Wild wolves frequently prowled around Baijia Village, attacking Shi Hu's chicken coop twice and throwing the entire village into panic. Yet Shi Hu, notoriously the most hot-tempered man in the village, failed to throw a fit this time.
There are no secrets if you don't want people to know. Having a guilty conscience, Shi Hu couldn't righteously vent his foul temper as he used to. However, he was quite adept at shifting his resentment elsewhere, spreading rumors everywhere that the wolf had been attracted solely by the straw tent set up on the threshing floor in front of the Fang family's house. Deep in the night, with five boys sleeping inside, the wolf could smell human scent and naturally wouldn't want to leave the village.
Hearing such talk, most villagers simply ignored it as sheer nonsense—how could such a thing be? Yet some timid souls actually believed Shi Hu and gradually turned their hostility toward the Fang family.
Chapter 42