“We’re here.”
As soon as Song Wei finished speaking, a wolf emerged from a hidden spot.
The aura of a wild wolf is completely different from that of a dog—it looks both wild and majestic.
But it’s also dangerous.
The three of them stopped and stared at the wolf for a moment.
Jiang Wenwu was both nervous and excited. A wolf, a real wolf!
Wait… why does this wolf look exactly like Song Zhiqing’s Wolf One and Wolf Two?
Jiang Wenwu was stunned for a moment, but then Lin Zhen patted his shoulder: “Let’s go, why are you standing there?”
Only then did he realize that the wolf was leading the way.
Jiang Wenwu followed the two of them with shining eyes, temporarily putting aside his earlier thoughts.
Then he saw their brigade’s dog.
The dog wagged its tail, fawningly rubbing against the wolf, and when it saw them, it happily ran over.
After a night, it seemed the wolf and the dog had gotten along quite well.
“Meow~”
Jiang Wenwu patted the dog’s head, a bit disgusted by the blood all over its mouth.
At that moment, a cat’s meow came from above.
They looked up and saw a tabby cat lying on a tree, a dead sparrow in its mouth, its tail swaying leisurely as it slowly plucked the sparrow’s feathers.
“Big Tabby!”
He was quite familiar with this cat, as it belonged to their next-door neighbor. It was a wild one, and an expert at catching mice in the village.
The tabby cat glanced at the people below and continued eating its sparrow.
They continued walking, and finally, Jiang Wenwu saw the wolf pack he had been longing to see, as well as the blind bear Uncle Dayou had mentioned.
By now, only half of the bear’s meat remained uneaten.
Both the wolves and dogs present had round, full bellies.
It seemed that whenever they had time and were hungry, they would come over to gnaw on the bear meat.
But this bear was too big.
After a night, and with the current hot weather, even in the forest, the remaining bear carcass had started to smell.
But the wolves, dogs, and even the cats didn’t mind. As long as it wasn’t completely rotten, it was still edible.
Jiang Wenwu was so excited that if it weren’t for the wolves lying nearby, he would have gone over for a closer look, completely unfazed by the stench of the bear carcass.
“Brother, can we take the bear’s teeth with us when we leave? Those teeth are huge!”
Lin Zhen: “Sure, we can take them now.”
Seeing them arrive, Wolf One and Wolf Two eagerly trotted over.
Jiang Wenwu looked at the two wolf pups, then at the wolf pack, and asked the question he had been wondering about.
“Wolf One and Wolf Two don’t look any different from real wolves.”
Weren’t they supposed to be wolf-dogs? Why don’t they look like dogs at all?
Song Wei: “They are wolves.”
Jiang Wenwu had never seen a wolf before and had genuinely thought Wolf One and Wolf Two were wolf-dogs.
But the brigade leader had seen them before and had guessed they were wolves when they were still very young, though he hadn’t said anything.
Both Lin Zhen and Song Wei trusted the brigade leader’s family, so they hadn’t hidden the truth.
“Ah? Real wolves?!”
Song Wei nodded: “When I found them, their mother was already dead. If they had stayed in the mountains, they would have died too, so I brought them back.”
Unexpectedly, when the two wolves grew up, they brought her such a big surprise—not only were they the alpha wolf’s children, but they could also lead the village dogs into the mountains to hunt.
Jiang Wenwu: ………
So he had already seen real wolves.
Under the guidance of Song Wei and Lin Zhen, Jiang Wenwu also approached the bear.
The wolf pack just glanced up at them before continuing to lie down and rest.
Finally, the four longest and largest teeth of the bear were removed. The blood-stained teeth emitted a foul smell, but Jiang Wenwu wrapped them in leaves and didn’t mind at all.
“These teeth are huge! Once I clean them, everyone will be so envious. Brother, can I drill a hole in them and wear them around my neck? It’ll be so impressive wherever I go!”
“Up to you.”
“I’ll take a few more nice ones to give to my friends.”
After collecting the teeth, he asked Lin Zhen and Song Wei three times if they wanted any, but they declined. Jiang Wenwu happily packed all the teeth away, wrapping them carefully in several layers of leaves before placing them in his basket.
He also plucked some bear fur.
“Let’s go hunting, shall we?” Lin Zhen wiped his knife on the bear’s skin, which had been torn to shreds and was unusable. What a pity.
Jiang Wenwu’s eyes lit up, and he eagerly replied: “Let’s go!”
After checking on the wolves and dogs and seeing that they were recovering well, they left them alone.
Wolves are wild animals, and even when injured, they usually heal on their own as long as they can still eat meat.
Their ability to heal is very strong.
The dogs, full of energy, followed along. They needed to move around every day.
Even though their bellies were full, it didn’t stop them from joining the hunt.
The cats, having eaten their fill, were too lazy to move. A few of them lay lazily on the trees.
The wolf pack didn’t follow. They were wolves, not human hunting dogs. The fact that they didn’t attack because of Wolf One and Wolf Two’s connection was already somewhat against their nature, so they naturally wouldn’t cooperate in hunting.
Song Wei and the others didn’t mind and took the excited Jiang Wenwu to look for prey.
Having come to the mountains so many times, Song Wei and Lin Zhen not only knew how to track prey based on the surrounding signs but also knew where to find them.
“Shh… there’s a group of pheasants over there. Keep your voice down.”
Lin Zhen pressed Jiang Wenwu down with one hand, hiding in a concealed spot and pointing to the group of pheasants behind the bushes.
Jiang Wenwu’s eyes widened when he saw them.
It really was a group—there were more than a dozen male pheasants, not to mention the nesting females.
Under the leadership of Wolf One and Wolf Two, the dogs quickly spread out in different directions, silently surrounding the entire pheasant group.
Then Wolf One was the first to charge out, and the other dogs, as if receiving a signal, also rushed forward.
“Let’s go.”
Chaos ensued as the nesting hens abandoned their eggs and flapped their wings to escape.
Jiang Wenwu, lacking the agility of Song Wei and Lin Zhen, focused on the pheasant closest to him. He took off his jacket, spread it out, and pounced.
“I caught one! I caught a pheasant!”
The pheasant struggled desperately under him, but Jiang Wenwu held it down, not daring to let go. Excitement, thrill, and all sorts of emotions surged through him—this feeling was truly addictive.
Especially when he saw Song Wei throwing stones at the pheasants flying high, causing them to fall quickly, he couldn’t help but admire her. If only he had that kind of skill.
In the end, they caught seventeen pheasants and collected over thirty intact pheasant eggs.
“Let’s take them back. If any of the eggs can hatch, we’ll put them under the brooding hens at home. If not, we’ll eat them.”
They carefully placed the pheasant eggs in a cloth bag, stuffing it with soft leaves to prevent them from breaking.
It was a fruitful day, but they weren’t done yet.
Next, they went after wild rabbits, and finally, following some tracks, they found wild boars.
Now, this was worth it—wild boars had a lot of meat, making them a worthwhile catch!
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