Chapter 670: The wooden cabin became a fishing spot: these two heartless ones

These two people had been eyeing the wooden cabin, preparing to do something big.

Of course, this "something big" was what they called it. The uninjured one gave a rough idea, but the one with the injured leg was afraid of dying, so he urged Li Long to finish asking quickly so he could go back and treat his wound, and thus explained the plan clearly.

The two of them had already robbed several people in the mountains.

Basically, every time they stayed here, after people exchanged for fritillaria, they would tail the people who exchanged things. After following them to where they lived, they would either use a knife to point at the other party and rob them, or wait for the other party to go dig for fritillaria and then steal the fritillaria people had worked so hard to dig.

Digging for fritillaria in the mountains was itself illegal, so those whose fritillaria was stolen had no way to seek justice and could only accept their bad luck.

The kneeling person gave the one who was shot several winks, telling him not to say so much, but how could the one who was shot and lying down care about that? He spilled everything like beans from a bamboo tube.

He was afraid that if he didn't finish speaking, Li Long wouldn't treat him, and what if he bled to death?

After speaking, he saw the person next to him winking at him, and he roared:

"You damn bastard, you didn't get shot, so you're not anxious!"

Well, that made a lot of sense.

The kneeling person just sighed in his heart; this time, there was nothing left.

Li Long quickly asked where they were hiding. The fritillaria they had robbed was also piled up there.

Li Long had the uninjured one carry the injured one, and with his gun pointed at them, he had the two walk toward the wooden cabin together.

Sun Jia Qiang had just heard the gunshot, but he didn't know the situation. He only started rushing over when he heard Li Long's roar, and by the time he arrived, Li Long was already escorting the people toward him.

And so they met in the middle.

After seeing this situation, Sun Jia Qiang was a bit confused, and Li Long explained it simply.

It was fine; Sun Jia Qiang was truly able to come over and help when there was something to do, and he felt his previous decision was correct.

What surprised Li Long was that after the people were carried to the wooden cabin, just as Li Long intended to drive the jeep to send the two people to the forestry team, Bolati galloped over on his horse. He only pulled the reins when he was less than twenty meters from the wooden cabin; the horse reared up, and when it stopped, it couldn't help but neigh, "Hee-hee-hee."

This horsemanship was truly superb!

Li Long sighed, and after Bolati got down, he told him about the situation with these two people.

Bolati had also rushed over quickly after hearing the gunshot.

To tell the truth, although this guy loved to drink and liked to brag, he truly came over when there was something to do.

Hearing what Li Long said, he went over to look at the wound on that person's leg and said:

"It's fine, it's fine, it went through, the bullet came out, it's fine, it'll be better in a few days. As for this person, I'll take him away."

After speaking, he took a rope from the horse's back, tied the person up, put him on the horse's back, and then said to the other person:

"Come here!"

That person hurried over.

He didn't dare stay at Li Long's place for too long; Li Long truly dared to shoot.

"Come, tie your hands, you're coming with me!" Bolati's movements were a bit rough, but that person didn't have any objections.

Li Long said to Bolati:

"Wait until I find the fritillaria they robbed, and you can come back in the afternoon to take it as evidence."

"Fine," Bolati responded, and then rode away on his horse.

The injured person who was carried on the horse's back jolted, let out a painful cry, and Bolati lashed him on the back with a whip, cursing:

"Shut up! Did you let others call out when you were robbing them? You bastard..."

"Are you really going to hand over those fritillaria to Bolati?" Sun Jia Qiang couldn't help but ask after the people had gone far away.

"We'll see after we find them," Li Long waved his hand. "You stay here. I suspect they might not only be eyeing those who exchange fritillaria, but might also be eyeing you. You should be careful here too... I'm going over now to find the place they mentioned."

Li Long didn't think those two people would lie; if they could still lie under the guidance of a gun barrel, Li Long would toast them.

After speaking, Li Long took his gun and got into the jeep. He placed the gun in the passenger seat and then drove toward the east.

The location those two people mentioned wasn't far from Yushanjiang's winter shelter. It was a bit far from here, and it was hard for these two people to be able to lie here and watch. They had run far enough.

His own wooden cabin had become a fishing spot for others; Li Long felt uncomfortable no matter how he thought about it.

He already regretted not beating up the other one who was better off.

He got off easy!

When Li Long was heading toward Yushanjiang's winter shelter, he went to check on the Xiaobai Gully side.

Except for one young person left behind, everyone else in the camp had already left.

Li Long asked and only then found out that this young person didn't like digging for fritillaria and planned to have a good rest.

Anyway, there was meat in the camp, and there was no need to work right now, so he could have a good rest. Moreover, those people said they would share some fritillaria when they returned.

He didn't want much, just wanted a little to take home and keep; if someone in his family coughed, they could grind it into powder and drink it.

Li Long nodded and didn't say much, then left in the car. Since everyone was digging for fritillaria, he also had to go find fritillaria.

The jeep stopped at Yushanjiang's winter shelter. After getting out of the car, Li Long looked and felt more and more that he must find time tomorrow to renovate Yushanjiang's winter shelter as well.

The contrast with Halimu's winter shelter was too strong.

Li Long turned into the gully to the west and began to search for the place where they hid things, relying on what those two people had just said.

This place was a bit close to the location of those three people, but not in the same gully. At the time, when Li Long asked for the location clearly, he specifically asked, and fortunately, he knew it wasn't the same gully.

However, their location was also a stone cave.

Such gullies were relatively easy to find. In most of the gullies here, there were relatively few stones, just pine trees on one side and grassy slopes or shrubs on the other.

Only less than one-third of the gullies were of the all-stone type, where no pine trees grew, only shrubs.

Of course, changing to another location, some gullies near the north were all gullies full of stones; this was the magic of the Tianshan Mountains.

Because it was located where the tectonic plates were squeezed, all kinds of terrain could be seen.

By the time Li Long found that stone gully, it was almost time for lunch.

The location was indeed not far from the winter shelter in Yushan Gully, but the terrain here was relatively complex, making it a bit troublesome to find.

If it weren't for Li Long's strength being sufficient, his climbing being fast enough, and his relative familiarity with the nearby terrain, it wouldn't have been easy to find.

The hiding place of these two people was also a cave from a long time ago, artificially excavated. Li Long guessed that this was also highly likely left behind by gold miners from before.

There were no words on the wall, and the space was smaller than the one found earlier, but it was piled full of things inside.

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Seven bags of fritillaria, seven full bags.

Li Long guessed that these people had poured all those half-bags together after robbing the fritillaria.

He opened a bag to look and found they were all half-dried.

These seven bags of fritillaria weighed over three hundred kilograms; even if they became dried goods, there should be nearly two hundred kilograms.

Although a bit dirty, after washing and drying, it was estimated they could sell for nearly ten thousand yuan.

Truly not a small amount.

Li Long didn't intend to hand it all over; at least he had to keep a large portion for himself.

Otherwise, after working so hard to find it, was he going to contribute it to others?

Besides fritillaria, there were two bags here, and the bags contained quite a few things. Some things exchanged from the wooden cabin, such as short knives, dried meat, dried noodles, etc., as well as two bags of small change, totaling a few dozen yuan.

Li Long felt some of it should be what he had exchanged with those who dug for fritillaria.

There were also some tools for digging fritillaria. Li Long took a glance and prepared to pack these things together later and then hand them over to Li Jianguo and the others. They were useful anyway.

Carrying a bag of fritillaria in each hand, Li Long climbed over the mountain to where the jeep was and put them down.

After several trips back and forth, moving almost everything inside, Li Long finally felt relieved.

He was thinking about how to divide these fritillaria.

But no matter what, he couldn't swallow it all alone.

Li Long drove the jeep to Xiaobaiyang Gully first, preparing to eat lunch here.

Lunch was very simple, just dried noodles in meat soup.

Old Huang had also joined the ranks of digging for fritillaria and didn't have time to cook properly. Anyway, it was the last lunch, so just eating casually was fine.

However, he promised everyone that they would have a good dinner, eat up the remaining meat, and then just eat something simple early tomorrow morning before returning.

Although it was made simply, the meat soup with dried noodles wasn't hard to eat at all; on the contrary, it was very delicious. Everyone was hungry, and one by one, they held enamel basins as big as heads, burying their heads and slurping the noodles and drinking the soup, looking very spectacular.

Li Long was also one of them.

While eating, he talked about the robbery by those two people, which everyone found very surprising.

They didn't expect that the dangers faced in the mountains weren't just wild animals, but also those who were digging for medicine together.

"It's just because there are so many of us here; if it weren't for that, we might have encountered robbers too," Old Huang sighed.

Today, Li Jianguo dug nearly four kilograms of fritillaria in the morning and afternoon, counting as the most among these people.

Some who dug less dug less than a kilogram.

After all, digging this thing really depended on proficiency and experience; some people needed to spend a lot of effort just to find it, let alone dig it.

However, after Li Long asked, he was also very surprised; most of these people were thinking about bringing the fritillaria they dug back, keeping a portion at home, and giving a portion to their relatives and friends.

Since they had come into the mountains, they couldn't go back empty-handed. This fritillaria was a very good gift.

Li Long felt a bit surprised, but thinking about it, it was normal.

After all, China was considered a society of human relationships; if these people came into the mountains and earned money, it was impossible for their relatives and friends not to have any thoughts.

But bringing them things, local specialties from the mountains, was equivalent to blocking their mouths.

Taking things makes one soft-handed, eating things makes one soft-mouthed; if they took things and then said unpleasant things, they truly wouldn't be good people.

So, in this way, bringing fritillaria back was truly a good thing.

Li Long quite agreed.

After lunch, Li Long drove the jeep toward the wooden cabin; he had to wait for Bolati there. He planned to discuss this matter openly with Bolati; anyway, it was impossible for Bolati to take it all away. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 671 =====