sinovels Chapter 1696 Ma Ling, Despised by Others
Chapter 1696 Ma Ling, Despised by Others
Chapter 1696 Ma Ling, Despised by Others
As soon as the door opened, Zhao Youcai rushed in front of Zhao Jun, startling Zhao Jun and the others!
Before Zhao Jun could even react, Zhao Youcai cursed, "Damn it, this guy is a complete ingrate!"
Upon hearing Zhao Youcai's words, Wang Qiang's expression changed. He thought Zhao Youcai had gone mad again and was talking about his nephew.
Li Baoyu and Zhao Jinhui were also present. Wang Qiang, afraid that his eldest nephew would lose face, said to Zhao Youcai, "Brother-in-law, look at you, what are you saying?"
"Damn it, none of them are any good!" Zhao Youcai said again. This time, even Wang Qiang didn't say a word. Wang Qiang's brain was working fast. He thought Zhao Youcai was cursing them. So Wang Qiang was thinking, what did he do to offend Zhao Youcai?
"What's wrong, Dad?" Zhao Jun, snapping out of his daze, quickly stepped forward and asked Zhao Youcai, "Who upset you?"
"Damn it!" Zhao Youcai shrugged and said to Zhao Jun, "I called Han Songbaozi and said I'm Zhao Youcai, the one who hunted tigers for them, and they said... they don't know me!"
Zhao Jun took a breath and swallowed back the words that were about to come out. If Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, and Zhao Jinhui weren't there, Zhao Jun would have had to remind Zhao Youcai to try mentioning Zhao Erdong's name.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai cursed again: "I called Shuguang Forestry Farm again, and they said they didn't know me!"
"No, Dad?" Zhao Jun asked hurriedly upon hearing this, "Who answered the phone? It's the first month of the lunar year, and we're going to go help them. Is this how they treat us?"
Hearing Zhao Jun speak on his behalf, Zhao Youcai calmed down a bit and said, "It wasn't their Party Secretary surnamed Wei who answered the phone, it was their production manager, what was his name..."
At this point, Zhao Youcai frowned, squinted his small eyes, and pondered carefully, saying, "What should I call him filial piety?"
"Is his name Li Zhongxiao?" Zhao Jun couldn't quite remember. When he arrived at Shuguang Forestry District, he stayed at the Party Secretary's house and usually dealt with the head of the security station more often.
Just then, a voice came from behind them, saying, "Xu Zhongxiao!"
The group turned around and saw the old lady and Li Tongyun coming together.
Today, the old woman and the young girl went to the market together to buy colored thread, saying they would embroider it when they got back. Recently, Li Tongyun has been learning needlework from the old lady, saying it's for a refined lady to cultivate her character.
“Yes, yes!” Upon hearing the name Li Tongyun mentioned, Zhao Jun quickly said, “Xu Zhongxiao, Xiaoyun knows him.”
Before coming to Yong'an, Li Dazhi's family had stayed at Shuguang Forest Farm for more than a year. Li Tongyun could not say that she could recognize everyone in that forest farm, but she definitely knew all the important people there.
"That guy is such a jerk!" Zhao Youcai said angrily. "I talked to him for ages, and he acted like he couldn't understand a word I said!"
“Yeah!” Li Tongyun chimed in, “He’s fucking gudong…”
At this point, Li Tongyun realized she had said something taboo, so she quickly corrected herself, "No, I meant that guy is fucking nasty!"
After saying that, Li Tongyun added in a low voice, "His daughter is even worse!"
When Li Tongyun said the first few sentences, Zhao Jun and the others didn't react much. But when Li Tongyun mentioned Xu Zhongxiao's daughter, Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin, and Li Baoyu all looked at her with strange eyes.
"What a fucking bastard!" Zhao Youcai raised his hand in the air, shaking it angrily.
"Second son," the old lady said quickly, seeing this, "don't be angry, what's all the fuss about?"
"Sigh!" Zhao Youcai sighed heavily. Just as he was about to say something, the door behind him opened, and Wang Meilan's voice came from behind: "Son, why are you back? Aren't you going fishing?"
More than whether Zhao Youcai would drink, Wang Meilan was more concerned about how many fish Zhao Jun and his team would bring back. They hadn't had much food at home these past few days, and if they didn't catch some fish, they wouldn't have any meat for dinner tonight.
"Mom, the forest ranger on the mountain was attacked by tiger cubs, we have to hurry up." As soon as Zhao Jun said this, Wang Meilan's expression turned serious, and she said, "Son, then you go quickly."
Zhao Jun was in charge of forest protection. If wild beasts in the mountains injured people, it was his responsibility.
Zhao Jun strode into the house, and Li Baoyu and the others hurriedly followed. Zhao Youcai thought for a moment and then also went into the house.
Even though there's no snow in the mountains now, you still need to wear leg wraps. These wraps provide pressure and support to the leg muscles, reducing fatigue and the risk of injury.
While the group was putting on their leg wraps in the house, Zhao Jun said to Zhao Jinhui, "Jinhui, why don't you stay home?"
"What's wrong, Brother Jun?" Zhao Jinhui's eyes widened. "Why aren't you leading me?"
"It's not that I don't want to guide you, brother," Zhao Jun said with a wry smile, "I'm just afraid you won't be able to keep up."
"No, Brother Jun! Not this time!" Zhao Jinhui said in a loud voice, "These days I've been on the train, and I exercise whenever I have free time."
As he spoke, Zhao Jinhui even showed off his biceps.
Zhao Jun was skeptical of Zhao Jinhui's words, but since his brothers had all left, it wouldn't be good for him to leave home alone, so he acquiesced to Zhao Jinhui going with him.
Just then, Zhao Jun suddenly saw Zhao Youcai approaching and said directly to him, "Dad, you can't go. That piece of jug on your back hasn't come off yet."
Zhao Youcai opened his mouth, presumably to say something, but Zhao Jun successfully anticipated it and cut him off before he could utter a word.
Zhao Youcai curled his lip, noticing Wang Qiang secretly chuckling. He gave him a quick glance, then said to Zhao Jun, "Who said I was going? I came to tell you that there's a massive lynx herd going around right now, so you guys better watch out!"
"Oh my!" As soon as Zhao Youcai said this, Wang Qiang exclaimed in surprise, "You're absolutely right."
As he spoke, Wang Qiang looked at Zhao Jun and said, "No wonder my nephew wanted to choose a tough dog leader."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai's expression froze. He clearly hadn't expected Zhao Jun to have such insight.
Apart from black bears and brown bears, which hibernate and release their cubs into their dens, other animals do not choose to give birth in winter.
Wild boars mate in winter and give birth the following spring. Roe deer, on the other hand, are even more resistant to gestation; they mate in summer and also give birth the following spring, with a gestation period of up to nine months!
Red deer are similar to roe deer, but their gestation period is between eight and nine months, which is ten to twenty days later than that of roe deer.
The estrus and spawning seasons of red deer are one to two months later than those of roe deer, so people who practice deer medicine can kill deer fetuses in early May each year.
As for lynxes, they go into estrus every spring, and their gestation period is relatively short, generally around two or three months, with births occurring in June.
Therefore, the black bear cub in Zhao Jun's family was premature, while the lynx cub was born late.
In the past, Wang Qiang mostly hunted alone, taking a roe deer or hunting a wild boar. He had some understanding of the habits of wild animals in the mountains, but not a deep grasp of them.
If anyone asked him when lynxes start forming groups and having offspring, he could give them a detailed answer. But today, when suddenly he was told to attack a lynx, he didn't react immediately.
Not only Wang Qiang thought this way, but even Zhao Jun hadn't considered these things. He only considered that since the lynx could eat deer for a year, the lynx must be male.
Just as Zhang Yuanmin told Zhao Jinhui in the car, the lynx is quite powerful and may not be inferior to a Siberian leopard of the same weight.
Zhao Jun, having heard Zhao Youcai's words, finally understood. No wonder the lynx had suddenly attacked; it was in a state of emotional instability at that moment. It had finally managed to kill a deer, and then a person provoked it, so its sudden outburst was understandable.
But as I said before, this is Zhao Jun's job. Whatever the reason, the lynx had injured someone, and the forest rangers had come looking for him at his home; Zhao Jun couldn't possibly stand idly by.
Recently, in order to protect himself from bad guys, Zhao Jun not only distributed the dogs but also the guns.
At that time, there were only two semi-automatic guns in the house, so Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang each got one. Coincidentally, the old lady's house and the Li family each had a semi-automatic gun, so when Jie Chen and Li Ruhai went to pick up the dog, they could conveniently give them the guns along the way.
As Zhao Jun finished putting on his leg wraps and got up to take out his gun, he heard Wang Meilan say to Jin Xiaomei from the outer room: "Come on, Xiaomei, let's hurry up and leave, or we'll break up."
"Oh my god!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun immediately called out to Wang Meilan, "Where are you going?"
"Mom's thinking of going to the market to buy some meat for dinner," Wang Meilan said. Zhao Jun quickly replied, "Mom, you don't need to go. We'll just go up the mountain and see what we can get, and that's what we'll eat."
No wonder Wang Meilan treated that mountain like her own livestock pen. Hearing Zhao Jun's words, it was as if he would definitely bring back prey if he went up the mountain.
Wang Meilan had complete trust in her son. Upon hearing Zhao Jun's instructions, Wang Meilan began preparing lunch.
Zhao Jun and his family couldn't have lunch at home, so they packed up and left the house.
Seeing Zhao Jun carrying a gun and putting on leg wraps, Black Tiger, Erhei, Qinglong, and Heilong excitedly jumped and leaped around Zhao Jun.
These dogs have been cooped up at home for days and they're getting restless.
Zhao Jun and his men led the dogs toward the gate. In the row of warehouses on the east side of the gate, there were several large sacks in the first room, which contained the hide armor for the hunting dogs.
The hunting dog was used to wearing armor, so it cooperated well. It knew that only when it wore armor would its owner take it up the mountain.
Just as the four dogs put on their protective gear, the Liberation truck pulled up at the gate of the compound.
Jie Chen, Li Ruhai, and Ma Yang got out of the car and went to the back of the vehicle to put up the guardrails.
Li Ruhai and Ma Yang had been helping out all along. When they saw Zhao Jun carrying a hunting rifle and surrounded by hunting dogs, Ma Yang's eyes lit up.
He knew that his brother-in-law's family was well-off because of his brother-in-law's hunting. Ma Yang sometimes thought that if he could go hunting in the mountains, he could also make a name for himself.
When things get better, I'll build my own house, buy a car, and then marry the girl I love.
Whenever Zhao Jun went hunting in the mountains, Wang Meilan would come out to see him off if she was home.
Similarly, Jin Xiaomei would come out to see off Li Baoyu, Zhao Ling would come out to see off Wang Qiang, and Yang Yufeng would come out to see off Zhang Yuanmin. Even the easygoing Xie Sunshi would come out to see off Xie Chen.
Today, there was one more person in the farewell party: Ma Ling.
When Ma Ling came over with her mother-in-law, she saw her younger brother busy helping out.
"Little brother," Ma Ling called to Ma Yang, "Are you out of school?"
"Okay, sis, I'm out of school." Ma Yang replied, her hands busy helping Erhua put on her nail guards.
Hunting dogs rarely hurt people. Dogs with peculiar temperaments, like Qinglong and Xiaoxiong, don't like to be close to strangers, but they also won't bite. Erhua didn't have that bad temper, so she let Ma Yang put on armor and fasten it with leather buckles.
Ma Ling blinked her big eyes at Ma Yang. She knew it wasn't time for school to end yet, but with her mother-in-law and all these people around, Ma Ling was too embarrassed to ask Ma Yang any further questions.
At this moment, Ma Ling remained silent, but Wang Meilan called out to Ma Yang, "Xiao Yang, come up to the house with Ru Hai and the other two brothers in a bit. You'll eat lunch here, and Auntie will make you some big fried pancakes."
After saying this, Wang Meilan added, "Don't you love eating bear-flavored pancakes?"
Hearing this, Ma Ling looked at her mother-in-law with great gratitude. She hadn't expected her mother-in-law to remember what her younger brother liked to eat.
Ma Ling herself had forgotten, but Wang Meilan remembered it very clearly. One day in the autumn of the year before last, Ma Ling, who was not yet her daughter-in-law at the time, came to the house and asked for a piece of bear meat. Her son not only gave it to her, but also gave her an extra bear paw.
When Ma Ling returned home, Zhao Youcai saw her. When Zhao Youcai told Wang Meilan about it, she assumed that her son had taken a liking to Ma Ling. So, Wang Meilan asked Liu Tiezui to act as a matchmaker.
Therefore, Wang Meilan always believed that she was the one who brought about the good marriage between Zhao Jun and Ma Ling.
Ma Ling was unaware of these things, and she didn't think much of her mother-in-law's offer to keep her younger brother for dinner.
Because Ma Ling knew her younger brother, Ma Yang, she knew he would definitely refuse. Ma Ling planned to say a few words on Ma Yang's behalf after he refused, and then her mother-in-law wouldn't insist on keeping him.
Ma Ling was right. Ma Yang immediately said, "Auntie, I'm not eating here."
These words were exactly what Ma Ling had thought, but then Ma Yang said, "I'm going up the mountain with my brother-in-law."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun, Ma Ling, and Wang Meilan were all taken aback when Ma Yang said this.
Zhao Jun stared wide-eyed at Ma Yang and loudly declared, "What mountain are you going up? Who said they were taking you?"
“Brother-in-law, what’s there to be afraid of?” Ma Yang puffed out his chest and said, “When I’m in trouble, I’ll fight jumping cats and pheasants, you’ve seen it, haven’t you?”
Seeing Ma Ling looking at him, Zhao Jun quickly said to Ma Yang, "What am I looking at? You better stay home, no one will take you!"
"Sister!" Ma Yang turned to look at Ma Ling, thinking that his sister could plead for him, but unexpectedly he was met with Ma Ling's angry rebuke: "Go home! Where are you going?"
Seeing this, Wang Meilan quickly went to Ma Yang and comforted him, "Xiao Yang, listen to me, we're not going. What's so good about going up the mountain? Running around in the mountains is exhausting. Let me tell you, we'll just focus on our studies. After we finish junior high, we'll see if we can find a job here."
As she spoke, Wang Meilan gently patted Ma Yang's arm twice and said with a smile, "With a stable job, it's easier to find a wife."
“Auntie, it would be better to have my brother-in-law take me hunting in the mountains.” Under Ma Ling’s angry gaze, Ma Yang said, “Have you earned more money hunting? Isn’t it better than working? Auntie, I’m thinking, I’ll focus on hunting first and not rush into finding a wife. I can’t be as anxious as my brother-in-law. I need to save up some money, at least enough to be a ten-thousand-yuan household, and then I can have a good look around these villages!”
Ma Yang's words left everyone present dumbfounded. Zhao Jun looked at Ma Yang and thought, "Is this kid fucking reckless?"
(End of this chapter)