Reborn in 1985: Starting from Contracting a Ranch

Chapter 32 Chasing the Wolf Pack

Shan Yaowen originally planned to go back first, put the things he had brought back at home, and then go to the ranch to look for the wolf pack. Unexpectedly, he was stopped halfway there.

"Uncle, I only found wolf tracks. Besides, with just the two of us, I can only circle around my ranch; I can't go any further."

Li Baoguo waved his hand, "It wasn't us. People from the next village and Xinma Ranch also came."

Shan Yaowen looked at the Party Secretary in surprise, "Uncle, you moved so fast? I just told you this morning, and you've already found so many people to hunt wolves?"

He remembered that the Party Secretary's actions had never been so fast before. In addition, communication was not well-developed in this era, so it was not easy to gather people together. They were not from the same village, so a shout would have been enough.

"No, this pack of wolves has already caused trouble at the ranch in the next village. They killed the dogs and several sheep at both ranches. They've been looking for them for a while now, and after the report was filed, the Xinma Ranch also sent people down to look for them. This pack of wolves is already causing trouble before winter is even over. Who knows what kind of bigger trouble they'll cause once winter is over."

At that time, the herders had no concept of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, and since the wolves started the trouble, they would definitely wipe out the wolf pack.

Wolves, in particular, will eat sheep, but they won't bite dogs.

"I heard that a dog at the ranch next door just had a litter of puppies, and those wolves ran in and killed the mother dog, and they also bit off the heads of all the puppies." The village secretary whispered in Shan Yaowen's ear, "So this pack of wolves is very ferocious. You should be careful. They've come all the way to your ranch, and who knows what might happen."

Upon hearing this, Shan Yaowen knew how serious the situation was; it seemed that the pack of wolves was under command.

They not only ate sheep, but also killed sheepdogs, big and small, without sparing any of them.

"I understand, I'll go back and come right away."

Since these wolves are so ferocious and cunning, Shan Yaowen is even more determined to nip the danger in the bud.

Otherwise, if the wolves really launch a surprise attack on his ranch, he really wouldn't have any good solutions.

After returning home, Shan Yaowen hugged his happy little sister and then put a cart full of things in the yard.

The mother was cleaning the house, and the father, whose back and legs were feeling a bit better, moved a recliner to the yard and sunbathed wrapped in a blanket.

Although the winter sun was practically nonexistent, Dad had been lying in the house for so many days and rarely came out, so Shan Yaowen let him be.

"You bought so much food again?" Mother Shan clicked her tongue in amazement as she looked at the potatoes and cabbages behind the carriage.

"This is the last trip. Will our cellar have enough room?"

"We can store it, not just a few hundred pounds, but tons," said Mr. Shan, tilting his head and holding a dog in his arms. "But how long would it take to eat all that? Should we get some pickled cabbage?"

"Whatever you decide, I need to go out for a bit." Shan Yaowen took out his gun, untied the carriage ropes, and prepared to lead the horse out.

"Just got back and already going out? Didn't even let the horse rest?"

"A pack of ferocious wolves has come to the edge of the pasture. I won't feel at ease until I find them and kill them."

As Shan Yaowen spoke, he led the horse to the stable, fed it hay, and then replaced it with another horse.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Shan became worried. "A wolf pack? Can you manage alone? Why don't you wait for your older brother to come back, and also go to the Party Secretary to see if the militia can help you?"

"It's alright, I've already told the Party Secretary, as well as people from the neighboring village and the people from Xinma Ranch." Shan Yaowen simply told his family what the Party Secretary had said, then picked up his gun, mounted his horse, and left.

And of course, there are the silly birds in the sky.

The silly bird is now the overlord of the surrounding area, and it often takes a stroll in the sky. As for other places, unless Shan Yaowen takes it out, it usually plays by itself on the ranch.

When Shan Yaowen went to town this time, he didn't take it with him. It flew around at home by itself. As soon as Shan Yaowen came back, it flew with him.

When Mr. Shan heard that so many people had gone, he breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how smart or ferocious a wolf pack is, can they defeat a person with a gun?

If it were that incredible, this grassland would have been the domain of the wolf clan long ago.

After Shan Yaowen left the house, before he even reached the Party Secretary's house, he saw the Party Secretary leading a group of people toward his ranch.

"Uncle." Shan Yaowen quickly caught up with the group.

After seeing this, Li Baoguo introduced the situation to both sides and then accompanied them to the back mountain of Baixi Ranch. He inspected the site in detail before leaving.

"Captain Xu," Shan Yaowen said, looking at the man leading the team, who was supposedly the militia captain from the next village, "is this the pack of wolves you were chasing?"

Captain Xu was dressed in militia attire, wearing a Liberation cap with an "August 1st" red star badge, gray-green civilian clothes, and rectangular red collar tabs and militia armbands with a "Y" logo.

It seems that none of the militia members in their Xinma Ranch Village wear these military uniforms; they all wear their own clothes.

"That should be it. We've been searching from the south, and then we found the edge of your village to the north. Just then, your village secretary reported that a pack of wolves had been spotted, so we came here."

Captain Xu examined the wolf tracks and looked at Shan Yaowen: "When did you discover them?"

"This morning, but it should have happened last night. I even killed an injured wolf." When it came to the wolf pack, Shan Yaowen gave a detailed account of what happened last night.

After hearing Shan Yaowen's words, everyone around him looked at him in surprise.

"You're really lucky. If you had come any earlier, you might have run into a pack of wolves."

"Yes, that lone, injured wolf was probably bitten by our dogs, and then it was eating the prey in your lasso here."

"It's a good thing you arrived late. If you had encountered them earlier, the two of you might not have been able to handle the pack of wolves."

Shan Yaowen was also shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. If things had gone according to normal circumstances yesterday, he should have had the check-up before lunch in the afternoon.

He only came after eating because he was too tired from rescuing people.

From this perspective, by saving Shi Tingyue, I have inadvertently saved myself as well.

"Go, follow the footprints."

After studying and analyzing the situation for a while, the group released the hunting dogs and set off following the wolf pack's tracks.

Shan Yaowen followed behind on horseback.

He wouldn't feel at ease until he got rid of the pack of wolves.

Besides Captain Xu, the team also included two victims from a neighboring village ranch, and the rest were mostly other ranch owners organized by herders and friends, as well as people sent by Xinma Ranch.

Guided by the hunting dogs, the group of people rushed non-stop into the grassland.

Shan Yaowen even invited the silly bird to join him.

Looking for wolf packs? There are hunting dogs on the ground and silly birds in the sky. Shan Yaowen doesn't believe he can't find them. If you're so capable, go burrow underground.

"Woof!"

Led by a pack of hunting dogs, the group walked for more than an hour before discovering something unusual in a forest-grassland border area to the north.

The hounds began to bark and charged forward in a frenzy.

Seeing this, everyone around them cocked their guns and spurred their horses forward.

I thought I had found the pack of wolves, but it turned out to be a lynx.

"Damn, what is this thing?"

Captain Xu cursed and lowered the gun he had raised.

He thought he had found the wolf pack and was ready to fight.

Looking at the footprints on the ground, Shan Yaowen shook his arm, letting the silly bird fly up into the sky to take a look.

To be honest, he had initially thought to give up when he saw that the wolf pack had been out of his ranch for quite some time. However, the thought that there was a pack of wolves that specifically raided the ranch to eat sheep and kill dogs made him uneasy, so he kept running to this side.

"Gah~"