Chapter 512: Everyone Grab Your Tools and Follow
Fu Yan Cheng, hearing Er Dan's words, did not delay further; he ran toward that direction while shouting, "Go quickly and notify the villagers."
Liu Chuxue also understood the gravity of the matter and said with a worried expression, "Take Zhui Feng with you."
After speaking, she pointed at Fu Yan Cheng and shouted to Zhui Feng, "Follow him."
Fu Yan Cheng also knew that with Zhui Feng's help, they would surely find the child faster: "Zhui Feng, come, lead the way ahead."
The dog acted as if it had gained spirit; after barking "wang wang" twice at Liu Chuxue, it shot forward in a flash.
Liu Chuxue could not attend to anything else; she pulled Er Dan, called out to several other children, and ran toward the village, shouting as she ran, "The wolves have come down the mountain and dragged a child away."
She was extra cautious and did not shout Ge Xiaosong's name, fearing that if they heard it was not their own child, they would not be so eager.
Her voice was already clear and loud; now using her maximum volume to shout, she called all the way to the village head's doorstep, and within moments, the villagers came out one after another holding tools.
Village Head Deng Huaiming, hearing this shouting, dared not delay any further and rushed out from the courtyard.
Seeing that Liu Chuxue was the one shouting, and that she was holding Er Dan, whose eyes were swollen, he asked, "What is going on?"
Liu Chuxue quickly and loudly explained the situation: "My partner has already gone ahead to save the person; please hurry everyone, perhaps that child Xiaosong can still be saved."
Deng Huaiming did not hesitate; he called out to the villagers and led everyone rushing toward the end of the village.
Just as they left, the Party Secretary also heard the commotion and hurried over, with quite a few villagers following behind him.
Someone spoke up, saying, "Who just shouted that the wolves came down the mountain?"
Someone saw their own child playing with Er Dan and immediately stepped forward, asking, "Did the wolf bite you?"
While asking the question, they did not forget to pull the child over and check them from head to toe.
Liu Chuxue quickly repeated the situation again; upon hearing the name Ge Xiaosong, Ge San's wife, who was behind the crowd, panicked, stepped forward, and grabbed Er Dan: "Was my Xiaosong snatched away by a wolf?"
Er Dan was already quite frightened; now, being pulled by Xiaosong's mother, he started crying again from fear.
The Party Secretary stepped forward and quickly pulled his grandson from Ge San's wife's hands into his own arms: "Liu Chuxue has already explained the situation; we will discuss whatever matters later; let us go save the person first."
At this moment, someone agreed, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, save the person first."
Ge San arrived a step late, but having heard his wife's words, he could not attend to anything else at that moment: "Trouble everyone to help me go up the mountain to save the child."
The Party Secretary also gave the order: "Quickly, everyone, grab your tools and follow."
In an instant, the woodpile beside Physician Hu's house suffered; everyone found suitable sticks from it and ran toward the back mountain with Ge San.
The parents of those few children, seeing their own children were unharmed, could not attend to comforting them; each one instructed, "You go home first."
The Party Secretary did the same; suppressing his unease, he pushed Er Dan toward Liu Chuxue: "Liu Chuxue, help me send him back."
Liu Chuxue originally wanted to persuade the Party Secretary not to follow, given his advanced age, but thinking of his position, she could only nod and agree: "Okay, Party Secretary Ye, be safe."
The Party Secretary nodded, glanced at his grandson who was still crying, lifted his leg, and chased after them.
Liu Chuxue, worried about Fu Yan Cheng, pulled Er Dan, called out to those few children, and headed toward the Party Secretary's house; before even entering the courtyard, she heard Er Dan's older brother, Liu Zhijun, shouting in the yard: "Grandma, let me go check first; my younger brother has not returned, and I am worried."
While speaking, he ran out of the main gate and almost collided with Liu Chuxue and others who were just about to enter the courtyard; seeing his own younger brother, he asked, "Where did you go?"
It was only after he finished shouting that he noticed the tear stains on his younger brother's face: "Er Dan, did you really encounter wolves?"
End of Chapter
