sinovels Chapter 1406: Golden Eagle Lock and the Royal Family Seal (Book Friend 202873 Alliance Leader Plus 1
Chapter 1406: Golden Eagle Lock and the Royal Family Seal (Book Friend 202873 Alliance Leader Plus 1
Chapter 1406: Golden Eagle Lock and the Royal Family Seal (Book Friends 202…873 Alliance Leader Plus 15)
On the elm tree, three vertical lines were scratched with a sharp weapon, and then a horizontal line was passed through it. From a distance, it looked like the character "卅".
It is normal to have marks on trees in the deep mountains and old forests. In addition to gang members who leave signs, people who set traps and snares in the mountains will also leave marks on nearby trees. Otherwise, you won't be able to find the traps you set next time you come.
The mark on the tree over there looked like it was left by someone running up the mountain. But Wang Qiang took one look and thought it was a lying "王" character.
If you ask Wang Qiang why he thinks so, the answer is just two words: intuition.
Wang Qiang forced himself to look away and then gave Xing San a wink.
Xing San understood what he meant, glanced around and said, "There's nowhere to look."
"Then what are you looking for?" Wang Qiang said, "Just lose it."
"Isn't that your sister's dowry?" Xing San found an excuse and said that the bronzes were Wang Meilan's dowry.
"That's nothing we can do." Wang Qiang pretended to be joking and said, "My brother-in-law lost it. Let my sister deal with him when we get home."
The two of them let the matter go after a few words, then asked Chen Jinmin to go down the mountain and return.
After returning to Yong'an, Wang Qiang took Xing San into the village, first hid the three bronze artifacts in his home, and then carried Xing San to Zhao's home.
When they arrived at Zhao's house, it was already noon. Wang Qiang and Wang Meilan exchanged glances and decided to eat and drink.
At around 1:30 in the afternoon, Zhao Jun and his two companions took a Jiefang truck and arrived at Jie's house in Xiangyangtun.
Liu Lanying, who was notified two days ago, prepared a sumptuous meal.
Chicken stewed with mushrooms, pork stewed with vermicelli, Chinese mustard greens stewed with tofu, sauerkraut and blood sausage, white meat, and four stir-fried dishes, making a total of eight dishes.
Even so, Liu Lanying still expressed her apologies to Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu, saying things like the wine and food were simple and the hospitality was poor.
Xie Yingming, who was standing by, didn't take his mother's polite words seriously. Ever since his mother came back from Yong'an, she kept complaining about how many plates and bowls Zhao Jun's family had for dinner.
Xie Yingming, who came from the city, had really seen the world. His second uncle was the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative, but Xie Yingming had never seen anyone eat and drink like that.
In Xie Yingming's opinion, his mother, grandmother, and uncle praised the Zhao family so much just to find an excuse for themselves not to go home.
Logically speaking, since Xie Zhong was not at home and Xie Yingming was a minor, Liu Lanying should have asked a few relatives to come over to entertain the guests.
But Liu Lanying knew that Zhao Jun didn't drink, and the three of them had to leave today, so even Jie Chen and Li Baoyu couldn't drink too much.
So, Liu Lanying simply didn't call anyone, and just the two of them accompanied Zhao Jun and the other two for dinner.
At the dinner table, Liu Lanying asked about the recent situation of each family one by one, from men to women, from the elderly to children.
Xie Yingming secretly glared at his mother a few times. From the conversation, Xie Yingming could hear that Liu Lanying yearned for life in Yong'an.
Xie Yingming was very opposed to moving to Yong'antun. Although he went to school in the city, he didn't go back to Xiangyangtun for long every year. But Xiangyangtun was where he grew up, where his childhood friends lived.
No one cared what the child was thinking. After Liu Lanying finished her meal, she went to the outer room to roll noodles.
Dumplings for the first time, noodles for the last time. Liu Lanying made the noodles specially with hand-rolled noodles and stewed them with meat sauce.
After the three Zhao Jun soldiers had eaten and drunk their fill, they lay down on the kang in the west room to sleep.
No one slept well last night and we fell asleep soon after lying on the kang.
Xie Yingming was watching TV in the east room. Last time, Xie Chen and Xie Sun brought the TV back, but they were unable to take it away.
Xie Yingming turned down the volume of the TV to avoid disturbing the three people sleeping in the west room. Liu Lanying was afraid that many people would come to disturb Zhao Jun and his friends, so she took the money Xie Chen gave her and went out to deliver the wages to the households door to door.
When Liu Lanying came back from outside, it was already dark.
Liu Lanying went into the house, took off her headscarf, moved the panel to the east room, and prepared to make dumplings for Zhao Jun and the other two.
"Son, go to the bowl rack and bring some noodles to mom." Liu Lanying instructed her son to do something and reminded him, "Be quiet, don't wake up your uncle Zhao and the others."
Xie Yingming was obedient and quickly came back from the outer room with a bowl of noodles. However, after placing the bowl on the panel, when Xie Yingming pulled his hand away, he shook it off.
Liu Lanying was very familiar with this action, which was the same as that of the old woman. It was obvious that her son was not happy about it.
Xie Yingming is a very good child, otherwise he would not have gone to high school in town. But this child has learned a lot of "things" from Xie Sun since he was a child, and he is always prone to temper.
But the difference is that Xie Sun is of a higher generation, so she can do it openly and everyone has to appease her. But Xie Yingming is of a lower generation, so it is easy to get beaten if he does it openly, so he just does it in a low-key manner.
But as Xie Yingming grew up, Xie Zhong and Liu Lanying spoiled him more and more.
Seeing her son in a bad mood, Liu Lanying coaxed him, "Son, I'll make you some dumplings later. Look how delicious the beef filling is."
"Yeah." Xie Yingming stared at the TV screen and replied, "How can you pack it for me? I'll just take advantage of the situation and eat two."
Liu Lanying twitched the corner of her mouth. Her son's behavior was exactly the same as his grandmother's, but her old lady seemed to have changed for the better recently.
No wonder everyone says that the Zhao family is a melting pot, where those who play with money and those who make trouble can be melted away and reborn.
Thinking of this, Liu Lanying suddenly had an idea.
"Hey, Mom?" Just as Liu Lanying was daydreaming, Xie Yingming interrupted her and asked, "That Uncle Zhao, you all say his family has good food, can he make beef dumplings?"
"Ah?" Liu Lanying was stunned by Xie Yingming's question. She didn't know how to answer her son's question.
In Xiangyangtun, you won't see any beef. There are definitely cows here for sledding, but since it's not a forest area, it's unlikely that old cows will get hurt if they pull normally.
This piece of beef from the Xie family was brought back from the city by Xie Chen’s second sister a few days ago.
"Son." Liu Lanying said to Jie Yingming earnestly, "Mom should really take you out for a walk."
"What?" Xie Yingming felt something was wrong when he heard his mother's words. Xie Yingming, who had studied in the city for several years, wanted to ask Liu Lanying, who between the two of us is the one who has not seen the world?
Liu Lanying, who was making dumplings at this time, tapped the edge of the bowl of meat filling with a flat spoon and said, "Do you think they are us? They always eat beef?"
"Always eating?" Xie Yingming looked at Liu Lanying in surprise and asked, "Why do they kill cattle?"
There were some things that Liu Lanying couldn't tell Jie Yingming. She just said, "Just like your uncle Wu and his family, who were working with your father on the mountain with cattle and horses. The old cattle were pulling sleds and logs, and they often ran up and down the slopes, breaking their legs. They had to be killed, didn't they? Son, you don't know..."
Xie Yingming curled his lips slightly. He really didn't know what his mother was going to say next. But he knew that every time his mother said "You don't know", she would start talking and couldn't stop.
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The clock on the wall struck six, and Liu Lanying had already finished wrapping the dumplings. Zhao Jun and the other two had also gotten up.
Liu Lanying was steaming dumplings in the outer room while Zhao Jun and two other people were tinkering with something in the house.
Xie Chen took out his box of heirlooms again. In this respect, his family was comparable to Zhang Yuanmin's.
It was the visit to the Jie family that made Zhang Yuanmin realize the shortcomings of his own family. After returning home, he studied hard and finally made a pig-tying hook.
Zhao Jun was not interested in the three-piece set for catching deer, but instead studied the set of golden eagle locks.
Birds of prey like golden eagles only live in high-altitude mountains. Not only does Xie Chen's family not have one, but Zhao Jun's family also does not have one.
Zhao Jun had never met Xie Chen's father, but it was said that the old man was also a well-traveled man. He had been to Dahailin before, and this set of golden eagle locks was left behind when he and others caught golden eagles in Dahailin.
Xie Chen once said that his family used to have a golden eagle's claw. There was a tendon on the claw. When the tendon was pulled, the claw would contract, and when the tendon was released, the claw would open.
Zhao Jun wanted to take the golden eagle lock, but he didn't want to catch a golden eagle. First, the eagle was worthless, second, it didn't taste good, and third, there was no golden eagle near his home. What kind of illness would he have to have to travel so far to catch one?
The Zhao army wanted the golden eagle lock because they wanted to modify it and then use it to catch hanging sheep and musk deer.
Since they are caught, they must be alive. If this is feasible, the Zhao family will raise hanging sheep and musk deer, and the blood and musk produced by the hanging sheep will bring them huge profits.
Zhao Jun told Jie Chen about his idea. Jie Chen not only let Zhao Jun take the golden eagle lock away, but he also pinned the Mongolian sword behind his waist.
Then, Xie Chen closed the box made of ash and said with a smile, "Give these two things left to my elder brother."
Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu smiled when they heard this. They really had no use for the remaining two items, a small pickaxe for digging the deer pit and a pair of scissors for cutting fire swells.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the west room, and then a voice sounded outside: "Uncle, the meal is ready."
"Come on, Brother Jun, Brother Li, let's eat." Xie Chen invited Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu to eat. When the three of them went out, Xie Yingming was already setting the table.
After Zhao Jun and his two companions had their fill of steaming beef dumplings, they filled the thermos they brought from home with hot water and prepared to set off.
They will drive overnight and try to arrive in Fengtian before noon tomorrow.
Before the three got on the bus, Liu Lanying stuffed four boiled eggs into each of them, and then she and Jie Yingming watched the Liberation bus go away.
At the same time, the guests at Zhao's house also left. But Wang Qiang, who had returned home, came to Zhao's house again with a bag of things.
Wang Meilan was coaxing the two little girls to sleep in the east room, while Zhao Youcai, Wang Qiang and Xing San were smoking and chatting in the west room, waiting for Wang Meilan to come over to discuss matters.
In fact, Zhao Youcai didn't want to get involved with them at all. According to Zhao Youcai's idea, you go up the mountain without taking me with you, so why should I discuss it with you?
After coaxing Zhao Hong and Zhao Na to sleep, Wang Meilan came over from the east room. As soon as she entered the room, she asked Wang Qiang, "Qiangzi, you and brother, how are you today?"
Wang Meilan had been holding back this sentence for the entire afternoon and night. When Wang Qiang came back at noon and winked at her, Wang Meilan knew that her brother had not returned empty-handed.
"Sister, look what that is?" Wang Qiang pointed to a bag on the ground. Seeing the bulging bag, Wang Meilan's eyes lit up instantly.
"Qiangzi, have you found something?" When Wang Meilan spoke, she had already reached the bag and quickly untied the rope that tied the bag.
"Brother-in-law." Wang Qiang knew what was in the bag, but he didn't look at it. Instead, he said to Zhao Youcai, "Why don't you take a look? What we found today are all good things."
"Ah..." Although he was listening to Wang Qiang, Zhao Youcai looked over there out of respect for Xing San.
After a series of events, Zhao Youcai no longer cared about money. As for the treasures of the Wang family, Zhao Baotou even disdained them.
Seeing Wang Meilan taking out the hot water bottle, candlestick and copper box from her pocket one by one, Zhao Youcai curled his lips imperceptibly.
In Zhao Youcai's eyes, they were all broken bronze objects, but they almost made Wang Meilan cry.
"These are all my family's things." Wang Meilan touched the three items one by one, recalling the years when she lived with her parents.
"Lan, don't prick your hands." Seeing Wang Meilan touching the candlestick, Zhao Youcai reminded her.
"That's right!" Wang Qiang echoed, "That rascal Chen was even stabbed by the candlestick."
"Huh?" Wang Meilan was startled when she heard that. She looked at Wang Qiang and asked, "Why is he involved here?"
Wang Qiang told Wang Meilan what happened today. After hearing Wang Qiang mention the mark on the ash tree, Xing San frowned and asked, "Qiangzi, why do I feel that the mark you mentioned is like a trap?"
If you want to set a condom, you have to do it in a noisy place.
The ditch and pond were very noisy, and there was clear-cutting on the top of the south slope. That area was indeed a good place to set traps and catch roe deer.
After hearing what Xing San said, Wang Qiang wanted to say that he made the decision based on his intuition, but he was afraid that the three would not believe him.
But at this moment, Zhao Youcai put out the cigarette in his hand, then raised his head and took over Xing San's words and said, "Brother, that was scratched by my father-in-law."
"Ah?" Wang Meilan, Wang Qiang, and Xing San were all stunned. Wang Meilan blurted out, "How did you know?"
"My dad told me." Zhao Youcai said this, quite proudly, as if he was deeply trusted by the rich man Wang.
"What did our father say the other day?" Wang Meilan asked, "What did he say?"
"What did you say the other day?" Zhao Youcai frowned and thought, "That year... I helped our family deliver that package of things. I stole it from the brigade headquarters... I passed by there at night and secretly gave the things to the old man."
At this point, Zhao Youcai stretched out his hands and drew a square, saying, "The cloth used to wrap the things was also ours, and there was a mark embroidered on it with that yellow thread. Later, my father told me that it was his mark."
"Bang!" Upon hearing this, Wang Meilan clenched her left fist and smashed it into the palm of her right hand, saying, "That's it!"
"It must be!" Zhao Youcai echoed, "Our father must have buried the things under that tree."
After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Wang Qiang asked, "Brother-in-law, can it be like that fortune omen, or a reverse omen or something?"
"No!" Zhao Youcai shook his head firmly and said, "It's under that tree."
"How did you know this?" Wang Meilan asked. Zhao Youcai said, "My father told me."
Zhao Youcai said this with confidence and naturally, but it almost made Wang Meilan angry.
Thanks to the book friend 20200330195803873 for the reward. According to my habit, I will add five chapters. This brother's name is too long to fit in the title, so I use ellipsis in the middle.
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