Chapter 994: A hidden treasure: It's a pity, the big head wasn't caught

When Li Long drove into the mountains with a gun, Gu Bo Yuan received Dong Zhi Chao's call again at the acquisition station.

"Gone, there are no watermelon seeds, sold out, the money has been divided." Gu Bo Yuan said angrily, "No need to call again, even if you call, they are gone..."

He was answering the phone here, and Sun Jia Qiang was shouting there:

"Uncle Gu, are we collecting watermelon seeds?"

"Collect, why not collect?" Gu Bo Yuan covered the receiver and said, "I'll be there immediately."

After saying this, he loosened the receiver and said to Dong Zhi Chao: "Heard clearly, right? The watermelon seeds are gone. If you want to buy, come early next year, and don't play those tricks again!"

After saying this, he hung up the phone.

Dong Zhi Chao was a bit dazed listening. He heard the sentence Gu Bo Yuan said to Sun Jia Qiang and felt that there were watermelon seeds on that side.

Li Long didn't answer the phone; did that mean he didn't want to listen to himself anymore?

Regret.

Why did he have to play such a small trick?

Not long after hanging up the phone, someone called to find him.

Qiao Xing? Never heard of him?

Li Long drove the jeep to his wooden house first.

Meng Hai and the others hadn't started repairing the road yet. The land in the team hadn't been plowed, and every family was finishing up farm work.

Not to mention grain entering the granary, at least the things on the threshing floor had to be put in place, the coal to be hauled in winter had to be hauled enough, the kindling reeds, corn stalks, etc., had to be stacked well.

The corn stalks here were cut close to the ground, without roots. The roots were directly plowed into the ground. With nearly half a year of winter, the corn roots could rot in the ground and become fertilizer returning to the earth.

What made Li Long a bit relieved was that the lock of the wooden house was intact and hadn't been destroyed.

There were some plum blossom prints on the wooden floor in front of the house, obviously many non-human guests had come at night recently.

Because no one had lived here for a long time, grass grew in the cracks of the wooden floor, and the path to the spring had been completely covered by grass.

Li Long took a big broom from the shed and simply swept away the dust and grass on the wooden floor, then opened the door and took out the bedding inside to air.

Actually, it was already very cold in the mountains at night at this time, but when the big sun came out, it could still be aired. If not aired, the quilt would have a moldy smell.

After doing these things, Li Long parked the jeep here and locked it, carried his backpack, and took his gun toward the mountains in the southeast.

He went directly into the dense forest. Although he walked on a path he hadn't walked much before, he tried his best to take a shortcut. But Li Long knew the location of his destination. He had long legs, great strength, and good resilience. He passed through forests and ditches, crossed ridge after ridge, and occasionally encountered rabbits startled away. The rabbits ran out for more than ten meters and stopped. Li Long didn't care about them and continued forward.

Half an hour later, Li Long arrived at Wenquan Ditch.

The grass in the mountains had long turned yellow, and only some grass by the water maintained its green color. Occasionally, one or two flowers could be seen.

Thick pine needles, cedar leaves, and cypress branches were on the ground, making Li Long feel very comfortable stepping on them.

Some mushrooms that hadn't dried out were growing tenaciously under the trees and in the grass, and there were even relatively beautiful purple mushrooms. Li Long didn't dare to pick them.

Although he knew there was a special beautiful purple mushroom in the Tianshan Mountains that could be eaten, called what? Velvet mushroom? Li Long hadn't eaten it; it was said to be very delicious.

He didn't dare. This thing... purple, although he had seen it in the wild mushroom market in Zhaosu in his previous life, he didn't dare to buy it, thinking it was poisonous at the time.

Looking at the water in the stream of Wenquan Ditch, it had also decreased quite a bit. Li Long thought it should be much better when repairing the road.

He walked with long strides to the pool where he soaked in the hot spring at the beginning and found that the water in the pool was still full, otherwise it wouldn't flow down.

He squatted down to touch it. The water was warm, and there were hoof prints nearby, but the mud where the hoof prints were stepped on was dry, at least for more than half a day.

Recently, no animals should have come here to play.

Li Long was a bit disappointed and looked at the mountain to the south. At the beginning, he followed this water flow up and found his first piece of natural gold in his life. Now that thing was still hidden at home.

This time he didn't follow the stream up, but directly crossed the ridge to the east.

He had been to the south and southeast, but hadn't crossed the east. Li Long wanted to see what was over there.

Passing through the dense forest, Li Long saw ridges full of shrubs and mountain gullies covered with tall grass.

It seemed that no sheep or cattle had ever walked here, no large livestock had passed by, so there was no path at all.

Many shrubs still had thorns, and Li Long regretted taking this path a bit.

But since he had arrived here, he only had to bite the bullet and move forward. He held the gun in his left hand, pulled out the machete in his right hand, and started to chop the branches in front, wanting to chop out a path.

This machete hadn't been used for a long time, but Li Long often maintained it, so it hadn't rusted and was still sharp.

Chopping all the way, he soon reached the bottom of the ditch. Just as Li Long was preparing to continue upward, he suddenly heard a grunting sound not far to the right front. He turned his head and saw a half-grown wild boar looking at him with its head raised.

Li Long was stunned for a moment, dropped the machete, switched the gun from his left hand to his right, opened the safety, and prepared to shoot. The wild boar also reacted, lowered its head and arched forward, and suddenly darted into the shrubbery and disappeared!

Li Long didn't pull the trigger, but picked up the machete and quickly chased in the direction of the movement.

In the past, when the field of vision was clear, he wouldn't even need to chase. With a predicted lead, he could directly shoot and kill this lone wild boar.

But the grass in this mountain ditch was too deep and there were too many shrubs. When the wild boar ran, he could only see the tall grass or shrubs move, and couldn't see the wild boar's figure at all.

Couldn't shoot!

He could only chase the wild boar, hoping to chase it to a place where the grass and wood were sparse, so that he could see it, and then it would be easy to shoot.

The wild boar also knew that the big guy chasing it was a mortal enemy, and if it was caught, it would die, so it ran extremely fast, crashing all the way, and even crashed into the roots of the shrubs several times. It didn't get through once, then arched out a path hard and ran forward.

Li Long's steps were large, but the grass here was too deep, and he couldn't run too fast. Even though he was very careful, his face was still scratched by several blood marks.

He was a bit annoyed. He rarely hunted like this. Usually, it was an ambush, and then one or several shots to kill the prey.

Or encounter the prey and directly aim and snipe. As long as it was within a hundred meters, he was confident—if it was an ambush, he could hit it within a hundred and fifty meters.

But at the moment, this wild boar was at most twenty or thirty meters away from Li Long, but at such a short distance, he couldn't hit it. This was truly annoying!

This ditch was still very long, looking at least one or two kilometers. This wild boar also had enough patience, running all the way, and even let it chop out a path at a position half a meter high.

Finally, it was almost at the head of this ditch, but Li Long was surprised to find that there was a gap at the head of the ditch, unlike other ditches that broke the road when they reached the end. This ditch and the ditch next door were seamlessly connected!

He and the wild boar's distance had already widened to thirty or forty meters. If he let this wild boar directly arch into the ditch next door, wouldn't he lose the chase?

But having chased for so long, he wasn't willing to give up—was this sunk cost? If he hadn't chased at the very beginning, he wouldn't feel anything. Now that he had chased for so long, he really wasn't willing to give up!

Continue chasing!

Li Long increased his pace, and his breathing had already become rapid. Was this a sign that his lung capacity had declined because he hadn't exercised for a long time?

That wild boar kept grunting, indicating its approximate position, and also showing that it was still there.

Obviously, it was also exhausted.

Reaching the head of the ditch, the wild boar only cared about lowering its head, and along the direction of the deep grass, it suddenly arched into the ditch next door—Li Long also followed.

Looking over, there was much less grass and shrubs here. Li Long was overjoyed. As long as he chased past this piece at the head of the ditch, and after the wild boar's figure was revealed, he could shoot!

There were many stones in this ditch. Some didn't expose much above the ground, while some stood up like walls, like dog teeth, like houses.

Just before the wild boar darted out of the tall grass, it suddenly banged and didn't move!

Li Long looked in the direction of the sound. There were a few protruding stones there. Did the wild boar hit the stones?

That would be great. No need for him to shoot! ===== CHAPTER 995 =====