HPDBC Chapter 1341 Zhao Jun runs business
Chapter 1341 Zhao Jun runs business
Chapter 1341 Zhao Jun runs business
Xishantun did not have a "great military strategist" like Zhang Yuanmin in charge, and did not know what the strategy of tiring out the troops was, but anyone could see that those foxes were making trouble.
Tong Youfeng made a prompt decision and called the men together, divided into eighteen groups of eight. Three groups formed a squad, and each squad worked the night shift for one hour, while the others took a rest.
Tong Youfeng personally led the first team to start the duty, and the others rushed back home, got into bed, and took the time to sleep.
Wu Dalin was assigned to the third team. Two hours later, at two o'clock in the middle of the night, someone from the second team would come to ask him to take over.
Wu Dalin fell asleep quickly, but just after he had slept for ten minutes, he heard a "wow" from behind the room, followed by the "ah ah" cries of the big geese in the shed downstairs.
"His father, get up quickly!" Lin Wenqin sat up, pushed Wu Dalin hard, and shouted, "The fox has entered the goose pen!"
When she shouted like this, not only Wu Dalin, but also the two children in the family got up.
The family of four put on cotton jackets, cotton trousers, and cotton shoes and hurriedly ran outside, only to see that the door of the shed downstairs had suddenly opened.
Geese are different from chickens. They do not have night blindness. Once the door of the shed is opened, they will run around the yard with their heads held high, their buttocks pressed down, their toes tiptoed, and their wings flapping.
The family of four finally drove the goose back to the shed, and Wu Dalin found pliers and wire to shut the door of the shed.
At this time, three people with torches came to the outside of Wu Dalin's tent.
"Da Lin, what's going on?" someone asked. Lin Wenqin said angrily, "What else is going on? A fox has even opened the door of my shed. Where were you patrolling?"
"Oh, sister-in-law!" The man said aggrievedly, "We have been to your door twice. Brother Tong arranged three rounds of inspection for the three of us. So no one can guard your house all the time, right?"
At this time, Lin Wenqin wanted to say something, but was stopped by Wu Dalin. Because what he said was right, a team of 24 people patrolling such a large village could not possibly cover everything.
The family of four returned to the house, took off their clothes, got into bed and continued to sleep. Not long after they fell asleep, they heard a fox cry behind the room, followed by the goose's "ah ah" cry.
Wu Dalin and Lin Wenqin jumped out of their beds instantly. Lin Wenqin asked Wu Dalin, "Dad, didn't you screw the door of the shed tightly?"
"I tightened it tightly." Wu Dalin said angrily, "Isn't the goose just that thing? It makes a noise when there's a little noise."
"CTMD!" Lin Wenqin cursed and grabbed the cotton jacket and put it on. Wu Dalin asked, "Don't go. The fox can't be opened in the shed. What are you going to do?"
"I'll go check it out." Lin Wenqin said helplessly, "How can I sleep like this with the geese calling so loudly?"
It wasn't that the geese's cries disturbed Lin Wenqin, but Lin Wenqin was worried. He had five geese in his shed, one male and four females.
The five geese were to be given to Mrs. Jie Sun as a treat. The Zhao family's diners would have more than enough for two meals, but not enough for three.
But to Wu Dalin’s family, these five geese are extremely important!
These five geese are from the northeast, and they love to lay eggs. From the beginning of spring to the beginning of winter, they can lay 200 eggs.
After this winter, the spring came and wild vegetables were everywhere. The five geese laid eggs and brought them into the house. Goslings were hatched on the kang, and the mother geese outside continued to lay eggs. At the end of the year, the goose eggs could be sold for 100 to 80 yuan.
So even though Wu Dalin repeatedly assured that the fox could not enter the shed, Lin Wenqin was still worried.
"Don't go!" Wu Dalin pulled his cotton pants over and put them on, saying, "I'll go!"
The couple got up, lit the lantern and went out. They saw a black shadow running out of the tent. As Wu Dalin picked up the shovel, the black shadow disappeared.
The couple went to the shed where the geese were kept and checked. Seeing that nothing was wrong, they went back to the house to rest.
"His father." After the couple lay down, Lin Wenqin said to Wu Dalin, "When it's your turn, hang around outside our house more often."
"I know!" Wu Dalin thought so too.
They thought so, and so did others. As a result, Xishantun suffered no losses that night, but no one slept well.
In comparison, Xing San slept very comfortably in Yong'an. His home was better than the shack in the mountains, the house was warm and quieter than in the mountains.
Usually, Xing San would wake up the roe deer that had woken up early to look for food after three o'clock in the mountains. But today, Xing San slept until four o'clock.
After he woke up, he heard no movement in the outer room, so Xing San sat up and smoked wrapped in the quilt.
People tend to think about random things when they are idle and quiet. At this time, Xing San thought of his former home. He also had a wife and children, but now he is the only one left.
"Uncle." Suddenly, Zhao Jun said to him in a daze, "This room is not that warm in the morning, don't catch a cold."
"Hey." Xing San responded. The bungalow's kang and fire wall were used for heating. It was so hot in the first half of the night that he had to wear bare chests, and the tip of his nose was frozen in the second half.
Although the room was not so warm, Xing San felt warm in his heart. He threw away the cigarette butt and lay down to take a nap.
When they heard a faint sound from the outer room, Xing Sancai and Zhao Jun got up. When Zhao Jun came out of the room, Wang Meilan had already lit the stove and the fire wall was also hot.
"Son, the water is boiling in the pot." Wang Meilan held a small basin of soybeans and took another basin and said to Zhao Jun, "It's hot now, you and your uncle can wash their faces or something."
After Wang Meilan finished speaking, she picked up the basin and left.
Xing San lived in the mountains and couldn't eat tofu or tofu pudding, so Wang Meilan used soybeans to exchange some for him.
The staple food was large freshly steamed white flour buns, served with tofu pudding drizzled with chili oil, which made Zhao Jun sweat on his forehead.
After eating and drinking, Zhao Jun and Xing San packed up and prepared to go up the mountain.
When they came out of the house, Li Baoyu came out from the Li family next door.
From today on, Li Baoyu officially returned to the Zhao Family Gang, but he now had to go find Wang Qiang to reunite, and then the two of them would go to Yongfutun and drive the railcar used by the track maintenance workers to commute to the third work section.
Zhao Jun rode on a motorcycle, carrying Xing San out of Yong'an and into the mountains.
Xing San pointed the way, and Zhao Jun rode for half an hour and arrived at a shack.
"Old Deng!" Xing San got out of the car and shouted at the top of his voice. As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the shack opened and a skinny old man walked out.
"Old Third!" Deng Zhaoshan went out and saw Xing San leading a young man, and asked, "Is this your nephew?"
Xing San's mouth twitched, but he didn't blame those who didn't know. He pulled Zhao Jun over to Deng Zhaoshan and said, "This man is closer to me than my nephew."
As he spoke, Xing San raised his hand and gestured to Deng Zhaoshan, saying, "Zhao Jun, you should call me Uncle Deng."
"Uncle Deng." Zhao Jun greeted Deng Zhaoshan politely. Just now Xing San called him "Uncle Deng", and Zhao Jun thought he was calling him "Uncle Deng".
"Zhao Jun?" Deng Zhaoshan's eyes were blurry. He squinted at Zhao Jun and said, "You are Zhao Jun?"
"What are you talking about?" Xing San waved his hands and said, "He's not, you are?"
"What are you talking about?" Deng Zhaoshan glared at Xing San and said, "I heard that old Kong from the South Class 3 was talking about a kid named Zhao Jun who was really annoying."
"That's him!" Xing San patted Zhao Jun on the shoulder happily. The "evil" that Deng Zhaoshan just said was to praise Zhao Jun's ability.
"Ah..." Deng Zhaoshan was stunned by Xing San's behavior, but he could see that Xing San and this young man were indeed quite close.
Deng Zhaoshan was surprised and invited Xing San and Zhao Jun into his shack.
The conditions in the errand shack were very harsh. There was only a teacup. Deng Zhaoshan poured hot water into it and brought it to Xing San.
Xing San took the teacup and asked Deng Zhaoshan, "How are you doing this year?"
"Oh, just a general statement." Deng Zhaoshan answered vaguely. Xing San asked, "How many yellow leaves have you scratched since the snow fell?"
"About ten, that's enough." Deng Zhaoshan was afraid that Xing San would ask more questions, so he asked Xing San, "Old San, what brings you here so early in the morning?"
"Yeah." Xing San said, "I'll tell you something good."
"Good news?" Deng Zhaoshan looked as if he would never believe it, and sneered, "If there is good news, you can still come to me?"
Xing San has become more lively since he met Zhao Jun. Hearing Deng Zhaoshan's sarcastic words, Xing San did not get angry, but raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Jun, and said to Deng Zhaoshan: "This guy is buying yellow leaves, and the price he gives is not bad. Is this a good thing?"
"Ah?" Deng Zhaoshan looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "Boy, what price can you offer?"
"Twenty-eight for a female and thirty-eight for a male." Zhao Jun didn't hesitate and quoted the price right away.
"What?" Deng Zhaoshan stared at Zhao Jun with wide eyes, and asked Zhao Jun in surprise: "Your price is the same as the supply and marketing cooperative?"
"Ah!" Zhao Jun nodded and said with a smile, "I want to give less than the supply and marketing cooperative, but you never sell the leather to me."
Deng Zhaoshan smiled but said nothing. He agreed with what Zhao Jun said. If Zhao Jun gave less than the supply and marketing cooperative, even if it was five cents less per piece, the old man would rather walk for a day and sell the leather to the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Uncle Deng," Zhao Jun said to Deng Zhaoshan, "If you are willing to sell it, then we can make it a deal. I will come with the money next Monday and collect it from your shack."
"Hmm?" Deng Zhaoshan was startled and blurted out, "That's good!"
Although the purchase price offered by Zhao Jun was the same as that of the supply and marketing cooperative, he saved the old man from running to the city by coming to collect the yellow leaves. Not only would it be tiring, but it would also cost him money on the way. The old people were used to being careful and would save as much as possible.
After Deng Zhaoshan finished speaking, he glanced at Xing San next to him, and then said to Zhao Jun: "Boy, come over next Monday, and then we'll do that..."
Deng Zhaoshan paused for a moment. Taking advantage of the pause, Deng Zhaoshan glanced at Xing San again, and then said to Zhao Jun, "How many can you take?"
Hearing what Deng Zhaoshan said, Xing San sneered, but he knew the rules of mountain runners. No matter how good the mountain field was, he would not tell others about it.
"I want as many as you have. I can collect a hundred or eighty." Zhao Jun said, "Don't worry, Uncle Deng. My family lives in Yong'an Village. My father and I are both forestry workers. I'm not bad at doing things. We'll pay and get the goods."
"I heard about it." Deng Zhaoshan said, "Your family is related to that forestry secretary, right?"
"Yes, Secretary Zhou is my biological father." Zhao Jun had nothing to hide. The old man asked this just to make himself feel at ease.
"Fuck!" Just as Zhao Jun finished speaking, Xing San next to him cursed. He looked at Deng Zhaoshan and said unhappily, "It's useless. Can we rob you? Or can we cheat you?"
Deng Zhaoshan glanced at Xing San, then said to Zhao Jun, "Okay, kid, then you should bring one thousand eight hundred before you come. I'll practice with the clips in the next two days, and after a few scrapes, I can get twenty yellow leaves."
"Okay, Uncle Deng." Zhao Jun agreed with a smile, then gave Xing San a wink. Xing San stood up and said goodbye to Deng Zhaoshan, then came out of the shack with Zhao Jun and rushed to the next place.
The motorcycle headed south along the firewood transport road towards the high mountains.
About fifty minutes later, the motorcycle stopped in front of a shack. Xing San got off and shouted, "Old Kong!"
This mountain belonged to the South Third Class of the original forest farm. The person living in the shack was the old Kong Fanrong mentioned by Deng Zhaoshan before.
"Who is it?" The door of the shack was closed, and the voice coming from inside was very small.
"I'm Xing San. I'm going in." As soon as Xing San finished speaking, he heard someone in the room say, "Come in quickly."
Xing San waved his hand to Zhao Jun, and the two of them went into the shack. As soon as they entered the shack, they saw the old man sitting on the kang, with one leg across the head of the kang, and his ankle was swollen.
"Oh my god!" Xing San saw this and asked Kong Fanrong, "What did you do?"
"Don't mention it!" Kong Fanrong waved his hand and said, "Didn't it snow the day before yesterday? I was not paying attention when I was working yesterday and sprained my ankle."
"You have to support yourself." Xing San said, looking around Kong Fanrong's shack and asked, "Can you do it here by yourself?"
"That's right!" Kong Fanrong said as he looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "Hey man, where are you from?"
"My family is from Yong'an." After Zhao Jun finished speaking, Kong Fanrong said, "Uncle's family is from Fuqiang. I want to ask you for a favor. Can you go to Fuqiang and send a message for me so that my son can come and pick me up?"
Not all old mountain dogs are homeless like Xing San. Many of them have families and children, but in order to make money, they build shacks in the mountains and make a fortune.
Every now and then, their family would go to the mountain to bring dry food, liquor, and tobacco leaves to Lao Shan Gouzi. After all, the old man earns money for the family, so the family will definitely support him.
"Oh my." Zhao Jun sighed. He couldn't say no, so he said, "Uncle, how about this? I have to run all the way to deliver the letter to you, so I might as well just deliver it to your home directly."
"Ah?" Kong Fanrong was stunned, and then he heard Zhao Jun continue: "Uncle, if it's okay, you can put your things away now. I'll come down from upstairs in the afternoon and pick you up here."
This place is not far from the third work section. Over the hill is the place where Zhao Jun gave a speech to the forest rangers the day before yesterday.
"You'll come back from up there to pick me up?" Kong Fanrong frowned and asked, "After you pick me up, how are we going to leave?"
"I ride a motorcycle." Zhao Jun raised his hand and gestured outside the house, saying, "It's windy both ways. Uncle, put on whatever clothes you have. If your feet are inconvenient to wear shoes, you can find some cloth to wrap them up, and then wrap them in a few more layers."
"You have a motorcycle?" Kong Fanrong looked at Zhao Jun in surprise. Xing San said to him, "I haven't introduced him to you yet. This is Zhao Jun. Haven't you heard of him?"
"Oh my god!" Kong Fanrong exclaimed in surprise, "Subduing the Tiger General."
"Haha..." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Uncle, you can just call me by my name, not the Tiger Subduing General."
"Zhao Jun, come here!" Kong Fanrong raised his hand to greet Zhao Jun, saying, "I have something good to tell you."
"Hmm?" Zhao Jun was startled, vaguely feeling that the words sounded familiar.
I went to the pharmacy today to take pulses and get Chinese medicine. After that, the pharmacy boiled the medicine for me. I was waiting there for the medicine to be boiled, so I came back late.
Well, let's do what we said. This chapter makes up for yesterday's. Today's is a little late. I still have more than 2,000 words to finish. I'll wait until around 2 o'clock and send it out. Brothers, if you are tired, go to bed first and read it tomorrow morning.
(End of this chapter)