It was Polati who first discovered that the door of the wooden house had been pried off. He saw that the doors of the two houses had been pried off, the bedding in the big house was missing, the thermos was smashed, and the things in the small house were missing. He knew something was wrong.
Now that Li Long was away, Polati immediately rode towards Xiaobaigou.
He knew that the people who made up the tricks in Xiaobaiyanggou were Li Long's people, so he contacted Li Long when he found them.
After running to Xiaobaiyang Valley, Polati looked around and found that Old Huang was old and still idle. He rode up to Old Huang and was about to speak when Xie Yundong, who had already noticed him, came over and asked: < br>
"Hello, are you looking for Li Long?"
"Yes, yes, I'm looking for Li Long." Polati dismounted and said quickly:
"Li Long's wooden house has been stolen. Please tell Li Long quickly. I don't know how many things are missing inside..."
Next to him, Li Jianguo heard that Li Long's wooden house had been stolen. He suddenly became anxious. He dropped the bag he was making and rushed out of the pit. He ran to Polati and asked:
"I am Li Long's eldest brother. Has the house been broken into? Have other things been damaged? Did you see no one?"
"Well, the lock was broken. I didn't see it, but it must have been done by those people digging for medicine. Those bad cowards! They saw me tying him to the back of a horse and dragging them to death..."
Li Long is Bolati's recognized friend. Li Long suffered losses and he was also very angry.
"Brother Li, don't worry." Xie Yundong pulled Li Jianguo, who wanted to run over there, "It's useless if you go now. We can only wait for Li Long to come back. If he wants to take people into the mountains to look for him, we will Just follow.”
Xie Yundong's words are correct. We are looking for him right now. Where can we look for him from all directions?
In fact, everyone including Li Jianguo knew that this might be the case.
If you break the lock and steal the contents, the person must have run away far away. It's deep in the mountains and forests, and if you dig inside, it's impossible for others to find it.
"You find Li Long and tell him. I'll find a lock and lock the door for him first." After Polati finished speaking, he mounted his horse and ran away.
"Li Long has a good friend." Old Huang came over and said, "I know how to help Li Long lock the door of the wooden house."
"What's the use of locking the door if something is lost?" someone said from a distance.
"It's still useful. It's impossible to lose all the things there, and the stove and the like can't be moved away." Xie Yundong said, "If it's not locked, and someone comes from behind to check that the door is open, then you can't move other things too?"< br>
This is true.
You can't test human nature. After all, just a few days ago, someone, who was an Internet celebrity, took away the food and vegetables left by herdsmen in the transition house, and said, "I took them away because they were not mine." This is What do normal people say?
Li Jianguo returned to his position as the editor-in-chief. He felt powerless at this moment - although he had a shotgun in his hand, he didn't know who it was aimed at.
Li Long's wooden house is five kilometers away from here. Even if he ran there now, the thief would have run away long ago. He is not a policeman and is not good at tracking. He has no idea where to start.
Li Long only found out that the wooden house had been broken into after arriving at Xiaobaiyanggou the next morning after sending Gu Xiaoxia to the unit.
He immediately drove the jeep to the cabin. Li Jianguo and Xie Yundong both shouted to follow, but Li Long refused.
The door of the wooden house was indeed locked. Knowing that it was Polati who did it, Li Long felt that this person was really good and a real friend.
He didn't have the key and didn't open the door, so after getting off the car, he locked the jeep, and Li Long slowly walked towards the south turf.
After just a few glances, Li Long discovered the clues.
In some places the grass was trampled down and did not fully recover.
I think he took a lot of things from here. This person added more things and made deeper footprints. The damage caused by the grass on the turf has not been fully recovered.
Li Long immediately returned to the jeep and chased after him with a 56-meter semi-automatic rifle.
Thanks to God for giving him extraordinary strength, vision, hearing and senses after his rebirth.
Li Long believes that he will find the thief soon!
When Polati came to the cabin again, he saw the jeep.
He got down happily, only to find that Li Long was not in the car and the door was locked.
Bolati saw that the door of the wooden house was still locked, so he waited here. He planned to wait until Li Long came back.
Polati looked around and saw that no one was there, so he took down two bags of caladiums from his horse.
He hid yesterday's bag in the woods, and today he collected another half of the bag, planning to give it to Li Long in exchange for something.
Li Long walked into the woods along the unclear traces with his gun in hand.
When we got here, the traces became clearer - because he had carried heavy things, the thief's footprints were clearly visible on the soft ground.
Li Long followed these footprints and climbed over two mountains and entered a ravine.
It is obvious that there are many caladiums growing in this ravine, and there are more traces of excavation. Obviously, this place has been dug.
The thief's traces stopped at a den.
Li Long looked at the empty nest and knew that the thief had stolen something and moved it with him.
Li Long looked around again. The traces here are messy and there are many footprints.
He looked around for a while, then followed a deeper footprint.
After walking out and climbing over the ridge, he saw some strips of cloth hanging on the bushes on the side. Li Long knew he had found the right place.
What a thief, I'm going to beat you up to the point where your mother won't even recognize you today!
He could tell that the thief left this den yesterday. Probably also afraid of being caught.
The general direction of leaving was towards the wooden house, but I deliberately made several circles in the woods while walking. There are some places with soft and very thick moss. If it weren't for Li Long's good eyesight, he might have lost them.
In this way, it took Li Long nearly two hours to finally find the thief's foothold in another Fritillary Valley separated by two ravines.
This ravine has dense pine trees on one side and shrubs on the other. There are many caladiums growing on the edge of the pine forest. It's no wonder that this person chose this place for his nest.
Li Long saw the figure at the edge of the pine forest. He was digging for caladiums. He moved very skillfully. He dug and took them out with the shovel in his hand. If there were caladiums, he would pick them up and if there were no caladiums, he would never dig a second time.
There was already a lot in the bag beside him, and it looked like it weighed two or three kilograms.
Li Long touched over quietly. When the man heard the noise and turned around, Li Long's gun was already pointed at him.
Seeing Li Long pointing the gun at him, the man's face turned pale, but he still said slowly:
"Comrade...comrade, can you put down your gun? I'm just picking fritillaries...without committing a capital crime, right?"
"Gathering fritillaries? Where did your clothes come from?"
The reason why Li Long was sure that this guy was a thief was because he was wearing a set of work clothes that he had left in the wooden house - the work clothes were issued by the supply and marketing cooperative. Li Long wore them as labor protection clothes and kept them here in the wooden house for occasional changes.
It is currently being worn on this person - like a coat.
This is a man in his forties, stooped and very thin, but he looks dull and loyal, but in fact there is a cunning light in his eyes.
"You mean these clothes?" The man looked down and suddenly realized: "I picked these up in the ditch this morning. I'm still wondering why such good clothes were lost in the ditch. Did you lose them?"
"Pah!" Li Long put away his gun and slapped him in the face. Are you still making excuses?
Li Long grabbed the man and the man grabbed the bag, defending and begging for mercy.
Li Long had already observed clearly just now. He dragged the man to a stone cave, pointed to the bedding lying in the sun not far away and said:
"I picked this up too?"
"Well, you picked it up?"
"That one was picked up too?" Li Long pointed to the stove built on three stones beside the cave, as well as the uneaten biscuits and dried noodles piled together.
The man stopped talking.
Li Long was so angry that he knocked him to the ground with two punches, then stepped on him and kicked him around.
If he hadn't been worried that no one would be able to get anything after kicking him out, Li Long would have thought of just kicking him out.
When Polati saw Li Long, he was carrying a bag, and in front of him was a man carrying two bags.
Polati was a little confused: What does this mean? Is this the person who stole Li Long's things?
At this time, Polati was not the only one watching Li Long escorting people. There are two more people in the woods to the southeast.
The old herb collectors all know that things can be exchanged in the cabin, and most of the newcomers have shared the information with the old herb collectors.
Some people feel that they have brought enough things, and food in the mountains is easy to find, so they should be able to survive this medicinal season.
Old herb collectors will only say that your thinking is too simple.
If you know there is a supply point, you will know how fragrant it will be by mid-May.
The people watching here include old herb collectors and newcomers, and they are a little confused about what is going on.
This jeep is a bit shocking. Could it be that that person is no longer here?
It wasn't until Li Long escorted the people over that they realized that they had not changed.
As for why Li Long was escorting this person, they soon understood. Li Long escorted the person to the wooden house, and Mulati immediately asked:
"Li Long, what's going on? Is it him?"
"Yes. He stole my supplies, my clothes, my quilt, and the shoes I was going to change... Damn it, I leave this person to you!"
"I'll explain, I'll explain..." This man couldn't stand it anymore. He was carrying two big bags of things, and when he was tired after walking for a while and wanted to rest, he was beaten by Li Long.
When I tried to rest again, I was beaten again.
He just couldn't stand it anymore.
He wanted to let Polati take him away quickly, he didn't want to be beaten.
If you are taken away by the forestry team, you will be detained for a few days at most and then deported.
Much better than being beaten.
Li Long handed the thief to Bolati, and he took out the stolen quilt from the bag and hung it on the wire.
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As for the clothes, he planned to soak them in a basin first and wash them thoroughly before wearing them.
Although it wasn't very strong, he could smell a sour smell on his clothes.
Li Long wouldn't want to wear it if he didn't wash it.
As for the dried noodles that had not yet been dismantled, or those that had been consumed by the thief, Li Long used the seven or eight kilograms of Fritillaria he dug up as compensation.
"By the way Bolati, you can bring back some caladiums so that we can make a good deal." Li Long pointed at the thief, "There must be evidence for destroying forestry resources, right?"
He planned to ask Polati to take two or three kilograms of fritillary back to deliver the goods, lest the people on the forestry team wouldn't believe him.
"No, no, no," Polati said, tying the thief's hands, "I brought two bags this time, including seven or eight kilograms of caladiums. Just separate a little."
Judging from the current situation, Li Long speculates that the price of Fritillaria will increase this year. The fritillaries he got now were worth at least dozens of dollars, so the compensation was enough.
"Then what do you want to exchange for these fritillaries?" Li Long asked Bolati.
"Wine, tea, sugar cubes." Polati thought about wanting some of various things.
Li Long didn't take what he brought back this time. He opened the trunk of the jeep, took out some things from it, put them in a bag and gave them to Bolati.
"There are some cans in here, be careful when you eat them."
The can lids at this time were all pressed, not the screwed ones of later generations. They needed to be pried open with a screwdriver, so it was very easy to hurt your hands.
Li Qiang's hand was once scratched by a can lid.
Li Long was on the side at the time and was deeply impressed.
"Okay, okay, I understand." With so many things and some money given by Li Long, Bolati was very happy, left the bag, then dragged the thief onto his horse and left.
"Slow down..." The thief yelled, and then Bolati was pulled down and dragged for a while by the horse.
Even on the turf, after dragging for a while, the man's face was worn out.
"Hurry up, or if you don't keep up, I will drag you to the forestry team!" Polati said on the horse, waiting for the man to get up and continue moving forward.
The speed of a horse is naturally faster than that of a human being. Soon he fell down again and was dragged for a while.
Everyone in the woods saw it.
They also guessed that this man stole Li Long's things.
"What kind of spoon? Can things in this wooden house be stolen? If he steals things and stops coming back, won't everyone suffer in the future?"
The old herb collector started to curse.
Didn't anyone think of stealing something from the cabin last year?
It must have happened.
After all, Li Long's tractor is a symbol. As long as the tractor is there, the person is there. If the tractor is not there, the person will go back.
But how many of them actually stole it?
Most people know that even if they don't want to exchange a large number of Fritillaria at Li Long's place, with Li Long here, if they are sick, or out of fire, or out of food, at least they have a place to turn to for help.
Although Li Long's price for harvesting fritillaries is low, at least he can get matches, grain, and medicinal materials in exchange for everything.
Do you think it can be replaced in the county?
How many kilometers do you have to travel to get to the county? If you have a high fever, if you can run that far, you are probably not far from death.
The young and new herb collectors still don’t know what this wooden house means to the old herb collectors.
But they will soon understand.
After Bolati left, Li Long had time to clean up the damaged things.
Bolati left the key, and Li Long opened the house and began to clean out the things that the thief had destroyed.
Looking at these things, he now regretted beating this guy lightly.
When he threw the things he swept out behind the house and prepared to dig a hole to bury them, he saw Bolati knocking the guy down again in the distance. Li Long thought it was pretty good.
When you think about this guy being able to take a position in front of the forestry team, he is probably half dead, right?
After cleaning up these scattered things and burying them, Li Long took some out of the trunk and put them on the shelves in the house.
However, there are not many things to replay this time, so as not to be stolen later, the loss will be a lot.
From now on, if he plans to put a lot of things in the trunk, he can use it as a mobile store. Anyway, the trunk of the jeep can hold a lot of things, so he doesn't care about this.
Today, he harvested almost fifteen kilograms of fresh caladiums from Bolati and the thief. Li Long found a large basin, soaked the caladiums, cleaned them, and then dried them on the wooden floor in front of the door.
Fifteen kilograms of caladiums covered the entire outside of the wooden house. Not only that, even the wooden case placed outside was covered with caladiums.
After all, if you want to dry the water in the caladium, you must have enough space.
Although the sun is not very strong at this time, there is a breeze. After a while, the water on the Fritillaria has dried, and the next step is the water inside.
It's a slow job.
After finishing all this, Li Long set up the stove again. The thermos had been smashed. He was boiling water just to fill the teapot with tea. He would stay here for at least half of the day.
Otherwise, if someone comes to steal something again, I will be busy to death.
Although the thief can be found, it will be a waste of time, right?
Two figures came from a distance.
Li Long noticed it, and he looked at the two people with some vigilance.
Both of them were carrying bags, and he was somewhat impressed by the middle-aged man among them. The young man was relatively unfamiliar, and Li Long was sure he had never seen this young man before.
It seems like you came here last year to exchange something?
"Hello, boss." The middle-aged man greeted from a distance, "I came here to change things last year, and I will change some more today..."
"Come on." Li Long nodded.
He did not relax his vigilance, after all, the previous thief was also a medicinal collector.
"Is that a thief just now?" The middle-aged man took the initiative and said, "He's so stupid. If other people knew he was here to break open doors and steal things, they could beat him to death!"
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Li Long was a little surprised. What does this mean? Did you say that just to please me?
"We have to stay in the mountains for more than a month," said the middle-aged man with a Ganzhou accent. "We will use up all the things we brought in May, and you are the only place where we can change things.
A coward like him steals things. If you stop coming because of this, then we will be in trouble in the woods! ”
Li Long realized that this was the case.
Mutual benefit and win-win results were confirmed by the herbal collectors here, and Li Long was quite happy.
So, change things.
The two people mainly exchanged medicines, salt, sugar, needles and threads, matches and other things.
According to the middle-aged man, they had been in the mountains for more than ten days and still had food. However, these things were in short supply. After all, they were used quickly. Maybe they would come here to exchange for food next time. (End of chapter)