Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 475: The money-making ghost picked up someone to tell his affairs after his death.

At this moment, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu outside the courtyard gate had unloaded all the things in the carriage. They rolled up the plastic film and piled it with the axe and hand saw at the base of the wall of the lower house, and hung three oil saws and six new chains on the pillars of the lower house.

The two of them dusted themselves off and walked into the outer room. While they were washing their hands, they heard Sun Jiye say with a wry smile: "He didn't lose it, but..."

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu lifted the door curtain and entered the room without saying anything. Instead, they sat on the edge of the kang next to Xu Ning and listened to Sun Jiye talk about Sun Lianyu's experience.

It has to be said that Sun Lianyu was quite lucky. It started with a bet he made with two of his friends, so he went straight into the mountain from the mountainside on the east side of Xiaohetou.

This mountain is rolling and has three ridges in total, so it is called Little Three Ridges. However, he was also very smart and did not go deep into the mountains.

Instead, he ran straight to the north along the hillside. Because the north was the direction of Dahe Village, he thought that taking a shortcut back to the village would definitely be faster than those two friends.

But as he walked north along the hillside, he always felt a chill on his back, as if there was something moving behind him. He looked back from time to time, but the treetops in the mountains were dense, and he couldn't see anything in the weak moonlight...

Sun Lianyu felt scared, so he walked faster. He picked up a branch from the ground and tried to give himself courage.

He ran forward for more than half a distance and when he came to a valley, his head suddenly started buzzing and his heart started pounding. He glanced to the right and saw a dark shadow.

The black shadow first let out a loud roar, then stood up. Its body, more than two meters tall, looked quite ferocious under the moonlight.

Sun Lianyu's brain almost crashed. After recognizing that it was a black bear, he saw the black bear rushing towards him with its fangs bared and claws spread. Sun Lianyu was so scared that he stepped back repeatedly and was almost tripped by a tree branch. When he steadied himself, he quickly turned around and went around two big trees.

In fact, his first reaction was to climb a tree, but he grew up near the mountains and had heard that black bears could also climb trees, so he took a false step down the hillside, and the black bear was chasing him closely behind...

Sun Lianyu ran forward while shouting for help. After running for about two or three minutes, he could no longer keep up with the pace. When he turned around, he saw that half of the black bear's face was covered in blood, and there was a circle of wire around its neck.

This black bear was obviously crazy. The wire around its neck was digging into its flesh, and half of its face was torn open by something. No one, whether a human or an animal, could bear this kind of pain!

Sun Lianyu ran around in the small three-ridge area. As it was dark and the treetops were dense, he could not see the moon and he soon lost his way.

Besides, his physical strength had reached its limit. If he insisted on running down, he would surely become a meal for the black bear. So Sun Lianyu made a prompt decision, gritted his teeth, hugged a small tree as thick as his thigh, and climbed up with both feet and hands.

Although the small tree was not thick enough, it was quite tall. The branch extended to about two and a half meters. When Sun Lianyu climbed to more than two meters, he had already rested his armpits on the branch.

The black blind cat behind him just happened to catch up to the tree. It stood up and used its front paws to grab the trunk and its hind legs to push the ground, as if it wanted to climb up. However, its body was too large, and its left front paw was injured, so it had no strength at all!

Sun Lianyu sat on a tree branch and looked down. When he saw that half of Heixiazi's face was exposed, he quickly put his hands together and prayed to the Third Grandma for protection. Then he pointed at Heixiazi, who was leaning against the tree trunk and shaking the sapling, and started to curse him.

It would not be easy for this black bear weighing more than 400 kilograms to break the small tree, but it was not impossible. However, its front paw was injured, and half of its face and neck were in unbearable pain. Even if it had the strength, it could not use all its strength...

Sun Lianyu cursed it for more than half a day. During this time, he did not even bother to wipe the cold sweat oozing from his forehead. The crotch of his pants that was pressed against the tree branch was soaked with sweat, but he still did not stop cursing, because as soon as he stopped, his heart would be occupied by fear.

Who wouldn’t panic if being chased by a black blind man?
He didn't consider why the black bear's speed was not as fast as his, nor did he think about why the black bear didn't break the small tree, because he didn't think much about it, he only thought about how to survive!

Sun Lianyu spat at the black bear that was leaning on the tree trunk, put his hands together and begged with a sad face: "Just go away and stop bullying me, okay?"

I don’t know if the black bear understood or was tired of shaking the tree, but after its front paws landed on the ground, it really turned around and walked away, heading towards the Xiaosandaoling Mountain, while tilting its head, as if trying to spit out the blood clot that had choked its nostrils…

Sun Lianyu became even more confused when he saw this. He stared at Hei Xiazi's butt as it disappeared into the forest, but he didn't dare to get down from the tree immediately because he was afraid that Hei Xiazi would use the tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. So he sat on the tree for half an hour before slowly moving down the tree.

When his feet landed on the ground, he ran wildly in the opposite direction where Hei Xiazi disappeared. When he was less than 200 meters away from the mountain road leading to Dahe Village, he suddenly heard a cry for help. He originally thought he was hallucinating, but after he stopped, the cries for help became louder and louder.

Sun Lianyu hesitated for a moment and then ran towards the source of the sound. Although he was a money-grubber, he was quite kind.

When he ran to two thick connected trees, he saw a man holding a double-barreled shotgun in his arms. The barrels were deformed and bent, and it was obvious that the gun could not fire.

He got closer and took a closer look, and was immediately startled. He knew this man because he was Liu Zhu's sworn brother Wang Ye! Wang Ye had been to Snail Shell with Sun Jiye and Sun Lianfang before, and when Xu Ning went into the mountains to chase Li Quan away, Wang Ye was also there.

At this moment, Wang Ye's right face had a cut, exposing his teeth and tongue. There were three cuts on the top of his head. The most frightening thing was that the bone of his left knee was exposed, and the shin bone of his calf had pierced the skin and flesh, hanging down at a 90-degree bend...

Wang Ye covered his chest and felt someone approaching, but he couldn't see who it was. He opened his mouth with great effort and muttered: Go home!
Sun Lianyu was extremely shocked. He never expected to meet Wang Ye in the mountains in the middle of the night. He bent down and looked at Wang Ye's condition. Even a fool could see that Wang Ye didn't have much time left.

Wang Ye didn't die yet, but he was hanging on by the weight of his worries, because he had just been married for less than two years, and his wife gave birth to a son last year. His mother was paralyzed on the kang and couldn't take care of herself, so his wife usually took care of her and took care of her excrement and urine.

Although his father is still alive and can take care of himself, one of his legs was broken by a fallen tree when he was working in the mountains when he was young, and now he has to use crutches to walk.

As for his younger brother Wang Qiang, he failed to get into technical secondary school and was arranged by the Sun family to work in the forest farm. He burned the boiler in winter and guarded the gate in summer. However, his family conditions were relatively poor, and Wang Qiang was 20 years old and still unmarried.

Sun Lianyu did not dare to shout loudly. He just looked at Wang Ye's face and felt a little scared. He quickly hung the double-barreled shotgun on his chest, then grabbed Wang Ye's arm and carried him on his back, whispering, "I will take you home. Don't die on the way, otherwise you won't be able to enter the village."

When Wang Ye was dying, his mind was a little confused and he just mumbled about going home, without any other words.

Sun Lianyu's speed of going down the mountain with Wang Ye on his back was much slower. He looked around as he walked. After all, he had just experienced a dangerous situation and his legs were still a little sore.

On the way down the mountain, he had made up his mind that if Hei Xia Zi really caught up with him, he would have to leave Wang Ye behind and run away by himself, because everyone has a wife and children, and there was nothing wrong with Sun Lianyu thinking about his own life.

It was already past three in the morning. Sun Lianyu stepped on the mountain path, feeling more confident.

He trotted forward with heavy steps. After walking about 200 meters, he saw two people holding flashlights and walking slowly on the mountain path in front of him. Sun Lianyu shouted twice at the top of his voice, and the two people turned around and came to meet him.

When they saw the person Sun Lianyu was carrying, they both exclaimed in surprise. Then Sun Lianyu threw Wang Ye to the two and ran to Dahe Village. He first went to find the village doctor, Lao Zhang, who knew acupuncture. He had seen Lao Zhang use acupuncture to revive a dying person, but the person only lived half an hour before dying. This thing sounds mysterious, but it really happened.

The village doctor, Lao Zhang, wearing his clothes and holding a bag of silver needles, met the two people carrying Wang Ye at the entrance of the village. Without any extra words, he first took Wang Ye's pulse and then gave Wang Ye two injections in the head.

As soon as they entered the village, they met Sun Jiye and Sun Lianxu. Knowing that Wang Ye was still half alive, Sun Jiye breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Wang Ye would die halfway, because that would be considered an accidental death and they could not enter the village to hold a funeral. But now he had no worries.

The village doctor, Lao Zhang, said: "His internal organs must be injured. I have no way to treat this kind of injury."

Of course Sun Jiye knew that Wang Ye could not be saved, so he urged Sun Lianxu to find the people in the village who were handling the funeral and quickly buy clothes and coffin supplies, while they trotted all the way to Old Wang's house.

When he was knocking on the door, Sun Lianyu and Liu Zhu came running over. Liu Zhu was horrified when he saw his brother's appearance. He slapped himself and cursed in regret: "It's all my fault! I'll just go with you..."

In fact, Liu Zhu’s fault was not this, but usually they went into the mountains together. This time, Liu Zhu’s child had a fever, so he did not go with them, so he felt very guilty.

Sun Jiye and others could see that the wounds on Wang Ye's body were caused by a black blind man. Just now, Sun Lianyu also mentioned on the road that he encountered an injured black blind man. It didn't take much thought to know that the black blind man that injured Wang Ye was the same black blind man that pounced on Sun Lianyu!
After the gate was opened, Wang Ye's wife was stunned. After seeing Wang Ye's miserable state, she immediately collapsed to the ground. What kind of feeling was this? The sky was falling!
Sun Jiye looked at her sobbing and advised, "Hong, hurry up and get up. Ye Zi is still breathing. You have to let him say a few words."

The others also gave some advice. When they walked into the door, an old man in an overcoat and with crutches was standing in the outer room. He was Wang Ye's father. Seeing his son on the verge of death, he did not cry like the old women, but only asked Sun Jiye and others to send Wang Ye to the kang in the west room.

After Wang Ye lay flat on the kang, the room became quiet and everyone heard the two words Wang Ye muttered - go home.

His father sat on the edge of the kang and leaned his crutches against the wall. He looked down at Wang Ye, tears welling up in his eyes. He tried to hold back his sadness and said, "Son, you're home now. Dad is right next to you..."

The village doctor, Lao Zhang, took out two silver needles and gave Wang Ye two more injections. Then Wang Ye opened his eyes and told about his funeral arrangements in slurred words.

Wang Ye grabbed his father's hand and explained two main points. One was to ask Wang Qiang to marry his sister-in-law and take care of his nephew. The other was to ask Liu Zhu to help take care of the family...

After hearing with his own ears that his wife and father agreed, Wang Ye passed away.

His wife grabbed his hand and burst into tears, causing the child sleeping in the east room to cry loudly as well. For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became a little heavy.

Sun Jiye patted Liu Zhu on the shoulder and asked him to drive to the forest farm to pick up Wang Qiang and take him home. Sun Lianxu also called the people who were in charge of the funeral in the village...

It was dawn outside, but the roof of Old Wang's house had collapsed. The sound of suona from the mourning shed spread far away. Liu Zhu was leaning against the gate, and when he saw Sun Jiye coming out, he went over to him.

"Uncle San, Ye Zi can't just die like this, that black bear must pay with his life!"

Sun Jiye nodded: "I will go find someone later, you go home and get the gun first... If I can't find him today, I will go to Qing'an tomorrow."

"Ask my Uncle Xu for help? Sure! I'll pay for it, no matter how much it costs!"

"If it was before when we were not familiar with each other, it would be fine if you gave him money. But now, even if you give him money, he can't take it."

Liu Zhu opened his mouth, and Sun Jiye patted his arm and said, "Let's find it ourselves first!"

This kind of thing must be done as soon as possible. Sandaohe also has strong hunters and experts in tracking down people, but after comparison, Liu Zhu and Sun Jiye found that except for the late old Guotou in Sandaohe who could compete with Xu Ning, no one else's handle was as good as him.

Sun Jiye gathered more than 56 people. They went into the mountain with hunting rifles or semi-automatic rifles and almost flattened the small three-ridge mountain. However, they did not find any trace of the injured black bear. As it was getting dark, everyone returned to the village.

After Xu Ning finished listening to Sun Jiye's story, he said, "The black bear that attacked Sun Lianyu must be the same one that killed Wang Ye. Its neck was shattered by the wire snare, so it's easy for it to go crazy..."

Wang Hu frowned and asked, "Second brother, can a black bear weighing more than 400 kilograms be strangled by a wire noose?"

"This black bear must have been put into the wire when it weighed more than 200 kilograms. When it grew to more than 400 kilograms, the wire was stretched, so it became tighter and tighter."

Sun Jiye put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Yeah, I think so. Lian Yu also said that it had a wound on its face. This wound should have been caused by Wang Ye, or it could have been caused by a ground gun."

"Little Sandaleng has a ground gun?"

"Yes, people in our village have cleared a lot of wasteland in Xiaosandaoling. Some of them have planted guns or explosives in the mountains to prevent wild boars from harming the crops."

Liu Lizhen came into the house and saw that they had finished their meal, so she cleared the table and said before leaving, "My dear son, if you have nothing to do, go with your uncle. Your father and the others are at home."

Xu Ning turned around and glanced at his mother, and said, "Okay, Third Uncle, I'll go back with you."

Li Fuqiang was a little worried: "Brother, can you do it by yourself? Otherwise, let Huzi go with you."

Xu Ning shook his head: "It's nothing, Third Uncle has to go into the mountains with me, and there are so many people."

Sun Jiye assured, "Don't worry, I won't let Erning get into trouble even if I have something to do."

Seeing Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, and Liu Lizhen nodding with smiles, Xu Ning instructed: "Brother, go take a look at the well that Lao Wei and his team dug later. After they finish digging the well at my house, have them dig the well for my second uncle's house. I've told Lao Wei the location of the well."

"okay."

At this time, Liu Lizhen put the dishes and chopsticks into the pot and went into the house to get the thermos.

Sun Lianfang was wiping the table with a rag. She asked, "Uncle San, are you really going to give Wang Ye's wife to your younger brother?"

(End of this chapter)