sbdcsierra Chapter 1957 Phoenix Emerges, Autumn Mountains Chase After It
Chapter 1957 Phoenix Emerges, Autumn Mountains Chase After It
Chapter 1957 Phoenix Emerges, Autumn Mountains Chase After It
"I'm so pretty!" Zhao Jinhui was a tiger. Seeing the wolf coming, he threw away the used toilet paper, pulled up his pants with both hands, and rushed towards the wolf.
Recently, this chubby boy has not only gained weight but also grown taller.
Standing at 1.86 meters tall and weighing over 260 kilograms, even a typical female black bear isn't as big as him.
So when Zhao Jinhui jumped up, he startled the old wolf who was single-mindedly seeking revenge.
The old wolf stopped in his tracks and turned to run.
The narrow road meets the brave to win!
If the old wolf were to attack head-on, its sharp claws and teeth would make it easy for it to injure Zhao Jinhui, who was only wearing a thin layer of clothing.
But as soon as it turned around, Zhao Jinhui rushed up behind it.
At that moment, Zhao Jinhui was very clever. He knew that if he stopped and bent down to grab the wolf, it would definitely run away.
"Go to hell!" Zhao Jinhui swung his leg and kicked Lao Lang hard in the right hind leg.
With a crisp "crack!", the old wolf's leg snapped.
"Awooo!" The old wolf let out a heart-wrenching howl.
With its leg broken, the old wolf not only failed to escape, but also slumped to the right.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhao Jinhui pounced over, grabbed the old wolf's tail with both of his fat hands, and pulled it forcefully in front of him.
"Ouch!" The old wolf cried out in pain and turned to bite Zhao Jinhui.
But as soon as it turned its head, it felt everything go dark, and a mountain of flesh pressed down on it.
Zhao Jinhui was truly ruthless. He knew he couldn't let the wolf run around, so he stepped forward with his left leg and thrust his right knee forward, directly kneeling down on the old wolf's waist.
In an instant, his 260-pound weight pressed down on the old wolf through that one leg.
Although Zhao Jinhui has thick legs and a large area of force application, he is also very heavy.
Don't say that wolves have tofu waists; even if they had strong waists, they couldn't withstand the strain.
"Awooo..." Another scream rang out as the old wolf was pinned down by Zhao Jinhui, causing him to lose control of his bladder and bowels.
At the same time, Zhao Jinhui's fat hand pressed down on the back of Old Wolf's head, pinning him firmly to the ground.
The wolf's mouth touched the ground, and blades of grass burrowed into its nose. But the old wolf couldn't enjoy the fragrance, because Zhao Jinhui had struck again.
"Damn! Damn!" Zhao Jinhui pressed down on the wolf's head with his right hand while throwing punches repeatedly with his left. He wasn't smashing or hitting it, but rather shoving punches into the old wolf's neck.
The old wolf struggled beneath Zhao Jinhui, but its strength was limited by the 260-pound fat man pressing down on it.
Zhao Jinhui cursed and threw five more punches, and the old wolf beneath him struggled weaker and weaker.
When Xing San and his three companions arrived, the old wolf was already on the verge of death. To spare it further suffering, Xing San simply slit its throat with a single stroke.
Then, Zhao Jinhui and Ma Yang made arrangements to skin and roast the old wolf.
"What are you roasting?" Xing San stopped the two and said, "The wolf meat is already tough enough, there'll be nothing left to eat after roasting it."
As soon as Xing San finished speaking, Wang Qiang chimed in, "Zhang Sanmao's skin is all white, what must his flesh look like? It wouldn't even soften if you boiled it."
Although Zhao Jinhui felt that Wang Qiang's words made sense, this was the first prey he had caught since joining the Zhao Family Gang, and he really wanted to taste and share it with everyone.
But in the end, he shared the wolf with Mao Mao. The dog, Mudskipper, was too cowardly; it wouldn't even eat the dead wolf.
The next morning, Zhao Jun continued carrying ginseng. Those who had been on guard duty for the second half of the night went back to catch up on sleep, while the five men who had been on guard duty for the first half of the night came to guard Zhao Jun.
Everyone who looked at the Phoenix Ginseng King was filled with hope.
Meanwhile, Wang Meilan, who was far away in Zhao's family in Yong'an Village, received another phone call from an unknown source.
"Ah, I am Wang Meilan from Xishan."
Wang Meilan's self-introduction caused a two-second silence on the other end of the phone before Manager Huang's voice came through: "Zhao Jun's mother, I am Huang Chongshan from Anguo."
"Ah, Manager Huang, hello." Wang Meilan smiled and greeted him, "Calling so early, is something the matter?"
"There's something... Is Zhao Jun home?" Manager Huang asked. Wang Meilan replied, "He's not home. He went out and won't be back for a few days. Um... what's wrong? Why don't you tell me?"
"Sigh!" Manager Huang on the other end of the phone suddenly sighed and said, "I have some bad news."
"What's wrong?" Wang Meilan asked hurriedly upon hearing this, "What bad news?"
"That big boss who bought our Sanlong ginseng before, it seems he can't buy our ginseng king anymore." Manager Huang said this with disappointment in his tone.
Zhao Jun gave him a substantial commission, a large sum of money. Manager Huang was only human; he also wanted to make money. So when the deal fell through, Manager Huang wasn't entirely happy.
"Oh, that's alright." Compared to Manager Huang, Wang Meilan was much more open-minded: "When it comes to buying and selling, there has to be one willing to buy and one willing to sell."
“That makes sense.” Manager Huang chuckled and said, “Then let Zhao Jun know when he returns.”
“Okay…” Wang Meilan replied, but then remembered something and quickly said, “Manager Huang, I heard from my son that you are quite influential in this pharmacy. Why don’t you ask around and see if anyone else wants to buy good ginseng? Just let them come over then.”
We're saying... even if they come here without buying anything, just strolling around is fine. We don't have anything else in the mountains, but wild boar meat, roe deer meat, wild vegetables, and stuff like that—let them have a taste of something new.”
Wang Meilan's words were not only appropriate but also showed great magnanimity. Upon hearing this, Manager Huang realized that the woman on the other end of the phone was someone of importance.
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At this time, Zhao Jun was unaware that Manager Huang's regular customer had dropped out.
Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much.
Regardless of whether anyone wants it or not, the price of ginseng should still be raised.
As for why they can't be sold right now after being brought out, they can be dried and then sold in the future.
Ginseng of the highest quality sells easily, and as for those below the highest quality, those with leaves of grade six or lower, they are not difficult to sell either.
After working until night, Zhao Jun went back to rest, while the other ten took turns guarding the ginseng king.
The next day, everything was the same as usual. Zhao Jun worked until nearly seven o'clock in the evening, and the Phoenix Ginseng King was finally unearthed with its entire body intact.
This ginseng king has a total of seven main tendrils, with three growing from each leg, excluding the one in the groin area.
The key is that these six main tendrils are symmetrical in pairs. The three on the left: one extends diagonally upward to accompany the left tendril, one extends horizontally to the side to form the body shape, and the other hangs down. The three on the right are the same. These six main tendrils resemble a phoenix spreading its tail.
The most crucial one is the main stamen in the crotch, which is about one meter long and is the longest of the seven main stamens.
It is in the middle, just like the longest phoenix feather in the center of a phoenix's tail.
The seven tendrils are spread out without tangling, hanging down sparsely, like seven phoenix feathers fluttering in the wind. And the little pearl-like bumps on them are like the eyes of a phoenix tail.
Zhao Jun held the rhizome in his hand, while the others gathered around, examining the Phoenix Ginseng King together.
Two minutes later, Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin worked together, using the collected moss to carefully wrap the ginseng king.
Finally, it was wrapped in a layer of pine bark, tied with hemp rope, and then held in Li Baoyu's arms.
"Nephew, shall we go down the mountain?" Zhao Jun had said before that the Zhao family gang would leave after carrying this ginseng king.
But at this moment, Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "Uncle, we can't leave now. Let's leave tomorrow morning."
"What's that for?" Wang Qiang asked, puzzled. He felt uncomfortable living in the mountains.
"How many idiots are we going to pick this time?" Zhao Jun asked. "Will it be proper for us to go back like this? What if Shen Qiushan causes trouble again?"
“My brother is right,” Zhao Jun said. Li Baoyu chimed in, “This is their territory after all. We’ve already killed the wolves for them. If they want to discard us after we’ve served our purpose, that would be a real problem.”
"No?" Zhao Jinhui, still naive, asked incredulously, "Then what? They dare to rob us?"
“No, but we still have to be careful,” Zhao Jun said. “Anyway, we have enough to eat and drink, so we can stay in this shack for another night. Tomorrow we’ll get up early and go down the mountain to the forest farm to show them the wolf fangs and stuff, and then we’ll leave.”
Hearing Zhao Jun say this, everyone responded in unison.
They only started preparing dinner after returning to their shack, while at that time, in the family quarters of Lushuihe Forest Farm, at Shen Qiushan's home.
Shen Qiushan, with bandages wrapped around his head, sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) eating scrambled eggs.
Shen Qiushan ate almost the entire plate of scrambled eggs, Shen Zhigang ate two bites, but Wang Guixia didn't eat a single bite.
Even so, Shen Qiushan glared at Wang Guixia while eating.
Normally, Wang Guixia would have lost her temper long ago. But today, knowing she was in the wrong, she remained silent.
After finishing his meal, Shen Qiushan put down his chopsticks, pushed his bowl away, wiped his mouth, and got off the bed.
"Where are you going?" Wang Guixia asked, and Shen Qiushan replied irritably, "None of your business!"
After saying that, Shen Qiushan left the house.
He didn't go far after he came out; he went directly to Song Daikui's house in the west courtyard next door.
Just then, Song Daikui finished eating and came out of the house with a small stool, intending to cool off in the yard for a while.
"Hey, Akiyama, finished eating?" Song Daikui greeted him, then asked, "Are you still half asleep?"
"I'm not confused anymore," Shen Qiushan said. "I'll take a nap this afternoon, and I'll feel better when I wake up."
Despite Shen Qiushan's words, Song Daikui still gave the small stool to Shen Qiushan.
Shen Qiushan didn't stand on ceremony. After sitting down, he took the cigarette that Song Da Kui offered and said, "Da Kui, come up the mountain with me tomorrow."
"Go up the mountain?" Song Daikui frowned and said, "What else would we be going to do?"
"Chase the Zhao family gang away!" Shen Qiushan said. "They haven't returned from the mountain yet, have they?"
"No," Song Daikui replied, then asked Shen Qiushan, "Qiushan, didn't you say you wouldn't pay them any attention? Why are you still messing with them?"
"Wasn't I confused the other day and unable to get out of bed?" Shen Qiushan said, "Otherwise I would have taken care of them long ago!"
As soon as he recovered, Shen Qiushan remembered the ginseng king left by his father. Although the mountain area was large, Shen Qiushan was still afraid that the Zhao family could take the ginseng king away.
Therefore, Shen Qiushan still wanted to lead his men to drive out the Zhao family gang. After driving them away, he would then study how to hunt wolves and carry the ginseng king.
Song Daikui truly considered Shen Qiushan a brother. When Shen Qiushan mentioned taking down the Zhao family gang, he went out of his house, contacted the members of the Shen family gang, and notified Shen Wanglin and other artillerymen.
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After a night's rest, the Zhao family got up early and by 4:30 a.m. they had packed their bags and were heading down the mountain together.
The dew hadn't receded yet, and the Zhao family hadn't even had breakfast. They figured they'd be eating pancakes on the way back from Lushui River.
But after walking a little over two miles, Li Baoyu, who was walking ahead, turned back and said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, Xiao Yang has found a club again."
"What?" Zhao Jun was taken aback, then raised his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go take a look!"
Li Baoyu led the way, and Zhao Jun and the others came to a pine tree, where they saw Ma Yang leaning on a rope and holding a stick, guarding the place.
Zhao Jun looked down and saw it was Miao Sipinye. He immediately shrugged, took off the big bag from his back, and called to Zhang Yuanmin, "Brother, let's carry it together!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanmin hurriedly reached into his pocket and pulled out his tools.
Just as Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin made their move, Xie Chen discovered the omen left by the mountain hunters on a pine tree not far away.
He reported this news to Zhao Jun, who immediately ordered everyone to spread their sticks and set off down the mountain.
Xing San organized the men again. The old man had Ma Yang strike the first blow, and Ma Sheng the second.
Ten minutes later, Ma Sheng opened his eyes and discovered a three-leafed seedling. Two minutes later, Li Baoyu discovered a two-leafed seedling. Almost simultaneously, Xie Chen also saw a two-leafed seedling.
At this moment, the Zhao family gang, choosing the best among the worst, with Wang Qiang, Li Ruhai, and Li Baoyu, who were relatively strong at lifting ginseng, took out their tools to deal with the three wild ginseng seedlings.
The remaining people continued to practice with the sticks, and five minutes later, Xing San actually opened his eyes as well.
The old man was overjoyed to see that each seedling had five different leaves.
Upon receiving the news, Zhao Jun left the fourth-grade leaf to Zhang Yuanmin and then passed by the three men carrying ginseng, including Wang Qiang.
Seeing that the ginseng the three men were carrying was of average quality, Zhao Jun waved his hand and told them to get to shovels.
Then, he sent Wang Qiang to support Zhang Yuanmin, while he took Li Ruhai to that fifth-grade leaf.
By 7:30, Zhao Jun felt hungry. He asked Xing San to bring him some pancakes and salted goose eggs. He put the salted goose eggs on the pancakes, rolled them up, and filled his stomach.
At this moment, Shen Qiushan led his twenty men, carrying guns and sticks, out of the family quarters and headed straight for Langcaogou.
After crossing Langcaogou, Shen Qiushan went up the opposite mountain and soon arrived at the place where he had "found the treasure" that day.
Shen Qiushan, returning to the familiar place, felt a sense of relief and urged everyone to quicken their pace to search for the Zhao family gang and their followers in the mountains.
But at this moment, the experienced Shen Wanglin sensed that something was wrong.
“Qiushan, something’s not right!” Shen Wanglin said, “Look, when we came up here last time, the grass on the path was all flattened, that means they passed through here.”
"Oh, what's wrong?" Shen Qiushan asked. Shen Wanglin replied, "Why didn't we see any traces of anyone passing by on the way up?"
Upon hearing Shen Wanglin's words, Shen Qiushan's eyes widened immediately.
Then, Shen Qiushan urged everyone to hurry on their way.
Judging from Shen Qiushan's demeanor, he wasn't just wandering aimlessly in the mountains; he had a purpose. But no matter who asked, Shen Qiushan gave vague answers.
At 10:40 a.m., Shen Qiushan and his group arrived at the shack where Zhao Jiabang was staying.
They were just passing by the shack, but Shen Qiushan spotted the shack door that Zhang Yuanmin had built at a glance.
The door to the shack was made of tree branches, which were still fresh and had green stubble.
When Shen Qiushan went over to take a look, he saw that the shack and kang (heated brick bed) were newly plastered and there were still traces of people living there.
"Oh no!" Shen Qiushan exclaimed and turned to run outside.