The donkeys of the two families could not run even when they encountered danger. They kept kicking their hooves restlessly, making anxious noises from time to time.

The two families unloaded the things on the sled, then turned the sled over to block in front of them. The four sleds just blocked the four sides, and they felt safe instantly.

When the wolves were blocked, they showed their heads. There were 21 wolves in total. The leader had a tuft of white hair on his forehead, and his eyes were staring at the two families.

The younger children covered their mouths tightly and dared not make any sound for fear of disturbing the wolves.

Zhou Yu, “This is a large wolf pack.”

Wu Shan held the machete in his hand and said, “Well, this should be the largest wolf pack in this area.”

The wolves had already surrounded them, just waiting for the order from the leader to pounce. The donkeys and mules were the most uneasy, as the sleds could only block the people, and they had to stay outside.

The Wu family was the most distressed. The donkey and a mule cost the family all their money.

The leader wolf howled and the other four wolves moved and ran towards the donkey and mule. The donkey and mule dodged the fatal attack and kicked several of the wolves.

Then four more wolves rushed towards the donkey and mule, and the remaining wolves rushed in front of the sled, jumped up, and tried to jump over it.

The Wu family’s machete was very long. With one chop, the wolf howled and fell to the ground.

When Yang Xi saw this, she once again sighed at the Wu family’s natural strength.

At this time, Zhou Yu also stabbed a wolf in the neck and his body was stained with the wolf’s blood. The most outstanding one was Third Yang. Third Yang was quick, fierce, and accurate. In the first wave of attack, Wu Shan’s second son was scratched on the face, and four wolves died.

At this time, both the donkey and the mule were injured, and the mule was dying.

The deaths of four wolves due to the two families stimulated the wolf pack. Wolves are vengeful animals, and they immediately abandoned the donkey that had no fighting ability, and all the wolves surrounded the humans.

The leader wolf bared its teeth and stared at Zhou Yu and the others fiercely, wanting to tear them all to pieces.

Yang Xi couldn’t help but hug her son tighter. The wolf’s eyes were so cold as if sentencing them to death.

Another round of attacks came, and Yang Xi became even more nervous. It was too dangerous to get injured in ancient times, especially in winter.

Did she regret taking this path? No, they still had a fighting chance against wolves, but men will die against bandits, and women will be even worse off.

Little brother Zhou was injured, his arm was bitten; Third Yang was about to kill the wolf that wouldn’t let go, and little sister Zhou was crying anxiously.

Wu Shan’s youngest son was also injured; his leg was bitten.

With a whooshing sound, the wolf that was about to squeeze in was nailed to the snow. There were several sounds of arrows breaking through the air, and the wolves fell to the ground and died one after another.

There were only ten wolves left, and this time four more died, including the leader.

Zhou Yu and Wu Shan looked at each other and decided to stop guarding. They rushed out with Third Yang, determined not to let any wolf leave.

Two more arrows killed two of them. Zhou Yu and his two companions dealt with the remaining two.

Even after everything was over, Zhou Yu did not relax. He turned around and saw three people walking out of the forest, one in his forties and two teenagers of about seventeen or eighteen.

At first glance, the men were dressed like mountain hunters.

Zhou Yu stepped forward to thank him, “Thank you for your help.”

The leading man stared at the wolves and said, “My father and I killed six wolves. You should give us four more as a reward.”

Zhou Yu reacted, “As it should be.”

The two young hunters were already happily picking up wolves; ten wolves could bring them a considerable sum of money.

Zhou Yu spoke again, “It’s dark now. We are all injured. It’s too dangerous in the wild. I would like to ask for your help to stay. Is it convenient?”

The man narrowed his eyes. He didn’t like trouble. He just watched these people fighting the wolf pack for a while, and he still admired them. “Okay.”

Zhou Yu took Third Yang and others to pack the sled and put all the things on it.

The man noticed the sled and his eyes lit up, “Your sled is pretty good.”

Zhou Yu, “I’ll draw the blueprint for you when we get to the place where you live.”

The man’s expression froze, and he said sullenly, “I can’t do any woodwork nor do I know any carpenter.”

(End of this chapter)

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