Fishing and Hunting 82, Starting with Three Sisters Who Overprotect Their Brothers

Zhang Wenshan paused, feeling as if he'd seen a ghost. His gaze pierced through the wall of people and landed on Zhao Dezhu's face. He asked in confusion, "Is he mentally challenged?"

Tao Jun crossed his arms over his chest, raised his chin high, and looked smug.

Upon hearing this, his expression changed drastically, and he immediately cursed, "You son of a bitch..."

Before he could finish speaking, a gruff voice came through, sounding impatient.

"What are you doing?"

The newcomer was a burly man dressed in military green, with a red armband bearing white lettering that prominently displayed the word "Defend."

These days, who in the countryside isn't afraid of the supply and marketing cooperative?

Various terrifying rumors about the security personnel are flying around.

Upon seeing the other person, Tao Jun was instantly dumbfounded, frozen in place, his lips trembling as he struggled to utter a single clear syllable for a long time.

The people following him weren't much better off.

They all shrank back, not daring to utter a sound, for fear of being spotted by the security personnel.

"It's nothing, we just wanted to exchange some shrimp and crab, but we couldn't agree on the price." Zhang Wenshan stepped forward generously, flicked his wrist, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over, "Sorry, Brother Zhou, for troubling you to make this trip."

The tall man glanced at the Daqianmen cigarettes being offered to him, paused slightly, and his tense face relaxed a little: "You know me?"

"My brother-in-law is Lin Deqiang, a security guard at the agricultural machinery factory." Zhang Wenshan smiled as he struck a famous match. He had spent a long time asking around last time, so how could he miss such important information?

As for bringing up his second brother-in-law to build a relationship, he had given it much thought.

Several large units in the town often work together, and their security detail often overlaps. Even if they don't know each other, mentioning each other will usually earn them some respect.

Zhou Xianjin took a drag of his cigarette, then coughed several times, choking on it: "You, you're Deqiang, that guy..."

He abruptly stopped speaking and quickly turned to Zhang Fengxia beside him, saying, "Is this the eldest sister?"

Zhang Fengxia hurriedly let go of the shovel handle she was gripping, wiped her hands on her clothes, and greeted everyone with a smile.

This scene shocked Tao Jun and the others so much that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Good heavens! They were able to strike up a conversation with the security guards at the supply and marketing cooperative.

There's also a relative who's a security guard at a farm machinery factory!

Are they going to punish us later?

"It turns out to be an export order; the weight is sufficient, so the price is high."

After exchanging a few words, Zhou Qianjin figured out the details and immediately turned his head, his gaze as sharp as a knife as he looked at Tao Jun.

"What, you don't want to give me the extra?"

Tao Jun, who had been so arrogant just moments before, suddenly trembled with fear and had no idea how to answer.

Zhao Dezhu quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "No, no, I just felt a few of them were listless."

If people find out that they are forcing fish to live out of water for several more hours, then everything will be over.

Not to mention that the supply and marketing cooperative will not be able to get foreign trade orders in the future, it will be difficult to even make a living in the town.

After some pulling and tugging.

Three pounds and two ounces of shrimp and crab sold for three yuan and eighty cents.

"It's good to walk the right path. If you ever need anything at the supply and marketing cooperative, just come to me."

"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you."

Zhang Wenshan watched Zhou Qianjin walk away, then picked up the bag and turned to leave.

"Hey bro, wait a minute."

"What, you want to fight?"

"Brother, what are you saying?" Zhao Dezhu waved his hands repeatedly. "Let's discuss it again. We can't come up with fifty yuan all at once, how about a deposit first?"

"No thanks." Zhang Wenshan glanced at Tao Jun out of the corner of his eye. "I don't do business with fools."

Security personnel patrol the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative every day, and they dare to show their claws in broad daylight; it's beyond stupid.

I thought it was just a makeshift operation, but it turns out there are troublemakers inside.

He didn't want to get involved in anything.

"You son of a bitch..."

Upon hearing this, Tao Jun's eyes immediately turned bloodshot. He opened his mouth to retort, but then lowered his voice and carefully looked to his left and right. Seeing that the security guard was not there, he immediately straightened his back.

"Name one more..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Dezhu interrupted him again.

"Shut up."

"Hey Zhao, who do you think you are?" Tao Jun shrugged and reached out to shove Zhao Dezhu.

"Get out of here."

Zhao Dezhu shoved him aside without any politeness, turned around, and forced a look of deep apology on his face.

"I'm so sorry, brother. I'll definitely go back and sort it out. We'll see each other tomorrow..."

"I won't be coming tomorrow," Zhang Wenshan replied decisively. "I'm not going to deal with shrimp and crabs for now, and we don't need to keep in touch anymore."

"No!" Zhao Dezhu stamped his feet anxiously. "The supply and marketing cooperative will have other foreign trade orders. There are plenty of places where we can make money together!"

"Are you the only one who can get a share from the supply and marketing cooperative?"

Zhang Wenshan shook his head, said no more, grabbed his older sister's arm and left, his back view resolute.

"groove!"

Watching the person completely disappear around the street corner, Zhao Dezhu viciously kicked away the pebble in front of him, then grabbed his hair and ruffled it into a mess.

"It's just a way of tying fish up. Without Zhang the butcher, we can't even eat pigs with their hair still on!"

Tao Jun nonchalantly added fuel to the fire.

"Besides, there are still two months before the large-scale fishing season, what's the rush?"

"You're a fucking idiot." Zhao Dezhu took a deep breath, suppressing his raging anger. "When we're ready to catch fish on a large scale, what's the point of using any other methods?"

Two people can catch more than three pounds of qualified shrimp and crabs. How many people do we have, and how many cages do we set?

They must have had other tricks up their sleeve, but now it's all over!

Tao Jun stubbornly retorted, "Who knows if it's two people? Maybe the whole family is involved."

"Fine, fine, you're the team leader, you're the captain's son, and you insist on using cheap methods..." Zhao Dezhu angrily flung his arm, turned around and left, "From now on, you'll handle everything in the fishing team, I'm not doing this anymore."

"Fine, let's go. You won't be able to catch any fish without us, will you?"

Tao Jun waved his hand and led his group of dejected followers, bracing themselves to go into the supply and marketing cooperative to sell shrimp and crabs.

They didn't realize that two people had been secretly following them.

"Zhang Wenshan, that traitor, actually colluded with other villages."

"See that? That window has an export order written on it! No wonder it can sell for such a high price."

"I should have gotten closer and heard how much it cost."

"It will definitely be more expensive than usual."

Zhou Ergou and Wang Kai didn't dare to go up and ask, so they could only hide to the side and mutter to themselves, planning to go back.

……

"Today's shrimp and crab earnings were 3.8 yuan, and the small-scaled fish were 4.5 yuan, totaling 8 yuan, plus what was left over from the previous days..."

Outside the state-run restaurant, at a breakfast stall.

Zhang Fengxia counted on her fingers, then suddenly looked up, her eyes shining brightly, and asked in a low voice, "You've only earned fourteen yuan and forty cents in these two days?"

Fried dough sticks smell so good!

Zhang Wenshan slowly took a sip of soy milk, smacked his lips, and said, "It's alright, at least it wasn't a waste of time."

I haven't even scraped together fifteen yuan in five days.

It's somewhat shameful to be a transmigrator with a system.

"Why didn't you react?" Zhang Fengxia asked, her face full of confusion. "A strong laborer in town works himself to death for a little over a dollar a day, and the cadres' salaries are only a little over forty at most..."

She kept talking about the income of various industries in the town.

He was completely different from the timid and hesitant person he was a few days ago.

Zhang Wenshan listened with a smile, very satisfied with the results of the training over this period, his gaze falling on the system.

[Today's Information 1: The expected high temperature today is 30℃]

[Today's News 2: Due to the persistent high temperatures, the daytime activity of snakes in the vicinity has decreased (click to view specific locations)]

"Okay, let's treat this as a weather forecast."

Zhang Wenshan scratched his head, looking somewhat helpless.

My luck hasn't been great; the intelligence I've gathered for the past few days has been mediocre, and today was especially bad.

Wild animals are lively and energetic; they need to eat and sleep. The so-called specific location refers to their general range of activity.

Unlike shrimp, crabs, and fish, which can be caught in traps or nets, catching a snake, even if you know its general location, depends on luck, especially if you encounter a venomous snake...

"It's good to have a danger warning."

Looking at the map, Zhang Wenshan felt increasingly uneasy as he saw the two locations on the way to the wood ear mushroom area.