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

After a month of training, communication, and adjustment, Xiao Hei is now fully able to understand what Wang An is saying.

And it can perfectly execute every order given by Wang An.

It can be said that Xiao Hei is now the same as Da Hei in every aspect as the leader dog.

As for Xiaobai, although it is much worse than Xiaohei, its progress is quite obvious. At least it can understand more words now.

With Xiao Hei acting as the communicator and facilitator, Xiao Bai was able to follow orders completely.

Therefore, even though Wang An no longer puts ropes around Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai's necks, they will not run away without Wang An's command and will always stay close to the horses.

On the way home, Wang An and the other three seemed very happy, even their conversations were filled with smiles.

The only thing that made Wang An unhappy was that the journey home had become increasingly longer and longer, to the point that he couldn't get home anytime soon.

Around noon, Wang An and his three companions arrived at the underground storage facility where guns, gold, tiger bones and skins, and ginseng buns were hidden.

When they discovered that no one had been here before, and that the things hidden in the storage room were covered with a thin layer of dust, Wang An and his companions finally felt relieved.

While hiding things here is generally fine, as the old saying goes, nothing is absolute. If these valuables are lost or stolen, Wang An and his companions would be devastated.

The main problem is that if something is lost in these remote mountains, it's truly lost, and you can only accept your bad luck. There's no way to find it or investigate it, because there aren't even any clues.

As she was distributing guns, gold, and other items onto the horse, Mu Xueli suddenly chuckled and said:

"Oh my god, I'm so worried every day, I'm so anxious. I even think about these things in my dreams, I'm afraid someone will steal them."

Wang Li glanced at Mu Xueli and said without any politeness:
"Look at you, so pathetic! This is deep in the mountains, there's no one here. Who would wander around here for no reason?"

Mu Xueli snorted and said:

"Aren't Yang Shuwen and his gang human? Aren't those guys we beat up human? Can you guarantee they won't wander over here?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Li, unusually, did not argue with Mu Xueli.

The main reason is that during this trip into the mountains, even deep in the mountains, we encountered two ginseng digging groups with a considerable number of members. This indicates that during the "Red Hammer" market period, there must have been a large number of ginseng diggers in the mountains, and there must have been other ginseng digging groups wandering around looking for ginseng.

In that case, it's hard to guarantee that no one will find this place.

Wang Li tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said:

"That's true. If they had seen them, all these good things would probably be gone by now."

Mu Xueli analyzed thoughtfully and said:

"I think Yang Shuwen and his group probably wouldn't take other people's things, and even if they did, they wouldn't take everything. They're actually quite proper and follow the rules."

After a pause, Mu Xueli continued:
"But who knows about those guys we beat up? I have a feeling they'll take all this stuff."

Wang Li said:

"Yeah, I think so too. Those guys are the worst kind of bastards." Wang An was only thinking about getting home as soon as possible, and was also worried about his and the three of them's safety. He wasn't interested in these other things.

After transferring everything from the granary to the horses, and observing their condition to see if they could continue traveling, he immediately urged them on:

"Alright, alright, once you're done, hurry up and leave. Stop saying useless things."

Seeing that Wang An still wanted to continue on his way, Mu Xueli hurriedly said:
"Brother-in-law, it's already noon. Shouldn't we eat something and rest for a while?"

Because they had spent a lot of time going to the last old village in the morning and packing their things, Wang An and his companions didn't have much time to travel that morning.

Therefore, it was already noon before Wang An and his three companions finally arrived at the storage room where the items were hidden.

After Mu Xueli finished speaking, Wang An shook his head and said:

"No need to rest now. This place isn't far from the gold mine. Let's rest after we've passed the gold mine and are further away from it. Oh, and check all the ammunition. Put the magazines where you can easily reach them."

For some reason, Wang An always felt that the gold mine wouldn't be peaceful. Sooner or later, someone would go there to mine for gold, and someone would definitely try to steal the gold mine.

After all, almost every gram of gold in this world is stained with blood.

Because miners die from exhaustion, being beaten to death, or various mining accidents and other causes, regardless of whether they are mining workers.

Even in the world of gold trading, the blood of those who were killed by double-crosses, those who committed suicide after being cheated, and those who died for various other reasons, all truly stained the gold.

Therefore, Wang An just wanted to stay far away from that gold mine, lest it spill their blood there as well.

Hearing Wang An say this, and noticing his serious expression, Mu Xueli and the other two immediately became quite nervous.

And so, Wang An and his three companions continued their journey on horseback, deliberately avoiding the road they had previously traveled near the gold mine, and continued on their way home.

Even so, Wang An and his companions became increasingly nervous and apprehensive as they walked, their nerves on edge.

Later, Wang An and the other three simply took the guns off their backs and carried them in their hands or on their shoulders.

There's no other way; only when people have a gun in their hands can their tension be relieved, and it can also deter some passersby with ulterior motives.

That's right, it's meant to intimidate passersby.

As they approached the gold mine, Wang An and his companions not only encountered several corpses that had been killed and carelessly left in the woods, but also several groups of people carrying gold panning tools such as gold panning troughs, winnowing baskets, and shovels.

And without exception, all of these people were carrying guns.

Although most of them only carry relatively simple weapons such as single-barreled and double-barreled shotguns, any gun poses a great threat to human safety.

It is obvious that the location of that gold mine has been widely disseminated, without anyone knowing who or through what channels.

And these people looking to strike it rich are converging on the road from all over.

It's just unknown how many of these gold panners will die in these mountains, and how many will actually find gold and safely make their way down the mountain! (End of Chapter)