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Chapter 731 The Leaders' Attitude: Your father will always be your father!
Old Zhao and Zhao Guofeng were both unsteady on their feet, so Zhao Guoqing carried Old Zhao on his back, making him walk forward with faltering steps. After taking a few steps, he would groan that his legs were too weak, but no one paid any attention to him. To put it bluntly, even if you just died instantly, no one would bother to look at you. Wang Linhai was even more ruthless. Hearing Zhao Guoqing's groans, he rushed forward and slapped him, followed by a few curses.

No one paid any attention. Let them fight however they want. This is how cause and effect are sown. From now on, we will not interfere in the affairs between your Zhao family and the Wang family.

Zhao Guofeng had sprained his ankle and was walking with a limp. Li Fuqiang kindly slipped a wooden stick under his armpit so he could use it as a crutch. His hands, which had been tied behind his back, were naturally untied, giving Zhao Guofeng the opportunity to attack Wang Linhai. However, outnumbered, Zhao Guofeng couldn't accurately predict Xu Ning and the others' movements, so he could only swallow his anger and remember Wang Linhai's behavior.

Xu Ning and the others followed the ridge of the snail shell mountain to the 18th shed. When Lu, the foreman, heard the noise, he crawled out of the shack and took a look. Although the battle in the mountains was fierce, Lu, the foreman, did not hear anything in the shed. When he saw Old Zhao and his two sons being forced into the car by the crowd, he asked a couple of questions out of curiosity.

After receiving the reply, he clicked his tongue and exclaimed: "These three men are all wicked, like father, like son..."

There's not much to say about Lao Xu's family and Lu, especially Liu Daming and Guan Lei. When the 28th Forestry Farm was recruiting skilled workers, they poached quite a few experienced workers from the 18th and 19th Forestry Farms. The foremen of these forestry farms were very wary of the people from the 28th Forestry Farm. If it weren't for the strong relationship between the forestry farm leaders and Lao Xu's family, they definitely wouldn't have let it go.

In the past, there were many bloody incidents caused by poaching people and fighting over land between different villages. There were even cases of people being killed by bombs or falling trees.

As the old Dongfeng truck arrived at the forest farm, the gatekeeper, Uncle Zheng, opened the gate for it. The headlights had barely illuminated the house in front when Zheng Yunlong, Guo Xingmin, and the two deputy directors, who were listening to the news in the rest area, came out. Seeing the old Dongfeng truck parked smoothly in the open space, their lips curled into slight smiles as they discussed that it must have been a success…

However, after Xu Ning jumped out of the car, before Zheng Yunlong could ask any questions, Xu Laonian reported, "Secretary Zheng, our group of more than 30 people and more than 20 Type 56 semi-automatic rifles almost failed to complete the mission!"

"Huh? What's going on?"

Xu Laonian took two steps forward and said as he walked, "It's all because of what happened this afternoon. The two Zhao brothers held a grudge and went home to complain. Their father, Lao Zhao, heard about it and made six glass bottle grenades."

"A grenade?!"

"audacious in the extreme!"

"Damn it, are you guys alright?"

Old Xu shook his head: "We're fine, but listen to me. We had just fired our guns when the wild boars were about 30 meters in front of us. After a few shots, they ran back and to the sides. Then, the three of them from the Zhao family threw grenades into the herd right in front of us, which stunned all the wild boars. We were a bit dazed too..."

"Those wild boars came straight at us. Several of us didn't react in time and were knocked over by them. They're in pain all over their bodies now..."

"Yeah, boss! Nobody expected the wild boar to come straight at us, because those three guys threw three grenades, we were all stunned!"

"That's for sure..."

After everyone quickly explained the general situation, Zheng Yunlong, Guo Xingmin, and the others slapped their thighs and cursed, "These bastards, they really think the forest farm is full of idiots! Where are they? Have they caught them yet?"

"We caught them! Xu Pao led us in chasing them. We caught Old Zhao first, and then we caught Old Zhao and his brother when we were almost at Tiaoshitang!"

Zheng Yunlong said with a dark face, "You guys go to the cafeteria and grab a bite to eat. I asked them to save some food for you. What about the other three?"

"Here it is." Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, Guan Lei, Li Feng, Wang Linhai and others grabbed the three people out of the car and dragged them to Zheng Yunlong and the others.

Zheng Yunlong, with his hands behind his back, squinted at Lao Zhao, Zhao Guofeng, and Zhao Guoqing, and gritted his teeth, saying, "You three really don't know how to write the word 'law'! Lao Guo, how do you usually handle this kind of thing?"

"Send it directly to the security department, where it will be guarded. It will then be sent to the police station tomorrow morning."

"Let's do it this way!"

Guo Xingmin tilted his head and saw Xiao Liu leading four security guards running over. "Liu, take the three of them to the security office. Tomorrow, send them directly to the police station."

Just as Xiao Liu and the others grabbed Lao Zhao's shoulders, Lao Zhao suddenly shouted, "They shot me! Look what happened to my leg! Don't you guys have any sense of reason?"

Zhao Guofeng finally realized what was happening and shouted, "They hit me! They broke my leg! My leg is broken..."

Zheng Yunlong frowned and waved his hand: "Get them out of here quickly! Don't let them keep making noise."

Old Zhao and Zhao Guofeng's hearts skipped a beat when they heard this. It wasn't that Zheng Yunlong was biased, but rather that he had no intention of getting involved. The best way to handle such a trivial matter was to hand it over to the police station, since the forest farm had no law enforcement power and should avoid suspicion whenever possible.

Zheng Yunlong raised his hand and said, "Everyone has worked hard. Hurry up and go into the canteen. The hot food is ready. Have a quick bite before you go home. You can use this time to tell me about hunting wild boars."

Seeing how approachable their leader was, everyone smiled and followed Zheng Yunlong's gesture toward the cafeteria.

After they sat down, Xiao Liu and the two young men brought out a dish of vegetables and a bowl of rice. The dish was sauerkraut stewed with pork and vermicelli, and the rice was steamed buns made from a mixture of corn and wheat flour. As they ate, they recounted what had happened in the mountains.

The focus this time was on hunting livestock. After they finished speaking at length, Zheng Yunlong and other leaders clapped and cheered, saying that they were very grateful to them. Then Zheng Yunlong took out the money he had prepared in advance and gave each person 10 yuan. After receiving the money, everyone laughed even more heartily.

Guo Xingmin then arranged for two cars to take the people from Nanbeitun, Yongfeng, Taihe and other villages home, while Xu Ning took the people from Qing'an and Taiping villages home.

Zheng Yunlong asked quietly, "Er Ning, what are the requirements for sending these three people to the police station?"

"I don't have any demands. If they can sentence me, fine me. If they can't, fine me."

"Okay, I'll talk to the police station tomorrow. Drive carefully when you get back."

"Oh, right, Uncle Zheng, we still have to go into the mountains to hunt livestock tomorrow. There are quite a few animal carcasses in the mountains. Should we send them to the forest farm then?"

Zheng Yunlong said, "Just send a few. If there are too many animals, they will be hard to sell. If they want to eat them, they can take them home or give them away."

Xu Ning understood the situation. He waved to Guo Xingmin, got into the car, and drove towards the village.

First, they dropped off Lao Jiang, Li Feng, and the Chang brothers at the crossroads, then sent Da Laba, Li Mazi, and others back to the village before Xu Ning and the others returned home.

As soon as I entered, Liu Lizhen came out to greet me and asked, "How was it?"

Old Xu said smugly, "Good! Zhen, guess how many pigs I killed?"

Liu Lizhen glanced at her irritably, "Do whatever you want..."

Xu Ning laughed and said, "It's nothing serious, Mom. You should go back to sleep. It's almost 10:30. Is my wife asleep yet?"

Liu Lizhen shook her head: "She wasn't asleep. She wanted to come out, but I didn't let her."

Upon entering the house, I saw Meng Ziyan carrying a washbasin, grinning as she said, "Hurry up and soak your feet, how's it going today?"

"It's alright. We told you not to do any work, so just stay put."

"This little job is nothing."

Wang Shujuan is already asleep. Her belly is getting bigger and bigger, and it's not very convenient for her to move around. Now she has to sleep at least 9 hours a day, and sometimes when she's really sleepy, she can't sleep for 10 hours.

Xu Laonian took off his cotton-padded coat, and Liu Lizhen habitually took it from him. He said, "We still have to go up the mountain tomorrow, you should go to sleep early." "Why do we still have to go up the mountain? Didn't we finish fighting?"

"No way..."

Then, Xu Laonian explained the whole story, and Liu Lizhen frowned and said, "These Zhao family members are too unreasonable! How can they harm people like this? What if the glass bottle is thrown into a crowd? They really want to blow up a few people."

"Mom, this matter has been taken care of. None of us were hurt, so you don't need to worry. My dad even killed a pig with a sledgehammer today. He was really amazing."

"Wow, you've really made something of yourself! You're quite capable."

Hearing Liu Lizhen's sarcastic words, Old Xu felt a tightness in his crotch and quickly said modestly, "Oh, what's this? It's all thanks to my youngest son's good teaching! If he hadn't used a sledgehammer to kill a pig and saved my life in the process, there wouldn't be the Xu Chunlin we know today!"

"Hahaha..." Meng Ziyan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh twice.

Xu Ning laughed and said, "My dad's only good point is that he really likes to admit his mistakes."

Old Master Xu said solemnly with a stern face, "Your father will always be your father. Just study. What you learn will be knowledge!"

Liu Lizhen patted his shoulder: "Stop talking nonsense. After you wash your feet, splash the water out and go to bed."

Old Xu lowered his head, wiped his feet, and nodded: "Yan, don't move. You little brat, put the water in this basin, and I'll pour it all out with you."

"Wow, look how hard-working Dad is!"

Seeing his daughter-in-law grinning from ear to ear, Old Xu didn't refute her. He just glared at Xu Ning and went to splash water.

Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan went into the west room hand in hand. The young couple whispered and murmured to each other for a long time before finally getting into bed to enjoy the warmth of the heated kang.

The next day, around 6 o'clock.

Li, Wang, Liu, Guan, and others all came to Lao Xu's house for breakfast.

Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao, and Yang Shuhua steamed rice cakes and made a bowl of hot soup noodles. Xu Ning mixed them together with pickled vegetables and salted vegetables, and drank the soup as well.

"Uncle, don't bring the sledgehammer with me later. Didn't we kill one yesterday? Just bring the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle today."

Old Xu waved his hand: "How can that be? We killed one yesterday, so we have to kill two more today."

Liu Daming smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, can you keep up with Erning and the others if we run? Otherwise, we can run by ourselves, since Erning and the others are hunting dogs."

"I think it works!"

Xu Ning looked up and said, "There are many livestock in the mountains, so you all need to be careful while you run around and don't get hurt by wild boars."

"No way, if the wild boar comes at me, I'll just jump up into a tree. How can it possibly head over me?"

After finishing the meal, I put down my chopsticks.

Xu Ning went outside and glanced at the dog gang. The blue wolf, black wolf, and spotted wolf were full of energy. When Xu Ning came back yesterday, they were whimpering in their den, obviously smelling the animal scent on Xu Ning. Now, seeing Xu Ning coming, the blue wolf was the first to run to his leg, blinking its eyes and pretending to be pitiful.

"You're the most cunning!" Xu Ning chuckled and patted the blue wolf's head.

After Xu Laonian was dressed, Xu Ning went inside to get his gun, while Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, Guan Lei, and Liu Daming went to get the dog.

After they left home, they met up with the dog-wielding big loudspeaker at the crossroads. The Chang brothers did not come. Their dog was about the same size as the wolf and could go hunting in the mountains, but the lead dog's pace and incense stick were far inferior to the wolf's, and even compared to Old Fat, it was a bit worse.

In addition, the Chang brothers were worried that running around the mountains with Xu Ning to hunt dogs might lead to trouble. What they feared most was that the gang of dogs led by Qinglang would harm their dogs. Dogs are also perceptive; they could clearly see that their owners were not on good terms, and they would naturally fight back.

It was the right choice for the Chang brothers not to come. If it weren't for the forestry mission, Xu Ning wouldn't have bothered with them. What kind of brother-in-law would scheme against his brother-in-law for a pittance?

Li Feng climbed into the car, and Lao Jiang said, "Can your wife manage to stay home and take care of the child by herself?"

“It’s possible. I told her to take the baby to my sister-in-law.”

"What's wrong, Brother Feng?"

"My child was fussy all night and had a slight fever, but it was nothing serious. I rubbed him with alcohol and the fever went down."

Liu Daming said, "Oh dear, could it be that you bumped into something when you suddenly came home yesterday? You should go back and burn some paper money."

"Let's cook it when we get home tonight. When I got home yesterday, I felt a bit off; my spine felt a little cold."

“This is no small matter, Feng. Why don’t you leave today?”

Xu Laonian nodded: "Feng, listen to me, don't go out today. I'll bring you some meat when I come back tonight. You should go home now."

Li Feng hesitated and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing."

"To be honest, I wasn't joking with you. Go home now, go, go..."

Xu Laonian stepped forward and gave Li Feng a couple of pushes before he reluctantly got out of the car. Xu Ning was about to drive off when he saw Li Feng standing outside the car and asked, "What's wrong, Brother Feng?"

“Your brother Feng is acting a bit strange, don’t let him come into the mountains.”

Xu Ning immediately understood: "Ah, okay."

After saying that, the old Dongfeng drove towards the 18th Forest Farm. Xu Ning originally intended to go to the forest farm to check on Old Zhao and his two sons, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that the three of them should have already been sent to the police station, so he gave up and went straight to Snail Shell.

It was around 7:30 a.m., and the golden sunlight shone on the snow, reflecting golden spots of light.

A gust of cold wind swept in, causing everyone to put on their face masks.

Ahead, 18 dogs were chasing and playing. The blue wolf, the gray wolf, and the flowery dog ​​were the most active, because they were all male dogs and had more energy and were more lively than the female dogs.

Besides, among these dogs, only Flower Bear and Black Wolf are female dogs; the rest, including Fatty and Three Fools, are all male dogs. Because of this, Xu Ning is already worried.

He wanted to breed the Flower Bear and the Blue Wolf, but when the Dog Gang was raising seedlings this year, Xu Ning didn't have time to take care of them and they didn't mate. He also didn't want the Black Wolf to reproduce continuously, so the plan to expand the Dog Gang had to be delayed, and he would have to wait until the Flower Bear and the Black Wolf conceived and bore fruit next year...

(End of this chapter)