I have to say that this old man Liu is really good at ink-writing. After driving a group of sheep away, no one was seen for a long time.
The small open space in front of the canteen was left with sheep dung eggs all over the ground. The unique smell that made people drunken to death and shed tears still filled the air. Boss Zhang pinched his nose and said he couldn't stand it, so he got back in the car and hid. , Chen Tao was arguing with Uncle Long and Haozi about whether they had sex or not. As for Yang Lixuan, he was sitting alone on a stool on the side with his eyes closed tightly. He didn't know whether he was resting his mind or sleeping.
Tired of talking to Haozi, Chen Tao got up and walked around. Suddenly, Chen Tao discovered that their car and the mountain ghost were gone.
Chen Tao walked around the canteen again, even looking at the toilets, but he didn't see the mountain ghost.
"Huh? That's weird. Where did the mountain ghost go? It shouldn't be?" Chen Tao couldn't help but wonder. Shangui belongs to Uncle Long, and he obeys Uncle Long's orders. Wherever Uncle Long is around, he will definitely follow him. When he first came in, Uncle Long was sitting next to Yang Lixuan smoking, so the mountain ghost would never run away on his own. The question is, where are the people?
"Oh, that benefactor is going to buy groceries." The landlady saw Chen Tao walking around and lowered her voice. Since Old Man Liu left, she has been cleaning up at home. The boy was still unconscious, so she cleaned up all the broken glass that the boy had broken and knocked over, as well as the instant noodles residue on the ground. I mopped the ground inside and out again.
"What, buying groceries? What's going on?" Chen Tao was a little confused. Didn't he just eat?
"I don't know. I just came in and asked me if there was any ginger and garlic for sale. I said it was really unfortunate. Someone bought the last bit left yesterday. There was none. He also asked me where to buy it. I said, this is If you buy goods in town, you can only buy them there.”
"So, he drove and went to buy groceries?" Chen Tao asked.
"It seems so, I didn't pay attention either." The woman shook her head.
"Forget it, I'll ask Uncle Long." Knowing that he couldn't ask her anything, Chen Tao went directly to ask Uncle Long. In this world, the only one who knows where the mountain ghost is is Uncle Long. The mountain ghost only knows Listen to him. Similarly, if Uncle Long is not here one day, the mountain ghost will definitely know about it.
"Uncle, Uncle Long, the mountain ghost and the car are gone!" Chen Tao ran out of the store and asked Uncle Long.
"Yeah." Uncle Long didn't even look at him. He squinted his eyes and leaned against the back of the chair to rest.
"The boss lady said he went to buy vegetables? What is he doing? Serving as a pickle on the road?" Seeing Uncle Long's unfazed look, Chen Tao couldn't help but go crazy. What did Uncle Long do behind his back again?
"Well, that's right, pickles." Uncle Long still didn't look at him and closed his eyes to rest.
Chen Tao's fingers twitched, wanting to pinch Uncle Long awake. Just as he was freaking out, he heard the sound of a car, and the mountain ghost drove back.
"I want to see what you are going to do." Chen Tao thought as he walked towards the mountain ghost and the car.
As he walked closer, he saw Shan Gui get out of the driver's seat, turn to the trunk, and pull out two large nylon plastic bags.
"Hey? Little boss, why are you here? These are too heavy. Just help me get the few boxes in the car. I can handle the rest by myself."
The mountain ghost is really strong. The big bag weighs at least fifty or sixty pounds, and it can be carried on the shoulder with one hand. Chen Tao looked at Shan Gui with a bag on his shoulder and walked towards Uncle Long with a bag in his hand. He remembered Shan Gui's words just now and opened the back door of the car. He saw several square paper boxes thrown behind him and picked them up. one look,
"Fully automatic juicer? What the hell?" Chen Tao felt dizzy looking at the thing in his hand. He looked back at Shangui and Uncle Long on the other side, then closed the car door and walked over.
"Does kimchi still need to be juiced?" Chen Tao asked, holding up the two juicers in his hands.
"I couldn't find a suitable guy, so I had to make do with this." Shanguidao brought over another bag of small plastic bottles and two buckets of water.
"It's okay, go and borrow their basin and rolling pin from the landlady." Uncle Long ordered.
Haozi went and brought two basins and two long and thick rolling pins. Uncle Long looked at the things and said:
"Okay, it's almost time to start work!" I saw Haozi and Shangui, one peeling garlic and the other washing ginger.
"Why are you still standing there? Help!" Uncle Long shouted at Chen Tao and threw him a garlic.
"Ah? Oh okay..." Chen Tao was completely confused and started working in a daze. Yang Lixuan on the side also opened his eyes and came over with Uncle Wang to help.
Those who peel the skin here, and those who wash the ginger, then put the prepared garlic and ginger into a juicer to squeeze the juice, and pour it into a large empty plastic bucket.
"What are you doing?" Chen Tao asked while peeling the garlic.
"Make potion, you'll need it when you go down." Yang Lixuan said.
"Huh? What can this be used for?"
"Although bloodthirsty black bugs are powerful, there is no way to deal with them. These bugs are very sensitive to smell. Crush garlic and ginger into juice and apply it on your body. The smell of garlic and ginger will prevent them from getting into people. The skin. It can also have some protective effects on other mosquitoes and the like in the woods."
"Oh!" Chen Tao suddenly understood and nodded.
After working for a while, the bucket was full. Yang Lixuan went to the car and took out two small bottles from his equipment bag. He poured the red powder inside into the bucket and stirred it evenly with a rolling pin. Then he put all the juice in the bucket into the empty plastic bottles.
"What is this?" Chen Tao asked.
"A special pharmaceutical powder that can deal with those bloodthirsty black insects."
On the other side, Boss Chen in the car watched the people peeling and squeezing juice. He couldn't help but be curious and asked: "What are those street boys doing?"
"I don't know them." Yan shook his head.
"Hmph, Di Yilong, an old fox, never does anything worthless. These people must be doing something behind our backs. Let's go and have a look!" Boss Zhang got out of the car and knocked on another The window of the car called the brothers Ah Cheng and Dingbing over.
"Come on, go on." Seeing them coming over, the mountain ghost took four bottles filled with juice and threw them to them.
Boss Zhang took one, picked it up, looked at it, opened the lid and smelled it. He almost choked and fainted. He sneezed several times in a row, and his nose and tears came out.
"hey-hey……"
Seeing Boss Zhang's embarrassment, Chen Tao and Hao Zi suppressed their laughter and laughed. Boss Zhang spat a few times and said angrily:
"Are you guys rushing to the street to kill me?"
"You smelled it yourself, we didn't stop you." Chen Tao smiled and handed a bottle of water to Boss Zhang.
Boss Zhang hummed and took the water, took a sip and said, "What are you doing? Doing these things?"
"These are used to prevent those black insects. With it, you don't have to worry about the insects below." Uncle Wang said.
"Oh oh oh, this is it, will it work?" Boss Zhang asked suspiciously.
"Didn't you try everything just now? If you think it's useless, you don't have to use it. Those bloodthirsty black insects may think you have too much oil and water and can't get used to it, so they will automatically avoid you." Uncle Long joked.
Boss Zhang ignored Uncle Long's joke, picked up the bottle and looked at it, then rubbed his nose with his hand, couldn't help but sneeze twice more and said: "Okay, I believe you...ah... Ah... sneeze... once. Oops... oops, the smell is too strong. I'd better get back to the car... car... ah... ah... sneeze! Get up." After saying that, he wiped his nose and took it with him. Brothers Yan and Acheng Dabing went back.
"Hahahahahahaha..." Chen Tao and Hao Zi couldn't help laughing. Uncle Wang on the side asked: "Is he okay?"
"It'll be fine. I was just suddenly irritated by the smell of the concoction. It'll be fine after a while." Yang Lixuan shook his head.
Everyone filled up the remaining empty bottles, cleaned them briefly and gave them to the proprietress of the canteen. Looking at the dozen or so bottles on the ground, Uncle Long said:
"Well, this much is enough for us to use for a month."
"I'm sorry, I just went out to play mahjong and I didn't find him until now. I've already made arrangements. When should we leave?"
Hearing this shout, Chen Tao felt extremely happy. He glanced at his watch and it was already past three in the afternoon. He thought to himself, "Hey, dear, you are finally here!"
After bidding farewell to the proprietress of the canteen, everyone finally set foot on the road to the Cannibal Valley. This time there was an extra old man Liu, so Yang Lixuan returned to Uncle Wang's car. Old man Liu squeezed into the back seat with Chen Taohaozi and took the lead on the mountain road.
Old Man Liu has been herding sheep all year round, and he had a very strange smell, but no one said anything along the way. Although they said they felt a little uncomfortable, they were not that pretentious. The few of them chatted with Old Man Liu about a lot of local anecdotes, and they were quite harmonious along the way.
The road to the mountains is not very far, and I just don’t want to stay at the door of the canteen while driving. Within a few minutes, the car arrived at a gap at the foot of the mountain. The mountain ghost drove the car directly into the woods. Everyone got out of the car. Uncle Long said: "Get the equipment and go into the mountain. The car will be left here. I have arranged the people." Okay, someone will come and drive away in half an hour."
Chen Tao followed Uncle Long out of the car. He went to the trunk and pulled out all his big and small bags. Haozi saw them and said, "You don't need these rags, just throw them back."
"You're the one who's shabby! This is a treasure I found after going to several shops and supermarkets!" Chen Tao retorted.
"Baby? Oh, what baby?"
Hearing the voice here, Boss Zhang came over with a smile. Seeing the large and small bags in Chen Tao's hand, he reached out and took one to look at.
Chen Tao didn't expect him to take it, and he took one away without paying attention. Boss Zhang excitedly put his bag in the trunk and pulled it open. Suddenly, there were several black lines on his forehead.
"Oh, these are all broken things, just a bunch of rubbish!" Uncle Long threw the bag away in disgust, turned to Chen Tao and said: "Come on, young man, your Uncle Zhang wants you to see what it means. Equipment!" After saying that, he looked at Brother Acheng and the two brothers walked to the back of the pickup truck and untied the big black leather cover at the back.
There were four large boxes piled neatly behind the car. Soldier Ah Cheng and the two men went up and lifted one down. Boss Zhang walked over and opened it, calling Chen Tao to come over and take a look.
Chen Tao stepped forward and saw layers of storage racks inside the box. Rows of sharp flashlights, climbing ropes, gas masks, goggles, compasses, headsets, etc. were neatly stacked on the racks. A lamp, a sapper's folding shovel, flint and steel...even a radio. Chen Tao was stunned. Chen Tao picked up a folding shovel, looked at it, and weighed it in his hands. He had only seen folding shovels of this quality on TV. Thinking about the imitations I bought for tens of dollars in my bag, I couldn't help but blush.
Ah Cheng pulled out two backpacks from the car and threw them to Chen Tao and Haozi and said, "Pack them yourself." Uncle Long and others on the other side had also come over early, and he took the backpacks from the car and started loading equipment and food.
Ah Cheng and Da Bing got into the car and carried down the remaining three big boxes. Chen Tao went over to take a look. One box contained sleeping bags, tents, and some clothing. The top of the other box was small bags. After opening it, there were some commonly used emergency medicines and medical supplies such as bandages. The bottom row There are compressed biscuits, beef jerky and other foods, and below that are things like smokeless stoves, cold fireworks, Luoyang shovels and steel pipes.
The last box was black. When Ah Cheng and Da Bing carried it down, they clearly felt that the things inside were not light. Uncle Long glanced at Uncle Wang, who nodded. I don’t know what the exchange between the two meant. Uncle Long looked directly at Haozi. Haozi nodded, turned towards Old Man Liu who was joining in the fun, and pulled him to the other side of the woods. The distance was a bit far away. Don't know what you are talking about.
Seeing Old Man Liu walking away, Uncle Wang nodded towards Brother Acheng, and the two of them worked together to open the lid. At this sight, Chen Tao almost broke out in a sweat.
In the box, there were rows of pistols! To be honest, Chen Tao is just a college student who has just graduated. In this new era of law-based society where the door of reform and opening up is wide open and the country is prosperous and the people are safe, Chen Tao has never thought that Uncle Long and the others actually have guns. In Chen Tao's opinion, guns are an absolutely untouchable forbidden area.
Chen Tao looked at the people around him with some horror, and then looked at Haozi who was pulling Old Man Liu to talk in the distance. At this moment, a shocking wave arose deep in his heart, and all his knowledge of the people around him disappeared at this moment. All disintegrated.
"What kind of family do I live in? What kind of people are around me!" At this moment, Chen Tao's brain was in a state of shock and disbelief. He thought of his father, his grandfather, and everyone around him.
He stared blankly at the box of firearms and bullets. After being shocked and nervous, he became so calm that he couldn't even believe it.
"Now that we have come to this step, I will admit it even if the sky falls!" Chen Tao knew in his heart that since he had chosen this step, he had to accept it unconditionally without any room for rejection. What kind of secrets does this family have? Chen Tao didn't dare to think about it anymore.
The people around him, including Uncle Long, quickly took the pistols and bullets and hid them in their backpacks, leaving only a lonely pistol lying on the stand in the box.
Boss Zhang on the side saw him looking like this. He knew at a glance that he had never touched a gun. He couldn't help but sneer in his heart: "You street boy, I thought you were so capable, but it turns out you are just a guy who doesn't even have a gun." The cucumber egg dumplings I touched, oh, tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Boss Zhang shook his head in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "How about it, little boss Chen, my equipment is pretty good, right?"
Chen Taoli ignored him. At this moment, he was struggling fiercely in his heart. He looked up at Uncle Long again, who was also looking at him. From Uncle Long's eyes, Chen Tao saw a trace of encouragement, a trace of expectation, and an emotion that made Chen Tao want to cry.
He knew what Uncle Long wanted to say, and he also understood what Uncle Long meant. If he couldn't bear it, don't touch these things, don't touch the family secrets, just be an ordinary person, and no one would blame him.
Chen Tao hesitated and struggled. His hands were shaking, his fists were clenched so hard that his nails dug into his flesh.
"I have to make a choice!" This was Chen Tao's inner voice. He knew that as long as he took one more small step forward, his life would completely change and everything in the past would be completely gone.
Looking at Uncle Long's eyes, he wanted to shrink back, to avoid all this, to go back to the time when he still didn't understand anything, but all this was no longer possible. No matter whether he chooses this path today or not, he will never be able to go back to his old self who knew nothing and was happy all day long.
He looked at Haozi in the distance and thought of this brother who had grown up with him. He dropped out of school early to learn a trade with Mr. Li. Now it seemed that he was also sacrificing for the sake of his family.
"So have you been taking on these things from the beginning?" Looking at the thin body in front of him, Chen Tao's eyes were a little blurry, "Thank you for your hard work, brother!"
"You have to grow up quickly, this family needs you, the Spirit Alliance needs you!" The voices of his father and Uncle Long overlapped infinitely in his mind, amplified, and he remembered the words that Uncle Long asked him to remember. , we are tomb keepers, not tomb robbers. We must never forget our duty as human beings at any time!
"Yes, my duty, my true intention! I am the Chen family, the guardian of the tomb, the Chen family! I am, Chen Tao! This is the responsibility I must bear!"
He exhaled a shaky breath, and slowly stretched out his trembling hand. The purple nail marks on his palm gradually gained a trace of blood.
Snapped! Chen Tao's hand pressed heavily on the gun.
"I won't back down!"
