sinovels Chapter 1753 The Crisis of the Zhao Family Gang and the Dog Gang: Three Brown Bears
Chapter 1753 The Crisis of the Zhao Family Gang and the Dog Gang: Three Brown Bears
Chapter 1753 The Crisis of the Zhao Family Gang and the Dog Gang—The Three-Headed Brown Bear
Xiao Jiangshui has a son and a daughter. His daughter married Wei Jin, and his son, Xiao Guodong, is a filial son and a man of principle.
After buying the cigarettes, he could have delivered them to the Zhao family in just a few steps, but he was afraid that the Zhao family wouldn't accept them or would be too embarrassed to take them, so he bought a carton of cigarettes at a convenience store and left it there for the Zhao family to pick up themselves.
When the Jiefang truck was heading back from Xiao's house, only Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai remained on board.
"Son." Seeing that Zhao Jun was about to walk straight, Zhao Youcai quickly nudged him twice and said, "Turn south."
"Isn't it a long detour to the south?" Zhao Jun asked, but Zhao Youcai gave him a quick wink.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Jun quickly turned the steering wheel.
When the Jiefang truck stopped in front of the convenience store, Zhao Youcai said to Zhao Jun, "Son, go down and get the cigarettes for Dad."
"I'm not going," Zhao Jun refused. Zhao Youcai raised his hand and slapped him, saying, "Someone bought it for you. If you don't pick it up, who will?"
"Oh!" Zhao Jun pointed to the small shop outside the window and said, "You don't need to say anything when you come in. Just stand there and my Uncle Wang will give you the cigarettes."
"That's not good either..." Zhao Youcai wanted a cigarette but was too embarrassed to ask, while Zhao Jun smirked, put his hands on the steering wheel, and said, "Then let's go home."
“Pretty, wow!” Zhao Youcai glared at Zhao Jun, then pushed open the car door and got out.
Zhao Youcai flung open the door of the convenience store, and before even entering, he called out, "Wang Fu, I'd like to buy a pack of cigarettes."
After saying this, Zhao Youcai stepped into the convenience store.
At this time, besides Wang Fu and his wife, there was a group of people playing chess in the convenience store.
Old man Xu Guangyi wasn't playing chess, but he was watching the fun around the chessboard.
Seeing Zhao Youcai come in, Xu Guangyi hurriedly asked, "Youcai, how's Xiao Da's mess?"
"The injuries were quite serious, but he's out of danger," Zhao Youcai said. "Luckily, he was brought in in time. The doctor said if he had arrived any later, he would have been done for."
"It's all thanks to your Zhao Jun," said Old Liu, who was playing chess. "Without your Zhao Jun, Xiao Da would have been completely ruined."
"Hey," Zhao Youcai laughed upon hearing this, "We've been old neighbors for so many years, who wouldn't lend a hand if they ran into each other?"
As soon as Zhao Youcai said this, Old Liu pointed at Old Sun, who was playing chess with him, and said, "Listen to what Youcai is saying, and look at how successful that kid is."
"What do you want me to see?" Old Sun said irritably, "You can play your chess now, it's your turn to leave."
After saying this, Old Sun turned to Zhao Youcai and smiled, saying, "Youcai went to the hospital too?"
"Yeah," Zhao Youcai replied with a smile, "I was thinking of going over to take a look, and if I can help, I will."
After Zhao Youcai finished speaking, he heard Wang Fu's voice from behind him: "Second brother, you don't need to buy cigarettes anymore."
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai turned around and saw Wang Fu handing him a stone forest. Zhao Youcai's small eyes widened, and he asked, "What's this for?"
Zhao Youcai wasn't being hypocritical; he was just too concerned about saving face and couldn't bring himself to pick it up. He felt that even though someone had bought it for him, if he came to collect it himself, people would say he was trying to take advantage of others.
"This... Xiao Guodong bought it for you," Wang Fu said, but Zhao Youcai took a step back, feigning surprise, and asked, "What's this for?"
"Aren't you going to take his dad to the hospital?" Wang Fu said, "He bought you a pack of cigarettes..."
"No, no..." Zhao Youcai waved his hands repeatedly. Wang Fu stretched out his arm and handed over the cigarette, saying, "Take it, second brother, they've already paid."
"What's that for..." Zhao Youcai still wouldn't take it, but Xu Guangyi said, "Take it, Youcai. You've been up all night, what's wrong with having a cigarette?"
“That’s right,” the proprietress Yang Xue chimed in, “Second Brother, if it weren’t for your Zhao Jun giving him a ride, wouldn’t Old Xiao be finished?”
After saying this, Yang Xue snatched the cigarette from Wang Fu's hand, then walked out from behind the counter, handed the cigarette to Zhao Youcai, and said, "Here, Second Brother."
"Oh dear, I'm so sorry." Zhao Youcai took the cigarette with a troubled expression, and then Yang Xue asked, "Second Brother, are you going to scratch Old Xiao's big blind bear?"
"I'm thinking about it," Zhao Youcai replied, then asked, "What's wrong, sister-in-law? Why are you concerned about this?"
"Hehe..." Yang Xue laughed and said, "I was thinking that if you were to kowtow to the bear, we could at least get some dried meat to eat."
The Zhao family and the Wang family have a really good relationship. Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai killed two bears in the last battle and shared the bear meat with several close families in the village, including the Wang family.
These days, some people hunt and sell the meat to make money. But people like Zhao Jun's family don't care about wild boar or bear meat, nor do they sell it for money. So, if they're close friends, asking for a few pounds of meat is no big deal for them.
"Oh, sister-in-law," Zhao Youcai said with a smile, waving his hand. "You two just wait at home. I'll bring you meat as soon as I catch the bear."
After saying that, Zhao Youcai turned and walked out.
"Okay, Second Brother, take care."
Zhao Youcai waved and walked out happily. But as soon as he stepped out of the shop, his expression changed immediately.
The Jiefang truck that should have been parked in front of the convenience store is gone.
"You little brat!" Zhao Youcai cursed inwardly, and hurried home with a cigarette tucked under his arm.
Yesterday, Xiao Jiangshui's matter caused quite a stir, so along the way, everyone who encountered Zhao Youcai would ask him a few questions.
Zhao Youcai, who recently wanted to change his image, responded to the villagers' inquiries with eloquent platitudes.
So it will be ten minutes before he gets home.
When Zhao Youcai arrived at his front door, he was taken aback because he realized that the Jiefang truck had not returned.
"Where has that brat been?" Zhao Youcai muttered to himself as he stepped into the house.
"Awooo! Awooo!" As soon as Zhao Youcai entered the yard, two barks came from the backyard.
Zhao Youcai frowned, because he recognized the voice; it wasn't Black Tiger's, but Hua Niuniu's.
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was taken aback. What bothered him wasn't Hua Niu Niu's barking, but that Er Hei should bark a couple of times now that he was back.
Zhao Youcai walked towards the back of the house, but as soon as he reached the front, he saw Zhao Weipeng push open the door and come out of the house.
"Brother, you didn't come up the mountain with us?" Zhao Weipeng's question left Zhao Youcai completely bewildered.
"What? Up the mountain?" Zhao Youcai's small eyes widened in surprise. He saw Zhao Weipeng nod and say, "Ah, he just came back and hurriedly put the dog in the car. My nephew said he's going to Dadi to pick up Jin Hui and the others to go hunting in the mountains."
"What are they going to do?" Zhao Youcai asked, hardly believing his ears. Zhao Weipeng replied, "They said they're going to beat up that Xiong Ba who hurt people."
After saying that, Zhao Weipeng added, "Big brother, you didn't go with us?"
Zhao Youcai's cheeks twitched, and he gritted his teeth.
As Zhao Youcai cursed "little bastard" repeatedly in his heart, the Jiefang truck stopped at the edge of the South China Sea.
Zhao Jun honked the horn twice, and after waiting a while, he saw Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, Xie Chen, and Zhao Jinhui walking briskly over from the country path.
In the distance were Xing San, Xie Sunshi, and Li Tongyun.
With the arrival of spring, everyone, young and old, is working in the fields. Zhao Hong and Zhao Na will both be coming tomorrow when school lets out for the holidays.
"Brother... what are you doing?" Li Baoyu walked the fastest and wanted to ask about Xiao Jiangshui's situation when he got to the front of the car, but he saw the hunting dogs being pulled in the back of the car.
“Let’s go up the mountain,” Zhao Jun said. “I know where that Xiong Ba who injured Old Master Xiao is. Let’s go and fight him.”
"Alright!" Li Baoyu said, and jumped up and scrambled onto the back of the carriage.
At this moment, Wang Qiang and the others arrived at the vehicle. Before they could speak to Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, sitting in the back of the truck, said, "Brother, this dog isn't wearing any armor?"
"Aren't the armors in the sacks?" Zhao Jun said, "I was in a hurry before we left, so I didn't put them on."
Zhao Jun hadn't originally intended to abandon Zhao Youcai, but Zhao Youcai cursed at him as he was getting off the bus, and Zhao Jun couldn't talk back, so he could only retaliate against Zhao Youcai in a small way.
Wang Qiang and the others got into the car. Zhao Jun rushed over and shouted to Xing San, "Uncle San, we're going up the mountain, you guys go home."
After saying that, Zhao Jun started the car and headed straight for the mountain area.
……
Around this time last year, Zhao Jun, in order to obtain deer for Wang Meilan, had drugged deer with Zhang Yuanmin.
Zhang Yuanmin claimed he knew how to treat deer, but in reality, he was only a half-baked expert.
His father, Zhang Da Nao, was quite skilled in this area, but he died too young, and Zhang Yuanmin was unable to learn all of his father's abilities.
This meant that Zhao Jun and his team's success in obtaining the deer's medicine last year was purely by sheer luck.
In contrast, Xiao Jiangshui's method of treating deer was more systematic. He found a flat spot on the yellow mud hill in the 71st forest section, and then poked a hole in the ground with a wooden stick.
The hole wasn't deep, only three or four centimeters. Then, large grains of salt were sprinkled into the hole and water was poured in. The salt dissolved in the water, and the brine seeped into the ground.
The deer smelled the salt and started nibbling. After it finished gnawing on the yellow mud soaked in salt water, a small pit appeared in the ground.
The next day, when the Xiaojiang River came, they sprinkled salt and poured water into the pit, and then let the deer come and graze on it again.
The more the deer gnaws, the bigger and deeper the hole gets. When it gnaws until it can't reach the ground with its mouth while standing, the deer kneels down to gnaw.
And this is the time that Xiao Jiangshui was waiting for.
These days, the most valuable part of a deer is its antlers.
When the soybeans in the field grow to about half a hand's length, the male deer will have first-class antlers on its head.
At this point, the deer antler is like a blood pack; if the deer dies standing up, the antler will inevitably break.
So let it die kneeling.
Xiao Jiangshui only put the pill into the soil when he saw the deer kneeling and munching on the mud.
That's why Zhao Jun and his team are unprofessional. Their pills are made by dipping peeled willow catkins in melted wax and then placing potassium aluminum cyanate inside before solidifying them into a wax pill.
Then, the wax pellets were wrapped in salt water and yellow mud. Only in this way could they deceive the deer.
The red deer, accustomed to gnawing on salty yellow mud, would break open as soon as they bit into a wax pellet, releasing potassium aluminum cyanide into their mouths. The deer didn't even have a chance to raise their heads before dying in front of the pit.
At this moment, on this small, flat area of Huangni Ridge, three red deer and a brown bear were lying there.
The carcass of the three-headed deer was torn to shreds, not from human skinning or butchering, but from being mauled by a wild beast.
As for the brown bear, it had no wounds on its body, but it lay motionless in front of a pit.
It was not the brown bear that Wei Jin stabbed; it was a sub-adult brown bear that weighed 270-280 pounds before its death.
It died here, probably because it accidentally ingested the pills given to it by Xiao Jiangshui.
Gu Yang's ingenious plan, the "Phoenix Chick of Yong'an," proved effective here.
Wei Jin had been puzzled as to why the big brown bear wouldn't leave even after he knocked on trees all the way up the mountain and set off two firecrackers when he got close to this spot.
It must be because the little brown bear died here that the adult brown bear, grieving the loss of its cub, was unwilling to leave.
In the nearby grove, a large brown bear weighing about 500 pounds was sitting under a tree in a strange posture. It raised one hind leg and laboriously stretched its head to lick the wounds on its thigh and buttocks.
Not far from it, two sub-adult male brown bears, each weighing nearly 300 pounds, were playfully wrestling. Judging from their round bellies, they were clearly well-fed and satisfied.
(End of this chapter)