It is cold, the wind in the middle of the night is the coldest, and it can freeze into the cracks of human bones.

The three of them put on thick cotton jackets and thin cotton jackets inside, and walked to the gate.

The wind is blowing.

"Whew-"

Hua Changnian said a spirit: "Wolf, the wolf is coming." ”

Hua Yun didn't stop, walked over and opened the gate to look into the snow.

Hua Lei stood behind her and looked into the distance.

Hua Changnian hurriedly stood over and stretched his neck: "Dad really heard it just now, let's go back quickly." Keep the gate closed, the wolf won't get in. ”

Hua Lei thought expressionlessly, do you know that what the eldest sister is afraid of is that the wolf will not come?

There was another wolf howl, and there seemed to be a sound coming from the village, and someone should have heard it calling for the family to be on guard.

Hua Yun stood carelessly, Hua Changnian was still talking about entering the house and closing the door, Hua Lei only watched silently, the eldest sister didn't seem to be afraid of anything, as if it was not worth mentioning how dangerous things were to meet her. Why? Could it really be that my grandmother is secretly teaching? So how is a crossbow made?

"Wolf, wolf, wolf."

Hua Changnian let out a low voice.

The snow reflected the starlight, and in the distance, a few black dots on the snow-white ground ran this way, rushing, and could see the outline clearly, and it was indeed a wolf.

"Wolves, really wolves... Hey? Why did you turn two more? ”

Hua Changnian wondered, why did he suddenly add two more from the south? Why does it seem that Qi Brush is coming to his own house?

Hua Lei covered his eyes, that rag is useful for dogs, and it is also so useful for wolves?

Hua Changnian hurriedly pulled the two of them to retreat into the courtyard.

Hua Yun's arm moved, missing his hand, and Hua Changnian was stunned.

Hua Lei pulled Hua Changnian and took a step back: "Dad, you forgot, the eldest sister's crossbow is very tight." ”

"But, but... That's a wolf..."

Closer, closer.

I'm about to run to the chicken with the throat cut. She could see the rough body hair, sharp teeth, pectoral muscles, and... Bloodthirsty but fragile eyes.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

A series of short arrows shot towards the wolf.

Hua Changnian's eyes blinked and closed, and the wolf who ran well suddenly ran into the snow, his head pinned in the snow, his body was still running forward, and the hard tail that he couldn't lift was thrown into the air and thrown forward.

"Woo-woo-woo-"

After struggling for a while, they all lay in the snow and couldn't move?

"This, this, this..."

Hua Lei's molars fought straight, and he still touched Hua Changnian's arm comfortably.

"The eldest sister cleaned up all the wolves."

Hua Yun put down the crossbow, it was really boring.

"That's all for tonight. Bring the wolf in. ”

Lift?

Hua Lei Hua Changnian lifted one together, and Hua Yun wrapped two tails in one hand and cleared the scene.

Back in the courtyard, the three of them didn't move at all, obviously sleeping soundly, and didn't notice anything.

Hua Changnian looked to the west, as if he could feel the tense and frightened atmosphere in the village, and then looked at the five wolves with their tails upside down, and didn't know what to say.

"Let's all go back to sleep."

It seems that he, as a father, can only urge the child to eat, drink and sleep.

Early in the morning, Wan woke up and was startled, the yard was connected with its tail, arched in a big circle, looking like a dog...

"This is a wolf?"

Hua Changnian nodded with a complicated face, what does it mean that the girl has to put in a circle? Could it be that there is any meaning in this circle that he doesn't know?

The meaning of is just someone's bad taste.

Hua Yuhua Bing was also startled, knowing that the wolf was dead, so she cautiously stepped forward on tiptoe, and stretched out her little hand to touch the wolf's hair, and quickly stopped it when she touched it.

"Dad, mother, what to do with this wolf? Do we sell it directly to the county seat, or do we clean it up ourselves first and then sell it separately? ”

You look at me, I look at you, no one can make up their minds.

Instead, Hua Lei thought about it: "If you sell it whole, you can only go to the place where you collect the mountain goods." Moreover, people must only collect it at the price of wolf skins. People peel their own nitrate, and the price can't be high. It's better for us to peel it off ourselves, we can get a few more money, and we can sell it to a clothing shop, which is more expensive. I just don't know if there is a restaurant for this wolf meat. ”

Talking about going to see the flowers.

Hua Changnian knew what he meant: "Then let me ask the shopkeeper Guo?" ”

In this way, it was decided, Wan Shi prepared breakfast, and Hua Lei surrounded her to watch the skin.

Peeled off five in a row, and Wan's side still hasn't got the food.

For breakfast, I made millet porridge, shredded radish pickles with sesame oil, and white flour buns mixed with bud rice noodles. Two boiled eggs per person.

Such a "hearty" breakfast was unimaginable before.

Helping to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Hua Lei remembered the chicken that led the wolf, and afterwards he picked it up, and asked Hua Yun if he knew that he would not use it again, and it was on the windowsill at this time, and it was frozen and hard.

"Mother, I used a chicken, I'll get it to thaw, let's stew it at night."

Wan Shi was stunned for a moment, and then responded, without asking how it was used.

What do you ask, it must have something to do with the wolf.

The village chief led people to the door, and when he entered the door, he asked, "The wolf has come to your house?" ”

Hua Yun rolled her eyes and came.

Hua Changnian hurriedly greeted him: "Yes, I tossed for half a night." ”

Talking and looking at the clouds, he won't stammer when he talks nonsense now.

The village chief anxiously asked, "Is there anything wrong at home?" ”

This time it's Hua Lei pouting, if something doesn't happen sooner, don't you shout out? I won't let you come in and there will be no abnormality in the house.

"It's okay, although it's a little more thrilling, but we finally managed to clean up the wolf."

"Huh?" A group of people were surprised: "Cleaned up the wolf?" Packed up? ”

The village chief said, "I heard a wolf howl in the middle of the night. Everyone listened with their ears pricked up, but they couldn't tell which side it was, and they didn't hear you shouting. Later, there was no movement, and I thought the wolf was gone. No, when I came out in the morning, I saw that there were wolf footprints in the south, and they came to your house. It's good that people are okay. ”

Someone asked, "What about the wolf?" ”

Hua Changnian didn't think about anything, just pointed back.

Rao is Huayun's technique is no matter how clean and neat it is, and the wolf that has been skinned is also red and ugly and scary. Wan didn't dare to go out even if he looked at it. Hua Changnian threw them all in the unshoveled snow and covered them with snow. Clean and fresh. Just wait a while and ask if anyone wants it. Someone wants it, it's naturally good, no one wants it, and then pull it back to find a snow ditch and throw it away.

A group of people looked at several long snowdrifts, and their eyes straightened.

It's a wolf! Count five head miles!

Hua Changnian couldn't understand his eyes for a while, and scratched his head: "I'll take a look at it for everyone?" ”

Naturally, no one objected.

Hua Yun saw that he was really going, helpless and angry, and walked over and said: "What is there to see about the dead wolf, otherwise there will be another wolf tonight, and the village will lead it, so that everyone can see the living one." ”

Mother, everyone retreated together, for fear that the dead wolf in the snow would come back to life and pounce on people to eat.

The village chief had a calm face: "How do you know that the wolf is coming back tonight?" ”

Hua Yun asked him: "I didn't eat, and I accompanied my life, if you were a wolf, would you stop?" ”

It was only last night that the way was explored, and the large army is still waiting. If the mountains do not thaw for a day, the beasts that eat meat will not live in peace. Besides, even if the mountains thaw, the wolves will not be able to withstand that time. The little animals were starving to death and freezing to death, and they had nothing to eat.

The village chief was not angry at this unkind remark, but nodded in agreement, didn't have the heart to look at the wolf's true face, and hurried back with people to decorate. What if the wolves come and rush into the village?

Hua Changnian and Hua Lei loaded into the car, covered it tightly, and went to the county seat with difficulty.

Hua Yun instructed behind him: "If they buy it, ask how many things they can eat." ”

Hua Chang's feet slipped, and he didn't think that he could sell these five heads.

Hua Lei responded, Hua Yun thought about it and instructed him: "If it is sold, you don't need to bring the money back, just buy it as grain and bring it back." Don't buy wheat, buy something else, change the taste. ”

Wan's resigned himself to his fate, even if the money is not in Hua Yun's hands, he can't keep it.

"By the way, let's ask Dr. Gu first, he seems to be able to use it. Tell him and send him a wolf's skin in two days. ”

Hua Changnian turned around: "That's what you told Doctor Gu that day." ”

"Doctor Gu worked hard to diagnose your father's pulse, and also gave your mother a free conditioning, can't you send a few white skins to thank you?"

Hua Changnian immediately straightened his head, what he said was not whether this was good or not, and he couldn't chat properly.

Hua Yu also joined in the fun: "Doctor Gu also gave my sister melon seeds to eat." ”

Hua Lei rolled his eyes, got it, buy melon seeds.

Hua Bing also wanted to say something, but Wan covered her mouth and hurriedly took her to the house.

"Along the way, no one shovels snow, and I don't know when I'll come back."

Hua Yun took out five wolf skins and began to deal with them, she can't do the so-called "nitrate skins" in this time and space, her method is more convenient. Strange and strange tricks, wait until the sun turns slanted, and hang under the eaves.

"Just let it dry for a few days."

The three of them looked up in worship, but they didn't see anything different.

When Hua Changnian came back, the cotton shoes of the two were already soaked, and they were covered with layers of mud.

Wan Shi hurriedly brought the cotton shoes placed on the edge of the stove for the two of them to change, and the two of them were still freezing and jumping, eager to put their hands into the stove.

It took a long time to warm up and relax, and Hua Changnian said, "It's really cold enough." The wolf sold four heads, and the shopkeeper Guo left all of them, and gave Dr. Gu his head first. Doctor Gu was startled and nagged you for a while. ”

Later, he said this to Hua Yun.

"Sold for eight taels of silver. The main reason is that the shopkeeper Guo is not sure if anyone will eat it, and the chef has never done it, so he has to practice his hands and buy it for nothing. ”

Wan Shi continued: "Eight taels, a lot." It's good if people can use it, but if they can't use it, aren't we hurting others? ”

Hua Changnian nodded: "That's what you said." ”

Hua Yun only listened and didn't speak, anyway, it was a white thing, and it could be sold for a few taels and counted as a few taels. However, wolf meat can definitely be eaten. Think about the famous stinky fart beasts back then, they can all spray incense.

It is said that the guy who stinks ten miles is a kind of fox who loves to fart. It stinks when you don't fart, let alone fart. Not a single anomaly wanted to touch it, and there was nothing to do with it, so everyone took a detour when they saw it.

Once I took on an S-class mission, I ran out of ammunition and food, and what was even worse was that I was trapped in a barren valley, except for the stones, which was a stinky fart beast. What other options do they have? I was stunned and figured out how to study the stinky fart beast into a delicacy, and of course, in the end, it succeeded, and the meat was incredibly delicious. From time to time, they would carry one on their backs and eat it. It can be regarded as their unique reserve food.

"Listening to Yun'er, I bought all the food and came back. Rice, glutinous rice, japonica rice, peanuts, walnuts, grape kernels, and jujubes, melon seeds, longan. Hua Changnian said as he took a cool breath: "It's really expensive, the price has risen." By the way, the wheat has risen again. ”

Hua Yun frowned: "Dad, what will happen if the people in the village can't eat?" ”

It won't be like the end of the world, smashing and robbing, right? Then you have to prepare yourself.

Hua Changnian was stunned for a moment: "No, every family in the village has land to plant, and the winter grain has already been prepared in autumn." Our village is accustomed to keeping a variety of sweet potatoes for the winter, that is, when the grain is eaten, there are sweet potatoes to cushion. ”

"That's good."

"If there are elderly people in the family, they will tell them like this. There was a famine that year, and I lived on sweet potatoes. I don't know who passed it on, but there are big merchants from other places who harvest sweet potatoes at high prices, and all the seeds that can be planted in the village are planted. Later, no one accepted it, and I thought it was all smashed in my hands. Who knew that there was a famine later, and no one in our village starved to death by relying on the pile of sweet potatoes, and they all came over. After that, every family always has to store more sweet potatoes in their cellars. Unexpectedly, I can use it again this year. ”

Hua Lei shook his head: "This is called 'Misfortune and fortune rely on and fortune and misfortune lurk'." ”

Hua Changnian nodded appreciatively, and sighed again: "Alas, I don't know what happens to those people in the county who don't farm?" The price of this grain has risen. ”