Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 53: Refusing to admit it
Old man Qin has traveled all over the country, so he is naturally not a stupid person.

Soon, I understood what Yu Qiutang meant.

If you catch a couple cheating and a thief and seize the stolen goods, but don't beat them to death face to face, the other party may change his mind, and then all your efforts will be in vain.

Even though he's just a country bumpkin, necessary measures still need to be taken. It would be best to dig a pit and let the enemy jump in obediently.

After Yu Qiutang and Old Man Qin communicated clearly, the two of them went straight to the gate. When the two children in front of the door saw someone coming, the little boy immediately ran in, hid behind the door and looked out, while the little girl looked at the two of them curiously.

Although Yu Qiutang was from the village, the village was too big and the little girl was only five or six years old and did not know him.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Is your father at home?" Yu Qiutang bent down slightly and asked gently.

"Yes, I just got home."

"Oh, where did he go?"

"I don't know," the little girl shook her head, and then added, "I saw him going in that direction."

The direction the little girl pointed was the mountain.

"Go in and call your father, and tell him that there are two people waiting for him outside, and ask him to come out, okay?"

"Okay, you wait."

The little girl ran into the yard, dragging a rope tied to a small wooden wheel behind her back, making a crackling sound.

"Dad, Dad, there's someone coming at the gate."

He kept shouting while running.

A little boy of three or four years old who had been hiding at the door observing the "enemy situation" also ran in with his sister.

Soon, a man with a bare upper body and flowered shorts came out. He came to the door and saw Yu Qiutang and Old Man Qin. He was shocked. Although he quickly concealed it, he still couldn't escape the eyes of the two.

"It's Tangtang, why are you here? Who is this..."

The man was none other than Aunt Liu’s man, named Wang Dechun. He tried his best to keep calm and pretended to be calm as he asked Yu Qiutang.

"Oh, that's right, Uncle Dechun," Yu Qiutang was not in a hurry to expose the truth, but continued to dig the hole step by step according to the procedures.

"An old brother of mine just went to the mountain to get something and left his bicycle at the bottom of the mountain. It was a heavy Phoenix brand bicycle. When we came down from the mountain, the bicycle disappeared, so I came to ask if you have seen it."

"Oh, a bicycle? I haven't seen it before, I haven't seen it before," Wang Dechun said calmly, "I have been repairing bicycles here. This bicycle makes a lot of noise when it is driving. There is no other way. If I don't repair it, it will not work..."

"You mean, you have been repairing cars here all the time and have never been anywhere else?" Old Man Qin interrupted.

Wang Dechun glanced at Old Man Qin and ignored him. He continued to say to Yu Qiutang: "Ask other people if anyone has seen any strangers on the road."

Yu Qiutang shook his head and said awkwardly, "There are almost no people here. The old house is just ahead, and the people living there are not from our village. I'm afraid I won't be able to find out anything."

Wang Dechun was obviously a little proud.

"That's true. There's nothing we can do." He pretended to be helpless.

At this time, Yu Qiutang felt that this guy was really able to keep his composure. Not to mention what happened today, just say that he slapped Aunt Liu a few days ago. Even if Aunt Liu made the mistake first, it was not something that an ordinary man could bear.

It was Aunt Liu who was slapped, but it was Wang Dechun's face that hurt.

But this guy really endured it. And today he hasn't exposed it and made trouble for him like he did back then.

The meaning is now clearer.

Yu Qiutang turned his gaze to the corn stalks at the edge of the field and said, "Uncle Dechun, a lot of your corn stalks are standing up."

"I did some a few days ago, and there are still many more."

"You didn't do it today?"

"What should we do if it rains today? The water will accumulate inside, making it even harder to dry. Let's wait until the weather clears up. There's no rush anyway."

"So you didn't go to the cornfield today?"

"No," Wang Dechun was obviously very sensitive when he heard the word cornfield, and answered very straightforwardly. He was worried that Yu Qiutang would continue to talk about the cornfield and would not move away for a long time.

"You know what, you're really good at stomping corn. Let's go and see how you do it. You can teach me."

"Don't go in," Wang Dechun pulled Yu Qiutang and raised his voice. Seeing Yu Qiutang looking at him in surprise, he hurriedly said, "It just rained in the fields, the mud is too wet, and weeds will grow if you step on it too hard. It's better not to go in. Let's talk about it another day."

"It's okay, let's just walk along the aisle," Yu Qiutang said, and was about to take Old Man Qin to the cornfield. Wang Dechun was anxious and pulled Yu Qiutang hard, "Hey, I've been telling you for a long time, why don't you listen? You can't go today!"

His voice became noticeably louder due to his anxiety, and the two children who came out to watch the fun looked at their father nervously.

"Uncle Dechun, you are so worried about me going to the cornfield. Is there something strange in the cornfield?"

"No, nothing," Wang Dechun said, but his men did not relax. "Didn't I tell you the reason? The ground is too sticky today. We can't go in."

Upon hearing this, Yu Qiutang looked down at Wang Dechun's feet and found that his shoes had been changed, but the mud prints extending from the edge of the field extended all the way to his home.

He suddenly turned to the little girl and asked, "Brother wants to ask you, did your dad just come back from the cornfield?"

"Well, my dad is a corn..."

"Go back. Why are you, a child, interrupting the adults when they are talking?" Wang Dechun grabbed his daughter and pushed her back, scolding her. The little girl was frightened by her father's anger and ran to find her mother, crying.

"Don't take it to heart, it's just nonsense from a kid." Wang Dechun wanted to continue covering up, but he couldn't keep the fake smile on his face anymore and started to get a little angry. "You better go look somewhere else. I don't have the clues you want."

As he said this, he was about to push Yu Qiutang towards the road.

But he didn’t push.

Then, he tried harder, but still couldn't move it. Then he realized something was wrong.

He was a truck driver who usually repaired cars, so naturally he was very strong. Even though he used all his strength, he still couldn't push Yu Qiutang.

Yu Qiutang looked at Old Man Qin and indicated that the home court was now handed over to him.

"Let me ask you, we just heard your daughter say outside that you had just come back from the cornfield and went to the other side of the mountain. Why do you say you haven't been there?"

Old man Qin approached Wang Dechun. Although he was older than Wang Dechun, he was not weak at all. After all, he had shot many preys with guns. When facing death many times, people's eyes and bodies will be filled with evil spirits.

"That's not true. Don't listen to her nonsense." Wang Dechun took a step back quietly. He noticed the gun on Old Man Qin's back, then looked at the bag in his hand and the little civet cat that stuck its head out. He immediately guessed Old Man Qin's identity.

Suddenly, I felt a little uneasy and began to regret why I was bewitched by my wife and took someone else's bicycle.

(End of this chapter)