Chapter 394: The Last Hope
The cottage is built on a relatively flat slope on the mountainside, the so-called people go to a high place, and the water flows to a low place, so the warehouse is a relatively large wooden house at a high place, in order to protect the items stored inside will not be damaged, the storage of this wooden house is even better than other people's houses, there is no padlock on the door, just a wooden stick with the thickness of a child's arm to pin the door ring of the two door panels, maybe everyone here knows what is in this warehouse, Don't worry about anyone sneaking it down the hill for money.
Removing the stick from the door, he pulled it open, "Little one, go in and find it." Lao Du said.
"What about you? You don't go in? Glancing at the inside of the warehouse, although the light was not good, it was much stronger than the hut just now, Tan Xiaotian turned his head and asked Lao Du.
"What am I doing in there, it's a hot day, how stuffy it is to stay inside." Lao Du replied.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll run away quietly?" Tan Xiaotian asked curiously.
"Heh, what's there to be afraid of, the windows are sealed with wooden strips, if you have the ability to open the windows without making a sound, I will admit it if you run away." Lao Du said with a smile.
"Do you know where the book is?" It turned out that people had no fear, so Tan Xiaotian stopped asking this question and asked what he needed the most-this warehouse was far larger than he imagined, and the placement of its things was completely unorganized, which showed that there were no experts who were good at item management in the cottage, and the things snatched back from the bottom of the mountain were just thrown in them at random instead of being placed in different categories, and a few books were only a little bigger, if they were still in an inconspicuous place, it would take a lot of effort to find out.
"Oh, I don't know, who's paying attention to that. You can find it yourself, anyway, you have to stay here for at least three days, there is time. There's no need to be in such a hurry. Lao Du replied with a smile - the so-called years in the mountains are long, life in the mountains is very monotonous and leisurely, and you can take your time to do anything, so the relative people don't care so much about the concept of time.
"Well, I'll go in then." Since people don't want to help, then find it yourself, anyway, the things inside are dirty, even if you accidentally break it up, you don't have to feel guilty.
"Go ahead, I'll take a break too." Lao Du waved his hand and signaled Tan Xiaotian to do whatever he wanted. He himself moved a tree stump and placed it at the door, sat on it and leaned against the door panel, untied the cigarette pouch from his waist and lit it, took a deep breath, and then puffed out the smoke through his nostrils, and closed his eyes comfortably, not to mention how beautiful it was.
Tan Xiaotian no longer paid attention to Lao Du and stepped into the warehouse, there were a lot of things in the warehouse, which were very messy and messy. Not only the things snatched from the bottom of the mountain are placed here, but the rice, flour, grain, oil and other daily necessities are also placed here, and the smell in the air is very strange, no wonder Lao Du Ning is willing to stay at the door to blow the wind rather than come in.
The light in the house was not good. Things are messed up, and the things to find are not very large, and it is not easy to find, but it is better to have something to do than to be locked up in that hut. didn't hesitate at the moment, Tan Xiaotian rolled up his sleeves and flipped it up.
"Little one, did you find it?" Finished smoking a bag of cigarettes. Knocking the soot on the stump, Lao Du asked into the storeroom.
"No, where the hell did the stuff go?" Tan Xiaotian's complaining voice came from inside - the warehouse was very large, and there were many things that had not been touched since they were put in, and the dust that fell on it was more than a penny thick, and it was okay not to move, but when it moved, it raised a cloud of dust and mist, which made people cough, and his two hands were even blackened, and even his face was stained with a few black marks.
"What the hell are you looking for?" Lao Du asked outside the door.
"Books, three or two, that person didn't say." Tan Xiaotian replied.
"Oh, I don't remember any books in there, if there were, I guess it was in a bag or a box." After thinking about it, Lao Du proposed to Tan Xiaotian - if it was placed in a place where he could see it directly, he would have been in and out of this warehouse I don't know how many times, and it was impossible not to have any impression at all.
"Uh, yes." After getting the hint, Tan Xiaotian looked for it again, there were a lot of packages and boxes in the warehouse, one in the east and one in the west, some boxes had locks, some boxes did not, as for the packages, they were of different sizes, most of the bags were cloth and clothing, Tan Xiaotian first opened the package to check it, no, those boxes that could be opened also opened and checked, no, the little guy couldn't help but be a little deflated, and his eyes fell on a camphor wood box in the corner of the wall - the last hope is here, if there is no here, then there may really be none.
The box is not very big, no more than three feet long, no more than two feet wide, about one and a half feet high, the black lacquer skin has been placed for too long and no one has scrubbed and maintained the surface has long been mottled and covered with dust, the side of the box is a brass lock nose, the lock nose is hung with a common iron lock, the iron lock is also rusty, touch it and get a hand of rust.
"Uncle, uncle!" Pulled the iron lock hard, although it was rusty, but the iron lock was an iron lock after all, and it was not a child's strength that could cope with it, and after a few attempts and seeing no result, Tan Xiaotian shouted loudly to the door.
"What's wrong? Found it? Hearing the shout, Lao Du put the cigarette pouch and pot on his belt and walked in, asking as he walked.
"No, no, but I guess it's probably in this box, uncle, do you have the key to this box?" Tan Xiaotian shook his head and asked expectantly.
"The key to this chest? ,No,But this lock is rusted like this.,Even if there is an estimate, it can't be opened.。 After carefully inspecting the box and lock, Lao Du shook his head and said.
"Uh, what then?" Tan Xiaotian was very disappointed when he heard that there was no key, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have seen this box, but after a long time, he couldn't be very sure, but in this way, he had higher expectations for whether there were books in this box that he was looking for.
"Heh, what's so difficult to do, there is no way to have no key, we are not locksmiths, we can't do that delicate work, but we are robbers, the best thing to do is to smash and smash, go, bring the axe behind the door to the uncle." Lao Du said with a smile - no matter how high the kung fu is, he is afraid of kitchen knives, no matter how good his fists and feet are, he can't do the kung fu of unlocking the lock, but the purpose is to open the box, so there are too many ways to choose from, and what he is good at is the simplest and most effective one. (To be continued......)