After talking to Shen Anning on the phone, Cao Jingheng had a general understanding of the mountain. He believed that the Li family left their hometown and concealed their identities to escape famine because of lack of food, but there must be some hidden reasons. Li Dazhu even required the children in the village to go up the mountain, so they must have hidden something in the mountain.
Knowing that Cao Jingheng and the others were going up the mountain tonight, Shen Anning couldn't calm down. It was already dark outside the window. At this time, all the dogs in the village were asleep. She lay in bed with her eyes open counting sheep, not feeling sleepy at all.
Today, their search for medicinal herbs has expanded to the mountainside. Thinking back to when their master was leading them to search deeper into the mountains, several young men from the village stopped them. Although those people tried to persuade them in a kind way, their words implied that if they did not listen and something happened in the mountains, the village would not be responsible.
If this isn't a disguised threat, what is it? Shen Anning and Fang Yuan both saw it. It was obvious that these young people came down from the mountains and thought they wouldn't be discovered if they took a small path. What a joke!
The children in the village have become familiar with these students in the past few days. Children always have a rebellious mentality - the more adults forbid them to do something, the more they want to do it.
Over the past ten years, some children have grown up, and more children have been born and grown up. Among these people, there are always a few disobedient ones who run into the mountains. Coincidentally, the day before yesterday, Cheng Lao asked Shen Anning to take a pound of White Rabbit milk candy and distribute it to the children who helped them collect herbs. They got money and candy. A child named Zhao Erdan said he was very excited when chatting with them, and mentioned what his father said when he was drunk. When his father was a child, he secretly ran into the mountains several times, and he even pointed out the location of the path in.
Just hope everything goes well tonight.
The next morning, no one got up early as usual. Since they had been stopped once yesterday, Old Cheng thought that everyone had been busy these days and it would be good for them to take a break. Besides, he was afraid of scaring the snake, which would make it difficult to catch it later.
After dinner, Mr. Cheng took everyone to the village office. Today they had to find a way to hold back village cadres like Li Dazhu. It would be best if they were so tired that they had no time or energy to think about other things.
Li Dazhu watched the crowded group of people walk into the courtyard, stood up suddenly, walked out with a forced smile, looked at Mr. Cheng and asked, "Mr. Cheng, what can I do for you?"
"Village Chief Li, I've been busy these days, and these kids have been tired. It just so happens that the sun is shining today. Didn't I say before that I wanted to collect medicinal herbs from the village? I also want to trouble you to send someone to notify a few villages close to the mountains. We'd like to borrow your village office today. The village still hopes you can help us. After all, we are unfamiliar with the place..."
Mr. Cheng's words were very sincere. Li Dazhu was persuaded by his wife last night and had doubted this group of people who claimed to be medical students. He was thinking of finding an opportunity to test them again. What a guy!
If all the medicinal materials from these villages were purchased, it would cost at least several hundred yuan, if not a thousand, and that didn't include the expensive ones. If it included ginseng, Sichuan fritillary bulbs, Sichuan safflower, etc., it would cost even more. The doubts in his heart were dispelled by Old Cheng's move of arriving early in the morning.
"Hey, old man, you are doing this for the greater good. Don't worry, I will immediately have the young men in the village go and inform everyone else in the village. I guarantee they will be notified right away."
How could he miss such a good business that could make money? You know, people are usually not allowed to go to the deep mountains, but the Liu family often go there. Ten years ago, there was a big beast on the mountain, but it later went to other places. Now he is organizing people to dig up those good medicines on the mountain.
After leaving the village office, Li Dazhu did not delay at all. Village chief Li, who usually walked slowly, ran home at full speed today.
"Big brother, second brother."
Li Dazhu's two sons saw their father clinging to the door frame and quickly walked over to support him. "Dad, what's wrong? Why are you so out of breath? Why are you running?"
"Quickly stop talking nonsense. One of you goes to Grandpa's house and tells him that the old Chinese doctor is collecting herbs. Hurry up and send people to the mountains to dig them up. The other one goes to Liujiawan and finds people to tell them that herbs are being collected. If you have any at home, send them over quickly. Oh, oh, right, find a few fast runners to go to the neighboring villages and inform them. Hurry up. Whether you can make a fortune depends on today."
After watching his two sons leave, Li Dazhu finally sat down and drank two sips of water. "Mother, take out the herbs we dug earlier and come with me to the village office."
The village was bustling with activity, while at the county armed forces department, Cao Jingheng and several soldiers who had gone up the mountain for a night exploration were sitting in a conference room reporting to several leaders.
"We took a small path into the mountain. There were still traces of people entering and leaving deep in the mountain. We explored a total of six caves from the top to the middle of the mountain where we could hide things. There were no big ones. We were afraid that there were guards in the caves, so we didn't dare to get too close, but we have figured out the specific locations."
"Also, the intersections leading in and out of the two villages where the Li family lives are patrolled at night by people and dogs. I don't know what happens during the day, but judging from this, the people in these two villages are still very vigilant."
After discussing for a while, everyone finally decided on a plan to enter the village. This time, in order to catch all these people in one fell swoop, the province issued a strict order to prevent information leaks, so those who participated were directly under the troops and the armed forces, and the public security side did not reveal any information.
It’s not that they don’t trust the police, but the police come into contact with a lot of people every day, and there are people coming in and out of the police bureau all day long. There are many people and many mouths, and if one word is leaked, all the efforts will be wasted.
The Southwest Military Region dispatched 150 soldiers this time, and the city and county armed forces dispatched 60 people, with a total of more than 200 people participating in the operation. After 5 pm, the county will issue a temporary notice requiring leaders of each town to attend a meeting. This kind of situation has happened before, so there is no need to worry about being discovered. After sending these people away, after nightfall, the soldiers will go to the mountains to check the caves and enter the two villages with weapons to arrest people.
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