70: Raising a wife, the whole village is inhaling the aroma of stewed meat.

Even if you could carry two wild boars on your shoulders, you'd still be no match for the tigress in this house!

The couple was overjoyed.

Zhou Qingwen's ear was being held in Yu Yalan's hand.

Yu Yalan didn't actually exert much effort.

However, Zhou Qingwen couldn't bear to offend his wife.

Just cry out in pain and act like a spoiled child.

"Wife, they really wanted to store firewood for you. Winters in Henan are so cold, why didn't you prepare more firewood?"

"Prepare firewood. The three of us daughters-in-law can go and cut some soft grass. Eldest brother and second brother can chop firewood. Why should you spend 18 yuan a month to buy firewood?"

That's money! You think making money is easy?

"Ouch, honey, my ear!"

"Come inside with me, or you want your ears ripped off?"

Zhou Qingwen's eyes narrowed; it turned out his wife felt sorry for him.

Are you afraid that he'll really get his parents to chase after him and beat him?

Yu Yalan lowered her voice and dragged Zhou Qingwen into the house by the ear.

"How are you? Does it hurt?"

"Wife, you just have the air of a head of the household! Wife, my ears hurt, I need a hug!"

"Okay, hug, hug! You're such a worry!"

Zhou Qingwen was overjoyed, holding his wife close, feeling her soft, fragrant body nestled in his arms…

Next time, don't let anyone help you chop firewood. Don't be fooled by the three cents a pound; unlike you, we don't earn money from hunting. We won't earn a single cent of those eighteen dollars!

"Alright, wife, don't worry, I won't let you buy firewood."

Zhou Qingwen really made a huge blunder.

He clearly wanted to reduce the financial burden on his family.

As a result, no one in the family was willing to spend money.

In rural areas, 18 yuan is a huge expense for firewood, even though a month's worth of firewood can last for half a year.

On average, it costs about three yuan a month.

However, for people in rural areas who have no income, three yuan can be a death sentence!

Although Zhou Qingwen agreed now, he was secretly planning to wait until this incident was over.

He still needs to find Zhou Haoquan to chop firewood.

This is the necessary path for life to move in a better direction.

For just three yuan a month, someone can chop firewood and deliver it to you, which saves you a lot of effort.

At this time, the eldest and second eldest brothers can finish all the work in the fields and get full work points.

In addition to earning money for Zhou Qingwen's job, there's also the part for Yu Yalan, which puts a lot of pressure on them.

Besides having relatives help you earn work points, you can also exchange work points with other people who have reached a certain level.

However, many villagers were already exhausted after completing all their work points.

Moreover, the villagers didn't have much nutritious meat to eat, so completing their assigned work points was extremely difficult.

Therefore, only Zhou Qingwen's eldest and second eldest brothers have the ability to do this.

Forget about anyone else!

Zhou Feitian was processing the wild boar in the small courtyard, while Liu Yue'e was turning over the pig's offal.

I took some wood ash and started scrubbing.

Then scrub with salt several times.

In no time, a basin of dirty water was washed away and poured out into the outside drain, the water splashing loudly.

At this moment, Zhou Qingwen was asleep in the east wing.

Yu Yalan had no choice but to make Zhou Qingwen do chores in broad daylight...

Embarrassed, Yu Yalan didn't dare to go out, so she simply stayed in the room sewing Zhou Qingwen's old clothes that he had changed out of.

Zhou Qingwen was sleeping soundly.

At this moment, two officers from the police station arrived: one male named Liu Qiwu, 21 years old, and the other named Yan Suhong, 20 years old.

Zhou Qingwen had two police officers call him out to the door for questioning, while Liu Qiwu took notes and asked questions at the same time.

Liu Yue'e was so frightened that she was on edge, fearing that her son had done something wrong.

What if the police arrest me?

The family suddenly had no source of income.

Liu Yue'e felt particularly satisfied with her income during this period.

However, the thing I was worried about still happened.

Zhou Qingwen recounted the entire hunting trip to the officers at the police station.

In addition, Zhou Qingwen said that some of the wild boar meat was sold to state-run restaurants, earning him about 300 yuan.

The police officers also recorded everything in their notebooks.

"Zhou Qingwen, you are a good hunter. We heard that two people from your Zhouzhuang production brigade were injured by wild boars while hunting in the mountains and will have to walk with a limp from now on."

"Our superiors sent us to check on them, to bring them some rice, and also to see if you, the new hunter, are up to the task and if you need any help."

"Help? I need some bullets and darts, nothing else."

"Okay, we have bullets, but we don't have darts. However, whatever kind of darts you need, you can go and throw them out, and the police station will reimburse you for the cost. But it's agreed that..."

Don't ask for too much, kid. We can usually get a reimbursement of around 50 yuan.

Yan Suhong looked at the wild boar in the courtyard and said, "Did you shoot this wild boar with darts?"

Zhou Qingwen smiled and said, "Yes! I just shot it casually. I'll cut off a piece of meat to take back to the station later. I'm considered a recognized hunter by the police station now, so giving the station some meat isn't too much to ask, is it? It's not a bribe, is it?"

"Hey! That's thoughtful of you, but we can't take it back. You guys eat it yourselves!"

Liu Qiwu then left with Yan Suhong.

Yan Suhong slightly curled her lips and said, "Deputy Director Chen, you specifically sent the two of us to check on Zhou Qingwen? You mean just to take some notes?"

Liu Qiwu chuckled as he rode his bicycle and said, "You can't hide anything from me. Deputy Director Chen is planning to promote Zhou Qingwen to plainclothes unofficial police officer for the Zhouzhuang Production Brigade!"

Yan Suhong took a deep breath: "That's a hundred times better than Zhou Qingwen's daily mountain climbing work!"

Liu Qiwu nodded with a smile: "This kid is quite lucky. We just happened to see the wild boars he hunted. One was 220 jin and the other was 50 jin."

With such hunting skills, they can definitely help our police to go into the mountains and arrest those five fugitives who robbed the towel factory of their wages!

Yan Suhong nodded slightly: "This Zhou Qingwen seems quite reliable. His eyes are firm and his gaze is sharp; he's a hunter you can trust!"

Liu Qiwu laughed and said, "Even if he has something he's hiding from us, it won't affect the overall situation."

Deputy Director Chen said that as long as he is capable of serving as an unofficial police officer, he should be allowed to go up and give it a try. In case he can arrest the five criminals and bring them back to justice.

That would be a great achievement!

Yan Suhong swallowed hard: "I even want to go up the mountain with Zhou Qingwen to hunt down the criminals!"

Liu Qiwu laughed and said, "It's inconvenient for you. You are a policewoman, after all. Those five criminals are all extremely vicious. If Zhou Qingwen can't protect you, you'll be in danger!"

Yan Suhong said indignantly, "Damn it! Those five people stole over 90,000 yuan in wages from the towel factory!"

"Then you can't act impulsively. You should still be responsible for maintaining order on the streets, and don't go into the deep mountains."

Yan Suhong looked at Liu Qiwu and said, "Why are you suddenly so concerned about my safety? You wouldn't happen to have a crush on me, would you?"

Liu Qiwu said with an embarrassed look, "Well, so what?"