Observation
Early that morning, after Li Bai finished breakfast, the old driver hit the road.
The commander of the Dune Giant Brigade Artillery Battalion, Major Commander Kamo Osaka, who had brought people around to search for the liquor thief and sworn to hang him up and whip him to death before chopping off his head and mounting it on a stake as a warning to future generations, finally received some consolation and calmed down.
There was actually no special trick to it. When he saw two cases of Red Star Niulanshan and the Cardboard Boxes filled with liquor bottles, the commander forgot everything at once. He gave Li Bai a thumbs-up. "Brother, you're a real stand-up guy! Long live Sino-Serbian friendship! Long live China-Africa friendship!"
Then, as if sending away a plague god, he hurriedly supervised the heavy tractor personally and had it tow the motorhome away.
Watching the motorhome recede into the distance, the two cousins, each holding a case of liquor, looked at each other and let out a long, simultaneous sigh of relief.
"Cousin!"
"Hmm?"
"Finders keepers. We'll split it fifty-fifty. I want a case!"
"What?" (°ー°〃)
"Yeah, I want a whole case!"
"No way!" ￣へ￣
"I want a case!"
"I'll give you one bottle at most!" (ー`ー)
"I want a case!"
"Two bottles. Any more, and I'll beat your head crooked!" (＃￣~￣＃)
"I want a case!"
"Waaah! Chaka, my dear younger cousin, you've successfully angered me! I'm going to teach you a proper lesson!" 凸(╬▔皿▔)
"I'll tell Aunt Susan you stole my stuff. Let's see if she doesn't beat the crap out of you herself!"
"..." ∑(っ°Д°;)っ
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Following the paper map covered in hand-drawn markings, Li Bai drove the heavy tractor toward the Huda Tribe's actual location.
With only a few glances, he had roughly