In the following days, the wolves' footprints appeared more and more frequently, but they never entered the safe zone, so everyone relaxed their vigilance.
Sweet potatoes in the safety zone have been planted on a large scale. Wan Tao organized everyone to dig a few more cellars and the work has officially started.
Ye Fu already has five sheep. She now lives a leisurely life every day, herding sheep, growing vegetables, cutting grass to feed rabbits, and occasionally chopping pine cones.
The two camellia trees planted two years ago are already two meters high. I don’t know if I bought grafted varieties, but they bloom all year round.
The cactus brought from Lancheng has grown up, and Ye Fu transplanted it outside the courtyard.
It stands to reason that this day is at the end of autumn, but the temperature is rising higher and higher, and there is no sign of winter at all. Ye Fu frowned slightly as he looked at the days on the calendar.
She always felt that the temperature was going to break the historical record.
Ye Fu's guess was not unreasonable, because the next day, the temperature rose again by one degree.
Ye Fu was washing clothes in the yard when he vaguely heard a scream in the distance. After a while, a group of people hurried out, still holding tools in their hands.
Ye Fu guessed that the wolves were coming, but it was daytime, how could the wolves suddenly visit?
"Ye Fu, Ye Fu..." Officer Song ran over from outside the yard and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ye Fu at home.
"Where's your crossbow? Lend it to me."
"what happened?"
Officer Song looked unhappy, "Wan Tao asked those children to patrol the perimeter. Just now they saw wolves coming. The wolves came here. It turned out that they were picking up pheasants hanging on the wire fence. Those naughty children were so bold that they used stones to The wolves got angry when they were driven away, and a child was snatched away by a wolf."
Upon hearing this, Ye Fu went back to the house and took a crossbow and crossbow arrows to Officer Song, "Do you want to help?"
"No, they said there were only four wolves." Officer Song took the crossbow and left without delay.
The child who was taken away was an orphan, and the residents were unwilling to take risks, but Officer Song could not sit idly by. He took a crossbow and followed the wolf's footprints with Liu Zhang to catch up.
Ye Fu finished washing his clothes and went out to take a look around. Before the child could be rescued, Liu Zhang and Officer Song had been there for half an hour.
"It's over. It's probably the end of bad luck. Are wolves easy to mess with?"
"Is something going to happen to Brother Song and Brother Liu? They offended the wolves this time, and they won't come back for revenge, right?"
Ye Fu was not too worried. Liu Zhang and Officer Song were both very skilled, and Officer Song also held a crossbow.
On the contrary, it is a bit uncertain whether the kid who was taken away can come back in full.
Ye Fu went out and walked around, but saw no blood. The wind and sand outside the safe area were very strong. If you don't wear a veil, you can't open your eyes at all. A thinner person can't stand firmly at all, and may be swept away by the strong wind. .
After waiting for another half hour, Officer Song and the others still hadn't returned, so Ye Fu decided to go look for them.
She took out her mask and goggles and put them on, leaning on her hiking pole. She was halfway there when she heard a noise coming from the grass. She walked over cautiously and took a look. Officer Song and a child were lying in the grass. The boy had bites on his limbs. Fortunately, he was still conscious. When he saw Ye Fu, he couldn't help crying.
Officer Song hit his head on a stone and was unconscious. There was also a bite wound on his thigh and a large piece of meat was gone. The crossbow and crossbow arrows were not with him either. Ye Fu turned him over and shook him a few times. He didn't even wake up, so Ye Fu slapped him hard twice.
"Brother Song?"
Officer Song opened his eyes in a daze, "Brother Liu went to lure away the wolves in order to save us. Ye Fu, I have to save him."
"I'll help you two stop the bleeding first. If you can leave, go back to the safe area first. I'll go find Uncle Liu."
Officer Song became anxious when he heard this, "No, you didn't bring anything with you. Don't take risks. There are more than four little wolves."
"Don't worry, I have a way to deal with it. You don't have to worry about me. Go back first. He is seriously injured and cannot stay here, lest those wolves come back to kill him."
The boy was sobbing on the side and did not dare to speak. He knew that he had caused a big disaster and Ye Fu did not comfort him. Being young is not an excuse to evade responsibility. The more at this time, the more he needs to know the price of impulsiveness.
Ye Fu helped the two of them simply bandage their wounds and left immediately. She didn't know where Liu Zhang was. Grass seeds were spread three kilometers outside the safe zone. Sijiqing blocked her sight. She could only rely on her feelings.
Search blindly.
More than ten minutes later, Ye Fu saw a few drops of blood on the ground. Ye Fu was instantly alert, took out a long knife from the space, and held it tightly in his hand.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from behind, and Ye Fu felt the grass shaking. She quickly turned around, raised her long knife and struck it down. Half of the head of a wild wolf was chopped off. It was not dead yet, but fell to the ground howling and screaming.
Fu didn't give it a chance to escape, so he killed it with one knife.
It seemed that the wild wolf was hiding nearby. Ye Fu looked at the grass taller than himself and could only hold his breath and use his ears to listen to the movement around him.
Wolves are good at working together as a group to kill prey, and at this moment, Ye Fu is their prey.
There was a slight movement from behind again. They were very fast. When they pounced on them, they opened their mouths wide and their teeth were very sharp. With one bite, the person bitten would either die or be maimed.
But Ye Fu is not a vegetarian. This kind of close-range fighting is more beneficial to her. She is also very fast and never hesitates. Every time she raises the knife and drops it, blood spurts on her goggles.
Fu didn't even bother to wipe it, took out the knife and made another cut.
Ye Fu inserted the knife into the soil and gasped for air on the spot. The most important thing in fighting a wolf is speed. Once the speed drops, it will change from active to passive. Wolves are very spiritual animals. In front of them,
Don't show even a trace of timidity.
When Ye Fu killed the third wolf, Jiang Run came.
Without saying a word, Ye Fu threw a long knife to him. Jiang Run took it and began to fight alongside her.
"Have you finished picking the pine cones?"
"It's finished. "
Ye Fu pursed his lips and smiled. Jiang Run appeared. She had some time to breathe. She put the dead wolf on the ground into the space. Ye Fu took out a whistle and blew it several times, three short blasts and one long blast.
After a while, there was a lot of noise coming from all around. Ye Fu and Jiang Run looked at each other and nodded tacitly. Ye Fu took out his crossbow and shot directly at the place where the noise was coming.
Half an hour later, the last wolf fell.
Ye Fu quickly searched for Liu Zhang, but found nothing after searching for a long time.
At this time, many people came not far away. Ye Fu squinted his eyes and took a look. They were actually residents of the safe zone.
"It's Ye Fu and Jiang Run, where's Liu Zhang?"
Secretary Huang ran over limping. He broke his foot a few days ago and has been recuperating recently.
"I haven't found it yet, why are you all here?"
"Liu Zhang and the others still didn't go back, so everyone got anxious, so they all went out to look for someone. When we arrived, we met Song Chunhe and the kid. They said you went to find Liu Zhang alone."