HPDBC Chapter 1598 The bear scared the hero
Chapter 1598 The bear scared the hero
Chapter 1598 The bear scared the hero
"Baoyu! Baoyu!" Seeing that something was wrong with Li Baoyu, Zhao Jun hurriedly woke him up.
When Li Baoyu woke up, his forehead was covered with sweat, and it was cold sweat.
"Brother..." At this moment, Li Baoyu had tears in his eyes.
"What's going on?" Although the two people didn't speak loudly, they woke up Zhang Yuanmin who was standing nearby.
Zhang Yuanmin looked at Li Baoyu's condition and asked again without waiting for Li Baoyu to answer: "Baoyu, were you frightened by the black blind man?"
Zhang Yuanmin was very experienced in this kind of thing and saw the clues at a glance.
Li Baoyu reached into the front of his vest, lifted it up and wiped the sweat off his forehead, still stubbornly saying, "No, it's not night yet."
Usually, when they are scared, they will make a noise at night, and it is only the afternoon now.
But after saying this, Li Baoyu felt something was wrong, and quickly tried to make amends, saying, "Besides, I don't feel scared at all."
Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin both curled their lips when they heard this. Zhao Jun got up from the kang, went to the east wall, reached out and pulled out half a pack of pain-relieving tablets from the bag that Li Baoyu carried when he went up the mountain.
Then, Zhao Jun picked up the large teacup on the table against the wall, turned around and handed the medicine and water to Li Baoyu.
"Thank you, brother!" Li Baoyu was not being polite, but was deeply moved. His brother actually personally served him medicine...
Zhao Jun didn't know what Li Baoyu was thinking. But in response to Li Baoyu's thanks, Zhao Jun said, "It's okay. You have done a great job."
This statement is full of irony.
But Li Baoyu didn't care. He tore open the wrapping paper of the painkillers and put two pills into his mouth.
It is said that painkillers can cure all diseases, but this one certainly can't cure fright. Zhao Jun asked Li Baoyu to take it because fright is usually followed by fever.
"What's the matter, Baoyu?" Zhang Yuanmin, who did not go up the mountain with them, asked curiously, "Did you encounter any danger when you went up the mountain to hunt black bears?"
On the way back, Li Baoyu silenced everyone one by one and told the Zhao Jiabang, Huang Gui and six other people who came back in the same car not to speak of his "bravery" in front of Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei.
Therefore, Zhang Yuanmin, who did not go bear hunting, had no idea what happened in the mountains.
But Zhang Yuanmin has rich experience in this area. Even if Li Baoyu doesn't say it, Zhang Yuanmin can guess it almost exactly.
"Baoyu, your case is quite serious." Zhang Yuanmin said, "It's not even night yet and it's already like this. Did Hei Xia Zi suppress it?"
"No." Li Baoyu not only refused to admit it, but also boasted, "Can my martial arts skills make Black Blind Man rush over?"
"Martial arts?" Zhang Yuanmin frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"
Speaking of this, Li Baoyu was no longer sleepy and told Zhang Yuanmin vividly about his battle with the black bear.
"Baoyu..." When listening to Li Baoyu's story about his experience of fighting the black bear, Zhang Yuanmin opened his mouth several times to speak.
After listening to Li Baoyu's story, Zhang Yuanmin couldn't help but comment, "You are such a tiger!"
As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said this, Zhao Jun beside him couldn't help laughing. Zhao Jun thought to himself: "Who can be as tiger B as you? Your nickname in your previous life was Zhang Dahu B."
Zhao Jun thought so, but he couldn't say it. Li Baoyu was stunned and said angrily: "Brother, what are you talking about?"
"What are you talking about?" Zhang Yuanmin shook his head and said, "Tell me yourself, aren't you a coward in doing this? You're just messing around, it's so dangerous!"
People always have ability when they praise others.
After saying a few words to Li Baoyu, Zhang Yuanmin reminded him again: "Baoyu, listen to your elder brother. Before going to bed at night, wear your outer clothes inside out and sleep for a night."
It is said that if a person gets frightened, he or she may break his or her clothes if he or she sleeps with the clothes inside out.
I don’t know if this is metaphysics or superstition, but it is quite effective anyway.
"No, big brother." Li Baoyu patted the thin cotton jacket covering his legs and said, "I can't wear this little cotton jacket either."
I don’t know what it’s like in the city these days, but in Yong’an Forest District there are no autumn clothes, autumn trousers, jackets, etc.
"Then put a kitchen knife under your pillow." Zhang Yuanmin said this to Li Baoyu first, then turned to Zhao Jun who was not on the kang and said, "Brother, why don't you get on the bowl rack and bring the kitchen knife to Baoyu."
"No, no!" Li Baoyu said, grabbing Zhao Jun and saying, "I'm fine, why would I take a kitchen knife?"
As he spoke, Li Baoyu raised his other hand and said, "I was wrong today. I chopped a stick and it hit the butt of the knife steadily. I choked on its throat and killed it directly."
Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin: "..."
……
Li Baoyu was being tough for the sake of face, but when he was having dinner, he could tell something was wrong with him. He ate less, drank less, and talked less.
After dinner, Li Baoyu went home first, which was unusual for him.
Li Dayong asked him what was wrong. Li Baoyu said that he was sweating after climbing the mountain today and had a headache. He wanted to go home, take some painkillers, and go to bed early.
This was a very normal thing for mountain runners. Li Dayong didn't think it was a big deal and asked Li Baoyu to go back first.
When Li Baoyu left, Li Dayong, Li Ruhai and Li Xiaoqiao were all watching TV in the west room.
Although the Li family also has a TV, it is a lively atmosphere when everyone in the house watches it together.
At this time, Jin Xiaomei was making the stuffing in the outer room.
Everyone said that the horse meat steamed dumplings at noon were delicious. There was less than ten kilograms of horse meat left, so Wang Meilan led the team to chop up the remaining horse meat. After the filling was mixed, everyone shared it and took it home to make dumplings tomorrow morning.
The Li family lived next door, Li Baoyu was not a child, and he didn't seem to be seriously injured. Li Dayong, Jin Xiaomei, and Li Xiaoqiao had no plans to go back with him.
At this time, Li Ruhai, who was watching TV, blinked his eyes, moved off the kang, and said, "I'm going to go back and see my brother."
After hearing what Li Ruhai said, the old lady smiled and said to Xing San: "Did you see it? They are still brothers."
"Yeah." Xing San nodded when he heard this. Seeing the Li brothers so "harmonious", Xing San couldn't help but think of his brother. Xing San only had one relative in this world. Thinking of this, the old man thought about buying some things and going to see his brother one day.
But then he thought that he would be neglected even if he went there, and he might not even get a hot meal. Although they were his relatives, his brother's family was not as good to him as the people in this room.
Thinking about this, Xing San decided not to go anywhere. There were a lot of things going on in the Zhao family recently, so he should just stay quiet and guard the house for Zhao Jun.
……
When Li Ruhai came out of Zhao's house, the lights in the outer room of his house in the west courtyard were already on.
Li Ruhai climbed over the wall to the west courtyard and scared Li Baoyu when he suddenly entered.
At this time, Li Baoyu was standing in front of the bowl rack, opening the door and taking something out.
"Brother, you haven't eaten enough?" Li Ruhai asked, "I have half a piece of bread left this morning. Can you warm it up by the stove?"
"Go...to you!" Li Baoyu glared at Li Ruhai fiercely. This kid was too annoying and it was not easy to scold him.
Li Ruhai was used to being scolded and he didn't get angry when he was scolded. He just glanced at Li Baoyu and went back to the west room.
Li Ruhai believed that if Li Baoyu was up to something, once he made a move, he would definitely not be able to hide it from his eyes.
Li Ruhai got on the kang as soon as he entered the room, pulled off the pillow and bedding, and prepared to warm up the quilt first.
But he was setting up the shop when Li Baoyu came in.
Li Baoyu entered the room and walked to the edge of the kang. He placed the two kitchen knives in his hands on the edge of the kang with a "clang" sound.
"This..." Li Ruhai raised his head and met Li Baoyu's unfriendly gaze. He then looked at the two kitchen knives beside the kang and suddenly became nervous. He babbled nonsense, "Brother, I always miss my relatives who are far away..."
"Fuck you..." Li Baoyu was furious. Did they think he was Zhao Jun and uneducated? That poem was about the parents missing their children and grandchildren!
Li Baoyu subconsciously wanted to curse, but when the words came to his lips, he realized that he couldn't do that. He immediately picked up the kitchen knife and said angrily: "What the hell are you talking about? Are you looking for death?"
"No..." Li Ruhai was shocked and explained hurriedly: "Brother, I said we are brothers by blood, so... we are from the same roots!"
"You're fucking sick!" Li Baoyu glared at Li Ruhai and threw the kitchen knife on the edge of the kang.
Then, Li Baoyu turned his back and sat down next to the kitchen knife.
Li Ruhai was frightened. He felt that there was something wrong with Li Baoyu's eyes today, otherwise he would not be so scared.
Li Ruhai quickly spread out his own bedding and then went to pull Li Baoyu's bedding.
"What are you doing?" Li Baoyu turned around and asked. Li Ruhai said, "Brother, aren't you feeling uncomfortable? Let me warm the quilt for you."
Li Baoyu glanced at him and said nothing. Li Ruhai hurriedly warmed the quilt for Li Baoyu.
After he had laid out the quilt for Li Baoyu and was arranging the pillows, Li Ruhai called out to him and said, "Brother, do you think this quilt is warm enough?"
Li Baoyu glanced back and said, "Okay, warm the quilt for me every day from now on."
Li Ruhai: "..."
When Li Ruhai saw Li Baoyu stuffing the kitchen knife under the pillow, his eyes suddenly widened.
"Brother!" Li Ruhai approached Li Baoyu and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing." Li Baoyu answered casually. Li Ruhai was unwilling to accept it and continued to ask: "Brother, what happened when you went up the mountain today?"
Hearing Li Ruhai's question, Li Baoyu slowly turned around and said to Li Ruhai, "Get lost!"
Li Ruhai: "..."
Li Baoyu slept restlessly that night. He did not have a nightmare but felt half asleep all night.
The next morning, Li Baoyu was awakened by the quarrel between Jin Xiaomei and Li Dayong.
The reason for the couple's quarrel was simple: they couldn't find a knife to cut pickles.
Jin Xiaomei blamed Li Dayong. Jin Xiaomei said that they had tofu mixed with green onions yesterday morning. She was busy picking up dry food from the pot, and it was Li Dayong who was chopping green onions with a kitchen knife.
Li Dayong said that was true, but he returned the kitchen knife after using it.
Jin Xiaomei questioned Li Dayong, since he sent the knife back, how come it couldn't be found?
Li Dayong retorted that even if he used a knife, he only used one and it was impossible for him to destroy both knives.
Then Li Dayong also said that it was Jin Xiaomei who took a knife from home yesterday to help the Zhao family remove the black bear and cut the meat.
Jin Xiaomei said no, saying that her sister-in-law had enough knives and she didn't take any knife from home at all. She also said that Li Dayong was miscellaneous all day long and he must have forgotten where he put the knife after using it.
Li Dayong said that Jin Xiaomei was talking nonsense and that she was the one who couldn't take care of the family. She even lost her sickle while working in the fields that year.
Jin Xiaomei was furious and scolded Li Dayong for being shameless. The reason why she lost the sickle that year was because Li Dayong's foot twisted on the ridge. She was worried about Li Dayong and threw the sickle away when she rushed over.
"What are you looking at?" Suddenly a voice sounded behind Li Baoyu. Li Baoyu turned around and saw Li Ruhai lying in bed, pointing at the door and saying, "Hurry up and send the knife out, or the couple will start fighting."
"This..." Li Baoyu hesitated. Wouldn't he be scolded if he gave the knife to her at this time?
Li Ruhai seemed to see through Li Baoyu's thoughts and said immediately: "If you send it now, you will be scolded. If you wait a little longer, you will be slapped in the face."
What he said even rhymed, and Li Baoyu thought it made sense, so he quickly pulled out a kitchen knife from under his pillow and went out.
Sure enough, two seconds later, the cursing in Li’s house was heard even by Hua Niuniu in the backyard.
Li Baoyu couldn't bear it anymore, so he quickly used the excuse of going to the toilet to escape from home.
Li Baoyu wanted to go to Zhao's house, but when he climbed over the wall, he felt his legs go weak and he collapsed to the ground.
On this side of the wall, there is a bear head with its eyes open in death!
Huang Gui and his men didn't want the black bear yesterday, so they left it to the Zhao family. Wang Meilan and her men skinned the bear and rolled up the skin, saying that they would wait for the hooligans to come up today and ask them who wanted it, and then give the bear skin to whoever wanted it.
As for the bear head, since Qin Qiang and his wife didn't mention it, they handed it over to the forest farm as proof that Zhao Jun had completed the task assigned by Zhou Chunming.
Li Baoyu climbed over the wall and did not step on the bear's head. However, when he looked at the bear's head, he felt frightened and his whole body trembled.
This is what a mountain runner looks like when he is frightened by a mountain beast. A mountain runner frightened by a black bear would tremble in his heart if someone nearby mentioned the three words "black bear", let alone the bear's head.
Zhang Yuanmin was very familiar with this kind of thing. He would be scared for a while every time he was beaten by a bear. But Zhang Yuanmin's psychological self-healing ability was really strong. Not long after, he ran towards the blind bear again.
I don’t know when Li Baoyu will be able to recover, but he was really scared just now.
Normally he could eat thirty large steamed dumplings, but today he only ate twelve.
After eating and drinking, everyone prepared to go to the Zhao family's new house. Wang Meilan led the donkey out of the backyard, asked Zhao Youcai to borrow a cart from the front room, harnessed the donkey to the cart, and then loaded the things into the cart.
Take two thermoses and two bowls. When people come to work, no matter what the food is, you have to provide them with water.
The beef and wild boar meat to be distributed to the hooligans were also packed into sacks and loaded into trucks.
The Zhao family’s project was quite large, so Zhao Youcai brought all kinds of tools from his neighbors.
Finally, there is the rolled-up bearskin.
Bear skin is worthless, the fur is not good and it is very heavy.
If it comes to carrying the bear skin normally, Li Baoyu, as the most powerful man among the seven families, would definitely be the one to take the responsibility.
But today, Li Baoyu slipped away and hid aside.
Even without Li Baoyu, there are still Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Zhao Weipeng and Zhao Jinhui. It is not difficult for them to carry the bear skin.
After everything was packed, Wang Meilan said to Xing San, "Brother, you stay at home and look after the house. We are leaving now!"
"Don't worry!" Xing San responded, and then Wang Meilan raised her hand and patted the donkey's hip, saying, "Let's go!"
The little donkey shook its head and followed Wang Meilan without anyone trying to drive it anymore.
(End of this chapter)