The mountain wind howled through the forest, carrying snowflakes, and the dry branches shrieked in the wind.
Everyone was currently sitting around the bonfire, warming themselves. According to the description from the educated youth with the gun, they had gotten lost shortly after entering the mountain. They had finally managed to start a fire, but not long after, they were surrounded by a Wolf Pack.
They had thought this was the end for them, but unexpectedly, they were saved when the others arrived.
"I'm Zhao Kaishan, the Production Team Leader of the Second Team. Your Captain Wu sent me to find you," Zhao Kaishan said.
"Thank you, Captain Zhao. My name is Chen Zhiguo. If it weren't for you today, we would have been in danger!" Chen Zhiguo said politely, shaking Zhao Kaishan's hand.
"Thank you for the help from our peasant brothers!" His tone carried a hint of superiority.
Zhao Kaishan twitched the corner of his mouth. This Chen Zhiguo was polite, but why did his words sound a bit off?
Was he emphasizing that they were intellectuals?
"Uh, it's nothing, it's nothing!" Zhao Kaishan awkwardly released his hand and went back to sit down.
"Let's rest here for a while. Captain Wu and the others aren't far; they should be here soon after hearing the gunshots."
Unexpectedly, none of the educated youth responded. Instead, they started chatting among themselves.
"Chen Zhiguo, we've struck it rich this time! So many wolves! Enough to eat for many days, right!" one educated youth said excitedly.
"Hmm, let's keep some, and send the rest to the County. I'll find someone to process them and exchange them for grain. It should be enough for us to eat for the whole winter."
Hearing this, the male and female educated youth chirped and cheered.
"Zhou Xuemei, I haven't eaten meat in a long time. Why don't we roast some?"
Zhou Xuemei didn't speak, but the rumbling in her stomach had already made the decision for her.
She glanced at Zhou Cang. This young villager hadn't really looked at her from the beginning, which made her very uncomfortable.
After all, whether it was educated youth or villagers, no one who saw her before didn't want to take a few more glances.
This young man was quite good at pretending!
She looked at Chen Zhiguo, and Chen Zhiguo immediately said to another educated youth,
"Song Yuan, get some meat to roast!"
"Okay, wait up, I'll go get some meat!" another educated youth beside him replied, pulling out a knife and intending to cut the meat.
Zhou Cang held his gun, his eyes narrowed as if sleeping, but in fact, he had heard all of the conversation just now.
It was quite laughable that these educated youth actually thought these wolves were theirs!
They completely disregarded Zhou Cang and the others!
Song Yuan dragged a wolf over to the bonfire and was about to cut the meat.
"Wait!"
Zhou Cang opened his eyes and looked at Song Yuan.
The latter stopped his movements, "What's wrong?"
"Is this wolf yours?" Zhou Cang asked.
"Why wouldn't it be? Didn't we just kill it? We've been circling with this Wolf Pack for a long time. Are you here to take advantage?" the girl next to Zhou Xuemei shouted.
"Oh? You killed all of these?" Zhou Cang looked at the girl.
"......"
The girl was speechless. She looked back at Zhou Xuemei, then at Chen Zhiguo.
"Comrade, we just want to roast some meat. Do you have a problem with that?" Chen Zhiguo said.
"No problem, but let me remind you, this wolf is mine!" Zhou Cang said.
"Are you crazy from poverty? You even want to snatch a few wolves?" The girl had a pointed mouth, monkey-like cheeks, and a face full of pockmarks. Her words were also sharp and rude.
"Brother, what are you saying? We worked hard for a long time, how did it become yours?" Song Yuan, holding his knife, also looked unconvinced.
"Alright, then you tell me, which wolf did you kill? That one is yours!" Zhou Cang said, pointing at the wolf corpses.
"Although I didn't specifically kill any one, these wolves are our prey!"
"That's right, these are our prey!" the girl who wanted to eat roasted meat also said.
"Heh heh, if we hadn't come, you all would be the Wolf Pack's prey, that's more like it!"
Zhou Cang said with a laugh, his eyes full of disdain.
"You were clearly just watching the show, and only fired a few shots at the end, and now it's all your credit?" the pockmarked girl shouted.
"Bullshit!" Zhang Quanfu, a villager who came with Zhou Cang, finally couldn't hold back. This big brother, with his buck teeth, said, "If it weren't for Fugui's good marksmanship, taking down so many wolves, you all..."
"Old Zhang! Mind your unity!" Zhao Kaishan's forehead veins throbbed, but he saw Zhou Cang stand up and walk towards the pile of wolves.
He pulled out his knife, stabbed it into a wolf's bullet hole, and with a flick of his wrist, gouged out a bloody bullet.
With a thud, the deformed slug was thrown at the feet of Chen Zhiguo and the others, making a small pit in the snow.
"This is a shotgun slug. Do your Type 56 rifles use this kind of bullet?" Zhou Cang wiped the tip of his knife with snow.
These people had completely assumed the wolf meat was theirs without asking Zhou Cang or Zhao Kaishan.
Zhao Kaishan felt awkward speaking, and the other villagers who came with Zhao Kaishan also kept quiet. Although they were uncomfortable, with their Team Leader present, it was naturally not their turn to speak.
But Zhou Cang didn't indulge them!
Chen Zhiguo's face flickered in the firelight. He didn't want to deal with Zhou Cang, thinking this ignorant villager was too clueless!
So he looked at Zhao Kaishan beside him and said,
"Captain Zhao, what do you say?" His tone even carried a hint of threat.
Zhao Kaishan was already cursing in his heart. He hadn't expected to save a few people like this, only for them to turn on the only person who could kill wolves as soon as they escaped danger.
"Hey! We are all Comrades, why distinguish so clearly between yours and mine, right?" After speaking, he suddenly saw Zhou Cang looking at him with a smile.
"However, according to the rules of the mountain, these wolves were all killed by Fugui." He pointed to Zhou Cang.
"So, he gets the final say!"
To hell with it, offending a few educated youth wasn't a big deal. At this moment, he had to stand with Zhou Cang!
Chen Zhiguo was about to speak when suddenly two people emerged from the woods.
"Chen Zhiguo!" The newcomer was none other than Captain Wu of Three Team.
"Captain, you've come at just the right time. They want to snatch the wolves we killed!"
"Bullshit!" Zhang Quanfu cursed. These shameless educated youth made him tremble with anger. "It was clearly..."
"Old Wu," Zhao Kaishan suddenly interjected, "Young people have hot tempers, they're just playing around."
Wu Yuan knew the true nature of these educated youth. Looking at the situation, they must have been saved by Zhao Kaishan and his group, but they still wanted the wolf meat and didn't know how to be flexible, thus offending the others.
The firelight flickered on Wu Yuan's glasses.
He then looked at Zhou Cang, only to find that the other person was also smiling at him. That look made him shiver!
"Little Chen, how many times has the organization emphasized? We must unite the masses!"
"But..."
"No buts! The wolves belong to them. You few should just be grateful you're unharmed!"