Chapter 825 Hard to Find
Even if Liu Gui was unwilling, he had to listen to Daji.
After giving the sickle to Daji, Liu Gui went back to find the carriage.
Daji raised his knife and cut down some prickly brambles. Baishan and Manbao broke off some branches from somewhere and hooked the cut brambles to pull them aside to clear the path.
Zhou Silang was more skillful than Daji. After all, he was used to doing farm work. He then cut down some tall, prickly weeds and swept them aside with a sweep of his feet.
County Magistrate Tang stood behind Bai Shan and Man Bao, watching with great interest. He asked, "You guys work quite efficiently. How come you've done this before?"
Manbao nodded. "We have our own small farm, and we used to work in the fields. This is nothing."
County Magistrate Tang looked at their increasingly skilled movements, nodded, and said, "I see."
Because the road was difficult to walk on, they walked very slowly. When they were hungry, they stepped on the long grass, sat on the grass and took out their dry food to eat.
County Magistrate Tang sat under the shade of a tree, looked up at the top of the mountain, and said, "Don't tell me, this mountain is really huge and dense. I want to find something in it..."
He shook his head.
Manbao and Baishan certainly knew how difficult it was, otherwise Liu Gui wouldn't have been looking for it for four years without finding it.
They didn't leave the road full of thorns and bushes until almost sunset. Liu Gui was already waiting for them at the other end of the road in his car.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them coming out of a pile of grass. No one knew better than him how difficult it was to walk on Dahu Mountain. Because they were looking for something, they sometimes searched a hundred feet in a day. If they came across a place with sparse trees and easy roads, they might be able to search three or four hundred feet.
County Magistrate Tang, somewhat embarrassed, brushed off fallen leaves and grass debris from his head. He glanced back at the still overgrown road, shook his head, and said to Bai Shan and Man Bao, "You two should work hard, but you must find out Zhou Yin's activities in the mountains. Otherwise, searching for a bag this large on four mountains is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
Manbao thought he was wrong, "The sea is bigger than this place, and the needle is smaller than what we are looking for."
County Magistrate Tang tapped her head and said, "When you find it, come back and tell me this."
He looked up at Dahushan again, put his hands behind his back and sighed, "It's been too long. Otherwise, we could have found some traces to increase our judgment."
Manbao and Baishan also looked up at Dahushan and sighed together. Yes, twelve years have passed, and everything is gone after the rain.
Manbao was stunned when he thought of this, and turned to ask Zhou Silang, "Fourth Brother, did it rain after my father died?"
"Yes, it was raining. It was the beginning of summer, the rainiest time. My uncle didn't come back that night, and we were worried that the road would be difficult to travel. The reason they and I went to Dahu Mountain was, firstly, to test the traps we had dug, and secondly, to look for wild mushrooms on the mountain."
There will be wild mushrooms on the mountain only if it rained the day before.
"Not long after we brought my uncle back, it started raining again. That's why my eldest brother didn't make it to the county town to report the incident in time, and the police came to our village."
Even County Magistrate Tang couldn't help but say, "This is God's blessing on you, and on us as well."
If it hadn't been raining, the other party would have found the things right away.
After all, no matter how big the forest is, you can always find what Zhou Yin has hidden by following the traces he left. Even if he has cleaned up the traces, there are still many masters in the world, and as long as they have passed by, there will definitely be traces.
After a rain, everything is gone.
At that time, it was very beneficial to them.
County Magistrate Tang and Manbao Baishan climbed onto the carriage. It was not far from here to Qili Village, and the carriage would arrive in two quarters of an hour.
As soon as the carriage arrived at the village entrance, Daji reined in the horse, Manbao and Baishan jumped off the carriage, and Daji handed the reins to Liu Gui and followed the two of them.
Zhou Silang, of course, went home with his sister, so only County Magistrate Tang and Liu Gui were left in and outside the car, and County Magistrate Tang was not allowed to speak.
He didn't get out of the car until he got back to the Bai family's yard and asked, "Is Daji your family's pet?"
Liu Gui bent down and said, "The master doesn't dare to keep followers."
County Magistrate Tang smiled and did not continue the conversation.
Bai Shan followed Manbao to Old Zhou's house, and the two of them went to talk to Old Zhou and Qian. After a while, Zhou Dalang, Zhou Erlang and Zhou Sanlang were called in.
There are three people in the family who are about the same age as Zhou Yin, especially Zhou Erlang and Zhou Sanlang, who used to follow their uncle around a lot.
The two thought for a moment and said, "We do know a few places, but the one who plays best with my uncle is Zhou Hu. Whenever my uncle goes up the mountain, Zhou Hu will definitely follow him, so wherever my uncle knows, Zhou Hu should know it too."
Manbao stood up and was about to go find Zhou Hu, but Zhou Erlang quickly stopped her and said, "The sun is about to set."
"That's why we have to go looking for it because the sun is about to set," Manbao said. "So we can prepare it tonight and go up the mountain early tomorrow morning."
Old Zhou asked, "Are you still going up the mountain tomorrow?"
Manbao nodded. "Tomorrow is the last day. The day after tomorrow we will go back to Yizhou City to study. If we can't find it tomorrow, we don't know when we will be able to come back next time."
Bai Shan counted on his fingers and said, "I have to wait until Qingming Festival, when we have a holiday, and then ask for two more days. Usually, the master will approve my request for leave during Qingming Festival."
Manbao also did some calculations and said, "This year, Qingming Festival and Shangsi Festival are combined, so we should be able to have a few more days off, but there is still a month left."
The two of them said to Old Zhou together, "It's been too long."
Old Zhou just didn't want the two children to get involved in this matter. He couldn't help but mutter, "You are going to study, why are you always thinking about taking a vacation?"
The two of them looked at Old Zhou innocently.
Old Zhou waved his hand and said, "Go, go, go early and come back early. Also, don't talk too much to Zhou Hu."
Manbao agreed.
But when they arrived at Zhou Hu's house, Manbao looked around and found no one there, so he said to Zhou Hu, "Brother Zhou Hu, can you do me a favor?"
Zhou Hu asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"
"Did you often go up the mountain to play with my dad?" Manbao asked, "Can you take us there?"
Zhou Hu looked a little dazed, his ears buzzing, as if he didn't hear clearly what Manbao said, but also seemed to hear it clearly, as if he was in a dream, but not a dream.
After a long pause, he asked in a daze, "Who were you talking about?"
Manbao lowered his voice and said, "It's my biological father, Zhou Yin!"
Zhou Hu opened his mouth wide, then covered Manbao's mouth with his hand. He looked around and first saw Bai Shan standing nearby, then saw Daji standing not far away. He was so nervous that his hands and feet were shaking. He lowered his voice and asked, "Manbao, who told you this?"
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(End of this chapter)
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