Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1233 Hound
Seeing the two old ladies glaring at each other and getting angry, Grandpa Xie hurriedly stepped out to smooth things over.

"My dear sisters, it's not that I disagree, but I'm telling you the truth. As a grandfather, I really can't make the decision on Xiaoyu's marriage. You know, my daughter and son-in-law don't get along. They are busy with work and leave the child to his aunt to take care of. Xiaoyu's aunt has spent a lot of effort to raise the child. No matter from which aspect, the child's marriage should be decided by his aunt."

Hearing this, the two old ladies were a little disappointed, but they could understand it.

Seeing that the two old ladies stopped arguing, Grandpa Xie also breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Zhang Yu wanting to run away, Grandpa Xie suddenly remembered that his grandson was more interested in the treasure map, so he took the initiative to change the topic to the Xishan treasure map.

When the treasure map was mentioned, not only the old ladies, but even the old men who were smoking pipes put down their cigarettes and started talking about this topic with a smile.

"If you want to ask me something else, I may not know, but if you want to talk about the treasure hidden in the West Mountain, I have something to tell you."

In order to let his grandson enjoy the listening, Grandpa Xie reluctantly took out the good cigarettes that his grandson had given him as a token of his filial piety and distributed them around.

A few old men were reluctant to smoke the good cigarettes they got. They sniffed them first and sighed, "What a good cigarette!"

After smelling it, the old man put the cigarette in his ear and happily talked about the rumors on the West Mountain.

"I won't talk about anything earlier than that. I'll just talk about the past one or two hundred years..."

In the next hour, Zhang Yu heard seven or eight rumors about the treasure in Xishan from several old men.

Some of them sound fake, some sound like they are true at first glance but upon closer inspection you know they are impossible, and some are too fantastic.

The group of old men did not treat Zhang Yu as an outsider, nor did they hide anything, and many secret things were revealed at the same time.

Seeing Zhang Yu was frightened and looked eager, several old ladies couldn't stand it anymore.

One of the old ladies glared at the old men and said unhappily, "You old guys are just trying to fool other people's children."

After saying that, he turned to look at Zhang Yu with a kind face.

"Xiao Yu, don't listen to the nonsense these old guys are talking about. If there really were treasures on the West Mountain, they would have been taken away long ago. How could they have waited until now?"

Another old lady also echoed: Zhang Yu "That's right, that's right, Xiaoyu, don't listen to what these old guys are saying, you can't just go into Xishan, it's very dangerous inside."

As she said that, she couldn't help but hit her old man with the sole she had just made: "I told you not to talk nonsense. If Xiaoyu really goes to Xishan to play because of what you said, I want to see how you will explain it to Brother Xie."

After being patted by his wife, the old man came to his senses and quickly interrupted: "Yes, yes, we were just telling a story. The West Mountain is very dangerous. The old hunters in the village don't dare to go in. Xiaoyu, a bright future is still waiting for you. You can't be confused."

Under the close watch of the old ladies, Zhang Yu had no choice but to promise that he would never enter Xishan. This allowed the old men to escape and no longer be looked down upon by the old ladies.

Seeing that Zhang Yu was interested in the treasure of Xishan, an old man remembered that he had a treasure map at home, and immediately excitedly went back to get it for Zhang Yu.

It would have been fine if the treasure map had not been mentioned, but once it was mentioned it was like an explosion. Several old men and women said that they also had it at home and they wanted to go back and get it too.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yu looked at the ten treasure maps in front of him and felt a little embarrassed. "This... this is all given to me, you..."

The old lady waved her hand and answered bluntly: "I'll give it to you. It's not a good thing. Every household in our village has two treasure maps. If you want more, Xiaoyu, you can get another stack."

A stack!
Zhang Yu was somewhat suspicious whether it was because he was short-sighted and made a fuss over small things, or whether it was because the people in the Xie family team were rather eccentric.

Isn't a treasure map a precious item? Shouldn't it be hidden carefully for fear that the news of the treasure map would be leaked?

Why is it that in Xiejia Brigade, treasure maps have become less important than newspapers?

However, this also discouraged Zhang Yu from trying to find some information from the treasure map.

After rejecting the enthusiasm of the group of elderly people, Zhang Yu returned home with the 10 treasure maps.

But in the end, he still decided to give it a try and spread the 10 treasure maps on the kang one by one, carefully comparing the differences between them.

After some identification, he finally determined that these pictures were more like ghost drawings than treasure maps.

Although it says "Xishan" on it, even if Zhang Yu has not entered Xishan, just by looking at the terrain and direction of Xishan from the outside, he can tell that these maps are purely fabricated.

I don’t know if there really is a treasure and these treasure maps were made to deceive people, or if someone is just playing around.

But in the end, Zhang Yu still put these "treasure maps" away safely.

Recently, everyone in the Xiejia Brigade has been focusing on water pumps. After handing over a booklet of water pump maintenance techniques to several tractor drivers, Zhang Yu also had some free time.

Being bored, she decided to take a walk around the area just for fun.

Even after promising that he would not go up to Xishan Mountain and would only stroll around the foot of the mountain at most, Grandpa Xie and the others were still a little worried.

Finally, Xie Zhiying got a big black dog from somewhere and said to Zhang Yu, "This is a hunter's dog. It is usually kept in the nearby forest. If you want to go out, you must take this dog with you. This dog is trained by the hunter and will keep watch for you. Once it finds something wrong, it will bark. Xiaoyu, when you hear the dog barking, don't worry about anything else, just run."

"Got it, Second Uncle." Zhang Yu promised again: "Second Uncle, I will definitely not run to the West Mountain. I will just wander around the foot of the mountain."

After saying that, Zhang Yu was afraid that if he continued talking, his family would not let him go out, so he quickly changed the subject.

He looked at the big black dog standing at the door, like an indestructible fortress, with sharp eyes, as if patrolling its territory.

Even though it hasn't barked once since Xie Zhiying brought it back, Zhang Yu can feel that the big black dog is definitely not an ordinary dog.

"Good dog!" Zhang Yu couldn't help but sigh.

Although they are of different breeds, Zhang Yu believes in his heart that this dog is no worse than the Overlord he raised in Beijing. Maybe it's even because it has experienced more dangers. This dog exudes an irrepressible murderous aura all over its body. You can tell at first glance that it is very ferocious, the kind of ferocious dog that has really seen blood.