Chapter 381: Wild Beast Enters the Village to Fight Dogs (Part 3)
Chapter 381: Wild Beast Enters the Village to Fight Dogs (Part 3)
Serves you right for daring to hit this lord and licking Yan Yan with that stinky mouth of yours. You've really messed up this time, huh?
"Ao—" It's a relief to everyone!
Back at home, Mo Yan endured her disgust as she poured hot water from the copper kettle on the stove and scrubbed her face several times. She still felt a lingering smell of bad breath and couldn't help but wash three more times before giving up!
Walking into the courtyard, she saw the three beasts sunbathing in the corner, licking each other's wounds. Curled up nearby like a small mountain, who else could it be but the python?
Suppressing the urge to immediately hold them accountable, Mo Yan returned to her room, fetched scissors and ointment, and had the children hold down Xiao Hua, who was most severely injured. Except for its head, she trimmed all the fur off its body until it was completely bald.
Transformed from a majestic snow wolf into a bald giant dog, the children's laughter hardly stopped.
Mo Yan looked at Xiao Hua's despondent look and suddenly felt much better. After applying the green ointment, she completely abandoned the idea of holding it accountable. The sight was just too pitiful!
Da Bai also didn't escape unscathed, though it was in better condition than Xiao Hua and only had the injured parts trimmed. Even so, Da Bai shivered from the cold, looking sympathetically at Xiao Hua, who was frozen.
Mao Tuan wasn't injured, but seeing the fate of its two companions, it curled up and warily eyed Mo Yan, afraid of not escaping her scissors.
After tending to them, Mo Yan turned her gaze to the python. The python tried to please her by spitting out its tongue, but its body curled even tighter, fearing for its scales.
Seeing that it seemed uninjured, Mo Yan couldn't be bothered anymore. She decided not to drive it away. Woken up from hibernation on such a cold day, it was no wonder it was irritable. Even if she forced it back to the mountain to hibernate, it might freeze to death.
Mo Yan cleaned up an empty room in the backyard, laid down a thick layer of hay, lit a brazier, and let the python move in. As for the food it would need in the coming months, Xiao Hua would go into the mountains to catch prey.
The python drooled at the thought of the spatial realm—how nice it would be in there! Endless chickens and fruits to eat, spring water to drink, and warmth that wouldn't freeze it. But its destructive power was too great. Once it got excited, no one could control it. How could Mo Yan let it in!
However, when the three beasts fought in the back mountain, the noise was too loud and was heard by villagers cutting firewood nearby. They didn't dare come alone to investigate, so they went back to the village and brought several strong men with them.
More than a dozen people saw the smashed dry branches and leaves and blood stains on the grass, terrifying them all. They feared that wild animals from the mountains had come down, and quickly ran to Yang Bao's house to report.
Upon hearing this, Yang Bao became nervous and went to the back mountain himself. In the past, wild animals had invaded the village, injuring people while searching for food. There was even a child who had disappeared while cutting firewood in the back mountain and was never found despite the entire village searching for three days and nights. It wasn't until summer that someone picking mushrooms in the mountains found a torn shoe, confirming the child had been attacked by a wild animal.
"Village Chief, what should we do? Many children in the village go to the mountains to gather firewood!"
The villagers were panicked, fearing encounters with wild animals in the mountains or animals charging into the village. Besides children, most households also raised chickens and pigs!
"Yes, we need a proper plan!" Yang Bao dared not be careless and quickly instructed everyone to go home and notify their family heads to come to his house for a meeting to discuss ways to prevent wild animals from entering the village.
The villagers hurried back to the village. The first person they informed was the Mo family, closest to the back mountain.
Feeling awkward as he saw off the informing villager, Mo Qingze came to the backyard and looked at the big guys lazily sunbathing in the corner. Feeling a headache coming on, he told Mo Yan about the matter.
After listening, Mo Yan stared at the four of them who looked like they wanted to bury their heads in the ground and said, "This matter was caused by our family. Dad will take responsibility for it at the meeting later. We'll say Xiao Hua will lead the village dogs to patrol the mountain road into the village every night, and our family will be responsible for feeding those dogs."
With such dangerous beasts at home, they absolutely couldn't let the villagers know. Otherwise, those villagers who were dissatisfied with them would definitely suggest killing Da Bai, Mao Tuan, and the python.
Mo Qingze thought it was a good idea, so he nodded and went back to change his clothes before heading to Yang Bao's house.
Once they heard there were wild animals in the back mountain, no family dared to be careless. Those who were at home rushed to Yang Bao's house as quickly as possible. By the time Mo Qingze arrived, the somewhat cramped hall was already crowded, and those who came late could only stand in the yard.
"Master Mo is here, come in quickly, come in quickly. It's cold outside!"
"Yes, Master Mo, you're going to the academy tomorrow. You can't afford to catch a cold."
Seeing Mo Qingze, everyone spontaneously made way for him, warmly inviting him inside.
As the only scholar in Liuyang Village, Mo Qingze was now studying at a prestigious academy and might become the only juren in Liuyang Village next year. Therefore, the villagers held him in high regard.
Even if he had no personal relationship with them, once word got out that there was a scholar in their village, it would earn them some respect. In a village, having a scholar made marriages easier.
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