sinovels Chapter 1874 A Night of Bloodshed (Part 1)
Chapter 1874 A Night of Bloodshed (Part 1)
Chapter 1874 A Night of Bloodshed (Part 1)
The gate opened, and the jeep drove into the yard and stopped in front of the house.
As Zhao Weipeng opened the car door, he suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Li Baoyu, "Shall I get you two some food?"
“No need, Uncle Peng.” Li Baoyu waved his hand and said, “We’ll be leaving with the dog and the bear.”
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhao Weipeng asked. Xie Chen, who got out of the back seat, said, "Uncle Peng, it takes me three hours to get from home. I can't drive too fast after dark."
"Then take some food with you and have a bite on the way." These were the words of Old Master Zhao. After saying this, he immediately asked about his chubby grandson who lived deep in the mountains, "Xiao Chen, has my Jin Hui'er lost weight from all this?"
"Huh?" Xie Chen was taken aback, then laughed and said, "No, Master Zhao, he hasn't lost any weight at all."
"How could he not lose weight?" Old Master Zhao said with some heartache, "My Jinhui has never suffered like this before."
"Hehe." Hearing what Old Master Zhao said, Jie Chen laughed and said, "Master Zhao, Jin Hui may not have suffered, but he certainly ate a lot."
"What?" Old Master Zhao was taken aback, and then he heard Jie Chen continue, "Yesterday he ate a whole pound of noodles in one meal by himself. That guy ate a whole basin of them, and he finished them all off in no time."
"Oh dear!" Old Master Zhao sighed upon hearing this, "The child is truly exhausted."
Jie Chen: "..."
Jie Chen was speechless, thinking that this must be what his brother Jun meant by the special bond between grandparents and grandchildren. How fat has Zhao Jinhui gotten? His grandfather is worried he'll lose weight.
While they were talking, Li Baoyu, Xie Chen, Zhao Weipeng, and Old Master Zhao arrived at the backyard. Zhao Youcai was probably not happy and went back to his room.
The dogs in the backyard kept barking. They hadn't seen Li Baoyu and Xie Chen for the past few days, and the dogs were barking at them.
Following Zhao Jun's instructions, Li Baoyu and Xie Chen removed the leather bands from the necks of the Azure Dragon, Black Dragon, and Yellow Dragon.
The three dogs, now freed from their restraints, frolicked happily in the yard.
Seeing this, the other dogs began to bark at Li Baoyu and Xie Chen.
Li Baoyu and Xie Chen hurriedly fled the scene. When they entered the room, they saw that some things had been piled up on the table next to them.
There were rolls of frozen dried tofu, noodles, jars of egg sauce, and a dozen or so large steamed buns.
These things were all prepared by Zhao Youcai. Although he was not happy that he could not go up the mountain, Zhao Youcai was still thinking about Zhao Jun and the others.
"Let this dried tofu thaw completely, then heat it in a pot for a bit before eating," Zhao Youcai instructed Li Baoyu and Xie Chen. "As for the steamed buns, if you get hungry, slice them and put them on the stove lid, bake them for a few minutes, and they'll be ready to eat."
"Hey, grandpa." Li Baoyu smiled as he picked up the dried tofu that was covered in a white frost, and said with a smile, "I even dreamed last night that dried tofu was rolled with scallions."
Zhao Youcai smiled upon hearing this and said, "Find a basin tonight and soak the dried tofu in water. Give it all to them tomorrow morning, otherwise it will spoil if left too long."
Li Baoyu happily agreed and followed Xie Chen to put things into the triangular pocket.
Zhao Youcai went to the west hut and released the little black bear.
The little black bear hadn't seen Li Baoyu and Jie Chen for a few days, so it waddled over to them and pounced on Li Baoyu as soon as it got close.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the little black bear weighs only 80-odd pounds; it could easily pounce on Li Baoyu, who is over 1.9 meters tall and weighs nearly 200 pounds.
But the little black bear knew its limits. After pouncing over, it hugged Li Baoyu's thigh and then rubbed its mouth against Li Baoyu's stomach.
"Alright, Blackie." Li Baoyu smiled and patted the little black bear's ear, saying, "Come with us in a bit, I'll take you to find my brother."
The little black bear clearly understood who the older brother Li Baoyu was talking about was, and immediately started excitedly shouting "Ah ah!"
“I need to tie you up a bit,” Li Baoyu said, taking out a rope he had prepared in advance and skillfully making a chain buckle.
Then Li Baoyu put the rope knot around the little black bear's neck, and with a tug on the rope, the knot would tighten.
Before Li Baoyu could even pull the rope, the little black bear shrank its neck, pressed its chin against its chest, and its head slipped out of the knot.
"Huh?" Seeing this, Li Baoyu tugged at the little black bear's ears and put the rope around its head again.
The little black bear didn't dodge, but after being put on the harness, it pulled its head back and successfully retreated before Li Baoyu could fasten it.
"Hei Zi, what's wrong with you?" Li Baoyu grabbed the little black bear by the scruff of its neck and put the rope around its neck with his other hand.
This time, the little black bear couldn't dodge and was caught by Li Baoyu.
"Go, go." Li Baoyu gently tugged at the rope, but the next second the little black bear lowered its head and then pulled the rope off its head with its two paws.
"Hey? Are you trying to upset me?" Li Baoyu was a little unhappy, while the little black bear stared at him with its big, dark eyes.
Just then, Zhao Youcai spoke up: "It's not a dog. It's never been allowed to be leashed. If you suddenly leash it, how can it feel comfortable?"
"What should we do then, sir?" Li Baoyu turned to Zhao Youcai and asked, "It will be dark by the time we get to the mountain. If it gets off the cart and runs away, where am I supposed to chase it? What if I whistle and it doesn't come back?"
After hearing Li Baoyu's words, Zhao Youcai remained silent for a moment, then asked, "How far is the place where you parked from the shack?"
"About two hundred meters," Li Baoyu said. Zhao Youcai replied, "That's easy. After you park the car, have your brother get out. He can handle it."
Upon hearing this, Li Baoyu felt it was a good idea, so he and Xie Chen took the little black bear and headed outside.
As soon as the little black bear came out of the house, it rushed off like a green dragon, and then started playing around with the green dragon, the black dragon, and the yellow dragon.
From the beginning of spring, Zhao Jun started taking the little black bear for walks around the backyard.
The Zhao family's hunting dogs found this bear strange. It looked like prey, but didn't smell like one. The bear smelled strongly of humans, and even familiar scents; the clever hunting dogs knew this creature was no stranger to them.
At first, they would bark at the little black bear a few times, but gradually they were able to play together.
The dogs don't bite the little black bear when they play with it, and the little black bear doesn't bite the dogs when they play with it either.
"Come on!" Li Baoyu called them to get in the car. Jie Chen folded down the back seat, and he led the three dogs and the bear in the back.
"Uncle!" Before getting into the car, Li Baoyu instructed Zhao Youcai, "Don't forget to tell my brother Shunzi to go and get the tire fixed on the Jiefang truck the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, I know. I'll tell him when he gets back." Zhao Youcai agreed, then added, "Baoyu, do you really not need me to go with you?"
Just as Li Baoyu was about to reply, he heard the dogs in the backyard and the car start barking.
It turns out that the seven children who went to school have returned!
Since the start of the busy farming season, Wang Xue and Lin Xiaobao have also been sent to a kindergarten.
The parents benefited greatly from this arrangement. After the busy farming season ended, Wang Qiang, Zhao Ling, Lin Xiangshun, and Xu Chunyan all said that their children should continue attending the kindergarten.
And so, every day after school, Xiaolingdang would first pick up Zhao Hong and Li Xiaoqiao, then go to the kindergarten's senior class to pick up Zhao Na, the middle class to pick up Wang Tian, and the junior class to pick up Wang Xue and Lin Xiaobao.
After receiving them, Xiaolingdang took her cousin Lin Xiaobao, her uncle, and her four aunts home.
The seven children, each carrying a small schoolbag, skipped into the yard. As soon as they saw the jeep, they all ran over.
Seeing that Li Baoyu and Xie Chen were sitting in the car, Zhao Hong and Zhao Na were somewhat disappointed, but Li Xiaoqiao happily threw herself into Li Baoyu's arms.
"Brother Chen, where is my brother?" When she learned that Zhao Jun would not be back for several days, Zhao Hong did not show any disappointment. Instead, she instructed Xie Chen, "Brother Chen, tell my brother to buy me some nice things before he comes back."
"Hehe..." Xie Chen chuckled. Zhao Youcai pulled his second daughter aside and said, "Your brother went into the mountains, not the city. What good things could he possibly be buying?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hong's face showed disappointment.
The women who had gone to work in the fields had not yet returned, but Li Baoyu and Xie Chen could not wait for them any longer.
Li Baoyu slowly started the car. The little black bear in the back seat let out a cry of surprise and plunged headfirst into Xie Chen's arms, knocking him over.
In contrast, the Azure Dragon, Black Dragon, and Yellow Dragon were much calmer. The three of them lay in the car, staring blankly at the little black bear.
The car drove out of Yong'an Village, and because of the time crunch, Li Baoyu drove very fast.
With Xie Chen's constant reassurance, the little black bear gradually mustered its courage and began to peek out the window.
Although it grew up drinking malted milk powder, the little black bear's eyesight was poor. It could only vaguely see the trees rushing past.
The car bumped along the way and finally stopped at the end of the sled track at 7:30.
"Xiao Chen, you take them and put them in the carriage. I'm going down to find my brother." Li Baoyu said as he got out of the carriage and ran upstairs.
At this moment, Zhao Jun and his companions were eating in the shack. They had just finished eating. Xing San had cooked late today to wait for Li Baoyu and Xie Chen.
Hearing the dogs barking outside, Wang Qiang laughed and said, "Baoyu and his friend are really lucky. We just started eating and they came back."
"I'll go out and take a look." Knowing that Li Baoyu and the others had taken the little black bear, Zhao Jun was a little worried.
As soon as he got out of bed, Li Baoyu burst in.
"Brother!" Li Baoyu said to Zhao Jun, "Heizi won't let us tie it up, so I didn't dare let it off the vehicle. Go and take a look."
"Let's go!" Zhao Jun said and walked out, and Wang Qiang and the others followed.
Before Zhao Jun even reached the jeep, Qinglong Sangou and Little Black Bear noticed him.
Dogs rely on hearing, and bears rely on smell. All four of them became restless in the car. The three dogs clung to the car windows and looked out, while the little black bear craned its neck to look ahead.
When Zhao Jun opened the car door, the three dogs and one bear rushed out and pounced on him.
Zhao Jun hugged this one and that one, and finally took the little black bear's paw and led them to the shed.
Outside the shack, Wang Qiang and the others tied up Qinglong, Heilong, Huanglong, Heihu, Erhei, and Qinghuhu together, while Zhao Jun led the little black bear directly into the shack.
Xing San was the only one left in the shack, and the little black bear was quite familiar with him. After entering the shack, seeing the old man sitting cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed), the little black bear stuck out its butt and climbed onto the kang.
"Come on, Blackie." Xing San cheerfully took a golden-fried pomegranate and stuffed it into the little black bear's mouth.
Fried fish was an unparalleled delicacy for the little black bear. After eating the fried fish, the little black bear began to use all sorts of cute and ingratiating tactics to please Xing San.
Xing San fed it twelve fried fish in a row before stopping, which was only because the little black bear usually ate well at the Zhao family's house. If a mountain bear ate like that, it would get diarrhea afterward.
Twelve small fried fish were definitely not enough to feed the little black bear, so Zhao Jun found a bowl, filled it with some rice, and mixed it with some vegetable soup for the bear to eat.
Little Black Bear ate heartily, but Ma Yang at the table wasn't happy. After the commotion last night, no one was letting him drink alcohol today.
Watching others drink alcohol while he and his brother-in-law drank soup, Ma Yang sighed softly.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Zhao Jun took the little black bear out for a walk and to relieve itself.
After everything was tidied up, the six dogs were put back into the shed.
Black Dragon and Little Black Bear got onto the kang (heated brick bed), but Zhao Jun chased them off.
And so, the six dogs slept under the kang (a heated brick bed), and the little black bear slept behind the door.
The woods were bustling at night. The wind blew through the tree hollows, the branches swayed, and the sounds of owls and roe deer all wafted into the hut.
The dog and bear that heard the sound would look up and listen from time to time.
Just like that, after midnight, a group of people crept up along the sled track.
There were twelve people carrying torches. Pang Gaoming led the way, followed by Han Shengli and Wang Yaoguang.
When they reached Zhao Jun's jeep, Pang Gaoming, who was leading the group, stopped.
Once everyone had arrived, Pang Gaoming asked Wang Yaoguang to bring out the map.
After glancing at it twice, Pang Gaoming pointed upwards and said to Han Shengli, "Brother Han, it should be about two hundred meters up here."
Han Shengli nodded with a smirk, then glanced at the jeep and said, "Damn it, when we get here, we'll smash his car again."
Upon hearing Han Shengli's words, Pang Gaoming thought of his Jeep, which was still not fully repaired, and nodded heavily.
The group continued on their way. The dogs in the shack hadn't noticed them yet, but the little black bear caught a strange smell first.
It smelled of burning pine torches. The little black bear paused for a moment, then smelled the scent of a living person.
But a black bear is not a dog. It may know to attack strangers, but it won't bark to alert its owner like a dog does.
When Pang Gaoming and the others were about 40 or 50 meters away, the black tiger in the shack suddenly crawled out from under the kang (a heated brick bed) and rushed to the shack door with a roar.
The sound nearly gave Xing San a heart attack, and Zhao Jun and the others were also awakened by the dog's barking.
Immediately afterward, the Green Tiger barked, followed by the Green Dragon and the Four Dogs howling.
After climbing another ten meters, Pang Gaoming and the others heard the dog barking and stopped to hide behind a tree.
At this moment, Pang Gaoming instructed the people nearby, "If any dog comes near, beat it to death with a big stick!"
The crowd responded, and just then the barking stopped. It turned out that inside the shack, Zhao Jun had one arm around Black Tiger and was gently patting Black Tiger's face with the other.
While patting, Zhao Jun said, "Tiger, don't bark!"
Beside them, Li Baoyu held Erhei, Xie Chen hugged Qinghu, and Zhang Yuanmin held Huanglong. They comforted the hunting dogs in their arms in the same way as Zhao Jun.
In contrast, Qinglong and Heilong, who were raised by Zhao Jun from a young age, were much more obedient.
Zhao Jun told them to sit down and not to bark, and the two dogs obeyed. Although they bared their teeth and growled because of their instinct to guard the house, they did not make a sound.
"Brother Jun!" At this moment, Jie Chen whispered to Zhao Jun, "What should we do with that ginseng king outside? We can't let them see us, can we?"
"No!" Zhao Jun replied softly, "Before it got dark today, I covered the ginseng king with a plastic sheet. Then I covered it with soil so they couldn't see it."
While Zhao Jun and Xie Chen whispered to each other, Pang Gaoming, Han Shengli, and the others listened intently. When they didn't hear the dog barking, they continued to grope upwards.
After walking another ten meters or so, Pang Gaoming suddenly stopped everyone and said, "Listen to that? Why isn't his dog barking anymore?"