sinovels Chapter 1770 The river water on the sunny side flows towards the shady side, and the stone dragon an
Chapter 1770 The river water on the sunny side flows towards the shady side, and the stone dragon an
Chapter 1770 The river water on the sunny side flows towards the shady side, with stone dragons and wooden dragons swimming on both banks.
As Zhao Jun came down the hillside and approached the ditch, he heard Wang Meilan's voice.
"Oh my, when I took a look, that big black bear must have weighed four or five hundred pounds, and it came down with a thud..."
Zhao Jun didn't believe Wang Meilan's words. At this time of year, mountain produce hadn't even come down yet, and black bears had a hard time finding food; they wouldn't be much fatter than when they first came out of the barn.
Another point is that if it were a large black bear weighing four or five hundred pounds, it might be startled away by the black tiger when it first encountered it, but it would definitely not be so frightened that it would go this far.
Therefore, Zhao Jun concluded that the black bear could not be too big.
However, after listening to Wang Meilan's words, Zhao Jun thought that even if his mother was exaggerating a little because she was frightened, there wouldn't be too much exaggeration in her words. That black bear must weigh at least two hundred or three hundred pounds.
When Zhao Jun went down into the ditch, he saw a group of people surrounding Wang Meilan, who was gesturing with her hands raised and saying, "My Tiger is really something! As soon as he saw that big black bear coming at me, he roared and charged out!"
"I have to thank my Tiger for this, otherwise I'd be kicking the rooster today!"
This shows that when people are frightened, they not only exaggerate, but also talk more.
As soon as Wang Meilan finished speaking, Xing San chimed in, "This dog is really worth raising! I was digging for dandelions under that tree when I heard it barking."
As soon as I realized something was wrong, I quickly let it go, and the dog vanished in a flash.
As soon as Xing San finished speaking, Zhao Jun's voice came: "Third Uncle, it's all thanks to you letting the dog run free."
If Black Tiger hadn't stopped her today, Wang Meilan would likely have been in danger. If anything had happened to Wang Meilan, Zhao Jun wouldn't even have time to cry.
Hearing the sound, everyone turned to look. Seeing Zhao Jun approach, Wang Meilan quickly asked, "Son, where's Hu Zi?"
"Tiger...Tiger's gone!" Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Wang Meilan's expression changed drastically, and she shouted, "Then let's go look for him!"
"You're kidding me," Zhao Jun said. "Mom, you guys go home right now. My brothers and I are going to find Hu Zi."
Zhao Jun dared not keep these old people and women any longer. If he kept them, he would have to have men guarding them with guns. It would be better to send them back and then lead his elite troops to find Black Tiger.
“Okay… then…” At this moment, Wang Meilan seemed to remember something. She pointed to the hillside and said, “My basket is still on the mountain. I picked three or four pounds of wild thorn shoots in it.”
Yes, she wasn't thinking of Zhao Youcai, she was thinking of Ci Laoya.
As soon as Wang Meilan finished speaking, Li Ruhai called out to Zhao Jun, "Brother, I also threw my and Miss's baskets up the mountain."
"It's alright," Zhao Jun said, turning around and pointing up the slope, where Wang Qiang and Li Baoyu were coming down with baskets on their backs. Wang Qiang was carrying one basket, while Li Baoyu was carrying another and holding a third.
"Hurry up!" Seeing the two of them return, Zhao Jun urged Wang Meilan and the others, "Pack up, pack up and let's go. You can take a car home."
Everyone agreed and picked up their harvest from the mountain that day, carrying it out of the ditch and pond.
Zhao Jun saw them all the way to the car before he felt at ease.
Zhao Weipeng drove, the others rode in the car, and Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, and Xie Chen stayed behind to accompany Zhao Jun in looking for the dog.
Zhao Jinhui and Li Ruhai had originally volunteered to stay, but there were only six guns in total. Not only did they not have guns, but one was fat and the other was weak, so Zhao Jun quickly sent them away.
Watching the car carrying their families drive away, Zhao Jun led the way back into the ditch. At this moment, Zhang Yuanmin, walking behind, muttered softly, "Why do I always feel... something's missing compared to when we came?"
"There are quite a few tiger cubs here," Jie Chen said. "Otherwise, how would we have come back to look for them?"
Hearing Xie Chen's words, Zhang Yuanmin nodded and remained silent.
The five of them went up the mountain and whistled all the way to the place where Wang Meilan encountered the bear.
Unlike winter, when there is snow and footprints on the ground, there are no traces on the ground at this time. Zhao Jun and his five men walked forward for about 180 meters before Zhao Jun decided to split up.
“Baoyu and I are in one group, Uncle, you and my eldest brother and Xiaochen are in another group, the three of you are in one group.” Zhao Jun said, “You go down to the ditch, the two of us will hold the post and go up, and when we get to the front, you come up and find us. After we meet up, the five of us will climb over the post again to find each other.”
Zhao Jun and his five men split up, while Zhao Youcai sat on a fallen log smoking. Beside the log, a large black bear skin was laid out on the ground, with pieces of cleanly cut bear meat laid out on it.
"Damn it!" Zhao Youcai cursed as he stubbed out his cigarette on the fallen log, then muttered to himself, "Why the hell haven't they come up yet? What are these guys doing?"
……
Zhao Jun and his five men searched from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. By then, the five had joined forces and crossed mountains and ridges to reach the back slope.
"Tiger! Tiger..." Zhao Jun called out as he walked down the path. After walking about 180 meters, he fired a shot into the air, hoping that Black Tiger would hear him.
When Zhao Jun reached the ditch, he checked his watch and it was already 3:10.
It was almost four o'clock when we crossed the ditch and got onto the road.
Hearing Zhao Jun sigh heavily, Wang Qiang said, "Nephew, don't get upset. If it's not working out, we can come back tomorrow."
There's no other way now; it'll be dark soon if we don't go home. This mountain is so big, where are we going to find a dog once it gets dark?
"Brother," Li Baoyu suggested, "No, let's mobilize people tomorrow and ask the forest rangers and others to help us find one."
"Sigh!" Zhao Jun sighed heavily. He looked around, then raised his gun and fired three more shots into the air.
The mountain to Zhao Jun's right was the one where they encountered the bear while gathering wild vegetables. On the mountain to Zhao Jun's left, a black tiger was lying under a large red pine tree, its eyes fixed intently on the small black bear perched in the tree.
Black Tiger was quite fierce today, chasing the little black bear for nearly ten miles in one go.
Not all lead dogs can travel such a long distance. Most lead dogs chase their prey for two or three miles, then give up when they realize they can't catch up.
If a dog can travel five li (approximately 2.5 kilometers) in a row, then it's considered a good dog.
Black Tiger's range extends ten miles, and coupled with its agile head and cunning fighting style, Black Tiger can now definitely be called the number one big-headed dog in Yong'an after Hua Xiao.
But at this moment, Yong'an's number one big-headed dog was not happy. It looked at the little black bear in the tree, feeling both anxious and angry. It was angry that the black bear lacked martial ethics, and anxious that Zhao's army had not arrived yet.
Compared to Black Tiger, Zhao Youcai was much calmer.
It was still that fallen log, and Zhao Youcai was lying on it, sleeping soundly.
I couldn't sleep at home yesterday, but I was still full of energy when I went into the mountains today.
After the bear meat was butchered, Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun got impatient and lay down on the fallen logs, gazing at the sky.
Seeing the blue sky, white clouds, and birds among the towering trees, and smelling the fragrance of grass, soil, and bear meat, Zhao Youcai unknowingly fell asleep.
He slept soundly and deeply. When Zhao Youcai groggily woke up, he thought he was still on his own kang (heated brick bed).
"Huh?" When Zhao Youcai opened his eyes, he saw tree trunks and branches. He was startled and moved too much, so he fell off the fallen tree.
Zhao Youcai fell onto the bear skin and meat, startling the flies covered in bear meat, which scattered in all directions.
"Damn it!" Zhao Youcai, who had just gotten off the bear meat, felt greasy all over.
But at this moment, Zhao Youcai didn't even bother to wipe his face; he hurriedly looked up and around.
It was already four o'clock, and the sun was about to set. Zhao Youcai couldn't care less about the bear meat anymore. He hurriedly carried his gun down the mountain, cursing as he went: "Wang Qiang, you little bastard, Zhao Jun, you little bastard, you just wait."
……
At 5:30, the forest farm commuter train stopped outside Yong'an Village.
Li Dayong, Li Dazhi, Lin Xue, and Lin Xiangshun got off the bus and walked into the village chatting and laughing with their colleagues.
As they entered the village and headed towards the Zhao family compound, they saw Zhao Jun and his four men coming from the west when they were almost there.
"Qiangzi!" Li Dayong shouted, "Aren't you going to pick vegetables today? Why are you only coming back now?"
"Oh my god, don't even mention it," Wang Qiang said. "We ran into a bear while we were picking vegetables up the mountain today. Tiger chased the bear but lost it, and we've been looking for the dog ever since."
"My God!" Li Dayong exclaimed, and asked, "Did you find it?"
"No," Wang Qiang said. "If we were looking for it, wouldn't you have seen us picking up the dog?"
That's not necessarily true. When a dog and a person go down the mountain, the dog will usually run home before the person.
But at this moment, Li Dayong didn't point out the flaws in Wang Qiang's words. He only asked Zhao Jun, "Jun, what should we do? Why are we still looking for dogs?"
"Let's see what happens tomorrow." Zhao Jun frowned, feeling very worried about Black Tiger.
As they talked, they entered the courtyard. At this moment, Li Dayong, unaware that Zhao Youcai had also come up the mountain, muttered to himself, "If my older brother knew the dog was lost, he would be very worried."
Upon hearing Li Dayong's words, Wang Qiang froze, his feet rooted to the spot. Li Baoyu, following behind, reacted too late and bumped into Wang Qiang, sending him flying. Fortunately, Zhao Jun reacted quickly and caught Wang Qiang.
"Baoyu, what are you doing?" Seeing this, Li Dayong quickly scolded Li Baoyu, "Watch where you're going."
Just as Li Baoyu was about to speak, he saw Wang Qiang grab Zhao Jun's arm and say, "Nephew, is my brother-in-law still in the mountains?"
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was taken aback upon hearing this, and said, "That can't be. Didn't he say before he left that we didn't need to wait for him and that he would come back on his own?"
“No, nephew.” Wang Qiang’s voice changed as he shook Zhao Jun’s arm and said, “My brother-in-law was hunting a bear, wasn’t he? After I gutted it, he said he was cutting the meat out there and told me to come down and find you so you could go up and carry the meat.”
"Oh my!" Hearing Wang Qiang's words, Zhao Jun suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such a thing. But when Wang Qiang told Zhao Jun about it, firstly, Wang Meilan had just escaped danger, and Zhao Jun was still uneasy due to lingering fear. Secondly, he was worried about Hei Hu, which made Zhao Jun anxious.
Therefore, Zhao Jun listened to Wang Qiang's words for a moment and then forgot about them.
"What?" Li Dayong was the first to object. He glared at the uncle and nephew and asked, "Did you throw my older brother up on the mountain?"
At this moment, Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang didn't have time to reply to Li Dayong, and they ran towards the front of the house.
Watching the backs of the uncle and nephew, Li Dayong angrily shouted, "How can you two be human?"
Just as Li Dazhi and Lin Xiangshun were about to say something, they heard Li Baoyu shout, "Dad! Don't talk about my brother anymore. My brother is already upset enough that Huzi is missing!"
Li Dayong was stunned for a moment, then reacted and kicked Li Baoyu in the buttocks.
"Fuck you!" Li Dayong cursed. "Are you fucking a tiger? Is Tiger more important than your grandpa?"
"How could my uncle get lost?" Li Baoyu rubbed his backside and said, "Tiger is a mute beast who can't find his way home, but how could my uncle not find his way home?"
There was nothing wrong with what he said, but Li Dayong was furious and raised his hand to slap Li Baoyu.
Li Baoyu, being a wise man, didn't suffer any losses in front of him. He turned and disappeared, leaving Li Dayong emboldened.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Li Dazhi grabbed Li Dayong tightly and said, "Why are you arguing with the child? Don't you feel ashamed?"
Lin Xiangshun and Lin Xue also tried to stop him, while Li Dayong watched Li Baoyu running towards the front of the house and muttered, "That little rascal runs really fast."
"dad!"
"Brother-in-law!"
As soon as Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang entered the house, they called out to Zhao Youcai. At that moment, they really hoped that Zhao Youcai would come out of the house and say, "What the hell have you been doing?"
Wang Meilan, who was frying thorny shoots, looked at the two of them in surprise and asked Wang Qiang, "Qiangzi, isn't your brother-in-law going with you?"
"He hasn't come back?" Wang Qiang asked. Wang Meilan replied, "No, why?"
Wang Qiang briefly recounted how he and Zhao Youcai went up the mountain to hunt bears and how Zhao Youcai asked him to go down the slope to find someone. Wang Meilan frowned and said, "What time is it? He can't just stay there waiting for you forever."
“That’s right!” Wang Qiang said, “If he can’t wait for me, he should come back!”
The mountain area they went to today isn't far from home; it's only a ten-minute drive, and an hour's walk would get them back. Even if Zhao Youcai had to go downhill, it would still take two hours to get home.
But... Zhao Youcai hasn't come back all day.
At this moment, Xing San, who came out from the inner room, asked, "Could he have gone off to fight again?"
After saying that, Xing San immediately added, "You can't be sure about him."
Upon hearing Xing San's words, Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, and the others all blinked.
Just as Xing San said, Zhao Youcai is a man you can't be sure of.
Just then, Ma Ling said with great concern, "It's getting dark, can my dad manage on his own?"
"Oh dear!" Wang Meilan sighed heavily. She felt that Zhao Youcai was a constant source of worry. Yesterday, he ate ginseng slices and his nose started bleeding profusely; today, he's lost himself in the mountains.
Thinking about the black bear she encountered today, Wang Meilan was also a little worried.
……
At this moment, Zhao Youcai had just come out of the mountain area.
"Little calf..." Zhao Youcai was about to scold his son as usual when he suddenly heard a noise beside him. Zhao Youcai quickly moved aside and hid behind a large poplar tree.
Then, Zhao Youcai took the gun in his hand.
Although we've already left the mountain area, wild boars and roe deer still occasionally appear near the South Land.
Suddenly, a voice reached Zhao Youcai's ears: "Dad, is this really going to work out? That rich boss over there said he can give 100,000 yuan for a fourth-grade wood dragon or stone dragon."
As soon as the voice faded, someone else chimed in, "Don't worry, Gao Ming, haven't you heard? The river on the sunny side flows to the shady side, with the stone dragon and wooden dragon swimming on both banks."
Upon hearing this man speak, Zhao Youcai knew without even looking that these two were Pang the Blind and Pang Gaoming, father and son, from Yongsheng Village.
What's going on these past few days? Quite a few brothers have been giving me tips. Thank you so much, brothers!
Tomorrow is National Day, so I'll be updating extra! Wishing all my brothers a happy National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival!
(End of this chapter)