Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Lao Qin didn't react at all.

When he realized it, he found that his wrist had been pressed heavily on the table.

He looked at his wrist, unable to believe it for a moment.

I forgot what happened just now. How could I be overwhelmed without paying attention and having no time to react?

He couldn't help but look at Yu Qiutang, and his mind went blank for a moment.

"Would you like to do it again?"

Yu Qiutang smiled and let go of his hand.

Lao Qin raised his hand again, "Come again!"

However, the second time was no different from the first time, and it seemed like a delusion for Lao Qin to hold on a few more seconds.

He didn't ask for a third time.

This kind of absolute suppression made him realize that no matter how many times he tried, he would end up being overwhelmed.

So the two of them started doing push-ups again.

Lao Qin felt that he should have a chance in this regard. People with strong explosive power generally have little durability.

The two agreed to do push-ups together, and whoever couldn't bear it anymore would stop.

Of course, Lao Qin was defeated in the end.

Yu Qiutang's endurance is amazing, and Lao Qin is just a mortal, how can he persist?

After the two comparisons, Lao Qin’s confidence was almost completely destroyed.

He had seen people who were stronger than him before, but this was the first time he had seen someone as young, with such a strong body, and so much stronger than him as Yu Qiutang.

It even made him have the illusion that even after all these years of training, he was still no match for the other person's amazing talent.

Seeing him like this, Yu Qiujiang kept shaking his head.

He is the one who knows best Yu Qiutang's true ability.

I knew from the beginning that Lao Qin couldn't win.

"Okay, let's talk about it. Now that I've won Brother Qin by chance, you don't have to fight with me. You guys stay here while I go and explore that dangerous place."

Old Qin can only accept it now.

Yu Qiutang also reminded the two of them to be careful at night. It was hard to say whether the hotel here was in cahoots with those people. They had to be cautious about what they ate and drank, and also be alert when sleeping at night.

If you encounter problems, confront them head-on if you can. If the other party outnumbers them, don't insist for the time being. Hope there will be a way out. Don't be reckless to the point where things become irreversible.

Old Qin Ben Ali was already angry, and seeing him being so long-winded, he finally found a chance to show contempt for him, saying that it was only Yu Qiutang who had seen the world, and that he had traveled far and wide and experienced all kinds of rivers, lakes and seas, so how could he capsize in this small ditch.

In this case, Yu Qiutang felt relieved.

He opened the back window of the room, looked around to see if there was anyone, then grabbed the windowsill and jumped down.

I had seen the terrain during the day. Behind the window was a deserted yard covered with weeds and no one was around.

Jumping from the second floor is only a few meters high, which is not difficult for him.

After going down, he stood there and waited, making sure everything was OK, then quickly climbed over the wall in the dark to get out.

Following the same path he came, he rushed straight towards the village like a wild dog in the dark night.

It was just a few kilometers, and it was easy for him.

They arrived outside the village almost in one breath.

He looked around, quickly climbed up a tall poplar tree, stood on the treetop and looked down.

It was already midnight and everyone who had nothing to do had blown out their lights and gone to sleep. If there was still any light, it was definitely not a decent home.

Sure enough, when he looked up, he saw several lights in the dark village.

After thinking for a moment, he ran towards the westernmost edge.

Even if there is a coal mine, it will not appear in the middle of the village, but is more likely to be located on the edge.

Ten minutes later, he arrived at the location of the light.

He did not act impulsively, but found a high place to squat and observe. He then discovered that the lights did not come from the mine, but from the cars outside.

It's just that the car was turned off, with only the small front light on, and the light wasn't very bright.

He quietly groped his way to the car in the dark and saw two people squatting beside it, smoking and talking.

I wanted to hide and listen to the meeting to see if I could find any useful information, but after listening for a while, all I heard were some weird experiences of people having a good time, looking for women and gambling.

At that time, being a driver was still a very popular job. Not to mention how difficult it was to get a driver's license, even learning to drive was quite difficult. Ordinary people had no chance to learn to drive.

Therefore, most of the drivers in many units are former soldiers and used to drive in the army.

There is another type of driver who inherits the family business, and I guess these two are one of them.

Because in that era, bicycles were considered big items in the home and cars were almost unthinkable. Many people were unaware of the development of the times and thought that they might not be able to drive a car in their lifetime.

Therefore, wherever the drivers go, they will receive special care and envy, so these drivers will go around looking for prostitutes, and they will attract prostitutes wherever they go.

When he has some money, he either goes looking for women or goes to gamble. After he spends it, he continues to drive a sports car and make more money.

If you are lucky and have sweet words, you can even keep a few old lovers in the places where you often drive your car.

Among them, drivers like those who transport goods to coal mines get a little more money because of their less shady attributes.

But listening to these two people talking, they seem to be getting more and more outrageous, and I guess there's some bragging in there.

After waiting for less than half an hour, Yu Qiutang suddenly saw a light in front of him. He discovered that a gap had appeared on the side of a pile of wheat straw opposite, and several people came out pushing carts.

"Finally here. Damn it, I was freezing waiting."

The two drivers also stood up and joined the others. Then, a second truck appeared behind them, and a third...

Soon, the coal was loaded onto the trucks.

These people who delivered the coal parked their carts on the side. Some of them squatted on the ground and smoked, while others took the opportunity to find a place to relieve themselves and urinate.

The scene started to get chaotic.

"Hurry up, we have a lot of work to do tonight. If you don't finish it, you won't be able to eat tomorrow!"

Someone standing at the door of the coal mine shouted.

But everyone was hesitating and just doing what they were supposed to do.

When Yu Qiutang saw this, he quietly moved over, and when one of the men had just finished peeing, he covered his mouth and pulled him into the sorghum field behind.

The man was completely unprepared, and Yu Qiutang was very strong, so he hardly had to use any effort.

The few "woooo" sounds were drowned out by the whimpering of the northwest wind.

"Don't make a sound!"

Yu Qiutang roared in a low voice.

The man was so frightened that he trembled. For a moment he didn't know who he had offended. What's the point of looking for him? If this person is a pervert, he should look for a woman.

"Don't talk, and you will live."

Yu Qiutang was worried that the other party would shout loudly and attract too many people, so he just said something harsh.

As expected, the man didn't dare to shout anymore and quickly shut up. Yu Qiutang then let him go. In the dark, he could vaguely see that the other person was a man in his thirties.

"Let me ask you, what is the name of your coal mine?"

"do not know."

"do not know?"

"Yes, we are just working here, we have no control over the coal mine, so what's the point of that? Please let me go, we have no money, and I don't know anything."

Yu Qiutang didn't say anything more. He asked the man to turn his back, then took out his brother's photo and shone a flashlight at him, "Have you seen this person?"

“No…no!”

"Look carefully!"

The man had no choice but to look carefully, and suddenly said, "I seem to have some impression of it. I have seen it in there several times."

"real?!"

Yu Qiutang was very happy.

"Yes, that should be correct. We belong to different positions. We are responsible for hauling coal. This person seems to be a maintenance worker in a mine. He is not on our side, but I have seen him here several times."

“Do you have other mines here?”

"There should be, I don't know. We can't go out, so we can only stay here. Anyway, the maintenance workers in these mines will share it, and it's not exclusive to any one company."

"What do you mean you can't go out?"

"We are not allowed to go out. If we come back, we will be beaten and not given food. Who dares to go out?"

"You are not imprisoned in prison. How can you be locked up directly? Didn't I pull you out easily?"

The man said helplessly: "Brother, what are you talking about? We are still in the village. We can't escape from this village. They have people everywhere. Even if you run away, you will be caught."

"so serious?"

Yu Qiutang was a little surprised, but soon felt relieved. He was able to come in because he was stronger than ordinary people. If he were an ordinary person, it would be difficult to deal with such a thing.

"Let me ask you, there was a coal mine collapse some time ago, do you know where it was?"

"I think I've heard of it. It's the Yuantai Village next door."

Round table?

Yu Qiutang felt that the name seemed familiar and wondered where he had heard it. After thinking carefully, he realized that he had heard it at the bus station when someone was soliciting customers and it seemed that he had heard it mentioned Yizuiyuantai Village.

"Brother, if everything is alright, please put me back quickly. If it's any later, they will go in."

"You still want to go in?"

"What can I do if I don't go in? If I'm caught, I'll be beaten up, and I might even be killed."

"Don't you want to go out?"

"Brother, please don't hurt me. Why are you going out? You are so capable and can come and go freely. I am a nobody and I can't be like you. Please don't hurt me."

"If you want to go out, I can take you out now."

Yu Qiutang thought that meeting was fate. He knew that this person would be tortured in prison, so he felt a little reluctant if he indulged him.

"No, no, that's not necessary. You should just run away. The people in this village are all bad. Don't provoke or trust others easily."

Seeing that the man was determined not to go out, Yu Qiutang did not force him and respected his fate.

He thought of going to see the collapsed Yuantai Village coal mine first.

If my guess is correct, Liu Shufen's husband died in the Yuantai Coal Mine. And since my brother was able to take photos in that coal mine, it means he is more familiar with the people there and he will definitely be able to find clues.

Thinking of this, he said to the man, "Then go back by yourself and don't tell them that you have seen me, otherwise..."

"Don't say anything, you are not ordinary people, I can't afford to offend you."

Yu Qiutang was just trying to scare him, and seeing the other party like this, he didn't say anything else. He let him go, told him not to look back, and quickly ran over there.

Just now he had been carrying that person on his back without revealing his identity. After watching the other person run away, he turned around and left.

Turned and headed towards the town.

After returning, he did not enter from the front, but climbed directly in through the back window.

I found that both of them were still awake and were sitting at the table waiting for him to come back.

"How's it going? Is everything okay here?"

Lao Qin said, "Not long after you left, two people came. They said they saw us coming from out of town and wondered if we could cooperate. But we didn't let them in."

Yu Qiutang nodded, "Maybe he is the one testing me."

"What did you find over there?"

Yu Qiutang told a lot of information about how he lurked, discovered the coal-carrying truck at night, the scene of coal being shipped out in the middle of the night, and how he met that person.

After hearing this, Lao Qin and Yu Qiujiang were also very surprised.

"So what should we do next? Go to the round platform?"

“Well, since my brother showed up in Yuantai Village, I must go over there to take a look, but I can’t let these people know. According to what they said, since the maintenance workers are deployed in a unified manner, maybe the boss behind the scenes is also connected, or even a group of people.

If we leak the information rashly and alert the enemy, it will be difficult to find clues."

"That's right." Lao Qin nodded. "Then do we have to go to the village we visited during the day tomorrow?"

Yu Qiutang nodded, "Of course we have to go, we just need to perform for them during the day and then look for clues at night.

Let's go to bed quickly and sleep more tomorrow morning. If I'm not mistaken, they will definitely come to us again tomorrow. We can't take the initiative and must be more passive.

We gave them the impression that we were not in a hurry and could just take our time, without any clear goals. "

Lao Qin nodded, "That's true. I think these people are very smart."

"Of course. If there are smart people behind this industry chain, it won't survive. We are unfamiliar with this place, so we must be cautious."

The three of them discussed tomorrow's matters and went to bed.

In the middle of the night, Yu Qiutang was sleeping soundly and vaguely heard someone talking outside, but in the end no one came over to harass him.

The next morning, around six in the morning, the hotel waiter came and knocked on the door.

When they opened the phone and asked, they found out that they were being called downstairs to have breakfast.

They said this was a special treatment provided by the hotel and that all guests staying in the hotel could have a bowl of mutton soup every day.

"It's just a bowl of mutton soup. You can eat it anywhere. Why are you waking people up so early in the morning?"

When Yu Qiutang saw the waiter talking, he kept glancing inside. When he saw that all three people were there, his tense expression relaxed a lot.

"My dear, you don't know that our mutton soup is not ordinary mutton soup. This is made from mutton that has been slaughtered in the morning. It is the freshest. We have a saying here that when eating mutton soup, you have to eat it fresh. The fresher, the better."

"That's true."

Yu Qiutang nodded and called to the other two, "Since there is such a benefit, we must not miss it."

"Then come to the dining room on the first floor after you finish washing up."

The guy left with a smile.

Yu Qiutang watched him go downstairs and then closed the door. "These guys are really keeping an eye on us. We should be more careful." (End of this chapter)