Reborn in 1963: I Hunted and Stockpiled Meat During a Famine

The spearhead pierced the alpha wolf instantly, and blood splattered everywhere.

Qin Qiming continued his thrusting without stopping, stabbing again and again.

The alpha wolf's neck was tightly gripped by Qin Kang. It scratched frantically, trying to break free, but its head couldn't turn, so it couldn't bite the person attacking from behind.

Qin Qiming repeatedly thrust in and out like a machine.

With each mournful howl of the alpha wolf, its breath gradually weakened until it collapsed and became powerless.

Qin Qiming, wielding a short spear, managed to kill the enormous alpha wolf!

The wolf pack's attack suddenly slowed down. Liu Qingsong kicked away the wolf in front of him and shouted, "Fifth Brother!"

Shouting, he quickly dodged and swung his knife fiercely at the wolf that was lunging at the back of Qin Qiming's neck.

The knife plunged deep into the wolf's head, instantly splattering blood and brain matter across its gray fur.

"Qiming, help Kangzi!"

Without hesitation, Qin Qiming pounced on the wolf next to Qin Kang.

The wolf pack lost its courage after the death of its alpha wolf, and its numbers were reduced by more than half, with the remaining wolves all wounded.

Qin Qiming's sudden attack caused the wolf pack to howl mournfully and retreat, with several wolves tucking their tails between their legs and turning to flee.

Seeing this, Qin Qiming wanted to pick up the Mauser pistol that was not far away and give chase, but the village chief immediately stopped him and shook his head.

“The alpha wolf is dead, and the remaining injured mother wolf and pups will definitely not survive this winter. If we let them go, the other wolf packs in the mountains will devour them, and chasing them could easily cause problems.”

The wolves tucked their tails and fled. The village chief stepped forward with his knife and, regardless of whether the wolves were already dead, stabbed them in the neck one by one.

"Kangzi, how is it?"

"No, it's okay."

Qin Kang was pale, with large bruises on his shoulders and arms, and his cotton-padded clothes were soaked through.

Qin Qiming bent down to try to help Qin Kang up, but Qin Kang was unable to stand. He had been surrounded by wolves and had fought desperately for a long time until he was exhausted. He was injured and bleeding, his clothes were torn, and he was trembling incessantly.

Qin Qiming took off his own clothes and covered Qin Kang with them.

"Qiming, put your clothes on!"

The village chief and Liu Qingsong, having finished their work, saw Qin Qiming's actions and quickly came over.

"Look how trembling he is."

"Then don't use yours either. What will your mother do if she gets sick from the cold?"

As the village chief spoke, he took off his cotton-padded coat and covered Qin Kang with it, asking, "Can you move around?"

"It wasn't easy." Qin Kang's face was full of bitterness, and his body was trembling uncontrollably: "What bad luck, I've been brought to the brink of death."

Village chief: "If you say another word of nonsense, I'll beat you up!"

"Dad, if you're going to beat me, you'll have to wait until I've recovered a bit, otherwise you'll only be able to beat up the younger ones in the family later."

Fifth Brother: "We're a bit far from the village. If we go back now, Kangzi's health won't hold up. Is there a village nearby where we can send someone to help us?"

"Kangzi is injured. It's freezing cold here, and we can't find the wound. He can't stand the cold if he takes off his clothes."

"Go southeast for two miles, and you'll find Zhangjia Village. Niu Banxia's daughter is married there."

“Dad, that’s Zhang Bizi’s village.” Qin Kang coughed twice. “It’s no wonder you two would argue if you met. Let’s go back.”

"Don't talk nonsense. Am I the kind of person who likes to argue?"

The village chief found a tree trunk, tied it with a rope, and made a makeshift stretcher for Qin Kang to lessen his suffering.

"Dad, you'll definitely get angry when you see Zhang Bizi."

The village chief didn't respond, so Liu Qingsong came over to help.

Qin Qiming stood up, loaded everyone's guns with bullets, and then walked forward to pile the roe deer and wolf carcasses together.

No one spoke; everyone was busy with their own things.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps on snow came from afar, exceptionally clear in the silent mountain forest.

The three men immediately put down their work, picked up their guns, and surrounded Qin Kang.

Qin Qiming, who was just being taken care of, is now standing on the periphery. If he were not there, there would be a risk of trouble if danger were to occur.

"It's a person, and the leader is bald!"

Qin Qiming has excellent eyesight and hearing, especially his eyesight, which he has almost perfectly retained from his special forces training in his previous life.

"Bald?"

As the person drew closer, the village chief gradually relaxed: "It's Zhang Bizi. That bastard's nose is really sharp; he came right after smelling the scent."

Having confirmed the visitor's identity, Liu Qingsong relaxed his guard, took out his unlit pipe, and took a couple of puffs.

"Who is coming?"

From afar, a loud voice could be heard shouting.

"The people from the mixed-surname village have come to escape famine."

"Oh, the village chief of the mixed-surname village is here? What a rare guest!"

Upon arrival, the group saw a small mountain of wild game piled up nearby, and their expressions changed.

"Fifth brother, what's going on?"

"We were trapped by a pack of wolves, and we had no choice but to kill them."

The village chief tied the rope, straightened up, put his hands on his knees, and sighed, "I'm getting old. I let a few wolves escape. Otherwise, I could have caught them all."

There were a few young men next to Zhang Bizi. They looked at the wolf carcass, made some mental calculations, and were somewhat impressed.

It's truly remarkable that just a few people dared to confront a pack of wolves head-on in the mountains!

"Zhang Nose, now that you're here, grab some wild game to take back to the village. That'll give you an explanation."

"Don't talk nonsense! I don't need your charity!" Zhang Nose glared angrily. "If I want wild game, I can get it myself by going up the mountain. I don't need you to give it to me!"

"If you don't want it, don't blame me for not giving it to you."

"Second Uncle, that's Qin Kang, the eldest son of the village chief of the mixed-surname village!"

Someone pointed to the person on the ground wearing heavy clothes and whispered to Zhang Bizi.

Zhang frowned and asked loudly, "What's wrong? Has my nephew collapsed from exhaustion?"

"I got bitten and need to go back to the village to recover."

Seeing Qin Kang's grim expression, Zhang Bizi immediately stepped forward, pushed aside the village chief, squatted down, and lifted his cotton-padded coat to check.

"Do you want your eldest son to die? Do you have time to go back to the village? Is your brain blocked with shit?"

Zhang Bizi's face was gloomy, and he was wrapped tightly in his cotton-padded coat. He cursed at the village chief: "If you want to die, then die by yourself. Why drag your eldest son into your funeral? You're a real bastard! He's already like this and you still want to go back to the mixed-surname village! Old Mao, take him back to our village. Slow down. The herb gatherers are in the village. Tell them to come back and take care of him as soon as possible."

"Great!"

The two young men slung their guns over their shoulders, lifted Qin Kang on the stretcher, and ran quickly in the southeast direction.

The village chief and Zhang Zizi glared at each other, clearly disliking each other.

Qin Qiming watched the scene with amusement, finding it quite entertaining.

Despite his constant cursing, Zhang was very particular about his actions; regardless of any past grievances, he always prioritized saving lives.

They weren't mortal enemies, they just didn't get along.

Clearly, Zhang Bizi was completely under the control of the village chief.

Originally, they planned to go to Zhangjia Village, but later they pretended they couldn't go, so Zhang Bizi couldn't hold back and took Qin Kang back to Zhangjia Village.

What a cunning schemer!

Which one is this?

Zhang Bizi glanced at Qin Qiming and asked Liu Qingsong.

"My eldest sister's eldest son, Qiming."