it up quickly.

The children no longer went out to dig wild vegetables. They all gathered around the pot, watching and drooling.

"Is the milk ready? Can I drink it now?" Ye Qilang couldn't help asking three times.

"Go, go, go, go somewhere else. Don't hang around here and get in the way." Li disliked them for getting in the way.

Several people walked out, looking back every few steps. After taking two steps, they saw that Li was not looking at them, so they huddled together and looked at the pot again.

The fragrance gradually spread, and several people's noses were about to reach into the pot. If Li hadn't been keeping an eye on it, the pheasant would have been snatched away.

"dinner time."

Everyone in the Ye family stood by the pot with their bowls in hand, watching Li distribute the rice eagerly.

Li first put a few pieces of chicken and some chicken soup in several large bowls and asked Zhou and Wei to send them to her parents' home to try.

He also asked Shen to send a bowl to the Sun family. Since they were all relatives, they would share the good things when there were any at home.

After the three daughters-in-law came back, Li began to share pheasant soup with her family. There were wild vegetables and brown rice in the pheasant soup. Although there was not much chicken, the brown rice dipped in chicken soup was very chewy.

The sun was about to set, and Ye Qing followed his brothers back. As soon as he reached the entrance of the cave, he saw his uncle rushing towards him.

"Uncle, what's wrong? Did anything happen?" Ye Qing asked a little anxiously.

"Qingya, go back quickly. It's getting dark. Don't come out. I have something to ask the head of the village."

For some reason, Ye Qing's heart began to pound, as if something was about to happen.

Ye Qing handed the wild vegetables to Zhou who was picking them up, "Mom, my uncle just rushed to find the head of the village. It seems like he has something urgent to do."

Zhou's heart skipped a beat, but she pretended nothing had happened and put down the wild vegetables. "What could it be? Maybe I can ask the head of the village for help. Okay, don't go out. Rest here for a while. I'll go out and see why your brothers haven't come back yet."

Zhou walked out quickly and drove the children playing near the cave entrance back in. Zhou knew her brother's character and knew that he must have discovered something around him.

"Village head, when I went to fetch water, I found wolf footprints, and there were more than one wolf. We might be being targeted by wolves." Boss Zhou said anxiously, pulling the village head.

The head of the village immediately changed his expression. Wolves are social animals and they hold grudges. Either avoid them or kill them all.

This place is so close to the water hole, the hungry wolf may let these people go.

"Look carefully, is it a wolf? I haven't seen a wolf in many years. They usually live in deep mountains. There is no water in the mountains, so they came out to look for water."

The village head thought for a moment and then continued, "Young man from the Zhou family, what do you think we should do? We can't just sit there and wait for death."

"Uncle Lizheng, if you trust me, I will tell you. You know my family is a hunter, so we know more about this."

"Young man, just tell me, I have someone here to help you."

"Okay, Uncle Lai, I feel relieved when you say that. Please arrange for someone to pick up stones and we can block the entrance of the cave first. This will also help block the flow of water."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Boss, quickly arrange for people to pick up stones, and for women and children to collect firewood. Don't go alone." The head of the village instructed his eldest son.

Everyone in Kaoshan Village started to panic. They had heard many stories about wolves injuring people. This wolf had been hungry for who knows how long, so it was even more ferocious.

The village head's arrangement came at the right time. Everyone had a backbone and acted according to the arrangement.

Ye Qing followed a few sisters to collect firewood beside the cave. There were people coming and going here, so it was very safe.

It was dry and there were many dead trees. Soon the villagers picked up two large piles of firewood, enough to burn for one night.

The sky gradually darkened and the children were driven back into the cave. The position in the cave was also adjusted, with food, the elderly and children all in the innermost part, and the young and strong men all at the entrance of the cave to protect them in case of danger.

Ye Qing also picked up some branches suitable for making arrows and sharpened them for use.

The men in the village were carrying stones back and forth, and a few older men built a stone wall at the entrance of the cave.

In less than an hour, a stone wall blocked the entrance to the cave, leaving only the entrance and exit.

A torch was lit in the cave. Everyone had a simple dinner and smoked with mugwort. The villagers, who were already tired after a day's work, felt a little uneasy, as the threat posed by the wolves lingered in everyone's minds.

The village head urged everyone to go to bed quickly so that if there were wolves coming during the night, they would have enough energy to deal with them. He also left a few people to guard the cave entrance and observe the situation outside at any time.

In the middle of the night, everyone was awakened by the howling of wolves, and the children were so scared that they ran into the arms of their family members.

Everyone sat up, not daring to make any noise. They could clearly hear the wolves moving around at the entrance of the cave, as if they knew there was food in the cave.

The wolves roamed around the cave entrance all night, and the villagers were terrified all night. Fortunately, they found traces of the wolves in the evening, and with preparations, they were able to save everyone.

The sky was finally bright and there was no sign of wolves outside, so the village head asked a few skilled villagers to go out and take a look.

They had only taken a few steps when they saw wolves moving around near a water hole, and they were so scared that they quickly returned to the cave.

The wolves have occupied the water source and their activity range is also limited to this area.

Until the afternoon, the wolves showed no signs of leaving. The villagers became anxious. They didn't have much to eat to begin with, and within a few days, if they were not eaten by the wolves, they would starve to death.

The village head called the villagers together to discuss: "As you can see, if we don't get rid of the wolves, they won't be able to escape. We can't hide any longer. We must take the initiative to attack. All these wolves are meat."

When they heard the word "meat", everyone's fear was reduced a little and they all started discussing it excitedly.

In the end, Ye Qing's proposal was adopted. They dug a trap in front of the cave, dug it deeper, and placed spikes inside.

Everyone had all the tools in their hands, and they were reluctant to throw them away even though they were fleeing the famine. While it was still early, several young men began digging at the entrance of the cave.

More than twenty young men took turns digging back and forth, and in less than two hours, a three-meter by five-meter pit was dug.

The bottom of the pit was filled with wooden spikes and covered with picked up firewood, leaving only a small path in the middle.