Reborn in 1985, starting from the mountains of Northwest China

Chen Feng was surprised.

Lin Bei actually wants to report me?

What are you reporting?

Why didn't I see this when I was in debt and borrowing money before?

Yang Kai was in a hurry to get down to business, and then glanced at Lin Bei with displeasure.

This kid has absolutely no manners.

The original idea was that the sooner we started preparing for the rescue, the better the chances of those four people surviving!

Of all people, Lin Bei had to show up out of nowhere to cause trouble. He really has no sense of propriety at all.

Lin Bei glanced at Yang Kai, whose square face exuded an aura of authority.

He quickly lowered his head, somewhat unable to meet Yang Kai's gaze.

But then he thought, since Chen Feng had been captured this time, and he was here to make a contribution, what was there to be afraid of?

As Lin Bei pondered this, he unconsciously straightened his chest.

"Boss, you don't know this, but Chen Feng has been doing bad things since he was a kid."

Seeing that Yang Kai didn't interrupt him, Lin Bei became more and more enthusiastic, pouring out all the grievances he had suffered during this period.

Yang Kai's smile grew increasingly kind, as if he were genuinely encouraging Lin Bei, and he saw that he had said enough.

Suddenly, he asked, "Chen Feng borrowed so much money from you before, haven't you paid it back yet?"

Lin Bei instinctively replied, "No, he's so rich, what's wrong with lending me some money? I borrowed it through my own ability, why should I pay it back!"

As soon as he said that, everyone present stared at him.

Lin Bei was also annoyed.

Damn it, I said the wrong thing.

He glanced at Yang Kai furtively; the friendly smile on the other man's face was nowhere to be seen.

After hearing Lin Bei's explanation, Yang Kai's face darkened.

He struggled to calm himself down and managed to restrain himself from the urge to beat the coward in front of him.

"You'd better pay back the money you owe in the next few days! Otherwise, I'll have to find another place to talk to you next time!"

After saying that, Yang Kai led Chen Feng and sped off towards the village chief's house, leaving Lin Bei alone, bewildered.

"This can't be! What... what have I done?!"

Lin Bei's face flushed red and then turned pale, as Yang Kai's warning before leaving played repeatedly in his mind.

By this point, he understood perfectly well that the director was not only not there to arrest Chen Feng, but actually had an excellent relationship with him.

But he owed Chen Feng a lot of money over the years, so Lin Bei planned to go home and discuss it with his wife to see what to do.

……

The village chief of Chenjiagou is Chen Zhengang, who has three brothers.

The eldest and second eldest sons both work in factories in the county, so they are considered cadres to some extent.

He was the third oldest in his family. Since becoming the village chief, he stopped smoking dry tobacco and now smokes at least a pack of cigarettes every day.

His family built a brick house just a few years after the village had distributed the land.

Chen Zhengang usually has a serious and unsmiling demeanor. When he encounters villagers, he usually just nods indifferently.

But now, facing Yang Kai, Chen Zhengang bent his back again, which he had kept straight for decades, and was scolded like a primary school student, not daring to say a word.

"What kind of village chief are you! Such a big thing happened and you dared not report it! Do you even respect the town leaders?!"

Yang Kai's temper grew angrier as he spoke. Just now, when he brought Chen Feng to the door, Chen Zhengang was still playing mahjong on the kang (a heated brick bed).

When I asked him a few questions, he either rambled on or tried to shirk responsibility!

Yang Kai glanced at the cigarettes Chen Zhengang handed him and stared at him coldly for a while.

Chen Zhengang sheepishly took it back, and Yang Kai then reprimanded him irritably: "As the village head, you should do more practical things for the people! Focus your attention and stop running around to the town and county all the time! You don't report important matters, but you report trivial things every day!"

"The leader's criticism is correct. I will definitely reflect deeply on my mistakes. I will immediately organize the village hunters to go up the mountain to rescue the people and try my best to bring all four back!"

"I want to see him alive or dead!"

Yang Kai gave a strict order: all those going up the mountain this time were young people, each of whom was the pillar of their family.

If we don't give the families an explanation, something terrible might happen!

He gave Chen Zhengang a few more instructions, then suddenly changed the subject, pointing at Chen Feng and saying, "Chen Feng helped us a lot this time! He saved four people. If he hadn't gone up the mountain in time, just imagine what it would have meant to lose eight people during the Spring Festival!"

At this moment, Chen Zhengang no longer harbored any resentment. He only felt a wave of fear. If he had really caused such a big mess, he would definitely have gone to jail!

He scrutinized Chen Feng closely. This young man had only been back in the village for a few days, yet he had already managed to climb the social ladder by getting involved with the town's leaders.

Seeing that Chen Zhengang's attitude in admitting his mistake was acceptable, Yang Kai decided to leave. He still needed to report this matter to the town mayor, and people from several surrounding villages had to be sent up the mountain to search. There was also the matter of Zhao Dahai.

He patted Chen Feng on the shoulder and walked towards the door. Seeing that Chen Feng followed, he whispered, "Don't tell anyone about Zhao Dahai's matter yet. I'm afraid it will cause panic. Also, tell your relatives about it."

Chen Feng readily agreed, as the reward Yang Kai had promised him on the way here was much more generous than he had anticipated.

After Yang Kai left, Chen Zhengang scurried over to Chen Feng, saying, "Chen Feng, what Director Yang asked us to do is really important! When do you think we should go up the mountain?"

Chen Feng glanced at the sky. In Shaanxi Province, it gets dark early in winter; it was only a little past six o'clock and the sky was already dark.

"Village chief, why don't you inform the hunters in the village tonight, and we'll go up the mountain tomorrow?"

Chen Zhengang frowned; he was more anxious than anyone else and was about to interrupt Chen Feng.

But the other person continued, "It's pitch black now. If we rashly go up the mountain and a few more people get lost, who will take responsibility?"

Chen Zhengang slapped his forehead, realizing he had been too anxious and hadn't even thought of that.

"Then let's do it your way. But there's one more thing I want to ask you. Director Yang has only been in our town for a few days, how come you're so familiar with him?"

He didn't believe Yang Kai's words at all. Chen Feng had only been to the mountains a few times; it was already a miracle he could take care of himself.

The real savior must have been someone else, but Director Yang deliberately gave the credit to Chen Feng in order to promote him.

Having lived two lives, Chen Feng naturally knew the village chief's ulterior motives, so he played along with him.

He went around in circles, but the gist of his words was that he and Yang Kai were half-brothers.

For the first time, Chen Zhengang felt that the young man in front of him was so difficult to deal with, so he tried to get more information out of Chen Feng by having dinner.

He simply couldn't believe that after drinking half a jin of liquor and praising himself, Chen Feng wouldn't reveal his true intentions to him.

Chen Feng declined, saying that his wife, Lin Xiu, had been waiting at home for several days and he had to go back.

Before leaving, Chen Zhengang suddenly said, "I also think the Zhao family did something wrong when they bought your land. But being a village official is tough, so please understand my difficulties!"

Chen Feng waved his hand dismissively. He neither wanted to get close to Chen Zhengang, a smiling tiger, nor did he need to offend him.

He jogged all the way and arrived home in two or three minutes.

When he pushed open the door, he saw Lin Xiu staring at him with red eyes.