sbdcsierra Chapter 1404 Encountering Robbers on the Road
Chapter 1404 Encountering Robbers on the Road
Chapter 1404 Encountering Robbers on the Road
Hearing Hu Zhonghou's shout, everyone turned their eyes to Chen Jinmin's family.
Chen Jinmin and Lu Gaoping secretly hated and cursed Hu Zhonghou for being a dishonest person.
Hu Zhonghou was a shameless person. He didn't care what others thought. He pointed in the direction of Chen Jinmin's family and shouted, "They were talking behind my back this morning, saying they wanted to hide something."
Hu Zhonghou was also a talented person. Besides not biting dogs, he also had a very good ear. Whatever the couple said behind his back did not escape his ears.
Hearing Hu Zhonghou's shout, the people around who were watching the excitement were talking about it. Seeing Xing San walking towards him, Chen Jinmin hurriedly said, "Uncle Xing, I really picked up all those things!"
Xing San glanced at the bustling crowd, then raised his hand and pointed at the Chen family's thatched house with wooden ridges and said, "Let's go into your house and talk."
"Hey, hey." Chen Jinmin nodded twice, hurried to the front of the room, opened the door, and then held it like a doorman.
"You!" But Xing San didn't rush into the Chen family. Instead, he pointed at Hu Zhonghou and shouted, "Come here!"
Hu Zhonghou stepped forward quickly, bowed and said, "Third Uncle, ah!"
Xing San slapped Hu Zhonghou on the face, then pointed at Hu Zhonghou who was covering his face and said, "If you steal again, I'll kill you!"
Hu Zhonghou kept saying he didn't dare. Seeing Xing San and Wang Qiang entering Chen's house, Hu Zhonghou picked up his broken triangle and ran out of the yard.
Chen Jinmin's house is not big, but it is full of miscellaneous items, and the kang is still relatively tidy.
Xing San entered the room and sat on the kang. Chen Jinmin quickly took the cigarette bag and handed it to Xing San, saying, "Uncle San, you always smoke."
Xing San glanced at Hu Zhonghou, stretched out his hand to push open his cigarette bag, and said, "Go, bring all the things to me."
"Hey, hey." Chen Jinmin responded twice, then stepped on the edge of the kang and moved the quilts piled on the kangqin. Then he opened the kangqin and took out a bag from it.
Chen Jinmin opened the bag, took out a flat round pot and placed it on the kang table.
Seeing this thing, Wang Qiang subconsciously reached out, and Xing San next to him blurted out: "Hot woman!"
What Xing San said was one of the many names for this flat round pot. Its most well-known name is Tangpozi, which is equivalent to a hot water bag in ancient times.
Wang Qiang took the hot water bottle in his hand. He had a good memory of it, as he had used it when he was a child. But later, for some reason, his home seemed to have been robbed, and many things disappeared.
At this time, Chen Jinmin took out a copper candlestick from his pocket.
Xing San reached out and grabbed the empty bag, threw it aside, and shouted, "Anything else?"
"No more, Uncle Xi." Chen Jinmin waved his hands repeatedly. Xing San took out the knife from his waist and slammed the knife storage on the table.
Chen Jinmin shuddered with fear. Lu Gaoping and the two children standing at the door subconsciously made dodging gestures.
"Uncle Xi!" Chen Jinmin clasped his hands together and begged Xing San, "If there is really nothing else, I will just pick up these three things."
"Three?" Xing San glared and said, "Aren't these just two?"
"Two?" Chen Jinmin was startled, then he reacted and said quickly, "They took the knife away yesterday."
After hearing what Chen Jinmin said, Xing San picked up a knife, pointed the handle at Chen Jinmin, and said, "I'm telling you, if you dare to lie to me, don't say I'll punish you."
The word "we" Xing San said frightened Chen Jinmin. Before he could react, Xing San pointed out the window and said to Wang Qiang, "Go and bring that kid back."
Wang Qiang stood up upon hearing this, but was stopped by Chen Jinmin. Then the old man turned around and shouted at his wife, "Go and get it, you spendthrift woman!"
Lu Gaoping turned around and ran out. Seeing this, Xing San stood up and slapped Chen Jinmin.
The Chen brothers and sisters standing at the door shed tears. But the old man was too fierce, even Chen Yongqiang, who had shouted that he wanted to fight to the death last night, did not dare to say a word.
Lu Gaoping came back soon, holding a copper box in her hand, which seemed to be quite heavy.
Chen Jinmin took the copper box and placed it carefully on the table.
There was a lock on the copper box, but it was also an old-fashioned copper lock with a stick-like key inserted in the lock.
At this time, Wang Qiang came over and recognized that this was his mother's thing.
Xing San opened the lock and saw that the copper surface inside the box lid was like a mirror that could reflect people. This copper box should be a jewelry box used by women.
And in the copper box, there was a pile of copper coins. The coins were very clean and had no rust.
Xing San looked at Lu Gaoping and asked, "Are there any more?"
Lu Gaoping didn't say anything, just kept shaking her head. Xing San glanced at her, then grabbed the bag he had just thrown aside and stuffed it into Wang Qiang's hand.
Wang Qiang put the hot water bottle, candlestick and copper box in his pocket, then pulled the string at the mouth of the bag and made a buckle with one hand.
Seeing Wang Qiang put away his things, Xing San stood up and waved to Chen Jinmin, saying, "Come on, follow us."
"What else are you going to do?" Chen Jinmin was frightened by Xing San and said, "Uncle Xing, these are all the things I have left. I'll give them all to you."
Xing San raised his chin towards Chen Jinmin and said, "Didn't you say you picked up all these things? Where did you pick them up? Take us to see!"
Seeing Chen Jinmin hesitating and twisting his body, looking unwilling to cooperate, Xing San kicked him and made him stagger, saying, "Go!"
Chen Jinmin, who was kicked, hurriedly led the way, and Xing San and Wang Qiang followed him out.
But just as the three were about to leave, a weak voice came from behind: "Those were all picked up by my dad..."
Xing San paused, turned around and looked towards the direction where the sound came from, and saw a little girl hiding behind Lu Gaoping.
"Uncle Xing..." Chen Jinmin felt that something was wrong. When he was about to speak, he saw Xing San and Wang Qiang unbuttoning their cotton jackets at the same time.
Then, both of them took out money from their pockets almost at the same time.
"Brother." Wang Qiang stopped Xing San, and Xing San did not argue with him. He put the money back and buttoned his shirt.
Wang Qiang took out ten yuan and threw it on the stove. Xing San saw this and said to Chen Jinmin, "We beat you because you stole things and didn't tell the truth. Since you picked up these things, we won't take them for nothing."
At this point, Xing Sanyi pointed to the big unity on the stove and continued, "If I throw ten dollars at your house, you can't get that much money even if you sell copper, right?"
"Uncle Xing, Brother Wang." Chen Jinmin picked up the big unity and handed it to Wang Qiang, saying, "How can I have the nerve to ask you for money?"
"Here you go." Wang Qiang glanced at the skinny, emaciated little girl and said, "It's almost New Year, buy something for the child."
After saying that, Wang Qiang walked past Chen Jinmin and walked out of the house with Xing San.
Watching the door close, Chen Jinmin handed the Great Unity to Lu Gaoping.
Lu Gaoping grabbed the money in her hand. Her movements were too big, but it was not because she was greedy for money, but because she was angry.
Then, Lu Gaoping frowned, stared at Chen Jinmin, and said unhappily: "Chen Jinmin, what are you doing?"
"Alas!" Chen Jinmin sighed heavily and turned to walk outside. But when he reached the door, he heard the little girl calling him, "Dad, put on your hat."
Chen Jinmin turned around and saw his daughter running towards him holding his dog-skin hat with frayed edges.
"My daughter, Dad will be back soon." Chen Jinmin took the hat and put it on his head, then turned and walked out of the house.
"Get in." Xing San asked Chen Jinmin to get in the car, and then Xingfu 250 took the three of them out of the gangster settlement and into the mountain field.
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The Liberation Army car drove over the bridge and entered Jilin Province. Huang Gui's home was just down the bridge. We continued along the road and then turned west to reach Wudaogou.
"Ahaha..." Li Baoyu, who was driving, yawned. Zhao Jun next to him said, "Baoyu, can I drive for you for a while?"
"No need, brother." Li Baoyu said, "It will be here in three hours."
After hearing what Li Baoyu said, Zhao Jun did not insist. At this time, Xie Chen said, "Brother Jun, just now when we were dragging the pigs to the back, we heard Xiao Hei crying in the cage."
Zhao Jun didn't say anything. Li Baoyu, who was driving, glanced at Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, why don't you leave it to Xiao Hei?"
"It's hard to deal with it if you leave it here." Zhao Jun said, "It won't be like a kitten when it grows up. If it messes with you without any reason, who will get hurt?"
"That's true." Zhao Jun said so, and Li Baoyu agreed.
"Brother Jun." After Li Baoyu finished speaking, Xie Chen said to Zhao Jun, "We are already home. Why don't you stay at my house for one night and leave tomorrow morning?"
At this point, Xie Chen paused for a moment before continuing, "My elder brother said the other day that we had to leave in the middle of the night?"
"Yes, little brother." Zhao Jun said, "Look, we will arrive in Fengtian at noon tomorrow. Uncle Zhao will be waiting for us there."
"Okay then." Xie Chen really wanted to let Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu stay at his house for a night, so as to fulfill his hospitality. However, the Zhao family's business trip was very tight.
They will arrive in Fengtian at noon tomorrow. Zhao Weipeng will be waiting for them there so that he can send the two little bears to the circus.
The day after tomorrow they will visit Zhao Weipeng’s hometown Jinxi, and the day after that they will follow Zhao Weipeng to Changshan.
The road from Jinxi to Changshan is quite long, but both places are Zhao Weipeng's bases. Jinxi is Zhao Weipeng's hometown, and his company is in Changshan. Therefore, Zhao Weipeng will arrange for Zhao Jun and his team to rest during the journey.
After arriving in Changshan, the three Zhao soldiers went to Xinji to sell hides.
"I wonder how much money we can make this time?" Li Baoyu turned to Zhao Jun while driving and asked, "Brother, can we make 10,000 yuan?"
"I think so." Zhao Jun said, "Just like the two white skins we collected the day before yesterday, I think if we meet a good owner, we can earn three or five thousand."
"That thing is so valuable?" Li Baoyu was surprised. Zhao Jun smiled and said, "I don't know how I feel. I haven't sold this before, so I'm not sure."
"Not bad at all." Xie Chen echoed, "Yes, this is the first time I've seen such a big skin."
"How many big-headed people have you seen?" Li Baoyu said with a smile. Xie Chen rolled his eyes at Li Baoyu. His family didn't have a mountain to rely on, and the main livelihood of the villagers was farming. Before meeting Zhao Jun, Xie Chen really didn't even know what a big-headed person looked like.
But Xie Chen refused to admit defeat and said to Zhao Jun, "Brother Jun, if we want to get the golden bear gall, we have to sell it for a lot of money, right?"
Li Baoyu was not present when the golden bear was killed, so he had no share of the spoils.
"Yeah." Zhao Jun responded. He recognized the value of golden bear gall more than albino sable fur.
But Zhao Jun had no intention of selling the golden bear gall that could cure strange poisons.
Listening to the conversation between Zhao Jun and Jie Chen, Li Baoyu suddenly remembered something and asked Zhao Jun hurriedly, "Brother, you said that Xinji is a place that specializes in leather trading, right?"
"Ah, yes." Zhao Jun nodded, and Li Baoyu immediately asked, "Does that place still collect bear gall?"
"No." Zhao Jun shook his head, but then said: "But it doesn't matter. After we go to Changshan, we will go to Baoding. There is a place in the south of Baoding, which is the medicine capital. We can sell the bear gall there and go home!"
"Brother," Li Baoyu said, "we are already in Hebei, why don't we just go to Beijing for a stroll, go to the Great Wall and visit the old man."
"Let's wait until later." Zhao Jun rejected Li Baoyu's suggestion and said, "The money at home is running out, why should we go out for a walk? After selling the goods, we will return home as soon as we earn the money."
The three brothers chatted in the car, which made the journey not too boring.
An hour later, the car passed Wudaogou and went another three or four miles. Suddenly, Li Baoyu leaned forward, stared ahead and muttered, "What the hell is that?"
Zhao Jun and Xie Chen looked and saw a big tree lying across the middle of the road.
Zhao Jun was startled, then shouted: "Baoyu, stop the car!"
Li Baoyu slammed on the brakes, causing the car to stop and the three Zhao Jun soldiers to stumble forward.
At this moment, Zhao Jun could not care about anything else and just shouted, "Baoyu, reverse the car!"
Li Baoyu quickly shifted gears and drove in reverse, but at this moment, many people rushed out from the woods on both sides of the road.
More will be added tomorrow
(End of this chapter)