sbdcsierra Chapter 1664 Zhao Jun: They won't listen to advice!
Chapter 1664 Zhao Jun: They won't listen to advice!
Chapter 1664 Zhao Jun: They won't listen to advice!
Unlike Zhao Youcai, who was always up early and causing trouble, Zhao Jun opened his eyes when it was already daylight outside.
Newlyweds, both in good health, the couple stayed up very late last night.
When Zhao Jun woke up, Ma Ling was no longer beside him. Zhao Jun looked up at the wall and saw that the clock showed 7:15.
"Oh my god! It's already this late." Zhao Jun hurriedly got up and pulled his vest over his shoulders.
When he came out of the house after getting dressed, he saw Ma Ling cracking goose eggs into the oil pan.
Three large goose eggs were cracked into the pan, and as the fried eggs took shape, Ma Ling used a spatula to flip them over.
Once both sides are golden brown, pour a ladle of cold water into the pot.
Just then, Zhao Jun went to the outhouse and heard Ma Ling say, "We got up late, let's hurry up and grab a bite, we still have to go to Mom's."
As she spoke, Ma Ling pointed inside to the sink and said, "We've prepared water for you, so hurry up and wash your face."
The Zhao family's new house had a drainage system. In the northwest corner of the outer yard, a square pool about knee-high and one meter on each side was built. The pool was tiled inside and out, and the bottom was connected to the sewer.
Twenty centimeters above the basin, a wooden support nailed to the wall holds the washbasin, making it convenient for adults to wash their hands and faces. Children as big as Zhao Hong and Zhao Na can also reach it while standing on the edge of the basin.
This was made by Zhang Yuanmin. I must say, it's really convenient to use. After washing your face, you just pour the water down.
After Zhao Jun finished washing up, he began to put the table down.
The hot noodle soup was ready, and Ma Ling served Zhao Jun a small bowl full. The hot noodles were mixed with shredded cabbage and topped with two fried goose eggs.
"Eat up." Ma Ling placed the noodles in front of Zhao Jun, then took out a small bowl with a plate as a lid and an aluminum lunchbox from the refrigerator's insulated door.
Ma Ling placed a small bowl on Zhao Jun's dining table. It contained shredded pickled vegetables, which Zhao Jun was to eat with his noodles.
Ma Ling took the lunchbox to the stove, opened the aluminum lunchbox, and poured the leftover rice into the pot.
There was a fried goose egg and about a small bowl of noodles left in the pot, but there was still a lot of soup. Pouring the leftover rice in would be just right to heat it up.
"Wife," Zhao Jun called out to Ma Ling upon seeing this, "what are you doing?"
"Ah," Ma Ling laughed, "I'll simmer this rice for a bit."
"Wife, you eat these noodles, I'll clean up the mess." Zhao Jun said, putting down his chopsticks and getting up to walk towards Ma Ling.
“Don’t eat anything else,” Ma Ling said somewhat embarrassedly, holding a kitchen knife in one hand and stopping Zhao Jun with the other. “I just like eating this.”
Zhao Jun smiled upon hearing this. He knew that Ma Ling's behavior was different from his mother's fondness for fish heads; Ma Ling genuinely enjoyed this dish.
It's simply cooking a bowl of hot soup noodles, then adding rice and finally some greens. Once it boils again, it's ready to be served.
Zhao Jun knew that Ma Ling loved to eat this. In his previous life, when Ma Ling was pregnant, she ate about one or even two meals a day. In the later stages, she would eat an average of ten kilograms of noodles a month.
When Ma Ling brought the small bowl to the table, she saw Zhao Jun looking at her with a smile. Ma Ling quickly said, "You mustn't laugh at me!"
It's no wonder Ma Ling was suspicious; the problem is, the way she did that thing was like feeding pigs.
In his past life, Zhao Jun had often mocked her. Now that the children are grown up, the two of them laugh at Ma Ling together.
"What's with the joke?" Zhao Jun said gently to Ma Ling, "Wife, you know what our family's situation is. From now on, you can eat whatever you want."
After saying this, Zhao Jun got up, took a large bowl from the dish rack, handed it to Ma Ling, and said, "Wife, scoop out a spoonful to eat, it'll cool down quickly."
"Mmm!" Ma Ling nodded with a smile, scooping out the noodles with a ladle while saying to Zhao Jun, "Hurry up and eat, or the noodles will clump together."
The young couple finished their meal chatting and laughing. Ma Ling cleared away the dishes, and Zhao Jun went inside to fold the blankets.
After they finished packing, they left home and walked together towards the Zhao family's old house.
When they arrived, Zhou Jianjun had already gone to work, and Zhao Hong and Zhao Na had gone to school.
After greeting the elders, Ma Ling went to the west room to see Xiao Zhoudao and chat with Zhao Chun.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhao Jun went to the east room to ask about the "secret manual".
In the east room, Zhao Youcai and Xing San sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) smoking and drinking tea, while Wang Meilan sewed clothes for Zhao Na.
From the moment Zhao Jun entered the room, Zhao Youcai glared at him with his small eyes until Zhao Jun sat down next to Wang Meilan, at which point Zhao Youcai blinked at him again.
Despite enduring a glare that lasted for over ten seconds, Zhao Jun remained unharmed and instead smiled as he asked Zhao Youcai, "Dad, do you remember now?"
"What is it?" Xing San asked. His feelings for Zhao Jun were obvious, and Zhao Jun didn't hide anything from him. He immediately explained, "My great-grandmother seems to have left behind a book. It's full of things about Shancai. I'll ask my dad if he knows anything about it."
“How could he not know?” Zhao Jun had barely finished speaking when Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai and said in a strange tone, “He does know, but he won’t tell us.”
Hearing these sarcastic words, Zhao Youcai's lips twitched, while Zhao Jun's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked Zhao Youcai, "Dad, where is that book?"
“It’s at your uncle’s house!” Zhao Youcai said decisively, which startled Zhao Jun.
In his past life, his family fell apart. Outsiders came in, and whether anything was missing or not, nobody knew.
But his uncle's family hadn't fallen apart. Even after Zhao Jun returned to the mountains in dire straits, Wang Qiang and Zhao Ling, the elderly couple, were still alive. Although Wang Qiang's death was quite tragic, the old man was already over eighty. Before he passed away, no books or anything like that were found in their home.
"Dad, how did you know?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhao Youcai then recounted to Zhao Jun exactly what he had said to Wang Meilan that morning.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun frowned and said, "Dad, this... can't be, right?"
"Why not?" Zhao Youcai stared with his small eyes, tapping the kang table lightly with his knuckles, and said, "Wasn't that the same thing with the grapevines before?"
Zhao Jun blinked twice, then asked Zhao Youcai, "Dad, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean by 'give it back'?" Zhao Youcai pointed at Wang Meilan, then looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Your mother and I both said we should consider giving your uncle's house..."
At this point, Zhao Youcai swung his palm outwards, causing Zhao Jun and Xing San's expressions to change drastically.
Zhao Jun stared into Zhao Youcai's eyes. He thought that Wang Qiang had offended Zhao Youcai quite a bit over the past year. Could Ergudong be retaliating?
Meeting Zhao Jun's strange gaze, Zhao Youcai glared back at him fiercely.
Zhao Jun pursed his lips and looked at Wang Meilan. At that moment, Wang Meilan asked, "Son, didn't you say that book was quite important?"
"Even if it's important, we can't demolish the house!" Zhao Jun frowned and said, "Could there be anything inside the house?"
Zhao Jun was certain there was nothing hidden in the house because the year before his rebirth, Wang Qiang's house had caught fire due to aging electrical wiring. Not only did Wang Qiang die as a result, but the old house was also almost completely burned down.
Later, Wang Tian built two cattle pens on the site of that house, so Zhao Jun was certain that there was no "secret manual" in that house.
But Zhao Jun couldn't bring himself to tell anyone about this.
"Son," Wang Meilan said to Zhao Jun, "If you ask me, this is much easier than going up the mountain to find anything."
“If it’s easier than going up the mountain, then why don’t we tear down the house?” Zhao Jun tried to persuade Wang Meilan, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Youcai said, “It’s right there in that house. What can we do if we don’t tear it down?”
"No..." Zhao Jun was about to speak when Zhao Youcai interrupted him again, tapping the table with his hand and saying, "Haven't you noticed? Your great-grandmother is always up to this kind of thing..."
Before Zhao Youcai could finish speaking, Xing San nudged him. Zhao Youcai was startled and looked in the direction Xing San was looking, where he met Wang Meilan's sharp gaze.
"Ahem!" Zhao Youcai coughed lightly and continued, "He hid those two bottles, that pile of money, and those gold coins in the King and Widow's treasure vault. Afterwards, he didn't say anything; he just said that Hu Zi took them away with firewood."
And then there was that guy, talking to us about wild grapes and stuff, turns out he buried something under the grapevines. Isn't that the same thing? He kept telling me that the house was his family's lucky spot and stuff. If you ask me, there's definitely something inside that house.”
After saying this, Zhao Youcai slammed his hand on the table and said, "Even if it's not that book, it must be gold and silver treasures!"
Upon hearing Zhao Youcai's words, Wang Meilan and Xing San nodded in agreement.
Wang Meilan bluntly stated, "Old Anzi is unlike any other place. As long as you hold onto a few old Anzi, generations of people will be able to live off the wealth from this mountain."
Zhao Jun was speechless. He knew there was nothing in the house, but he couldn't explain why.
Thinking about it again, it's no wonder people wanted to demolish Old Wang's house; his own grandfather was certainly capable of causing trouble. If there's something wrong, just say it; why make it so complicated?
Even so, Zhao Jun still had to find a way to persuade Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan to reconsider. After all, demolishing a house was no small matter; if they found nothing after the demolition, wouldn't Wang Meilan then have to skin Zhao Youcai alive?
"Oh my god," Zhao Jun called to Wang Meilan, "Let's leave it at that for now. We can't start construction right now. Let's wait a bit longer."
“That’s true.” Hearing Zhao Jun’s words, Wang Meilan said, “Anyway, your uncle isn’t home yet. Let’s discuss it with him when he gets back.”
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was taken aback and quickly asked, "Mom, where did my uncle go?"
"We're heading to Shuguang now," Wang Meilan said. "Aren't you going to hunt bears with your Brother Zhang?"
"Oh my god!" Zhao Jun exclaimed in surprise, and quickly asked, "When did they leave? How many of them went?"
“They left early in the morning,” Wang Meilan said. “Your uncle, Baoyu, and Xiaochen, the four of them went.”
As she spoke, Wang Meilan gestured towards the outside of the house and said, "Around six o'clock in the morning, Xiaochen came over and drove a large Jiefang truck, and then the rest of them left."
It was past six in the morning, and Zhao Jun was still in bed. He had just gotten married, and Zhang Yuanmin and the others left without bothering him, no matter what they wanted to do.
"Then they didn't bring any dogs?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhao Youcai replied, "Yuanmin said there was no need to bring any. There were four of them, four semi-automatic rifles. They could have killed them no matter what."
That's true; four semi-automatic fires in quick succession would take down even an elephant.
Upon hearing Zhao Youcai's words, Zhao Jun had a bad feeling.
"Xiaochen went too?" Zhao Jun asked. "Didn't he go on a date on Sunday?"
"So you left early this morning?" Xing San replied, "I said I'd get there and get to work, and if all goes well, I'd be back tonight."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun blinked several times. He had a feeling that things wouldn't go so smoothly.
……
On the Jiefang truck, Li Baoyu sat in the back with Li Yuan and Li Wei. Jie Chen drove, and Zhang Yuanmin and Wang Qiang sat in the passenger seat.
At this point, the car had already left the Yong'an forest area.
"Here, Uncle, have a smoke." Zhang Yuanmin said, taking out a pack of Shilin cigarettes from his pocket and stuffing it into Wang Qiang's hand.
"Where did you get this, Yuanmin?" Wang Qiang asked, and then saw Zhang Yuanmin take out another box of Shilin cigarettes, casually toss it to Xie Chen, and say, "Xiao Chen, this is for you."
"What are you doing, Brother Zhang?" Jie Chen asked, while Wang Qiang shoved the stone in his hand back to Zhang Yuanmin and said, "Why did you spend money to buy this? We can just smoke Yingchun cigarettes."
"Uncle, here, have this." Zhang Yuanmin stuffed the cigarette into Wang Qiang's hand and then said, "I have something I want to discuss with you two."
"What's there to discuss?" Wang Qiang frowned and said, "Just tell me what's on your mind. What kind of relationship do we have? Do you need this?"
These families, to use a phrase from "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer," are like "those who share the same blood and are closely connected."
"Hehe..." Zhang Yuanmin chuckled and said, "Uncle, today when we get to that place, we'll kill that Black Bear Warehouse. You guys don't need to do anything, just watch me."
"Is that all?" Wang Qiang asked. Seeing Zhang Yuanmin nod, Wang Qiang laughed and said, "Okay, it's up to you. Anyway, we have four semi-automatic rifles. I'll put the three of them on the side to keep an eye on things for you. You can go ahead and do it."
Wang Qiang spoke with absolute confidence. Four semi-automatic rifles would be like an execution for the bears that had been shot out of the magazine. Unless all four rifles jammed simultaneously, there wouldn't be any problems.
The guns belonging to the Zhao family are all very well maintained and would never misfire. It's even more impossible for them all to misfire.
“No, Uncle.” Zhang Yuanmin smiled confidently and said, “You’ve heard that last year, a little earlier than this time, I was on top of the tallest tree, about to use explosives to blow up the big bear.”
"Ah!" Wang Qiang nodded and said, "You didn't get hurt, but you almost got Da Xiong Ba to deal with you and Chen Da Lai."
"Oh dear!" Hearing Wang Qiang's words, Zhang Yuanmin sighed and said, "That Xiong Ba used the terrain to his advantage and ruined my brilliant plan. This battle is not my fault."
"What the hell?" Wang Qiang didn't hear Zhang Yuanmin's words clearly and asked, "How much interest does Big Bear Ba borrow?"
Zhang Yuanmin was taken aback, but Xie Chen laughed and said, "Uncle, do you think Big Bear would lift a liar's ...
“That’s what he said.” Wang Qiang pointed at Zhang Yuanmin, and then Xie Chen said, “Uncle, my brother Zhang is about to make another move.”
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Wang Qiang turned to look at Zhang Yuanmin.
At this moment, Zhang Yuanmin smiled and said, "You are the one who understands me best."
"You're kidding me." As soon as Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, Wang Qiang waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Don't talk to me about that useless stuff. We have four semi-automatic rifles. We can easily kill it with a bang."
"Uncle, Uncle," Zhang Yuanmin grabbed Wang Qiang's arm and said, "You have to get up from where you fell down. Let me show you how it's done, okay?"
"My eldest nephew..." Wang Qiang was about to mention Zhao Jun to suppress Zhang Yuanmin when he heard Xie Chen, who was driving, say, "Uncle, why don't you listen to what my brother Zhang has to say first?"
Before Wang Qiang could say anything, Xie Chen finished speaking and Zhang Yuanmin raised his hand to indicate two centimeters, saying, "Uncle, I'm all ready. I'll fill a can with this much explosive, put the detonator inside, and then add the ashes from the stove pit on top."
The fuse was in place, and then the two brothers told me that the bear had been poked out. It had only sustained minor injuries and had gone into a crevice in the rocks near the Diamond Pond.
The crack in the rock wasn't very deep, and there was a large weathered rock on top. I was thinking, when we get there, we can make a dynamite bottle, tie it to a small stick, light it, and shove it into that hole—it'll just blast it senseless."
"What if they were blown to death inside?" Wang Qiang raised his hand, gesturing with his own hand to show the size of two centimeters, and said, "Even Xiong Ba, who weighs eight hundred pounds, would be blown to death by these explosives."
“That thing won’t break that solidly,” Zhang Yuanmin said. “Just give it a shock, inflict some internal or serious injury. After that, it won’t have much strength left to crawl out, so just give it a shot and that’s it.”
"What are you trying to achieve by doing this?" Wang Qiang asked, puzzled. Zhang Yuanmin replied, "Isn't this a way of saving the trouble of calling it 'granary'?"
As he spoke, Zhang Yuanmin patiently explained to Wang Qiang, "Why do we call that Shitang area 'Cangzi'?"
You really have to be careful when calling for help in the Shitang area, because bullets can easily ricochet off rocks and could injure your own people.
Hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Wang Qiang was slightly taken aback, and then Xie Chen said, "Uncle, you have to admit, my brother Zhang's move is really effective."
"Whatever it is?" Wang Qiang frowned and looked at Jie Chen. He saw Jie Chen grin and said, "Uncle, let's do what my brother Zhang said. What are we doing here? Let's have some fun."
"I..." Wang Qiang wanted to say something, but Zhang Yuanmin said, "Uncle, we have four semi-automatic trees, what are you afraid of? We can just pinch them with our bare hands, right?"
I saw some brothers say that every time they go hunting, others can't do it, but Zhao Jun can.
Actually, if it's a normal game, it doesn't matter who plays, the process is the same, and it follows the same procedure.
So from the beginning until now, there have been over a thousand chapters, and we've fought at least a hundred, if not dozens, of bears.
There were different reasons, different methods, and sometimes other people's different ways of failing when fighting these dozens of bears.
As for why Zhang Yuanmin keeps causing trouble, it's because I feel it's pointless and uninteresting to write about unrelated people like Zhang Laosan and Wang Ermazi.
Within the Zhao family gang, not everyone could come up with brilliant ideas, so only Zhang Yuanmin could come up with the best plan, and only Zhao Youcai could beat up Lao Niu.
I don't know if I'm right or wrong, but this is my own understanding.
(End of this chapter)