Ancestors, I told you to seduce the villains, not to turn evil.

Zhao Hu turned around to look for Fei Huainan, but didn't see him, so he asked Li Botao.

Li Botao then remembered that he had seen Fei Huainan and Zhao Hu coming down the mountain together.

He was only concerned with Zhao Hu at the time and completely ignored Fei Huainan. He scratched his head and spoke uncertainly.

"I didn't notice, they must have gone back."

"By the way, Captain Zhao, how did you and Fei Huainan come down the mountain together?"

When Xu Manman came to find him, she said there was danger on the mountain and he had to go to rescue people. Li Botao was originally unwilling to go.

Xu Manman told him that he could go or not, but if anyone got into trouble, his job as the militia captain would be over.

Only then did Li Botao lead his brothers, armed with their tools, up the mountain.

Before even reaching the mountain, he saw Zhao Hu covered in blood. At that moment, he was so focused on Zhao Hu that he forgot about Fei Huainan's presence.

However, how did these two people get together?

Seeing Li Botao's puzzled expression, Zhao Hu couldn't reveal Fei Huainan's identity, so he could only make up an excuse.

"Fei Huainan went hunting in the mountains. I was there to check for enemy agents, but I ended up encountering several wolves fighting."

"Speaking of which, if it weren't for Fei Huainan today, I would have lost my life. I'm so grateful for his help."

Upon hearing this, Li Botao's eyes flickered, and he said to Zhao Hu, "Captain Zhao, you'd better stay away from Fei Huainan in the future."

Zhao Hu was taken aback: "Why?"

When he arrived in the village, he also discovered a problem: Fei Ge's situation seemed to be not very good.

Li Botao leaned closer to Zhao Hu and whispered something.

"Grandpa Fei Huainan is a landlord, and he also offended some people he shouldn't have in the army. Everyone is afraid of getting into trouble, so everyone keeps their distance from him."

When Fei Huainan was sent back, the rumors came back with him.

The eldest uncle of the Fei family was so frightened that he quickly severed ties with Fei Huainan, even thinking that Fei Huainan would be a cripple in the future. Taking advantage of Fei Huainan's illness, he emptied the Fei family's house.

Then there's Xu Manman, who was eyeing Fei Huainan's money, so she directly handed her daughter over to Fei Huainan to give him money.

If they don't get paid, they'll go to the leaders and make a scene, saying that Fei Huainan is bullying girls.

Li Botao's uncle, who was also the village chief of Xinghua Village, turned a blind eye and allowed these people to bully Fei Huainan.

They all believed the rumors that Fei Huainan had offended a powerful figure, so they completely ignored Fei Huainan's situation.

Zhao Hu listened in stunned silence; he had no idea there were so many twists and turns involved.

Seeing Li Botao speaking so logically, he was speechless.

This rumor is truly terrifying; I wonder who spread it.

Putting everything else aside, let's just talk about the relationship between Fei Ge and Xu Manman.

Fei Huainan was nearly beaten to death by Li Bin, but Xu Manman went to the Armed Forces Department and found their minister, which saved him.

He saw the true feelings behind those rumors; they'd spread them to such an extent.

That's really something!

Zhao Hu patted Li Botao on the shoulder, looking serious: "Botao, once you join the Armed Forces Department, you're one of us."

"Don't forget what our armed forces department exists for."

“Fei Huainan’s grandfather was a landlord, and he must have been a good landlord, otherwise he wouldn’t have joined the army. What we need to overthrow are the landlords who enslave the people, not the landlords whose status is recognized by the state.”

"By the way, what's your relationship with Li Bin?"

Upon hearing Zhao Hu's words, Li Botao broke out in a cold sweat.

He then remembered that his captain admired the captain of the Flying Eagles the most and would not allow anyone to disrespect soldiers.

When Li Bin was sent to prison, Zhao Hu clapped and cheered.

Although he had a good relationship with Li Wu, his own captain clearly disliked the Li family, and it wasn't that he couldn't bear to lose this friend.

After all, his future lay with the armed forces.

No matter how good a relationship he was with Li Wu, Li Wu couldn't get him promoted.

There was no need to weigh the pros and cons. Li Botao said decisively, "It doesn't matter. We just share the same surname."

Zhao Hu nodded in satisfaction: "It's good that it's alright. Li Bin used the law and has already been locked up. It's best to have nothing to do with people like that."

Li Botao nodded quickly.

Fei Huainan did not participate in the excitement on the other side of the brigade.

He acted like an outsider and went straight home with Xu Manman.

When Fei Huainan was taking a shower and changing clothes, Aunt Lin came over.

Xu Manman quickly went out to greet them.

Aunt Lin said with a smile, "Manman, prepare a basin. Captain Zhao has killed a few wolves, and each of our families can go to the brigade to get some wolf meat."

These days, you need ration coupons to buy meat. Farmers rarely see any meat all year round, so wolf meat is a delicacy that everyone is scrambling to get.

Xu Manman was surprised to find that her family would get a share of the wolf meat. She immediately grabbed a basin from the kitchen and followed Aunt Lin out.

On the way, everyone was talking about Zhao Hu killing the four wolves, and they all exclaimed in amazement and gave him a thumbs up.

An aunt asked Zhao Hu if he was married, saying that she had a daughter.

Xu Manman, who was listening from the side, was astonished. To marry one's daughter off based on just a story was too frivolous!

Xu Manman was truly relieved that Zhao Hu was alright.

In the dream, without Fei Huainan's involvement, Zhao Hu led seven or eight teammates up the mountain, where they encountered a pack of wolves and were attacked.

When they were found, the body had been torn to pieces beyond recognition.

Several others were directly eaten.

They looked incredibly miserable.

She had met Zhao Hu twice; he seemed like a very upright person. It would be such a pity if he really died tragically on the mountain.

Xu Manman followed along, eating melon seeds, without saying a word the whole way.

Just then, a hateful female voice came from beside him.

"Xu Manman, your family doesn't have any work points, so why should you get a share of wolf meat?"

Xu Manman turned around and was startled.

It was actually Li Meng.

She hasn't seen Li Meng since she slapped her twice and publicly severed ties with her.

Xu Manman was startled when she suddenly saw Li Meng today.

Is the haggard-looking, sallow-skinned person in front of me Li Meng, who loves beauty?

Li Meng has been having a tough time lately. She keeps sending grain from her home to the cowshed, which has angered her mother.

Li's mother locked up the grain cabinet and wouldn't let Li Meng touch the grain at all.

Every day when cooking, the amount of food was also fixed, and Li Meng received exactly what she was allotted.

There was enough grain for Li Meng to eat. Whether Li Meng ate it herself or saved it to give away, her mother didn't care.

Li Meng dreamed that someone was leaving the cowshed in a car, and that this person would later become a very powerful figure, someone who could sit with national leaders.

She also dreamed of the future, that the world would have countless opportunities, and that everyone would be able to leave this village.

They can also run a business and be their own boss.

Li Meng wanted to curry favor with the big shot in the cowshed, but she just couldn't see his face clearly.

All she knew was that there were two people.

Previously, unsure of her target, she simply sent food to everyone.

Now, her mother doesn't give her any food, and she has to eat on her own, so she can't save much food at each meal.

So she chose two elderly men who seemed most likely to be the ones with powerful connections.

There was a grandfather surnamed Zhang and a grandfather surnamed Hu.