Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

In the stillness of the night, only the occasional chirping of insects could be heard. Apart from Zhang Wenhong and a few others who were keeping watch by the lake, everyone else was already sound asleep.

Zhang Wenhong and the others were chatting around the campfire when Zhou Yu'an looked up at the twinkling stars in the sky, thinking that tomorrow would be another sunny day. Suddenly, his gaze fell on the cliff behind the lake, and he panicked.

“Look, look, isn’t there a will-o’-the-wisp over there?” Zhou Yu’an nudged Zhang Wenhong’s shoulder, urging him to look up.

When Zhang Wenhong and his team looked over, they saw green dots along the edge of the cliff, and everyone panicked.

"What should we do if there really is a ghost?"

Should we wake everyone up?

Zhang Wenhong shushed him and whispered, "Don't panic, it's a wolf."

Zhou Yu'an exclaimed in surprise, "Wolf!"

Zhang Wenhong immediately covered his mouth and said, "Don't shout, keep your voice down. Only three of them might be here to gather information. You guys go and wake up the others quietly. Be careful, I'll watch them from here."

Although Zhou Yu'an and the others were afraid, they still took action. They first went to the clan leader Zhou Dashan's place, and then went to other families to call up all the men in the family.

Zhang Wenhong observed that there was only one wolf left on the cliff, and the other two had probably gone back to report. He quickly went to report to Zhou Dashan and the others.

Zhang Wenhong looked at everyone solemnly: "Brother Zhou, Dad, we need to be prepared, the wolf pack is coming."

The villagers immediately panicked. "Should we run away?"

"What should we do? God isn't giving us a way out!"

"Wife, wife, pack your things quickly, let's run!"

Zhou Dashan shouted sternly, "What's all the chaos about? Do you think we can outrun wolves?"

"Chief, we can't just stay here and wait to die!"

"If we run away, at least we'll have a chance to survive!"

Zhou Dashan then turned to Zhang Dacheng: "Father-in-law, what do you think we should do?"

“Wolves hunt in packs and are cunning and treacherous. Once they’ve set their sights on us, they won’t give up easily. We can’t run away; there are too many of us to outrun them. We have no choice but to fight them.”

Zhang Dacheng paused for a moment and then said, "We form a circle, with the elderly and children inside. The able-bodied men take iron bars on the outermost edge, and those without weapons take their sickles, axes, kitchen knives, or the like. We focus on attacking the wolf's waist, because that's its weak point and very vulnerable."

Zhou Dashan looked at everyone and agreed. If they ran away, they would only be handing their lives to the wolves. This was the only way. He said loudly, "Everyone, listen carefully. We have no other choice but to fight the wolves to the death. If you want to leave, leave as soon as possible. We won't stop you. But if the wolves catch up with you, then you can only pray for good luck."

Zhou Dashan looked at everyone and said, "Those who stay behind, if you have weapons, go and get them. The rest of you, come with me and get some dry branches from the nearby campfire. Hurry up, everyone be quick."

Everyone immediately sprang into action, and Zhang Xixi also became anxious. These were wolves, extremely ferocious. If Xiao Jin and the others were here, they could have been of some help, but at this crucial moment, she wondered where they had gone.

What bad luck! Taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking, Zhang Xixi immediately bought three large knives and a dagger from the system. She handed one of the large knives to Zhou Yujie, and the remaining two to Zhang Dacheng. Zhang Dacheng was only slightly surprised, and without saying anything, he took the knives and left.

Zhang Xixi gave each of the two children a dagger for self-defense, then escorted them and Duanmu Yun into the circle, leaving Chen to watch over them, before walking out.

"Mom, be careful." The two children looked at Zhang Xixi worriedly.

"Don't worry, Mother will be fine."

Mrs. Chen couldn't bring herself to tell her daughter not to go. After all, in other families, the men were on the outside, while the women were on the inside. The old folks would stay inside, watching over the children and pregnant women, just looking at her with concern.

Zhang Xixi looked at Chen Shi and smiled, "Mother, don't you trust your daughter? I'm capable of protecting myself, everything's alright!"

Zhang Xixi went outside and stared intently at the cliff, wondering if there were any better weapons.

System: "Host, you can buy a gun!"

Zhang Xixi rolled her eyes. She had only seen others fire guns; she didn't know how. Whether it would be used to shoot wolves or to shoot her was anyone's guess.

"System, you think too highly of me!"

Zhang Xixi thought for a moment, remembering that Zhang Dacheng had taught her to play with crossbows from this era when she was a child. "System, I need a crossbow, a small one with 20 arrows."

"Okay, host, deduct 5 luck points!"

Zhang Xixi felt a pang of pain; it was damn expensive!

Under the arrangement of Zhang Dacheng and Zhou Dashan, the villagers were all prepared. Those with strong fighting ability stood on the outermost edge, while those with weaker abilities stood inside. As long as someone in front was injured or fell, the people behind would take their place. Everyone was armed and ready for battle.

Zhang Dacheng looked towards the edge of the cliff, where a large pack of wolves was already rushing down. He smirked and shouted, "Wolves are coming! Get ready! Remember what I said: attack the wolves' waists with all your might!"

All the young men outside were startled, but thinking of their families behind them, they gripped their weapons tighter and their eyes hardened. It was a fight to the death.

Zhang Xixi also prepared her crossbow, ready to launch a sneak attack.

One wolves after another charged down from the cliff. In the dim light, a great battle was about to break out. Zhang Dacheng and the other hunters in the village aimed their arrows at the wolves and fired.

With a howl, several of the wolves that charged down were already shot, but some continued to charge.

Zhang Xixi, inside, roughly counted that there were probably twenty or thirty wolves charging down. More wolves were still rushing down the cliff, and one wolf, which looked stronger than the others, stood on the cliff looking down at them. This must be the alpha wolf.

In the blink of an eye, the wolf was already in front of them. Following Zhang Dacheng's instructions, the villagers took their weapons and started shooting at the wolf's waist. It was almost a group of people attacking one wolf. These were only the people on the outside; the people inside didn't move but were just on guard.

However, for a moment, they were not at a disadvantage. Although the wolf's bared teeth were frightening, it was normal for it to not be able to find a place to bite when it was surrounded by several people.

The alpha wolf above also saw this situation, howled to the sky, and led all the wolves on the cliff to rush down.

Zhang Xixi hurriedly shouted, "Everyone be careful, a lot of wolves are coming!" After saying that, she aimed her crossbow at the wolf king and fired an arrow. The wolf's shadow flashed by and dodged it. Immediately afterward, Zhang Dacheng also fired an arrow, which was also dodged.

This wolf king is incredibly agile! Let's take out its underlings first. Zhang Xixi then aimed her crossbow at the other wolves and fired arrows one after another, hitting several wolves.

Before long, more than fifty wolves came down from behind and rushed in front of them. The men on the outside fought with them, while the women quickly grabbed their weapons and carefully defended themselves. Whenever a wolf appeared, they would go and finish it off with a knife.

The wolf king charged towards Zhang Dacheng and Zhang Wenhong, biting Zhang Dacheng's leg. Seeing this, Zhang Xixi rushed forward to help.