The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

This standoff lasted for more than an hour. It was almost dawn and everyone's feet were numb from standing.

"How long are you going to stand here?" asked my second brother-in-law Liu Husheng. His palms were sweating so much during this hour that he could hardly hold the knife.

"It should be soon. I read in a book before that wolves usually move around at night and sleep during the day," said Zhang Pingan.

"It's almost there," Grandpa Jinbao said, looking quite energetic. "These beasts are just stalling for time with us. Ping An is right. Wolves are usually active at night and sleep during the day."

"Stand behind me. I have experience in confronting wolves," Zhang Laoer said seriously as he pushed his son behind him.

If he didn't know that his son wouldn't listen to his advice and that the cave might not be safe, he really wanted his son to hide in the cave.

Grandpa Jinbao and Zhang Ping'an's predictions were correct. After more than a quarter of an hour, the three wolves began to move forward tentatively again. Liu Sanlang immediately drew his bow and aimed at them, but the three wolves were very smart. After taking two steps, they quickly changed direction and pounced towards the cave entrance.

Liu Sanlang's arrow missed.

"Take the knife," Grandpa Jinbao shouted.

Then, when the wolves pounced forward, he swiftly chopped down the wolf on the far right with his knife. These knives had been specially sharpened in the yamen before, and the blades were already quite sharp. With one cut, one of the wolf's front paws was cut off, and its abdomen was also injured. It fell to the ground and rolled over. Grandpa Jinbao did not hesitate to step forward and slashed the wolf's neck again. The wolf was completely dead.

Liu Sanlang was standing in the middle position. He was the tallest and was the culprit who shot and killed the two wolves in front in the middle of the night. Therefore, the largest wolf rushed straight towards Liu Sanlang, with its mouth wide open, its upper and lower canine teeth clearly visible, and a fishy smell came to his face.

The wolves pounced on him so fast that he had just put down his bow and arrow and had no time to draw his sword. At this moment, it was like a slow motion, watching the wolves pounce on him.

"Hurry up and use the knife!" Uncle Xu was hiding behind Liu Sanlang. When he saw the wolf rushing towards him, his eyes widened and he quickly pulled Liu Sanlang hard.

The two men narrowly avoided the attack by moving sideways, but Liu Sanlang's arm was still scratched by the wolf's claws, and a hole was torn in his cotton coat, and cotton fell out. The small piece was immediately stained red with blood, which showed how strong the wolf's claws were.

After the two men dodged, the wolf fell to the ground and immediately ran into the cave. Then the screams of women and children were heard in the cave.

Liu Sanlang reacted immediately, picked up his knife and rushed into the cave.

All this happened in a flash!

Daya and her child slept in the middle of the cave, right in the wolf's first field of vision.

When Liu Sanlang saw the wolf pouncing on his son Donkey Egg, his mind suddenly went blank. Without thinking, he rushed forward and knocked the wolf to the ground. Then he swung his fist and punched the wolf on the head with all his strength. At this time, he no longer cared about himself and didn't think about anything. He only knew that he had to beat the wolf to death. He punched the wolf more than ten times until its brains were splattered.

Daya shouted from the side: "The wolf is dead!"

Only then did he stop.

The wolf on the far left pounced towards Zhang Laoer. Zhang Laoer had encountered lone wolves several times and had some experience. He first stabbed the wolf with his long knife. Regardless of whether he hit the target or not, he immediately pulled out another hatchet from his waist to block in front of him, and then chopped forward with the hatchet. Fortunately, the hatchet hit the wolf's head, and blood splashed all over Zhang Laoer's face, and some blood also splashed on Zhang Ping'an's face.

In this way, these wolves are finally dealt with!

Zhang then emerged, looked at the cave entrance, then peered inside. She then instructed Liu Dalang, the butcher Liu's family, "Dalang, hurry up and clean up these wolves. Wolf skins are valuable treasures!"

Grandpa Jinbao wiped the long knife in his hand with straw and said, "Hurry up and pick up the pieces so we can leave. Otherwise, the bloody smell will attract snakes, insects, rats and ants."

Donkey Egg was frightened by the wolf just now, but he was born brave. After the fear passed, he was not affected at all and said excitedly: "Uncle, I will help you pick it up!"

Butcher Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead and scolded with a smile: "As expected of a descendant of our Liu family, he is quite courageous."

"That's right," Donkey Egg puffed out his chest and ran to Zhang Ping'an again: "Uncle, can you give me a weapon too? I can help you too!"

Zhang Pingan had just seen his eldest brother-in-law injured and was about to take medicine to him. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "How about this, when you can recite the Thousand Character Classic, I will reward you with a small weapon!"

"Ah?!..." Donkey Egg said disappointedly, "Can you change it to something else? Uncle, you know I'm the worst at carrying things."

"No room for negotiation," said Zhang Pingan.

After saying that, she pushed her nephew aside and took the medicine to Daya: "Sister, your brother-in-law was injured just now. Please give him the medicine."