Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 546: Re-understanding: Without a noble person, one can only go astray
The joy of reunion after a long separation was dispersed by anger. Scarface was not a man with a bad temper, but anyone who encountered such a thing would be very angry. He kicked the man in flowered shirt's head twice, but was stopped by Xu Ning. After hearing Xu Ning's words, he let go of the fifth company and just stared at the man in flowered shirt lying on the ground wailing.

Xu Ning looked down at the broken leg of the man in the flowered shirt and said, "This leg is definitely broken. You don't have to bother to punish him. This group of people just robbed us of more than 200 yuan at gunpoint. It's definitely enough to sentence us!"

Dazhi glanced at the people tied up with ropes and asked in surprise, "Brother, are you the ones holding down all these people?"

"What else is there to say? Isn't it obvious? These guys blocked the road ahead, holding guns and asking for money..."

Dazhi and Scarface looked at Li Fuqiang. Xu Ning said with a smile, "This is my eldest brother Li Fuqiang. You two can just call him Brother Qiang. My father's eldest brother's son, my youngest brother Wang Hu, is also my brother and I call him Guan Lei."

Afterwards, Xu Ning introduced the three of them: "They are my brothers who I play with outside, Dazhi and Scarface. I don't know their full names, but we have a deep relationship. We have fought together, Scarface took the knife for me, and Dazhi took the stick for me..."

Dazhi laughed and said, "Master, you've taken a beating for me before, and besides, it's you who bail us out every time we're in jail."

Li Fuqiang said: "My brother has never been to the police station?"

Dazhi said: "I was in prison before, but was released after two or three days. It was close once before, and I almost had to go to jail, but luckily the captain was kind and didn't make a fuss about it."

Xu Ning nodded: "That captain has now been promoted to deputy director, Lin Dongliang."

"Ah, Director Lin! No wonder he was arm in arm with you before we had dinner together last time."

Scarface was surprised and said, "Brother, you are doing well now? Why are you still following..."

Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this for now, let's figure out what to do. When I didn't see you just now, we wanted to send them to the provincial capital..."

Scarface was puzzled: "Sending them to the provincial capital is fine, but we also fired gunshots and injured people. Will we be able to explain it to them when we get there?"

Guan Lei and Wang Hu smiled, but Li Fuqiang said, "It can definitely be explained. My uncle's old comrade-in-arms is from the provincial city branch, in charge of major cases!"

Xu Ning nodded: "This big-headed guy is causing trouble for your little sister, so send him to the provincial city branch. He is a gangster and armed robber. He should be shot ten times even if he has nine lives!"

"Well, Scarface, you're right to listen to my brother. Now that he's caught in the act, we have evidence in our hands. Don't shoot him impulsively. If you do that, you'll have to pay with your life, right?"

Dazhi patted Scarface's shoulder and said, "That's true. When we were playing outside, we listened to the master, and we still listen to the master now!"

"Okay! Brother, I'll do whatever you say!"

Xu Ning narrowed his eyes and said, "Let's get them all into the car first. Huzi, is there any rope in the car?"

"Yes! There are quite a few."

After Wang Hu finished speaking, he walked to the rear of the car, lowered the back rail, jumped into the car, and took out four or five ropes from the sack.

Xu Ning stood behind the crowd holding a 56-and-a-half rifle. Li Fuqiang threatened them: "If you dare to run, I will kill you right here!"

Neither the single-barreled nor the double-barreled hunter dared to say a word. Now their hands were tied behind their backs, and their guns were left on the ground in front of the car. They could not resist, let alone escape. No matter how fast they ran, could they be faster than the guns? Besides, Xu Ning and the others really dared to shoot, not just threatening like others.

Scarface and Dazhi threw the injured Flowered Shirt into the car. Wang Hu directly put a rope around Flowered Shirt's neck and tied it to the railing. Scarface walked by and slapped Flowered Shirt twice in the face...

After the twelve people were loaded into the rear compartment, it seemed a little crowded because there were four baskets of pestles and standing leather in the front. Although they did not take up much space, some space had to be left.

"Master..."

Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Don't call me by my nickname. Just call me by my name. I remember that you are two years older than me."

Dazhi was stunned and said, "I, I don't know your name either."

Inside the car, Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei, Scarface and others burst into laughter upon hearing this. The double-barreled hunter also grinned. Scarface slapped him in the face and said, "You are still laughing! Hold it back!"

Xu Ning tilted his head and glanced at the twelve robbers, and said, "Let's do this first, what are you two going to do with your motorcycle?"

Scarface said: "Or let Dazhi send the motorcycle back..."

"No need, just walk a little further and drop the motorcycle off at my uncle's house and that's it."

Afterwards, Xu Ning, Wang Hu, Dazhi and Scarface jumped out of the car. Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei watched the twelve people with guns. They walked to the front of the car. Xu Ning opened the door and saw the pale faces of Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua.

"Nothing happened. Did I scare you two?"

Meng Ziyan shook her head and stared at Scarface. She and Guan Hua both avoided looking at him because the scar on Scarface's face made him look quite fierce.

Scarface and Dazhi were a little confused, so Xu Ning introduced them: "This is my girlfriend. She is Hu Zi's girlfriend and Guan Lei's younger sister..."

After they realized that the two were not bad people, Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua forced a smile. Dazhi asked, "When did you get married?"

"You two will come over on the 13th of next month?"

Scarface clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Then we must go! Brother, I thought we would never see each other again in this life."

Xu Ning thought that he had never seen them in his previous life. After what happened today, he figured out something. In his previous life, Dazhi and Scarface must have been killed by the man in the flowered shirt and then paid with their lives... or the two of them fought desperately with the man in the flowered shirt and became disabled. It was hard to say.

"We were in such a hurry to separate that no one left their phone numbers and we don't even know each other's names. Let's get to know each other again this time. My name is Xu Ning, and I'm the second child in my family."

Dazhi stretched out his hand and shook it, saying, "Zheng Dazhi!"

Scarface said with a smile: "My name is Feng Ye, brother."

"Hahaha..." The three of them looked at each other and laughed.

Afterwards, Xu Ning and the other two men moved away the barricades and fallen trees blocking the front of the car. He pulled the car door and turned around and said, "Dazhi, hurry up and deliver the car. I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of Changshou Village. Does Scarface know how to contact your second aunt? We have to take a statement when we get to the provincial capital. Ask your younger sister to come over, or ask the provincial police to pick you up..."

"I know! Brother, I'll sit in the back then." "Okay, go ahead."

Dazhi left first on his motorcycle. After Scarface got on the car, Xu Ning got in. He smiled at Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua, then started the car and drove slowly forward.

The old musket and double-barreled shotgun, two old foreign cannons, blade knives, guillotines, lances and pickaxe handles left on the ground were all collected by Wang Hu in a cloth bag. Xu Ning specifically told him to hold the gun barrel with gloves, and not to hold the buttstock or knife handle. Although there was no DNA testing in those days, he could not prepare for the case being reopened in a few years, so he had to be cautious.

The car stopped at the entrance of Changshou Village and waited for only two or three minutes before Dazhi came out of the alley with two bags of fried dough twists in his hands. He handed one bag to Xu Ning and took the other bag to the trunk to share with Li Fuqiang, Scarface and others.

Xu Ning chatted with Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua in the car to ease their emotions. After all, they were still virgins and it was their first time encountering such a thing, so they would definitely be a little surprised.

But their reaction was not very big. Not only did they not scream, they didn't even make any noise. Overall, they did a very good job.

Li Fuqiang, Dazhi and others sitting in the back car were also chatting. When they heard that Xu Ning no longer smoked, did not gamble, and knew how to make money, he and Scarface felt that Xu Ning had changed. When they heard that Xu Ning led Li, Wang and Guan to hunt in the mountains and shot several black bears, the two were amazed again and again. They never thought that Xu Ning could withstand such hardship.

After hearing this, the twelve people who were put in a noose looked at each other. There was some regret in their eyes. If they had known this would happen, why did they do it in the first place? They regretted provoking someone they shouldn't have provoked. Did they regret not blocking the road and robbing with guns? No, they regretted that if they had known there was such a powerful person in the car, they should have let him go...

"Ah! My brother and I went into the mountain and followed the trail of Li Quan and Lao Ba. They chased us to the rocky beach and started fighting. Lao Ba died on the spot, but Li Quan was very patient. His shoulder blade was broken, but he still held on for a long time..."

Scarface exclaimed: "Oh my god! Wasn't it thrilling at that time? My brother was shot down with one shot?"

"Of course, my second brother's shooting skills are extremely accurate!" Wang Hu said with a smile.

Dazhi said: "I'm not really surprised. When we played together before, he was always the best in our group, whether it was using his brain or using his body. Otherwise, why would Scarface and I respect him?"

Scarface nodded: "Well, why did our gang break up? It was because one of the leaders was arrested as an example. My brother said that we couldn't do it anymore and asked us to disband right there... Otherwise, we would all have to go to jail. Sure enough, just over half a year after we got home, both the province and the city cracked down on it at the same time."

The double-barreled hunter interrupted and said, "Dude, the crackdown is also on now... Can you give me a cigarette? Anyway, I'm done for this trip."

Scarface was about to slap him back, but was stopped by Li Fuqiang. He took out Yingchun from his pocket and handed it to Scarface, Dazhi and Guan Lei, then took out a cigarette and put it in Double-barreled Hunter's mouth, then struck a match and lit it.

Li Fuqiang said: "You should have thought about it before you started this business. Why don't you do something useful with your hands and feet?"

Double-barreled Hunter bit his cigarette and grinned, "I listened to your chat just now. Tell me from the bottom of your heart, if you hadn't met this brother, what kind of life would you be living now? Not everyone is like you, with a good brother who sincerely helps you, and you can't meet any noble people. We are a bunch of people without brains, without any skills, and we get together and play mahjong all day long. Is it possible for us to do something serious? We can only go down the wrong path."

Guan Lei felt the same way when he heard this and said, "There is nothing wrong with what you said, but you have evil intentions, and you are not far from death."

The double-barreled hunter nodded: "I admit it! There's no point in living anyway..."

Just now, this group of people were begging Xu Ning to let them go, but now they have thought it through and admitted defeat. Their words are full of disillusionment with the world, and they pretend to be clear-headed.

This means they were not taken to the execution ground. When that day really comes, they will all wet their pants.

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the car reached the suburbs of the provincial capital. Xu Ning drove without stopping and drove straight to the urban area of ​​the provincial capital.

There are many cars in the city, of all types, and trains running through the city. Buildings are lined up on both sides of the streets, and there are groups of cars and people coming and going in an endless stream...

Stalls selling cigarettes, rat poison, smoked chicken, cooked food, and melon seeds are all set up on the streets. There are also stalls selling steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and small plates of stir-fried dishes.

Is the provincial capital so developed? This is just the beginning. Although the GDP of Northeast China has declined, the GDP and per capita annual income of the provincial capital are still among the top five in China! It is far behind the later developed Huadu, Modu, Suzhou and Hangzhou!
There are many Russian architectural styles, and there are trams running by. The provincial capital was built around the railway, so the roads are well connected.

Xu Ning drove the car slowly across the railway track and stopped on the side of the road. Before getting out of the car, he said to Meng Ziyan, "You two stay in the car. I'm going to make a phone call."

"Yeah!" Meng Ziyan nodded excitedly.

When she and Guan Hua saw the buildings in the provincial capital, they were both excited. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the provincial capital was more prosperous than the city, and Qing'an was indeed a remote mountain village...

Xu Ning jumped out of the car, walked to the back of the car, and said, "Brother, don't move. I'm going to make a phone call."

"OK."

He turned and ran across the street, saw a newsstand, and asked, "Boss, can you make a phone call here?"

The boss looked up and waved his hand: "You can't make the call here. Have you seen that restaurant? You can make the call there, but the price is a bit expensive."

"Okay, thanks."

Xu Ning looked up at the name of the restaurant, which was called Hongbin Restaurant. The name looked quite festive. He entered through the revolving door, and a doorman came up to him and asked, "Hello, sir, would you like to eat?"

He glanced at the doorman and said, "I'm going to make a phone call. There's something urgent at home."

"Okay, there's a public phone room on the left, it's ten cents a minute."

Xu Ning nodded and walked to the telephone room. There was a fat woman at the door collecting the money. When she saw Xu Ning enter the room, the fat woman started pressing the meter.

He picked up the phone and called Yang Yusheng first. After being transferred, the call was finally connected.

"Uncle San, I'm Xu Ning!"

"Have you arrived in the provincial capital? Dalong and I were just talking about you. How are the hammers selling? If the price is not right, I will find someone for you..."

"Uncle San, listen to me first. We just entered the provincial capital and are now at Xiangfang. What happened? We encountered robbers on the way to the provincial capital. There were twelve of them in total. They blocked the road with ancient chevaux de frise and fallen trees. Four of them were holding old muskets and double-barreled hunting rifles, two old foreign cannons, and the others were holding knives and spears."

"My elder brother, Hu Zi, Shitou and I were not injured, but four people were injured. One of them had his leg broken by a gunshot..."

After Xu Ning finished his brief explanation, Yang Yusheng asked, "You got 56 and a half?"

"Yes, but I have a certificate from the secretary..."

(End of this chapter)