Sparrow said: "Chang Fa, forget it, since An Zhai is so responsible, let him be the deputy captain." She still puts the overall situation first. Since she chose to cooperate with Luo Lie, she might as well respect and trust him more. An Zhai is Luo Lie's best friend, and her concessions to An Zhai are actually to give Luo Lie face.

Arnold said: "I don't care, but the most important thing in the team is unity... But if you do it, it will be difficult to convince the public, so how can you unite?"

The blind man is not a fool. He saw that these people were not convinced by him and shouted, "I don't want to be the one who is fucking me. Forget it, I won't do it now if you beg me now!" He also saw that he was unpopular and wanted to take advantage of the power of the deputy captain, but in this situation, no one would convince him even if he barely became a man. Don't embarrass him.

Luo Lie said: "The so-called captain is just a name. Since we are a team and we are for a common purpose, we must unite and cooperate without interruption. Everyone is equal. No one is higher or lower. If I say it right, everyone can still object. "

The sparrow nodded, Arnold picked up the wine glass and said, "Come on, let's have this glass together. I wish the Wind Hunting Death Squad will succeed and have a smooth sailing!"

There was no railway from Fengtian to Cangbai Mountain, so they chose to drive there and passed by Fushun, Tonghua and Baishan, with a journey of about 500 kilometers.

It was already snowing when the car passed Tonghua, and the road was slippery and difficult to move. The vehicle broke down halfway. Fortunately, Arnold, a skilled pilot, was present, but the bad weather and road conditions forced them to slow down their pace. It took them two days to complete the journey that they had originally planned to finish in one day. After a day of repairing Baishan, they left the car in Baishan, bought five strong horses locally, and chose to ride into the mountain.

It had been snowing for two days and two nights. Looking around, there was a white scene everywhere. Luo Lie rode on a black high-headed horse, majestic and took the lead. Following him was a blind man. The blind man wrapped himself in a sheepskin coat like a ball, and a special cotton bag hung on his chest. The puppy An Datou exposed his head from the inside. His dark eyes were looking at the white world with novelty, and he made a few barkings from time to time. The red horse carrying the blind was panting, and he was obviously tortured by the heavy weight of the blind.

Arnold and the blind man walked together, and he rode a red horse, holding the reins in one hand and the military kettle in the other. After walking a few steps, he filled a mouthful of vodka to warm his body. This guy was basically drunk when he didn't sleep. According to him, wine is the best gift given by God to mankind, which can not only keep warm but also help sleep.

Sparrow and Chang Fa were at the end, and their mounts were white and gray. All the horses were carefully selected by Chang Fa. Although the speed was not first-class, the focus was on hard work, especially being good at carrying weights. In fact, speed is often useless in mountainous areas, and endurance is the most important thing.

On the way to Paibai Mountain, we often saw mule carts pulling wood passing by. Most of the mule carts belong to the Badaojiang Branch of the Yalu River Wood Collecting Company jointly organized by China and Japan. It is called Sino-Japanese, but its actual control is in the hands of the Japanese. A large number of wood is continuously cut down from the paishan forests, and then transported to Sanchazi, Baishan by sledges, and then rafts down from the Hunjiang River and sent to Dandong through Tonghua. At present, the light railway from Mengjiang Paizi to Sanchazi has been partially built, and the transportation of wood has become more convenient.

In Luo Lie's eyes, this is Japan's plunder of China's wealth. Although the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, the Republic of China failed to bring revitalization and rise to China as expected. What they saw was the warlords killing each other in order to fight for power and profit, they saw only the devastated rivers and mountains, and they saw only the displaced people.

The sparrow rushed to Luo Lie from behind, and she pretended to be a bearded man with a red face and her eyes were extremely bright. Perhaps because she was used to the disguise of the sparrow, Luo Lie could actually see the softness of a woman from her beard all over her face, and smiled and said, "Like a man!"

The sparrow smiled, smiling very well, her eyes blinking like stars in the sky, and her lips under her beard were pursed reservedly, without showing her teeth, but it would be a bit inconsistent to appear on such a big bearded face.

Luo Lie said: "You better not laugh, otherwise you will be in a panic."

Sparrow said: "Not everyone is as thief as your eyes."

Luo Lie smiled and said, "I am not an eye thief, but a nose spirit!"

The sparrow suddenly remembered that they had first met. Luo Lie had discovered his daughter's body, and his face suddenly became hot. This guy was so nauseous. She pretended not to understand and changed the topic: "We should be able to go to Majiatun this afternoon." On the map found below the church, Majiatun is one of the marked locations. Her father's diary also mentioned Majiatun specifically. When they entered the Pale Mountain to explore, they had settled in Majiatun.

Luo Lie looked up at the sky and whispered: "I don't know when this snow will fall."

A common saying rang behind him: "No one can say that if such snow falls for two more days, it will probably be severely snowed to block the mountain. We are afraid that we will not be able to find the way to the mountain."

Luo Liedao: "When we arrive at Majiatun, we will find a local guide and try to enter the mountain as soon as possible."

In the afternoon, the snow not only did not become smaller, but turned into heavy snow. The wind power was significantly enhanced. The northwest wind was mixed with large scattered snowflakes on their faces. The horses' travel speed significantly slowed down. They wrapped themselves tightly one by one. Even the exposed eyebrows and beards were dyed white by the snowflakes, and they all looked like old men with crane hair and baby faces.

An Datou retracted his head into the specially made sleeping bag for it. The blind man initially muttered and complained about the bad weather, but soon realized that this would only cause the heat in his body to be lost faster, so he decisively closed his mouth.

The group walked around in the wind and snow for a whole day, and finally arrived at their scheduled destination, Majiatun, as it was almost dark.

Majiatun is located at the foot of the western foot of Niutouling, Cangbai Mountain. Most of the peaks of the Panbai Mountain are named after their shapes. Local mountain people give vivid names according to the shape of the mountain. However, the weather is now harsh, and even night eyes like blind people cannot see the full view of Niutouling through the snowflakes in the sky.

Majiatun is not big, with dozens of families living in it. Most of these villagers make a living by logging wood and ginseng. There is an open mountainous area in the south of the village. Every spring, the ice and snow melt, so you can grow corn for a season. Although Majiatun was not wealthy in the past, the villagers were basically self-sufficient. It is rare to be able to have enough food in such a chaotic era.

There is a Tianfu Inn at the entrance of Majiatun Village. Those who come to Dajian are all tourists who come to the inn to stay in the mountains. Every year, the inn is at its best business. Hundreds of tourists come to the pale mountains and forests covered by ancient trees to find ginseng. When the red fruit of ginseng fell in September, the ginseng will no longer be easy to find, and the ginseng will also begin to leave one after another. Even if you choose to stay, it will not exceed the end of October. Once it starts to snow, the entire pale mountains will become a dangerous place full of dangers, and few people will take their lives to take risks.

It was already the end of December, and it was the coldest season of the year in Pale Mountain. Tianfu Inn was closed. In addition to the boss Zhao Tianfu and his wife who were still looking at the store, the guys were sent home temporarily.

The arrival of Luo Lie and his group obviously surprised Zhao Tianfu, but it was good to have customers to take care of the business after all. They carried lanterns and invited everyone into the inn in the heavy snow. The mountains and villages were naturally not as good as those in the city. There was only one room with a big kang, and Luo Lie and the other five had to sleep in the bed.

Of course, Zhao Tianfu and his wife couldn't recognize the Sparrow disguised as a man, thinking that even if the five big men were squeezed, it would be fine. After asking, the sparrow asked, she decided that there was no extra room and she gave up. She thought that at worst, she could sit for a night and could not squeeze into the same bed with these four big men. In fact, there were many guest rooms in the inn, but because the business was light, most of them did not burn the kang.

Luo Lie quietly called the sparrow aside and whispered: "Let's just go for one night, so everyone can take care of it in the same room."

The sparrow said: "I didn't say anything."

The blind man had already arranged to ask Zhao Tianfu and his wife to cook.

Zhao Tianfu and his wife also took off the dog-skin hat on Arnold before they recognized that this guy was a foreigner. They couldn't help but take a few more glances. Zhao Tianfu came to Luo Lie and asked curiously: "There is still a Russian?" The most common people in Manchuria are Russians, and the common people habitually make them Russians.
Chapter completed!