sbdcsierra Chapter 1705 Hunting and Hunting Map
Chapter 1705 Hunting and Hunting Map
Chapter 1705 Hunting and Hunting Map
Stone Ganoderma, also known as Meat Lingzhi, is not edible, but soaking it in water can improve water quality.
It is said that drinking Tai Sui water can enhance immunity, resist aging, and even alleviate the pain of malignant tumors.
Zhao Jun had been destitute in his previous life before he learned about the existence of *Shi Tai Sui*. But by then, the price of *Shi Tai Sui* had already been inflated, costing over ten or even several tens of yuan per gram.
Nowadays, very few people know about this thing. Zhao Jun felt that if he planned carefully, he would definitely have a chance to hoard some Shi Tai Sui.
That thing is a living creature. We'll keep it in a few big tanks, and it can drink the water whenever it wants. It can cure illnesses and strengthen the body if it's healthy.
The entire Zhao family clique revolves around Zhao Jun. Over the past year, Zhao Jun has cultivated relationships with Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, and Xie Chen, and the three are completely devoted to him. Whatever Zhao Jun decides to do, they unconditionally support him.
Needless to say, Wang Qiang was still secretly giving Zhao Jun money even though Zhao Jun was so down on his luck in his previous life.
Zhao Jun is now Wang Qiang's pride and joy. No matter what his nephew says, Wang Qiang believes him.
Zhao Jinhui, a newcomer to the Zhao family gang, is a rich second-generation heir who isn't opposed to making money, but he prioritizes a high quality of life. He also has a strong sense of curiosity and is currently asking Zhao Youcai about the Stone Tai Sui.
Zhao Youcai must have heard something from Wang Dabazhang, because he spoke eloquently to Zhao Jinhui, unlike the taciturn cook he used to be.
"Brother," Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Youcai secretly, then asked Zhang Yuanmin, "Can you find that map of your house?"
As he spoke, Zhao Jun took the opened map, pointed to both sides, and said to Zhang Yuanmin, "Brother, there should be more on both sides. If you can find them, find them for your hometown, and then we'll match them up."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanmin frowned and pondered, then said, "The day my father passed away, he gave me this scroll and told me that there was gold and silver treasure inside."
"Is it over?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhang Yuanmin replied, "It's over... I didn't take it seriously either."
“No, Brother Zhang.” Hearing Zhang Yuanmin’s words, Li Baoyu couldn’t help but interject, “Brother, I didn’t mean anything by it. The problem is that your family’s conditions were already like that before. My old Uncle Zhang said there’s gold and silver treasure somewhere. Why don’t you go look for it?”
"What am I looking for?" Zhang Yuanmin said with a wry smile. "When I opened it, the drawing was a mess. There were mountains and rivers, but not a single word. How am I supposed to know what kind of mountain that is or what kind of river that is?"
After saying this, Zhang Yuanmin gestured with his hand and said, "We've all seen the forest area map. Every corner is a corner, so we have to write it down. If we don't write down the three major teams and the five major teams, and just draw mountains and forests, even if you bring the mountain area technician here, he won't be able to understand it."
That's true, especially in areas where there's absolutely no contact, it's even harder to understand.
But after hearing Zhang Yuanmin's explanation, Zhao Jun understood what Wang Meilan had said earlier. That's why Wang Dabazhang had shown Wang Meilan some maps and asked her to memorize them. After she had memorized them, he then told her the geographical location corresponding to each map.
Thinking of his maternal grandfather, Zhao Jun couldn't help but sigh. No wonder he was the foremost of the four extraordinary men of Yong'an in the previous generation; Wang Dabazhang always managed to do things in a truly unique way.
But thinking back to those days, the old man did this simply to protect his family. Even if they lost their wealth, at least they wouldn't suffer disaster or hardship.
“Yuanmin, stop talking about mountains and rivers, go home and look for him.” At this moment, Wang Qiang took over the conversation and said to Zhang Yuanmin, “Stop talking about mountains and rivers, go home and look for him.”
“Find it… that would require a complete search.” Zhang Yuanmin blinked twice and said, “It seems to be among the things my dad and mom left behind.”
"What did your dad and mom leave behind?" Zhao Youcai asked this question out of pure curiosity, without any other intention.
“Leave…” Zhang Yuanmin pondered for a moment and said, “I’ll use that deerskin knife, the flat spoon made from the horn of the elk, and the back scratcher made from the claws of the golden eagle…”
"Brother, you have all these good things at home?" Zhao Jun asked in surprise. Zhang Yuanmin laughed and said, "What are you thinking about, brother? I have a lot of stuff at home, but I don't usually show it off."
"Yeah, it's either a fork or a skewer." Wang Qiang laughed upon hearing this.
Everyone laughed when they thought of the Zhang family's heirlooms.
Zhang Yuanmin stood up with a smile and said to Li Baoyu, Xie Chen, and Zhao Jinhui, "Come on, you guys don't have anything to do, come back with me for a stroll."
"My brother isn't going?" Li Baoyu looked at Zhao Jun, but before Zhao Jun could speak, Zhang Yuanmin said, "Let my brother stay home; he didn't sleep well all night."
It has to be said that Zhang Yuanmin was more meticulous than Li Baoyu, who was too careless to think of such things.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yuanmin said to Wang Qiang, "Come on, Uncle, what are you doing staying at home? Let's go to my house for a stroll and let my brother rest a bit."
“Okay, I’ll go with you.” Wang Qiang stood up as he spoke, saying, “I’d like to see what that flat spoon made from the horn of the Anadahan looks like.”
They left without warning, and Zhao Jun followed behind, carrying the little lynx, to see them off.
In the outer room, two tables were set up, and Wang Meilan and others were cleaning and maintaining the hides they had collected.
Seeing these people leaving, Wang Meilan quickly asked, "Where are you going?"
"Let's go for a stroll." Wang Qiang said this, while Li Ruhai was in the outer room, not wanting the child to overhear about the treasure map. The child was good in every way, except for his loose tongue. Although he'd toned it down recently, it was still good to be on guard.
After Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin left, Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Jun, who was holding the lynx cub, and said, "Son, go upstairs and get some rest. You've been up all night."
"Yes," Zhao Jun replied. He had just turned around when he suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask Yang Yufeng, "Sister-in-law, do you still have flat spoons made from the horns of the Anadahan?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Meilan and the others all looked at Yang Yufeng. The so-called flat spoon is the thing used to wrap dumplings. Every household has one these days, but no one has ever heard of a flat spoon made from antah horn.
"Oh my god!" Yang Yufeng laughed and said, "Brother, yes, my father-in-law made it before he was alive."
"Your father-in-law is amazing," the old lady next to her praised Zhang Da Nao, saying, "He never breaks a sweat no matter what he does."
"Hehe..." Yang Yufeng seemed to have something to say but couldn't. After all, he was her father-in-law, and no matter what, she had more to say than him.
"Hey? Sister-in-law." At this moment, Ma Ling asked Yang Yufeng, "How about the flat spoon made from the horn of the Anadahan? Is it good to use?"
"It's not much better than that..." Yang Yufeng said with a smile, "It's no different from that one, and it even attracts bugs."
"Attracts bugs?" Everyone was taken aback, and then Yang Yufeng continued, "It has tiny, tiny holes on it. When you use it to stuff fillings, the soup and oil seep in, which attracts bugs."
The moose is called "An Dahan". Male An Dahan shed their antlers every year, and then the antlers calcify and become antlers.
Deer antlers contain countless capillaries. After they calcify, the blood stops flowing, but the tiny capillaries remain.
Oil and soup seep in, and you can't clean it all off with a brush. Won't it attract bugs later?
Hearing Yang Yufeng's words, Zhao Jun smiled and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you have back scratchers made from the claws of a golden eagle?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Meilan and the others all looked at Yang Yufeng. Who wouldn't ponder and think about something like this?
“Yes,” Yang Yufeng said. “The claws have all been scratched off, leaving only bare claws.”
Hearing her say that, Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan, and the others chuckled. Zhao Jun understood why Zhang Yuanmin had said he'd done a thorough search upon returning. It seemed that all those things, like emotions, had been relegated to the junkyard.
At this point, Zhao Jun had no more questions. He dropped the little lynx on the ground and went back to his room to catch up on his sleep.
……
Zhao Jun slept for about two hours before Wang Meilan woke him up.
"Son!" Wang Meilan said to Zhao Jun, "Go answer the phone quickly, Director Chu is looking for you."
Upon hearing that it was Chu Anmin calling, Zhao Jun threw off the covers and got up. He slipped on his shoes, yawning as he walked outside.
When they reached the door of the west hut, Zhao Youcai suddenly jumped out of the hut, startling Zhao Jun.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Zhao Jun asked urgently. He walked forward before finishing his sentence, eager to answer Chu Anmin's call.
But just then, Zhao Youcai grabbed Zhao Jun's arm.
Zhao Youcai had a strong grip, so Zhao Jun had no choice but to turn around and look at him.
"Son," Zhao Youcai whispered to Zhao Jun, "Don't forget to ask your dad about that matter."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was taken aback. Still half asleep, he didn't understand what Zhao Youcai meant.
Before Zhao Jun could ask, Zhao Youcai waved to him and urged, "Go on, don't keep your leader waiting."
Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Youcai and thought to himself: If you hadn't stopped me, I would have answered the phone the other day.
Zhao Jun strode across the outer room to the west hut to answer the phone, greeting the caller warmly, "Director Chu, it's me, Zhao Jun."
"Zhao Jun, what are you doing?" Chu Anmin asked. Zhao Jun hurriedly replied, "Director Chu, I was catching that bad guy last night, and I didn't get any sleep all night."
If someone doesn't go to work every day and is always at home when called, shouldn't they hurry up and find their boss to take credit?
"Thank you for your hard work, Zhao Jun." Chu Anmin praised Zhao Jun on the other end of the phone, saying, "Sun Xueshan just called me and said that you were the one who caught that person."
"Hehe..." Zhao Jun chuckled and said, "Director Chu, I felt something was off about this guy a while ago. I've been investigating him, and it just so happens that yesterday, a tiger cub on the mountain bit one of our forest rangers."
Upon hearing the news, I hurriedly led my men there. When we got there, we ran into Wang Haitao. He was lying, and I immediately sensed something was wrong.
But we don't have any evidence, so we can't just do anything reckless, right? After thinking about it, I asked Baoyu and my brother Zhang to drive my car and take Wang Haitao home.
Maybe Wang Haitao sensed something was wrong then, so he went back to his village and sent his wife and children away. Afterwards, he came to our village. I thought he was blaming me for ruining his plans and wanted revenge! Unexpectedly, I reacted quickly and punched him right in the back.
Zhao Jun suspected that Wang Haitao had come to Yong'an Village to try and make one last fortune before fleeing. However, Zhao Jun couldn't tell his superiors that, so he only mentioned the work he had done for solving the case.
"Zhao Jun," Chu Anmin couldn't help but sigh after hearing so much from Zhao Jun, "I knew you were capable, but I never expected you to..."
Halfway through his sentence, Chu Anmin paused slightly, seemingly searching his mind for words to praise Zhao Jun, before saying, "You're just too outstanding."
"Hehe... Director Chu, this is all thanks to your guidance." Zhao Jun laughed, "Give me some newspapers, I've worn them out. I've been studying and improving a lot lately."
"Really? That's great." Zhao Jun couldn't see Chu Anmin's face at this moment, but Director Chu's voice was filled with surprise. The young man he had high hopes for had improved because of him, which gave Chu Anmin a great sense of accomplishment. This made him overlook the newspapers he had given Zhao Jun, which had absolutely nothing to do with catching bad guys.
"You still have to study, Zhao Jun." At this moment, Chu Anmin was like a senior high school teacher, tirelessly reminding Zhao Jun: "Don't be arrogant, don't relax."
"No, that won't happen," Zhao Jun said. "I'll rest at home today, and I'll go up the mountain again tomorrow to patrol the forest."
Yes, he has to go up the mountain tomorrow. He was supposed to go fishing yesterday, but something came up and he couldn't go.
“You need to balance work and rest,” Chu Anmin said. “I can see you’ve had a busy day. Did you kill that biting lynx yesterday?”
"Killed him," Zhao Jun laughed. "Torn him to shreds by the dogs."
"Oh dear, what a waste," Chu Anmin said with a sigh. "The three delicacies we ate at your house that day were so delicious."
"Director Chu, I just got a whole lynx the other day, I'll send it to you." Zhao Jun had just finished speaking when Chu Anmin said urgently, "Zhao Jun, I have something to do here, I have to talk to you later, you should study hard afterwards."
After saying that, Chu Anmin hung up the phone.
"Oh dear!" Zhao Jun sighed heavily, never expecting that he would be forced to study in his life.
Zhao Jun put down the microphone and turned around to see Zhao Youcai standing behind him with a pair of small eyes staring at him.
"What are you doing, Dad?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhao Youcai retorted, "Did you ask me about my matter?"
"Ouch." Although he didn't know what Zhao Youcai wanted him to ask, Zhao Jun felt a little embarrassed.
This is like in "Journey to the West," where the old tortoise of the Tongtian River asks Tang Sanzang and his disciples for a favor. The four of them forget what the tortoise asked them to do, and then have the audacity to ask someone to carry them across the river.
At that time, the old tortoise overturned Tang Sanzang and his disciples, and Zhao Youcai seemed to be about to defeat Zhao Jun.
Just then, the door to the outer room was pulled open, and Zhang Yuanmin's voice rang out: "Brother! My brother!"
"Brother, I'm here." Zhao Jun noticed that Zhao Youcai was looking at him strangely, so he quickly called out to Zhang Yuanmin, "Come over here quickly."
Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun with his eyelids, and then Zhang Yuanmin burst into the room.
"Brother, take a look." Zhang Yuanmin walked to Zhao Jun's side, unrolled the map in his hand, spread it out on the wooden sofa table, pointed to a spot on the map, and said to Zhao Jun, "Look at this."
Just as Zhang Yuanmin had said, the drawing was very rudimentary and lacked any textual annotations. But on a mountain, Zhao Jun spotted a radish.
"Brother," Zhao Jun said, looking at Zhang Yuanmin, "this guy is a fool, isn't he?"
Zhang Yuanmin nodded repeatedly, his tone a mixture of surprise and frustration, and said, "Brother, how come I never noticed before?"
"Son." Before Zhao Jun could respond to Zhang Yuanmin's words, Zhao Youcai called to him and asked, "Do you remember that booklet from the Hunting Ula Yamen that Shao Baldy mentioned?"
"Ah!" Zhao Jun's eyes widened. Hearing Zhao Youcai's words, he seemed to realize something.
Could it be that what has been passed down from back then is not a booklet, but a map of Dashengwula?
(End of this chapter)