After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

Chapter 293 Is there a blind bear on the mountain?

For the next period of time, the entire Shuangxi Brigade was shrouded in a tense atmosphere, so depressing that it made people breathless.

The hunting rifle team sent by the commune came and went, and they and the patrol team organized by the brigade shuttled back and forth in the mountains and forests, but they never found the black bear in the back mountain of Shuangxi Brigade.

While the hunting rifle team was patrolling the mountain, men, women, young and old from every household went out to collect firewood.

Shen Nian also took Shen Nian'an and the other three to the mountain to collect firewood. Now Shen Nian'an and the other three go together wherever they go.

Even when Shen Nianle wanted to pee, Shen Nian'an, Li Jichu and Xiao Nanqing all turned their backs tacitly and surrounded Shen Nianle like three pillars.

Shen Nianle blushed, looking at this and that. Finally, she couldn't help but shout, "I can't pee with the three of you surrounding me like this!"

Li Jichu scratched his head after hearing this: "Then...what should we do? How about we go further away?"

As he said that, he took a step forward, but was grabbed by Xiao Nanqing again.

Xiao Nanqing frowned: "If we walk away now, what if the black bear suddenly jumps out?"

Shen Nian'an glanced at his brother, who had never been separated from him since his mother's womb, and said unhappily, "Hurry up, we still have to collect firewood, don't dawdle."

Knowing that the three of them were doing this for her own good, Shen Nianle pouted and turned around reluctantly, clutching her pants tightly with both hands, her little face flushed.

In order to collect more firewood for the winter, the villagers did not even go home for lunch. They took turns carrying firewood home just to collect more firewood.

As the sun gradually set, the captain's familiar horn sounded again.

"Everyone, pack up and get ready to go back to the team!"

Immediately afterwards, the hunting rifle team and the patrol team organized by the captain appeared in everyone's sight.

The villagers hurriedly picked up the baskets on the ground and carried the remaining firewood in their arms, rushing down the mountain, fearing that they would be left behind if they were late.

After finally getting down the mountain, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"When we get to the brigade, everyone go home and put down the firewood, and then gather at the threshing ground!" The brigade leader's voice rang out, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief again.

Someone couldn't help but murmur, "Is there any news about a blind bear? The hunting team has been here for so long, and there's still no definite news. I even doubt whether there are any blind bears in this mountain at all."

"Don't worry about it. You dare to doubt someone sent by the commune? You'll hear the news when we gather later."

The person next to him quickly tugged at his clothes, signaling him to speak less.

These were people from the commune, unlike those of them who scraped for food from the soil. They couldn't afford to offend them. The man quickly shut up.

"I told you it was Shen Zhiqing who deceived the team leader!" Feng Yanniang winked at Zhang Fengfeng's wife and whispered, a gloating expression on her face.

After hearing what Feng Yaniang said, Mrs. Zhang looked in the direction of Shen Nian in the crowd without saying anything.

Behind her, Xiaohua's mother couldn't help but spit on the ground and said angrily, "Fengya's mother, please stop talking nonsense. Shen Zhiqing has done so much for the team every day. How could he possibly use this to deceive the team leader?"

Feng Ya'niang curled her lips and wanted to say something, but when she saw that everyone around her was busy rushing home, even her eldest daughter-in-law was walking forward with firewood on her back and ignored her, she had to shut up in disappointment, still mumbling something.

Everyone returned to the brigade, put away the firewood, and hurried to the threshing ground.

Shen Nian and his three companions, Shen Nian'an, were no exception. Along the way, they were whispering about whether the hunting team and the patrol team had found any black bears in the mountains.

When we arrived at the threshing ground, most people had already gathered, standing in groups of three or four, whispering to each other.

The team leader stood on the high platform of the threshing ground, holding a loudspeaker in his hand. He cleared his throat and said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me!"

The originally noisy threshing ground gradually became quiet, and everyone looked eagerly in the direction of the team leader, waiting for him to announce the news about the black bear.

The captain paused, then continued, "What I want to tell you today is that after a thorough search in the mountains by the hunting and patrol teams, we haven't found any bears. But we have found traces of bear activity!"

The crowd suddenly exploded, and discussions broke out one after another.

"We haven't found the blind bear, so why are there traces of its activities? Captain! Is there a bear or not?" a villager shouted at the top of his voice.

"That's right, Captain, you have to explain this clearly. Don't keep us hanging in the air." Aunt Zhang San beside her echoed.

Seeing this, Wang Quan, the leader of the hunting rifle team, took the captain's loudspeaker and raised his voice: "Everyone, be quiet! Listen to me. Although we found traces of the blind bear, they are not very obvious. We suspect that the blind bear may have just passed by the back mountain of your Shuangxi team and was just spotted by Shen Zhiqing!"

His voice was calm and loud, trying to calm the villagers.

After hearing this, everyone started whispering to each other again, with expressions of doubt on their faces.

Shen Nian'an frowned and whispered to Shen Nian: "Sister, do you think that's what he said?"

Shen Nian glanced at the empty iron cage and whispered, "I'm not sure if that's what he said, but as long as the four of you don't sneak off to the back mountain alone, you shouldn't run into him."

The four younger brothers nodded repeatedly and promised not to go up the mountain secretly.

"Captain Wang! What should our team do next? We don't even know if the black bear has left. We can't live in constant fear, right?"

The captain's wife couldn't help but speak, her eyes full of worry.

She was worried that if the hunting team just left like that, the black bear would come again, but her father didn't have a hunting rifle!

Upon hearing this, Wang Quan quickly said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. The commune has already decided to let our hunting rifle team stay in Shuangxi Brigade for another two days. Cooperate with the patrol team organized by your brigade to patrol the back mountain and the surrounding areas. In addition, every household should close the doors and windows tightly at night and try not to go out if possible."

There was another commotion in the crowd, and someone couldn't help shouting, "Didn't they say the blind bear just passed by our back mountain? Then could it have gone to the next brigade?" There was even a hint of luck in his voice.

"That's right, that's right, he's just scaring himself! If we can't find the black bear that Shen Zhiqing mentioned, how can we live like this?"

Feng Yaniang shouted at the top of her voice. She just believed that it was Shen Zhiqing who deceived the team leader!

The captain frowned and shouted, "Stop complaining! This is all for everyone's safety. If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it! If anyone doesn't cooperate, don't blame me for being rude!"

Only then did everyone become quiet.

Feng Yaniang couldn't help but curl her lips. She now realized that the team leader and Shen Zhiqing were in cahoots!

She secretly planned in her heart that tomorrow she would expose Shen Zhiqing's lies and make sure she could not eat alone on the mountain!