Chapter 201: Stone Slab Blocking the Cave Entrance

The reason for not taking the dogs was because there were too many small gaps in the pile of messy stones. Once a dog's leg got stuck, it would be quite troublesome. If the dog got injured because of this, it would make the three of them feel heartbroken!

The three tied up the dogs and, led by Wang An, walked in a line toward the middle of the pile of messy stones.

Sure enough, as Wang An expected, this was a small road. These messy stones were actually deliberately placed here by that bunch of Little Days back then. As for this small road, it was very likely the work of that spy.

It was just that several years had passed since the spy incident, which was why small shrubs had grown on this small road. However, small shrubs like this didn't have much influence; just step over them.

Soon, the three arrived at this small slope with no debris. This small slope was about 3 square meters, and no animals had passed through here because there were no animal footprints.

So although the snow was frozen very hard, it was in blocks. The three took out their hunting knives, quickly cleared it out, and then a stone slab was revealed.

This stone slab was a piece cut from a large stone with an irregular shape.

So this stone slab covering this place didn't have a hint of disharmony, just like a stone buried here, only a small part was exposed. If you didn't observe carefully, you would absolutely not discover that this was actually just a movable stone slab.

And even if all the snow melted, this cave entrance wouldn't be easily discovered by people. One has to admit that the person who blocked this cave entrance was absolutely a genius born of a bitch!

The stone slab wasn't large, about 1.2 meters long and wide. On the downhill side of the stone slab, there happened to be a stone buried in the ground that stuck the stone slab, preventing it from sliding.

This stone slab didn't look heavy, but because it was frozen, it didn't move at all after pushing it a few times. The three kicked it a few times, but it was still useless.

"Fine, stop kicking. You two go chop some firewood, chop a lot, okay? By the way, chop a few torches. I'll rest for a while," Wang An said with a thick-skinned face.

Wang An was both a brother-in-law and a Fourth Brother, and he also took good care of Mu Xueli and Wang Li, so Wang An didn't do many of the running-around chores. However, Mu Xueli and Wang Li didn't complain either, all feeling that this was a matter of course.

Although Mu Xueli and Wang Li did more manual labor, the person who contributed the most among the three was Wang An, whether it was taking them into the mountain, lending them guns, or selling fur at a high price; they were both beneficiaries.

No matter when, there was never a lack of people to do manual labor.

Wang An sat on the stone slab and smoked a cigarette, but suddenly discovered that the number of times he smoked every day seemed to have become much more frequent. Before, it was one or two cigarettes a day on average, but now it seemed to be three or four cigarettes a day.

Although the cigarette boxes at this time didn't have the six words "Smoking is harmful to health" written on them, as someone who had been through it, Wang An knew the harm of smoking. However, quitting smoking was impossible; smoking a little less was fine!

After a while, Mu Xueli and Wang Li returned, each carrying a large bundle of firewood. Wang An looked at his watch; it was already 11:30. So he greeted Mu Xueli and Wang Li, and the three of them walked to the sled together, took the pot and all the dry food the three had brought, and took 6 pheasants, returning to the stone slab again.

So, the three started a fire on the stone slab, and then the three worked together to pluck the pheasants. Saying plucking, it was actually pulling the whole skin down. These pheasants were frozen stiff, and they had to be pulled hard after being roasted a little; otherwise, this thing couldn't be eaten at all.

One large cornmeal bun for each dog, and two dogs shared one pheasant. Wang An distributed it fairly and reasonably. The dogs definitely weren't full, but without hunting, that was all they could do.

The three people stewed one pheasant and each ate two two-grain steamed buns, so this meal was just muddled through.

After eating, the stone slab was also burning hot. The three moved the snow blocks they had thrown aside back, threw them onto the stone slab to cool it down. This stone slab was quite sturdy; under the action of this heat and cold, it didn't crack, but this wasn't important; what the three cared about was the entrance.

Then, with excited hearts, the three moved the stone slab to one side and looked at the stairs in the cave, which extended from the entrance to the darkness inside. The three became even more excited. Although there were many ventilation holes on the Mount Shitou, for the sake of safety, Wang An still lit a torch and threw it into the cave. The torch didn't go out, proving that the ventilation inside was good, at least it wouldn't delay breathing.

In the Northeast, the way to make a torch was very simple: chop a section of pine resin, wrap it with dry linden bark at one end, and the torch was made.

Pine resin is dry pine wood, which can be seen everywhere in the big mountain. The most bullshit thing about this thing after burning is that it emits black smoke, and the black smoke is quite large, especially choking.

If a person holds a torch to travel, after two or three hours, they will be covered in black ash on their face and body.

Wang An's experience in his past life had engraved caution into his bones, so Wang An tied a hemp rope around his waist and handed the other end to Mu Xueli, then said seriously to Mu Xueli and Wang Li:

"I'll go in and take a look first. You two wait for me outside. If I pull the hemp rope twice in a row, you come in. If I pull the hemp rope three times, then pull me out. Do you understand?"

Seeing Wang An so serious, Mu Xueli and Wang Li couldn't help but become nervous. After all, in the secret bases of the devils discovered before, there was basically poison in every base. To say there was no danger in this mountain cave would definitely be a lie.

After Wang An finished speaking, he was about to walk into the mountain cave. At this time, Mu Xueli said, "Brother-in-law, let me go in and take a look first. You are more useful outside than I am."

Wang Li also said, "Fourth Brother, let me..."

Wang Li hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by Wang An with a smile, "No need, you two just stay put. Remember, if I pull twice, you two come in; if I pull three times, you two pull me. Do you remember?"

"Remember, brother-in-law, Fourth Brother," Mu Xueli and Wang Li answered at the same time.

"I'm going in. You two be careful outside, don't get messed up by the black blind man (bear) again." Wang An joked with a smile and walked into the cave along the stairs.

Wang An was walking down at this time, and he should have been in an upright posture, but unfortunately, this cave was dug according to the height of the devils, 1.5 meters, definitely less than 1.6 meters in cave height, making Wang An walk with a hunched waist at this time. Not only did he hunch his waist, but he also had to shrink his neck.

Otherwise, his head would have an intimate collision with the stone cave ceiling. After two intimate contacts, Wang An was completely made honest, because Wang An finally confirmed that even if he wore a hat, his head couldn't beat the stone!

After walking into the cave, Wang An felt that the space inside this Mount Shitou was like an "urn" turned upside down on the ground, as thick as a vat, but not as high as a vat.

On the side wall of the "urn," there were stairs going down in a circle. The air circulation inside the "urn" was also very good, because Wang An had no feeling of suffocation, and the torch didn't go out.

This made Wang An feel quite relieved. While walking down, Wang An carefully observed the surroundings. Unexpectedly, there were many candles in the small holes on the stone wall, and there were also several horse lamps hanging. Wang An lit the horse lamps without hesitation.

Although this horse lamp wasn't as bright as a torch, it didn't choke people! Besides, with so many horse lamps, just light a few more and it'll be done!

Wang An subsequently poked the torch on the stairs to put it out and continued to walk down with the horse lamp.

Promoting a friend's book, "Reborn in the 80s: Counterattacking from Breaking Off the Engagement," it's quite interesting.

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