Chapter 76: One of the Three Burrows of a Cunning Rabbit
Ziyi, Yike and Du Qingcang traveled non-stop for three days and three nights, and finally got out of the forest on the morning of the fourth day.
This time, Yu Yi did not take everyone to the small shed where the hunters lived when they rested last time, but came to a small cave in the back mountain of a village called Jiashan. The cave is only as big as a small room, and the entrance is so small that a person has to bend over to get in.
The most amazing thing about the cave is the stone door that fits perfectly with the cave entrance. If one didn’t know there was a cave here, one would have thought it was just a stone wall with a slight crack.
Later, Yike found out that there used to be only a small hole here, which was slightly larger than a bucket. He and his friends from outside the mountain dug out such a large cave mainly to hide some goods to be traded on the black market. This is one of the three burrows of a cunning rabbit as people say.
"Godfather, Yike, you guys take a rest here and don't leave the cave. Hunters may come here occasionally. Don't make a fire to cook, just eat dry food. I'm going to the village at the foot of the mountain to find a friend. If my friend is not at home, I will go to the city alone to find Brother Tang. We can't push so many things into the city like this, it will be too conspicuous. So if I don't come back for a while, you guys take a rest." Ziyi said while eating dry food.
"Okay! Go ahead and go. I'm tired after walking for several days. I want to have a good sleep." said the godfather.
"I'm tired and sleepy too. I need to rest. Don't worry, I promise to be obedient this time." Yi Ke also quickly promised.
"Then I'm leaving." Ziyi wolfed down his dry food, took his water bottle and left the cave. He closed the stone door again, and the light in the cave suddenly became dim.
The water bottle Ziyi carried on his back was no longer the bamboo tube water bottle he made himself, but a military water bottle Ziyi bought on the black market. Yike and his godfather Du Qingcang each had one, and Li Haoran's father also had one. They had spent a long time searching on the black market to find these few. The main reason was that it was too far to go in and out of the mountains, and it was a waste of time to look for water, so they bought a few with great reluctance. Military water bottles in this era are very valuable, and they are the kind that are in short supply.
After Ziyi left, Yike and his godfather each found a comfortable position to lie down and rest.
Yike fell asleep quickly, but Du Qingcang just took a nap and did not sleep anymore. He listened vigilantly to the movements outside the cave, with his knife placed in a convenient place.
I no longer have this kind of vigilance. It's strange to say, but she used to live alone in the cave and never let her guard down. Even when she was sleeping she was very alert and would wake up at the slightest movement. It's no exaggeration to say that she was always afraid of everything. But since she married Ziyi, she has relaxed her vigilance. Perhaps this is Ziyi's charm, which allows Yike to rely on him wholeheartedly. The tense Xuan relaxed, and Yike felt comfortable all over. There was no trace of vigilance left. So, Ziyi told her to have a good rest, and she did so obediently. From her long breathing, one could tell that she was very relaxed. Ziyi went out of the back mountain and passed by a cemetery. There are at least dozens of graves in this cemetery. There is a small path at the exit of the cemetery. The weeds on both sides of the path are half a person tall. Ziyi walked down the slope along the path.
There is a thatched house at the foot of the mountain. It stands there alone, out of place with the village more than 200 meters away. Ziyi's friend is the owner of this thatched house.
Ziyi looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he walked towards the thatched house. He stopped at the door and whispered a few times:
"Ma guards wealth, Ma guards wealth."
"Who is calling me? The door is not closed. Come in by yourself."
Ziyi pushed the door and it opened with a creaky sound.
There was a bed on the side of the room, and a young man was lying on the bed. This was Ma Youcai mentioned by Ziyi. Ma Youcai turned his head to look at the door when he heard the sound of the door opening. When he saw that it was Ziyi at the door, he sat up quickly and shouted excitedly: "Brother Ziyi! Brother Ziyi! I didn't expect it to be you."
He got out of bed, put on his slippers, dragged a dusty bench from the corner, and found a piece of rag from somewhere else and wiped the bench with it, causing it to creak.
"Brother Ziyi, please sit down! Hehe! How about I go boil some water for you? Look how lazy I am. If I had known that Brother Ziyi was coming, I should have boiled the water earlier." As he spoke, he pretended to leave, but his feet did not move. Ziyi looked at the dark stove in the corner and said, "Don't bother. I have something to talk to you about."
Ma Youcai immediately approached Ziyi and said, "Brother Ziyi, is there another big guy?" Ma Youcai thought, "This is a master who can even beat a tiger. Could it be that he has brought another tiger?"
"There's no big stuff, but there's a lot of pork." Ziyi took a step back in disgust, "How long have you not taken a shower? You stink."
"Haha, well, I just finished my work. Brother, how much is a large pile?" Ma Youcai pointed to his brain to express his incomprehension.
"More than a thousand pounds." Ziyi said casually.
"What? Over a thousand pounds?" The young man jumped up, his eyes bulging out, staring at Ziyi like a starving wolf. "Over a thousand pounds?"
Ziyi nodded, and the boy suddenly roared to the sky, but unfortunately the sound was suppressed in his throat. He clenched his fists and waved them randomly a few times. He couldn't control the excitement in his heart. He simply ran around Ziyi, chirping like a sparrow, and finally stopped in front of Ziyi and said foolishly: "I'm so happy, I want to shout! Hehe!"
"Do you still want to scream now? Otherwise, go out and scream enough and come back." Ziyi teased.
"No, I can bear it now. It's more than a thousand kilograms of meat! That's meat! Brother Ziyi, you don't know, since the flood not long ago, let alone meat, even wild vegetables can't be seen. There is no trace of meat in the black market. Many people want to buy it, and they chase Brother Tang every few days to buy it. The price has increased exponentially, and we can only watch. There is no meat, and we have to watch the huge sums of money not being able to make back. I feel so upset. Brother Ziyi still has a way. You are worthy of being our big brother. Brother Ziyi, you are really a timely rain. There is so much meat and a lot of money to make. I am happy! So happy!" The young man was so happy that he was incoherent.
"Why are you so happy? The pork is mine, and the big bills are mine too." Ziyi
"Hey! Hey! The big one is yours, I just want the small one." Ma Youcai said with a lick on his face.
"What a prospect! There are so many big money out there, why don't you go and earn it? All you do is sleep all day long. Will big money fly into your face?" Ziyi looked very disappointed.
"No, no, but Brother Tang hasn't had any work recently, and no one comes to sell things in the black market. There are a lot of people who want to buy things, but there are no goods. So there is no work even if I want to do it. It's not that I'm lazy." Ma Youcai complained.
"Go find your brother Tang and tell him that I'm waiting for him at the old place. In addition to a thousand kilograms of pork, there are also several hundred kilograms of snake meat and several hundred kilograms of wolf meat. Ask him if he has any way to deal with them?" Ziyi ignored Ma Youcai's complaints and walked out after he finished speaking.
Ma Youcai also quickly pushed a Phoenix brand bicycle from the corner and followed him out. As soon as he got out of the door, he got on the bicycle and rode away. Before leaving, he did not forget to ask Ziyi to help him close the door.
Ziyi closed the door and returned to the cave. As soon as he moved the stone door, a low voice came from inside: "Who?"
Ziyi smiled. Du Qingcang was quite alert, so he replied, "It's me."
"Ziyi is back." Du Qingcang let go of the knife. "You came back so soon. Did you find the person?"
"Found it, come over later." Ziyi sat down next to Yike, leaning against the wall of the cave. He held Yike's head in his arms, let her lie in a comfortable position, and closed his eyes to rest.
Du Qingcang stopped talking and asked Ziyi to have a good rest. It was too tiring to run back and forth. It was a pity that he couldn't share the burden.
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In the county town, in a courtyard, Tang Jianguo was counting the dust particles in the air out of boredom when there was a loud knock on the door.
Tang Jianguo turned over in bed and continued to count the dust particles. He didn't want to pay attention to the reckless guy outside. Wasn't it because no one came to the black market to sell goods? She comes to him every few days to ask him to find a solution. There is no food in the countryside. Where can she find a solution? Damn you thief God.
"Bang bang"! "Bang bang"! The knocking on the door outside almost turned into banging on it.
"Hmph! If you can't give a good reason, I'll skin you alive." Tang Jianguo got up angrily and opened the door.
It was indeed that kid outside the door, the reckless Ma Youcai.
"Ma Youcai, do you want to die? I've told you a long time ago, there's nothing I can do! There's nothing I can do! Why don't you believe it? You come to bother me every day, believe it or not, I'll beat you up." Tang Jianguo scolded Ma Youcai as soon as he saw him.
Ma Youcai was not frightened at all. Instead, he lowered his voice and said excitedly, "Brother Tang, good news! Good news! Big Brother is out, and there's meat!"
"What? Ziyi is out? He brought some meat?" Tang Jianguo saw Ma Youcai's eyes glowing green, and thought there must be a lot of meat, so he got excited all of a sudden, "Haha, finally there's some meat. Oh, my mouth has been dry, now I can satisfy my craving."
"Hehe! That's right, don't you see who it is? Brother Ziyi has come out to leave us without meat to eat." Ma Youcai said proudly.
"Let's go! Let's go! Why are you still standing there? Go get the meat." Tang Jianguo turned around, closed the door and left.
"Hey, wait a minute." Ma Youcai hurriedly stopped Tang Jianguo and told him what Ziyi had said: "Brother Ziyi said he has several pounds of meat, including pork, wolf meat, and snake meat. Do you have any big buyers?"
"What? More than a thousand kilograms? Oh my goodness! He killed all the animals in the forest." Tang Jianguo opened his mouth in shock. He could even stuff a steamed bun into his mouth with some room left.
Ma Youcai looked at Tang Jianguo's shock and felt a little proud. Haha, I told you to scold me just now, so I didn’t tell you right away. I’ll tell you when you are leaving. Look, your mouth is even wider than when I first heard it. Haha, I feel happy.
"You did it on purpose, kid. You didn't tell me directly at first, but waited until I was leaving. Humph, I'll deal with you later. Hurry up, let's go find a buyer. Hehe! Ziyi has a way. He knows what we need most? Not bad! Not bad! Good job!" Tang Jianguo rode his bicycle and left, but turned in a different direction...
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