sinovels Chapter 1155 The one who beat the bull is called Zhao Jun?
Chapter 1155 The one who beat the bull is called Zhao Jun?
Chapter 1155 The one who beat the bull is called Zhao Jun?
When the brothers Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng ran away, Lin Weilong and Lin Weihu, who were following the wood, looked at their big blue ox lying dead under the tree and tears came to their eyes.
"Brother!" Lin Weihu cried and asked Lin Weilong, "What should we do?"
The two brothers are not locals. They live in Chang'an Commune in Hengdaohezi. They plant in spring, harvest in autumn, and have no work in winter, so they come to Yong'an to make money.
This is the first year that the two brothers have done this job. In order to be able to make money, they asked the commune secretary to come forward to guarantee them, and only then were they able to raise money to buy the cow.
It's only been a few days since I started working, but the cow was beaten to death. Even the toughest man can't stand it.
“Stop howling!” Lin Weilong wiped away his tears and waved to his brother, “Go find Uncle Tang!”
"Hey!" Lin Weihu cried out and ran towards the direction where the chainsaw sound came from. But he fell to the ground in the snow after running only two steps, but he gritted his teeth and got up and continued running.
In the northwest, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren sat side by side on a fallen log and smoked. The family's surname was Tang, and the old man in the middle was "Uncle Tang" as Lin Weilong called him, and he was also the leader of the 27th forestry team, Tang Xiaomin.
He also had another identity, that of a secretary of Chang'an Commune. During the busy farming season, he led the members to grow crops, raise poultry and livestock; during the slack season, he led the members to Yong'an to trade traps and make money.
Fan Tiangui, who had previously provided information to the Zhao army, was hired by Tang Xiaomin to go up the mountain to heat the kang.
Fan Tiangui and Tang Xiaomin met through Fan Zhisheng, the forest manager of the forest farm.
China has been a society based on personal connections for 5,000 years. All the foreman who can package wood in Yong'an Forest District have acquaintances in the forest farm.
Tang Xiaomin and Fan Zhisheng are relatives of the older generation. The mothers of the two families are sworn sisters. Tang Xiaomin came to Yong'an Baolengchang because of Fan Zhisheng's relationship.
Two years ago, when Tang Xiaomin first came to Yong'an to take charge of the Lengchang, he brought an elderly couple from his hometown. The old lady cooked in the Lengchang and the old man heated the kang.
But this year the old man became paralyzed, and the old lady had to take care of him at home. Tang Xiaomin had no choice but to ask his wife to cook, but they still needed a stove operator.
Then, Fan Zhisheng introduced Fan Tiangui, who lived with him in Yonglitun.
When the Lin brothers discovered that the cow was dead, Tang Xiaomin, his son and grandson had just cut down the tree.
Then, the three of them sat on the fallen tree and smoked, thinking that after they finished this bag of cigarettes, they would cut branches and make wood, and try to finish making wood before nightfall. That way, the Lin brothers could drive the sled over to pull wood tomorrow.
The three of them had just finished smoking when they saw Lin Weihu running over.
Seeing Lin Weihu's face flushed and his hat tilted from running, Tang Xiaomin's son Tang Fuxiang hurriedly stood up and asked, "What's wrong, Erhu?"
“Brother!” Lin Weihu saw the three people from the Tang family and knew they had someone to back him up. He cried out to Tang Fuxiang first, then said to Tang Xiaomin, “Uncle, my cow is dead!”
"What?" The old man got up from the fallen tree, took a few steps towards Lin Weihu, and asked, "The cow died? How did the cow die?"
When the Lin family bought the big blue ox, it was Tang Xiaomin who came forward to guarantee the money for the haul. Brought money and borrowed money are different. Borrowing money may not require interest, but brought money must have interest, and the interest is not small.
The Lin brothers spent a total of 950 yuan on the cow, of which 500 yuan was for lifting. At that time, the lender and borrower agreed to pay 2% interest and repay in 16 months. In this way, the Lin brothers could pay back the money they had earned from lifting the cow in two winters, and they would still have a cow left at home.
But less than two months had passed since the work began when the big blue ox was beaten to death. Tang Xiaomin knew that if the matter was not properly resolved, both the families of Lin Weilong and Lin Weihu would be ruined.
So the three members of the Tang family left all their tools behind and followed Lin Weihu to the scene. After meeting up with Lin Weilong, Tang Xiaomin stepped forward and saw the bullet holes on both sides of the cow's body. He frowned and said, "This was caused by a semi-automatic bullet!"
Then, Tang Xiaomin frowned and looked at the Lin brothers, and asked, "Dalong, Erhu, are you watching anyone?"
"No, Uncle Tang." Lin Weilong said with a sad face, "Before that bastard shot the gun, my brother was putting wood on the roof. I thought he was hunting, but who would have thought he shot our cow."
"Stop pissing yourself." Tang Xiaomin said to Lin Weilong, "It's happened, we need to solve it. Um... one of you two brothers should go up and finish the job for the three of us. After that, you guys untie the old cow and drag it to the shed."
While Tang Xiaomin was speaking, his son Tang Fuxiang came back and reported: "Dad, I saw footprints heading to the damn poplar forest."
"Go, chase!" Tang Xiaomin gave an order, calling his son and grandson to chase the butcher along the footprints.
The three of them followed the footprints to the sled road where Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng had encountered the sled. The sled road was flattened by the sledding, and Tang Xiaomin could not see anything, so he took his children and grandchildren to chase along the road.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, the three Tang family men looked at the deserted road and felt a little dazed.
"Dad," Tang Fuxiang said to Tang Xiaomin, "We can't chase them like this. Let's go back to Lengchang and find two sleds."
"Let's go!" This sentence reminded the dreamer, Tang Xiaomin waved his hand to the east, and ran to Lengchang with his children and grandchildren. But they didn't know that the two bastards had already fled in a jeep, and they couldn't catch up with the car even if they drove a sled.
After the three of them ran a few steps, they saw an old man in front of them carrying a shoulder pole with water bottles hanging on both ends of the pole.
The old man carrying the pole was none other than Fan Tiangui. More than an hour had passed since he provided the news to Zhao Jun. During this period, Fan Tiangui had traveled back and forth between Lengchang and the mountain stream several times, carrying water with his pole again and again.
Fan Tiangui was very experienced. He didn't even use his hands to hold the carrying pole on his shoulders. He put his hands in his sleeves and walked with his body rising and falling rhythmically. The carrying pole trembled on his body, and the two poles swayed slightly, but no water spilled.
Suddenly he heard someone calling him from behind. Fan Tiangui pulled his hands out of his sleeves, held the front one and the back one. When the person turned around, the carrying pole and the two feeding baskets also turned with him.
"Hey, boss." Seeing that it was Tang Xiaomin, Fan Tiangui hurriedly greeted him and said, "Why did you come down so early?"
"Old Fan." Tang Xiaomin ran up to Fan Tiangui, panting, and asked, "Where did you get here?"
"It's on the west side." Fan Tiangui said, "Did I go to fetch water?"
Tang Xiaomin turned and looked to the west, then turned back and asked Fan Tiangui, "Did you see anyone coming down the mountain just now?"
"No." Fan Tiangui shook his head and said, "Who did I not see during this trip?"
After answering Tang Xiaomin's question, Fan Tiangui asked back: "What's the matter, hold your head."
"Damn it!" Tang Xiaomin cursed, "Someone killed the cow of the two brothers from the old Lin family on the mountain, and then this person ran away."
"He was beaten to death by a cow." Fan Tiangui's eyes widened and he muttered, "Oh my God, what kind of person is this?"
"It's fucking hunting." Tang Fuxiang replied subconsciously, and then he saw Fan Tiangui was stunned and blinked his eyes several times.
"Old Fan." Tang Xiaomin saw the clue and asked hurriedly, "Who have you been looking at this afternoon, fetching water back and forth?"
"Um..." Fan Tiangui hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Boss, can you tell what kind of gun was used to shoot it?"
"I looked over and saw that it was a 7.62mm round." Tang Xiaomin stared at Fan Tiangui's face and said, "It's either semi-automatic, or it's a barrel or a sleeve."
Hearing Tang Xiaomin say this, Fan Tiangui let out a long breath but said nothing.
"Old Fan." Tang Xiaomin has been the commune secretary for more than 20 years. What kind of people has he not met?
Seeing Fan Tiangui like this, Tang Xiaomin said to him very sincerely: "We two old brothers met through Zhisheng. Although we haven't known each other for a long time, how do you think my brother treats you?"
"What else is there to say?" Fan Tiangui smiled bitterly and smacked his lips and said, "Hey, but I can't say this."
"Brother." Tang Xiaomin said again: "You also know Lin Weilong and Lin Weihu, and you also know the conditions of their families. How difficult is it?"
"Tsk!" Fan Tiangui curled his lips and said, "Head, I'll be watching someone at around one o'clock."
As soon as Fan Tiangui finished speaking, Tang Fuxiang asked, "Who is it, Uncle Fan?"
Fan Tiangui glanced at Tang Fuxiang, then looked at Tang Xiaomin and said, "But I just saw him carrying a gun and walking away. None of us saw him shooting a cow."
"Brother." Tang Xiaomin asked again: "I know what you mean. Just tell me, who is this person?"
"That..." Fan Tiangui still hesitated, and said to Tang Xiaomin: "Boss, let's talk about what we have to say. I can tell you who I saw. But I can't bear witness for you."
Fan Tiangui's "testimony" means to bear witness. Hearing him say this, Tang Xiaomin immediately responded, "Okay, go ahead. I promise you."
"When I was fetching water the other day, I saw a man coming out of the ditch." Fan Tiangui said, "His name is Zhao Jun, he is a technician in our forest farm, and he knows Han Delin who inspected our measurements..."
Before Fan Tiangui finished speaking, Tang Xiaomin's grandson Tang Yunwei interrupted and said, "He is a technician, so why doesn't he go to work?"
"Shut up." Tang Xiaomin shouted at Tang Yunwei to leave, then raised his hand and gestured to Fan Tiangui, saying, "Go, take over Master Fan's burden?"
"No, no." Fan Tiangui said no, but his body honestly gave the burden to Tang Yunwei.
Tang Xiaomin then held Fan Tiangui's arm, and the two old men walked to a sheltered place. Tang Xiaomin took out a cigarette from his pocket and shared it with Fan Tiangui.
Fan Tiangui took a puff of cigarette and said, "This kid is not very old, only about 20 years old this year. He likes to go hunting in the mountains. After that, the leader of their inspection and acceptance team doesn't let him go to work, so he asks him to make specimens and so on."
"Ah..." Tang Xiaomin asked, "What kind of gun did he use?"
"Semi-automatic." Fan Tiangui said, "I saw him a few days ago today, he was carrying a semi-automatic."
At this time, people recognize guns if nothing else.
"After you separated from him, where did he go?" Tang Xiaomin asked again, and heard Fan Tiangui say, "Didn't our No. 7 come to help the pigs a few days ago? I told him where the pigs were running, and he ran over there."
"That's right." Tang Xiaomin said with a twitch of his lips, "You watched him around one o'clock, and then he went over the mountain and was beaten to death by Lin Dalong and his old bull."
"Head!" Hearing Tang Xiaomin's words, Fan Tiangui's face changed and he said, "We didn't catch him in the act, so we can't talk nonsense!"
"Then what are you talking about?" Tang Xiaomin asked back, "Isn't it obvious?"
After Tang Xiaomin said this, Fan Tiangui took a deep puff of cigarette but didn't say anything. In fact, he also suspected Zhao Jun because the timing was too coincidental. But Fan Tiangui didn't dare to get involved. He just said that to get himself out of trouble.
"Where does he live?" Tang Xiaomin asked about Zhao Jun's home address. Fan Tiangui said, "He lives in Yong'antun..."
At this point, Fan Tiangui paused before continuing, "Boss, this guy is not easy to mess with. If we don't catch him in the act and he doesn't admit it, you really have no way to deal with him."
"I haven't made any move yet?" Tang Xiaomin said, "I'll harness the sled in a moment, go down the mountain, and look for Zhisheng. I'll see if I can take care of him."
"Haha..." Fan Tiangui took a deep puff of his cigarette, and as he threw the cigarette butt into the snow, he laughed and said, "Director Fan really can't control him."
"Huh?" Tang Xiaomin was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Isn't he just a technician? I'm risking my reputation..."
"Don't risk it." Fan Tiangui stopped Tang Xiaomin and said with a smile, "He is a technician, his brother-in-law is the head of the logistics team, and his brother-in-law's father is the secretary and the director of the farm."
Tang Xiaomin: “…”
Tang Xiaomin remained silent. After he finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, he sighed and said, "Okay, brother, let's go back."
"Boss." Fan Tiangui was also nosy and asked, "What should we do if we kill the cow?"
"I'll go down the mountain." Tang Xiaomin said firmly: "I'll go find Zhisheng and tell him about this. The two brothers of the old Lin family are in great difficulty. Most of the money they paid for the cow was from carrying it. If the cow dies like this, both families will have no livelihood."
At this point, Tang Xiaomin looked at Fan Tiangui and said, "I can't just ignore it."
After saying that, Tang Xiaomin strode towards the hall. Looking at his departing figure, Fan Tiangui smacked his lips, and in his heart he had more respect for Tang Xiaomin.
But this was not a matter he could participate in, so Fan Tiangui could only follow Tang Xiaomin to Lengchang.
When Tang Xiaomin returned to Lengchang, he asked the farmers who were in charge of transporting wood to borrow animals and sleds.
This group of people all came from Chang'an Commune and were quite united. When they heard that the Lin brothers' cow had been shot to death, someone drove a sled up the mountain to help Lin Weilong and Lin Weihu pull the dead cow down.
"Old Fan, you stay in the field and watch over it." Tang Xiaomin said to Fan Tiangui, "After they bring the cow back, they will gut it first. If they can't skin it, they will just put it outside to freeze. As for the offal, no one can touch it, don't you understand?"
"Boss, I understand." Fan Tiangui responded, and then Tang Xiaomin asked: "That man is called Zhao Jun, right?"
"Yes." After Fan Tiangui finished speaking, he saw Tang Xiaomin calling Tang Fuxiang, "Son, drive the horse and follow dad down the mountain."
Just when Tang's father and son were about to go down the mountain to find Fan Zhisheng to file a complaint against Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun and Jie Chen had already returned home with the roe deer.
Zhao Jun didn't even chase those pigs. Zhao Youcai knew that he couldn't catch up with them, so how could Zhao Jun not know that?
But he did not tell Fan Tiangui that he would not chase him, in order to avoid the old man's good intentions. After separating from Fan Tiangui, Zhao Jun wandered down the slope, and after meeting up with Jie Chen, the two of them dragged each other down the mountain and went home, but Fan Tiangui didn't know.
As soon as he got home, Zhao Jun felt something was wrong, so he asked Wang Meilan, "Mom, where are my dad and my uncle Zhao?"
"Who knows what they did?" Wang Meilan threw the spoon into the basin in annoyance and said, "They said they were going out for a walk, but it's already three o'clock and they haven't come back yet!"
As she spoke, Wang Meilan lifted the curtain covering the large basin, revealing the blanched bear paws inside, and said to Zhao Jun, "Your father said he would braise the bear paws when he comes back?"
At this time, Zhao Youcai was sitting in the passenger seat of the jeep with a gloomy face. Zhao Weipeng, who was driving, also had a serious look on his fat face and stepped on the accelerator all the way down the mountain.
(End of this chapter)