dragon hunter

Chapter 438 The Night Walk on the Mountain Road
After I performed a little trick with the secret technique of Xiangmen, although the old grandson still had doubts about the name of our scientific research and investigation, he still believed in the end that we have the power to protect ourselves.

After some struggle, Old Suntou finally told us the way back to Dragon Valley.

It was getting late, and we planned to find a place nearby to camp, but the old grandson strongly invited us to rest at his house.

Fatty Wang had always been attached to Sun Xiaomei, and when he heard the old grandson's invitation, he beamed with joy and nodded repeatedly.

I communicated with Ghost Detective Xu and learned that Old Suntou lives nearby, so I nodded in agreement.

Although it is not far, the mountain road is difficult and it takes a lot of effort to walk.

I'm a little curious, why the old grandson chose to live in such a place where no shit.

The old grandson chuckled, his old face was like a blooming orange peel, and said that his ancestors had been digging ginseng for generations, and they didn't know how to farm. They depended on mountains to eat mountains, so they naturally lived in Kunlun Mountain.

Fatty Wang made fun of it, saying that ginseng is a valuable treasure, and the old grandson has been digging ginseng for generations, isn't it rich?

The old grandson smiled wryly, and told us about the bitterness of digging ginseng customers. He said that despite the high price of wild ginseng outside, the purchase price is kept very low, and the most valuable ginseng is more than a century old. Experienced ginseng diggers can count the hundred-year-old ginseng they can dig up in a lifetime.

"It's not easy in any line of work." Ghost Detective Xu sighed from the side.

Laosuntou lives in a mountain valley, and there is a small stream next to it, which is convenient for water.

There are two or three families not far away. According to Lao Suntou's introduction, those families are also ginseng diggers, and they all escaped from the famine in the early years.

At first, I thought that there were other people in the grandson's house, but when he pushed open the dilapidated wooden door, surprise flashed in my eyes. The inside of the room was pitch black, and it seemed that the grandson and his granddaughter were living together.

"The last time I went to the mountain to dig ginseng, I was lucky enough to catch a rabbit. The roasted rabbit from our grandson's family is a must. The brothers are lucky." The grandson turned on the light, walked to the wall, Take a skinned mountain hare.

"What a shame, we brought our own biscuits." I said politely.

Fatty Wang quit immediately, saying that he had gnawed on biscuits for several days, and his mouth was almost fading out, so he urged the old grandson to roast the rabbit quickly so that he could eat meat.

I was completely defeated by Fatty Wang, so I could only pretend that I didn't know this guy, and stood aside from a distance.

The old grandson didn't brag, and he didn't know how he did it. The rabbit on the iron skewer was half-roasted, and a special fragrance made us swallow our mouths.

"Uncle Sun, you are really amazing, why does this rabbit meat still smell like pine when it is roasted?" Xu Xu, the ghost detective, squatted aside anxiously.

Sun Xiaomei pursed her lips and smiled, explaining that the firewood below was mixed with some pine branches, so it had a rosy smell when it was roasted.

Lao Suntou is not bragging. His skill in roasting rabbits is indeed a must. The roasted rabbit meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, mixed with a special pine scent, which makes people full of praise.

Fatty Wang gobbled it up and finished half a rabbit by himself, but I didn't have the nerve to despise this guy, because the rabbit meat is really delicious, even I didn't hold back and finished a whole rabbit leg.

After eating, I suddenly blushed and found that the old grandson hadn't eaten yet.

"This... I'm really sorry, I still have some food in my bag, why don't you and my father make it up first?" I said apologetically.

Lao Sun shook his head and said with a smile that the people in the mountains don't eat dinner.

After a bit of humility, I saw that the old grandson was serious. Although I didn't agree with this custom in my heart, I didn't force it anymore.

There is no entertainment in the mountains, and after a day of driving, we are also tired, so we rest early.

At night, I was awakened by a sudden knock on the door, and sat up in surprise.

After a while, the sound of slippers came from the opposite room. It should be the old grandson who walked over and opened the door.

A man's voice came from outside, a little hasty, and his tone sounded a little panicked, but I couldn't hear it clearly through a door.

Faintly heard the old grandson arguing with the other party, I was curious and got out of bed with my clothes on.

Ghost Tan Xu, who was sleeping on the other side, was also very alert. He woke up early in the morning and was leaning against the bed, looking at me with searching eyes.

I looked back at Fatty Wang who was soundly asleep, helplessness flashed in my eyes, this guy is heartless, even if the sky falls, it may not be able to wake him up.

I walked lightly, walked to the door, and listened to the dispute outside.

After listening for a long time, surprise flashed in my eyes, this matter was actually related to Huilonggu.

According to the man outside, his father went out to dig ginseng during the day and has not returned until now.

Later, a ginseng digger saw that his father had gone back to Longgu. He was very worried now and wanted to organize a team to go back to Longgu to find his father.

But the old grandson has a different opinion. He thinks that it is too dangerous to go back to Longgu, so it is better to wait until dawn.

Because the man was worried about his father's safety, he insisted on going now, so the two had a dispute.

I stood behind the door and couldn't see the situation outside, so I could only guess based on the sound, not knowing whether I should go out or not.

When Ghost Detective Xu came over, the outside situation changed again. Seeing that the old grandson was determined, the man even brought out the old favor to talk about the matter.

It is ungrateful to say that the old grandson was saved by his father in the past, but now he refuses to save him.

The old grandson said angrily, if the man can find more than three people, he will go with him.

I didn't expect that man to have some skills, or maybe he was prepared for it. Suddenly, there were a few more noisy voices outside.

"What should we do, should we also go back to Longgu to have a look?" Ghost Detective Xu lowered his voice and asked.

I pondered for a while, although the old Suntou told me the route back to Longgu during the day, but only listened to the description, I knew that there were many forks in the road, and it was not easy to go. Although the timing is not right now, it is also a rare opportunity.

"Go, wake up the fat man first." I turned around and walked towards the bed, patting the snoring Fatty Wang.

Fatty Wang is really a pig, he smacked his mouth, turned over, and fell asleep again.

I was angry and funny, so I pinched the guy's nose. After a while, Fatty Wang opened his eyes in a daze, apparently still not understanding what happened.

"Get up quickly, we are going back to Dragon Valley." I grabbed Fatty Wang up.

"It's dawn?" Fatty Wang rubbed his eyes in a daze.

"What do you think?" I glared at this guy angrily. With his slow reaction, if there is any accident, I really don't know how to die.

Fatty Wang yawned and got out of bed, looked out the window, doubts flashed in his eyes, he took out his mobile phone to check the time, and asked angrily, "It's midnight, what kind of nerves are you getting?"

"There happened to be a team going back to Dragon Valley here, and we had enough rest, so we happened to go there together." Ghost Detective Xu explained from the side.

Fatty Wang naturally looked dissatisfied, but two to one, the minority obeys the majority, even if he has an opinion, he can only keep it in his stomach.

The noisy dispute outside had come to an end, and someone came and knocked on the door.

I walked over to open the door in doubt, and saw Lao Suntou standing outside the door with an apologetic expression on his face, and said embarrassedly, "Did I wake you up?"

"No, you plan to go back to Dragon Valley?" I asked straight to the point.

The old grandson was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile, hesitated for a while, and finally said to Ai Ai that if he didn't come back in time, he hoped that we would take care of his granddaughter.

Blinking my eyes, I suddenly realized that Old Suntou was obviously not very optimistic about the trip back to Longshan.

"Sorry, I'm afraid we won't be able to fulfill Mr. Sun's request, because we plan to go there together." I didn't play around with the other party.

"What did you do in the past? Didn't you say during the day that there are man-eating mandrills over there." The old grandson became anxious all of a sudden.

"We're doing scientific research. We happen to have a team, so we can go there together." I didn't care whether the other party believed it or not, and then I brought up the lame excuse of scientific research.

"Well, young people just don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth." The old grandson shook his head and looked at us with eyes like looking at a fool.

But the middle-aged man standing behind the old grandson heard our conversation, his eyes flashed with joy, he pulled the old grandson's head, and kept saying, welcome to join us.

As soon as I heard the other party's voice, I knew that he was the person who spoke outside the door just now. He wished that as many people as possible could save his father, he was naturally happy for us to join.

Seeing our resolute attitude, the old grandson stopped persuading us, probably because he remembered that I had shown my hand during the day, and the uneasiness on his face eased a bit.

After confessing a few words to my granddaughter, the grandson took us out together, and there were a few people standing sparsely outside, not from the nearby villagers, but probably relatives of the middle-aged man.

It is estimated that everyone understands the situation at Huilonggu, so they hurried along the way, and no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.

The three of us were at the end of the line and rested for a few hours. Although we were still a little sleepy, the fatigue on our bodies eased a lot.

"I really don't know what you're thinking, after midnight, are you going to sleep in the wild?" Fatty Wang complained.

"It's already past two o'clock in the morning. I estimate that it will take more than two hours to walk there. After some delay, the sky is almost dawn. We can take a rest then and we can move on." I said my plan.

"Besides, the diggers here have been rumored to have man-eating mandrills. It may not be groundless, and it is safer if there are many people." Ghost Detective Xu chimed in.

"Anyway, what you say is justified. Fatty is really unlucky for eight lifetimes after making you two bad friends." Fatty Wang responded angrily.

I suddenly laughed out of anger, how long ago, I was reduced to being disgusted by Fatty Wang.

(End of this chapter)