The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1589: Nominating Grandma Zhao as the Village Chief

Chapter 1589: Nominating Grandma Zhao as the Village Chief

Zhao Jun brought guns with him on this trip up the mountain, just in case. He asked Li Baoyu and Jie Chen to accompany him, but when he was leaving, Zhang Yuanmin followed him out.

"Brother, you stay at home." Zhao Jun didn't take Zhang Yuanmin with him because he didn't want to bother him. Although Zhang Yuanmin's injury had mostly healed and he could have a second child, he still couldn't be too tired. Zhao Jun didn't dare to use him to move prey in the mountains.

This time they went up the mountain and picked up Tao Ersheng and Tao Sansheng and then came back. Zhao Jun thought there was no need to bring Zhang Yuanmin with him.

"Brother, I'll go with you to have a look." But Zhang Yuanmin insisted on going, saying, "I'll go over there to see what's going on, and then I can give you some advice or something."

When they were at Chen Dalai's house, Zhao Jun didn't ask them where they had killed the bear or where they had been injured. But when they went to pick up the Tao brothers, they naturally knew.

Now that they know the location, Zhao Jun can go hunting bears. This is also Zhou Chunming's request to Zhao Jun, that they must kill the black bear no matter what.

In this way, Zhao Jun led Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen out of the west room. Qin Qiang, Tao Hehua, Huang Shuhua and Huang Zhongguo, who heard the noise, came out of the east room, and Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan followed to see them off.

A group of people came out of the house, and Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan sent them out of the yard.

Since Tao Hehua and Huang Shuhua could not go with them, Zhao Jun asked Qin Qiang and Huang Zhongguo to sit in the passenger seat, and asked Li Baoyu, who was more familiar with the mountain area, to drive. Then he took Zhang Yuanmin and Jie Chen to sit in the back of the car.

Just as they were getting on the car, Li Ruhai came back in a nonchalant manner.

"Oh!" Seeing people and cars at the door, Li Ruhai hurriedly trotted over.

But when he came over, Li Baoyu had already started the car. Tao Hehua and Huang Shuhua said goodbye to Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan. Wang Meilan responded, but Zhao Youcai dragged Li Ruhai into the house.

"What's going on, uncle?" Li Ruhai asked Zhao Youcai in a low voice, "Why are my eldest brother and his people still fighting with Qin Lao San and his people? And didn't Qin Lao San and his people pick up Tao Lao Er and Tao Lao San?"

"Don't argue for now." Zhao Youcai pulled Li Ruhai into the house and said, "They went there this afternoon. Just as they got to the mountain, the horse pulling the sled was shot dead."

"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Li Ruhai widened his eyes and looked at Zhao Youcai with a strange look, which made Zhao Youcai very unhappy.

"It wasn't me who hit you!" Zhao Youcai said unhappily, and Li Ruhai turned his gaze to Li Dayong.

"Are you a tiger?" Li Dayong shouted, "Your uncle didn't say anything, he let others beat him."

"Ah, haha..." Li Ruhai smiled and waited for Zhao Youcai's next words.

At this time, Zhao Jinhui seemed to have noticed something and whispered in Zhao Weipeng's ear, "Dad, my uncle Zhao and his men beat up Lao Niu... Ouch!"

Zhao Jinhui was speaking when Zhao Weipeng elbowed him in the stomach. Zhao Weipeng glared at his fat son fiercely, and then he heard Zhao Youcai say to Li Ruhai: "It has nothing to do with us. It was Huang Laopi who beat him."

“Brother Huang…” Li Ruhai was stunned and muttered, “How could he still make such a mistake… huh?”

Before Li Ruhai could finish his words, he felt someone poked him in the lower back. Li Ruhai was stunned and turned around to see Li Dazhi shaking his head at him.

Li Ruhai grinned and looked at Zhao Youcai somewhat embarrassedly.

Zhao Youcai winked at Li Ruhai and said, "Don't you think this is interesting?"

Li Ruhai looked at Zhao Youcai blankly, without saying anything and just shaking his head.

……

When the six soldiers of the Zhao army drove out from the east end of the village, the village chief Zhao Guofeng had already led his men to build the mourning shed.

Now a group of people are waiting for Tao Ersheng and Tao Sansheng.

Qin Qiang took out half of the golden gourd from his pocket and got off the car to give cigarettes to the people who came to help. Seeing that there were not enough cigarettes, Zhao Guofeng took out half a box of Yingchun from his pocket.

Zhao Guofeng asked Qin Qiang a few questions, and Qin Qiang said he would call another person to follow him up the mountain. Zhao Jun said that there were enough people, but Qin Qiang said that it was getting dark and he needed two people holding torches.

Zhao Guofeng waved his hand at Qin Qiang, indicating that he should go find help. Then, Zhao Guofeng walked in front of Zhao Jun and nodded, saying, "Xiaojun, you did this in a righteous way."

"Hey, uncle." Zhao Jun heard this and sighed, "I have no choice. He came to my house, so I have to go."

"No, I heard something like that." At this time, Zhao Guofeng tilted his head and asked Zhao Jun, "It seems that they had a fight with a guy named Huang something? It is said that Huang something is your relative?"

No matter what the matter is, once it is passed on by word of mouth, it becomes more and more mysterious.

"Haha..." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Uncle, you should know that guy. He came to our place a few years after we built the place. He went up the mountain with my dad and Old Xu Pao to hunt."

"Hiss... Oh my." Zhao Guofeng frowned and said, "Now that you mention it, I have an impression of him. He was not short, his face was red, and he looked irritated and pissed all the time."

Zhao Guofeng's description was really apt. With his description, Huang Gui's image fit perfectly.

Zhao Jun laughed, and then Qin Qiang led Wei Tie over. Zhao Jun said goodbye to Zhao Guofeng, and then asked Wei Tie to get on the trunk together.

Qin Qiang and Huang Zhongguo were still in the front passenger seat, while Wei Tie, Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin, and Jie Chen were in the back. When the car drove out of the village and into the mountain field, the four of them started chatting, starting with the failure of Chen Dalai, Tao Ersheng and the other two to hunt.

At this time, Zhao Jun remembered something and turned to ask Zhang Yuanmin in a low voice: "Brother, have we found our dog?"

"No!" Zhang Yuanmin said unhappily, "Zhang Laibao hasn't come home yet!"

"Ah..." Zhao Jun couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Two people died, which was already a big deal. If Zhang Laibao was left in the mountains, it would be even more troublesome.

When Zhao Jun was wondering, Xie Chen beside him said something, and then Wei Tie slapped his thigh and said, "Oh my god, don't mention it."

As he spoke, Wei Tie raised his hand and pointed to the carriage ahead, whispering, "That Qin Lao San is really out of his league."

Wei Tie and Qin Qiang had been up the mountain once before. His words attracted the attention of the Zhao army, and then they heard Wei Tie continue to say, "They beat Huang Zhongguo's horse and came here to apologize. They directly said that they would compensate Huang Zhongguo with 1,000 yuan. Huang Zhongguo agreed, and Qin Lao San yelled and refused to do it."

"Is he sick? Why doesn't he do it?" Zhang Yuanmin asked. Wei Tie said, "He is not mentally ill. He has to say that others delayed his second and third brothers-in-law from returning home and asked them to pay him more money."

"What happened?" Zhao Jun asked. Wei Tie said, "Jiang Ming and Wei Lai from Yongsheng Village came and asked him what he wanted. Qin Lao San said that not only would he be compensated with 1,000 yuan, but he would also have to leave the horse intact. What could he do? Even if they offered him 100 yuan more, he still wouldn't do it."

Hearing Wei Tie's words, Zhao Jun couldn't help curling his lips. One hundred more, wouldn't that be one thousand and one? Isn't that the same price Zhao Jun gave?

"Brother Tie, what happened next?" Xie Chen asked curiously. Wei Tie sighed helplessly and said, "He disagreed and said he was not good at it, which made him angry. Then he turned around and left, saying that he would not be compensated for the chicken feathers, so he could do whatever he wanted."

"What did he say that was not his specialty?" Zhao Jun asked. Wei Tie said, "He said, that guy is playing with a chicken feather ring? He can aim more accurately than that guy even if he uses his P eyes."

Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin, and Xie Chen: "..."

"Oh my!" Zhang Yuanmin sighed and said to Wei Tie with a smile, "Tiezi, you should have gone with him at that time."

"Who said it wasn't!" Wei Tie pouted and said, "You called me, I had no choice. You don't even know the people who came to help. It was just the three of us who went there. When we got there, the horse died, and the three of us couldn't even carry two people back."

"Then why doesn't he recruit a few more people?" Zhao Jun was puzzled. Even if Qin Qiang was not popular, it would not be a problem for him to find seven or eight people in this village to help him.

"Brother, you asked that question." Wei Tie smiled and said, "He has his own ideas. If I go up the mountain with them, he should arrange a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of wine for me, right? If I invite others, won't he have to spend more?"

After hearing what Wei Tie said, the three Zhao Jun members were speechless.

The car was fast, and after about half an hour, it stopped by the roadside.

It was nearly five o'clock, and although it was not yet dark in the village, it was gradually getting dark in the woods.

……

An hour and a half later, the Liberation Army truck stopped at the east end of the village, and Zhao Jun and his seven men carried a simple stretcher into the mourning shed. At this time, Tao Hehua was already waiting inside.

Tao Hehua has three younger brothers. Last year, Tao Dasheng was killed by Hei Xiazi. This year, before the end of the first month of the year, Tao Ersheng and Tao Sansheng died again. Seeing how miserable Tao Ersheng and Tao Sansheng were being scratched by Hei Xiazi, Tao Hehua couldn't stand it and just rolled her eyes and passed away.

Qin Qiang stayed behind to take care of Tao Hehua, took out five dollars from his pocket and stuffed it into Huang Zhongguo's pocket, asking Huang Zhongguo to use the money to arrange for the five members of Zhao Jun.

Huang Zhongguo was speechless when he held the five dollars. He thought about it again and again, and finally gave all the five dollars to Li Chen.

"Little brother, take it." Huang Zhongguo sighed and said, "This is the money for your car deposit."

"Brother, I don't need these." Xie Chen pushed the money back and said, "Just throw me a dollar."

"I don't have any money in my pocket." Huang Zhongguo said with a bitter face: "Just take it all. If there's any extra... you can buy a pack of cigarettes."

Xie Chen looked at Zhao Jun when he heard this. Zhao Jun nodded and smiled, then said to Huang Zhongguo: "Brother Zhongguo, let's go to my house to get the horse money."

Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan meant that they would buy the horse. Of course, Zhao Jun and his family were buying meat, not a live horse.

According to the price of meat, this horse can be sold for 500 yuan. But because Zhao Jun gave an extra 100 yuan, the Zhao family offered 600 yuan. As for the 500 yuan, Huang Gui could give it if he wanted to, or forget it if he didn't want to.

This is not to take all the responsibility for Huang Gui. Although Huang Gui was driven away by Qin Qiang today, he must compensate for the horse. When Huang Gui gets such a horse, how will he deal with it?

The Zhao family bought it and shared it, so they handled it faster than Huang Gui.

"I won't go, brother." Huang Zhongguo was a little embarrassed and said, "It's already this late, I'm going home. If you're passing by someday, just give it to me."

Huang Zhongguo said this, but Zhao Jun pulled him into the car. All the way back home, Zhao Jun asked Huang Zhongguo to go into the house, but Huang Zhongguo refused to say anything.

Zhao Jun had no choice but to go into the house, take out 1,100 yuan and hand it to Huang Zhongguo.

At this time, the dead horse and Huang Zhongguo's sled frame were on the trunk. Huang Zhongguo helped Zhao Jun and his men unload the horse, and Zhao Jun asked Li Baoyu to drive the sled frame to Huang Zhongguo and take it home.

After Li Baoyu drove away, Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin and Jie Chen prepared to go into the house first.

When they walked to the door, they saw Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong coming out of the house.

"Son." Zhao Youcai asked when he saw Zhao Jun, "The horse was not gutted, was it? Was the meat soaked in blood?"

Zhao Jun was startled when he heard this, then he smiled: "Haha, Dad, who is Qin Qiang? What you can think of, how can Qin Qiang not think of it?"

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was stunned, and then he heard Zhao Jun continue: "They were afraid of getting hurt by the horse, so they gutted it the first time they went there."

Zhao Youcai: "..."

"Not only did they disembowel it." Zhang Yuanmin added, "They sent the horse intestines home first, and then came to our house after they were done."

Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong: "..."

Zhao Jun walked into the house as he spoke. Wang Meilan was taking out vegetables from the pot inside.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the big red lanterns and lanterns in the yard were all lit up, and Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai and others were outside the house stripping the horses and unloading the meat.

At the same time, in Tong Youfeng's house in Xishantun, four lanterns were hung in the east room and the outer room.

Tong Youfeng and Zhang Xinglong were busy the whole afternoon and called all the men in the village to join in the fun.

Tong Youfeng talked in plain language, and Zhang Xinglong gestured. The two of them held hands for more than 20 minutes, and then someone said, "Uncle Zhang, Brother Tong, if you want to have a meeting, you can hold it at home. Anyway, we have to build a shed for Grandma Zhao tomorrow."

The person who said this was none other than Wu Dalin, the number one supporter of Grandma Zhao from Xishantun.

As soon as Wu Dalin finished speaking, Qin Guangquan stood up and said to Zhang Xinglong, "Uncle Zhang, I remember you are involved in the shed construction. Your son has signed you up. If you don't go, I will go for you. We can't delay Grandma Zhao's work."

"If you want to go, go ahead." Zhang Xinglong said unhappily, "Those of you who are going to work tomorrow, tell your wives at home that you will choose one of us as the village chief, and let your wives help you choose."

"Uncle Zhang!" Zhang Xinglong had just finished speaking when Wu Dalin said, "My wife has to go tomorrow too."

"Ah?" Without waiting for Zhang Xinglong to say anything, Qin Guangquan asked Wu Dalin, "Didn't you say you only recruit men? What's your wife doing?"

"My wife doesn't want any wages." Wu Dalin stated his attitude first, and then said: "My wife will go with you to help Grandma Zhao clean up the yard and prepare lunch."

Wu Dalin's wife went there to help Wang Meilan with work and cooking, and even had a meal at noon. Although the family was now well fed, the gangsters all had lived through poverty, and there were two children at home, so it was a great thing for the adults to save enough food for a meal.

After Wu Dalin passed by, someone nearby said, "Then my wife should go too, and see if she can help in any way she can."

Then someone else said, "My wife and my daughter can go..."

"Why are you going?" Zhang Xinglong saw that things were not going well, so he interrupted everyone's discussion and said, "Everyone has left, so how are we going to choose the village chief? Are you going to choose me? If you are sure about choosing me, then go tomorrow."

"Huh?" Tong Youfeng heard this and grabbed Zhang Xinglong, saying, "Uncle Zhang, you can't do this. If you do this, I will report you to the village."

"What are you suing me for?" Zhang Xinglong pointed at everyone and said, "They all ran to Yong'an, and you chose Chicken Feather?"

"What nonsense!" Tong Youfeng said with a sullen face, "We are returning to the village. This is the top priority for everyone in our village. It concerns our household registration and our food rations. Don't you want this?"

After hearing what Tong Youfeng said, everyone present fell silent.

Seeing that Tong Youfeng had the situation under control, Zhang Xinglong hurriedly said, "Youfeng is right. This is a major event for our village. We can't just leave the old women at home. Otherwise, can we raise money to build the village headquarters and install telephones? Can the old women make the decision?"

As soon as Zhang Xinglong said this, Tong Youfeng immediately felt something was wrong.

But at this time, someone in the audience was already shouting, "What are you doing? You want to build a village? My house is still leaking. Who will pay me to clean up the house?"

"That's right." Someone agreed, "Why are you talking about that useless thing? I didn't make it in time to build a shed for Grandma Zhao, and I took her air rifle. I have to hurry up to the mountain to kill Feilong and Greyhound to exchange for this gun!"

"I have to go up the mountain too!" Someone else chimed in, "My three kids are counting on me to go to the mountain to study and find a wife. Who has the time to bother with that kid?"

Tong Youfeng and Zhang Xinglong have been quite prestigious in Xishantun in recent years, but what does it matter? These hooligans are afraid of poverty, and when they hear about making money, their eyes turn red.

"No? Don't you want to make it up?" Zhang Xinglong slammed the table hard, stood up and shouted: "Don't you want your household registration? Don't you want your food and land?"

"Master Zhang, don't scare us!" Qin Hongzhi said unconvincedly, "The household registration and food rations should be ours, why don't you give them to us? Whoever is elected as the village chief should also be given to us? Why are you delaying us from making money?"

"I..." Zhang Xinglong was almost choked. Just as Tong Youfeng was about to smooth things over, someone said, "Let me tell you first, I won't pay for building a military base, installing telephones, etc."

"I won't go out either." Someone else echoed, "Why would I throw money at that blind duck?"

"No?" Tong Youfeng saw this and said hurriedly, "Our village...is not as wealthy as the family settlement next to us now. But it's not like before, right? It's better than those hooligans' settlements next to us, right? If each family can pool two or three yuan, it should be okay, right?"

"Why should we collect money?" Someone objected: "Besides, what does our earnings have to do with the village? We don't rely on any of you. We earn money by selling hides and mountain products to Grandma Zhao."

"That's right!" Wu Dalin suddenly had an idea and stood up and said loudly, "We can become rich thanks to Grandma Zhao. If you ask me, it's better to elect Grandma Zhao than to elect the village chief!"

As soon as Wu Dalin said this, the room fell silent.

Tong Youfeng thought to himself that this was not good. Just as he was about to speak, someone responded, "I think it's fine. We want Grandma Zhao to be the village chief, and we won't let her spend money to build a village headquarters."

Tong Youfeng, Zhang Xinglong: "..."

"That's nothing!" Wu Dalin said, "Grandma Zhao came this morning and I heard her talking about it. After a while, they are doing freight transportation. They are hiring people to do the transportation all year round."

"Then can we go?" someone asked. Wu Dalin said, "I think we can go. I asked her and she said it hasn't been decided yet!"

"Then we really have to elect Grandma Zhao as the village chief!" A smart person said, "Let's elect her as the village chief. She has work to do at home, so how can she not hire us?"

"No?" At this time, no matter how Tong Youfeng and Zhang Xinglong shouted or banged the table, they could not suppress the discussion of the crowd. At this moment, the two looked at each other and felt that the situation was hopeless.