Chapter 39 Mantou Saves the Day

A few days later, Wan Baocai came to Lanhua Village again, making the villagers nervous. They were afraid that this little bully would come looking for trouble and make them suffer like last time.

This time, Wan Baocai didn’t come empty-handed. He brought five roast ducks from his own restaurant.

He planned to give one to the second, third, and fourth families, and keep two for Shen Nian’s family.

The roast ducks, with their red and shiny color and rich aroma, were very tempting. The taste… well…

Zhao Uncle couldn’t resist stealing a bite, he frowned: “It’s not good, too greasy!”

The four guards who came with Wan Baocai immediately disagreed.

“This roast duck is the signature dish of the Wan family restaurant, how dare you say it’s not good? Is your tongue rotten?”

“Your own tongue is bad, yet you say the roast duck is not good!”

“Do you know how to appreciate delicious food?”

Zhao Uncle glared at them, puffing up his chest: “I do, of course I do. I’m the best cook in Lanhua Village! Humph! You dare look down on me, I’m angry! Go, go buy a duck, I’ll show you what real crispy roast duck is today!”

The guards laughed.

One guard puffed out his chest: “Buy it, buy it. I want to see this…” He was about to say “idiot,” but before he could finish, he saw Shen Nian give him a faint look, so he quickly changed his words: “I want to see if this fat man has the ability. If you can’t make a decent roast duck, you’ll pay for the duck!”

Wan Baocai looked at the guard angrily: “You dare ask for the money for a duck? Shame on you, don’t call yourself a guard of the Wan family, you’re so stingy.”

The guard: “Forget the duck money, can I make fun of him?”

The guard quickly went to the village to buy a duck. Zhao Uncle told Shen Nian and then, without any hesitation, ordered the other three guards to help him build a simple oven.

The guards saw that they had to build an oven to roast a duck, the amount of work was too much, it was too much trouble to roast just one duck. They simply went to the village to buy a few more ducks, if they were going to eat, they might as well eat their fill!

Lu Dashen, who raised ducks in the village, inexplicably sold five ducks, all at a high price, she was overjoyed!

Young Master Wan took the guards to build the oven and roast the ducks. Shen Nian took Wan Baocai to reclaim the wasteland. Grandpa Shen was helping Zhao Uncle and didn’t have time, Grandma Shen was worried so she followed Shen Nian and Wan Baocai to the mountain.

Wei Shi was embroidering in the house and didn’t pay attention to what was happening outside. Her embroidery was of excellent quality, although it didn’t make as much money as selling pancakes, it was still one of the family’s important sources of income.

The weather was good today, perfect for chopping wood. There were many people going up the mountain. When Shen Nian and the others arrived at the wasteland, they saw many figures on the mountain, including adults and children. The children were playing with the adults, among them was Chen Sanshui.

Seeing Chen Sanshui climbing a tree to steal bird nests, Shen Nian frowned: “This kid is ignoring warnings and climbing trees again!”

Chen Sanshui was still young, without an adult or older child to accompany him, climbing trees was very dangerous. If he wasn’t careful, he would fall from the tree.

Shen Nian was about to take Wan Baocai over to introduce him to Chen Sanshui and the other children, when she suddenly heard a scream. Chen Sanshui fell from a height of three meters from the tree.

Grandma Shen’s face turned pale with fright, she instinctively wanted to run over to catch him, but she was old and her legs were slow, and she was too far away to catch him. There were only three or four children around Chen Sanshui, no adults, the adults were chopping wood ten meters away.

Seeing that Chen Sanshui was about to fall to the ground, everyone screamed in terror.

Chen Sanshui also screamed repeatedly.

At the critical moment, a white shadow suddenly appeared, acting as a cushion for Chen Sanshui.

“Awoooo!” A painful sound came from under Chen Sanshui.

He looked down in pain and saw a white creature that looked like a dog but was also different from a dog.

“Ah!” He was scared and rolled off the creature, his palm was scratched by the gravel, and he was in so much pain that his eyes were filled with tears.

Everyone around was startled. The adults recognized the creature that saved Chen Sanshui, it was a white wolf.

They quickly carried Chen Sanshui away and shielded the other children behind them.

“Where did the wolf come from?”

“It’s a rare white wolf!”

“This thing is worth a lot of money!”

“Why did it run over just now? And it happened to run under Sanshui.”

“Did it come to save Sanshui?”

Grandma Shen, Shen Nian, and Wan Baocai came over. Seeing the white wolf lying on the ground, Wan Baocai was startled and hid behind Grandma Shen.

Shen Nian quickly ran to the white wolf and hugged it: “Mantou, are you okay?”

“Awoooo!” The white wolf whimpered weakly.

Its stomach hurt so much.

Chen Sanshui had fallen on its soft stomach. Chen Sanshui was fine, but its stomach hurt badly.

Shen Nian touched its stomach: “Does it hurt here? Let me take a look.”

Seeing the little girl from the Shen family dare to approach the white wolf and even touch its stomach, the villagers were terrified.

“Nian Nian, don’t touch it, that’s a wolf, it will bite!”

“Shen Daniang, quickly take your Nian Nian away! If she gets bitten, it’ll be terrible!”

Wan Baocai also shouted from behind Grandma Shen: “Nian Nian, come back!”

Someone stepped forward to take Shen Nian away. Shen Nian turned around and shouted loudly: “Uncle Chen, I know this wolf, its name is Mantou, it won’t hurt me. It got hurt saving Sanshui, I want to save it, please don’t stop me!”

Grandma Shen walked over, gathered her courage and gently touched the white wolf’s head. Seeing that the white wolf didn’t resist her, she breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone: “Villagers, this white wolf is Ninth Son’s friend. Do you remember three years ago when Cao Chen Shi stole our Nian Nian into the deep mountains? It was this wolf that bit Cao Chen Shi at that time. It’s a good wolf, it knows how to distinguish between good people and bad people, it’s different from other wolves, you don’t need to be so afraid!”

She looked at Chen Sanshui: “Sanshui, you accidentally fell just now, Mantou saved you. It got hurt to save you.”

Grandma Shen continued: “Villagers, a wolf that can save people won’t hurt people casually. Now I beg you to help me, help me carry it to my house to heal its wounds. We, the Shen family, have decided to keep this wolf.”

Everyone present was shocked and widened their eyes.

“Shen Daniang, are you serious? Keep a wolf? This is no joke!”

“Although we saw with our own eyes that the white wolf saved Sanshui, but…”

“But what but!” Chen Sanshui’s father stood up, bowed to the white wolf: “Thank you for saving my son, you are our family’s great benefactor wolf!”

He turned to the people present and said: “Mantou saved my Sanshui, he has a great kindness to our Chen family. I, Chen Liang, am not an ungrateful person, we will protect Mantou.”

These words made the villagers come to their senses.

That’s right!

Although Mantou is a wolf, it saved Chen Sanshui, so it’s a good wolf.

Since it’s not bad, what are they afraid of!

Save it!

We must save Mantou!

Several villagers immediately walked over to help Chen Liang lift the white wolf.

When they touched the white wolf, everyone was actually very nervous. But seeing that the white wolf didn’t react to their touch, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, confirming once again that this white wolf was indeed different.

They lifted the white wolf with all their strength and walked towards the Shen family. Shen Nian and Grandma Shen followed closely behind, Chen Sanshui and the other children followed closely behind.

Only Wan Baocai was left standing there dumbfounded.

“No, you’re just leaving like that?” Wan Baocai patted his head, dumbfounded. “You’re all not afraid of death! That’s a man-eating wolf!”

He shook his head: “No, they’re not afraid, what am I afraid of? I’m the bravest young master of the Wan family!”

These country bumpkins are so brave, he’s impressed!

Seeing Shen Nian and the others walking away, Wan Baocai chased after them.

The white wolf was carried to the Shen family.

Seeing a group of villagers carrying a wolf in, Grandpa Shen and the others were startled.

Zhao Uncle recognized the white wolf. Seeing it being carried, he thought it was dead, he cried out and ran over to hug the white wolf: “Woooo, Mantou, don’t die! I still want to play with you! Woooo!”

The white wolf: “…Awoooo!” You’re the one who’s dead! I’m not dead, and I don’t want to play with you. You’re silly and you don’t look good!