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

Chapter 657 Understanding Two Tones
Wang An followed the footprints for almost half an hour before he caught up with the five people in front.

From a long distance away, Wang An confirmed his guess that these five people were indeed members of a gang, and they looked very formal.

Because the most obvious sign of gang membership is that everyone holds a "rope-pulling stick".

Rope stick,
Also called a Solo stick, its main function is to pull out weeds and find ginseng among the weeds.

Although the name of the rope stick sounds impressive, it is actually just a tree stick as thick as a shovel handle.

But you have to know that this thing must be made of hardwood that is strong and has good toughness.

The standard size is five feet two inches, which is about 1.72 meters. However, in this era, few gang members can achieve such a standard, and no one cares if they are a little more or less.

Theoretically speaking, the skin of this thing cannot be peeled. It is said that if the peeled rope stick touches ginseng, the ginseng will disappear into the ground.

Of course, this statement is pure nonsense, so no one actually takes it seriously.

The top of the rope stick, which is also the thickest part, is tied with a red cloth strip, and on the red cloth strip, there are a few large coins tied.

But there is a trick to tying the big coins, and that is that there must be gaps between them so that they can collide with each other. In this way, when you use a rope stick to pull the grass to find ginseng, you can make "beep" and "beep" sounds.

The main function of this sound is to enable gang members to hear each other so as not to get lost. It can also scare away wild animals, snakes, rats, insects, etc.

But apart from this, the rope stick has another most important function, which is to be used as a walking stick and for rescue.

People who often go hiking know that having a stick in hand can definitely make people feel a lot more relaxed. Even if they walk for a long time, they can walk a lot more distance with a stick.

As for rescue, there are many wetlands, or swamps, in the mountains. If you are trapped in one and cannot get out in time, you will disappear quickly.

The rope-pulling stick can be of great use at this time. If there is someone around, just pull the rope-pulling stick. If there is no one around, having a long stick in your hand can increase the chance of self-rescue.

Of course, because this thing is made of hardwood and has good toughness, it is also very practical to use as a weapon.

In short, the rope stick is a must-have for all gang members.

After Wang An saw these people, he found that they had no intention of going back, so he planned to turn around and go back, because from this period of time until the end of autumn, it was normal to find gangs in the mountains.

But after Wang An took a few steps, he felt more and more that something was wrong. He couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while.

Wang An walked two or three hundred meters with a frown on his face. Suddenly, he slapped his head and finally understood.

That is, among these five people, the walking posture of four of them was wrong.

Because these four people all walk in a "winged" manner!
In China, more than 90 percent of people walk with their feet turned outward, which means that the front soles of their feet are tilted to the left and right.

There are very few people whose heels are tilted to the left or right. It is considered good if there are three or two such people out of a hundred.

But at this moment, there were four people walking in a tangled pattern together. This was obviously not right.

The most important thing is that Wang Anke knows that the place where the most people walk with their legs splayed out is where the Japanese soldiers are, because they are used to sitting on their knees, and only people who are used to sitting on their knees are likely to walk with their legs splayed out.

Thinking of this, Wang An immediately went into the woods, took a detour, and accelerated towards the five people.

Wang An wanted to hear what these people were saying and what they were going to do. With Wang An's speed, he soon arrived not far from the five people, and then followed behind them at the same speed.

However, these five people were like mutes. None of them spoke. They just walked on the dry grass and fallen leaves, making a "crunching" sound.

Just as Wang An was waiting for the five people to speak, Mu Xueli and Wang Li, or to be more precise, Mu Xueli himself, had already perfectly dug out two ginseng roots from the outermost part of the ginseng nest.

However, these two ginsengs are both of the insignificant second grade variety.

But it must be said that Mu Xueli's technique of digging ginseng seems to be quite skillful, almost as entertaining as using a sharp knife to skin and flesh his prey.

In fact, whether it is skinning and removing meat from animals or digging ginseng, what is mainly tested is quick eyes and steady hands.

However, Mu Xueli's hands were steady, fast and accurate.

Mu Xueli's hands were busy. He used the deer bone skewer and deer bone spoon alternately to quickly dig out the soil around the ginseng.

Occasionally, I would use scissors to gently cut off the grass roots and thin tree roots that were constantly growing in the soil.

As the soil around the ginseng became less and less, a complete ginseng was dug out.

All in all, the whole process is as smooth as flowing water, no step is wasted, and it is even more pleasing to the eyes.

As for Wang Li, he was walking around with a gun in his hand.

It can be seen that Wang Li was very nervous, probably because Wang An was not around and Mu Xueli was concentrating on digging ginseng.

The bolt moved forward, the bullet must be loaded, the safety was on, and the index finger of his right hand was always on the trigger. At this time, Wang Li was obviously ready to fire at any time.

This time when they went into the mountains, since they had no intention of hunting at all, Wang An and his two companions brought the Type 56 assault rifle instead of the Type 56 half rifle.

After all, if it comes to hunting, the 56 is more useful, because the 56 is a real hunting weapon.

The reason why Type 56 rifle is not used for hunting is, on the one hand, because it is a weapon of mass destruction and individuals are not allowed to possess it.

On the other hand, the 56 semi-automatic rifle is completely sufficient for hunting. There is no need to use the 56 submachine gun. Moreover, the 56 submachine gun is a fully automatic rifle. After a magazine of bullets, the prey will probably be thrown away directly.

But we have to admit that having 56 coins in your hand is definitely better than having 56 and a half, which makes people more confident.

After a while, Mu Xueli and Wang Li were still calm and nothing special happened.

But Wang An finally waited for these five people to speak.

However, although these five people spoke, Wang An didn’t understand a word they said!
But what Wang An could confirm was that the language of these five people was definitely the Japanese language, because Wang An understood two of the words, or the intonation, in it.

That is "Yao Xi" and "Ma Ya Die".

Being able to understand these two tones is useless.

So, this made Wang An so anxious that he was extremely nervous!
(End of this chapter)