Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 23, Be Content with a Small Fortune

A day's vacation passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Mancang felt like he had done nothing and had to go to work again.

This is what it’s like to have only one day off. There is no way to properly adjust your life.

Only when you become a leader, every day is a holiday, right?

On Monday morning, Zhao Mancang came to the breeding room and saw people from the transport team taking away the donkey he had just cured a few days ago.

My goodness, the donkey hasn’t even had a good rest yet, but it has to work again. It’s so sad.

"Oh shit, I feel like my life right now is a bit like that donkey's. I'm always busy. When will I be able to become a leader?"

Suddenly, Zhao Mancang seemed to see the shadow of his previous life in the donkey, and he became more eager.

Working so hard every day just for a few pieces of silver, but these few pieces of silver can become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

If Zhao Mancang wants to achieve his goal of "lying down and doing nothing, eating and waiting to die", he needs to think of more ways.

It's another busy morning. As a breeder, I have to deal with livestock every day. Taking good care of livestock is my daily job.

From cows and horses to donkeys, sows and piglets, there are quite a few such livestock in the entire breeding room.

At noon in the cafeteria, Zhao Mancang was queuing up for food when someone patted his shoulder from behind.

That’s Mr. Bai, our neighbor in Yongheng Hutong.

"Mancang, you're really amazing. After the divorce, you really didn't go back?"

"Why should I go back?" Zhao Mancang rolled his eyes at the other person. It happened that it was his turn in the team, so he ordered two dishes and four steamed buns and left.

Uncle Bai looked at his back, shook his head and said nothing more.

Zhao Mancang had finally escaped from Yongheng Hutong, so how could he possibly go back?
Of course, what Mr. Bai couldn’t understand was that Zhao Mancang clearly loved Huang Xiuling to death before, but now he was so heartless.

In the past eight years, he has worked hard and given everything for Huang Xiuling. Even to outsiders, it might seem that if Huang Xiuling asked, Zhao Mancang would be willing to die for her.

Perhaps only people like Zhao Mancang love deeply and therefore hate even more deeply.

"Brother Mancang, why are you running so fast? Let's go over there. Captain Li and the others are here."

Zhao Mancang was just about to find a place to sit down and eat, but Han Xiaochuan ran over and pulled him to the other side.

"I used to work in the breeding room, but now people are mistaking me for the security department."

After sitting down, Zhao Mancang made a self-deprecating remark, and Xiao Shutie, Fan Tong, Han Xiaochuan and others all laughed.

Zhang Jianyong said happily:
"Mancang, if you weren't a level five breeder, honestly, I'd actually support you joining our security department. Then you could legitimately eat with us, haha!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they were unanimously agreed by Han Xiaochuan and others.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Mancang suddenly asked curiously about their fishing trip yesterday.

As a result, Li Baoguo, Zhang Jianyong and others' faces all fell.

Well, there was no need to ask, Zhao Mancang knew it immediately, this was definitely the air force.

It is said that anglers will never come back empty-handed, but in fact, most people are destined to come back empty-handed.

"Brother Mancang, let me tell you, next week you should go hunting with us. Hunting is our strong point."

In order to convince Zhao Mancang, Han Xiaochuan directly revealed a lot of gossip.

His voice was low, as if he were being serious. "Yesterday, I heard from my wife's cousin's third uncle's aunt's second brother that there have been a lot of wild boars in the Yanshan Mountains lately."

"Those wild boars aren't very big, only about 45 pounds. They appear in groups, making them perfect for hunting."

"So, Brother Mancang, you should go hunting with us. You will definitely not return empty-handed."

Xiao Shutie, who was sitting opposite him, also agreed and said that they could set off after get off work on Saturday evening and start hunting after reaching the Yanshan Mountains.

In one day, you can hunt a lot of prey.

Gun control was not so strict in the 1950s. Many rural families had homemade guns, and no one cared about them.

But if it is a weapon such as a pistol or rifle, you must have a gun license or be a member of the militia. Otherwise, if you are discovered, it will not be a trivial matter.

Before Zhao Mancang responded, Li Baoguo was already looking at him expectantly, hoping that he would not refuse.

"Captain Li, Lao Xiao, I'm just a cowherd. You're asking me to fish, but if you're asking me to hunt, that's really flattering me."

Zhao Mancang was able to handle the multiple invitations last week.

That’s not possible now, so fishing is pretty good, but forget about hunting.

Although he was a man, Zhao Mancang had never touched a gun in his previous life. He should have seized this opportunity in this life.

But he has no ambition at all. He just wants to be content with a small fortune and a warm bed with his wife and children. It's better to forget about shooting people with a gun.

"Okay, fishing is also fine."

When they heard the word "fishing", Xiao Shutie and the others looked bitter, but Li Baoguo agreed before Han Xiaochuan and the others could speak.

For Li Baoguo, as long as he could get Zhao Mancang out, there would be no big problem.

Then he can take his daughter with him to go fishing, or even let his daughter go alone.

In short, there are always more solutions than problems.

Zhao Mancang smiled and nodded, but he disagreed in his heart.

Of course he knew that Li Baoguo was targeting him, but whether it was a blind date or a matchmaking match, it had to be consensual, right?

Anyway, he agreed to go fishing with Li Baoguo and the others, not to go on a blind date.

As for the fact that the other party had helped him so much before and even lent him money, Zhao Mancang thought that he could just repay him in other ways in the future.

In short, it is impossible for Zhao Mancang to go on a blind date so soon.

The next few days were uneventful.

As time went by, the workers in the steel plant became more and more excited.

Especially on this day, when Zhao Mancang went out early in the morning and followed the crowd to walk to the steel plant outside the city to work, he learned one thing from everyone's excited discussions: wages and food coupons were about to be paid.

It's the same throughout the capital. Food coupons are issued on the 24th of every month. As for salary payments, most units are similar.

Zhao Mancang was also very happy. Getting his salary meant that he had money in his hands, and it also meant that he wouldn't have to be so tight in the days ahead.

After arriving at the breeding room, Wang Shunfa, Peng Sixi, Zhang Debao and others were already working hard.

Wu Huamin hurried over with Dong Shaoxian and Jiang Dayong:
"Mancang, you don't have to stay in the factory today. Go out with Comrade Jiang Dayong."

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(End of this chapter)