Reborn 73 years later, he takes his mother-in-law hunting in the mountains.

Lu Yao quickly jumped down from the tree as well.

As soon as he came down, the male wolf's howl suddenly became louder.

The wolf pack immediately accelerated.

It seems the male wolf is the leader of these wolf packs.

The alpha wolf among alpha wolves.

This is about leading the wolf pack to take revenge!

Unfortunately, it was impossible to shoot it accurately.

"withdraw!"

Following the formation arranged by Lu Yao.

Lu Yao led the way with his gun, while Ding Mei waved torches in both hands, releasing fireworks.

Imana, holding a hunting rifle, covered their retreat.

The three people form a triangle, supporting each other.

And they kept changing formations.

In a short time, they took down another six or seven wolves.

"Hurry up!"

The three quickened their pace and rushed due south.

The alpha wolves in the pack ahead had already been killed by Lu Yao, so they were relatively loose.

The three men broke through the defenses in one go.

Then Lu Yao covered the rear, allowing the two women to escape.

A journey of a few minutes felt like an eternity.

Finally, they broke out of the woods.

"You two, run!"

Lu Yao threw himself onto a rock and lay there firing shots to cover the hungry wolves that were chasing out of the forest.

Ding Mei pulled him along: "Let's go together!"

"No, these wolves will catch up in the blink of an eye. Once we run out of bullets, we're done for. You guys go first."

Lu Yao wanted to cover the two girls' escape first.

However, wolves are also intelligent.

Instead of charging head-on into the bullets, they began to flank and outflank from both sides.

Ding Mei and Imana didn't get very far before the wolf pack circled them back.

Imana has run out of bullets.

Ding Mei had also exhausted her arrows.

Back with Lu Yao, the three of them stood back to back, surrounded by dozens of wolves.

The hunters have now become prey for the wolves.

Lu Yao still had eight bullets left.

He pried open the bayonet on the gun barrel, his eyes gleaming with ferocity:

"Damn it, I guess I'll have to go all out with this little guy today!"

Looking back, Ding Mei's hand, holding the machete, was trembling uncontrollably.

Reaching out and grasping her wrist:

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought you into the mountains!"

"I came of my own volition. It's none of your business!"

Lu Yao smiled: "It's rare that you don't blame me. I'll send you out of the mountains even if it kills me!"

As Lu Yao spoke, he looked at Ding Mei's belly.

He couldn't help but sigh.

I wonder if I'll live to see Zheng Shuang born.

Unexpectedly, God gave me a second chance at life, but my life was so short.

But being able to come back and see my mom and sister makes it all worthwhile.

He reached out and ruffled Ding Mei's hair.

"I'll take you to Chuchong. Run away as soon as you have the chance, don't wait for me! When you have children in the future... remember to have them visit my grave!"

Even as he faced imminent death, he continued to spout nonsense, leaving Ding Mei utterly exasperated by his incoherent speech.

Lu Yao jumped up and stood on the rock, holding his gun. The wolves didn't dare to approach for a moment.

The wolf pack launched another attack.

Lu Yao shot and killed three more.

"what!"

As Ding Mei cried out, two wolves attacked from behind.

Ding Mei and Imana brandished their knives and slashed wildly.

They began close-quarters combat with the wolves.

Lu Yao drew his bayonet and turned to help.

The wolf pack completely surrounded them.

Although Lu Yao still had a few bullets left in his gun, it seemed that getting Ding Mei and Imana out would be even more difficult.

It seems all three of them are destined to perish in the wolf's belly!

Just now.

Two gunshots rang out in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, a frantic clatter of hooves resounded.

A group of people appeared out of nowhere.

A dozen or so fast horses galloped in.

Gunshots rang out incessantly, and the horses' hooves stirred up the snow, like gods descending from the clouds.

The wolves in the pack kept falling down.

This immediately disrupted the wolf pack's formation.

A male wolf howled in the distance.

The remaining dozens of wolves quickly retreated into the woods.

The sheer force of this group completely overwhelmed the wolf pack.

These dozen or so fast horses chased the wolf pack for a long distance before galloping back to Lu Yao and his companions, circling around them.

Imana exclaimed with great joy:

"Father!"

A man wearing a dog-skin hat and with a large beard dismounted.

He threw down his rifle and grabbed Imana in a tight embrace.

"My child, I've finally found you!"

It turns out that these people are all Imana's people.

Imana got separated from her people, but they never gave up and kept searching for her.

I heard gunshots today, that's why I came here.

It was precisely their appearance that saved these people's lives.

Although Imana and Lu Yao had only known each other for a little over two hours, they had gone through life and death together and were now friends in adversity.

He quickly pulled his father, Batu, over to see Lu Yao.

Batu and his men witnessed Lu Yao's marksmanship from a distance.

Looking at the wolf corpses scattered all over the ground, I felt a great deal of admiration.

The Oroqen people live by hunting, so they naturally revere the most powerful hunters.

Lu Yao is so young, yet he has such great skills. They feel like they've known him for a long time.

They all came over to hug Lu Yao.

And she was very grateful to him for saving Imana.

Lu Yao admired these brave men.

Batu saw some of his tribesmen trying to pick up the dead wolf from the ground, but Batu waved his hand to stop them:

"This is Brother Lu's spoils of war; the hunting techniques should be left to Brother Lu!"

Everyone gathered up the dead wolves together; there were actually more than forty of them.

Seeing that Lu Yao had no horses, he couldn't take them back at all.

Batu had everyone put the wolf on the horse's back and then sent Lu Yao home.

The moment this group entered the village, everyone in the village was shocked.

Where did Lu Yao bring back this team?

Adults and children alike came to watch.

When more than forty dead wolves were released into the Lu family's courtyard, everyone was dumbfounded.

Although they were curious, no one dared to approach and speak to them.

They didn't dare to come over until Batu and the others had said goodbye.

Lu Yao originally wanted Batu and the others to stay for dinner, but Batu said that they still had many people searching for Imana in other valleys and needed to be gathered back quickly.

When he said goodbye to Lu Yao, he specially drew a map to show Lu Yao the location of his village.

Although it's far away, I hope Lu Yao can visit me sometime in the future.

Finally, Lu Yao instructed Batu and his men to take a wolf with each of their horses back.

There are still 32 wolves left in my yard.

Batu led his men onto their horses. Imana looked back at Lu Yao, wanting to say something, but blushed and hesitated.

I followed my father as he mounted his horse and rode away.

Only then did the villagers flood into the Lu family's courtyard, chattering and asking all sorts of questions.

Ding Mei excitedly recounted to everyone how she encountered the wolf pack, how she confronted them, and how she was rescued by Batu and the others.

These people sighed with regret.

But at that moment, Li Erniu asked a question:

"Where did you get that gun, you country bumpkin?"

In her excitement, Ding Mei let slip what she had said.

It is said that Lu Yao killed wolves one by one from the tree.

Naturally, some people wanted to know where Lu Yao got his gun.

Because he returned with Batu and the others, Lu Yao didn't have time to climb a tree and hide the gun.

I brought it back and stuffed it behind a pile of straw at home.

Once the bullets are gone, it's just an empty gun.

Lu Yao laughed and said, "Don't listen to Ding Mei's nonsense. She's just flattering me. When we were killing these wolves, Batu and the others came. I borrowed their hunting rifles and fought alongside them to kill these wolves."

Turning back to Ding Mei, he whispered:

"Go home first. If you want wolves, bring a wheelbarrow and take a few back with you later."

"I'm not going back. I haven't even gotten to my archery part yet."

"You're still showing your ass, why don't you go home and change your pants?"

Ding Mei then remembered that her cotton-padded trousers had been torn by the wolf.

Terrified, he quickly covered his backside and ran home.

Next, everyone will hear Lu Yao's version of the story.

Lu Yao naturally adapted the story of the carbine.

At that moment, he sensed that someone in the crowd was giving him a strange look.

Everyone admired and looked at him with admiration and envy, but those eyes were not so friendly.

Looking up, the person quickly turned and left.

A burly figure could be seen walking away with a limp.

Is it Zhang Mazi?

Lu Yao's heart tightened as well.

Does he know that his gun and bullets are gone?

If they find out, they'll definitely suspect themselves.

Experts can tell roughly what kind of gun was used to kill these wolves just by looking at their carcasses.

It seems I need to report him sooner rather than later, otherwise having this ruthless bandit around will only make things worse.

Turning back to Jiang Guizhi and her younger sister Lu Xiaoqian, he said:

"Mom, you guys check this out. Freeze these wolves. Everyone in the village over sixty years old can get two jin for free. For the rest, one jin of cornmeal in exchange for one jin of wolf meat!"

The people outside were overjoyed when they heard this.

If you have elderly people, hurry home and have them come and collect the meat.

If there are no elderly people, go home and make cornmeal, or have some meat instead of meat for a treat.

Although wolf meat is coarse and has a fishy smell, it can be quite delicious if you rinse it with cold water and marinate it with spices and white wine.

It's still better than having no meat at all!

Lu Changyou, who lived in the backyard, didn't dare to come over and ask for wolf meat, so he sent Lu Zhangshi, who had bound feet, over instead.

Holding a basin, he said, "Little country bumpkin, Grandma and Grandpa are almost seventy years old, we want four jin!"

Lu Yao waved his hand: "There's no share for you. We'll talk about it when you've completely become kind!"

Madam Lu was immediately enraged. Without speaking to Lu Yao, she went straight to Jiang Guizhi:

"Guizhi, I am your mother-in-law. You must teach Tuwazi to respect his elders!"

Feeling embarrassed, Jiang Guizhi asked Gou Shengzi to cut off a piece of wolf meat.

But Lu Yao snatched it back.

"I only respect kind-hearted elders. Those who are always scheming against my mother and my family don't deserve my respect. Get out of the way, or you'll cut your little foot with that meat cleaver!"

When Madam Lu saw that Lu Yao really wouldn't give it to her, she could only grumble and go back to the backyard.

Even if you're unhappy, there's nothing you can do about it.

After all, even if the whole family came out, they couldn't beat Lu Yao on their own.

Besides, Lu Yao now has so many sycophants around him!

At this moment, someone else shouted:

"Well, you've really gotten yourself into trouble, kid. You're openly trading now? Who gave you permission to hunt without my permission?!"

With a shout, two people walked in.

A drunken middle-aged man, wearing a grass-green military uniform without collar insignia.

He carried a large-bellied Mauser pistol, also known as a Mauser C96, across his shoulder.

Behind him followed Ding Dahu, the production team leader.

Everyone knows this man.

He is Ge Sanwang, the militia company commander of Shuiling Commune.