Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Wang An, with his left hand on the steering wheel, reached out with his right hand and forcefully smacked Wang Li's head, saying irritably:
"I've discovered that you really don't know how to talk properly. I'll get you some soapy water to wash it off sometime."

After Wang An finished speaking, Mu Xueli replied with a grin:

"Hmm, I think that's a good idea. Old Fifth's mouth is so irritating all the time. It would be just right to pour some boy's urine into my nephew's mouth. Boy's urine is also good for warding off evil spirits."

Although Wang Li was afraid of Wang An, he wasn't afraid of Mu Xueli at all. So as soon as Mu Xueli finished speaking, Wang Li said with great indignation:
"You have such a sharp tongue, and I learned it all from you. If you hadn't corrupted me, would I be like this now?"

To be honest, what Wang Li said actually makes a lot of sense.
However, with Mu Xueli's quick wit, how could she possibly not be able to keep up with the conversation?

Then, Mu Xueli said sarcastically:

"You can't even understand it if you try, how stupid do you have to be? If you ask me, I'd say a little soapy water to wash you would be much better."

Talking and chatting, the three of them quickly arrived at their destination, which was to move the iceberg.

Upon entering the iceberg, Wang An didn't go anywhere else, but headed straight for the railway tracks, mainly because the place where he had hidden the money was near the railway tracks.

The land area of ​​Diaobingshan is very small, less than 24 kilometers long from north to south and less than 21 kilometers wide from east to west. So Wang An drove his car from north to south along the railway track.

To be honest, it's fortunate that the GAZ has excellent off-road capabilities; otherwise, the roads near the railway tracks would be really difficult to navigate.

As they walked, Wang An and Wang Li both realized something was wrong.

Because Wang An and Wang Li both clearly remembered that when the two of them hid the money, there were many large trees near the pit, and Wang An even fired many shots at one of the trees as a marker.

But by this time, the car was about to leave the area of ​​the iceberg. Not only were the familiar big trees nowhere to be seen, but there were very few trees at all, just a few scattered ones.

Most importantly, although the road is difficult to travel, the GAZ truck can still make it.

Therefore, this is clearly illogical.

As is well known, without a road, even the most powerful off-road vehicle cannot drive into the woods.

Wang An frowned and asked Wang Li and Mu Xueli:

"Do you two still remember what the station names were announced on the train when we were fighting with the robbers?"

In Wang An's memory, before the incident, the train conductor announced the station name as Songyuan, and after Songyuan came CT. According to the time, the place where the train stopped must have been Diaobingshan.

Wang Li answered first:

"CT, I remember it's CT."

After Wang Li finished speaking, Mu Xueli remained silent.

So Wang An asked Mu Xueli again:

"Xue Li, what about you? What do you remember?"

At this moment, Mu Xueli was looking at the map that Wang An had bought. Upon hearing Wang An's question, Mu Xueli suddenly frowned and said:

"Brother-in-law, did you mess this up? If you look at this map, after the train passes CT, shouldn't it be heading towards Kaiyuan next? This train isn't going up to Iceberg at all, so why are we heading up to Iceberg?"

Wang An was taken aback upon hearing this, and immediately slammed on the brakes.

The sudden stop caused the unprepared Wang Li to lurch forward, crashing headfirst into the windshield. Wang Li immediately blurted out:
"Holy crap!"

Immediately afterwards, Wang Li covered his head and groaned several times.

Mu Xueli was also caught off guard and flew forward. Fortunately, the backs of the two seats in front of her blocked her, and her shoulders got stuck there.

At this moment, Wang Li was heard grumbling and complaining about Wang An:

"Fourth Brother, are you trying to kill me? Why did you suddenly brake so hard?"

Mu Xueli also said in an exaggerated manner:
"Oh my god, that almost didn't shoot out."

Ignoring the two idiots, Wang An turned to Mu Xueli and said urgently, "Where's the map? The one with the train lines, give it to me now."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xueli immediately handed the map, which had already been torn in two, to Wang An, explaining as she did so:

"This isn't my fault, brother-in-law. I didn't even have time to react when you suddenly slammed on the brakes, and the map card was torn to shreds."

However, Wang An still ignored him, or rather, he completely ignored him. Instead, he carefully put the two pieces of the map together along the tear line and began to study them intently.

After a while, Wang An put the two sections of the map together, then raised his right hand and slapped Wang Li's thigh hard, saying:
"Holy crap, this is totally messed up."

But Wang Li said with dissatisfaction:

"If the whole thing is messed up, why did you slap my thigh?"

Wang An turned his head and laughed heartily, saying with an innocent expression:
"Really? Did I pat your thigh? That's why my thigh doesn't hurt."

As he spoke, Wang An touched his thigh, then reached out and patted Wang Li on the shoulder, saying:
"It's my fault, it's my fault, I messed things up again, it's just like this every day."

Wang Li glanced at Wang An, looking aggrieved, but didn't dare to say a word.

Mu Xueli, who was in the back seat, was overjoyed to see Wang Li humiliated.
Wang An shifted gears again, turned the steering wheel, and drove straight towards Kaiyuan.

The reason they turned around and headed towards Kaiyuan instead of continuing towards CT was because just over two hours earlier, Wang An and his two companions had fought with someone at CT. If they continued driving towards CT, there was a high chance of unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, to avoid trouble, it's safer to go to Kaiyuan.

More than an hour later, Wang An finally drove the car into Kaiyuan's territory.

Unlike the area near the Tiaobingshan railway line, GAZ vehicles cannot enter the areas along the sides of the Kaiyuan railway line.

The main problem is that some slopes are too steep, some trees are too dense, and there are also many shrubs and fallen trees in the woods.

Looking at the distant woods, Wang An couldn't help but think to himself, "How stupid I am."

The main point is that the place where the money was hidden was clearly in a large forest, but the area near the railway line for glacier descent is accessible by car. This proves that there is no such remote and uninhabited forest near the railway line for glacier descent.

To put it more bluntly, wherever a car can go, there's no way to find the hidden money!

It's laughable that in his eagerness to make money, he lost all sense of reason and even forgot such basic common sense.

With a sigh, Wang An said to Mu Xueli and Wang Li:

“Let’s go to the guesthouse to stay first. Xue Li will stay there and guard the goods while Lao Wu and I climb the mountain to go find them.”

Mu Xueli, however, said:

"Why don't we carry these goods on our backs? If I help you search, it'll be faster."

Before Wang An could speak, Wang Li said:
"Brother Mu, come on, it's ridiculous. We had a hard time finding the money we hid. You don't even know where we hid it, so what's the point of you coming into the mountains? Besides, aren't you tired of carrying two big sacks into the mountains?"

Wang An smiled but didn't interrupt. He asked a passerby for the address of the Workers' Safety Guesthouse and then drove towards it.

After using the letter of introduction to book a room, Wang An and Wang Li moved the soda and sacks into the room, changed into their mountain-traveling clothes, tied their leggings, and carried their dry rations towards the train station.

Wang An's idea was to go to the train station and walk along the railway tracks towards CT, which would surely lead him to the place where he had hidden the money.

Anyway, the train stopped after leaving CT train station but before reaching the next station, so the place where the money was hidden must be between those two stations.

The distance between the two stations is about 30 kilometers, or more than 60 li.

The distance of over 60 li (approximately 4 kilometers) is neither long nor short, mainly due to the poor road conditions. Even at the fastest walking speed of Wang An and Wang Li, it would take them more than four hours to complete the journey.

The two arrived at the railway tracks near the train station. Looking at the endless lines of rails, they said nothing and began to walk quickly. (End of Chapter)