Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 673: First Place Goes to Xiao Xu Pao with Extra Bonus

The old ladies who were picking up the dishes in the house all covered their mouths and laughed secretly. How could they not know who was doing the mischief? Of course they knew, but that was exactly why they thought it was fun. The quarrels among their own family members made them feel quite happy. What others wanted so badly, Xu Ning could easily get with just a little effort.

Wang Hu and Guan Hua were beaming with joy. They were both filled with emotion about what had happened to Xu Laonian and Wang Erli. Xu Laonian glared at Xu Ning and cursed at him with his lips moving. Wang Erli covered his face helplessly.

As soon as Sun Lianfang served the chicken and tofu to the table, everyone sat around the table, started drinking, and before that, Meng Ziyan and Sun Lianfang had already served food to Jiang Qiuer and a small pot of meat to Yang Yi, because the Xu family had a rich menu today, with braised venison, stewed venison legs, as well as the smoked chicken and goose stewed with sauerkraut that Yang Jun had sent yesterday, to celebrate the successful completion of three days of mountain running.

Liu Lizhen had already left some food for Yang Jun and the others, which was kept warm in the pot. Such a large group of people certainly couldn't wait for them to come back.

The sauerkraut at Old Xu's house has been pickled. Xu Ning tasted that this year's sauerkraut is more fragrant than last year's with just one chopstick. Why? Last year's salt was bitter, and no sugar was added. As we all know, adding sugar adds a little sweetness and can provide a carbon source for the fermentation process, promote the growth of lactic acid bacteria, and then speed up the fermentation of sauerkraut...

The starry sky outside the window is bright, and the moonlight shines on the earth, making the snow appear white during the day. Standing on the bridge in front of Lao Xu's house and looking south, you can see the shadows of the trees.

At 7:, Xu Laonian and his friends had not yet put down their glasses and were bragging about their strange story of hunting pigs in the mountains. Was it something strange? Even ordinary hunting stories could be turned into something very exciting when told by Xu Laonian, making the story extremely vivid.

At this time, there was a noise outside the door. Li Fuqiang was standing under the plastic shed with a cigarette in his mouth. He pushed the door open and met Yang Jun, Lao Jiang, Liu Daming and Li Feng.

After they entered the house, the old woman looked at Li Feng's miserable appearance and her heart trembled suddenly. Just imagine what would happen if Xu Ning, Wang Hu and others encountered a big cat in the mountains?
"After I got the injection at the health center, Director Zhou gave me a few more stitches and did another checkup. Director Zhou said there was nothing wrong, but I had to stay at home for half a year."

"It's OK as long as you're fine. Feng, don't go up the mountain with those two brothers again."

Li Feng said, "Don't worry, auntie, I can't have any contact with them anymore. If it weren't for Er Ning and the others, I would have definitely been killed by the tiger."

"What are you talking about? Sit down and eat. Your aunt and the others have been leaving the food in the pot for quite a long time..."

Xu Laonian waved his hand and directed Li Fuqiang to go into the house to get some wine. After the old women cleared the dishes on the table, they brought back a few small plates of untouched dishes.

"Brother Jun, can you go back to the mountain tomorrow?" Guan Lei asked.

Yang Jun nodded: "Well, stay at home for a night, what's the matter? You have to go back with me."

"Ah, that's what I was thinking..."

Before Guan Lei could finish, Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "What are you thinking about? Stay at home for a few days and then talk about it. Now that the situation has stabilized, it won't be a problem for you to go with my uncle or not."

Sun Lianfang was very happy to hear that. She clapped her hands and said with a smile, "It's right to listen to our brother! You should stay at home for a few days. Ah! Brother, you must be thirsty. I'll get you some tea."

Seeing Sun Lianfang so active, Guan Lei's heart trembled. He was not afraid of serving Sun Lianfang, but he was afraid that she would push her too far. It was normal for normal people to want children, but how could they eat their fill? With Guan Lei's small physique, he could only perform two gun techniques at most, and more than that would be confusing.

"When will Jiang'er do it? Why don't you bring your brother's wife back so that we can take a look at her?"

Hearing this, Lao Jiang blushed and said, "Second sister-in-law, I was thinking that after a while, since we just finished running in the mountains, and I don't have any brothers here, I must bring her here!"

"That's right..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Jun looked up and said, "Aunt, I have an unwelcome request..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Laonian said, "Just hurry up and say it. Why are you using such pretentious words? You're asking for something unwelcome."

Liu Lizhen glared at him, and then heard Yang Jun say, "This is what happened. Li Feng and I have discussed it in the car, and we want to get it done before winter comes. But I don't have parents or brothers, and I have a few cousins ​​who can't help me either, so I thought I'd ask you to help me arrange it and set a date."

"That's nothing. Auntie will definitely take care of it! So when do you want to do it?"

"The sooner the better..."

Old Yang Jun was as horny as a louse, eating two mouthfuls of food in silence. To be honest, he had been a little lonely since his divorce. When he saw Sun Cuiping's seductive look, his heart was a little overwhelmed, and sometimes he would get up even when he was sleeping.

Xu Ning didn't interrupt. Since his mother had agreed to something like this, he basically didn't have to worry about it because his mother would arrange everything in an orderly manner.

"Tomorrow I'll go to Old Mrs. Zhang to calculate the date. Feng, ask Lihong to come over tomorrow and we'll go together."

Lao Jiang took out a piece of paper from his hip pocket and said, "Sister-in-law, please help me calculate the date. These are our horoscopes."

Since Lao Jiang and Yang Jun have no parents or brothers, it is normal for them to find a close sister-in-law or aunt to help them.

After the meal, everyone sat around the coffee table and drank some tea. It was almost 9 o'clock before everyone went their separate ways with their wives.

Meng Ziyan poured out the foot washing water, and when she returned to the west room, she found Xu Ning lying in bed pretending to sleep. She quietly moved over but couldn't help laughing. When Xu Ning reacted, she had already opened the quilt, and a cool breeze suddenly blew...

"We'll do it tomorrow, why are you in such a hurry?"

Meng Ziyan came close to him and whispered, "Hey, I didn't say anything about that. Lianfang told me that she missed home and wanted you to talk to Leizi."

"I told him a long time ago, and he said he would go to Sandaohe soon."

"Okay, when are we going to the provincial capital? I'm thinking of buying a gold bracelet for my mom."

"I can't go for a while..."

Tonight, Meng Ziyan was very obedient and just hugged him and fell asleep.

She also knew that Xu Ning was a little tired after running in the mountains for three days. Besides, they usually had a second match, so these three to five days would not make a difference. She was just urged by Liu Fenfang to go back to her parents' home, so she was anxious and a little anxious.

The next day, the weather was fine.

After breakfast, Xu Ning drove Xu Laonian, Li Fuqiang and others to the forest farm. Today was a good day to celebrate the successful completion of the siege. After arriving at the forest farm, they saw Da Laba, Lao Han and others. Almost all of the mountain runners came, except Li Feng and the Chang brothers and Wang Linhai. One reason was that they were injured and could not walk, and the other was that they felt ashamed.

Everyone was chatting and chatting in the open space until around 8:, when the forest farm leaders finished their meeting and Guo Xingmin and Zheng Yunlong appeared.

They invited the people outside the courtyard into the cafeteria. Zheng Yunlong was still standing on a high place, saying words of thanks first, and then telling the truth.

"This year, our forest farm has hunted more than 80 wild boars, and more than 20 roe deer and deer! First of all, I want to thank everyone here. These animals are all your credit. Our forest farm has also counted the points according to the established rules. I will read out the points ranking later. First receive the prize, then exchange the items..."

Xiao Liu handed over the registration book. After Zheng Yunlong received it, he read from the book: "First... Let's start from the tenth. The tenth is the Li brothers from Tai'an!"

When the three Li brothers heard this, they immediately clapped their hands and excitedly showed off to the people around them. After all, this was an honor and they should show off.

When they registered before, they asked Xiao Liu, but Xiao Liu just said: The forest farm has regulations and I can’t tell you the ranking unless you ask one by one.

They don't have a relationship like Xu Ning, so Xiao Liu naturally has no obligation to inform them of the points details.

Therefore, when they heard that their team was among the top ten, they were all very excited, their faces turned red and they jumped up and down. Their excitement was no less than that of children who had tasted candy.

Zheng Yunlong said: "The second is the Shengfeng Li brothers! The score is 120, and they are fighting wild boars..."

The four brothers of the Li family looked at each other in bewilderment. They had originally thought that they would definitely take first place, but they were only ranked second. The fourth brother Li frowned and said, "There must be something fishy! Big brother?"

"Don't make a fuss, this is the forest farm's rule. If they check it out, we won't be able to withstand the scrutiny."

Li Lao San nodded: "There are only Taiping and Xu Er left. They should be the first, but it's good enough for us to get 100 yuan."

After Zheng Yunlong read out their harvest, he smiled and said, "I won't keep you in suspense. The first place is Taiping Xu Ning! He scored 159 points, and killed 8 wild boars, 7 roe deer, deer, and an old leopard!"

Everyone present was whispering. The Li brothers were not there yesterday, so they didn't know that Xu Ning had picked up a leopard. After hearing this, the four of them looked at each other, all a little dazed and indeed a little surprised.

After hearing what the people around them said, they realized that the old leopard was picked up. Li Lao Si muttered, "What a bit of luck."

"Not only that, you should have heard the roar of a tiger on the mountain yesterday, right?"

Zheng Yunlong said: "Xu Ning and the other three saved a man from a tiger's mouth. This is considered a heroic act. Our forest farm will give corresponding rewards, and each person will be given an additional 10 yuan... I hope that everyone can help each other when they go into the mountains. Don't be selfish. The animals in the mountains will not listen to reason with you. Let's stick together if we can, and lend a hand to anyone in need. After all, everyone has a hard time..."

After saying that, Zheng Yunlong waved his hand and Xiao Liu handed over the red envelope. He took it and jumped down from a high place. He first walked to Xu Ning and the other four and handed over the red envelope, then handed it to the Li brothers. He walked around before distributing all the money.

"The next step is to exchange points for items. You all follow Xiao Liu..."

At this time, Lan Dadan asked, "Secretary Zheng, how are our points calculated? Does each of us have that many points, or is that the only number for the entire team?"

"Yes, Secretary Zheng, we only earned 60 points, but three of them got two military coats, and the remaining person got nothing."

Zheng Yunlong said with a smile: "Is our forest farm so stingy? Each member of your team has 60 points, and each person can exchange for two military coats."

"Hey, I...thank you so much, Secretary Zheng, you are a living Bodhisattva."

"Thank you very much. I have two children at home. This is just the right time to change two small cotton-padded jackets for them."

This group of people said auspicious words generously, which made Zheng Yunlong feel very happy. He felt more comfortable than sitting in an office in the city, and he felt that his work in the forest farm was not in vain.

Xiao Liu led everyone to the door of the warehouse. He first wrote down the things everyone wanted to exchange, and then let others go into the warehouse to get them.

Xu Ning was not in a hurry. He divided the money outside first. There was a total of 240 yuan. He took 90 yuan and the other three took 50 yuan each. Among them, 10 yuan was a special reward from the forest farm, so it was divided equally. The other 200 yuan was according to the rules.

Xu Laonian came over and said, "Son, why don't you give dad some?"

"Dad, why don't you remember? Didn't I let my mom strangle you yesterday?"

Xu Laonian glared and said, "You still dare to mention this matter? You are just being naughty! Just tell me whether you will give it or not."

"Guess how my mom knew you had over 200 yuan in your piggy bank? Do you know why my mom didn't touch your piggy bank..."

Xu Laonian was stunned for a moment, but Wang Erli reacted instantly and said, "Brother, Erning has had a hard time too. Why are you asking a child for money when you are already a grown-up?"

"He... is good! This little bastard is good! Just wait for me."

Xu Ning curled his lips and said, "I'll ask my mother to confiscate your little stash of money when I get home!"

"Fuck, you're threatening me? I'm afraid of you, son. I'm not afraid of you. I respect you, okay? If you need money, just tell me. I definitely don't have one or two hundred, but I can definitely give you thirty or fifty!"

Li Fuqiang gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "My uncle is really particular!"

"That must happen!"

Xu Ning and his four companions each had 160 points, and Xu Laonian and his four companions each had 60 points. There were so many things that could be exchanged, so they moved military coats, small cotton-padded jackets, and cotton-padded jackets into bundles into the car.

After Zheng Yunlong and Guo Xingmin finished other things, they found Xu Ning and others to talk about encountering a tiger. Zheng Yunlong said that the city was discussing the matter. Since no one had died from the tiger, it was highly likely that no approval would be issued.

Xu Ning had already anticipated this, and it can be said that this is very normal because it is the norm in society.

Immediately, Zheng Yunlong, Guo Xingmin and a deputy director took Xu Ning's car to Qing'an Village. They wanted to express their condolences to Li Feng and the Chang brothers. In the eyes of the forest farm, regardless of whether the Chang brothers were wrong or not, they had to go to their home to take a look for the sake of the forest farm.

When they arrived at the village, they first dropped off Guan Lei and others, and asked them to take their military coats and other things back home. Then Xu Ning drove to Li Feng's house.

When Zheng Yunlong and others got off the bus, they were not empty-handed. They were holding two cans of food, two bottles of wine, two packs of cigarettes, and a bag of tiaozi cakes.

"Brother Feng! Secretary Zheng of the forestry farm and Directors Guo and Li are here to see you!"

Xu Ning stood at the door and shouted, and then he saw Chang Lihong and Sun Cuiping take the first step, and Li Feng limped out of the east room, holding his waist.

"Hey, don't come out! You just got injured and need to lie down on the bed to recover."

Regardless of whether Zheng Yunlong is sincere or not, hearing these words makes people feel comfortable.

Li Fengqiang smiled and said, "Leader, I'm fine..."

"It's okay, it's okay. It's just that we ran into Erning and the others on the mountain, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!"

Guo Xingmin said, "We are here to see you on behalf of the forest farm. These are what the forest farm brought to you. Although there are not many things, it is just a token of our appreciation. In addition, these are the clothes that your team earned by earning points. There are two military coats, two small cotton jackets, and two pairs of cotton shoes."

Li Feng was stunned: "We didn't kill so many animals."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Hey, Brother Feng, since it was given to you by the forest farm, just accept it. Why are you asking so many questions?"

Zheng Yunlong nodded and said, "You were injured while working for the forest farm, so the forest farm will definitely not neglect you. In addition to these daily necessities, the forest farm will also give you 20 yuan for medical treatment. You must accept this money and you are not allowed to refuse it."

"Take it, take it. Medical treatment and recuperation will definitely cost money. The forest farm cannot let you work in vain."

Last night, Li Feng heard from Xu Ning that a leader from the forest farm was coming down the mountain to visit and comfort people. He didn't expect to be given so many things. He took them and said, "Thank you for receiving them..."

The deputy director interrupted and said, "Don't be polite. Secretary Zheng and Director Guo took time out of their busy schedules to come here. The forest farm has to treat the hunters to a meal at noon."

Zheng Yunlong felt a little unhappy when he heard him talking, and said, "Let's do this first, let's go to the next one first."

Chang Lihong had just finished brewing tea and brought it into the room. She hurriedly said, "Leader, have a drink of water before you leave."

"I'm not going to drink anymore. I'm in a hurry to go to the next one. You should take good care of your injuries. When you're well, come to the forest farm to find me."

Li Feng was a little confused, and after two seconds he nodded: "Okay, leader, take care."

(End of this chapter)