Flashlights were very expensive at that time, and their torches were made of pure nature. They used a wooden stick wrapped in thick hay. Outside the hay, they got some pine oil from the pine tree and used a match to light it.

During this period, Zhao Tianbao had to swim and hold a torch, so he fell at the end. The other two friends were in the middle, and Gouwa swam at the front. From Zhao Tianbao's sight, he could only see a blurry figure.

Gouwa likes breaststroke, so at first glance, it looks like there is only a human head floating on the water.

In such a dark environment, people will inevitably have some fantasies, especially children. They are not very courageous. A little scary fantasy is enough to scare themselves. Zhao Tianbao looked at Gouwa's head floating on the water and just felt

Very scary.

At this moment, Gouwa in front suddenly plunged into the water, and the remaining three people were startled. Then Gouwa surfaced again, suddenly turned his head, and stared directly at Zhao Tianbao.

Zhao Tianbao almost had menstruation without being frightened, and hurriedly asked: "Brother Gouwa, what's wrong? Are you planning to carve it here?"

But Gouwa did not answer. However, at this moment, the two friends in front suddenly screamed. After more than thirty years, the sound still occasionally sounded in Zhao Tianbao's dreams. It was a kind of

When they were extremely frightened, they let out a cry like a wild animal, and then the two friends began to swim back crazily.

Zhao Tianbao was stunned at the time, so he didn't react. When he went to see Gou Wa again, he suddenly found that the water where Gou Wa was was turned blood red. Was he bitten by a fish?

Zhao Tianbao was frightened and hurriedly raised the torch higher. As the torch was raised high, the irradiation range suddenly became larger. At this time, Zhao Tianbao discovered that there was nothing under Gouwa's head...

"ah--!"

………………

Next, the three friends were greatly stimulated. When Gouwa's parents heard what happened, his mother immediately fainted. Among the two friends at that time, one of them was a girl, also named Niu Niu.

In rural areas, there are a lot of people with names like Niuniu.

Niu Niu is a pretty and cute little girl. She often wears two braids. She wears a red cotton-padded jacket in winter. In summer, she wears shorts like boys, and goes to the mountains to cut grass and go down to the river to fish.

But after that incident, Niu Niu was frightened and became a fool who couldn't control her saliva and snot. She was very sloppy. When she was sixteen, her parents married her to a bachelor several villages away.

Blind man, there is no need to say how the couple lived.

When Zhao Tianbao said this, he sighed deeply, as if he was trapped in the memories of that year, but after just a moment, he recovered and continued to blackmail his uncle for cigarettes, and then said: "This matter is a sad thing for me, and I rarely do it to others.

As I mentioned before, I have a fate with a few of you, so I would like to remind you that there are some strange things in the general's cave, so don't try to find treasures."

The uncle heard something was wrong. From beginning to end, he and Ali never mentioned the treasure. How did this person named Zhao know?

Ali obviously noticed something was wrong. She looked at her uncle and said immediately, "How do you know we are planning to find a treasure?"

"Hey." Zhao Tianbao said: "This is so new. If you weren't for the treasure in Jiangjun Cave, who would have gone to that place? It is said that when the defeated army entered the mountains, they brought many large wooden boxes with them, which probably contained military pay.

, those things are all antiques now, and they are already worth a lot of money. I guess they are now

It's still sinking in the water, waiting for someone to fish it out. But I can tell you that there are quite a few second-rate people in our area who are hunting for these treasures. A total of four groups of people have gone in, and none of them have come out. I advise you to give up. The scenery there is

That’s great, just treat it like a trip, you can stay at my house and I’ll give you a 20% discount.”

Ali nodded, and then said calmly: "Thank you for telling us the news and seeing off the guests."

The two bodyguards immediately lifted Zhao Tianbao up and threw him back into the corridor. Originally, the uncle was full of expectations for this operation, because this might be the key to solving all the mysteries, but when Zhao Tianbao said this,

It seems that the future is full of risks.

The uncle thought for a while and said to Ali: "I will go alone then. You can find a place to stay by yourself and wait for me there."

Ali pursed her lips, a little angry, and said: "Guomin, you are worried about me, can I just let you go?"

The uncle knew what Ali was thinking. He felt that he was very lucky. Ali had studied abroad. In today’s terms, she was a returnee from overseas. She was also a second-generation turtle official. She could be so devoted to him. It was really his fault.

Of course, the uncle didn’t want Ali to take risks, so he started a small dispute on the train.

, but in the end, the uncle was defeated, because at the last moment, Ali pouted in anger, grabbed the uncle's ears with her hands, and cursed: "Sun Guomin, you just think that I am a woman and will give you

Isn't it a hindrance? Let me tell you, when I was studying in the United States, I practiced Sanda. Do you want to try it now?"

The uncle screamed when she grabbed her, and when he heard that she wanted to fight him, he immediately begged for mercy.

After getting off the train, Zhao Tianbao still refused to give up and kept trying to persuade the uncle and others to stay at his house. This man was shrewd and could see that the uncle and others were determined to stay here. Since he wanted to keep this place, he would definitely not go to Jiangjun Cave twice a day.

For heaven's sake, it must be a long-term stay.

Doesn't staying overnight mean money?

Some people comment on China's economic development and use the word "shock" to describe how backward China was more than 20 years ago and how difficult it is to make money. It is unimaginable for today's young people. Zhao Tianbao just wants to earn accommodation fees.

The uncle thought that when he arrived at Shanggangling, it was impossible to have a guest house in such a remote place. Sooner or later he would have to stay at a farmhouse. In this case, he might as well stay at Zhao Tianbao's house so that he could find out some information.

When she got off the car, Ali went to make a phone call. Telephones were not widely available at that time, so Ali spent a lot of effort.

The two of them didn't know much about Shanggang Ridge before, so they prepared conventional equipment. However, after listening to Zhao Tianbao's description, Ali felt that they should prepare a batch of 'unconventional equipment'. The uncle didn't have much knowledge at that time, so he couldn't

He understood what Ali was referring to by unconventional equipment, so when he later saw the batch of secretly purchased equipment, his little brother was immediately shocked.

This is something to say later, and I will not express it here.

The four uncles got off the bus and then transferred to the bus. After a lot of trouble, they arrived at Zhao Tianbao's house at about eight o'clock in the evening.

His family is very poor.

This is the uncle's first impression. Because Shanggangling is too remote and sparsely populated, those who have a little bit of money are trying to move out. And Zhao Tianbao still lives in an old house from thirty years ago. The entire village,

Including him, there are only three households, and the rest are some shabby mud houses.

So poor?

Ali had probably never been to a place like this before, and she was stunned. She said: "People, I feel like we have been fooled." The uncle also knew that Zhao Tianbao had tricked him, but at this time, he was already riding a tiger and couldn't get off. In the middle of the night, the barren mountain

Yeling, is it possible to go back to the county town?

How to go back? By walking?

After entering the house, a skinny big black dog rushed out, first jumped on Zhao Tianbao and made fun of him, and then howled at the uncle and others. Zhao Tianbao scolded the black dog, and then took out a plastic bag from his trouser pocket.

Bag, open it carefully.

The uncle came over to take a look and found a pile of bones. He remembered that Zhao Tianbao took the initiative to run errands when the four of him gnawed the chicken wing bones on the train and threw them away. Unexpectedly, he actually 'hidden' them

.

While watching the dog eat the bones, Zhao Tianbao smiled shamelessly, touched his nose and said: "Our family is poor, and this dog has suffered with us. It is a black dog, and it is psychic. When I was a child, I walked at night once and always kept talking.

I felt like someone was following me behind me. The villagers said that at this time, I was stalking someone and I must not look back because

There are three yang fires on the human body, one on the top of the head and two on the shoulders. When one turns his head, the yang fire on the shoulders is blown out. As soon as the person's yang energy retreats, the ghosts will come around. I was still young at the time.

I turned around in fright, and then I felt a swooshing thing lying on my back, but there was nothing on my back.

I ran all the way home, and Heizi yelled at me, and the thing was gone.

The uncle said: "Stop it, a dog's lifespan is only about ten years, can you brag any more outrageously?"

Zhao Tianbao said: "This is Heizi's grandson, called Sanhei."

Ali looked tired, shook her head and said: "People, don't talk nonsense to him, go inside and rest, my legs are almost broken." Zhao Tianbao's wife is a thin woman, with a dark complexion and rough skin.

There were signs of work, and there was also a naked child, only four or five years old.

His wife brought boiled water to everyone. The uncle saw Ali looking at the scale-covered cup with disgust. He knew that Ali came from a well-off family and was not used to such an environment, so he said: "Ally, I will wash the cup for you before drinking."

." Ali stopped him and said, "You've been tired for the whole day, don't bother. If you can drink, I can drink too." After saying that, she held the cup and filled it with boiled water.

The uncle was touched and funny at the same time.

Zhao Tianbao looked silly and said: "You guys are so loving. Your wife doesn't dislike you, but my wife dislikes me." After saying that, his wife kicked him and said, "Get out of here."

Go get some firewood to cook for the guests." Then he smiled apologetically at the uncle and others, and said: "This old guy is not serious, you young people don't be offended."

That night they stayed at Zhao Tianbao's house. Since the equipment had not arrived yet, several people decided to stay put.

It can be said that the few days he stayed at Zhao Tianbao's house should be the last happy time in the uncle's life, because since then, everything has changed.

Ali has never experienced rural life, but she adapts quickly. Within a day, she can take off her shoes and run around on the dirt. Finally, she took Sanhei to catch grasshoppers, saying that she could improve Sanhei.
Chapter completed!