Chapter 512

Since he hadn't seen Cui Tianbing and didn't know where to look for him, Wang An drove the horse cart straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Because he was about to spend more than a month in the mountains, if he didn't prepare enough supplies, life after entering the mountains would definitely be quite difficult.

The key was that gold panning required focus; he couldn't just run out every few days.

If he did that, it would not only waste time but also easily attract the attention of those with ulterior motives, which would be completely counterproductive.

After arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative, he once again ran into a young man who volunteered to help watch the cart.

This time, Wang An had learned his lesson and asked directly: "Who do you run with? Can you keep an eye on my cart?"

When the young man heard this, he knew he had met an expert, so he immediately said quite arrogantly:

"This area is now under the control of our Seventh Master. Mentioning our Seventh Master is guaranteed to work."

Everyone who runs in the underworld, fearing being looked down upon, will try hard to raise their own status.

This has led to honorifics like this "Master" and that "Brother."

It gives people the impression that this person is doing well, since they can even be called "Master."

But in fact, they are just the leader of a group of hoodlums, just like Wang An was before; he counts as a big hoodlum.

To be honest, because he hadn't seen his brothers and had been shunned by someone, Wang An wasn't in a very good mood, but he didn't want to cause trouble either.

So Wang An asked directly: "How much to watch the cart?"

When the young man heard there was a deal, he said very happily:

"One mao for two hours, guaranteed that nothing will be lost."

Wang An didn't think much of the price when he heard it. He took out his money and found he didn't have any small change in fen, so he took out a one-mao note and handed it over.

At the same time, he said: "Make sure you watch it well. Don't make me go straight to the South Brigade to find Liu Xiaojun's house."

After Wang An finished speaking, he turned and walked into the supply and marketing cooperative.

He left behind the dumbfounded young man, who stared blankly at Wang An's back.

Because the "Liu Xiaojun" Wang An mentioned was exactly the "Seventh Master" the young man had spoken of.

And the South Brigade Wang An mentioned was exactly the address of Liu Xiaojun's home.

After a while, Wang An's horse cart was full of things.

Although there were many things, there were also many varieties, mainly rice, white flour, refined salt, biscuits, and cigarettes. He also bought several aluminum lunch boxes, a flashlight and batteries, as well as kerosene, candles, and matches.

The main thing was that there were too many people, and small amounts of things wouldn't be enough.

After tying everything down on the horse cart, Wang An drove the cart toward home.

I have to say, the young man watching the cart was quite capable, at least much better than the last one.

Because Wang An had gone in and out of the supply and marketing cooperative several times and clearly saw that people had approached his cart.

But they turned and left after seeing the young man watching the cart.

That one mao really wasn't spent in vain!

Not long after leaving the county seat, Wang An subconsciously touched his pocket, only to suddenly remember that the big 54 he had in his pocket had already been given to Fang Xiue.

After thinking for a moment, Wang An pulled the 56-semi out from under the straw mat.

He thought to himself that after getting home, he must remember to put another big 54 in his pocket.

To be honest, without a gun in his pocket, he really felt a bit panicked!

On the way back, everything was fine, and even when passing the turn, nothing happened. This made Wang An's mood much better.

But when Wang An passed Yangshu Tuntun and was still more than 1 li away from Kaoshan Tuntun, Wang An ran into someone he didn't want to run into.

To be precise, it was someone he didn't want to run into and a familiar-looking stranger. The person he didn't want to run into was Niu Great Ming, and Wang An couldn't recall who the familiar-looking stranger was.

I have to say, Niu Great Ming still had some schemes; seeing Wang An driving the cart from far away, he even took the initiative to greet him.

He heard Niu Great Ming say with a smile: "Back, Xiao An."

You don't hit a smiling face; besides, no matter what, since the other party took the initiative to speak, Wang An couldn't be rude, so Wang An replied:

"Yeah, going out, Brother Niu?"

Niu Great Ming replied: "Yeah."

Originally, it was just a simple greeting, but Wang An noticed that the familiar-looking stranger kept his head down and even turned his head slightly to the other side.

In other words, Wang An could only see the back of this person's head.

However, what this person didn't know was that when he was still far away, Wang An had already memorized his appearance.

It was just that Wang An really couldn't remember where he had seen this person.

Just like that, after the greeting, Wang An drove the cart home, while Niu Great Ming and the familiar-looking stranger drove their cart toward Yangshu Tuntun.

When Wang An arrived home with the cart, he finally remembered who this familiar-looking stranger was.

He was one of the people who had been in Duan Laohu's house the time Wang An dealt with Duan Laohu.

Being able to remember such an inconspicuous character, although Wang An's brain had a good memory, it really took him a long time.

Logically speaking, neither of these two was a good thing, so Wang An felt that the two of them getting together definitely meant they were up to no good.

Thinking of this, Wang An decided to go and find out.

What Wang An didn't know was that a few days ago, the map of Wang An's house in the hands of those people in LQ County had been drawn by Niu Great Ming and then handed over through this person's hands.

And at this moment, by the time Wang An wanted to chase after them to find out, Niu Great Ming and this person had already driven their cart away.

Seeing his father working in the yard, Wang An immediately said:

"Dad, help me unload the cart; I have something to do outside."

As Wang An spoke, he turned and went into the house.

Although Wang Dazhu wanted to know what was going on, he didn't ask, but put down his work and walked toward the horse.

Wang An walked into the west room, quickly took out a big 54 from the kang cabinet, pressed bullets into the magazine, and then hurriedly left the room.

When Wang An walked out of the door, he saw Wang Dazhu leading the big green horse toward the stable.

Wang An stepped forward to take the reins from Wang Dazhu's hand, and while walking toward the door of the lower room, he said to Wang Dazhu:

"Dad, I still need to ride this horse for a lap; you unload the stallion first."

Wang Dazhu finally couldn't help but ask:

"What's the matter? Why are you in such a rush?"

Wang An didn't have time to answer. He walked into the lower room and took out the saddle. In the gap of saddling the big green horse, Wang An answered Wang Dazhu:

"Just before I came back, I saw Niu Great Ming and a hoodlum from the county heading toward Yangshu Tuntun. I suspect they are up to something, so I'm going to go take a look."

Wang Dazhu paused upon hearing this, then said:

"How about I go with you?"

Wang An thought about it, but still felt that he couldn't let his father get involved in this, so he refused: "No need, I'm just going to take a look."

(End of chapter)