Heavenly Blessed Baby: Fleeing Famine, Busy to Prosper!-Chapter 50: What If the Stench Reaches My Daughter?
"We can’t rule out this possibility."
The more Yi Meng spoke, the more determined she became, "These wild wolves definitely weren’t in this forest before; otherwise, the forest fire during the day wouldn’t have had no effect on them."
"The only explanation is that their original territory is some distance from here. They must be drawn here by the animals that got burned to death in the forest."
"Or perhaps they’ve exhausted the food supply in their original territory, so they took the risk to find food this far away."
Yi Meng analyzed it one by one.
Qi Quanjin listened and kept nodding, but soon realized something was off, "Wife, according to what you said, there should still be a lot of dead animals in the forest, enough for those beasts to eat. Why would they come here?"
"Because there are living humans here!"
Yi Meng rolled her eyes, "Those beasts are different from us; they prefer the scent of fresh meat to cooked food."
"But didn’t you just say that beasts mark their territory with excrement?"
Qi Quanjin was still puzzled.
Yi Meng sighed, "I did say that, but don’t forget that today the forest had a big fire, followed by heavy rain. Not to mention the forest, think about how the smell from the chickens and pigs we used to raise is always less noticeable after a heavy rainstorm?"
This analogy immediately made Qi Quanjin understand.
The fire combined with the rain diminished the original lingering smell of the excrement, which is why the wild wolves came here.
"They’re not coming in now because we have fire, and also because the smell left by the black bear is still lingering, causing the wolves to hesitate."
Yi Meng gently rocked the little girl in her arms and continued, "Let’s quickly get some more black bear droppings and see if it can scare those wild wolves away without us having to lift a finger. If it works, it’ll save us a lot of effort."
"Alright! I’ll go arrange it now!"
Qi Quanjin, always obedient to his wife, got up to leave.
Just then, the village chief appeared with several of his sons.
"Old Four, where are you off to?"
The village chief was puzzled by Qi Quanjin’s eager demeanor.
Could it be that the wolf pack had retreated?
But when the village chief saw those pairs of glowing green eyes in the distance, he was so scared his heart skipped a beat, and his face turned a shade paler.
"Chief, let my dad explain to you! I need to hurry and check the black bear."
Right now, Qi Quanjin was only thinking about scaring away the wolf pack and didn’t have time for anything else.
Ji Hu immediately chimed in, "I’ll go too!"
Qi Quanjin didn’t refuse.
The village chief, supported by his other two sons, came up to Qi Zheng.
Seeing Yi Meng holding a child sitting there, the village chief frowned, "Old Four’s wife, why are you still here? Aren’t you afraid of scaring the child? Hurry back to the cave!"
Yi Meng didn’t speak, she just glanced at her father-in-law.
Qi Zheng had already picked up his cigarette pipe and was about to ask Qi Ercai for a branch to light it up.
Hearing this, Qi Zheng waved his hand, "It’s fine, it’s too crowded inside, there’s not even a place to stand, taking the child inside doesn’t guarantee comfort either."
"Well, even if it’s crowded, there aren’t any wolves in there!"
The village chief said one more thing but stopped persuading.
The Qi Family spoiled this little girl so much that they practically wanted to put her on a pedestal. Since they didn’t want to send her inside, the chief didn’t press on, afraid of causing any annoyance.
Qi Zheng relayed the conclusions and plans the three had discussed to the village chief, who listened in astonishment and took a while to process it.
It was truly the first time he’d heard of using animal excrement in this way.
But then his eldest son suddenly said, "Now that you mention it, I remember our village dogs do the same, lifting their legs by the walls."
This remark successfully made the village chief understand completely.
Indeed, dogs are animals too; if they can do this, it’s not strange for wild beasts to do the same.
Understanding this, the village chief didn’t do much else but called his sons to assist Qi Quanjin.
That big black bear was dead, and digging something out of it wasn’t an easy task.
Whether or not it will work, they’ll just have to wait and see!
They couldn’t come up with another solution at the moment anyway.
Qi Manman wasn’t asleep at this time, but was instead blinking her big eyes to look at everyone.
She looked at Grandpa, then the village chief, and then her own mom, before grinning and snuggling into her mother’s arms.
Indeed, her mother was the prettiest!
Feeling the little girl’s movement in her arms, Yi Meng quickly lowered her head and saw her snuggling into her embrace like a little piglet, and Yi Meng’s maternal heart melted right away.
"Manbao, don’t be afraid, mommy’s here! Mommy will make sure nothing happens to you."
Yi Meng gently stroked her daughter’s hair and tucked her in.
She had already made up her mind that if they couldn’t stop the wolf pack, and they attacked, she would take her daughter into the space with her.
Although she wasn’t sure yet if the space could hold living beings besides herself, her daughter was a treasure from the heavens, so she’d definitely be fine.
At least that’s what she believed!
With her thoughts wandering like this, Yi Meng felt the tension and fear brought by the wolf pack somewhat lighten.
Qi Quanjin and the others were skilled workers.
They were hardworking and didn’t shy away from dirty or heavy tasks.
Soon, they returned carrying a half-basket of foul-smelling stuff they couldn’t say whose basket it originally was.
Seeing them approach, Yi Meng quickly said, "Don’t bring it over here, see who has a slingshot, and shoot some at the wolf pack to see if it works."
It was too stinky for her to bear, what if it overwhelmed her daughter?
Qi Quanjin agreed, and Ji Hu said, "My nephew brought a slingshot, I just saw him playing with it, I’ll go get it."
Ji Hu ran towards the cave entrance.
However, he couldn’t squeeze in because it was too stinky and his hands were still dirty, so the villagers guarding the cave entrance stopped him.
Fortunately, everyone understood what needed to be done, and one by one the message was relayed into the cave. Before long, a slingshot the size of an adult’s palm was handed to Ji Hu.
Slingshots were not particularly rare for the children of the forest.
Especially the boys growing up in the village, they all knew how to use a slingshot skillfully.
Back when they went hunting, Qi Quanjin always carried a slingshot with him.
They couldn’t use bows, so the slingshot served as a substitute, effective against small animals.
Out of all of them, Qi Quanjin was the best at using a slingshot, so naturally, the slingshot ended up in his hands.
