Chapter Twenty-Seven: Encountering a Hungry Wolf

Yes, the wolf is neighing in front of the sheepfold, and it doesn't sound like a single one yet. In the past, I once heard Coach Hu Ren say that the wolves in the grassland have nothing to eat in winter, and it is very frightening to meet hungry wolves.

Especially the wolves, no matter how good you are, it's hard to escape!

Su Wu was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, a dark shadow in the snow in front of him rushed towards him like a sword.

He shuddered, instinctively raised his stick and hit the object, and the stick missed, but he fell into the snow with a skateboard on his feet, and the bundle of firewood and straw behind his back smashed on his body. When he remembered it, he couldn't get up for a while because the firewood and grass were too heavy and hungry.

The wolf, staring at the green forest with his eyes fixed on the bales of firewood and straw, did not move.

He was under the bundle of firewood and straw, his eyes glared at the wolf, and he did not dare to think of a way......

It seems that it is also afraid...... After all, it is a beast, and man has a mind, but he can find a way to defeat it. In that case, you have to leave yourself unfettered.

He slowly pulled his arms out of the bales of firewood and straw, his feet intertwined

Rubbing off the shoes that bind the skateboard, he grabbed the scepter with one hand. Gritting his teeth, he violently pushed away the bundle of firewood and straw, jumped to his feet and stood up, and struck it with both hands with a scepter.

When the wolf saw that it was a living creature that could be imported, he opened his jaw, and swooped down on him viciously, striking him on the head, which made it even more ferocious.

He saw it pounce on it again, swinging its scepter backwards.

He took two steps back, and when he lifted his foot and stepped back, his foot froze with the ice and snow, numb and not controlled by his own will, unable to move and afraid to move. He waved his scepter in both hands, his mind racing...... Yes, Coach Hu Ren said that wolves are afraid of fire!

Fire!Fire!I need fire!The bag on his waist contains a fire! He waved the scepter in one hand, and the head of the scepter swayed...... The wolf also looked at what it was, and did not dare to venture into it......

He took out a fire from his waist with his free hand, poured it on the side of the firewood and grass, and lit the hay with a few quick clicks. For a while, the flames grew bigger......

In the firelight, the wolf retreated step by step......

He saw it retreating, and he stood up with a cane in his hand, and hurriedly picked up the wood and grass to pull out the skateboard. The fire is getting bigger and bigger......

Finally, the wolf roared and ran away. Then, several dark shadows in front of the sheepfold followed.

How dangerous!" he let out a long sigh. The snow melted beneath his feet, and he put on his shoes and separated the unburned firewood and grass. I threw some hay into the sheepfold, cleaned up the outside, opened the door and walked into the room.

At night, it is not very dark when there is snow outside. But the room was dark, he closed the door and lay on the couch in the dark, but his stomach growled, he filled his mouth with grass seeds, chewed and pouted......

The government has not sent food. In order to find something that could satisfy his hunger, as long as it was not a stormy wind and snowy day, he was running for the lives of himself and a few sheep.

In this cold and wild place, where not even a bird could be seen, he had to ask for something to satisfy his stomach from the forest.

He had learned the lesson of the last time he had entered the forest without a mark, and now every few steps into the forest, he used his machete to cut a mark on the tree, so that he could return quickly the way he came. such

Gradually, he walked into the depths of the primeval forest.

Deep in the forests along the hillside, in some leeward gullies, evergreen pines and cypresses grow. There are pine seeds and cypress seeds on the trees, and sometimes you can really catch a mouse or a rabbit or something, and use a fishy meat and tooth sacrifice.

Living creatures in the bitter cold were rare, and most of the time he spent his stomach chewing on tree and grass seeds. In his spare time, he collects birch bark and records what he has experienced here.

On the grounds that the heavy snow was enclosed, Wei Lu not only did not send food to Su Wu, but also spread rumors that Su Wu was dead.

This rumor has reached Chang'an for the Spring Festival, and it has been February for the Spring Festival to reach the ears of Su Wu's mother. The family was afraid that the old man would not be able to withstand the blow, so they didn't dare to tell her about the old man during the festival.

When Su Wu's mother heard the news of her son's death, she recalled that there had been no news for most of the year, and she was sure that it was true. The old man was grief-stricken and bedridden.

Although Su Wu's friends often came to visit and comfort, the old man still couldn't get better.

As long as Li Ling returned to the court, he came to visit the old man. This time, when I came back after the New Year to report the situation at the border to the imperial court, I came to visit the old man, and saw Su Lin, the fifteen-year-old son of Su Wu's third brother, accompanying his grandmother.

As soon as the old man saw Li Ling, he asked with tears in his eyes: "Eldest nephew, your brother is no longer there, is this true?"

He shook the old man's skinny hand and comforted him: "Auntie, the border pass and the imperial court have not received any news from the Xiongnu officials, this is just a rumor. Don't believe this, old man! A wise man like my brother will not die!"

"But, hopefully, so be!" said Su Wu's mother in a choked voice. She thought that if her son was not alive, the family would be over! Her grandson Su Yuan was only seventeen years old, and if he did not seek advancement, he would inherit the title of the family, and he would not be able to develop it.

Su Lin, the third son of the deceased in front of him, grew up in pampering, cowardly and not tough. Su Wu's daughter-in-law, who has been pampered since she was a child, and a woman who marries in the middle of the road will not stay at home.

Just as Li Ling was comforting the old man, Su Wu's daughter-in-law, Chou'er, came in with tears in her eyes and saw Li Ling, and asked, "Brother, your brother is gone, do you know?"

"Sister-in-law, these are all rumors!" Li Ling said, "Please believe my brother!"

"There is no wind and no waves, this person has not heard from him for more than half a year, and suddenly there is no news, I am afraid, yes, it is true. ”

When Su Wu's mother heard her daughter-in-law say this, she was angry: "Daughter-in-law, you can't talk nonsense!"

Although Chou'er is named Chou'er, she is not ugly, she is still one in a hundred beautiful, she has to have a look, and she has a figure. Although she is almost thirty years old, because she has never given birth to a child, and because Su Wu is doting, she looks only about twenty years old.

She is the only baby daughter of Gongsun Ao in her thirties, and according to the folk customs of her hometown, she gave her a cheap name in order to support the child.

She burst into tears and said, "I don't want my husband to be like that, but everyone in Chang'an is saying that he, he-"

She began to cry bitterly.

"Don't cry! we have to figure out the situation!" said the old man himself

It's very sad, but I have to persuade my daughter-in-law hard.

"This house is lifeless all day, I want to go back to my parents' house!" she wiped her tears and said to her mother-in-law, "Your son is no longer here, I won't go back to my parents' house!"

Without waiting for her mother-in-law's permission, Chou'er left.

"You—you—" The old man glared angrily and was speechless.

Li Ling hurriedly stroked the old man's chest and called, "Auntie!"

Old Madam Su didn't come up in one breath, and died with her eyes staring.

Su Lin cried and shouted, "Grandma!"

Li Ling asked him to quickly tell his family to prepare for the future, and hurriedly entered the palace to report to Emperor Wu of Han. When the emperor learned of the death of Su Wu's mother, he immediately issued a holy decree and allocated two pieces of silver to let Li Ling host the funeral of Mrs. Su.