Chapter 163: Smoke Earth is Silver
It was dawn and the sun rose late in winter. It was only after 8 o'clock in the morning that the sun exposed the horizon.
At this time, Shang Zhen and the others were ready to go on the road again.
It’s good to eat and drink and sleep, and everyone is in a good mood.
At this time, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out from the crowd of people who were gathering together.
It is the money that tells things.
"What are you laughing at?" Ma Houzi saw that everyone was happy. Given that he would also be with Shang Zhen and the others in the future, he naturally had to get close to him.
But what he didn't expect was that just when he came over to ask, Qian Chuan, Ma Erhuzi, Xiaohuzi, Erhanzi and others laughed louder.
"What are you laughing at?" Shang Zhen, who was passing by, was also curious.
"I asked them if they didn't tell me and treat me as an outsider!" Ma Houzi complained in person.
The few people who complained about this, Mahouzi laughed even harder, and at this time Xiao Zhuanji smiled and explained to Shang Zhen: "Last night, Mahouzi smoked, Qian Chuaner deliberately called someone, and even pulled the bolt, and then Mahouzi wiped out the cigarette!"
After saying this, the monkey's eyes grew longer. The feelings of Qian Chuaner was lying to himself last night!
But he didn't dare to challenge Qian Chuaner, and he would have a good intention to talk about Qian Chuaner.
"Don't smoke after the whistle." Shang Zhen said with a smile.
"Yes, I understand." Ma Houzi responded quickly.
Ma Houzi and Shang Zhen and the others have been together for so long. Although they listened to Shang Zhen when they fought, Shang Zhen was not as good as an official. He was not afraid of Shang Zhen, but he was even more afraid of Wang Laohao.
Besides, the little dustbike complained in person that he smoked when he was on duty, so complaining in person would not be a small report, and he had nothing to worry about.
But at this moment, Wang Laomao shouted: "Come and take a look!"
When Wang Laomao heard the voice of the shouting, there was something wrong, so everyone went there.
When they arrived at a carriage, they saw Wang Laomao pointing at a bag.
Following Wang Laomao's pointing, everyone saw that there was an extra hole in the bag, and the stubble was neatly stubborn, which seemed to be stabbed by someone with a knife.
And what was in the bag was filled with the cake of opium!
"I checked it out yesterday when it was dark. This hole must have been stabbed last night." Wang Laomao looked at everyone and said.
Looking at the opening, the soldiers who were originally watching the fun stopped talking.
As Wang Laomao said, then this hole must have been stabbed last night.
So who made it?
There are only two possibilities, one is that they are spurred by their own people, and secretly sneaked out a piece of or a few large opium.
But this possibility is not very high.
They are marching now, and even if someone has ideas about these opium, they will never take action now. They steal it and have no place to put it on.
Another possibility is that outsiders came in the yard in the middle of the night, and the outsider was either a thief or a beard.
At this time, Qian Chuaner and Mahouzi and everyone who knew about the incident last night also changed their expressions.
Qian Chuaner was so stupid that he deliberately teased the monkey. He didn't just frighten the thief away after shouting and pulling the bolt, right?
"Have you found the lead?" Shang Zhen asked Wang Laomao, who shook his head.
"Not even if you give me a reward?" Shang Zhen asked again, and Wang Laomao still shook his head.
"Let's go, set off, be careful on the way." Shang Zhen said thoughtfully.
Of course, Shang Zhen said this and he had his own judgment. The so-called "there must be a brave man under heavy rewards." Now the heavy rewards are not easy to use, which only means that there must be beards in this village!
It’s not that the people in the village don’t want this money, but because they are afraid of beard’s revenge. What’s the use of getting a heavy reward? It’s not that if you have money to make money but spend it without life!
"Hurry up and go!" Shang Zhen said again, but he reached into the hole that had been pierced. Everyone saw him and took out three opium cakes.
But he seemed to feel that there were still fewer opium cakes, but he used his other hand to find three.
Just the opium pancake is big or small, it is really the size of a sesame cake. Everyone thinks that Shang Zhen is small. If he has big hands, he will be afraid that he will catch five or six in one hand!
"Look at the outside, don't let outsiders see this." Shang Zhen said, then pinched the opium cakes and went into the house.
Everyone didn't know what Shang Zhen was going to do. Although some people were waiting by the wall to prevent outsiders from seeing the broken compound, the rest of the people were also confused.
After only a while, Shang Zhen came out of the room, and the opium cake in his hand disappeared.
Everyone can guess this, he must have given all the opium to the owner of this family.
Shang Zhen's big money that made everyone grin.
One or two oatmeals are enough for a family to live in a month. These are six big cakes. If they are all given to this owner, they will have all their living expenses for several years!
"Catch the car out and go with me to find a guide." Shang Zhen said.
They should have set off, but when Shang Zhen said this, naturally someone pushed open the dilapidated courtyard gate, and everyone was leading the horse and driving the cart and walked out.
At this time, Wang Laomao glanced at the surroundings and saw that some villagers were stretching their necks to look at them.
This is the current trend of the Northeast. Beards are everywhere, or some ordinary people have beards, so how could they figure out which one is the real beard?
"If you give this family so much opium, aren't you afraid of robbing your beard?" Wang Laomao said Shang Zhen.
To be honest, it is the first time Wang Laomao has seen so much opium.
This is the society nowadays. Wang Laomao will not have any psychological burden because of selling big cigarettes. Those hundreds of kilograms of opium are just white money.
But even so, the money is definitely not like Shang Zhen’s method. Yesterday, Wang Laomao gave this family a piece of opium, which was already a sky-high price.
"I know." Shang Zhen replied and also glanced around, "It was because I was afraid that Hu Zi would rob him that I gave this family so much opium. When Hu Zi came to him, he only needed to hand over one piece, and the rest would be his own."
Wang Laomao couldn't help but look directly at Shang Zhen's side face.
Shang Zhen is only twenty years old this year, and Wang Laomao is over forty years old. He can be Shang Zhen’s father in terms of age.
However, Wang Laomao couldn't understand what Shang Zhen was thinking about every day.
After a while, Wang Laomao asked, "You guy gave so much smoke to others, it won't be given in vain. What are you doing?"
"I used those big smokes to exchange for the lead." Shang Zhen replied with a smile on his face.
Shang Zhen's answer made Wang Laomao stunned again.
Their current location is in a barren mountain and ridge in Rehe Province. If they had no guide, they could only walk south. They didn't know where they went.
This morning, Wang Laomao knocked on the door and asked several families if they were willing to serve as guides. The answer he got was naturally no.
Wang Laomao guessed that it was the beards these people were afraid of in the village.
No matter how much opium is given, it is useless. No one who lives here can beat a beard.
Chapter completed!