The villager who was responsible for picking up the food ran back and forth twice before delivering all the noodles to the patrol point.

The women who came to the Qin family to help, after packing up and carrying the pots, pans, and utensils they brought from home, were about to leave when Qin Ruo stopped them.

A pot of specially cooked noodles was brought out from the kitchen and distributed to them, allowing them to take the noodles home and eat.

Everyone who came to help was given a small basin.

Although it wasn't a lot, everyone was satisfied.

The people who came to help were delighted and thanked Qin Ruo and Old Lady Qin again and again.

This year's harvest is poor, and every household does not have much food stored, so they are all counting on next year's harvest.

No matter who cooks, there is a fixed amount of food every day.

Even if it was just a porridge of brown rice and coarse flour with wild vegetables, I wouldn't dare eat it to my heart's content.

Tonight, the Qin family made noodles with white flour and added minced meat. For the villagers, it was the best food.

The reason why Qin Ruo specially left a pot for them to share was because she knew that the people who came to help all had old and young in their families.

If they were allowed to eat here, they would not be able to eat in peace.

It would be better to let them take it back and share it with their families.

Even when it was delivered to the patrol point, some people were reluctant to eat their share.

Finally, I will take it home and give it to the children and the elderly at home.

Qin Ruo was a person who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment, and this misunderstanding was caused by herself.

She had no resistance to those who took the initiative to show goodwill to her and the Qin family.

On the contrary, she accepted it quickly and responded with kindness through actions.

It was late at night and everything was quiet.

At the patrol point in Changhe Village, there was flickering fire.

The villagers and yamen runners in charge of patrolling took turns to stand guard at the designated points.

Everyone was on high alert and did not dare to slack off at all.

On a cold winter night, I warmed up instantly after drinking the noodle soup sent by the Qin family.

This long night didn't seem so hard to endure.

The villagers' views of the Qin family changed a lot overnight.

Like most villagers, Old Lady Qin did not sleep well the whole night.

Even before going to bed, she asked Qin Ruo more than once whether the wolf would come down the mountain.

Qin Ruo simply told her casually that whether to go down the mountain or not was not up to her.

But if the wolf wanted to go down the mountain, it should have done so long ago.

Old Mrs. Qin couldn't figure out what Qin Ruo meant, and now she couldn't sleep even more.

When I woke up the next day, there was a dark spot under my eyelid.

Anti-wolf control is mainly carried out at night, as the chances of wolves coming down the mountain during the day are very small.

At dawn the next day, Captain Yu left some yamen runners behind to stay in Changhe Village just in case.

He returned to the yamen and reported what happened last night.

When he entered the village again in the evening, Captain Yu brought a batch of food and went directly to the Qin family.

The batch of food that Captain Yu brought this time included oil, rice and flour.

He told Qin Ruo that it was the county magistrate's arrangement. County magistrate Jiang expressed his deep gratitude to the Qin family for their righteous act.

Life is already difficult for the people these days because of the poor harvest, and we cannot let them spend money.

Therefore, the county magistrate ordered him to return the food that the Qin family had given out yesterday.

In addition to the food returned to the Qin family, the rest was used for this defense operation.

The purpose of inviting the food to the Qin family was to ask them to help arrange food for the next few days.

At the same time, the villagers were informed that each villager participating in the patrol would receive a subsidy of 20 cents per day.

20 cents may not seem like a lot, but the villagers of Changhe Village were very happy.

Villagers who go out to find work only earn a few dozen cents a day.

Soon, more and more villagers came to see Captain Yu and signed up to join the patrol team.

The happiest person was Old Mrs. Qin, who had been in a state of ups and downs yesterday because of those dozens of kilograms of flour and meat.

Tonight, the county magistrate's compensation came back.

It is a blessing for our Qin family that such an important task is entrusted to them.

It was the county magistrate's trust in her family that Old Lady Qin called him the great magistrate.

I was convinced in my heart that this was a blessing brought by Qin Ruo.

After thinking about it, Old Lady Qin felt very proud and worked even harder.

The people who came to the Qin family to help prepare food were still the same group of people who came yesterday.

After a few days of getting along, no one felt the awkwardness they had on the first day.

Captain Yu also gave her some rice and grain, and Qin Ruo had no way to refuse, so she had to accept it.

Qin Ruo arranged this small matter entrusted to him by the government office very well.

Every day, we still prepare food for those who come to help to take home, of course, we use our own food.

The village women were embarrassed to take it at first, but knowing that Qin Ruo didn't like to be pushed around, they let go.

While being grateful, I work harder.

The county government officials and villagers stayed in Changhe Village for five days.

"Sister, are you just going to watch them work in vain every day? When will this end?"

Qin Tiaotiao looked through the space and saw everything that had happened in the past few days, and was even more anxious than Qin Ruo.

"Soon, maybe in the next two days."

Qin Ruo had thought about letting Captain Yu and his men end their meaningless surveillance as soon as possible.

It's just that the right time has not come yet.

Two days later, Qin Ruo, feeling a little guilty, went to see Captain Yu in person.

On the grounds that he was familiar with Camel Hump Mountain, he offered to lead the way personally and persuade Captain Yu to organize people to enter Camel Hump Mountain again.

She told the captain that if they continued to guard the village like this, it would have a huge impact on the lives of the villagers.

The sooner the situation is understood, the villagers will be able to resume their lives in an orderly manner as soon as possible.

Captain Yu was convinced.

The next day, under the leadership of Qin Ruo, they led their men into the camel hump again.

Wherever we went, we didn't see any wolves, let alone small wild animals like pheasants and rabbits.

The most eye-catching thing is the rows of wolf footprints and feces on the ground, winding towards the other end of the forest.

They followed the footprints forward, but they disappeared as they led deeper into the dense forest.

Captain Yu and the recruited hunters all agreed that the sudden disappearance of the wolves was due to the lack of wild game resources on Camel Mountain.

The wolves had no choice but to migrate to new territories in search of food.

As for whether he will come back, it’s hard to say.

But at least in the short term, he won't be back.

The government office is already short of staff, and it cannot just focus on Changhe Village and waste all its manpower here.

After confirming the situation, Captain Yu led his men to evacuate Changhe Village on the same day.

After the people from the yamen left, the villagers finally felt relieved.

Gradually, people resumed their normal lives and more and more people started working in the fields.

Of course, no one dares to approach Camel Hump Mountain for the time being.

There is more than just one mountain in Changhe Village. At worst, we can just walk further away.

The wolf plague was temporarily over, but the affairs of Wang Lizheng's family were once again brought into the villagers' attention.

Ever since the Wang family encountered trouble, only three women were left in the family: Mrs. Wang, Wang Laoer’s wife, and Chen.

Wang Lizheng was taken away, and the government office was slow to announce the results.

The Wang family was almost living in fear, not even daring to leave the house.

Even during those days of anti-wolf deployment, no one from the Wang family showed up.

No one expected that just two days ago, the Wang family was taken away by people from the yamen.

Also taken away were several relatives of the Wang family.

Previously, Zhu said in front of everyone and Captain Yu that Wang Lizheng had oppressed the people and committed murders.

What exactly happened was not made public.

Now that people from the Wang family are being taken away one after another, some of the Wang family’s past crimes are gradually coming to light.

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