Reborn in 78, I made my fortune by working in the mountains, supporting three families on my own.

Zhao Lei was naturally overjoyed, never expecting to receive such treatment during his work.

They don't have to endure the hardship of harvesting grain, and they can also use their skills to participate in hunting.

More importantly, half of it was confiscated, and the other half went to the hunting team.

Isn't that another great opportunity to make money?

as predicted.

For the next period of time, Zhao Lei no longer participated in the farm work, but he was still able to earn work points and working hours, doing what he liked and was good at.

At that moment, he was like a fish released back into the sea, thriving as a fish in water.

For the next few days, wild boars and wild goats would come to the fields or the grain drying ground at Dashiba to steal grain and crops.

At first, Zhao Lei and Qin Changlin were able to handle it, either by driving them away or by hunting down the leading creature.

As more and more wild animals came down the mountain, he had to add more people, bringing Qin Dashan, Wang Zongbao, and Qin Bowen into the team.

Of course, the hunting party wasn't at full strength every day. Only when a large number of wild animals were found damaging crops under specific circumstances would a hunting party be called up to hunt them down.

During the busy harvest season that lasted for nearly ten days, the Heping Production Brigade had meat to eat almost every day.

Half of the prey hunted by Zhao Lei and his men was confiscated and slaughtered that same day;

The other half was taken by him and Wang Zongbao to several neighboring production brigades to be sold for money.

It's the busy season for farming right now.

Apart from the Peace Brigade, almost everyone in Qingfeng Town was busy at work, consuming a huge amount of energy and food every day.

When Zhao Lei and Wang Zongbao took their wild goats and wild boars to the neighboring production brigade to sell them, the brigade leader bought them all with collective funds.

Because it's not a holiday now, pigs, cattle, and sheep raised in each production brigade cannot be slaughtered without permission.

So people couldn't buy meat even if they wanted to, and the supply and marketing cooperatives had a ration limit, which wasn't enough to feed an entire production brigade for even one meal.

The wild boar and wild goat that Zhao Lei sold became the meat that everyone urgently needed to supplement their diet.

It was incredibly popular; the production brigade bought it all up as soon as it arrived.

Over the past ten days, Zhao Lei and the rest of the hunting team members have each earned an extra one or two hundred yuan.

After the busy farming season, everyone was exhausted.

Everyone stayed home for two or three days before resuming their normal work schedule.

this day.

Zhao Lei and Jiang Xinyue arrived at Qin Mancang's house early in the morning.

"Is Dad home?"

When Chen Xiumei, Zhao Lei's mother-in-law, heard his voice, she rushed out to open the door and said, "Oh, it's Lei Zi and Xin Yue too. Come in, come in, come in."

Zhao Lei and Jiang Xinyue exchanged a glance, and then quickly went into the inner room.

Zhao Lei asked, "Mom, where's Dad? Where did he go?"

Chen Xiumei warmly pulled Zhao Lei and Jiang Xinyue towards the main room, calling out into the house, "Mancang! Mancang! Lei and Xinyue are here, they need to see you."

After saying that, he told Zhao Lei and Jiang Xinyue to sit down and went to serve tea.

A moment later, Qin Mancang arrived, a pipe dangling from his lips. Seeing Zhao Lei, he asked with some confusion, "Hey? Why are you two here so early today? Is there something you need?"

When Zhao Lei looked, he saw that his father-in-law wasn't smoking the Daqianmen cigarettes he had brought, but instead was smoking his old dry tobacco again.

He frowned and said, "Dad, why are you smoking this old relic again? The Daqianmen cigarettes I bought you before..."

Qin Mancang's attitude towards Zhao Lei has recently undergone a complete 180-degree turn.

In the past, when I saw Zhao Lei, I would look at him with disgust and a gloomy face, as if Zhao Lei owed me a thousand or eight hundred yuan.

But it's different now.

Zhao Lei made a lot of money with his eldest and youngest sons, and even bought a 28-inch bicycle for his second daughter.

During the recent busy farming season, he brought honor to the entire Heping Brigade, ensuring they had meat at every meal.

Other production brigades are still busy harvesting rice and transplanting seedlings.

Their production brigade completed all the labor work in just ten days, which can be described as completing it ahead of schedule, exceeding the standard, exceeding the time limit, and exceeding the quantity.

Most importantly, other production brigades were also harassed by wild animals, with some suffering losses of over a thousand kilograms, making it difficult to deliver grain to the state.

Their production brigade not only delivered the highest quality grain on time and in the required quantity, but also completed the task ahead of schedule, becoming the first production brigade in the entire Qingfeng Town to meet its quota.

This earned Qin Mancang unanimous recognition and praise from all the leaders when he went to the town for a meeting, allowing him to truly feel proud and elated.

So when I saw Zhao Lei, my former son-in-law, I liked him more and more.

Faced with Zhao Lei's question, Qin Mancang laughed and said, "Hehe, Lei, your cigarettes are good, but this old man can't get used to them. I don't find them very strong."

Zhao Lei gave an awkward laugh.

That's true, my father-in-law has been smoking dry tobacco for so many years.

Ordinary grilled tobacco and cigarettes are indeed tasteless to him.

Zhao Lei gave Jiang Xinyue, who was standing next to him, a wink.

Jiang Xinyue immediately understood and politely said to Qin Mancang, "Uncle Qin, Sanshi and I came here today to ask what procedures are needed to build this house?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Mancang immediately understood.

"Oh, so this kid's about to start building a house?"

I never would have guessed that the first red brick house in our production brigade was built by you, Zhao Lei.

However, this is also reasonable.

After all, it was Zhao Lei who bought the first 28-inch motorcycle in our brigade.

I knew it! I, Qin Mancang, have seen countless people, how could I possibly misjudge someone?

I knew this kid was destined for greatness!

However, as Qin Mancang thought about it, he remembered his daughter's divorce from Zhao Lei.

Now, he can't help but have some doubts.

Could it be that the problem with the divorce stemmed from his daughter?

Upon reflection, Qin Mancang realized it was indeed possible.

Ever since Zhao Lei and Qin Yuchan got married, this guy's bad habits have started to show.

They are no longer as hardworking and diligent as before.

Looking at it now, it really is true!

He had previously tried to reunite the two, but Zhao Lei did not give an answer.

Qin Mancang was initially somewhat disappointed.

However, although Zhao Lei and Qin Yuchan did not remarry, their lives were getting better and better, so good that it was hard for him to believe.

Later, Qin Mancang secretly went to the fortune teller to have his fortune told.

He was relieved to find out that his daughter's birth chart had a slight flaw compared to Zhao Lei's.

No wonder.

The two actually lived better lives after their divorce.

Therefore, Qin Mancang gave up the idea of ​​persuading them to remarry.

The most important thing is to live a good life; let the children handle the rest themselves.