sinovels Chapter 1993 The War Begins, Heads Cracking Open
Chapter 1993 The War Begins, Heads Cracking Open
Chapter 1993 The War Begins, Heads Cracking Open
Amidst the roar of chainsaws, the legendary miraculous herb is about to be born, captivating everyone's attention.
"Slow down, slow down." Watching Shen Qiushan lower the saw, Wu Baoguo's heart was in his throat, and he kept reminding Shen Qiushan to slow down.
Shen Qiushan was also very nervous at this moment, muttering to himself, "Slow down, slow down."
"Buzz..." The sound of the chainsaw suddenly subsided, as Shen Qiushan had stopped using it.
Immediately afterwards, a piece of wood, resembling a small cutting board, fell off the tree trunk.
Once the solid part at the bottom is removed, the two sides of the tree trunk are instantly opened up.
"Did you touch any tendrils or anything?" Wu Baoguo subconsciously reached for the small cutting board, while Shen Qiushan was already kneeling on the ground, tilting his head to look into the tree trunk from this side.
At this moment, everyone, from the members of the guild to the bosses and shopkeepers, could no longer contain themselves and crowded forward, eager to find out what was going on.
In Shen Qiushan's countless fantasies, he should now see a ginseng seedling in the center of the tree trunk, its rhizome, body, and legs all attached to the inner wall of the tree trunk somewhere.
Its tendrils extend outwards, connecting to various parts of the interior and drawing nutrients and water from the trunk.
But when he actually looked inside, Shen Qiushan was stunned. He didn't see a single ginseng root; he only saw a dark, indistinct thing stuck there.
It is flat and round, like a large pig kidney, stuck in the tree trunk, with gaps on both sides letting in light.
"What is this thing?" At this moment, Shen Qiushan didn't even realize what it was. He thought it had fallen into the tree hole, although he didn't know how it had gotten in, but that was possible.
Shen Qiushan believes that he couldn't see the ginseng because this thing was blocking his view, and that as long as he removed this thing, the ginseng would come out.
So Shen Qiushan knelt down, leaned to the side, tilted his head and reached into the tree trunk to take the thing.
"Qiu Shan, don't touch it!" Wu Baoguo, who was standing to the side, didn't know what was going on. When he saw Shen Qiu Shan start to touch it, he was afraid that his nephew would damage the ginseng inside.
Just as Wu Baoguo was speaking, Shen Qiushan's hand touched that thing.
A chill ran through Shen Qiushan's fingertips, making him shiver.
At that moment, Shen Qiushan's mind went completely blank.
He grasped the object in his hand, and just by touching it, Shen Qiushan could tell what it was.
He was in a daze, and his actions were purely instinctive; he simply pulled the thing outward.
The thing was stuck inside, offering a slight resistance, but Shen Qiushan pulled it out in the next second.
"Clang..." The moment Shen Qiushan pulled the object out of the tree trunk, it slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground.
When it's inside the tree trunk, it looks dark. When it comes out of the trunk, it's military green.
Many people were stunned when they saw the Type 65 military water bottle in front of them.
They couldn't understand how Shen Qiushan had pulled this thing out of the tree trunk.
At this moment, Shen Qiushan was still kneeling on the ground, tilting his head to look into the tree trunk.
When Shen Qiushan confirmed that the object was a military water bottle, his mind went blank.
The tree trunk was open on both sides, and at a glance, it was completely empty inside.
Shen Qiushan suddenly raised his head, and in that instant his mind went blank, and he felt dizzy. The people standing around him were all swaying, and their faces went from clear to blurry.
Wu Baoguo and Wei Songbo were both talking to him, but not a single word reached Shen Qiushan's ears.
However, Shen Qiushan still had a strong conviction in his heart. He pushed himself up from the ground with both hands.
Immediately afterwards, Shen Qiushan grabbed a chainsaw.
"Qiushan, what's going on?" Wu Baoguo asked because Wei Songbo looked into the tree trunk from the other end but didn't see any ginseng.
Upon hearing Wei Songbo's words, the people present erupted in chaos, and Wu Baoguo was also stunned.
"Buzz..." Seeing Shen Qiushan start the chainsaw again, Wu Baoguo stepped forward, grabbed Shen Qiushan's arm, and shouted, "Qiushan, what are you doing?"
Shen Qiushan turned around abruptly, his eyes wide open, glaring fiercely at Wu Baoguo.
Meeting Shen Qiushan's predatory gaze, Wu Baoguo released his grip on Shen Qiushan's hand.
Without Wu Baoguo pulling him away, Shen Qiushan turned around and sawed horizontally down the middle of the tree trunk from one end.
"Thud... hiss... whoosh..." The chainsaw blade stood straight forward, and since the tree trunk was hollow, it was easily sawed open.
The entire tube is split in two from the very center, forming two semi-cylindrical sections.
At this moment, everything inside the tree trunk was exposed to everyone's view.
What's inside?
There was nothing but rotten wood.
At that moment, apart from the sound of the chainsaw blade spinning freely, there was not a sound at all.
Shen Qiushan took two steps back and slammed the chainsaw in his hand to the ground.
At this moment, Yu Wanshan was closest to the chainsaw. He took two steps forward, turned off the chainsaw, and then stepped back.
"Shen Qiushan!" A member of the Shen family gang named Shen Qiucheng shouted at Shen Qiushan.
Shen Qiucheng was Shen Qiushan's cousin within five degrees of kinship. He was one of the people who carried the tree trunks back with Shen Qiushan on the mountain, and he was also one of the people who followed Shen Qiushan in chasing the Zhao family gang.
But at this moment, all brotherhood vanished. Shen Qiucheng glared angrily and roared at Shen Qiushan, "What a bunch of idiots!"
"I..." Shen Qiushan's tree trunk opening was even more exciting than opening a jadeite rough stone.
Before opening the business, he thought he would become incredibly wealthy.
After it was opened, the uncovered military water bottle made of alumina material couldn't even fetch the price of a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes.
How could Shen Qiushan withstand such dramatic ups and downs?
At this moment, Shen Qiushan was in a daze. He could see Shen Qiucheng yelling at him. He could also hear what Shen Qiushan was yelling.
However, Shen Qiushan's mind went blank, and he didn't know how to respond.
“Shen Qiushan, I’m pretty!” Another member of the Shen family gang, Sun Xizhu, jumped up and down, cursing Shen Qiushan: “That stick was in your house for so many days, and you took it out. And you’re still here pretending to be my mother?”
After cursing Shen Qiushan, Sun Xizhu pointed at Shen Qiushan's nose and said to the others around him, "Back when my dad was alive, he and Shen Qiushan's dad, that old bastard Shen, used to go hunting in the mountains. I was so smug, we sold those 'clubs' for eighty yuan, but old Shen told my dad to sell them for thirty!"
"He's the same kind of idiot. We usually keep quiet, does he think we're fools?"
After yelling all that, Sun Xizhu rushed over and shoved Shen Qiushan over.
Seeing this, Wu Baoguo quickly stepped forward to stop them. Wu Baoguo knew the character of Shen Qiushan and his son all too well.
However, Shen Qiushan was his nephew, and Wu Baoguo couldn't ignore him.
Just as Wu Baoguo stopped Sun Xizhu, the other members of the Shen family gang made their move, rushing towards Shen Qiushan.
This shows that the Shen family father and son have been unpopular for years. Normally, people tolerate minor transgressions.
But this time it's a legendary, priceless ginseng from a tree.
If you sell it and split the money, even the worst person in the Shen family's help group will be a household with ten thousand yuan.
With such a huge temptation, who in the Shen family gang could resist?
Nobody's going to put up with Shen Qiushan. They'll just quit after the money's been divided. With so much money, why bother with rafting?
Seeing Wu Baoguo being overwhelmed by Shen's gang, Wei Songbo and Wu's gang members rushed forward.
This is Wu Baoguo's territory after all. There are more than 20 members of the Wu family gang here. How could they let their own people suffer a loss?
Soon, the Shen family gang members were pushed aside by the Wu family gang members.
"Old Wu!" Shen Jiacheng pointed at Wu Baoguo and roared, "Don't you dare protect your nephew! If you don't hand over this beautiful butt, I'll fight you to the death!"
"I'm beautiful, Shen Qiushan!" Sun Xizhu jumped up and cursed, "If you dare to mess with that idiot, I'll bleed you dry!"
"Qiu Shan!" Wu Baoguo, his face ashen, whirled around, forcefully pulled Shen Qiu Shan up from the ground, and roared at him, "Where's that club! Give it to me!"
Not only did the Shen family gang believe that the ginseng in that tree had been secretly planted by Shen Qiushan, but Wu Baoguo also thought so.
Because... Wu Baoguo knew what kind of person his nephew was.
Just then, someone from the Dai family gang muttered, "Could it be that the leader secretly killed someone? If he were secretly killing someone, would he bother with all these people?"
The man said this because he felt that Shen Qiushan might have been wronged.
But no sooner had he finished speaking than Song Daikui, Shen Qiushan's good neighbor and also his neighbor in the west courtyard, shouted at the top of his lungs, "Shen Qiushan is always playing tricks! The other day, my friend and I went up the mountain to pick wild pears. When we got back to the village, he hid them, then told me they were lost. But he just left them at home and ate them himself. My mom went to find his mom and saw them!"
After saying this, Song Daikui turned around, glared at Shen Qiushan, and said, "Shen Qiushan, don't pretend with me! If I don't see this blockhead today, we're not done yet!"
"Da Kui." At this moment, Shen Qiushan came to his senses, but he realized that he couldn't explain himself clearly.
Zhao Jun was dumbfounded by the farce unfolding before him.
In his previous life, Zhao Jun was almost killed by Shen Qiushan. He knew that Shen Qiushan was a bad person, but he did not expect that Shen Qiushan would even betray those around him.
Watching Shen Qiushan standing in the center of the crowd, arguing heatedly with his relatives and friends, Zhao Jun sighed and shook his head.
He certainly didn't expect things to turn out this way.
However, this also conveniently absolved him of any responsibility.
As Zhao Jun slowly withdrew from the crowd, he repeatedly nudged Xing San, Wang Qiang, Lin Xiangshun, and Ma Sheng, who were watching the commotion.
They squeezed through the crowd, and just as Wang Qiang was about to say something to Zhao Jun, he saw Boss Yang leading one person and hurriedly walking downstairs.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun quickly returned to the crowd, grabbed Shao Tianpeng who was watching the commotion with great interest, and whispered in his ear, "Brother Shao, things have gotten this bad, we're leaving now. And afterwards, could you please tell Wu the foreman for me?"
"Uh-huh, uh-huh," Shao Tianpeng replied perfunctorily. At this moment, he didn't even look at Zhao Jun; his attention was entirely on Shen Qiushan and Song Daikui, who were tearing each other apart.
Zhao Jun sighed helplessly and repeated what he had just said to Shao Zhiqiang.
Shao Zhiqiang was clearly more reliable than his father. He accompanied Zhao Jun out of the crowd and even said a few words of farewell.
Zhao Jun led Wang Qiang and the others downstairs to catch up with Boss Yang.
Because he had been delayed by the Shao family father and son, Zhao Jun had chased them all the way outside the building but still hadn't seen Boss Yang.
Zhao Jun jogged toward the gate of the compound, but as he passed the parking area, he suddenly stopped.
Wang Qiang and the others behind Zhao Jun also stopped. They looked in the direction Zhao Jun was looking and saw Li Ruhai holding several photos, gesturing and talking to Boss Yang with great enthusiasm.
Behind Boss Yang was a man who was over 1.8 meters tall, wearing a black polyester shirt and black pants, looking like a bodyguard.
Standing behind Li Ruhai was Zhang Yuanmin, the second-in-command of the Zhao family gang.
But Zhang Yuanmin, standing behind Li Ruhai, couldn't get a word in edgewise. Judging by his appearance, he wasn't even as tall as a pole.
Zhao Jun watched as Boss Yang took the photos from Li Ruhai and flipped through them one by one.
Zhao Jun slowed his pace and walked over. He was not far away and could see that Boss Yang's expression changed after seeing the photo.
At this moment, the tall man behind Boss Yang saw Zhao Jun and whispered a reminder in Boss Yang's ear. Boss Yang looked up at Zhao Jun.
“Boss Yang, that’s our foreman.” Li Ruhai spread his palms out and gestured towards Zhao Jun, saying, “The wild ginseng you just saw was all carried by our foreman and us.”
Li Ruhai is really good at handling things; he even used the formal "you" when speaking to Boss Yang.
After listening to Li Ruhai's words, Boss Yang walked towards Zhao Jun.
The two shook hands and greeted each other. Then, Boss Yang held up the photos and asked Zhao Jun, "Chief Zhao, are all these ginseng roots in your possession?"
"Mm," Zhao Jun nodded emphatically in response.
But then, Boss Yang glanced at the three-story building and asked Zhao Jun again, "We can't let something like that happen again, can we?"
"No, Mr. Yang," Zhao Jun said with a smile. "You can rest assured. Look at these ginsengs in the photos, they're all kept at my home."
Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Boss Yang's expression softened. He had come all the way to this forest area, only to witness such a farce, which made him furious and leave in anger.
But at this moment, looking at the ginseng king in the photo and then at the introduction on the back of the photo, Mr. Yang felt that if he could bring back one or two ginseng king seedlings, it would be a worthwhile trip.
With that in mind, Mr. Yang took out a picture of the Phoenix Ginseng King and asked Zhao Jun for the price.
Just as Zhao Jun was about to speak, he heard a commotion coming from the other side.
Zhao Jun and his companions looked up and saw a group of people pouring out of the building.
The two men leading the group were from the Wu family, and at that moment they were carrying a person on a door panel.
Further on, a large group of people followed. Upon closer inspection, Zhao Jun recognized Yu Wanshan, Dai Chunhua, and several members of the Shao family gang he knew as being among them.
"What's going on?" Zhao Jun muttered. When the people got closer, Zhao Jun saw that the person lying on the door panel was Shen Qiushan.
At this moment, Shen Qiushan's face was covered in blood, and judging from the blood-stained towel covering his head, his head had obviously been broken.
Wu Baoguo directed the men to put Shen Qiushan into the jeep. As someone got into the driver's seat, Wu Baoguo sat in the passenger seat and instructed Wei Songbo, who was standing outside the car: "Old Wei, hurry up and prepare the meal. Tell everyone not to worry. Eat and drink as they please. Those who are far away will stay here tonight. We have convenient food and lodging options. Stay as long as you like."
With things escalating like this today, Wu Baoguo has to adopt a good attitude, otherwise he won't be able to hold the Ginseng King Conference in the future.
The jeep carried Wu Baoguo and the injured Shen Qiushan out of the compound, while Wei Songbo called everyone back into the building to wait for dinner.
Although we didn't see the ginseng in the tree, things had come to this point, and it was almost noon, so we still had to eat.
Everyone followed Wei Songbo back. Zhao Jun looked at Boss Yang and said, "Boss Yang, how about we have a meal with them? After we finish eating, we can go to our room and chat."
Before this, Zhao Jun thought that after Shen Qiushan sawed the tree, he would come after him.
Unexpectedly, Shen Qiushan is such a bad person, leading to this situation.
In this way, Shen Qiushan took the blame himself and exonerated Zhao Jun.
Faced with Zhao Jun's suggestion, Boss Yang readily agreed: "Okay."