Chapter 34: Not Willing

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Li You’s outing this time could be called a harvest full of rewards.

In total, there were eight wolves, two of which were alpha wolves weighing over a hundred catties, with the rest also being around eighty or ninety catties, plus half a wild boar.

Wa Qingyun chopped down some tree branches and tied them together to make three simple "travois," placed the eight wolf carcasses separately on the branches, and they moved quite quickly along the dried-up creek.

Around the transition between the Dog and Pig hours, they returned to the mining area; Wu Nai and the others had long since slipped back to the North Shanzhai to sleep, leaving only a few night watchmen to patrol.

They came over from the West Pit, making a lot of noise, and soon some patrolling bandits ran over holding blades.

Seeing that it was Li You covered in blood, they were startled, but immediately upon seeing Wa, Liu, and a group of children, they relaxed; once they saw the many wolf carcasses being dragged, they instantly went into an uproar.

"Wa Qingyun, you filthy wretch, where did you scavenge so many wolf carcasses?" Huang Mao was shocked and couldn't help but swallow his saliva as he spoke.

"Don't tell me you lot slaughtered them?"

"My dear mother, did you poke a wolf den? We’re in for a treat tonight!"

As they spoke, the crowd had already taken the rattan ropes from their hands and helped drag them toward the wooden shed.

Wa Qingyun and Liu Longjin both chuckled without saying a word, merely signaling them to pull toward the stone pits where the miners slept; passing the wooden shed, they had Yu Zhengchun call for Qian Chengzhi and his apprentice, Crippled Liu, as well as Le Baofu and the Guan Baoning brothers, while Heiliuzi also scampered off to call for the Wang and Xing women.

Soon, the miners who had just lain down all stood up, and seeing the wolf carcasses being dragged in, they were instantly struck with horror; even Li Qinxiang and Guan Hongxin were startled—a full eight carcasses, and it looked like two of them were alpha wolves.

"My god, so many! How much meat can we eat from this!" Gao Conglong thought of eating meat in an instant; he had recently been starved so thin he had lost a whole circle of weight.

That large group of people from the Dang family, hearing about eating meat, had their iron chains clanking as they also rushed over.

In an instant, the place was packed solid; some miners, taking advantage of the darkness, directly tore at the meat of the two wolves Li You had hacked into four pieces, secretly stuffing the raw meat into their mouths in the pitch black.

For a time, the noise was constant, and at this moment, the horse-stable keeper Wang Qiong, who had come with Wu Nai, finally ran over.

Unclear of the situation, he drew the single-edged blade from his hand, held up a torch, and roared from afar: "What is it? Is this a rebellion?"

There were three people behind him, and the crowd suddenly quieted down.

When he reached the front and saw so many wolf carcasses, he asked Li You in surprise: "Mr. Li, what is going on here? You came back from the West Slope? You killed these?"

"Yes!" Li You nodded with a smile.

Wang Qiong looked at the wolf blood all over his clothes, unable to believe it, yet he could not help but believe it; for a moment, he actually did not know what to say.

The slaves and bandits on the side were already impatient.

Gao Conglong, Li Qinxiang, and Guan Hongxin also looked at each other; it was obvious they didn't believe it at all, and even Wu Dading had a look of hesitation—Li You’s martial arts were excellent, but the problem was that his nature was timid and cautious, and he never did anything risky; what happened today? Wiping out an entire wolf pack?

"Brother Wang, is Chief Wu here?" Li You said to Wang Qiong.

"No, Brother Naizi felt it wasn't comfortable to sleep here, so he went back to the North Shanzhai!" Wang Qiong was only twenty-one, and Wu Nai was three years his senior.

Li You felt it was a pity; this Wu Nai was the biological nephew of Wu Zhuge, and although he was wicked beyond redemption, at the moment, there was truly a need to socialize with him.

"Alright, then call all the brothers over; we’ll have a good meal tonight!"

"Really... this... it’s just not right, isn't it? We still have night watch duties?" Wang Qiong swallowed his saliva, hesitating somewhat.

"Night watch? What night watch? We’ve brought the wolf meat to the miners, we’re all eating meat together, who would run?" Li You said with a smile.

Once these words were out, the miners and salt slaves were instantly excited; many knelt down, shouting grateful words like "Mr. Li is kind-hearted, a great benefactor, a living immortal."