Reborn in the 1980s, starting with fishing and hunting to build a fortune

Chapter 97 Grandpa Sun

The Li family had already set up a large iron pot in the yard. The pot was brought by Chen Guodong from home. Apart from their family, there were not many other families in the team with such a large iron pot.

The willow firewood in the stove was crackling and popping, and billowing steam was constantly billowing out from under the pot lid.

Li Xiangdong found the wooden ladle he usually used to scoop water from at home, and under Chen Guodong's direction, he scooped spoonfuls of steaming hot water from the iron pot and poured them over the wild boar.

Zhang's father and Zhang Wei then picked up the hair-shaving razor and rubbed it back and forth on the wild boar's body. In no time, they had scraped off large patches of bristles, revealing the wild boar's bluish-gray skin and flesh.

Although it smells a bit gamey, these days, it's good enough to have meat to eat, who cares about that?

Li Xiangyang, Zhang Lei, and Liu Qiang were in charge of scraping the hair off another sow. Although there was a stove nearby, it was still too cold outside. Before long, everyone's fingers were red from the cold, but their hearts were warm.

Xiao Chunsheng was also jumping around, looking here and there.

He was overjoyed. He wasn't afraid of the wild boar with its fur removed, and even dared to reach out and touch the boar king's tusks, grinning foolishly the whole time.

He was even beaten by Zhao Lijuan for this, who told him not to imitate his father.

Li Zhenshan's back injury had just healed a little, and his family wouldn't let him do any work, so he was responsible for eating sunflower seeds in the house and playing with Li Doudou.

Wang Guiying led a large group of women in the kitchen to chop sauerkraut, wash pig offal and intestines.

Five or six women were crammed into the kitchen, chattering away. No one knew what they were talking about, but they would burst into laughter every now and then.

Anyway, everyone's busy with their own things, and everyone's having their own fun.

Many hands make light work, and before long, large chunks of pork belly, offal, and pickled cabbage began to simmer in the iron pot.

The aroma of sour and tangy meat filled the entire courtyard, making everyone's mouths water.

The crowd of onlookers had long since dispersed. They had little contact with the Li family, and since they hadn't been invited, they felt embarrassed to just stand outside the Li family's courtyard and watch.

When they come to eat, should we invite them or not?

They couldn't save face for their fellow villagers.

"Dinner's ready!" Li Xiangdong called out, then brought in a large basin full of pork stew and placed it on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Li Xiangyang then poured a full cup of authentic loofah soup for everyone present.

"Even without finding any wild boar belly, it's still this fatty," Zhang's father remarked.

He then picked up a piece of steaming pork belly from the basin and, ignoring the fact that it was too hot to eat, put it in his mouth.

One bite, and the burst of tangy, juicy flavor is incredibly satisfying.

"Come on, everyone, let's start eating! Don't be shy," Li Zhenshan urged everyone to start eating.

"Okay, okay, eat it all." Chen Guodong didn't stand on ceremony.

Although he was the brigade secretary, he had become quite familiar with the Li family over the past few days, and he had also just helped out, so he felt at ease eating this meal.

Zhang Wei, Zhang Lei, and Liu Qiang devoured their food.

"It's been so long since I've had such a satisfying meat meal. This has to be the Li family; they're so generous with the meat," Zhao Lei remarked as he ate.

He then nudged Liu Qiang beside him, saying, "How about that? You're convinced now?"

Liu Qiang rolled his eyes at him, didn't reply, and kept stuffing meat into his mouth.

"By the way, Xiangyang, tell us how you managed to hunt this wild boar!" Zhang Wei suddenly asked.

He was curious about it earlier, but he was busy working and didn't have time to ask.

"Yes, Xiangyang, please tell me in detail. I've been wanting to ask you this for a while."

"It's nothing really. I was just thinking of going out for a walk with my brother this morning, and then we ran into a wild boar and just shot it down."

Li Xiangyang said casually.

Firstly, he didn't want to attract too much attention, and secondly, he didn't want people to know that they had gone hunting.

"That's it...?" Zhang Lei pressed, "Didn't you encounter any danger?"

"No, everything is fine overall."

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"That's nothing, it sounds simple. If I were to run into one, I could shoot it back even if I had a gun." Liu Qiang perked up again upon hearing this.

"If you can take down one, then I can take down two." Zhang Lei also got into a competitive spirit.

"What, you're not convinced again? Let's both take our guns and go out for a spin tomorrow, and see who shoots the wild boar first, shall we?" Liu Qiang glanced at Zhang Lei sideways, not wanting to be outdone.

"Forehead......."

Li Xiangyang was speechless, his head drooping to the ground in exasperation. He hadn't wanted to show off and had just said something modest, but these two took it seriously.

But he still felt it necessary to give a reminder: "I said, if you really encounter wild boars outside, you'd better be careful. We happened to have guns on us and were far away."

"Don't worry, if you can fight, I can fight too." Liu Qiang became more and more excited as he spoke.

Li Xiangyang's well-intentioned reminder was seen by him as saying that no one else was acceptable except him, and he couldn't tolerate this, as the most outstanding young man in the team.

"If Liu Qiang can fight, so can I," Zhang Lei chimed in, indicating that he was going to confront Liu Qiang today.

"Hmph, what do you little kids know! Xiangyang is just being modest." Zhang's father couldn't stand it anymore: "You brat, if you dare to go out and cause trouble, I'll break your legs."

As he spoke, he tapped Zhang Lei on the head.

Young people have little experience and are prone to boasting.

In other words, they love to brag.

When he was young, he went with the team to drive away wild boars. Back then, more than a dozen people were carrying weapons. They wanted to surround the wild boar herd, but as soon as they saw the wild boar herd charging towards them, they were so scared that they didn't even want to throw away their guns and just ran for their lives.

In the end, they didn't manage to catch any wild boars, and some people even fell and injured themselves while running away.

Therefore, even if you were given a gun, someone without special training might not dare to hunt wild boar.

Unless you have a sniper rifle that can shoot from thousands of meters away, so you can shoot if you can hit it and retreat at any time if you can't, then it's not a problem.

After being hit by Zhang's father, Zhang Lei became obedient and ate his meal quietly.

Liu Qiang, standing to the side, burst out laughing.

Liu Qiang was secretly delighted to see Zhang Lei being scolded by his father, thinking to himself that it was a good thing his father hadn't come over today.

"Liu Qiang, don't laugh." Chen Guodong had finished his meal and lit a cigarette. "Old Zhang was right. Wild boars are not easy to hunt; there's always danger."

Liu Qiang's father wasn't here today, so no one would say anything to him, but as the brigade secretary, he felt it was necessary to remind the younger generation.

"Yes, Uncle Guodong is right. I won't mess around with Zhang Lei."

Since the brigade secretary had spoken, Liu Qiang, no matter how unwilling he was, still had to agree with him verbally.

His image as a promising young talent in the team cannot be ruined.

But given the chance, he would still go out and try to catch a wild boar so that the Liu family could have a prosperous New Year.

Just then, there was a knock on the door. Li Xiangyang went downstairs to open it and found that it was Sun Caimi's father.

What is he here for?

He turned to look at Li Zhenshan, and seeing Li Zhenshan shake his head, he asked, "Uncle Sun, is there something you need?"

"Oh dear, I had trouble finding your house." The Sun and Li families only had some contact with Zhao Lijuan and her granddaughter-in-law. The elders of the family basically didn't interact. Each family in the village lived far apart, so it was normal for Grandpa Sun not to know the exact address of the Li family.

"Grandpa Sun, what brings you here?" Li Zhenshan called out.

Grandpa Sun is a little hard of hearing, so he deliberately raised his voice.

"No, nothing," Grandpa Sun said, pulling a dollar from his pocket. "I'd like to buy some wild boar meat from you to take home and try."

Here we go again!

The brigade secretary is still here, and you're openly allowing the Li family to engage in speculation and profiteering.

The Li family members' faces instantly darkened, and everyone present also looked embarrassed.

They all secretly glanced at Chen Guodong, the brigade secretary.

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