My 1978 Hotel

Chapter 45 Eel Blood, Four-legged Fish

"Enjoyable."

Gao said with a smile, "Boss, this trip wasn't in vain."

"That is."

The militia patrol was accompanied by night training, and Li Feng brought Gao Ju, Gao Cheng, and Li Muchen with him. Unexpectedly, Uncle Fu Qiang was quite considerate and gave each of them more than ten bullets.

The one who was happiest was Li Feng. An Bing actually gave him a hundred bullets. He played with the machine gun, firing, firing, firing. It was so exciting that there were only a few bullets. It would have been even more exciting if he had a few hundred or a thousand.

Not only did Li Feng's marksmanship improve significantly, he quickly reached 55% of the mission and even managed to kill a rabbit, much to the envy of the others. "Hey, let's get rid of the rabbit first, it'll be perfect for a midnight snack."

"It's a pity that we didn't go into the mountains. It would have been better if we could have hunted some other prey."

Li Feng felt a little regretful. "Well, let's ask later. I heard from Uncle Fuqiang that Qiudong will organize a group to go into the mountains. We can follow them then. At most, we don't need the prey. At worst, we can buy our own bullets."

"Haha, that's great! I've only seen hunting on TV, but I never thought I'd have the chance to actually participate in it myself. It would be even better if I could start my own hunting team."

After hearing what Gao said, Li Feng was really tempted. It seemed that it would be interesting to get ten or twenty rifles, no, air guns, and get some people to play hunting with him when he had nothing to do.

But the prerequisite is that there is enough food at home, otherwise there will be a food shortage again.

"It's a pity there are no hounds. Otherwise it would be more interesting, a pistol in one hand and a hound in the other."

Li Feng felt a little regretful. Li Muchen beside him sat up slightly. "I know a few friends who have connections in this area."

“I’m afraid the price won’t be cheap.”

A hunting dog costs at least several thousand or tens of thousands, and a good one can cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, or even more. Li Feng can only look at it with envy.

“The price is good.”

The price wasn't high for Li Muchen, but he hadn't been into hunting before. Now he was tempted. Besides, hunting was quite fun. "I'll have them send a few over later. I don't think they'll ask me for this little money."

"That's so embarrassing."

Li Feng was somewhat tempted by the free hound. After all, the guy who didn't want it for free was quite a nice guy.

"My friends also like hunting, so I'll call them over when the time comes."

Li Muchen said that he would call them together when the time comes. Li Feng didn't mind, after all, he paid the registration fee. "No problem, it's fine to have more friends."

"Hahaha, that's just making things lively. It's almost twelve o'clock, hurry up and get ready for bed. You have to go to work tomorrow."

"sleep."

……

"No more, no more."

The next day, Wu Tong came home from a day's work and sat down on the ground without any dignity. He was so exhausted that he felt like dying. "Boss Li, do I really have to go to work? There's no other way. Even if I pay, it's okay?"

"Yes, we'll take whatever price it takes."

"No way."

Li Feng said, "You signed up for a production team experience tour, which requires full work for three days. If you don't work, we won't be able to return. It would be fine if it were normal, but now the county is cracking down on speculation, and we're all in danger. It's better to return early."

"I can't help it. It's so hard. There's still one day left."

Wu Tong and Qin Yue ignored Li Feng. If they didn't come soon, they would be too tired. This was not an era of passion, but an era that cost lives.

"Daya will boil some hot water later."

Li Feng said with a smile, "Everyone soak your feet and feel more comfortable."

"correct."

Wu Tong listened to Li Feng yelling at Daya to boil some water and recalled what happened that afternoon. "When work was about to end, the old woman came to our group and started gossiping. If we weren't there, I'm afraid she would have bullied Daya and Erya."

"Yes, I saw that old woman could really do it."

Qin Yue said, "You know, this old woman is really nice."

"This is so shameless. You are such an adult and you still bully a child."

Gao Jue looked at Li Feng, who was silent. "Boss, we need to teach her a lesson."

"It's time to teach them a lesson."

Li Feng thought about it. "She's throwing tantrums and calling on gods and ghosts. Bullying a child is nothing to her. Even though Aunt Chunhua and the others are looking after Daya and Erya, after all, it's not the thieves who steal that are the ones to worry about."

"We have to teach her a lesson. It would be best if we can calm her down and stop her from doing anything rash."

"Da Ya."

Li Feng called Daya and Erya over. "Go find Mingliang and ask them if they can catch eels. Tell them that if they can, you can exchange three eels for a White Rabbit candy."

"Oh."

Han Mingliang and the other kids had already warned their family not to hit Minggui for candy, but when they heard Daya and Erya say Li Feng wanted to talk to them about something, they just shook their heads. His grandfather had said he would beat Minggui to death if he hit him again.

"Even if we don't beat Minggui, we can still have candy?" Han Mingliang and the other kids were delighted.

"Eel for candy?"

Small fish and shrimp can be exchanged for fruit candies, and yellow eels can be exchanged for milk candies. Han Mingliang listened and nodded his head. "Mingcong, let's go catch more small fish and yellow eels later."

"Ah."

Han Mingcong, Han Mingfan, and the others were all very motivated when they heard that they could exchange it for candy. After Li Feng's family finished dinner, they all started to think about how to deal with Han Wangshi. "Tomorrow, I'll go pick up Daya and Erya and scare her first. We'll just get by for a few days, and then when we get back, we'll do what the second brother mentioned and then deal with this wife."

"If it were you, I'd just catch her grandson and give him a beating."

Wu Tong chuckled. "I still don't believe she can go to heaven."

"This is not good."

Gao Juxin thought, this girl said it so easily. The boss is an outsider, and he beat people so blatantly. Besides, the brigade secretary asked the two families to calm down. Aren’t you slapping the brigade cadres in the face?

Besides, if an adult beats a child, it will really embarrass his reputation. Didn’t you see that Han Wangshi just cursed at him but didn’t hit Daya or Erya?

"Don't be ridiculous."

What a perverted idea! Not only does it mean that your little brat can't be beaten, but even the old woman herself can't do it. "Let's find a way to scare her. If she doesn't like to summon ghosts, we can satisfy her."

"I don't know if I can get eels today."

Carbon disulfide and white phosphorus are unavailable now, otherwise it would be quite interesting to make some ghost fire in Han Wang’s yard.

Will-o'-the-wisp, this thing is just right for this day, and it's easy to operate and won't leave any traces.

Dissolve white phosphorus in carbon disulfide and then make cotton balls. Soak the cotton balls and throw them into the yard. After a short while, the carbon disulfide evaporates and the white phosphorus spontaneously combusts, and the ghost fire jumps around.

What a pity, I don’t have this thing now.

I can only go back to modern times to get some. Although there may be some in the commune, it is better to let fewer people know about it just in case.

"Is eel blood really useful?"

Qin Yue didn't quite believe it. "Bats use sound waves to locate themselves, so why would they be so foolish as to bang their heads against doors and windows?"

"what?"

Gao Ju was stunned for a moment.

"In fact, bats have a very developed sense of smell."

Li Muchen said softly. "At least they're more advanced than humans. As for whether they'd be attracted to eel blood, that's unclear."

"Let's try it first."

Gao Cheng helped his second son. "It's a solution at least. Otherwise, can you come up with a better way?"

"You can't fight."

"You can't scold us as much as that old woman."

"Really? Tell me, this is just bullying an honest person."

Li Feng sighed, Wu Tong and Qin Yue rolled their eyes. "Yesterday you were holding a rifle and almost scared people to pee their pants. How dare you call yourself an honest man? Besides, you don't act like honest people at all when you discuss this thing now."

Besides, using candy to bribe the captain's kid to help you beat up someone else's child doesn't seem like an honest thing to do. Even if all that wasn't mentioned, the more Wu Tong thought about it, the more she felt that Li Feng had a black heart, tricking them into signing a confidentiality agreement and forcing them to work.

"Dong dong dong."

"Who?"

"Uncle, it's us."

"It's bright."

This guy came quite quickly. After opening the door, Han Mingliang and others came carrying small wooden barrels.

"Did you catch an eel?"

"Not many."

Eels are not that easy to catch, but we did get some knife loaches and ditch crawlers.

"Okay, I'll give you one milk candy and two fruit candies."

Li Feng took out another fifty cents and bought half a bucket of ditch crawlers.

"uncle."

Han Mingliang took the candy and was a little disappointed. "Do you want the four-legged fish?"

"Four-legged fish?"

"Yeah, I can scream, just like a child."

"Isn't that nonsense?"

Li Feng thought to himself, what the hell is this kid doing following me around? He's just a four-legged fish, and he's even yelling like a kid.

"I'm not kidding."

"Okay, okay, if you can really catch a four-legged fish that can make a sound, uncle will give you a handful of candy." This kid, what kind of fish has four legs and can make a sound? Li Feng didn't believe it. If there really was such a fish, he could just throw it into Han Wang's yard.

"It's a word."

"Hahaha, it's a promise, and it's unchangeable. Okay, your uncle, I mean what I say."

Li Feng shook his head, dismissing the whole thing as childish nonsense. But the eel he'd gotten was pretty good, a decent size, about one or two taels. He'd try bleeding it later to see if it could attract bats.

(End of this chapter)