After dinner, Zhao Zheng lay on the bed to rest.
After a few days of rest and his body's nutrition caught up, he felt full of energy.
Every morning when I wake up, it feels like I have an iron rod in my pocket.
Maybe he ate too much, Zhao Zheng felt a little dizzy. In his daze, there was a knock on the courtyard door, and a hurried voice came from outside, "Old Zhao, are you home?"
"Who is it?" Zhao Zheng shuddered.
"I, Dashan, come out quickly, something happened!" Xu Dashan shouted.
Zhao Zheng put on his tattered clothes, put on his straw sandals and went out.
Yang Zhaodi and her two sisters-in-law also hurriedly followed him out.
"Dashan, what's wrong?"
Although he couldn't see Dashan's specific expression, he could feel his anxiety from his anxious tone.
"Old Ma and his family went bear hunting in Jinji Mountain. They encountered a tiger, and Old Ma was bitten. His second son was also injured. It's said that a hunter in Xiaomiao Village was taken away by a tiger!"
Xu Dashan said angrily: "This damn Ma family, I told you yesterday not to go to Jinji Mountain, but you think your cooking skills are amazing, now it's good, hurting others and yourself..."
Zhao Zheng frowned. The tiger from Zhuzui Mountain ran to Jinji Mountain?
Could it be attracted by the bloodstains left when I killed the bear yesterday?
"You can't blame me for this. I already gave them an early warning. It was the Ma family who overestimated their own capabilities." Zhao Zheng thought.
"Okay, pack up and go to Jinji Mountain with the villagers to rescue people!" Xu Dashan said irritably.
"Going up the mountain at night?" Zhao Zheng was somewhat reluctant. "Dashan, you know my foot is still not healed, and yesterday's escape aggravated it. If I follow you, not only will I not be of any help, but I will be a burden!"
Xu Dashan frowned, knowing that Zhao Zheng had a foot injury. "If you don't show up after such a big incident, will anyone help you if your family has problems in the future?"
"Don't worry, not only the men from our village, but also the people from Xiaomao Village will go, at least one or two hundred people. Not to mention Tiger, even if the Tiger King comes, it will be useless." Xu Dashan patted Zhao Zheng's shoulder, "When the time comes, you just stay at the back, as long as everyone arrives, it will be fine."
He had already said this, and it was useless for Zhao Zheng to be reluctant. "Okay, I'll go."
"You two stay home, I'll be back soon."
"Father-in-law, please be careful." Yang Zhaodi was extremely anxious.
Zhang Xiao'e complained, "The Ma hunter family is truly harming themselves and others. Do they think they can just hunt a blind bear?"
Zhao Zheng shook his head, picked up the broken hatchet from home, and limped to the village entrance.
At this time, many men, young and old, had gathered at the entrance of the village, more than a hundred of them.
If there is no male in the family or the male is too old, there is no need to send anyone.
Many people held torches in their hands, lighting up the surroundings.
Xu Youde was standing at the front, and who else could it be but Ma Dazhu standing next to him?
At this moment, he stood there dejectedly, as if he had lost his soul.
If he hadn't suggested it, such a big thing wouldn't have happened.
"My dear fellows, is everyone here?"
"I'm sure you all know what happened, so I won't go into details. Let's grab our stuff and go to Jinji Mountain to rescue them."
After the words were spoken, no one moved.
Someone said: "Uncle Youde, there is nothing in your stomach. Let alone going to Jinji Mountain to save people, you don't even have the strength to walk. What can you use to save people?"
"There are bears and tigers there. Even if we have more people, who can guarantee that we won't get hurt?"
"That's right, this is no joke. The Ma family didn't show any reaction at all?"
Hearing this, Xu Youde didn't say anything. In fact, he was unhappy in his heart. This Ma family didn't know any rules. They asked the villagers to do something for them, but they didn't even say a word or a nice word. Why should they help them?
"Dazhu, say something." Xu Youde said.
Ma Dazhu raised his head and said, "Uncles and elders, you all know who I am. I will definitely remember your help. If there is anything I can do for you in the future, just let me know."
"We've already injured the tiger, so it won't live long. When we catch it, we'll share it."
Zhao Zheng laughed when he heard this. Hiding in the crowd, he said, "How could such a good thing be ours? Besides, if we killed the tiger together, we should share the spoils. Aren't you using our prey to promise us? How can such a thing be possible?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone responded, "That's right, you don't know any rules at all."
"Dazhu, you are so unkind."
Ma Dazhu searched the crowd intently for the person who had just spoken.
Unfortunately, there were too many people and I had no idea who said it.
He said stubbornly, "After we rescue the people, I'll treat everyone to a meal. I won't say we'll have enough to eat, but at least we won't let everyone make a wasted trip!"
"real?"
"It must be true!" Ma Dazhu nodded heavily.
Xu Youde said, "Everyone, Dazhu has made a promise. If he goes back on his word, I won't forgive him. It's getting late, so we should go into the mountains and rescue people as soon as possible."
"Don't let the people of Xiaomao Village think that we are immoral!"
"Let's go into the mountains!"
Only then did the villagers agree to go into the mountains.
Zhao Zheng was the last one in the crowd, and he even saw Zhao Wei and Zhao Yi.
Just now, the two of them came over to greet him and even told him to get disgusted and not be taken away by the tiger.
Zhao Zheng took the axe out of the warehouse, put it on his belt, and hid it in his clothes. If anything really happened, it could serve as a deterrent.
If all else fails, he still has a compound bow.
Halfway, people from the small mountain village met people from Xiaomao village.
The person who led the way was also the village chief of Xiaomiao Village. As soon as they met, they were on edge and kept scolding the hunters from the small mountain village for being dishonest and concealing the truth.
We agreed to hunt a bear, but instead a tiger suddenly appeared.
Especially Ma Dazhu, the son of the man who was taken away by the tiger, punched him twice in the face and said, "If anything happens to my father, I will never forgive you."
Coincidentally, Zhao Zheng had a connection with this person, who was the stall owner who sold his suede at the market.
I didn't expect that he was actually the nephew of the village chief of Xiaomiao Village.
No wonder the matter became such a big deal.
But he had no intention of saying hello. He just hid silently in the crowd and let them quarrel.
It was Xu Dashan who stood up and said, "No one expected this to happen. Even if you beat him to death now, you can't save your father."
"Also, the men in our little mountain village are all courageous. When something happens, they don't hesitate to come and rescue people in the dark, don't they?"
"Xiaolong, come back." Mao Dahai, the head of Xiaomao Village, called his nephew back, "First find your father. We can settle the rest later!"
The two groups of people calmed down temporarily.
By midnight, more than 200 people from the two villages arrived at the foot of Jinji Mountain.
The night was pitch black, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
The pitch-black Jinji Mountain was like a black hole, sucking away all the light from the flames.
For a moment, no one dared to take the lead and enter!