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

Chapter 357: Scary News
Wang An said with a smile: "Are you busy, uncle?"

When Liu Deyuan saw Wang An entering the courtyard, he quickly stood up and said to Wang An with a smile:
"Xiao An is here, come in and warm up."

Wang An tied the mule to the clothesline and followed his uncle into the house.

At this time, the old sister-in-law Ding Zhengxiang was doing what women of that era had to do when they had free time - sewing shoe soles.

In fact, in the countryside of this era, no matter who the family is, no matter whether it is an old woman or an unmarried girl, as long as they can do needlework, they are basically inseparable from the job of "sewing shoe soles".

He sews shoe soles every day, whenever he has free time. Even when he is "picking on his wife", he is still sewing shoe soles.

Make the upper

Making the upper is faster and is usually done together.

Don't say that women comrades are too busy or too tired.

To be honest, every family is like this. As long as the family is making a living, the women will never be idle every day.

Of course, the men are even busier. They do things like cleaning up dung, chopping firewood, fetching water into the house, etc.

Seeing Wang An enter the room, Ding Zhengxiang hurriedly put down the shoe soles in her hand, got up and put on her shoes. While inviting Wang An to get on the kang, she brought him cigarettes and poured him water.

Although Wang An is his nephew and a younger generation, he still has to be entertained in this situation. This is just a courtesy and has nothing to do with anything else.

After a brief greeting, Wang An explained his purpose.

However, Wang An did not explain in such detail, because some things do not need to be known by too many people.

Moreover, Wang An did not say that they would dig up any treasures or anything, only that there would be good things. He also emphasized that all relatives would be called to go into the mountains to search early tomorrow morning.

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, Liu Deyuan agreed. To Liu Deyuan, his nephew has always been trustworthy.

And ever since Liu Deyuan was robbed last time and then rescued by Wang An, Liu Deyuan has taken his nephew Wang An even more seriously.

Aunt Ding Zhengxiang is different from Liu Guilan. Ding Zhengxiang is the kind of person who has no opinion of her own. Liu Deyuan has to make the decisions on all the big and small matters in the family.

So Ding Zhengxiang just listened to what Wang An and Liu Deyuan said, without interrupting them the whole time, and just kept asking Wang An to drink water.

After finishing his talk, Wang An stood up and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Seeing Wang An was about to leave, Liu Deyuan immediately said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Let's eat first and then leave."

Ding Zhengxiang also echoed: "Yes, the old lady will stew a chicken for you, and then you can have a drink with your uncle."

It can be seen that Liu Deyuan and his wife were not just being polite, but were sincerely trying to keep him.

But Wang An certainly couldn't stay for long, because there were still several relatives who had not been notified.

So Wang An said, "No, uncle and aunt, I still have to go to Linjiatun and Sujiatun. You guys should stay at home and don't see me off."

After Wang An finished speaking, he walked out of the house.

Liu Deyuan and his wife naturally followed him out. This is the Chinese etiquette, and guests will be seen off to the door.

When they walked out of the gate, Wang An suddenly said, "Uncle, don't forget to bring your chisel and hammer tomorrow and go there early."

A chisel is a pointed steel rod, which comes in different lengths. Long chisels are generally used to chisel frozen soil or as crowbars, while short chisels are generally used to split wood or chisel stones.

"Oh, I can't forget it." Liu Deyuan agreed.

"Okay, uncle, it's very cold, you guys should go back to the house."

After Wang An finished speaking, he rode his mule towards Linjiatun.

In basically the same process, Wang An told his eldest aunt Wang Yuqin and her husband, and his second aunt Wang Yulian and her husband about the matter. Both his eldest uncle Lin Dajiang and his second uncle Feng Chengmin readily agreed.

In this kind of situation, anyone who is not mentally ill will know what is going on.

Wang An simply wanted these relatives to make a little money.

When leaving aunt Wang Yulian's house, uncle Feng Chengmin told Wang An something important.

That is, in the past ten days or so, in Yushu Village to the north, some hunters and villagers were eaten by the big claw.

Moreover, several horses, mules and cows that had entered the mountains had been bitten to death or dragged away.

Now the matter has been reported, but the order to kill the tiger has not been issued yet.

Feng Chengmin told Wang An very seriously and solemnly that he must be more careful when entering the mountains in the future.

Because for this thing called Big Claw, running a hundred or eighty miles in one night is like a piece of cake.

It is still buzzing around Yushutun now, but no one knows where it will appear tomorrow.

To be honest, after Feng Chengmin finished speaking, Wang An felt his heart skip a beat and he also felt a sense of fear.

Because of the big claws, that is, the tiger, legend has it that it is the mount of the mountain god Lao Batou.

However, the tiger has another very special name, it is also called "wild boar herder"

Remember, it’s a “wild boar herder”, not a shepherd, a cowherd or a pigherd.

The reason why tigers are called "wild boar herders" is because these creatures usually "raise" a group of wild boars.

Every day he would watch these wild boars and not let them leave his sight. He would bite any one that tried to run away. Whenever he was hungry, he would bite one to death and eat it.

But if you say so, it sounds a bit superstitious.

In essence, this thing likes to move around in places where there are groups of wild boars. When it has eaten all the wild boars in the group, it will look for the next group of wild boars.

But more than ten days ago, Wang An was active near the wild boar forest.

Not to mention Wang An, no matter who it is, he would be scared!

Fortunately, Wang An and his two companions did not encounter a tiger when they were hunting wild boars, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

"Don't worry, uncle. Let's finish that thing tomorrow. I'll take a break for two days and see what happens." Wang An said.

"Yeah, the big claws are no joke, just be quiet for a few days." Feng Chengmin nodded.

"Okay, uncle, I'm leaving now. Don't forget to bring a big shovel or something tomorrow." After Wang An said that, he turned over and rode on the mule.

The big shovel is used to dig out wooden lumps, similar to the Zen stick used by Lu Zhishen in "Water Margin", but with only a convex shovel side and no crescent shovel side.

Feng Chengmin agreed, "Yes, it's getting dark soon, you should be careful."

Wang An agreed and went to Sujiatun.

When he arrived at his father-in-law's house, Wang An first teased his sister-in-law Mu Xueting, and then told her what had happened.

In fact, Wang An could only inform Mu Xueli about the matter when he came to his father-in-law's house, because as long as Wang An asked what he was going to do, Mu Xueli would basically not even ask.

Anyway, for Mu Xueli, following her brother-in-law, she would either make a big fortune or a small fortune, and that was all she had to do.

　It's the last day of the month, and I'm still short of 40 monthly tickets. I beg for monthly tickets. Please, please, please, please.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)