sbdcsierra Chapter 1872 The Zhang Family Goes to Pick Up the Dog and the Bear
Chapter 1872 The Zhang Family Goes to Pick Up the Dog and the Bear
Chapter 1872 Going Home to Pick Up the Dog and the Bear
"Master Han." Although Zhao Jun felt that Han Shusheng was telling the truth, he still asked Han Shusheng to be on the safe side, "Do you know Wang Yaoguang?"
“I don’t know him.” Han Shusheng shook his head and said, “When Zhai Zi and I entered that shack, there were about ten people inside. They all stared at us and were stunned.”
After that, I did as you taught me, saying that Zhai Zi and I were just passing by on patrol. Pang Gaoming and the others didn't think much of it and just said that they were cooking and invited us to have a meal with them.
I didn't do it. I said we had just finished eating pancakes. Then I asked him, "What are all these people doing here?" He said they were going for a walk up the mountain.
At this point, Han Shusheng laughed and said, "Team leader, don't you think this is just pure nonsense? How could you wander all the way here?"
Zhao Jun didn't intend to discuss this with Han Shusheng, but instead asked, "And then what happened? What did you say later?"
"Later..." Han Shusheng said with a smug tone, "I looked at their group and there were a few people I didn't recognize, so I asked them, 'Aren't these people from the local area?'"
When I asked him that, one of them, who had a long face and big eyes, said that he used to be from the past, and that when he was here, I wasn't even born yet, and so on.
"Damn, as soon as I heard that, I asked him whose son he was. He said his name was Wang Yaoguang, and his father was Wang Daxi."
Upon hearing Han Shusheng's words, Zhao Jun knew that this was indeed true.
At this moment, Zhao Jun was not thinking about how to dig out the shack on the bluestone cliff to avenge Pang Gaoming for damaging the cart wheel, but rather why Pang Gaoming and Wang Yaoguang and so many others had gathered together.
If these two groups are here to scavenge, then let them be. The Zhao family gang is too busy right now to deal with them. Let's leave the matter of the damaged cartwheel for now; we'll settle this score whenever we want.
What Zhao Jun feared was that these people were coming for him.
Wealth is a powerful motivator!
As Zhang Yuanmin said, the rafting industry is very complex, and people's hearts are also very treacherous.
This is no joke. The Shao family gang, the Pang family gang, and the Wu family gang and Zhang family gang that Zhao Jun met in Lingnan—these old ginseng gangs have all been passed down from generation to generation.
For generations, they have ventured into the forests, wielding clubs, spending several months each year enduring wind and rain, digging for money from the soil in the mountains.
Although the income is considerable, this job is really hard work.
In this situation, when one ginseng group hears another group calling out for high-quality ginseng, such as fifth-grade or sixth-grade ginseng, are they envious or not?
The ginseng gang was not a hunting gang. They went into the mountains making a ruckus and setting fires, using ropes and sticks to knock on trees along the way. When the wild animals nearby heard the noise, they would leave before the ginseng gang even got close.
If that's the case, then what are the guards of the ginseng gang for?
Most guards are out to fight their own kind!
So when Zhang Yuanmin and his group said that half of the ginseng helpers in the world are corrupt, that was absolutely true.
When Zhao Jun was dealing in wild ginseng in his previous life, he met an old man in his eighties who was from the same generation as Shao Tianpeng.
The old foreman told Zhao Jun that he had been herding in the mountains with his father since he was fourteen, and almost every year in Honglangtou City, they would fight with their peers in the mountains.
That truly is a case of people dying for wealth, and birds dying for food.
Zhao Jun didn't know what kind of person Wang Yaoguang was, but he knew that Pang the Blind was no good person.
If it were a direct confrontation, even eight blind men like Pang would be easily subdued by Zhao Jun.
It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. The two families have a feud and grudges; what if they were to turn on you unexpectedly?
The more Zhao Jun thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, but he still didn't forget to call out to Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu.
"Master Han, Master Zhai, you two haven't eaten yet, have you?" Zhao Jun asked, already having the answer in his mind. Han Shusheng had lied to Pang Gaoming when he said they had eaten pancakes.
So Zhao Jun then added, "Wait for me a moment, I'll go upstairs and get you some food."
Zhao Jun's statement indicated that he didn't want to bring Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu up with him. Although Han and Zhai didn't know what Zhao Jun was up to, he was their superior, and since he didn't say anything, they didn't dare to ask.
"No need, team leader." Han Shusheng patted the bag around his waist and said, "I have pancakes in this bag!"
"No!" Zhao Jun raised his hand and said to Han Shusheng, "Wait for me for two minutes, I'll be right back."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun waved to Wang Qiang and the others, signaling them to stay with Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu.
Zhao Jun gave the cigarettes in Wang Qiang's pocket to Han Shusheng. At this moment, Xie Chen took out Shi Lin from his pocket and distributed cigarettes to everyone.
Zhao Jun, on the other hand, hurriedly walked towards the shack.
It's only a hundred or so meters, and it only takes two minutes to get there.
Zhao Jun didn't have time to say much to Xing San and Zhang Yuanmin before he went into the shack and took two cans of luncheon meat and two cans of fish, intending to give them to Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu.
After leaving the shack, Zhao Jun hurried back and handed the canned food to Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu, saying, "Master Han, Master Zhai, thank you for today."
"Team leader, isn't what you're saying a bit too much?" Han Shusheng laughed. "If you need anything in the future, just let us know."
Hearing Han Shusheng's words, Zhai Guozhu nodded repeatedly.
Hearing Han Shusheng's words, Zhao Jun smiled and nodded, saying, "Master Han, Master Zhai, then I won't say anything more. I have other things to do today and can't entertain you two, I'm really sorry, we can do it another day."
"Team leader, look at you," Han Shusheng laughed. "I just told you not to be a snob, and here you are again."
Zhao Jun's character was impeccable, and Han Shusheng felt he had latched onto a powerful figure. As for what Zhao Jun and his men were up to, Han Shusheng was curious but didn't ask.
"Alright, Master Han, then we'll leave it at that." Zhao Jun laughed, "Now I'll have Jin Hui take you two downstairs."
"No need!" Han Shusheng waved his hand and said, "Then why bother? We'll just stroll away."
“No way,” Zhao Jun said. “You two have been messing around all morning. Let Jin Hui take you down. Otherwise, you won’t even get to the foot of the mountain in half an hour.”
After saying that, Zhao Jun raised his hand to Zhao Jinhui, who quickly replied, "Alright, Brother Jun, I'll take Master Han and Master Zhai downstairs."
After seeing Zhao Jinhui and the other two off, Zhao Jun waved to Wang Qiang and the others, gesturing for them to head towards the shack.
When everyone arrived at the shack, Xing San and Zhang Yuanmin came over to ask what had happened.
After listening to Li Ruhai quickly explain the situation, Xing San said directly to Zhao Jun, "Kid, let's just get on with it!"
This old mountain dog gets more and more reckless with age.
Zhao Jun held Xing San's arm and said, "They might not necessarily be after us, we..."
At this point, Zhao Jun paused slightly, then looked at Li Baoyu and Xie Chen and said, "Baoyu, Xiao Chen, when Jin Hui comes back, you two drive home and bring Qinglong, Heilong, and Huanglong back."
"Brother, why are you pulling the Green Dragon and the Black Dragon?" Li Baoyu asked. "Pulling the Big Flower and the Second Flower would be much better."
The Azure Dragon is now a little over a year and a half old, not quite two, while the Black Dragon is also a year and a half old. In terms of sheer bite force, they're definitely formidable. But biting isn't hunting, so their excellent bite force is useless. In Li Baoyu's opinion, they're inferior to Big Flower and Second Flower.
“Brother,” Li Baoyu said, and Zhang Yuanmin added, “Why don’t we get one for all the dogs at home?”
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Jun said, "We've already brought it all here, are you going to let it go or what?"
"This..." Zhang Yuanmin was stumped by Zhao Jun's question. Letting all the dogs go was definitely not an option. In the mountains, dogs would chase anything they saw. They were manageable during the day, but they would all be gone by nightfall, and then they would be impossible to find.
If you were to keep them in the kennel, the kennel would only be so big, and there wouldn't be enough room for too many dogs.
"Then let's tie them all up," Jie Chen said. "After that, when the dogs start barking at night, we'll let them out and let them bite them."
"What are you biting?" Zhao Jun laughed. "Our dog is a hunting dog, not a mad dog."
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Xie Chen blinked twice and fell silent.
This is in the mountains, not at home. When hunting dogs see people in the mountains, they bark but don't bite.
“That won’t do, Xiaochen,” Wang Qiang said. “If the dog barks, what if it’s not a person coming up, but some wild animal? In the dark, if we lose a dog, we won’t even have a place to look for it.”
"Alright!" Zhao Jun said at this moment, "Just do as I said, bring three more dogs and put them in the shed, that will be enough."
After hearing Zhao Jun's words, Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin fell silent.
But at this moment, Li Baoyu brought up the question that Zhao Jun hadn't answered before, saying, "Brother, then let's not have Azure Dragon and Black Dragon, Big Flower and Second Flower are so much more powerful."
“They’re fierce, they’re tigers!” Zhao Jun said. “When they get going, they don’t listen to you. They’re not as good as the Azure Dragon and the Black Dragon.”
"Ah..." Hearing Zhao Jun say this, Li Baoyu replied, "Okay, brother, then we'll go now."
"Hey?" Suddenly, Zhao Jun raised his hand and called out to Li Baoyu, "Baoyu, you two bring Xiao Heixiazi here."
"Little Black Blind Man?" Upon hearing this, Li Baoyu's eyes lit up instantly.
"Brother-in-law," Ma Yang asked Zhao Jun, puzzled, "what's the use of that little black bear you brought home? It doesn't bite, does it?"
Zhao's little black bear gave Ma Yang one impression: greedy.
Ma Yang remembered that time he went to the Zhao family's house, and Ma Ling gave him some biscuits. The biscuits were quite crisp, and Ma Yang took a bite and broke off a piece. Just as he was about to bend down to pick it up, he saw a dark shadow rushing towards him.
Then the little black bear lay down on the ground and put the biscuit that he had bitten off into its mouth.
Then, the little black bear ran away again. In its haste, it bumped into a bucket.
“Just because it doesn’t bite you doesn’t mean it won’t bite others.” Xing San continued, picking up where Ma Yang left off. “That day, the electrician surnamed Zhu came to check the meter. He just pushed open the door and came in, and then the little black bear went howling.”
"Really? That's amazing!" Ma Yang knew that the electrician Xiao Zhu that Xing San was talking about was Zhu Jiang, the grandson of Zhu Dashan. His family was related to the Zhu family, and he even had to call Zhu Jiang "brother".
"Yeah, right," Xing San laughed. "That kid ran out, and Little Black Bear grabbed his leg and pulled him down. Their work pants are so thick, and both pant legs were torn open."
As he spoke, Xing San shoved his hands across his calves and said, "Then let's shove it a bit. If you don't get it all out, you'll have a cut on your leg."
The little black bear has been with the Zhao family for almost eight months. The Zhao family feeds it well, and the little black bear, which hasn't hibernated, eats non-stop, like it's gaining weight for winter.
Now it weighs over 80 pounds, and the bear has become quite round and fat.
Although it weighs less than an adult man or even less than the large dogs of the Zhao family gang, the little black bear's fighting power should not be underestimated.
Two winters ago, Xing Zhiyong and Li Hu asked Zhao Jun to come and kill a bear. Hua Xiao and Da Qing couldn't even hold down the little black bear that weighed over 80 pounds.
This is normal. The little black bear also has long fur. Unless the dog bites a few specific parts, the black bear doesn't care at all.
Conversely, it's too easy for a black bear to injure a dog; as long as its paw touches the dog, it will inevitably be injured.
Zhao Jun remembered it clearly: the little black bear shoveled the 120-pound big green dog like it was a ball.
Later, Xing Zhiyong and Li Hu tried to capture the little black bear alive, but one of them had his arm scratched and the other had his thigh bitten through.
The little black bear from the Zhao family is usually more sensible than a dog in front of them, and is always bullied by Zhao Hong and Li Xiaoqiao, so everyone overlooks how powerful it is.
Now that Zhao Jun said he was going to bring the little black bear over, Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin and the others were actually hoping that something would happen tonight.
At this moment, Li Baoyu and Xie Chen came out of the shack, each with a semi-automatic rifle slung over their shoulder and a basket on their back.
The basket contained ginseng buns. Since Li Baoyu and his companion were going back, Zhao Jun told them to take the ginseng they had brought out back with them.
"Uncle, Ruhai, Xiaoyang." Zhao Jun then pointed to Wang Qiang and the other two, saying, "Jin Hui is quick to come and go. The three of you see Baoyu and the other two off. After they get on the bus and leave, the three of you come back with Jin Hui."
Wang Qiang and the other two agreed. Zhao Jun looked at Li Baoyu and Xie Chen and said, "Drive slowly, don't rush, and be careful on the road."
"Don't worry, brother," Li Baoyu said, "I'm a bodyguard for the Zhao family, I won't let you down."
Hearing this, Zhao Jun had no answer. Back when he met the Shao family in Lingnan, Li Baoyu had taken the temporary assignment of this position seriously.
"Alright, Jun." At this moment, Wang Qiang said to Zhao Jun, "We're going down now. You guys can carry the ginseng after we're done."
"Yes." Zhao Jun responded, turning to look at the basket with the conjoined ginseng attached. He suddenly remembered something and quickly turned back to Li Baoyu, saying, "Baoyu, remember to bring the camera when you get home."
"What?" Li Baoyu was taken aback. Then he saw Zhao Jun pointing at the basket and saying, "Give it to me, I'll take a couple of pictures so we can keep a souvenir."
“Alright!” Zhang Yuanmin laughed upon hearing this. “The photos are ready. When we brothers get old, we can take out these photos and remember how dashing we were in our youth.”
“That’s right.” Zhao Jun laughed, “How many people get to see this treasure? We have a camera at home, we must take as many pictures as possible.”
The group chatted and laughed, showing no sign of the tension that preceded the great battle.
With Wang Qiang gone, he, Li Ruhai, and Ma Yang carried guns and escorted Li Baoyu and Xie Chen down the mountain.
Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin adjusted their breathing, wiped the deer antler spoon and scissors clean, and then lifted the basket on their backs to continue carrying ginseng.
Not far away, Xing San sat on a tree stump, silently smoking a Zhonghua cigarette.
On the bluestone cliff, in the abandoned shack, Pang Gaoming said to everyone, "The kang is warm now, let's all go to bed and sleep until dark. After that, we'll go and deal with Zhao Jun and his men!"