Scholars in the courtyard

The sound of horse hooves approached quickly, and when they got close to the jeep, they suddenly stopped.

Then the leader jumped off the horse. He had a broad body and strong movements. His tall body made his coat sway in the wind. Through the light, Yang Xiaotao could see clearly that there were two shell guns on his waist.

As the leader dismounted, the five men behind him dismounted, all holding rifles in their hands.

This thing is much more powerful than a pistol. If Gao Yu was holding a rifle, the wolves would probably be wary of him.

The leader walked quickly. Lao Ma and Gao Yu gratefully put down their things and got out of the car to greet him.

"Team Mu."

"Captain Mu."

The three of them stepped forward. The man was a head taller than Lao Ma. When he saw the two of them, he immediately stepped forward and stretched out his arms to protect them.

"You're okay, that's great."

There was something heroic about a northern man in his tone.

"The director was afraid that something might happen to you, so he sent us to pick you up."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Yang Xiaotao aside.

"Hello, you are the teacher Yang mentioned by the director."

Captain Mu walked in, and after Yang Xiaotao saw his appearance clearly, he was even more sure that this man must be from the grassland.

"Hello, Captain Mu, thank you for coming."

The man did not hug Yang Xiaotao, but just nodded and saluted.

Only then did the man notice what the pile of things on the jeep were.

I was illuminated by the car lights just now, and I could only see black shadows. I couldn't tell what they were. I just thought they were carrying a lot of things.

But at this moment, where can't I see clearly?

"Wolf? Have you encountered a pack of wolves?"

Looking at the pile of wolf corpses, Captain Mu suddenly changed his color.

So many wolves, what happened?

Captain Mu suddenly stepped forward. With his slender eyes, he could tell the clues at a glance. With a touch of his hand, he knew that this was someone who had just been killed. It must not have been more than a day old. The top of the head was touched carefully and he found that there was only One wound, that is, the head was smashed.

This is a wolf head, a solid wolf head.

"Lao Ma, what happened to you?"

The man asked, and several people in the escort team behind him also noticed the wolf corpse in the car and stepped forward to take a look.

Lao Ma pretended to be mysterious and smiled, "Team Mu, let's go first."

"I'll tell you on the way."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, but this wind force was not the place to talk.

After hearing this, Captain Mu quickly had people put the wolf carcasses onto the horses to reduce the weight of the jeep so that at least the two of them could sit down.

After working for a while, the team set off again.

Team Mu rode beside the car, asking about the situation eagerly.

When he was carrying them just now, he counted seventeen wolves. Except for a few with gunshot wounds, the others were all killed by wooden sticks.

This is simply incredible.

In this wilderness, he encountered wild wolves more than once. As a prairie man, he also knew how terrifying wolves were. They were cunning and ferocious beings.

Not to mention the three of them, even if the team behind him encountered these seventeen wolves, let alone killing them, it would be good to keep half of them.

Of course, this is under the premise that there is sufficient ammunition. If there is no ammunition, the roles will be reversed.

"Team Mu, are you shocked?"

Lao Ma held the steering wheel with one hand and rested his hand on the car window.

At the same time, he also gave Yang Xiaotao a thumbs up, "That scene was really one man's fault and ten thousand men could not get away with it."

"The wooden stick in my hand hit him all the way, and in a short time, he was completely smashed to death."

Yang Xiaotao felt a little embarrassed listening to Lao Ma's praise in the co-pilot. In fact, without Xiaowei's help, with the cooperation of these wolves, even if he could kill, he would still be injured. Unlike now, where he doesn't even have any blood. Dip.

Lao Ma told what happened, and Gao Yu on the side added, which made the surrounding guards look surprised and cheered.

Captain Mu, in particular, looked at Yang Xiaotao with admiration.

Grassland people value heroes the most. Even in the new society, their respect for heroes has not changed.

And through the introduction just now, Yang Xiaotao also knew Captain Mu's name.

Mu Duqin, a grassland man, also has a name called Aduqin, which means the person who herds horses.

Like everyone else, we are all exploited poor people.

"Teacher Yang, you are a real warrior."

On horseback, after Mu Duqin listened, he realized that most of the people were beaten to death with wooden sticks based on what he saw.

But he knew Lao Ma and Gao Yu, so he obviously didn't have this ability.

The one who is left is undoubtedly the teacher Yang receiving this time.

"Captain Mu, I'm just stronger, not a warrior."

Yang Xiaotao was modest, but Mu Duqin shook his head firmly.

"For the prairie people's coming-of-age ceremony, it is enough to capture a wolf."

"But that's it, very little is accomplished every year. And you"

"You are the hero."

After listening to Mu Duqin's explanation, Yang Xiaotao neither refuted nor agreed.

Just slowly moving forward under the admiring eyes of everyone.

After walking for more than an hour, a knight in front finally heard a roar and arrived.

Yang Xiaotao was excited, straightened up quickly, and tried to look forward.

"We're at the ditch."

Lao Ma was a little tired after driving all the way, and his eyelids had begun to fight.

"Lao Ma, how about I come to the meeting?"

But Lao Ma waved his hand, "No need, after passing the ditch, we will reach the farm three miles away."

"Teacher Yang, we are here."

Gao Yu behind him also breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the time, it was already eleven o'clock in the middle of the night.

This journey is so long.

Yang Xiaotao changed his position and could already see the road, with farmland on both sides. Although there was nothing in the ground, traces of man-made effects could be seen.

After another ten minutes, the car came to a ditch.

Turning on the headlights, Yang Xiaotao looked at the stone bridge across which was only four or five meters long.

Behind them, Gao Yu explained that this was excavated by them in cooperation with the local government in the early years, and it was the main water source for nearby farms.

After crossing the ditch, we began to see trees in front of us, and there were haystacks on both sides of the road, while the comrades on horseback in front were already roaring towards the farm.

Five minutes later, the outer fence of the farm was towed away. The soldiers on duty looked at the wolves on horseback and the people in the cars with admiring eyes.

The car passed the roadblock and rows of houses appeared in front of it.

Unlike Sijiucheng, which has alleys, these houses are connected from front to back, and the alleys inside cannot be seen at all.

From a distance, it looked like a city wall, vaguely, and Yang Xiaotao also saw a Maxim standing on a sentry tower.

When the car stopped at the front entrance of the courtyard, Yang Xiaotao saw the person and group of people standing at the door.

"Teacher Yang!"

In the cold wind, a childish voice sounded, full of excitement, joy, and a little crying.

Yang Xiaotao immediately jumped out of the car and ran up in a few steps.

"Teacher Yang~"

"Teacher Yang~~"

In an instant, several figures rushed over.

Yang Xiaotao hugged the child in front of him, and others behind him came closer.

"Hongye, Dani, Erni, and Genzi, Weizi, haha, okay. They are all here, they are all here."

Yang Xiaotao looked over one by one. Under the flickering light, there were familiar faces that were a little strange at the same time.

The once childish face is still familiar.

It's just that there is a little more maturity and a little more growth in this immaturity.

"Teacher Yang~~"

Yang Erni hugged Yang Xiaotao and suddenly sobbed loudly. Among them, she was the youngest and the most homesick.

Every time she thought about it, the eldest sister and Hongye sister told her to be strong and not to embarrass Yangjiazhuang.

So she kept from crying.

The moment she saw Yang Xiaotao, she felt so close to her that she couldn't help but rush up to him, hug him and start crying.

Yang Xiaotao picked up the little girl. Judging from the chanting of later generations, she was still a child in elementary school.

"Ernie, don't cry."

"The teacher is here to take you home."

"Um!"

Yang Erni nodded, she would do whatever Teacher Yang said.

The children around them wiped away their tears and smiled when they heard that they were home.

Yang Xiaotao met the children, and a group of adults around him watched quietly.

One of the elderly men was called aside by Captain Mu, and Lao Ma and Gao Yu were also telling the story.

The old man looked stern, then came to the jeep and horses, inspected them carefully, and returned to the crowd after a while, the shock on his face had not dissipated.

Yang Xiaotao put Yang Erni down and then looked at the two women.

"Aunt Zhang, Aunt Xu."

"Thank you for your hard work."

The two of them were arranged by Yangjiazhuang to come together to take care of the children. They have worked hard for the past six months.

After hearing Yang Xiaotao's words, the two of them lowered their heads and wiped the tears from their eyes.

In their lives, this is the farthest and longest time they have been away from home.

He glanced at the two people and then looked at the person aside.

He's still the same height, but thinner.

There are also wrinkles on the face, and there are edges and corners under the light, unlike the original smoothness.

Yang Xiaotao walked up to him and the other party grinned.

"Director Gao."

If it weren't for the familiar face, Yang Xiaotao wouldn't believe that the person in front of him was Gao Yufeng.

"Xiao Tao, here we come."

The voice is still so familiar and the smile is still so sincere.

Gao Yufeng stretched out his right hand.

Yang Xiaotao opened his arms and hugged him.

"I'm coming."

Gao Yufeng reacted and hugged Yang Xiaotao as well.

Then he let go and looked at the children, "Don't worry, the children are all fine, every one of them is fine."

"I know, I know." Yang Xiaotao nodded, "But what's the matter with you? You're so thin."

Yang Xiaotao felt that he was even thinner than Ran Qiuye, but he was a man.

Gao Yufeng smiled nonchalantly, "You may not think I've lost weight, but I'm in good health."

Yang Xiaotao doesn't believe it. It's not a good thing for a person to gain or lose weight suddenly. There must be a reason for it.

His eyes looked at the people on the left and right, and the same thin faces seemed to make him understand something.

"Xiao Tao, this is the field director, Comrade Ma Sanxing."

Gao Yufeng didn't want to say more and introduced Yangxia Tuan to the old man on the side.

Beside him, a group of people gathered around.

The people from the guard team just told everyone what happened on the road, so they looked at Yang Xiaotao with admiration.

One person kills sixteen wolves.

Still using wooden sticks, not guns. This sounds like a big show.

"Hello, Comrade Yang Xiaotao."

Ma Sanxing stepped forward excitedly and shook hands, "I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that you would encounter this kind of situation along the way."

"Fortunately, nothing happened, otherwise how would I explain it?"

Yang Xiaotao held the other party's hand and said, "Old director, you are exaggerating when you say this. I'm fine."

"Besides, this child is here with you, thanks to everyone taking care of it."

After speaking, Yang Xiaotao looked at a group of smiling children and said, "I should be the one thanking you."

After the two were polite, Gao Yufeng asked them to go inside quickly. It was so late at night and the wind was blowing cold, so it was best not to stand outside.

Yang Xiaotao nodded, and the horse farm manager was polite, and then led the children into the house.

After a few people left, the stable manager asked people to unload the things.

Looking at the dead wolves one after another, everyone was shocked and surprised at the same time.

Gao Yu's introduction shocked everyone on the side.

Surprised by so much meat. Yang Xiaotao followed the children into the house.

A group of children insisted that Yang Xiaotao follow them to their room, but Yang Xiaotao did not refuse.

The children slept in a big bunk, with boys in a row and girls in a row. There was an ordinary stove in the middle, and no heater was installed.

It was still a little cold when we came in, but the children were very enthusiastic.

He hugged Yang Xiaotao in the middle and chattered about this and that.

Everyone wants to know how their family is doing. After being out for such a long time, I also miss my parents at home.

Although Yang Xiaotao has not returned to Yangjiazhuang, he still knows some news. Moreover, now he reports the good news but not the bad news. If it is not good, the children will be distracted.

After chatting with a group of children for a while, finally at Yang Xiaotao's request, he lay down to sleep.

After leaving the house, Yang Xiaotao saw Gao Yufeng waiting. When the two met, they were filled with sighs.

"Let's rest first and talk about it tomorrow."

Gao Yufeng kept talking, and Yang Xiaotao was confused, but seeing that it was almost three o'clock in the morning, he didn't ask any more questions.

Yang Xiaotao nodded and followed Gao Yufeng to the arranged residence. Gao Yu had already packed his luggage and bedding. The surroundings of the house were tightly covered. Although there was no stove, it was not so harsh.

Yang Xiaotao looked around, took off his coat, turned off the kerosene lamp, pulled off the quilt, and lay on the bed to sleep.