Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

"There are twenty-six horses in total. I've counted them three times." Liu Qingguo said happily. He loved doing this kind of thing, and he always had a great harvest every time he went up the mountain with Ruiwa.

"There are two more horses under that tree over there. Uncle Chen Ye shot them. I didn't touch them," Zhou Rui gestured.

Then, the three hunting dogs that had chased after them returned, the largest of which was carrying a jackal in its mouth. It seemed that the others had all run away.

"Alright, one more, now it's twenty-seven." Liu Qingguo quickly took the dog's spoils and neatly stacked them on top.

"Including the ones Chen Ye took down, that makes a total of twenty-nine. This pack of jackals only has about thirty in total, and eight or nine out of ten are here. The remaining few are no longer a threat, so our mission is complete."

Gu Dayong was very satisfied; the entire team completed the mission without injury. He hadn't been on the battlefield for many years and was very happy to be able to command this small-scale "battle".

"How are Chen Ye and his son doing?" Gu Dayong felt a bit annoyed just thinking about those two guys.

Zhou Rui had a strange smile on his face: "Uncle Chen Ye is fine. Chen Feiyue's calf should have been bitten. As for the others... you can observe them yourselves later."

"What do you think Ruiwa saw that made her laugh so strangely?" Liu Qingguo leaned closer to Gu Jiacheng and asked quietly.

"I don't know, I can't guess. When we see them later, we'll take a good look." Although Gu Jiacheng was a dull person, he still had a gossipy heart.

"Alright, I'll go take a look. We're all from the same village, so I should check on them. You guys stay here and watch over the spoils, and feed the dog while you're at it." Gu Dayong didn't press Zhou Rui about what he'd seen; in his opinion, it was just the perverse pleasures of young people. "It's getting dark soon, let's start a fire."

"Father, let me go with you. I brought some medicine for my injuries; Uncle Chen might need it." Gu Jiacheng volunteered.

"I...I want to too..." Liu Qingguo also wanted to go, but looking back at Zhou Rui, he felt a little embarrassed. It wouldn't be right for him to go watch the excitement and leave Ruiwa to work alone. But he was itching to see what had happened to the Chen family.

Zhou Rui seemed to sense Liu Qingguo's dilemma: "Brother Qingguo, you go ahead, you might be able to help. I can feed the dog by myself. When you come back, you can do more skinning the jackal."

Liu Qingguo finally got his wish and happily followed Gu Dayong and his son.

Gu Dayong led Gu Jiacheng and Liu Qingguo to the Chen family father and son. Chen Feiyue had already climbed down from the tree and was half-lying against the tree root, groaning incessantly. His left trouser leg was torn open, revealing two gleaming teeth marks, and a small piece of flesh had been ripped off below—a truly gruesome sight.

When Chen Ye saw Gu Dayong approaching, he quickly turned around and asked, "Old Gu, did you bring the medicine? I lost everything on the way except for my gun, so I'll have to go back and look for it later."

Chen Ye was concerned about his reputation, so he only said that he lost it on the way and didn't mention the word "escape".

"I brought it. Jiacheng, apply the medicine to Chen Feiyue."

"Alright, Dad." Gu Jiacheng stepped forward and took out a cloth bag about the size of a lunchbox from his waist.

Gu Jiacheng knelt on the ground and opened the cloth bag, inside which were several small porcelain bottles. Gu Jiacheng first washed Chen Feiyue's wound with water, then picked up one of the porcelain bottles and uncorked it.

"Uncle Chen, Qingguo, you two take the leap. It needs to be disinfected, it might hurt a bit, give him something to bite on."

So the two men came over, stuffed a stick into his mouth, and one of them massaged his shoulders while the other massaged his legs.

Gu Jiacheng tilted the porcelain bottle in his hand, and a fragrant aroma wafted out—it was alcohol. As soon as the alcohol was poured on, Chen Feiyue began to struggle violently, veins bulging on his face, and his gums bleeding.

Gu Jiacheng was incredibly fast; after the alcohol evaporated, he quickly sprinkled a powder on the powder and then wrapped it up with a strip of cloth.

"Alright, let him go. This is just a simple treatment. When we get back to the village, we'll have Uncle Changhai take a good look at him." After saying that, Gu Jiacheng started packing up the medicine bag.

Chen Ye and Liu Qingguo released him. After the pain subsided, Chen Feiyue was too weak to move. He was covered in sweat and collapsed on the ground.

"No need. I know your family's wound medicine is good. Going to the clinic in Changhai won't make much difference." Chen Ye knew that Gu Dayong was a hunter all year round and had somehow found a prescription that made his own wound medicine, which was particularly good.

"Old Gu, I'll have to trouble you to look after my Feiyue. I need to go back and find all the things I lost, including Feiyue's gun."

"Okay, go ahead. When you come back, just look for us by the fire." Gu Dayong nodded in agreement.

As they were talking, Gu Jiacheng was pulled aside by Liu Qingguo, and the two were whispering something to each other.

"Hey, I said, besides the bite mark on Chen Feiyue's calf, I didn't see anything else. What is Ruiwa laughing at?"

Gu Jiacheng glanced at his father and saw that his father was talking to Chen Ye, about seven or eight meters away from them and hadn't noticed them. So he leaned close to Liu Qingguo's ear and whispered something.

"You were holding Chen Feiyue's shoulder from behind just now, didn't you see?" Gu Jiacheng glanced at his father again: "Chen Feiyue's crotch was wet, he peed himself from being scared by the jackal."

"What? You really peed? Pfft..." Liu Qingguo covered his mouth, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

Gu Jiacheng was originally pretending to be aloof, but he was infected by Liu Qingguo's chuckle and was too embarrassed to laugh out loud, so he could only imitate Liu Qingguo, covering his mouth and shaking his shoulders.

"What are you two doing? Come here, help Feiyue over, we're going to camp over there."

Upon hearing Gu Dayong's shout, the two coughed awkwardly, finally stopping their snickers, before running over.

Gu Jiacheng and Liu Qingguo helped Chen Feiyue walk towards the campsite. The two were kind-hearted and afraid of aggravating his wounds and causing him suffering, so they walked very slowly.

But Liu Qingguo, being a sneaky fellow, kept glancing down at Chen Feiyue's crotch.

Although Chen Feiyue was extremely weak due to continuous injuries, he still noticed Liu Qingguo's subtle actions, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Weakened, Chen Feiyue lacked the strength to push Liu Qingguo away or walk back to camp on his own, so he pretended not to know anything. His main point was that as long as his expression remained natural, he hadn't wet his pants.

Back at the campsite, Chen Feiyue looked up and saw a mountain of jackals piled up, their heads facing him. Dozens of dead eyes stared at him, and Chen Feiyue's legs went weak; the last drops of fluid in his bladder uncontrollably leaked out again.

Liu Qingguo felt a sudden weight on his body, thinking Gu Jiacheng had let go. He turned his head to look, only to see a stream of water flowing down Chen Feiyue's pants. "Eh...!"

Gu Jiacheng, Zhou Rui, and Gu Dayong heard the sound and looked over at the same time.

Chen Feiyue closed his eyes. Forget it, let it all be destroyed.