By the third day, the wolf pack had descended the mountain. The first to bear the brunt was the old Zhao Residence that was halfway up the mountain. However, all of the people inside had been moved to the Yu Family’s residence. Without the smell of food around, the wolf pack detoured around the houses halfway up the mountain and the Liu Family’s newly constructed residence and rushed straight towards the Yu Family’s next door neighbor, the Qian Family.

The Qian Family’s courtyard had about a hundred or so ducks in there. Although it was a disaster year, raising ducks wasn’t the same as raising chickens. Chickens required a lot of fodder whereas ducks only needed to be let out to a pond, and they could forage food for themselves. Little fish, shrimp, and snails were all a part of their regular diet. Madam Mao was planning on raising these hundred ducks until autumn and then selling them. 

It was currently the fifteenth of September and the moon was bright and radiant. Yu Hai climbed onto the top of his own wall and could clearly see the besieged Qian Family. The Qian Family had also dug some pit traps around them, which served their purpose. There were a few wolves caught in the pits. However, there were too many wolves in the pack. The ravenous starved wolves attempted one after another to scale...