Xiao Shuang shouted to everyone: "Everyone remember to close the door when you go out, otherwise the sheep will run away and all their hard work will be in vain."
It was so hard to catch so many sheep, no one wanted to let them go.
Half an hour passed, and Pei Qiqi excitedly shouted, "Grandpa."
From a distance, one could see Cui Boxiao holding a torch, with a roe deer following closely behind him, and Uncle Pei Qishu driving the roe deer away with a stick.
"Silly roe deer, why is it here?" someone exclaimed.
Roe deer are animals without intelligence. They usually live in deep mountains and forests and are not often seen by people. Once they see people, the stupid roe deer will chase them and be caught and eaten.
So this kind of animal usually lives in places where there are almost no people.
However, everyone was very surprised that Uncle Pei actually caught one.
"Oh, there are roe deer now. Everyone can eat roe deer meat again."
"We are so lucky today. We not only have sheep, but also roe deer. We can finally change the children's winter clothes."
Animal fur is the best material for making clothes and shoes.
They used to make boots with the rabbit skins they caught. It didn’t matter how much the adults suffered, as long as the children could at least keep warm and have enough food.
Each of the six children had a pair of rabbit-skin boots, but the adults had no rabbit skin to make.
Now that I have roe deer, I can make about four pairs of boots.
"Grandpa, why did you just come back?"
Uncle Pei's wife had passed away a long time ago. Originally, the family had two sons. After he married the eldest son, his wife gave birth to a daughter. The eldest and the second son went to the county town to sell grain, and they were arrested.
The second son brought back some silver, saying it was a reward for being a soldier. Both sons were captured. The eldest daughter-in-law went to argue with them in anger, but was beaten. She died of illness a few days after returning home.
Uncle Pei could only take his granddaughter and wait for his two sons to return at the gate of the county town.
Pei Qiqi was only three years old and had two big snotty noses. People were worried that she might have rhinitis, so Liu Qiaoer cured it by giving her dandelion water to drink every day.
Now she is clean and well taken care of by everyone. The only person she cannot live without is her grandfather, Uncle Pei Qi.
Cui Boxiao held a torch and brought Uncle Pei back. As an old hunter, Uncle Pei felt a little embarrassed.
"Grandpa got lost, and went to catch this stupid roe deer. When he came back, he couldn't find the way, so he waited here. I knew that you would definitely come back to find me when you saw I didn't come back. Instead of running around without direction, I might as well wait for you."
Uncle Pei is indeed an experienced hunter.
Hunters hunt in groups because it is easy to get lost in the mountains and forests.
When a person gets lost and separated from the group, the best thing to do is to wait where he is.
Cui Boxiao was holding a torch to look for someone, and Uncle Pei saw him at a glance.
However, there would be wolves nearby at night. When Cui Boyao arrived, he could vaguely see a pack of wolves hiding in the dark and observing.
He said nothing and ran back pulling Uncle Pei. His original intention was to leave the roe deer to the wolves, as long as the people were safe.
Unexpectedly, the roe deer actually ran with them and waited for them while running.
If they were a little slower, they would become food for the wolves.
Finally, Cui Boxiao brought Uncle Pei back to the Taoist temple. Although everyone was very happy, only Liu Qiaoer noticed something strange.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Cui Boxiao pointed to Liu Qiaoer and said, "Did you see those green eyes in the woods? We are being targeted by wolves."
Liu Qiaoer didn't see it at first glance because the sky was too dark and the torches were too bright.
Cui Boxiao asked everyone to go into the Taoist temple and gave them torches. Liu Qiaoer saw this time that when they were trying to catch the wild goats, the group of wolves also targeted the group of wild goats.
It’s just that there are too many sheep in the flock, and there are too few wolves, so they have no chance to attack.
As a result, they were intercepted by Liu Qiaoer and her gang, and the group of wolves followed them secretly.
Who would have thought that Uncle Pei would fall behind in order to catch a roe deer.
The pack of wolves regarded Uncle Pei and the silly roe deer as prey and were about to take action when Cui Boxiao appeared.
This group of people stole their food time and again. The wolves could not stand it anymore and continued to follow them. When they saw them enter the Taoist temple, they stopped leaving.
Liu Qiao'er didn't seem to care: "Just follow it, but it won't dare to attack our Taoist temple."
Cui Boxiao shook his head and said, "You still don't understand. Once they target us, we will become their prey. From now on, we have to travel in groups of three or five. If there is a child or someone walking alone, they will attack and eat us."
Liu Qiaoer felt that no matter how smart a wolf was, it was still an animal, and animals would not dare to attack places where there were many people.
He didn't take Cui Boxiao's reminder to heart.
Not only Liu Qiaoer didn't take it to heart, but the villagers in the Taoist temple also didn't take it to heart.
Unexpectedly, something happened the next day.
Early the next morning, Cui Laoliu, the only butcher in the village, prepared to slaughter the roe deer.
Boiling water, lighting the fire, removing the hair and skinning, the whole process took an hour.
The yard was filled with the smell of blood. After Cui Laoliu had fetched all the water, he called three or five people to go fetch water with him. At this time, the children had all gotten up.
Watching Cui Laoliu work, among the six children, the oldest is Uncle Pei’s grandson Pei Yong, who is eight years old this year, and the youngest is Uncle Pei’s granddaughter, Pei Qiqi, who is three years old this year.
There were six children, two of them were still sleeping in the house, and four of them were squatting neatly on the side, watching Cui Laoliu slaughtering the roe deer. Fortunately, when they arrived, only the skin was left.
There was no water left, so Pei Laoliu said, "You guys stay at the door and don't let the sheep run away. Grandpa and the aunts go fetch some water. We'll eat roe deer today."
There was meat to eat again, and the children were all very greedy, but they were also very obedient.
Aunt Pei gave them a basket of cooked chestnuts and asked them to peel and eat them themselves. While eating, they guarded the door and waited for the water carrier to come back.
Just when no one was paying much attention.
Suddenly, there was an ear-piercing scream, and the four gatekeepers ran into the yard.
Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boxiao heard the scream and ran out quickly. The scene before them made them break out in cold sweats.
I saw a big gray wolf holding the youngest child, Pei Qiqi, and running quickly into the woods.
"Long Batian, hurry up and save them."
At this moment, Liu Qiaoer no longer cared about anything else and she and Cui Boxiao ran out like arrows.
Long Batian was also very fast. He caught up with the big bad wolf and chopped it down with his knife.
Soon after, Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boxiao also caught up. The big bad wolf saw that it was surrounded, so it slowly put down the child and howled towards the sky.
Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boxiao felt uneasy because they saw that they had actually been encircled by the wolves.
"Damn it! These wolves are really smart and so cunning."
Cui Boxiao calmed down and asked Liu Qiaoer for a knife: "Take the child back first, and teach him and me here."
At this time, Pei Qiqi had been picked up by Liu Qiaoer. Fortunately, she was wearing thick clothes, so although her clothes were torn and her scalp was slightly scratched, there were not many external injuries. It was just that it was unknown whether her bones were broken. The child was obviously so frightened that he couldn't even cry.
He kept sobbing but didn't dare to say a word.