Chapter 242: The Wolf Pack Enters the Village

After breakfast, Wang An and his father, Wang Dazhu, used sacks to carry a pile of traps and began working in their own yard.

Wang Dazhu had quite a bit of experience with wolves or red dogs entering the village. In his own words: "This kind of thing happens every so often; I'm used to it by now."

Of course, it wasn't that Wang An hadn't experienced it, but animals like wolves or red dogs mainly target livestock.

Therefore, in previous years, the vast majority of wolf packs and red dog packs went to raid the production team's pig pens or sheep pens.

Wang An's family didn't have anything in previous years, so while wolves or red dogs would sometimes enter the yard to take a look, most of the time they were just passing through and had no desire to come in at all.

In fact, whether it's wolves or other fierce beasts, even rats, they have no interest in poor families.

So, whether wolves or red dogs enter the village or not has basically no impact on the lives of poor families.

Because animals aren't stupid; the main question is, what would they do at a poor family's house?

To put it bluntly, in this era, there isn't much meat on a poor person's body; if you took a bite, you'd get nothing but skin and bones.

Just like bandits or thieves, they would never cast their gaze upon a beggar, because there is nothing to rob and nothing to steal—it has no value.

The father and son were quite fast at setting traps; the main place they set them was actually near the sheep pen, which was also near the fence.

To prevent the dogs from stepping on the traps, all the puppies were tied up, and as for the three big dogs, they had been tied up all along.

Wang An thought for a moment and also set a few traps at the entrance of the pig shed; once these things are set, they aren't set in vain—you might just catch something.

After setting the traps, the father and son placed some tree branches around them and then simply covered the traps with a thin layer of sedge grass.

This point is crucial because wolves and red dogs, like many nocturnal beasts, have eyes that are completely unaffected even in the pitch black of night.

If those few traps were just left sitting there exposed, a person might step on them, but a wolf or other wild beast certainly wouldn't.

Never think that wild beasts are that stupid!

Finally, they sprinkled a thin layer of snow over the grass and branches, and everything was finished.

After finishing the work, Wang Dazhu turned and went into the house, and Wang An thought for a moment before following him inside.

Wang An walked straight to the west room, put a box cannon into the sack used for the traps, and grabbed a handful of bullets for the box cannon to put in his pocket.

Mu Xueqing, who was staying on the kang, suddenly spoke up: "Tell Sister Shen Wei to be sure to shoot with both hands; don't be like me and sprain your wrist. If she gets hurt, what will she and her two children do?"

Wang An said cheekily: "Why don't you come with me? It would be better if you told her yourself; consider it a stroll."

Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at Wang An and said: "I'm not going. Every time I see the three of them—the old one paralyzed and the little ones so small—I feel bad for Sister Shen Wei."

Hearing this, Wang An was stunned for a moment; perhaps this was the reason why Mu Xueqing had always let him mess around with Shen Wei.

Wang An smiled and pinched Mu Xueqing's little cheek, then picked up the remaining traps and walked toward Shen Wei's house.

This time, Wang An didn't have any thoughts of "doing anything else"; he was just purely setting traps.

In fact, Shen Wei's family situation was the kind where even rats wouldn't want to come; whether he set traps or not really didn't matter.

However, because of the relief from Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing—and of course, Wang An hadn't sent few things to Shen Wei either—it was said that Shen Wei's house now had rats too.

It must be said that in this era, having rats in the house is a standard for how well a family is living.

Wang An didn't go into the house either; he just started working in Shen Wei's yard.

However, what bothered Wang An was that he didn't know where to set these traps.

Because Wang An really couldn't guess from which direction those wolves or red dogs would enter Shen Wei's yard.

Anyway, if Wang An were a wolf, he would definitely ignore Shen Wei's existence.

Unless they were eating people, there was nothing to eat in this yard. But when Wang An thought of Shen Wei's incredibly large, milky-white breasts...

Wang An suddenly felt that a wolf really might eat Shen Wei; after all, those two things were pure fat!

And so, in front of Shen Wei's house—that is, under the windows and in front of the door—Wang An set a pile of traps with no pattern whatsoever.

Setting traps is like this: you have to make it so that even you can't find a pattern. Only by confusing yourself first is it possible to confuse the wolves or red dogs as well.

Shen Wei had long since discovered Wang An's arrival, but she had just been standing outside the door watching. Wang An, of course, saw Shen Wei too, but he just waved his hand and continued working seriously.

After setting the traps, it was the same operation: tree branches and grass were all arranged, and finally, a layer of thin snow was scattered on top, and everything was done.

After finishing, Wang An said to Shen Wei: "Do you remember where I set the traps? Don't step on them, and most importantly, don't let the children step on them."

Shen Wei looked at Wang An and said timidly: "Mm, I remember them all. Aren't you coming inside?"

Wang An looked at his watch and said: "Actually, I have something to discuss with you."

As he spoke, Wang An stepped on the spots where there were no traps and went into the house with Shen Wei.

Shen Wei had now formed a habit; whenever Wang An came to her house, she would very naturally go to the west room with him.

Because when Wang An was with her, they were basically both completely naked.

However, when Wang An took the box cannon out of the sack, Shen Wei was genuinely startled and subconsciously took a step back.

Wang An didn't pay attention to Shen Wei's reaction, but instead said:

"There might be wolves and red dogs entering the village in the next few days. I'm going to teach you how to use this box cannon now. Learn it well; from now on, this gun will stay at your house so you can defend against any emergencies."

Hearing this, Shen Wei instantly relaxed and said: "I don't need you to teach me; I know how to use it. My grandfather used to have one of these things; we called it a broom-handle pistol."

Wang An was stunned for a moment; this was truly something Wang An hadn't expected.

But thinking about it, it felt normal; guns in this era were truly too common.

Everywhere in the country, there were guns, so the fact that Shen Wei knew how to use one really wasn't a strange thing at all.

Then Wang An handed the gun to Shen Wei, and while pulling bullets out of his pocket, he said:

"If you shoot with one hand, you have to be careful; the recoil on this gun is genuinely not small."

Shen Wei looked at Wang An with a smile, and while skillfully fiddling with the box cannon, she said very confidently:

"If it comes to using this gun, you might not even shoot better than me."

Hearing this, the corners of Wang An's mouth twitched. Was this Shen Wei hiding so much?

However, Wang An didn't argue with Shen Wei; everyone has their own area of expertise.

For example, Shen Wei's two lumps of meat—that was something not every woman could compare to.

Looking at Shen Wei's happy face, Wang An said with a smile: "Since you're so awesome, I'll give this gun to you from now on. Hahaha."

Shen Wei never knew what it meant to refuse when it came to what Wang An gave her, so she took the box cannon, happily hugged Wang An's head, and gave him a fierce kiss.

Wang An was speechless, and he suddenly discovered that none of the women he was familiar with seemed to be pushovers.

Of course, the most bizarre one had to be Lu Yueyue, who had already returned to the city; she was someone who had truly caused someone's death.

Wang An looked at Shen Wei, who now only had eyes for the gun and not for him, and said: "That's that, then. Be careful these next two days; I'm heading back."

Shen Wei just waved her hand and continued fiddling with the box cannon.

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