sinovels Chapter 1323: Sweet and Bitter
Chapter 1323: Sweet and Bitter
Chapter 1323: Sweet and Bitter
If Zhang Xinglong had not said that he heard dogs barking at the foot of the West Mountain, Qin Guangquan would never have thought of the Zhao army.
Even though he had seen the Liberation truck and the Black Tiger on the main road south of the village in the afternoon, Qin Guangquan never thought of Zhao Jun.
Because in Qin Guangquan's mind, a figure like Fu Hu Jiang could easily kill bears and tigers, so there was no reason for him to hunt foxes.
When Qin Guangquan shouted "It was General Fu Hu who did it", more than thirty pairs of eyes in the room were staring at him.
"Xiaoquan." Tong Youfeng asked, "Are you talking about Zhao Jun?"
Qin Guangquan nodded repeatedly and said, "It was him. Before noon today, I saw his car and his dog on the South Road."
"That's him!" Zhang Xinglong slapped his thigh and said, "I heard a dog barking in the west this afternoon."
"Just now you said it was noon." Tong Youfeng glanced at Zhang Xinglong and said, "You said it was noon again."
The first afternoon was around nine or ten o'clock in the morning, which was almost the time when Zhao Jun and his men arrived at the desolate area.
Zhang Xinglong was stunned by Tong Youfeng's question. He couldn't find a reason to refute Tong Youfeng and was about to get angry.
Fortunately, at this time, someone echoed Zhang Xinglong and said: "I also heard it this afternoon. It seems that there is no old dog or young dog?"
"I heard it too, ah ah bite."
"Yes, I was at home weaving baskets this afternoon, and my wife told me about it when she came back from the toilet."
As more and more people confirmed it, everyone locked on Zhao Jun as the "suspect".
Zhang Xinglong glanced at Tong Youfeng proudly, then said to everyone: "Okay, we've worked hard tonight, we'll be on guard all night and we'll get up early tomorrow to look for Zhao Jun!"
There were a few people who responded, but Tong Youfeng immediately retorted: "Who are you looking for? If you look for someone, will they recognize you?"
"Why don't you recognize him?" Zhang Xinglong pointed at Qin Guangquan and said, "Qin Er saw him."
"Uncle Zhang!" Qin Guangquan was frightened when he was asked to take the lead, and he quickly said, "I didn't see anyone."
"Then you didn't look at his car?" Zhang Xinglong asked. Qin Guangquan said, "All the cars are the same."
"You didn't say you were still looking at him?" Zhang Xinglong asked again, Qin Guangquan said: "Aren't those dogs... all the same?"
Zhang Xinglong curled his lips helplessly. He knew in his heart that Qin Guangquan was afraid of offending people.
"No need to ask, it's him!" Someone shouted, "Where does Li Ruhai from Yong'an come from? He's the only one driving a car, pulling a dog, and hunting."
"That's right!" Someone else said, "Like Old Master Zhang said, let's go find him together!"
When this was said, many people echoed it.
Seeing that everyone wanted Zhang Xinglong to take the lead, Tong Youfeng hurriedly said, "Hey? Let's go find him, what should we say?"
"What's the matter?" Zhang Xinglong suddenly became energetic after being beaten up, and shouted: "Go find him!"
"Are you going to look for him?" Tong Youfeng looked at Zhang Xinglong with disdain and said, "They are hunting foxes, are they hunting your foxes?"
"He didn't beat my fox..." Zhang Xinglong was stunned, then said: "He beat the fox, and the fox harmed us."
"What harm did it do to you?" Tong Youfeng asked back: "Did it harm your chickens? Or did it harm your ducks?"
"I..." Zhang Xinglong was speechless, and someone next to him said, "Brother Tong, there is no trouble now, but what about trouble at night?"
"I don't think so." Tong Youfeng shook his head and said, "I was also involved when there was a fox incident in our village that year. I just feel that the foxes today are different from the last time."
"Hey?" Someone echoed, "I felt it too. They didn't bark last time!"
"Pa!" Tong Youfeng clapped his hands heavily, pointed at the man who had just spoken, and said, "That's right. That time, there was no noise at all. First he blocked the entrance to our village, and then he harmed the chickens and ducks."
As soon as Tong Youfeng said this, everyone started talking.
Zhang Xinglong saw that something was wrong, so he said to Tong Youfeng, "So what do you think we should do now? Just stand there like this? These fox cubs are harmless, but can you stand them yelling all day and night?"
"Look at what you said!" Tong Youfeng rolled his eyes at Zhang Xinglong, then said to everyone, "It's already this late today, let's just hold on for the night and wait and see tomorrow morning. If those foxes don't return to their den, we'll have to go find Zhao Jun."
"Didn't you just say we couldn't go?" Zhang Xinglong was already quite old, and at this moment, he stiffened his neck and imitated Tong Youfeng's tone and said, "We're going to find them, what can we say? They're beating up the fox, are they beating up your fox?"
Tong Youfeng felt upset and glared at Zhang Xinglong, saying, "Go talk to him. He is the one who caused this. We can't let him just walk away after hunting, and affect the lives of the people in our village."
"That's right!" Someone echoed, "Let's go find him. No matter how great his family is, what can we do?"
"What? His brother-in-law's father is the manager of the field. You are a fool, why are you still looking for him?"
"The farm manager has to be reasonable, otherwise we can go to the forest farm to look for him."
"that is……"
Tong Youfeng was secretly delighted when he saw that he had stirred up the emotions of the crowd.
There have been recent news saying that the higher authorities may allow hooligans to register as vagrants, and that each vagrant village may be divided into a township.
If that were the case, the village would have to have a village chief, and Tong Youfeng was very interested in becoming the first village chief of Xishan Village.
"That..." At this moment, Qin Guangquan spoke with some embarrassment, saying: "It's better for us not to go to the field, that would offend people."
"What are we afraid of? There is no one in our village working in the forest farm." Someone who was really fearless said, "Besides, if all of us in the village go to find him together, will he dare to embarrass so many of us?"
What he just said is similar to the idea that the law cannot hold everyone responsible.
In fact, no one is stupid. Everyone knows that if they offend someone because of this matter, the people who will be remembered will be the ringleader and Qin Guangquan who pointed out Zhao Jun.
The leaders, whether it was Tong Youfeng or Zhang Xinglong, took the lead to achieve their own goals. Even if this would offend the Zhao army, it was what they were willing to do after weighing the pros and cons.
As for Qin Guangquan, it can only be said that people are selfish. The people in Mangliutun only care about their own poultry at this time.
Qin Guangquan also felt something was wrong, otherwise he would not have tried to overturn his own testimony.
But he alone could not change the will of the people in the entire village.
Just when Qin Guangquan was getting anxious, he suddenly heard someone muttering, "If he doesn't give us an explanation, we'll file a complaint. He's just an inspector, and if he doesn't do a good job of checking the goods, how can he hunt?"
This person was just talking nonsense, but after hearing what he said, Qin Guangquan suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly: "Then Zhao Jun is not an inspector now!"
"What does it have to do with us? We are just a bunch of hooligans, and they are not under the jurisdiction of the forestry farm."
"That's right! Damn, they have cleanup work in the forest farm, and they hire family members, not us."
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who are wearing shoes. These hooligans are not under the jurisdiction of the forest farm. No matter how high-ranking the official is, what can he do?
But at this moment, Qin Guangquan said quietly: "He is now the head of the security, responsible for the protection of the forest area, and all forest rangers are under his charge."
As soon as Qin Guangquan said this, the room fell silent.
The hooligans are not afraid of the director or the secretary, but they are afraid of the forest rangers, 80 percent of whom are not on the payroll these days.
Since the Yongan site was built, every blade of grass and every tree on the mountain has been public property. It is wrong for anyone to touch them, but it all depends on whether there is anyone in charge.
In other words, see if there is anyone who can take care of it.
Zhao Jun and his men went up the mountain and planted trees and dug holes as they were told. The forest rangers watched without saying a word.
Even when women from the family quarters went up the mountain to collect products, no one dared to stop them.
But if hooligans want to collect mountain products, they have to look at the mood of the forest ranger.
It is said that a gentleman does not bully those below him, but some people like to bully the poor.
At this time, there was a man named Wu Dalin present in Tong Youfeng's home. Last winter, he went into the mountains to pick frozen greens.
The frost plant is a semi-parasitic plant, and the frost plant that Wu Dalin saw was parasitic on the poplar tree.
Wu Dalin took out the sickle he brought with him and used the sickle head to hook the branch, trying to bend the branch down so that he could pick the frostbitten fruits easily.
With this hook, the branch was broken.
In theory, this is not a big deal. When Li Baoyu was twisting the fox's hair yesterday, he almost chopped the poplar tree bare with his kabbalah stick.
Wu Dalin also thought that everything was fine, so he stuffed the branches and the frozen green leaves into the basket on his back.
But when Wu Dalin went down the mountain, he was stopped by two forest rangers.
These forest rangers have very sharp eyes. None of the hikers are dressed neatly or tidily, but they can identify the vagrants with a high accuracy.
The two forest rangers stopped Wu Dalin and put a hat on him. Before Wu Dalin could react, the two forest rangers reached out and hit him.
There are some poor but arrogant people, but there are almost none among the hooligans. In Yong'an, the only relatively arrogant hooligan is Zhang Lifu. And he is arrogant because he has a backer.
Wu Dalin had no one to back him up, and the forest ranger was a man of high status, so Wu Dalin did not dare to fight back and just kept begging for mercy.
The more he begged for mercy, the harder the two men beat him, until he fell to his knees and handed over everything he had on him, even his pipe and tobacco pouch. Only then did the two men let him go.
Things like this happening between forest rangers and hooligans are extremely common.
So when they heard that the forest rangers were under the command of Zhao Jun, all those who had been clamoring just now fell silent.
"Ahem!" Zhang Xinglong stood up slowly and said, "Okay, let's be alert tonight and take care of the chickens and ducks at home. Tomorrow morning, I will go find Zhang Dashetou.
Isn't he said to be Ergudong's brother? I'll talk to him and ask him to lead us to Zhao Jun. He knows someone here, so it'll be easier for us to talk to him."
Tong Youfeng was shocked when he heard this, but he asked openly, "What are you going to say to Zhao Jun?"
"What can I say?" Zhang Xinglong said, "Isn't he a tiger-subduing general? He can catch tigers, so let him catch the fox too."
……
"A-choo! A-choo!" Zhao Jun, who was sitting on his kang watching TV, sneezed twice.
"Oh, little one, what's wrong?" the old lady asked anxiously, "Did you catch a cold when you went outside today?"
"No, Grandma Jiang." Zhao Jun rubbed his nose and said with a smile, "It must be someone who is talking about me."
"Ah..." The old lady was still a little worried, and told Zhao Jun: "If you feel uncomfortable, take two cold pills right away."
"Hey." Zhao Jun responded with a smile, and at this time Zhou Chunming's voice came from the outer room: "Mother-in-law, don't want these things."
"My dear relative, please don't fight with me." Wang Meilan tied the mouth of the sack with a hemp rope and said, "You are at the site every day. If you are not at home to eat, my eldest grandson will have to eat too, right?"
Looking at the two large sacks next to the stove, Zhou Chunming thought that his grandson would not be able to finish them in a month. He knew that this was a good intention from his mother-in-law, so he did not refuse.
Hearing the two people talking, Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Chun.
Zhao Chun curled his lips, pulled over a small quilt, and with the help of the old lady, wrapped Xiao Zhoutao in layer after layer.
By the time Zhao Chun had wrapped up the child, Zhou's father and son had already loaded the Jiefang truck with everything Wang Meilan had prepared.
At this time, there was a yellow-haired guy in the trunk of the Jiefang car, which was also given to the Zhou family by Wang Meilan.
Zhao Jun drove there personally, and when he was accompanying Zhao Chun out of the house, he suddenly heard two dogs barking.
With the help of the big lantern hanging on the courtyard gate, Zhao Jun saw Zhou Chunming and Zhou Jianjun talking to someone.
At this time, Xie Sun, who had come out to see Zhao Chun off, cried out, "Aiya!" and ran to the door, shouting, "Boss!"
After all, she was the mother. No matter how unremarkable Xie Sun was, she could recognize Li Zhong just by looking at his figure and manners.
When Zhao Jun and others arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Xie Sun just asked how Xie Zhong came back.
Then, Xie Zhong said, "I gave the tenants a day off today, so they could repair their sleds and stuff. After that, it happened to be the time when the payroll was just finished, so Liu Hanshan wanted to go home and said he would send the money home. I thought, I should go with him."
"Has Jie Zhong not eaten yet?" Wang Meilan asked hurriedly after hearing this: "Come in quickly, the shabu-shabu mutton and everything are ready."
"Let's go, Boss!" Xie Sun grabbed Xie Zhong and said, "Come into the house, Mom will prepare you dinner!"
This simple sentence made Jie Zhong stand there.
He has heard such words since he was a child, but they were all said by other people's mothers to other people.
This was the first time he had heard his mother say such words in thirty years.
Jie Zhong, the man from Xiangyang Village who was armed with double-flowered red sticks, a leader, and swordsmen and cannons, instantly had tears in his eyes.
There were so many people around him, and he was so strong that he tried hard not to cry.
Xie Chen, who was standing by, stared blankly at Xie Sunshi and Xie Zhong. Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu and the others would not have such feelings, only he and Xie Zhong could understand.
"Then come in quickly!" Zhou Chunming said to everyone, "No need to see me off. It's very cold outside. We're leaving now!"
"That's fine, in-laws." Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Chun, then said, "Come over again when you have time!"
"Mom, we're leaving!" Zhao Chun looked at Wang Meilan reluctantly before getting in the car. Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "Hurry up and get in the car. Don't let the children get cold."
Zhao Jun was driving, Zhao Chun was sitting on the passenger seat holding the child, and Zhou's father and son were sitting in the trunk.
After the Jiefang car drove away, Wang Meilan invited everyone into the house.
Use the clay stove and small copper pot to cook the milky white mutton soup again.
Mutton, vermicelli, cabbage, frozen tofu, dried tofu, sauerkraut, dried bracken...
Dishes were placed on the table, along with side dishes such as stir-fried shredded potatoes, fried peanuts, and fried shrimp chips.
Not only Jie Zhong was eating alone, but Li Dayong, Wang Qiang, Lin Xiangshun, Li Baoyu and others also came to the table.
It wasn't that they didn't eat enough, but that they didn't drink enough at noon. Just then, Jie Zhong came back and the men were drinking.
"Boss." Xie Sun came in with the farm sauce that had just been pounded from the sauce jar outside and placed the bowl next to Xie Zhong.
Xie Zhong eats everything with his own unique taste, and he dips everything in soybean paste.
Xie Zhong smiled at Xie Sun. At this moment, he was enjoying a happiness he had never experienced before.
But at this moment, Xie Sun said to Xie Zhong: "Boss, tomorrow Mom and your little brother will go home."
Xie Zhong: “Ah?”
Brothers, I won't sell the medicinal liquor anymore. Now there is only a little left, so I will give it to whoever wins the lottery.
Although it is just the bottom, don’t despise it, brothers, the essence is all in this bottom. In our words, it is called the Fugen!
The wolfberries I use to make wine are grown by myself. There are no wild wolfberries in my area, but there are in Jilin across the mountain range. But I grow them in my own yard, and they produce a lot every year.
I personally went up the mountain to pick the Ganoderma lucidum in July of that year.
The velvet antlers were given to me by a friend from a deer farm. The fresh velvet antlers were sliced directly with blood, so there look like small hairs in the remaining wine. Those are the hairs on the fresh velvet antlers.
This is not dirty, don’t worry, brothers. I am a bit of a germaphobe and I will never eat or drink anything unclean.
As for the deer rifle, I washed it with strong white wine before putting it in the wine jar.
As for the ginseng, I brought it back myself that year. It was a seedling. When I was fifteen years old and joined the ginseng gang, a small twist made me get involved. Six years ago, I dug up pure wild ginseng.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just that after drinking this wine, you can’t wear jeans.
Anyway, I will pack it for whoever wins the prize. It’s less than a pound, but about 34 or 45 ounces.
Don't think it's too little, it's worth a lot. I heard they gave away some dark Monkey King, so I asked about the price. My wine is more valuable than that. I soaked those materials once and made ten kilograms of wine.
(End of this chapter)