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Chapter 659: Admiring Xiao Xu Pao is bound to take first place!

The sky was foggy and in the distance, gray-white gas was floating in the narrow space, descending from the sky and going straight into the mountains and forests.

The mountains and forests were covered with ice and snow. Some of the snow that fell on the branches melted and wrapped the leaves. The rotten fruits growing on the branches also seemed to be frozen. Perhaps when the ice and snow melted in the spring of next year, the rotten fruits would still be rotten fruits...

In the morning, the air was fresh and the cold wind blew on my cheeks. Soon, I felt my face stiff and my hands and feet numb.

At the beginning of the season change, many people cannot accept the sudden attack of cold air, but in order to reduce resistance and weight when running in the mountains, they have to wear less clothes.

At the east entrance of Qing'antun, an old Jiefang truck was parked on the side of the road. The driver was Li Tielin, an old acquaintance of Xu Ning. When he saw Xu Ning, Xu Laonian and others, he hurried over, greeted them and distributed cigarettes to everyone.

At this time, many people had gathered at the east entrance. In addition to the two teams of the old Xu family, there were also the Chang brothers and Li Feng, Huang Xiaomei's father Huang Liguo and his two sons, and cousins. Qing'antun alone dispatched four teams, totaling 15 people.

Li Tielin opened the rear compartment and let everyone get on the bus one by one. Then Xu Ning and others carried the dog gang into the compartment. Xu Laonian and Wang Erli naturally did not sit in the compartment, but were dragged to the passenger seat by Li Tielin.

Before leaving, Chang Danian stood at the door of his house and took a look. When the black wolf, the second wolf and the third wolf saw him, they howled twice and jumped on their four legs in anxiety. Xu Ning was about to wave and say hello, but saw Chang Danian shrink back into the yard.

Of course Xu Ning knew the reason why Chang Danian did what he did. He was definitely afraid that the three dogs of Black Wolf would see that he was not being honest.

Li Tielin drove leisurely towards the forest farm with a group of people and a bunch of dogs.

When we arrived at the forest farm and got off the car one by one, we noticed that there were already many people there.

There were many people who had met Xu Ning, including Da La Ba and Lao Han from Taiping Village, the three Li brothers from Tai'an Village, Lao Qin from Taihe Village, etc.

Xu Laonian is very popular in the forest farm. Everyone who sees him has to say hello. He seems to be the center of attention and enjoys talking to people.

Since the hunters from each village brought dogs with them, the sound of dogs barking could be heard in the open space of the forest farm. Fortunately, before Xu Ning got out of the car, he asked Wang Hu and Guan Lei to tie the dogs to the guardrail of the car. Otherwise, with the teeth of the blue wolf, black wolf, spotted wolf and other dogs, they would definitely bite the dogs into bloody pulps!

Some people had never seen Xu Ning, but they recognized him immediately because of his distinctive appearance and the fact that he was leading the two most powerful dogs in Qing'an.

"Hey, Xiao Xu Pao! Why are you leading so many dogs? Are you trying to lag behind us?"

A man came forward. He looked similar to Yang Jun. A young man followed behind him. The young man smiled and said, "Xu Ning, this is my uncle Wang Linhai."

Xu Ning looked at the young man and felt that he looked familiar. When he came closer, he remembered that he should be his classmate, but he forgot his name.

"You also go hunting in the mountains?"

The young man grinned and said, "What are you talking about? I went into the mountains with my uncle to hunt livestock when I was sixteen or seventeen. I've heard a lot about you running around in the mountains recently. I heard you're pretty good at it, right?"

Li Fuqiang listened to the two people's harsh words and said carelessly: "What else are you talking about? My brother is very good at beating animals, do you need to say anything?"

Wang Linhai looked at Li Fuqiang and said with a smile, "Why is this brother so sarcastic? We were just chatting normally. Isn't it because of Xiao Xu Pao's reputation that I wanted to come over to take a look. I didn't expect that he is so young and is a classmate of my nephew."

At this time, Da Loudspeaker came closer, turned his head and stared at Wang Linhai with his yellow teeth bared, and said with a smile: "Fuck! Isn't this Dahai! Last time you fell into the ditch while running in the mountains, did you catch a cold when you got home?"

Wang Linhai's face turned red when he heard this, and he said, "This happened many years ago. Why do you keep bringing it up?"

The loud speaker said rudely, "Why are you pretending to be so arrogant in front of me? Are you trying to show off? If you keep talking, I will tell you all your glorious deeds. Do you believe me?"

Wang Linhai frowned and looked at the loud speaker, then turned to look at Xu Ning and the others, and said, "I didn't say anything. Why are you all coming to me? I just heard that Xiao Xu Pao is famous, so I came here to admire him. What's the matter?"

"Why do you need my admiration? What do you do?"

Xu Ning didn't know much about Wang Linhai, but the loud speaker had provoked him with words, which meant that Wang Linhai must have a bad mouth. Besides, his previous words were indeed a bit harsh, and now he was pretending to be aggrieved.

Wang Linhai looked at Da Laba with a drooping face, then turned around and led his nephew away.

The loud speaker stared at his back and said, "This guy has a sick brain. He is always making up stories out of nothing. He is so annoying."

It turns out that he is in the same industry as Da Laba. No wonder Da Laba dislikes him so much.

"Which village are they from?"

"Old Wang's family in Nantun, didn't you ask Li Guaizi last time? His father and Li Guaizi were comrades-in-arms."

"Ah! I remember now." Xu Ning didn't say anything just now, because Li Fuqiang and Da Laba both spoke up. Seeing that Wang Linhai didn't get angry, Xu Ning ignored him.

But since he had some relationship with Li Guaizi, he must have known that Wangxing Li Guaizi raised wolves in his cellar. Why didn't he go and kill the wolves? I was really puzzled.

"Does he have a dog at home?"

"Yes, they are tied to the pillar over there. There are six dogs in total, but they are far inferior to our Qinglang. His family has two leading dogs, one with its head down and the other with its head up, but their legs and incense heads are not far away, and the legs and feet of the helper dogs are not as good."

Li Fuqiang asked: "How about the next bite? Is it stable?"

"To be honest, he is quite steady in his bites. As long as his dog tied up the animals, they would not run away. Before the beginning of spring this year, his dog tied up a black bear. At that time, Li Feng and I went to collect the meat. Wang Linhai was really stingy. I gave him two cents, and then he asked me to make up the difference. Tell me, what's the big deal about that?"

"Hahaha, that's quite interesting."

As they chatted for a few words, they heard someone shouting in the distance: "Come! Hunters from all the villages, look over here!"

As everyone's eyes turned to him, Xu Ning also saw the man's face clearly. It was the cafeteria's chef, Lao Kang.

"Let's go to the cafeteria now and find a place to sit down. Tie up your dogs outside. Make sure they are tied up properly! The cafeteria has prepared three dishes, cornmeal buns, two-grain porridge, and small pickles. When you go in later, first put the porridge and small pickles in your lunch boxes, and then take the cornmeal buns..."

Listening to Lao Kang's words, Li Fuqiang said, "Brother, your sister-in-law has prepared food for us. It's all in a cloth bag. Why don't we take the food from the forest farm?"

Xu Ning nodded in agreement. In fact, he knew that there would be no rice in the forest farm, so he asked Yang Shuhua and Han Fengjiao to prepare the food in advance and put it in lunch boxes to eat at noon, so the Xu family only needed to have breakfast in the forest farm.

After crowds of people entered the cafeteria, hot cornmeal buns and two-grain porridge were brought to the table in basins.

Guan Lei looked around and asked, "Where did my uncle and the others go? Why can't I see them?"

Xu Ning said: "Let's go to the hut to eat. He is just a relative..."

At this time, Xiao Liu saw where Xu Ning was, and ran over and said, "Erning, my cousin is calling you to come into the hut for dinner."

Xu Ning stood up and smiled: "Well, we are also related households, let's go in and take a look."

The four of them got up and followed Xiao Liu into the inner room, where they saw Xu Laonian and others eating with Zheng Yunlong, Guo Xingmin and others. They were eating millet porridge with salted eggs, pickled cucumbers, mustard greens and white steamed buns. "This meal is very good! I love salted eggs. Uncle Zheng, let me introduce you. This is my eldest brother Li Fuqiang and my second uncle's eldest son Wang Hu..."

"Oh, I've seen it all. You guys can sit down and eat now. There's no need for us to be polite. Guan Lei manages the mill well. The output of a small mill has caught up with that of a large mill. It looks like this year's mission should be completed ahead of schedule."

Guan Lei said with a smile: "That must be the credit of the forest farm. If the forest farm hadn't equipped our Xiaoleng field with a winch and a chain saw, we wouldn't have been able to work so fast."

“Hahahaha…” Zheng Yunlong laughed with his head back.

Guo Xingmin smiled and said, "Erning and his friends are all good at chatting."

Zheng Yunlong said, "You can find people like you... Erning, where do you want to go to hunt animals?"

"Anywhere is fine, but of course the best place is the one with the most animals. I'm thinking of getting first place and earning an extra 200 yuan."

Xu Laonian glared and said, "You take first place? Then what should I do? It's fine if you take first place, and then you can give me 20 yuan..."

"My wife has given you less money recently? She should have given you at least 100 yuan, right? How dare you ask me for money? You are making Uncle Zheng and Uncle Guo laugh at you!"

"They all know what kind of person I am. Why are they laughing at me? Besides, my daughter gave me money. What does it have to do with you?"

Guo Xingmin said with a smile: "Brother, stop nagging. This is the first time our forest farm has held such a grand event. If you want the prize money, you have to show your real ability! We can't do anything crooked."

"Am I a pervert? I'm not bragging, I hunted a lot of wild boars last year, and even killed a black bear!"

Li Fuqiang laughed and said, "Uncle, my brother killed nearly 10 black bears last year."

"Hey, why bother to talk to me? I'm not like you. Put it in now! Then get out of here."

Zheng Yunlong joked, "Will Erning kill 20 black bears this year? Give me a few of them and I'll take them back to let your aunt have a taste."

"Of course! Uncle Zheng, even if you don't ask for it, I have to save it for you..."

They ate, drank and chatted for about 20 minutes, then everyone put down their chopsticks and looked at the time. It was exactly 6:.

Zheng Yunlong went out in a hurry, followed by Guo Xingmin and others. When he arrived at the cafeteria and saw that so many people had finished their meals, he stood on a wooden stool, raised his hands and shouted:

"Everyone, look at me! My name is Zheng Yunlong, and I'm the new secretary of our Qing'an Forest Farm. I guess you all don't quite understand why the forest farm asked you to come here, right?"

"Some people said you came here to listen to my nonsense, and some said you came here to attend a meeting. I tell you that it's not the case! The main reason I asked you to come here today is to talk about the bonus set by our forest farm..."

When Zheng Yunlong said this, the people sitting around the table began to whisper to each other, and the cafeteria became extremely noisy for a while.

"Oh my god, why is there a bonus? If I had known there was a bonus, I would have called a few more people!"

"How much money do you want? You can't just give three or five yuan... In the early years, the forest farm organized hunting of livestock, which was completely voluntary labor..."

"..."

People are saying all kinds of things, and they only pick out unpleasant things to say.

Zheng Yunlong waved his hand, and the crowd naturally quieted down.

He went on to say, "This year our forest farm has adopted a point system, which means that if you kill a wild boar, you will get 5 points, a roe deer, 7 points, a deer, 10 points, and if you kill a black bear, you will get 30 points!"

"Perhaps someone will ask, what are these points for? They can be exchanged for our forest farm's military coats, cotton shoes and small cotton jackets..."

Someone shouted from below: "Secretary Zheng, how many points do we need to exchange for a military coat and cotton shoes? And what should we do with the meat from the animals we hunted?"

Zheng Yunlong said with a smile: "Listen to me, everyone. Haven't the hunting teams in your villages already registered with the forest farm? Send the animals you hunt directly to the forest farm, and Xiao Liu next to me will help you register the points. Then the people from the forest farm will send them to your corresponding villages, and let your village captain distribute them to employees and poor households..."

"Wild boar meat is not very valuable, and our forest farm also gives registration points, which can be exchanged for military coats and other things, so the forest farm does not charge for it. However, for roe deer, deer, and black bears, the forest farm will charge a certain amount per kilogram!"

"Roe deer is 6 cents, venison is 7 cents, and bear meat is 1 yuan. Don't think it's too little! Our forest area only produces these kinds of animal meat. When you hunt more animal meat, the price will naturally drop a little. Otherwise, our forest farm won't be able to charge that much."

The people below started to discuss again. Some said it would be better to sell the meat to Da Laba, Li Feng and others, while others said it would be better to sell it by themselves...

Zheng Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Just now I heard that the fencing organized by the forest farm a few years ago was all voluntary labor? Then who helped build the houses you lived in before? Wasn't it built by our forest farm people? Now the forest farm wants to give you military coats and cotton shoes as rewards, why are you not happy?"

"I didn't say I was unhappy! Secretary Zheng, what about the gallbladder, horn, and nose of the black bear?"

"It's all yours, and has nothing to do with the forest farm. The forest farm organized this event so that the employees and their families can have something good to eat, so if anyone is unhappy, don't blame the forest farm. If you want to blame someone, blame me for doing this unnecessary thing!"

"Oh my god, Secretary Zheng is doing a good thing, how can it be unnecessary?"

"That's not a big deal. These points are given for free. I can always go home with a full military coat!"

"..."

Seeing this, Zheng Yunlong continued, "Points are not given for free. You have to kill enough animals to exchange them for military coats. For example, a pair of cotton shoes requires 20 points, which means you have to kill 4 pigs to exchange for a pair of cotton shoes!"

"Four pigs? That's easy enough! How many points do I need to exchange for a little cotton jacket and a military coat?"

"The little cotton jacket requires 30 points, and the military coat requires 50 points! In addition to points, we have other rewards. For example, if you rank first in the accumulated points in three days, the forest farm will reward you 200 yuan, the second place will reward you 100 yuan, the third place will reward you 50 yuan, and the fourth to tenth place will reward you 10 yuan!"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was as if a fire was lit below, and it exploded with a bang.

"What the hell? The one who gets the most points will get 200 yuan?"

"Oh my god! This money is not easy to earn."

"The forest farm wants us to compete to see who kills the most animals!"

"I'm going to have to work really hard this time. I'll have to do it even for 200 bucks!"

"If I had known I would be given money, I would have taken the bedding and lived in the mountains..."

(End of this chapter)