sbdcsierra Chapter 1542: Crossing the Ridge
Chapter 1542: Crossing the Ridge
Chapter 1542: Crossing the Ridge to Return Home to Learn to Drive
The night wind blew, and the thin man coughed twice. His face, which had been frozen hard, now felt slightly hot.
The thin guy felt that he was too unprofessional and was too embarrassed to talk to his colleague.
But it’s late at night, we can’t just waste time here.
The thin man looked at the people opposite him, trying to find a soft one to pinch.
Looking around, the short guy and the young man were both full of underworld jargon, and they sounded like they were not ordinary people. The two fat guys had a face full of flesh and held axes in their hands, and they didn't look like good people either.
And the tall guy and the one sniffing his nose next to him also look like swords and guns.
Finally, the thin man set his eyes on Zhao Jun, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes.
He felt that the Zhao army was easier to deal with.
Being stared at by the thin man, Zhao Jun didn't know why, but he felt that the thin man's gaze was very annoying.
"What are you looking at?" Zhao Jun asked unhappily. The thin man opened his mouth but didn't dare to ask "What are you looking at?" Instead, he clasped his fists and asked, "Brothers, which gang are you from?"
"It's none of your business what we do." Zhang Yuanmin pointed at the thin man and said in a very tough tone, "I'll tell you one thing, we'll beat you to death and there's no need to file a lawsuit."
"Hmm?" Hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, the thin man felt familiar. He subconsciously glanced at the fat man next to him, who was his brother.
The fat guy is mentally retarded. Usually when they go out to rob people, the thin guy always threatens them by saying that his brother can kill people without breaking the law. He threatened Zhao Jun in the same way last time.
The thin man didn't expect that his usual moves would be used by Zhang Yuanmin today. The thin man looked at the people opposite him and finally set his sights on Li Baoyu and Jie Chen.
One is a big stupid guy, and the other one is a snotty-nosed guy. They don't look like smart people.
Li Baoyu felt uncomfortable being stared at by the thin man, and immediately asked, "What are you looking at?"
As he spoke, Li Baoyu raised his gun.
The thin man's face became paler and paler. If the big stupid guy opposite was really like his elder brother, he would be the kind of person who would kill people without breaking the law. He would shoot these people with a volley of bullets, and there would be no place to reason.
"Ahem!" At this moment, Li Ruhai coughed lightly, stepped forward with his hands behind his back, and said, "The right path in the world is vicissitudes, and you can walk in the middle of the three roads."
These words are meant to encourage people to be good, but to the people on the other side, they feel like underworld jargon, the kind that none of them can follow.
Just as the gang of robbers looked at each other, Li Ruhai continued, "Don't touch anything, look at your hands, look at your feet..."
Li Ruhai wanted to persuade these people that they could make money with their hands and feet. But before he could finish his words, Zhao Weipeng raised his axe and shouted, "Get the hell out of here! Otherwise, I'll chop off your claws!"
Zhao Weipeng's words, combined with Li Ruhai's words, made Skinny and the others feel that the seven members of the Zhao army were ruthless people who would chop off their hands and stomp their feet.
Of course, the most intimidating ones are Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai. These two people make the thin man feel guilty and ashamed of himself.
For a moment, the thin man wanted to quit. But if he just left like that, it would be embarrassing.
At this moment, Zhao Jun raised his guns and opened fire.
"Bang!" The bullet flew over the thin man and others. Zhao Jun didn't intend to hit anyone, and the bullet was quite far away from his head.
After a shot was fired, Zhao Jun shouted, "Get lost! Qiaoli, do you think we dare to shoot?"
"They have guns, let's retreat!" The thin man finally found a reason. He waved his hand and called out, and a group of rabble holding torches ran away in a hurry.
Looking at the group of people leaving in a hurry, Zhao Weipeng walked to Zhao Jun's side and said, "Nephew, is this the end?"
Zhao Jun closed the gun safety, looked at Zhao Weipeng in surprise, and said with a smile: "Uncle, what's the matter? Do you really want to do it?"
After saying this, Zhao Jun raised his hand and pointed at the fallen tree in front of him, saying, "Uncle, now is your chance, let's move that fallen tree away."
Zhao Weipeng: "..."
Seven men came over and six of them started to work. The one who didn't help was Zhang Yuanmin, because he had just recovered from a serious illness and the Zhao army didn't want him to do any heavy work.
"These guys, why don't you move the tree away before leaving?" Li Baoyu couldn't help but complain as the six people struggled to move the fallen tree.
"Okay!" After moving the fallen tree horizontally to the road, Zhao Jun stood up and said, "It's better not to hit it. Let's go!"
Several people hurriedly got on the car and continued on their journey.
At 1:30 a.m., the car drove into Xiangyang Village, causing sporadic barking of dogs. It drove all the way to Xie Chen's house, where Xie Chen got out of the car, opened the gate, and let two jeeps drive into the yard.
Zhao Jun stopped the car, got out, and knocked twice under the window of the west room as agreed.
As soon as Zhao Jun stopped, the light in the west room came on. Soon, the door was pushed open from the inside, and Xie Sun appeared at the door and whispered, "Come in quickly."
The seven people tiptoed into the room and when they reached the west room, Zhao Jun saw that the bedding for six people had been laid out on the kang.
"Aunt, you didn't sleep?" Zhao Jun asked Xie Sunshi, and Xie Sunshi smiled and said, "I slept. I took a nap on the side."
Seeing that Zhao Jun wanted to ask something, Xie Sun waved her hand at Zhao Jun and said, "You should lie down quickly. You are tired after driving all day."
After saying this to Zhao Jun, Xie Sun patted Zhao Jinhui on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This fat boy is really nice."
Then, Mrs. Xie Sun looked at Zhao Weipeng again and said, "It's obvious that he is your son."
"Haha, right, sister." Zhao Weipeng smiled and saw Jie Zhong and Liu Lanying appear at the door.
Several people greeted each other. Seeing that the couple were dressed neatly, Zhao Jun asked with guilt, "Brother Jie, you guys didn't sleep yet? Are you waiting for us?"
"Oh, brother, I'm thinking about you." Xie Zhong said, "I went out to buy cigarettes and chat with them this morning. I heard that there is a group of people in the San Tiaogou area of Nantou who specialize in robbing people at night."
"Did you run into him?" Liu Lanying asked immediately after Xie Zhong finished speaking. Zhao Jun laughed and said, "Yes, I did."
As soon as these three words came out, Zhao Jun saw that Liu Lanying looked nervous, so he quickly said, "It's okay, sister-in-law. We ran into them last time we left. This time, they all fell down after being frightened."
"That's okay." Liu Lanying breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Zhao Jun said.
"You are right to rush." Xie Zhong said: "Last time you rushed during the day, this time you rushed at night."
"Hey?" Zhao Weipeng asked curiously, "Why do they rob people at night? How can anyone escape in the middle of the night?"
"Why not?" Li Ruhai smiled and continued, "Didn't we rob it?"
After Li Ruhai finished speaking, he was hit by a stick from Li Baoyu.
"That gang is really cunning." Xie Zhong said, "Sometimes they rob people during the day, sometimes at night. For example, they rob people during the day, but after a while, the news gets out. The guys driving the sports cars all start robbing people at night, so they start robbing people at night, too."
"Ah..." Zhang Yuanmin was surprised when he heard what Xie Zhong said, "These guys are really good. They also know the art of war. They can make a feint to the east and attack in the west."
"Okay." Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, and then he heard Jie Sunshi laugh and say, "Don't talk about this and that, you guys should take a rest. After that, what... Xiao Er."
Xie Sun turned around and found Xie Chen, saying, "Let's go to the east room and sleep."
Normally, eight people can sleep on this kang, but there are two fat guys.
Xie Zhong, Liu Lanying, and Xie Chen walked to the outer room, with Xie Sun walking at the end. When they reached the door, Xie Sun suddenly turned around and said, "You guys go to sleep. I'll roll noodles and make meat stew for you tomorrow morning."
Zhao Jun and Zhao Weipeng responded in unison. When Mrs. Xie Sun closed the door, they heard Zhao Jinhui say, "This aunt is a very nice person."
After Zhao Jinhui finished speaking, he saw his father and Zhao Jun all looking at him. Zhao Jinhui was startled, then smiled and said, "He looks kind and benevolent."
"Haha." Zhao Jun laughed dryly, while Zhao Weipeng said to his innocent fat son, "Hurry up and take off your clothes and go to bed."
When the four members of the Xie family returned to the east room, they saw Jie Yingming smacking his lips and sleeping soundly.
Young in age, but great in consciousness.
"Waiter," Xie Zhong asked Xie Chen in a low voice, "Except for the fact that we encountered these robbers, everything else went smoothly, right?"
"It went smoothly, it went smoothly." Xie Chen responded twice, and then quickly said: "Brother, let's talk again tomorrow morning. You and my sister-in-law, go to bed quickly, otherwise you won't be able to sleep for a while."
"How can that be possible?" Xie Zhong hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem, and Liu Lanying pushed him aside and said, "Go to sleep quickly. Xiaoer must be tired after driving all day. Don't talk anymore."
After hearing what Liu Lanying said, Xie Zhong got into bed. After Xie Sunshi and Xie Chen lay down, Liu Lanying turned off the light.
As darkness fell, the room became silent.
Nowadays, some people get up early, but no one stays up late. It is already two o'clock in the morning. Xie Zhong is almost getting up at this time every day.
Today he was worried about his brother and hadn't slept all day. Now he felt relieved and fell asleep in a few minutes after closing his eyes.
"Hang!" Suddenly, a roar startled Xie Zhong awake. Xie Zhong, who had been disturbed by the black bear before, thought for a moment that his family was also disturbed by the black bear.
Old houses in the Northeast have thick gables and north and south walls, but thin partition walls inside the house. The land of Xie's outer room is narrow, and the distance between the east and west rooms is not far.
So, Xie Zhong understood it very well.
"Hun...Hun..." Then, the sound came one after another.
Go to bed late and get up late.
Zhao Jun and his friends didn't get up until seven o'clock the next day. When they got up, they saw that both Jie Sun and Liu Lanying, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, had dark circles under their eyes.
Zhao Jun didn't think much about it and just thought they were sleeping late.
Xie Sun fulfilled her promise last night and rolled the noodles in front of the panel with a one-meter-long rolling pin. But when it came to cutting the noodles, it was Liu Lanying who cut them.
Put the noodles in the pot and cook until done. Take them out and put them in a big bowl, and add the meat sauce. There are no cucumber shreds or coriander, but there are frozen cabbage and shredded radish with rock sugar.
There are no Jie Zhong, Jie Chen and Jie Yingming at the table. It’s not that they don’t sit at the table, but that they are not at home.
Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This day is not just about eating Yuanxiao. On this day, we also send lanterns to our deceased elders.
After breakfast, Xie Chen was going to follow the Zhao army across the mountain to do business. Normally, with Xie Zhong around, Xie Chen could have stayed away. But if he didn't go, he would feel uncomfortable, so the two brothers decided to go up the mountain early in the morning.
"Why send the lanterns so early?" Li Ruhai muttered quietly at the dinner table, but when Zhao Jun gave him a look, Li Ruhai quickly buried his head in eating.
Customs vary from place to place. Here, people usually send their children off after 4 p.m., when the sun is about to set.
But in Zhao Jun's previous life, he found out after returning home that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the sound of firecrackers continued in the mountains all morning.
The firecrackers were set off when sending the lanterns, and the lanterns were sent in advance at that time because after the younger generations sent the lanterns to their ancestors, they would leave home and go to the city to struggle.
Giving away this lantern not only expresses grief for the ancestors, but also illuminates the future for future generations.
When Zhao Jun and his men had almost finished eating, Xie Chen came back from outside in a Jiefang truck.
After Xie Chen and Xie Sun finished their meal, they took a short rest. Then Xie Sun took the big and small bags and set off with Zhao Jun.
Xie Zhong was assigned to the small forestry team, and he completed the work of the forestry team in one year. It's not that he is free now, but the transportation has not started yet, and he is not needed to go to Yong'an at the moment.
Taking this opportunity, Xie Zhong stayed at home with his wife and children.
At this time, Xie Sun was sent out. Looking at Xie Sun's beaming face, Xie Yingming glared at his grandmother.
"Grandson!" Xie Sun patted Xie Yingming's shoulder with a smile and said, "Grandma will go out and earn money for you, and then I will find you a wife."
Xie Yingming curled his lips and then warned: "Grandma, take care of yourself outside, and don't try too hard to work. You are quite old."
This is obviously a good thing to say, but it is not said in a good way. But this style is exactly what Xie Sun passed down.
"Yes!" Xie Sun smiled and said, "Grandma knows."
After speaking to her eldest grandson, Mrs. Xie Sun said to Xie Zhong and Liu Lanying, "Big brother, Yingzi, mom is gone!"
After saying that, Xie Sun turned around and got on the jeep. Seeing this, Xie Zhong couldn't help but curl his lips and thought, "Before going home, she was reluctant to leave and had tears in her eyes. Now she is quite happy to leave home."
"Brother Jie, we are leaving!" At this time, Zhao Jun's voice was heard. Jie Zhong smiled and stepped forward to say goodbye to Zhao Jun and others.
The three vehicles left Xiangyangtun, crossed the mountains and crossed the border between the two provinces, and arrived at Yongxing Brigade at noon.
Not to mention the arrival of Zhao Jun, Zhao Weipeng and Tao Dabao were also old friends. Although Tao Dabao had not prepared anything, he asked his wife to prepare the food as much as possible.
While Zhao Jun and others were having dinner at Tao Dabao's house, Wang Meilan and her people were busy at home, preparing to make Yuanxiao.
At the same time, Zhao Youcai, Xing San, Li Dayong, Li Dazhi, Wang Qiang and Lin Xiangshun came to the southern end of the village and went to the east side of Nandadi, on the road leading from Yong'an Village to Yongfu Village.
They were not out hunting today. Yesterday, Zhao Youcai and his men went up the mountain, caught two wild boars and killed one. Of the two they caught alive, one was a yellow-haired boar and the other was a year-old boar. The dead one was a year-old boar, and they chopped it up and ate its meat when they came back yesterday.
Although Zhao Youcai did not catch a roe deer this time, Wang Meilan was quite satisfied with the achievement.
After being satisfied, Wang Meilan did not let Zhao Youcai go up the mountain today. Zhao Youcai did not force it, but just asked to learn how to ride a motorcycle.
After lunch, Zhao Youcai had nothing to do, so he asked Wang Qiang to teach him. Li Dayong also wanted to learn, while Li Dazhi and Lin Xiangshun came to watch the fun, and Xing San came to monitor Zhao Youcai.
"Brother-in-law, that's not right." Wang Qiang corrected Zhao Youcai, saying, "Pushing up is the first gear, pressing down is the neutral gear, and the end is 2, 3, 4."
"That's not right!" As soon as Wang Qiang finished speaking, Zhao Youcai retorted: "Shouldn't it be 1, 2, 3, 4? Aren't they connected in a row?"
"It..." Wang Qiang was speechless, and said, "I tell you how to remember it, and you remember it that way!"
"What the hell are you yelling at me for?" Zhao Youcai glared at Wang Qiang, who curled his eyes and said nothing.
Seeing that Wang Qiang was silent, Zhao Youcai urged: "What are we going to do after this? Don't be silent."
While Zhao Youcai was diligently learning motorcycle driving skills, Wang Fu was driving an old ox to eat corn leaves in the fields of Nanjing University.
(End of this chapter)