pertwk Chapter 105: A New Beginning
Chapter 105: A New Beginning
"Brother-in-law, really? Teacher He seems like a very composed person!"
Is He Yunqing composed?
Only a young man like Chen Tuo could say something like that.
That man's greed was so obvious, he couldn't possibly be composed.
Thinking about the possible reasons for the medical team's encounter with danger, Sun Changkui looked at his wife, Hu Yuling, with concern.
"Da Lingzi, are you still able to go up the mountain? I suspect Old He from the provincial government has infiltrated the medical team and led them astray..."
"Yes! Of course I can! I just drank a little too much, not really drunk. I was just relaxing, and I was pretty much sober by the time I got to the mountain!"
She almost got completely drunk outside, but Hu Yuling didn't offer much explanation, only mentioning her physical condition.
"Alright! Xiao Hong, you're quick on your feet, go back to the post office and call the Forestry Bureau to tell them the situation and ask Chu Maolin to bring more people and vehicles!"
"Boss, go to Grandpa Wu's house yourself and tell him to wait for me at the Armed Forces Department."
"Second brother, take the third brother to the armed forces department to find your Uncle Wang and tell him to quickly gather manpower."
"Fourth brother, you and fifth brother stay with your Uncle Chen..."
Sun Changkui made the arrangements only after Hu Yuling was able to go up the mountain to carry out the rescue.
Although he was anxious, he dared not lose his composure.
If we go up the mountain now, we can get to the scene and provide immediate assistance; there's still time.
If they have to turn back and still can't find anyone, given the medical team's wilderness survival experience, they'll most likely freeze to death!
Fortunately, they knew to use signal flares, and the Songling Forestry Bureau also specifically assigned people to keep an eye on the signal flares on the mountain.
If the message doesn't get back, going up the mountain again will just mean joining the corpse-collecting team...
"Brother-in-law, I'll go too..."
After being cooped up at the educated youth settlement for more than half a month, Chen Tuo had gone ice fishing in the Hetao region, but his experiences hunting bears and wolves had spoiled his appetite.
He's now looking to hunt big boars and roe deer in the mountains, and if he could encounter an elk, that would be perfect.
As for the rescue medical team, that's not his area of expertise. With Sun Changkui there, he'll do what he can to save lives.
He can't be saved. He's just a newbie author; he doesn't have that ability, does he?
"Alright! Then take your gun, but don't bring the water-filled bullets, bring the Tula single-barreled gun..."
The wolf plague that almost broke out in Songling was nipped in the bud by the hunters in the Dobukuer settlement, with the help of Chen Tuo and Wu Laowai.
However, Sun Changkui, who had experience in wolf hunting, knew that there were wolves that had escaped, which could very well allow the wolf plague to reignite.
Wolves are very vengeful animals, and wolf packs also have unique ways of communicating.
If wolf hunting is not done well in one place, multiple wolf packs will respond and retaliate. This is a lesson learned from the experience gained in the Great Northern Wilderness at the foot of the mountain.
Hong Ye and the Sun family boys left first. Chen Tuo dressed up, slung his gun over his shoulder, and was about to go to the armed forces department with Sun Changkui and his wife, as well as the remaining two boys.
As Hu Yuling walked out of the gatehouse of the educated youth settlement, she stumbled and almost fell.
If Sun Changkui hadn't reacted quickly and blocked with his crutch, he might have been injured.
"Xiao Chen, I'm having trouble here, could you help me up?"
"No need! I can manage on my own!"
"Brother-in-law, should I go first and have them meet at the educated youth settlement?"
Chen Tuo wanted to help Hu Yuling, but judging from her appearance, she seemed to be getting more and more carried away, which could easily lead to an awkward situation.
"It's alright! She's a mother of six, what harm could a little touch do? Saving lives is the priority. If we're not careful, the medical team might encounter other problems!"
In a car crash, breakdown, or rollover, as long as no one dies on the spot, people are unlikely to freeze to death.
After all, the car has fuel and batteries, and even if they don't have a fire starter, the drivers know how to start a fire to keep warm.
Sun Changkui was worried that the medical team might encounter a pack of wolves in the mountains. The roof of Mount 212 was made of canvas and could not withstand the attacks of wolves.
Once the ammunition on board is used up, the people will be in danger.
Chen Tuo helped the unsteady Hu Yuling to the Armed Forces Department, where the Forestry Bureau's convoy and the Armed Forces Department's horse-drawn sleds were ready.
Sun Changkui took Hu Yuling into the six-wheel drive Jiefang truck, while Chen Tuo and Wu Laowai rode in a horse-drawn sled.
"Kid, Little Blind Chu said the place where the medical team fired the signal flare isn't far from the ditch behind Beishan Mountain. Do you think the wolf pack might have returned?"
Sun Changkui suspects that the wolf pack, which was wiped out more than half a month ago, has resurfaced.
Wu Laowai was certain that the wolf pack would come again; he just didn't know when.
Judging from the wolf king's performance, it is no less powerful than the black-cheeked wolf king that ravaged Hulunbuir.
Such exceptional mountain beasts, once they retaliate, will certainly do so in an unexpected way.
"Really? For wolves to form packs, the first problem they need to solve is food. The reindeer on the North Mountain, the people in the town—aren't they easier to catch than the medical team?"
Listening to Chen Tuo's twisted logic, looking at the two military satchels at his waist, and touching the two boxes of buckshot and one box of slugs in the pocket of his leather cloak.
Wu Laowai didn't know when he was influenced by this kid. In the past, when he went up the mountain, he would carry at most ten or so bullets, or even less.
Now that he heard they were going up the mountain, he took half of the bullets he had just exchanged with Su Dao.
"Did you bring food and kindling? How many bullets did you bring? If we really encounter a pack of wolves, do you think about picking up the guns and ammunition from Little Blind Chu and the others?"
Looking at the cars that were only a mile or two ahead of the horse-drawn sleds, Wu Laowai's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out things he should and shouldn't have said.
"We brought everything, including a bottle of diesel fuel and a bottle of liquor! Uncle Wu, if that's the case, shouldn't we run away?"
Thinking back to that night in Hetao, when Chu Maolin almost wiped out the Forestry Bureau's security detail, Chen Tuo felt a chill run down his spine.
Don't let the wolf kill you, or you'll get shot by Chu Maolin.
"Da Lingzi's in the car! You're really willing to run away? With Sun the Cripple around, just avoid them and don't let them beat you up again!"
After expressing the same concerns as Chen Tuo, Wu Laowai tugged at the militiaman driving the sled.
"Hey buddy, you're not surnamed Li, so just follow the convoy slowly, or you might startle the horses with a gunshot..."
After saying that, Wu Laowai dangled his legs outside the sled, and changed the gun on his back from a small shoulder strap to a large slung across his back.
Chen Tuo followed suit and slung his Tula single tube across his shoulder.
They arrived at the scene of the medical team's accident without incident, and the scene was pretty much as Sun Changkui had imagined.
He Yunqing infiltrated the medical team, and under his influence, the team decided to first visit the settlement in Beishan.
As a result, shortly after the car changed lanes, a group of wild boars rushed down from the mountain.
The medical team's lead vehicle collided with a wild boar weighing three or four hundred pounds. After injuring the boar, the vehicle lost control and crashed into a ditch.
The convoy tried several times to rescue the convoy but failed, so they fired a signal flare.
Besides the lead car being hit by the lead boar of the herd, the two cars behind it also had their doors dented by the passing herd of boars.
Looking at the four wild boars of various sizes that had been dealt with by the convoy's drivers and security guards, Chen Tuo glanced at the messy marks on the hillside and asked:
"Uncle Wu, is this wild boar of ours really that stupid? It's not normal for the lead boar to lead the herd into a convoy, is it?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Laowai looked up at the hillside. Without careful observation, one could not easily spot the problem by looking closely at the pig tracks on the hill.
But upon closer inspection, it wasn't the pig track he was familiar with...