Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 636: Unexpected Discovery of Omens
On the way, Wang Li, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said to Wang An:

"Fourth brother, my father and mother told me that before we came back, they asked a matchmaker to introduce me to a date. Now that I'm back, I thought I'd meet someone in the next two days."

After Wang Li finished speaking, Wang An was not surprised. After all, people got married early in this era. Getting engaged at the age of sixteen or seventeen or eighteen was a very normal thing.

After hearing this, Wang An said with a smile:
"Isn't this a good thing? Then just look at each other, if it's a good match, then we can get it, if not, then forget it. Then why are you still looking so sad?"

From the moment Wang Li arrived at Wang An's house in the morning, Wang An noticed that Wang Li was always frowning and looked like he was full of worries.

Wang An thought that Wang Li was worried about his face, so he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, many things have to be adjusted by oneself.

And a lot of times, a lot of shitty things are like this, the more people say, the more words of comfort there are, but in fact it is a kind of trouble and annoyance to the person involved.

Because this is no less than repeatedly tearing open the person's wound and rubbing salt on it, causing the person to suffer more and more pain from the incident.

The best way is to downplay the incident, don't mention it, don't discuss it, just pretend it never happened.

So although Wang Li was depressed early in the morning, neither Wang An nor his family came to comfort him.

After hearing Wang An's question, Wang Licai said:
"If it was before, it would be a good thing, but with my current state, I'll just have to give up. I'm not worthy of her anymore. I just don't want to date her anymore."

When Wang An heard this, his heart skipped a beat. It was obvious that his brother was starting to feel inferior because of his appearance!
The main thing is that once "inferiority complex" is formed, it will be like a curse that makes people lose their energy and spirit. If it is too serious, they may suffer from a strange disease like depression.

At this time, Wang An was really a little worried.

If Wang Li cannot regain his confidence as soon as possible, then this promising young man may always be afraid and avoid the issue of finding a partner to marry.

After thinking for a long time, Wang An still couldn't figure out how to cheer Wang Li up, so he could only say:
"Just give it a try. It's already like this. Maybe you care about your face, but others don't. Besides, you haven't gotten together yet. Even if you do, your life will be the same in the future. If you get along well, live well. If you don't, break up as soon as possible. Who can die if they leave?"

People of this era are still relatively conservative in their thinking, so Wang An's words sound a bit more avant-garde.

Wang Li thought for a moment and said stammeringly:

"What if we break up in the future? Wouldn't that delay them?"

Wang An was delighted when he heard this and asked Wang Li:
"Do you know why your face is disfigured?"

Wang Li looked at Wang An and shook his head in confusion:

"They just want to know where the gold has gone. What other reasons are there?"

Wang An smiled and said:

"The root of this matter is that you are too kind-hearted. What does other people's business have to do with you? She doesn't want to live with you anymore, and you are still saying that you are wasting her time? What are you thinking? If you are wasting her time, then isn't she also wasting you time?"

After a pause, Wang An continued:

"Besides, you haven't even met her yet, and you're already thinking about whether you're a good match for her. Remember, a good man doesn't rely on looks, and it's not certain who's good enough for whom. Fuck!"

Although Wang An's words sounded reasonable and powerful, they did not seem to work for Wang Li, the person involved.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li did not even react, nor did he speak, frowning and falling into deep thought again. After Wang An found that his words had no effect, he looked at Wang Li and shut up. The main thing is that when a person gets stuck in a dead end, you can only wait for him to come out of it on his own initiative, otherwise, you really have no way out.

After a while, Wang An called Wang Li and said:

"Come on, if you don't understand, stop thinking about it. Let's let the horses run for a while and try to get back as soon as possible."

After Wang An finished speaking, without waiting for Wang Li to react, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly and shouted "Gee" and "Gee" twice. Then, the horse heard the command and ran forward.

Wang Li, who had reacted quickly, rode his horse forward to chase after him.

With the two horses galloping, the brothers Wang An and Wang Li soon arrived near the Shilazi Mountain that Wang Dazhu mentioned.

After a quick circle around Shilazi Mountain, mainly to determine the approximate location of the golden eagle's nest, the two brothers dismounted from their horses and tied the reins to a tree.

Since there were no adult golden eagles flying in the sky nearby and there were no piles of bird droppings at the bottom of the cliff, Wang An could not be sure whether there was a golden eagle's nest on the cliff.

Unsure, Wang An subconsciously asked Wang Li:
"Old Five, if there is a golden eagle's nest on this mountain, where should it be?"

It may be because of the reason of entering the mountain, or it may be because Wang An’s words took effect, so Wang Li no longer had the previous sad face. After hearing Wang An’s question, Wang Li said:

"Why don't I see any golden eagles on this Shilazi Mountain? It doesn't look like there are any."

Wang An said subconsciously:

"Shit, are we going to come here for nothing today?"

Wang Li kept looking at the top of the mountain but didn't say anything.

Then, the two brothers strolled around the Shilazi Mountain.

Just as Wang An was observing the mountain wall for bird droppings and watching the sky for golden eagles flying by, Wang Li suddenly said:

"Fourth brother, look, someone must have been here before. There are marks on the tree. Do you think they dug out the golden eagle's nest in the past two years? Did they kill the golden eagle or scare it away?"

Wang An looked in the direction of the voice, but felt that what Wang Li said was wrong, because the mark on the tree looked like a "omen" at first glance.

The "omen" is actually a mark left on the tree by someone who has dug up ginseng here.

The method of cutting this mark is also very simple. Just choose a tree, usually red pine, and peel off a piece of bark at a height of one person from the red pine tree.

Then use a "quick axe" (actually a small axe used for digging ginseng) to cut horizontal marks on the smooth trunk after the bark has been peeled off.

The number of horizontal marks on the left side represents the number of people who dug the ginseng at that time, and the number of horizontal marks on the right side represents the grade of ginseng leaves dug.

Finally, in order to prevent the bark from growing back, the surrounding pine oil must be burned away.

The red pine tree in front of Wang An and Wang Li, which was a sign of good fortune, was obviously many years old!

(End of this chapter)