Era: 1979 From mountain man to richest man

Chapter 170 Tiger Aftermath, Cousin Cao Wei

The next day came in a blink of an eye.

When Song Chaoyang got up and washed up in the morning, he found that no one in his family had gotten up yet.

Thinking that he had woken up early, he checked his watch several times.

It's almost seven o'clock in the morning.

After confirming that the watch was still running and that the sky outside was getting slightly brighter, Song Chaoyang confirmed that everyone had indeed overslept.

If it had been any other time before, my mother and eldest sister would have gotten up long ago to make breakfast.

This was obviously because of what happened last night. They didn't sleep well, and they didn't get up when it was time to get up.

Song Chaoyang didn't call them either.

I went directly to the kitchen and made breakfast and pig food.

Most of the people in the village had a sleepless night.

After washing up first, the breakfast made by Song Chaoyang today was already placed on the table.

"Okay, I know you didn't sleep well, and you have to go back to the village to organize people today. Let's rest first. It's just feeding pigs, and I won't be tired." Song Chaoyang said to the eldest sister.

If the tiger is not eliminated, everyone in the village will be affected.

I believe that with the archaeological team in the provincial capital, the commune will agree to his suggestion.

They have to take action today, and there is still a lot to do.

Of course the cadres in the brigade also realized the seriousness of this matter.

After their siblings finished their work, the rest of the family got up.

When they heard everyone discussing what happened last night, they said that they had been watching for half the night and found nothing. The tiger became very cautious after being injured and probably ran away.

Otherwise, the people on the brigade are not safe, and even the archaeological team here will not be able to carry out their work.

Apparently everyone is afraid of encountering tigers.

Of course, the Song family was definitely not the only one who didn't sleep well that night.

At this time in the past, you could hear responses coming and going, but today it was different. Only a few people responded in twos and threes.

Breakfast is relatively simple, consisting of vegetable porridge with boiled vegetables drizzled with red oil, and a salted duck egg for each person.

However, the eldest sister was someone who couldn't take any time off. Seeing that Song Chaoyang wouldn't let her help, she immediately went to feed the sheep in the yard that her grandfather had given her and the chickens and ducks that her uncle had given her.

Their vigil last night was completely in vain.

The two people who were sleep deprived had dark circles under their eyes and their eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes.

These days, it is said that a married girl is like thrown water, but there is no such rule in the Song family.

Because the project on the Wangjiahe Dam was about to start, the eldest sister and brother-in-law had to go back and take it to the engineering team.

You know, there is also a room for the eldest sister in the new house.

I was in a daze while eating breakfast.

Let's see if we can find help from the commune, and ask the hunters from other brigades to come here to help.

No one else slept well.

At the same time, the old party secretary got on the tractor and went to the commune to report the situation.

The second brother and Li Guodong stayed up until midnight last night and went to bed just before dawn.

Song Xue really regarded this place as her home.

As a result, the production work was not done today. The brigade cadres summoned the hunters and militiamen in the brigade, planning to bring the hounds in the village to start looking for traces of the tiger.

Do it in a big way to keep the people in the brigade quiet.

I even saw some people who had already agreed, but then changed their minds and couldn't agree anymore.

In addition to the relationship between brothers and sisters, there are no such barriers at all.

For example, this is the case in Li Shuhui's family.

I didn't hear any sirens in the second half of the night, which means that the tiger last night didn't come back with its carbine.

At least there is no such rule in the second room of the Song family.

In addition, there are very few people working today. Almost all of them are families with relatively small adult labor force and need to work hard to earn work points. They are brave enough to work.

There is only one big pig and a dozen little pigs at home. Feeding these pigs only takes a few minutes.

A large table of people gathered together, eating breakfast and discussing what happened last night.

After he had made breakfast, the family members got up one after another. Seeing Song Chaoyang preparing to feed the pigs, the eldest sister quickly stopped him and said that she could do it herself.

After breakfast, it was getting dark, and the captains of the production team began to shout loudly from all over the village to start work.

Not to mention killing the tiger, at least drive it away.

It doesn't take much effort at all.

The only people who slept soundly at night were Song Chaoyang and Gouwazi Xiao Rong'er.

In addition, people with their status who have the money to teach cannot escape the labor.

Of course, when the production team arranges work, they don't dare to let people go to the mountainside. They can only do some work in relatively safe areas.

Anyway, the production team has a lot of work every day. There are few people working today, so we can still arrange for some safe work to be done.

Not long after breakfast, people in several nearby villages also received notifications from Qingsong Bay here.

The tiger's activity range is not calculated based on one village.

It's a beast, it can go wherever it wants.

Several nearby villages are not far from here, and they are also within the tiger's range.

Telling them to be careful is also a reminder that the brigade should do.

The eldest sister and brother-in-law wanted to go back and organize people to go to Wangjiaheba to prevent them from being afraid. It was Song Chaoyang who troubled Li Guodong to drive them back.

Then a group of them took bedding and daily necessities and got on the tractor of their brigade before they dared to set off to the Wangjiahe Dam.

It took two pulls back and forth before being brought over to the people in the brigade.

It can be seen from here that as long as this tiger survives, everyone must act with caution.

According to the prophetic dream last night, this tiger should have run near Hongqi Commune overnight.

Next he would attack a sheep pen in a mountainside village and be surrounded by the commune's militia.

After being injured, he fled to the mountains and forests near Yangjiagou.

Qingsong Bay is actually very safe now.

However, only Song Chaoyang knew about this matter, and the matter of precognitive dreams was his secret.

After breakfast, his father watched Lao Baitou begin to draw the drawings of the Taoist temple, while Song Chaoyang began to write in his study.

Cao Wei went back to the Educated Youth Center, and then came back with her review materials.

She couldn't stay there. Although she knew that the militiamen in the brigade would be on standby at any time during the day, she still felt uneasy staying in the adobe house on the side of the mountain.

Even the other male educated youths ran to the conference room on the brigade one by one.

Activities there can give them a sense of security.

It wasn't until eleven o'clock in the afternoon that the old party secretary came back from Hongqi Commune and brought back the news that tigers were active near the commune. Only then did everyone in Qingsong Bay feel relieved.

It turns out that the tiger really ran away.

Later, the hunters and militiamen who were about to enter the mountain also discovered a black bear that had descended the mountain and fell into a pit, just like Song Chaoyang's prophetic dream.

During lunch, the second brother was given a bear paw and returned home happily.

Other militiamen and hunters also received their share of the bear's meat.

This harvest immediately cleared away the haze of the tiger entering the village last night, and everyone was very happy.

As long as there are young men at home in Qingsongwan, many have joined the militia training. This time the bear meat was shared, and almost everyone had a share.

No matter who is happy to have meat to eat.

Originally, the second brother planned to ask Song Chaoyang to make bear paws and eat them, but when Old Baitou saw the bear paws, he immediately expressed that he wanted to buy them back and give them away.

Song Chaoyang didn't have any objection. It would take at least two days to cook bear paws.

Of course it would be better to convert it into money.

However, when the second brother heard that Old Baitou wanted to give it away, he immediately generously expressed that he would give the bear paw directly to him.

After all, in the countryside, this thing is not worth much money even if it is sold. It was originally intended to be made for guests like them. Since the guests wanted to take it back and give it away, they just gave it away.

Old Baitou was also a very particular person. He was told to give it to him, but he couldn't take it for free. After a final polite exchange, he still took out fifty yuan.

Prices are definitely high these days.

Song Chaoyang had seen the menu of bear paw in the restaurant of Oriental Publishing House.

The cooked bear paws are 35cm for the left palm and 38cm for the right palm.

Because the bear's right paw is more delicious, the price is relatively higher.

Of course, you need to book half a month in advance.

The price is about the same as one month’s salary for an ordinary worker in the city.

The second brother's bear paw is the right paw. Even if it is sold to the supply and marketing cooperative, it will only cost 30 yuan at most.

Lao Baitou gave me 50 yuan, and the yuan was all about feelings.

Of course the second brother is also happy. Who doesn't like money?
It is my brother who makes the money in the family, so I can't ask him for all the money, especially since I am about to start a family.

After receiving the fifty yuan, the second brother felt that his back was stiff.

After lunch, Lao Baitou and Li Guodong planned to go back to the provincial capital.

They are not like Lao Zhangtou before. They must learn this line of things here before leaving, and they behave very casually.

Of course, the big reason is that a lot of what they learned overlapped with this lineage.

But before leaving, they still said that after half a month, they would come back to deal with the matter of rebuilding the Taoist temple.

It can be seen that Lao Baitou is as concerned about re-cultivating Taoism as Lao Zhangtou.

After seeing them off, Qin Tie knocked on the door less than half an hour later.

After opening the door and asking, she found out that it was Cao Wei's cousin who came to see her.

I didn't find anyone at the educated youth spot just now. I found the brigade meeting room and found out that a tiger had come to the village. Cao Wei hid at Song Chaoyang's house for safety.

So he came over directly, but he found the Qin family first.

Then Qin Tie brought him over.

Song Chaoyang looked behind Qin Tie and saw cousin Cao Wei.

Sure enough, the two people still have some similarities in appearance.

Cao Wei's cousin looks to be in his thirties. He is wearing a military uniform and looks serious.

Seeing Song Chaoyang looking at him, he just nodded slightly as a greeting.

Then he took out his letter of introduction and ID and handed them to Song Chaoyang to read.

Song Chaoyang originally knew about him in his precognitive dream, but the other party handed him something over, so he still looked at it.

Cao Wei's cousin is called Cao Yu. He is 31 years old and is an instructor at the Second Flight Academy of the Air Force in the provincial capital.

The information was clearly written, and there was nothing wrong with the letter of introduction.

Song Chaoyang asked Qin Tie to enter the house with him.

At the same time, he shouted hello to Cao Wei in the study.

Cao Wei was still a little confused when she saw her cousin.

Probably he didn't expect this cousin to come here.

This cousin is usually taciturn and doesn't have much contact with her.

Seeing her cousin's reaction, Cao Wei thought something big had happened to Beifang's family.

His face suddenly became a little unnatural.

Seeing that his cousin seemed to have misunderstood something, Cao Yu stopped talking.

The reason is explained straightforwardly:
"The latest news from my hometown is that the Fourth Uncle has been reinstated."

After hearing the news, Cao Wei was startled.

It took me a moment to understand.

The expression on his face improved a lot. Then Cao Yu, probably not wanting Song Chaoyang and others to hear the inside story of their family, directly expressed that he wanted to talk to Cao Wei alone.

Of course Song Chaoyang had no objection and just asked them to go directly to the study to chat.

Cao Yu thanked Song Chaoyang and then went to the study room with Cao Wei. The brother and sister started chatting.

I thought we would continue chatting for a long time, but unexpectedly, the two people walked out after more than 10 minutes.

I don’t know what the two talked about, but Cao Wei’s expression was a bit tangled.

On the other hand, Cao Yu had a poker face and couldn't show his emotions.

Next, Cao Yu said that he would go back soon.

I came here today specifically to convey a message.

Probably because she knew what kind of character her cousin was, Cao Wei didn't even try to stay polite, and immediately nodded and promised to let him be careful on the road.

Then he sent it to Cao Yu, and Song Chaoyang discovered that this person was driving a motorcycle, which was relatively rare these days.

He rode his motorcycle quite coolly, waved to Cao Wei, and left Qingsong Bay in a flash.

Looking at the motorcycle, Song Chaoyang suddenly felt that if he got a motorcycle, it would be very useful.

The passability is much better than that of a car, and it is also faster and consumes less fuel.

The most important thing is the price is cheap.

It's just that this thing doesn't seem to be sold anywhere now.

On the other side, after Cao Yu left, Cao Wei returned to the study, picked up a pen and started writing a letter.

Song Chaoyang accidentally glanced at it and found that it was actually written by Cao Wei to her own mother.

Song Chaoyang knew from the precognitive dream that Cao Wei's parents divorced ten years ago.

Her mother returned to her natal family in Shanghai, while her father worked in a military factory in the north.

Judging from the message in the letter, she planned to tell her mother about reinstating her father's official position.

Are you planning to get married again?
Although Song Chaoyang was a little curious, he didn't gossip.

I returned to my seat and continued writing the novel.

At this moment, in Dayu Publishing House in the provincial capital, Yang Haifei, the editor-in-chief of "Children's Times" magazine, picked up the phone after looking at his own criticism of "Calabash Brothers" published in the newspaper.

After making a call, he said to the other end of the phone:

"Teacher Luo, have you read the latest issue of "Rongcheng Cultural News"?"

"An author criticized Song Chaoyang above!"

"The words are sharp and every word is exquisite!"

"I think it's better to slow down the process of recruiting him into the Writers' Association. This person is too controversial."

"My opinion?"

"Of course my opinion still remains with the two people I decided on last time, Gu Peng and Yang Haiyin..."

(End of this chapter)