The Greater Khingan Mountains are a vast, undulating forest, as the locals would say.
It is also the largest primeval forest in the country, and part of it is located in Russia.
If you get lost here, it won't be easy to get out in a short time, especially since there are many wild beasts around.
Encountering a wild boar, a bear, or a Siberian tiger would be a serious problem.
Liu Shengang carried a large shotgun on his back, the kind with double barrels and high power; it could take down even an old bear.
The only worry is that there isn't enough ammunition.
Xing Baohua had a high fever and was very weak, so he could only wander around the old forest with support.
Fortunately, it wasn't winter, otherwise getting out alive would have been a problem.
After crossing one ridge and one mountain, I still don't know where I am.
After walking for a whole day, Xing Baohua became confused, so Liu Shengang had to find a sheltered place for him to rest before going to find something to eat.
When Xing Baohua fled, he threw away his mobile phone and satellite communication equipment.
This thing can not only locate objects, but it can also attract all sorts of rockets. An accuracy deviation of five or ten meters is considered high precision compared to those devices.
A short while later, Liu Shengang returned and said to Xing Baohua, "Boss, can you hold on a little longer? I just saw smoke coming from the southwest hillside."
"Then let's go." Xing Baohua struggled to sit up from the ground, supporting himself with his hands as he tried to stand up. Liu Shengang quickly stepped forward to help him.
From where the smoke came from, there were two small wooden houses, which didn't look very big from the outside.
It doesn't seem like a place to live permanently.
As the two approached, someone shouted, "Stop! What are you doing?"
“Fellow villager, I’m lost. My partner is sick. He saw smoke and a fire here and thought it was a house, so he’s begging for food,” Liu Shengang said.
"Out-of-towners? Didn't you hire a guide?" someone asked from inside the cabin. Upon seeing the two, they scrutinized them carefully.
"We are from inside the Great Wall, and we didn't hire a guide."
"Take off your weapons and throw them aside, then help him in!" the leader said, and five men emerged from the surrounding area, all armed with weapons.
It's as if they spotted the two people earlier and had already laid an ambush.
In the wooden cabin, Xing Baohua lay in a corner and drifted off to sleep.
"This is antelope horn. Wash it down with water and give it to him." The leader took out a paper bag from his bag, which contained some white powder.
Liu Shengang asked in surprise, "Are there antelopes here?"
"What are you thinking? The prescription was given by the town's traditional Chinese medicine doctor. We all carry some emergency medicine with us. Tell me, where are you from and what are you doing here?" The leader interrogated them as if he were questioning them.
"Before I answer, can you tell me where I am now?" As he spoke, he borrowed a man's skin and gave Xing Baohua some antelope horn.
"Between Genhe and Oroqen, Genhe is to the west and Oroqen is to the east," the leader said.
Upon hearing this, Liu Shengang frowned. They really could walk! They had unknowingly traveled two or three hundred miles across the border.
“We came from the other side of the river, and we lost our way. I’m from Chongqing, and he’s from central Shandong. We were originally crossing over from Manchuria, but then things got chaotic there. We were both injured, but he was more seriously injured.”
"I can tell you're from J?"
"Yes. Fellow villager, can you do us a favor and take us to Genhe or Oroqen? You can decide the price."
The leader first looked at his men, then stared at Liu Shengang and said, "The straight-line distance is very short, but it will take five or six days to get across this mountain road."
We're all mountain herders; we mainly go into the forest to dig ginseng. Sending it back would mean missing the harvest season.
"As I said before, just name your price, I'm not going to haggle."
"Can you really come up with 100,000?" One of the team members looked at Liu Shengang as if mocking him. Both of them were thinly dressed, and they didn't look like people who carried 100,000 with them.
If he really had 100,000 yuan with him, he'd probably be buried in a pit by now.
"If you can make the decision, then it's a deal. Once we get there, I just need to make a phone call, and someone will bring you 100,000!"
Why should I believe you?
Seeing the two arguing, the one in the lead said, "Pillar."
He told Zhu Zi to stop talking, and as if he was not convinced, he snorted coldly.
"100,000 is indeed a lot, but we're not so greedy as to be blinded by money. We all rely on the mountains for our livelihood, and we can't leave empty-handed, otherwise we won't be able to make a living this way in the future."
"How about this, we'll send someone to take you back to our village first, and then we'll figure out how to get you to the city. As for the money? We'll give you ten thousand; you can give it to him when you leave."
Pointing with my hand, I could see it was a pillar.
When Liu Shengang left the next day, he still wanted his trolls, but the leader said that they didn't need them in China.
This is equivalent to confiscation.
Fortunately, he didn't take the dagger he kept close at hand. With such a handy item, he became bolder.
Xing Baohua was in slightly better spirits, but was still too weak and was being supported by Liu Shengang as they followed the man named Zhuzi.
The three of them traveled in silence for two days, stopping at a small cabin once along the way.
These small wooden cabins are not only for them to live in, but also for hunters, especially in winter, when they serve as safe havens.
They wouldn't freeze to death in the wilderness.
Zhu Zi's village is called Xishan Village, which belongs to Genhe Prefecture.
However, it is still more than 200 li from their village to the Genhe area.
People here generally don't go into the city unless they have to, mainly because it's inconvenient. It may seem like a distance of over 200 li, but it's actually difficult to travel due to inconvenient transportation.
The village is small, with only thirty or forty households.
The village chief sized up Liu Shengang, then looked at Xing Baohua, this sickly fellow.
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