Chapter 129 Worry
"About ten years ago, due to the drought in the south, our food rations were reduced. In order to fill our stomachs, we had no choice but to move to the mountains."

"In those years, we hunted a lot of prey in the mountains. Not only did we not starve, we also made some money."

"Many young men in the village got married during those years."

"Later, the food rations were raised again, and in order to live a good life, everyone often went into the mountains to hunt."

"But as the saying goes, if you walk by the river, you'll get your shoes wet!"

"Once, a man from the village went into the mountains to hunt and didn't come back for many days. The village sent people into the mountains to look for him for several days, but they couldn't find him."

"Just when everyone was wondering if that person had run into bandits in the mountains and been killed by them, three more people suddenly disappeared in the village."

"At this point, everyone realized the seriousness of the situation and quickly sent people to the commune to report to the leadership."

"However, before the commune could send people to investigate the situation, four giant insects sneaked into the village early the next morning and killed or injured more than 20 people. In the end, the villagers shot and killed one of them, and the other three ran away with two children in their mouths."

"Until now, I still can't forget that day. The village was covered in blood, and more than half of the houses hung white flags, as if the Japanese invaders had entered the village."

"Later, the county sent a militia group into the mountains to encircle and suppress the tigers for more than a month. Three people died, and in the end they only killed two tigers. The other one was never found."

"After so many years, I thought the big beast must have died, but I didn't expect it to come back with other big beasts!"

At this point, Guan Changsheng's voice couldn't help but tremble, and a hint of fear appeared on his face, as if he had returned to those unpleasant years.

"fine!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang quickly spoke to comfort them: "This time, we will definitely not let them escape again!"

"Whoo~"

Guan Changsheng turned his head and looked at Li Guoqiang, then he let out a long sigh and said with gritted teeth: "I will go to the commune to report this matter early tomorrow morning and ask them to send someone to kill those two beasts!"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded in response, then wondered in his mind whether he should go into the mountains early tomorrow to find the two big beasts.

After all, fighting tigers is too dangerous for other people, and casualties may occur if one is not careful.

He has his own little world. No matter what danger he encounters, he can hide in it at the first time. He can even use teleportation to lock the big insect firmly without worrying about letting it run away.

At the same time, the tragedy Guan Changsheng described also reminded him of the Baihuwei Village incident that occurred in southern Hunan Province more than ten years ago.

After all, this is all because people's hunting skills have become so advanced with the help of firearms that they have killed all kinds of animals in the mountains, forcing the tigers to migrate and gather in search of food sources, and then target humans for prey.

This is also one of the main reasons why countries will enact animal protection laws in the future.

Not long after, they hurried back to the village and sent someone to notify the villagers of Fengtou and Fengwei, telling them not to go out casually recently and it is best to lock the door and stay at home.

Immediately afterwards, Guan Changsheng was busy leading people to deal with the funeral of Ergou and Lai Fu.

After learning that Lai Fu was eaten by a giant tiger until only a skeleton and some tattered clothes were left, Li Jinhua, who had just woken up, immediately fainted again from tears.

Ergou's mother and wife felt better after seeing this situation.

However, when Guan Changsheng talked about the various expenses of handling the funeral, they immediately burst into tears again.

The reason why Ergou went into the mountains to hunt was because there was no surplus food at home. How could they afford the money to bury Ergou now?

When they thought about how Ergou died without even a decent coffin, they couldn't help but feel sad from the bottom of their hearts.

At the same time, Li Jinhua was facing the same problem.

When Daniu saw this, he knelt down in front of Guan Changsheng and cried, "Captain, please lend me some money to bury Brother Ergou and Brother Laifu, okay?"

"I promise, I will return the money to you later!"

"okay!"

Guan Changsheng frowned, then quickly reached out and helped Daniu up, then said in a deep voice: "Don't ask me whether to lend you the money or not. It just so happens that your brother Jiefang gave the family 30 yuan a while ago, but I haven't used it yet. I'll ask your Aunt Yu to go home and get the money, and take care of Ergou and Laifu's funeral first."

"Thank you, Captain. Thank you, Captain!"

Upon hearing this, Daniu hurriedly thanked him, his face full of gratitude.

Although he knew that Guan Changsheng's family was indeed the best off in the village, no one's money came from the wind.

What's more, Guan Changsheng and Ergou's family and Lai Fu's family are not relatives. Even if they don't pay money to help bury Ergou and Lai Fu, no one can blame Guan Changsheng.

Soon, Zhou Xiaoyu went home and got the money. Then, in front of everyone, he divided the money into two parts and gave each to Ergou's wife Liu Cuifen and Lai Fu's wife Li Jinhua.

When everyone saw this, they began to praise Guan Changsheng and Zhou Xiaoyu, saying that they were worthy of being the team leader and women's director of Fenghuangling, and were very responsible in their work and life.

Guan Changsheng and Zhou Xiaoyu did not feel honored by everyone's praise. Instead, they felt a little depressed.

If possible, they would naturally be unwilling to pay this money.

But they had no choice as they were brigade cadres and had a son who was a tractor driver in Feng County. They couldn't just watch the bodies of Ergou and Laifu lying at home without being able to bury them, right?
After settling the expenses for the burial, everyone, under the organization of Guan Changsheng, quickly discussed the burial process. According to local customs, everyone went home to get some food and cooked at Ergou and Lai Fu's homes.

Upon seeing this, Li Guoqiang directly asked Zhou Xiaoyu to take the leftovers of the wild boar, including the head, offal, blood, trotters, bones, tail, and a pig thigh, and distribute them to Ergou's and Laifu's families as a token of his appreciation.

When everyone saw the pork thigh weighing twenty or thirty pounds, they couldn't help but praise Li Guoqiang for being a righteous man, and then hurriedly started to cook dinner under the leadership of Zhou Xiaoyu.

After dinner, because of the fear that the big tiger would suddenly run into the village and eat people, Guan Changsheng had to personally lead some people to take turns to stand guard.

Because Li Guoqiang had a Type 56 semi-divine rifle in his hand, he was also invited by Guan Changsheng to join the patrol team.

In the blink of an eye, most of the night passed. Li Guoqiang, Zhou Xiaoyu and others patrolled around the village several times, but found nothing unusual, so they replaced Guan Changsheng and others to continue patrolling.

This went on all night, and only when daybreak came did everyone finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, Guan Changsheng did not take time to rest, and hurriedly took people down the mountain to Erdaogou Commune to report the situation, and asked the villagers to gather at Ergou and Lai Fu's homes and wait for them to come back.

After seeing off Guan Changsheng and the others, Li Guoqiang quickly found an excuse to go to the toilet, then used the small world to teleport and searched continuously with Phoenix Ridge as the center, hoping to kill the two man-eating beasts as soon as possible.

However, he did not expect that after searching an area of ​​more than ten miles in radius, he still could not find any trace of the big beast.

This made him worry whether these two big beasts would run to other places to harm people.

As far as he knows, the activity range of female tiger tigers is generally between 300 and 500 square kilometers, while the activity range of male tiger tigers is as high as 500 to 1000 square kilometers.

With such a large range of activity, even if he had the ability to teleport, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to find the two big beasts.

With no other options, he could only return to Phoenix Ridge and plan to search the area again after some time.

Moreover, he planned to wait for Guan Changsheng to come back and then rush back to Jinshan Fort to prevent the two big beasts from suddenly running over there and harming people.

Soon, most of the day passed.

Perhaps because the two big beasts really ran away to other places, nothing unexpected happened in Phoenix Ridge.

Immediately afterwards, Guan Changsheng also brought the commune's militia chief and a team of more than 60 militiamen and rushed back to the village at around 2:00 p.m., bringing back two thin-skin coffins and some burial items for the burial of Ergou and Lai Fu.

When Li Guoqiang saw Guan Changsheng coming back, he immediately said goodbye to him.

When Guan Changsheng heard that Li Guoqiang was about to leave, he quickly stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Are you going to die? We haven't found and killed those two man-eating beasts yet. If you rush back now, what if you run into them?"

"You have to know that the big bugs are not wild boars. They won't just run towards you stupidly. And there are at least two of them. Even if you hit one, it will be difficult for you to defend against the other one. If you are not careful, you will lose your life."

"So, listen to me. Don't be so anxious to go back. If you want to go back, you have to wait until tomorrow to go into the mountains with the comrades from the commune militia."

"Okay then!"

Li Guoqiang looked at Guan Changsheng's worried eyes, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not refuse this kindness.

Afterwards, he took the time to hide in the toilet, quietly used the small world to teleport, took a minute to rush back to Jinshan Fort, and carefully checked the situation near Jinshan Fort.

When he found that everything was normal, he breathed a sigh of relief and returned to Phoenix Ridge.

At this time, the militia team of Erdaogou Commune, led by Daniu and others, had already gone to the place where Lai Fu had the accident, and then, with this place as the center, they kept searching for the traces of the two big beasts in all directions.

Guan Changsheng was busy arranging the funeral and burial of Ergou and Lai Fu.

Due to the urgency of the situation and limited conditions, everything has to be handled as simply as possible.

With everyone's hard work, they finally managed to bury Ergou and Lai Fu on a small hill near their village before dark.

Li Guoqiang looked at the graves of varying ages on the hill, as well as the widows and older children who came to help with the funeral, and he couldn't help feeling silent for a moment.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really wouldn't have imagined that some people's lives would be so difficult.

This made him want to help these people to the best of his ability.

However, he hasn't figured out any better way to help. He can't just give money and supplies directly to these people, right?

It’s not that he is unwilling to do so, but that he cannot do so.

If he really did this, the first person to suffer would be himself.

He didn't want to help others and end up getting himself into a dark room.

In the evening, after finishing their meal, everyone comforted Lai Fu, Er Gou and their families, and then went back to their respective homes.

The militia of Erdaogou Commune searched the mountains for an entire afternoon but could not find any trace of the two big beasts. Finally, they had to return to Fenghuangling to rest for a night and continue searching in the mountains the next morning.

If they still cannot find it after several days, they will have no choice but to leave a few rifles for the villagers of Fenghuangling and let Guan Changsheng lead the villagers to be careful against the attacks of the tigers.

After all, this forest is so large and the tigers' activity range is so wide. They can't stay in Phoenix Ridge forever, right?
Although the villagers of Fenghuangling were somewhat worried about this, there was nothing they could do. They could only secretly hope that the militia could successfully find the two big beasts and kill them.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Li Guoqiang climbed up from the fire pit in Guan Changsheng's house early, ate some breakfast made by Zhou Xiaoyu, and then followed the militia into the mountains.

Since they had already searched some nearby hills yesterday, today the militia members headed directly for some more distant hills and searched all the way there.

Li Guoqiang followed the team silently, scanning the surroundings constantly, hoping to find the trace of the big tiger and eliminate this potential threat as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, until they crossed the mountains and arrived at the area behind Jinshan Fort, they did not find any trace of the big beast.

Afterwards, Li Guoqiang and Guan Changsheng said something to each other, then left the team and went down the mountain alone to return home.

The militia changed direction and searched back again.

Before leaving, Guan Changsheng specifically said that after the wild boar meat was sold, he would send the money to Li Guoqiang, and asked Li Guoqiang not to go into the mountains to Fenghuangling for the time being.

In response, Li Guoqiang didn't say anything, but just nodded and agreed. At the same time, he also reminded Guan Changsheng to be more careful.

Not long after, he returned home safely. As soon as he entered the house, Qu Yinfeng pulled him forward and examined him carefully from head to toe. Only after making sure that he was not injured did she let him go.

At the same time, she didn't forget to say something in a bad tone, "You little brat, why did you take so long to be gone? You made me so worried!"

(End of this chapter)