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Chapter 704 It’s not about money, it must be worth it

The first impression Sun Weimin left on Xu Ning and others was that he was kind-hearted and fat. He was short, about 1 meters tall, but plump. In addition, when he wore a thick cotton jacket in winter, he looked like a walking black blind man, with a shiny forehead. Perhaps it was his Mediterranean hairstyle that made him look older.

At this moment, apart from Xu Ning and others, there were only Sun Weimin, Master Li, his wife and two girls who were not too old, but the two girls should have been married.

There are several transport vehicles, robotic arms and other equipment in the mine. There are five brick houses on the left. Usually Sun Weimin, his wife, parents and parents live here. Since the trouble caused by the young gangsters a few days ago, Sun Weimin sent his parents and wife down the mountain.

He welcomed Xu Ning and the others into the house and said with a smile, "Come sit on the kang and warm up! The food will be ready soon."

Xu Ning nodded: "Hey, the mine is closed now? I see there are not many people here."

"We have to stop working, otherwise the workers who go out to urinate in the middle of the night may be easily taken away by gangsters. I hired two hikers a few days ago, and they led their dogs into the mountain. What happened in the end? All the dogs died, and the two of them were also slightly injured. I paid for sending them to the clinic. Oh! Don't mention it. I've been feeling a bit sick recently. Suddenly a group of gangsters came..."

Li Fuqiang asked: "How many green-skinned people are there in total?"

Sun Weimin was sitting on the edge of the kang passing a cigarette to Li Fuqiang. When he saw Xu Ning waving his hand, he turned around and passed it to Guan Lei. When he struck a match, he replied, "Oh, there must be more than 10 of them. Old Li, did you hear what Big Eyes said?"

Master Li said: "Big Eyes is one of the two people running up the mountain. He said that the group of green skins on the mountain are very fierce. Judging from their hunting and chasing, this group of green skins should have a wolf king. But Big Eyes only heard the wolf howling, but didn't see the wolf king."

Xu Ning frowned and said, "More than ten green-skinned people... Were there other animals in this mountain before?"

"Yes, just before the beginning of winter this year, a big brown bear jumped out. Didn't I want to invite you over at that time? You were busy building a house at that time, so I asked Big Eyes to hunt it. This big brown bear was fat and plump, with fat as thick as a palm, and it tasted delicious..."

Sun Weimin smiled and said, "I usually like to eat some wild game, don't laugh at me."

"Well, it's human nature. I often crave meat at home, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to start mountain running."

"Hahaha……"

After Sun Weimin finished laughing, Master Li's wife lifted the door curtain and said, "Weimin, the food is ready. Shall we put the table in this room?"

"Well, pick up a few of your salted duck eggs."

Master Li said, "I'll go get the table while you guys chat. Erning, don't move."

Xu Ning waved his hand, and Sun Weimin turned around and said, "The salted duck eggs pickled by Old Li's wife are delicious. You can all try them later."

"Okay, I'm so lucky to have such a delicious meal right after arriving here."

Sun Weimin said with a smile: "I usually study it. The pork elbow with rock sugar prepared by Lianfang for her wedding banquet was also very good..."

Wang Hu clapped his hands and said in sudden realization: "Oh my god! That's not the case. I was wondering why Uncle Min looked so familiar. I think we've met before."

Xu Ning nodded: "We must have met before, otherwise how could we be so familiar with each other after just meeting?"

Guan Lei scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Uncle Min, my memory is not very good. There were so many relatives who came to see Lianfang when she got married that I was dazzled. Please don't take it to heart..."

"No! This little thing is nothing... I heard that you were in Qing'an to make trouble?"

"Well, let's practice in this small field. Uncle Min is a big businessman. I need to learn a lot from him."

Sun Weimin was very pleased to hear this, grinned and waved his hands: "What can you learn from me? I study all kinds of tricks. All day long, I am either giving this or that. Look at what I drink, my neck is almost thicker than my head."

After a brief chat, Xu Ning found that Sun Weimin was a typical businessman. How typical? He was shameless! He could laugh at himself and flatter you. He was the kind of person who would do anything to achieve his goals.

Moreover, seven parts of what he said were true and three parts were false. Although this way of dealing with people makes Sun Weimin seem dull and honest, it is also a means of socializing to show weakness to the enemy.

If Sun Weimin is described as a real person by others, he must be considered as a smooth person by those who are familiar with him.

Then, Master Li put down the table, and his wife and two girls came into the house carrying the dishes.

Sun Weimin invited Xu Ning and others to sit down, and said with a smile: "We don't have any special dishes, they are all home-cooked dishes, you can make do with them."

"Goose stewed with sauerkraut is not a common dish. Who can eat it like this?"

"The chickens, ducks and geese we raise are almost being bitten to death, so I thought we should kill them all to save them from being eaten by the bastards. Isn't it better to feed them to our family than to feed them to the animals? Although the food in our mountain village is not as good as at home, as long as you stay here, I promise you will have meat every day!"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Thank you Uncle Min for your hospitality. We won't be polite then."

"Oh my god, it's not a big deal, you don't even need to say thank you, it's all my duty! Come on, sit down, we're not going into the mountains today, it's okay if we drink less."

"Okay, I'll follow Uncle Min's arrangements."

There were a total of six dishes on the table. In addition to goose stewed with sauerkraut, there were also chicken stewed with mushrooms, cabbage heart salad, salt-fried peanuts, stir-fried bean sprouts, scrambled eggs with onions, and salted duck eggs which were not considered dishes. The wine they drank was Acanthopanax pilosula, which has a calming effect on middle-aged and elderly people because it is made from more than a dozen medicinal herbs such as Codonopsis pilosula and Angelica sinensis, and is produced in Hengdaohezi.

Chai Bing had wanted to make this kind of wine before, but after talking with Xu Ning, he decided to just make ginseng wine. After all, Eleutherodactyl is quite popular in Heilongjiang Province, and the market is close to saturation. If he wants to increase sales, he can only wait for the traffic environment to improve, but southerners may not be accustomed to drinking it.

Sun Weimin raised his glass to welcome Xu Ning and others. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, he became more talkative.

"Erning, please come over and help me hunt the animals. I have something personal to attend to! You have to help me fulfill a wish..."

Xu Ning put down his glass and said, "You say, Uncle Min."

"My physique is not suitable for mountain climbing. I usually only dare to use my old work pole to shoot greyhounds and sparrows, but I have never shot large animals. Now that you are here, I want to follow you into the mountains for a stroll. If we can shoot a large animal, all the meat will be yours. I don't want anything, I just want to satisfy my craving! What do you think?"

Xu Ning was silent for a moment, then said, "Uncle Min, the snow on the mountain is thick now, and it's hard to walk in the mountain. How about we wait until next year?"

"Hey, I'm already so old, I'm usually busy with the farm stuff, how can I wait until next year? You're all young people... Let's be honest, I asked you to come here, I can't let you make a wasted trip, I told the third brother a number before, now I'll add a little more! When you leave, uncle will give you 800 yuan, you give it to me and I give it to you, okay?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Uncle Min, it's really not about the money. You also know that there are a group of gangsters in the mountains. The four of us will take you with us. It's easy to get distracted when fighting gangsters..."

"Then you guys go hunt the green foxes first, and then take me up the mountain! There are a lot of big animals on our mountain. I even saw the footprints of a big red deer."

"An Dahan?"

"OK!"

Xu Ning frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Then let's talk about it after we finish beating the green skin guy."

"Okay, drink!"

Sun Weimin understood the meaning of the words and realized that the matter was already settled, so he raised his glass and clinked it with Xu Ning's.

Master Li was accompanying Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang. He spoke relatively little because of their different status. He was at most an employee, and the whole family depended on Sun Weimin for money, so he did whatever Sun Weimin asked him to do without asking any more questions.

After finishing the meal, Master Li's wife reheated the food. After everyone had their meal happily, they sat on the kang to drink tea and chat. At this time, it was already dark outside and the sound of wolves howling could be faintly heard.

Xu Ning turned his head and looked at the window with curtains. He raised his hand and lifted a corner of the curtains and asked, "Since when can we hear the howling of wolves?"

"About four or five days ago. We were all asleep and no one paid attention. The next day, I woke up and saw that several chickens, ducks and geese were missing from the pen..."

Li Fuqiang said, "Could it be that they are in heat?" "It's possible, but now... eh, it's almost mid-November, right?"

"OK."

Xu Ning nodded: "That's not too early."

The breeding season for wolves is in early spring, and the estrus season is roughly between late autumn and late winter. Why is there such a long interval?
You have to know that the living environment of each wolf is different. If they are in an environment with a shortage of food, the estrus period will be prolonged. If the surrounding environment is rich in food, it will be shortened...

Sun Weimin patted his head and said, "These young people can't settle down around my mine, right?"

"Can't be prepared."

"Oh my god, we can't let them settle down. How can we work then?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Uncle Min, we are here to do this job. Don't worry, the mine will be able to resume work in a week at most."

"That!"

Guan Lei asked: "Brother, what if Qingpizi settles down here?"

"Kill him, what else can you do?" Li Fuqiang replied.

"Don't you say you shouldn't kill a fetus?"

Xu Ning said: "It has just started to go into heat, so there must be nothing in its stomach. Besides, it affects our lives. If we don't cut it, how can we still support it?"

"No problem, Erning is just a little bitch! We need to cut it down. What animal is so valuable? Hey, where is the tiger you killed before?"

Xu Ning knew what Sun Weimin meant. He just wanted to taste the meat, so he said bluntly, "Just send it directly to our city's specimen museum."

"You left nothing behind? No tiger whip left behind?"

"We didn't keep anything. The main reason was that the museum wanted the whole head, even the intestines and internal organs were sent there."

Sun Weimin slapped his thigh and said with regret: "What a pity! If we had kept the tiger penis and soaked it in strong liquor for two months, it would have been much stronger."

"I want to stay, but they have rules..."

They chatted in the house until nearly 9 o'clock, then Sun Weimin and Master Li went back to the house, while Xu Ning and others covered themselves with quilts, soaked their feet, and went to bed.

The next day, Xu Ning was awakened by the cold at 6 o'clock in the morning. It must be said that the temperature in Sandaohe was much colder than that in Qing'an, at least five or six degrees lower. The wind in the mountains was also fierce, and it could get in through any gap, making people's faces numb.

Li Fuqiang lay in bed smoking a cigarette and said, "Brother, we are not familiar with the terrain here, so we have to run slowly."

"I know. I'm just going to take a leisurely stroll in the mountains today."

Xu Ning put on his shoes and whispered, "Besides, they paid us to come here, so we have to spend four or five days to make them feel that it is worth it, okay?"

"I understand!" Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei grinned.

Breakfast was yesterday's leftovers. Master Li's wife fried a large bowl of rice. Although there was no chopped green onion to garnish it, it still had its soul, as some garlic sprouts were put in the fried rice.

Sun Weimin sat at the table and said, "Lao Li and I will take you to the foot of the mountain later. You can go up by following the footprints in the mountain. I don't know what the situation is in the mountain..."

"Okay, as long as there is a trace, we can follow it up."

Sun Weimin pointed at the lunch box on the edge of the kang and said, "You can only eat a few bites from the lunch box this afternoon. When you come back in the evening, we will have something good to eat."

"Uncle Min, don't bother preparing the dishes. Let's just make some homely food."

"Hey, it's not a big deal. I'll still serve you the same food even if you don't come. No need to be polite!"

Since he said so, Xu Ning didn't try to persuade him anymore. Who would eat cabbage when they can eat meat? That person must be crazy.

After the meal, Xu Ning and others were ready to go. Sun Weimin felt that what they were wearing was very professional, not to mention the leggings, the leather belts and bullet bags on their waists were enough to prove it, not to mention that they had a clear division of labor, which was eye-catching.

Sun Weimin and Master Li sent them to the foot of the mountain and agreed to wait there at 4: in the evening. Xu Ning jumped out of the car and took a look at the traces on the mountain. There were footprints of a dog and some traces of people walking.

"Uncle Min, you guys go back."

"Hey, be careful."

Xu Ning waved his hand and walked towards the mountains with Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei.

When I turned around again, Sun Weimin and Master Li had already driven away.

Wang Hu stared at the tracks in the snow and said, "Second brother, I could hear wolves howling in the house last night, which means they are not far from the mine."

"From the sound of the sound, it is indeed not far away, but even if we see it today, we can't fight it."

Guan Lei grinned and said, "Great value for money."

"Yes, they spent real money, and you finished the work just one day after arriving. Is that reasonable?"

"It's really outrageous..."

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "What else is there to say, brother? Didn't he say last night that there was an An Dahan in this mountain? Let's take a look for it along the way?"

"Just take a look. It's not hard."

The mountains on the Sandaohe Dongyao side are relatively large, with mountains almost connected to mountains and peaks on peaks, so if you walk along the ridges of the mountains, it seems like you will never reach the end.

"The snow is so hard, almost like sand particles. Can we still see clearly?"

"We can see the outline. We don't ask for much. We just need to walk 20 miles forward today."

Guan Lei said: "Uncle Min said yesterday that the guy called Big Eyes and the other guy were the ones they met near Qingcaotang. Qingcaotang is less than 10 miles away from the mine."

Xu Ning stared at the snow and walked forward. "Let's not go to Qingcaotang yet. These young wolves may have made their nest there, and the female wolf may be in heat. If we wait another four or five days, the wolf king will have finished breeding with the female wolf."

"That was when I was weak, wasn't it?"

Xu Ning laughed and said, "Do you think animals are the same as humans? They become even more irritable after they're done."

Guan Lei was puzzled: "Why do you attack them when they are angry?"

"The survival rule of wolves is the law of the jungle. Only the wolf king is qualified to breed. The rest of the wolves can only stare blankly..."

(End of this chapter)