The young couple from the farm fights back

After noon, Zhou Chunfeng picked up his plow and went to work in the fields, just in time for the winter irrigation season. He had no cows at home, so he had to borrow an old one from his uncle Zhou Er to do the work.

Jiang Li was thinking of buying a calf in town next spring, but she was worried it wouldn't survive the winter. Earlier, Zhou Ershu had bought five acres of land from the village headman. While it was officially Zhou Ershu's land, Jiang Li had actually signed a private deed with him.

Dashuan has been very busy these days. After plowing the fields at home, he immediately went to plow the five acres of land, waiting for his elder brother and sister-in-law to take them to plant yam next year.

Thinking that their family would be able to earn money again next year, Dashuan didn't call Zhou Chunfeng when he was plowing the five acres of land, for fear that he would not do enough and be disliked by the couple. He was a very honest person.

When Zhou Chunfeng opened the gate, he saw a group of young men from the village rushing back from the fields, all with smiles on their faces and ready to fight.

Two young men were surrounded by the crowd, one in front and one behind, carrying a thick wooden stick on their shoulders, with a dead wolf's head hanging on the stick.

It was the she-wolf from last night, with her four legs tied with ropes and hung like this through wooden sticks. The cloth strips used to bandage her wounds were still there, as were the wooden sticks tied around her legs.

When Zhou Chunfeng saw this scene, his brows furrowed slightly.

In the yard, Jiang Li heard the commotion coming from outside and couldn't help but come out.

At just one glance, Jiang Li felt a pang of discomfort in his heart, as if a ball of cotton was blocking his throat. His mind couldn't help but recall the sight of the she-wolf kneeling before them last night, and Jiang Li turned back reluctantly.

At this time, the little wolf cub came out from the yard, first rubbed Jiang Li's feet, then looked up, as if recognizing the figure picked out from the crowd.

The little wolf cub immediately raised his head and howled: "Awooo~Woof~"

Jiang Li took a deep breath, half squatted down, picked up the wolf cub, rubbed its little head, and pressed it on his shoulder to prevent it from looking.

Zhou Chunfeng's face darkened and he gestured, "Go in, don't look."

"Ah."

Jiang Li turned around and went into the yard holding the little guy, while Zhou Chunfeng closed the gate from the outside.

At the same time, a few of the young men turned around and looked around, because they thought they had just heard a wolf howl. The sound was not loud and seemed a little childish. They were afraid it was the wolf cub that Song had mentioned. The thought of the wolf cub made the young men's hearts burn with excitement, thinking that the wolf cub's meat must be more delicious than that of an adult female wolf.

At this time, several older villagers passed by and saw this group of young people. They couldn't help shaking their heads.

What a bunch of greedy kids! How many people heard the wolf's howl last night? I'm afraid their village has been targeted by wolves. Today, these kids caught another one. Although it's dead, there's no turning back. The wolves really flattened their village.

In the afternoon, when Zhao came to visit with Xiaobao in her arms, she was almost frightened to the point of falling down by the little wolf cub lying at Jiang Li's feet.

Since seeing the mother wolf in the morning, little Aowu has been listless and has been lying motionless at Jiang Li's feet.

"Sister-in-law, is this the wolf cub from that day?"

Jiang Li smiled faintly at him and said, "That's right, close the door and don't let it escape."

Zhao nodded repeatedly, turned around, closed the gate, and walked over carefully with the child, not daring to get too close.

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, the little thing won't bite."

Zhao nodded again and said that it would be a lie to say that she was not afraid. Wolf cubs would not bite people when they were young, but who knows when they grow up.

Why did the sister-in-law bring the wolf cub home to raise it? It was the first time she heard of a farmer raising a wolf cub. It took great courage.

Heng'er was practicing calligraphy in the main room, Jing'er and An'er were still asleep after their nap. Jiang Li put down her needlework and teased the sleepy little treasure in Zhao's arms, who must have just woken up.

"Sister-in-law, when did you bring it back?"

Jiang Li did not hide it: "The she-wolf brought it here last night."

"What?" Zhao almost thought she had misheard, and quickly thought of the terrifying wolf howls from last night: "The wolf howling last night was the dead she-wolf that the young man from the village brought back today."

"That's right." Jiang Li nodded, took a clean tea bowl and added half a bowl of tea to Zhao.

He then looked down at the little thing at his feet. It was a smart wolf cub. It had witnessed its mother's death and had been feeling uneasy.

"But, but sister-in-law, it's too dangerous to leave it at home. The children at home are still young. What if--" Zhao kindly reminded

"It's okay. We never leave our house alone anyway. It can't hurt the child. Besides, we've raised it since it was young. Wolves understand human nature."

Seeing Jiang Li's firm stance, Zhao knew it was useless to persuade her: "Okay."

Jiang Li gestured for Zhao to drink tea and said, "Let's not go up the mountain for the next few days. The villagers have taken away two wolf carcasses in succession. The wolf pack has been assigned to watch near the mountain. Let's wait until the storm has passed before going up the mountain."

Zhao thought so too: "Okay, I'll listen to my sister-in-law."

If hunters had their own ways to deal with wolves, ordinary villagers like them would be scared to death when encountering wolves.

Zhao took a sip of her teacup, then thought of something and sighed, "I didn't expect the Song family to send the villagers to the mountains to look for those two wolves. Not only would they anger the wolves, but if the hunters who set the traps got wind of it, they'd probably blame us villagers."

Jiang Li chuckled when she heard this, "There's no need to worry about this kind of thing. Just stay away from her in the future."

"What my eldest sister-in-law said was that my sister-in-law didn't expect her to come that day, so she blamed me for not having the nerve to refuse her."

"It's okay. After a few days when the mountains are calm, we will return to Jiutouao. We should be able to find good things on this mountain in winter." Some good medicinal herbs like to grow best in winter, so there is no need to take risks and climb other mountains.

"Okay, sister-in-law." Zhao said, and then said, "By the way, sister-in-law, this morning I saw the fourth girl at the village entrance and she returned to the town."

Jiang Li sipped her hot tea and frowned slightly when she heard this: "Zhou Xingyue?"

"That's right!" Zhao continued, "Sister-in-law, you may not know this, but the Zhou family bought a carriage, and today the fourth girl left the village in their own carriage."

"My sister-in-law heard from the villagers that the fourth girl seemed to have saved a wealthy young man, and that young man gave the Zhou family a lot of money just as a thank you gift."

Jiang Li raised her brows upon hearing this, and said with a hint of teasing, "She's quite lucky. Didn't Mrs. Lin always say that her daughter has a lucky star sign? It seems to be true."

Zhao thought of what Lin had boasted to others, praising her daughter like a treasure. It was rare for a country family to love their daughter as much as Lin did, and she made many young girls and wives in the village envious.

Jiang Li didn't have time to care about the Zhou family. When she and Zhou Chunfeng were still young and independent, it was good for the two families to live in peace like they do now.

Zhao helped Xiaobao blow his nose. The temperature dropped rapidly today, so not only did the children have to wear more clothes, but the adults also had to wear two more thick layers.

Jiang Li was busy preparing clothes for the family to wear during the winter, as well as warm quilts for the kang.

"Looking at the current weather, could it be that winter has arrived early this year? This morning, my father-in-law said we'll probably see the first snow of the year in half a month."

"First snow?" Jiang Li just picked up the needle and thread and looked up in surprise.

"That's right, I think so too. Winter has come earlier this year than in previous years."

When Jiang Li heard this, he immediately thought of the hero in the book, the Second Prince. The hero should appear during the first snow of this winter.

At this critical moment, Zhou Xingyue had left the village. Could it be that the ending of the book's previous life really had a strange vision? If she remembered correctly, Zhou Xingyue had a kind nature in her previous life. Worried that the wild rabbits in the mountains wouldn't survive the winter, she went up the mountain every day to dig rabbit holes, and even brought corn kernels from home to scatter in the holes to guide the rabbits into the holes for the winter.

The day after the first snow, the kind-hearted Zhou Xingyue once again took some food and braved the severe cold to go up the mountain. She accidentally discovered the seriously injured Second Prince hiding in Jiu Tou Ao.

Now that Zhou Xingyue has been reborn, she is no longer worried about her hare, nor does she stay with the male protagonist to rescue her. Instead, she heads to the town to avoid it.

Combined with Zhou Xingyue rescuing Ouyang Xuan, the turning point of the matter lies here. In this life, Zhou Xingyue chose the imperial merchant family, the Ouyang family!

In this way, things make sense. Everything Zhou Xingyue did was probably because the ending of her previous life was not as good as she imagined.

[Puchi~, Li Xiaokui wouldn't turn a farming story into a BE, would he?!]