HPDBC Chapter 1566 Something Hidden in the Bottle
Chapter 1566 Something Hidden in the Bottle
Chapter 1566 Something Hidden in the Bottle
It was heavy not because the Zhao army couldn't lift it, but because it was heavier than normal and beyond expectations.
Li Baoyu raised his hand and swung the shovel head out of the pit, then he grabbed the edge of the pit and walked out of the pit.
Li Baoyu came up and squatted at the edge of the pit, taking the "treasure bottle" raised by Zhao Jun.
"Ouch." When Li Baoyu took it, he was also surprised and asked, "Solid?"
"Let me see." Li Ruhai, who was standing by, hurriedly took the clay bottle. While Li Baoyu was pulling Zhao Jun up, Li Ruhai took a look into the bottle in the light of the fire.
When I looked inside, it was pitch black. I shook the bottle, but there was no movement.
It's really solid.
Li Baoyu first pulled Zhao Jun, then Wang Qiang. As soon as Wang Qiang came out, he took the stone bottle from Li Ruhai. He weighed it slightly, then looked at the round bottle body, as if he had thought of something.
Wang Qiang turned around and looked at Zhao Jun, who was bending over to receive the chainsaw from Jie Chen. The words on Wang Qiang's lips became: "Nephew, can you fill this hole?"
In the early years, people fell to their deaths while digging deer pits in the production team, so we couldn’t just dig holes randomly when we went up the mountain. After digging, we had to fill them back.
"Fill it up." As soon as Zhao Jun said this, Wang Qiang asked, "Is there anything else underneath?"
"Uncle, this is impossible." Zhang Yuanmin, who was dragged up by Li Baoyu, said to Wang Qiang with a smile: "Who can do that? Dig out a box, and there is another one underneath? Why not use a bigger box to put them all together?"
There is nothing wrong with what he said, but Zhao Jun knew what Wang Qiang meant. When Wang the Widow's treasure cellar was opened for the first time, there was another layer underneath the first layer.
But Zhao Jun felt that the reason the treasure cellar had two floors was that it was not buried by one person.
"Brother." At this time, Li Baoyu turned around and said to Zhao Jun, "We have to think about it carefully. It will take too much effort to dig it open all at once."
"Yes." Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Fill it in."
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Li Baoyu pressed the shovel head and handle together, and when he used a nail to fix the two, he used pliers to nail the nail halfway in and then bent the remaining half.
Digging a pit is difficult, but filling it is easy. After the pit was filled, Zhao Jun personally carried the clay bottle and led the five men back.
The jeep was not far from them. After getting in the car, Li Baoyu, who was about to drive, glanced at Zhao Jun who was sitting in the passenger seat and asked, "Brother, could there be something hidden in this bottle?"
As soon as Li Baoyu finished speaking, he was confronted by Li Ruhai who was sitting behind him. At this time, Li Baoyu realized something and started the car while muttering, "I have to drive home quickly. Are they waiting for me to eat?"
Li Ruhai pinched the back of Li Baoyu's head with his eyelids and said, "With this brain, it's not as good as Jie Chen's."
"Yeah." Zhang Yuanmin echoed and said with a smile: "I wonder how many pigs my uncle got today."
"Oh!" Hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Li Ruhai slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "My uncle has given me a task."
After saying this, Li Ruhai said to Li Baoyu who was driving, "Brother, drop it off when we get into the village. I have to complete my mission."
"Come on, Ru Hai." Zhao Jun said, "It's been so long now, where can you ask him? Let's go back home quickly."
"That won't work." Li Baoyu smiled and continued, "Before I came out, my father specifically told me that I must resolutely complete the mission."
Hearing what Li Baoyu said, Zhao Jun couldn't help but curl his lips. Although these words were given by Li Dayong to Li Ruhai, they were obviously instigated by Zhao Youcai.
"Ruhai, why don't you ask them tomorrow morning?" Wang Qiang said to Li Ruhai, "You've been busy all day."
"It's okay, uncle." Li Ruhai said with a smile, "I've arranged everything before I come out. I'll just go to Aunt Qi's house and ask."
……
Leave the mountain and return to the village.
It was past 5:30 when they entered the village, and Zhao Jun asked Li Baoyu to take Li Ruhai to Lao Qi's house. Li Ruhai went into the house to inquire about the news, while Zhao Jun and others waited for him in the car.
In less than three minutes, Li Ruhai came out of the house. After getting in the car, none of the five Zhao Jun soldiers asked Li Ruhai what news he had heard, and Li Ruhai did not mention it either.
It seems that apart from Zhao Youcai, no one cares about those trivial matters.
The Jiefang car stopped outside the Zhao family's courtyard. Amid the barking of dogs, Jie Chen saw that the big lantern was not lit, so he pushed the car door and ran into the house.
But as soon as he entered the yard, Xie Chen hurried out again. Xie Chen came out and jumped directly in front of the co-pilot.
Just as Zhao Jun pushed the door and got out of the car, he heard Li Ruhai say, "Today I realized that my brother Xiaochen is really suitable for a career in government. This guy even knows how to open the car door for the boss."
Zhang Yuanmin was about to tease Li Ruhai when he heard Jie Chen say to Zhao Jun, "Brother Jun, Erhei is not back!"
Erhei's doghouse was closest to the gate, so Jie Chen noticed something was wrong as soon as he entered the yard.
"Oh my God!" After hearing what Jie Chen said, Zhao Jun walked into the yard holding the clay bottle, and the others followed quickly.
The injured Da Laoqing and Da Laohuang lived next door, so when Zhao Jun entered his yard, he could only see that there was no dog in front of Erhei's kennel.
Seeing that Qing Laohu and the others were all there, Zhao Jun knew that it was not that Zhao Youcai had not returned from the mountain, but that Erhei had really gotten into trouble.
Zhao Jun hurried to the front of the house, and when he reached the door, Wang Meilan pushed it open from the inside.
"Son, what is this?" Wang Meilan's nervousness and excitement turned into confusion when she saw the clay bottle in Zhao Jun's arms. The most valuable things her family lacked were golden watermelons and golden grapes, so what was this?
"Mom, this was dug out from the mountain." Zhao Jun handed the clay bottle to Wang Meilan. Wang Meilan felt a sinking sensation in her hand. She was about to say something when Zhao Jun asked, "Mom, where's Erhei?"
"It's at my house." As Wang Meilan spoke, she turned her head and glanced at the west room, saying, "The wild boar picked it up."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun's face immediately changed when he heard it, and he asked, "What's the injury?"
"Erhei is fine." Wang Meilan said, "The two dogs from your uncle Li's house were more seriously injured."
Zhao Jun and the others all knew which two dogs Wang Meilan was talking about. Although Da Lao Qing and Da Lao Huang had not been home long, dogs were human-like and usually knew how to be friendly with people. Even though they did not have as deep feelings for them as they did for Xiao Hua, Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai became nervous when they heard this.
"What's the injury, Auntie?" Li Baoyu asked, and Wang Meilan couldn't answer him. Because Zhao Youcai and his men had taken the dog back, they sent it directly to Jie Chen's house. Then they sent Lin Xiangshun to pick up Lin Xue to give the dog an injection.
Wang Meilan took people to the market to sell beef and wild boar meat today. She was busy until the afternoon before returning home. After returning home, she prepared dinner. Because she heard Lin Xue say that the dogs were fine, Wang Meilan did not go to check.
At this time, Li Baoyu asked Wang Meilan, and Wang Meilan turned around and called Lin Xue, saying, "Sixth Aunt, please tell the child quickly, how is the dog injured?"
"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Lin Xue said casually, "It will be fine after a few days."
"Then let's go take a look?" Li Ruhai asked. Li Baoyu was about to leave when Zhao Jun said, "Go inside and have a rest. We'll go after dinner."
Since the dog was fine, there was no need to worry too much. Rather than looking at the dog, Zhao Jun wanted to ask the person who led the dog up the mountain, how did this happen? How could such a capable person let the wild boar injure the dog?
When Zhao Jun and his friends returned home and entered the house, and stood at the door talking to Wang Meilan and the others, there was no sound in the west room, and it was very quiet.
When Zhao Jun entered the room, he saw Zhao Youcai sitting on the kang smoking.
Zhao Youcai ignored them, but when Li Dayong saw Zhao Jun enter the room, he smiled and said, "Jun, you're back?"
It is normal to injure dogs during hunting, and no one can guarantee that they will be able to get a good harvest in the mountains for the rest of their lives. Zhao Jun was upset because there were always people bragging about him.
There was no way Zhao Jun would give Li Dayong a cold look. He responded with a smile: "You're back, uncle. When did you come back?"
"We got home at noon." Li Dayong replied with a smile. It was good to have a car, so they came back very early.
"Boy, take off your clothes and warm up." Xing San said, gesturing to the table against the wall, "There's hot water in the thermos, warm it up and drink it."
Zhao Jun responded and handed the gun to Li Baoyu who was holding out his hand. Then, while unbuttoning his cotton jacket, he asked Li Dayong, "Uncle, why is the dog injured?"
"Ah...well, it was picked by a wild boar." Li Dayong's words were the same as if he hadn't said anything.
"Cannon balls?" As soon as his father finished speaking, Li Baoyu asked, "How big is the pig, Dad?"
"Two hundred and fifty or sixty kilograms." Li Dayong said so, and Li Baoyu's face changed instantly, saying: "Picking trouble!"
Li Dayong glared at Li Baoyu and said nothing more.
"No, Brother Li." Wang Qiang spoke to Li Dayong, but his eyes drifted towards Zhao Youcai and asked, "How can you still work for me?"
In the hunting industry, adult boars are called solitary boars or single boars because adult boars are solitary except for the mating period.
The term "挑叉子" is also a kind of "孤个子". People who go hunting for dogs usually say "挑叉子" because it hurts dogs. People who go hunting for dogs usually say "孤个子".
Wang Qiang is a boar hunter, but he knows that there is a saying in the dog hunting industry: it is difficult to hunt a solitary boar. Generally, dog hunters rarely chase boars.
If it was an accident, there is nothing we can do. But Zhang Lifu said in the morning that the wild boar had dug a trap, so it was not an accident. When you, Zhao Youcai, saw the footprints at the place, you should have known that it was a lone wild boar. How could you still do it?
But think about it, it's normal. People are like this. When things don't happen, or when they talk about others, they understand. But when things happen, they rush forward in a fit of excitement.
The more capable a person is, the more this is the case. Because he is confident, and as long as nothing goes wrong, he thinks there is no problem.
Hearing Wang Qiang's question, Li Dayong rolled his eyes and said nothing. What Li Dayong meant was: Don't ask me, if you have the ability, go ask your brother-in-law.
Wang Qiang really didn't dare to ask. He would just be scolded if he asked. He could only keep asking indirectly.
"Brother!" Li Baoyu turned around and asked Zhao Jun, "Let's go and avenge the dog!"
"What revenge are you taking?" Zhao Jun said, "The dog is not dead yet, you can just keep it alive."
While Zhao Jun was speaking, he kept winking at Li Baoyu. He was afraid that Zhao Youcai would lead Black Tiger and Blue Dragon to chase that cannon egg again.
But what Zhao Jun didn't expect was that Zhao Youcai, who had been silent since they entered the house, put his cigarette butt into his homemade ashtray and said, "None of your business, I'll go take a walk and knock on it tomorrow."
Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Zhao Jun was about to persuade him, but he saw Zhao Youcai raised his chin towards Li Ruhai and asked, "Ruhai, have you done what I asked you to do?"
"Yes, sir." Li Ruhai nodded to Zhao Youcai and said with a smile, "The Zhao hunting gang is the best in our forest area right now."
Lin Xiangshun and Li Dazhi didn't feel anything when they heard Li Ruhai's words, after all, they didn't have a strong sense of belonging to any hunting gang. But Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong were very happy when they heard it.
At this time, Li Ruhai said, "You knocked a thousand-pound pig two days ago, and that was the leader."
"Yeah." Li Dayong said to Zhao Youcai with a smile, "Brother, it's enough for you to knock down that 600-pound pig on your first day!"
Zhao Youcai didn't say anything and didn't make any extra movements, but the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously, indicating that he was very satisfied with the result.
"Besides us?" Li Dayong asked Li Ruhai again, "Are there any decent outsiders?"
"Yes, it's that guy..." Li Ruhai hesitated and said awkwardly: "Should I call him Brother Huang? Or Uncle Huang?"
Zhao Jun felt bad when Li Ruhai said this, but it was too late for him to stop him.
"Who is it?" Li Dayong asked Li Ruhai, "Who is it? You call him both brother and uncle?"
Zhao Youcai frowned, his eyes widened, and asked Li Ruhai, "Huang Lao's urine?"
"It's him." Li Ruhai nodded repeatedly. He was young and he couldn't mention Huang Gui's nickname.
"What did he fight?" Zhao Youcai asked. Li Ruhai said, "He said he knocked down a 500-pound bear yesterday."
"Xiong Ba?" Zhao Youcai raised his eyebrows and muttered, "This old guy..."
When Huang Gui was in Yongan Forest District, he always fought with Zhao Youcai and Xu Changlin. They were both friends and rivals.
Especially as they get older, Xu Changlin has retired from the world, Zhao Youcai and Huang Gui have also passed the age of 40. Once a mountain runner is over 50, his physical fitness will drop drastically, and he will feel his legs and feet become clumsy and his physical strength is insufficient.
So while the two of them still have their final peak, Zhao Youcai and Huang Gui both want to fight each other.
Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan did not mention what Huang Gui left behind before he left that day, but as soon as Li Ruhai said that Huang Gui had come and beaten Xiong Ba, who weighed more than 500 kilograms, Zhao Youcai immediately became restless.
For hikers, bears are more dangerous than wild boars. Because wild boars cannot climb trees, few hikers would hunt wild boars. Relatively speaking, hunting bears is much more dangerous.
Although Huang Gui hunted a 500-jin bear, Zhao Youcai thought that this record was no worse than what he had achieved in the past few days.
"Dayong." Zhao Youcai said to Li Dayong, "Let's get up early tomorrow and go knock on the pig again."
"Dad, forget it." Zhao Jun heard this and hurriedly advised: "We have a lot of work over there, why don't you come with us?"
"What's up, son?" Before Zhao Youcai could say anything, Wang Meilan suddenly appeared at the door and asked Zhao Jun, "Why do you still have work?"
"There is another pit to dig." Zhao Jun raised his hand and gestured, saying, "Today we found a white girl, and there was a mark on the tree stump. After that, I found a stump of a colored tree, and there was a mark on it as well."
"Oh!" Wang Meilan heard this and looked at Jie Chen and said, "My humble servant is fine now!"
"Haha..." Xie Chen laughed, and then heard Zhang Yuanmin say, "Well, it works. This guy worked so hard today, digging and digging. My uncle wanted to take over from him, but he refused to do it."
Zhang Yuanmin's words were meant to praise Jie Chen, but his tone was inevitably sarcastic.
"Oh!" Wang Meilan was a very smart person. She automatically ignored Zhang Yuanmin's tone and said to Xie Chen, "My dear, please don't work like that anymore. Don't get tired."
"Aunt, no, aunt." Xie Chen's change of address to Wang Meilan was due to Xie Sun's coercion. At this time, he said to Wang Meilan: "I didn't think about getting the things out earlier, so I brought them back earlier to make you happy, happy!"
Wang Meilan was startled when she heard Xie Chen's words, and then burst into laughter. Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai pouted, and Zhang Yuanmin almost wanted to slap himself in the face.
(End of this chapter)