Chapter 98 Hunting in the Mountains

"Liang Laowu, is Liang Laowu at home?"

As soon as he arrived at Uncle Liang's house, Zhu Youde started shouting across the yard.

It's not that he's impolite. This is how people in the village call each other. Even if the door isn't locked, they won't go in.

"Here I am, here I am. Oh, it's Accountant Zhu. Come in and have a seat."

Uncle Liang happened to be at home and saw Zhu Youde and Zhou Ziwen as soon as he came out.

"Still busy, your business is doing well!"

"I have to make a living. I have a big family to support!"

Uncle Liang and Zhu Youde chatted all the way, and Zhou Ziwen followed them into the yard.

In the yard, Zhu Youde did not enter the house, but directly stated the purpose of his visit.

"Old Five, I need your help with something."

"What's the matter, please tell me." Liang Laowu asked hurriedly.

"It's not a big deal. Don't worry. The village has set up a mushroom group. They'll grow mushrooms and increase our production team's income."

"And growing mushrooms requires sawdust. From now on, don't burn the sawdust here. Leave it all for Zhou Zhiqing to grow mushrooms."

Zhu Youde slowly and methodically explained the purpose of his visit.

"Wood chips? That's easy. From now on, I'll keep all the wood chips for Zhou Zhiqing." Liang Laowu thought it was a big deal, but it turned out that he just wanted some wood chips. He had a lot of them at home, and it was too difficult to burn them as firewood.

"Then it's settled!"

In just a few words, Zhu Youde got the job done.

"Of course, Zhou Zhiqing wants to use sawdust, right? How much do you need? I'll pack it for you right away." Without saying a word, Liang Laowu found a sack on the spot and went to the woodshed to start packing the sawdust.

"Thank you, Uncle Liang. This time we need a lot, so thank you for your help." Zhou Ziwen also came to help.

"What are you talking about? Zhou Ziwen grows mushrooms in the village, which is a great thing for us ordinary people. If the mushrooms sell well, we can get more money during the New Year!" Liang Laowu smiled, revealing his old yellow teeth.

Everyone is not stupid, of course they know that growing mushrooms is a good thing. Although some of them doubt whether this can be accomplished, they will not object to something that the captain has decided personally.

Liang Laowu was very happy that he could help a little!

After packing the sawdust, Zhou Ziwen chatted with Liang Laowu for a few more words and soon left with Zhu Youde.

"Xiao Zhou, if you have any problems in the future, just come to me. Your Uncle Zhu still has some face in the village."

Zhu Youde patted Zhou Ziwen's shoulder affectionately.

"Okay, Uncle Zhu." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

It was not until this moment that he truly realized that his status in the village had changed.

They are no longer the educated youth from outside the village who are despised by the villagers, but the welcomed technical talents.

Carrying a large bag of wood chips, Zhou Ziwen returned to his yard.

In the yard, Zhou Chaoyang and others had already brought back the straw and cow dung, and were now standing in the yard chatting.

If it were any other time, they would still be working in the production team at this time and would not have the leisure to chat.

"Brother Zhou, you're back. I'm coming."

Seeing Zhou Ziwen coming back, Zhou Chaoyang ran over like a dog and diligently helped him take the sack on his shoulder.

"Haha, you look quite energetic. That's great. This little bit of sawdust is not enough. You can go there again later and return the sack to Uncle Liang." Zhou Ziwen said with a smile.

In this era, sacks are also good things, and you have to return them after using them.

"Isn't it enough? Then I'll get it!" Zhou Chaoyang was stunned, but did not refuse.

When he's doing his job, he's quite serious.

"One more sack should be enough. We can get more if we need more later." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

"Brother Ziwen, what should we do?" Chen Qiaoyi looked up at Zhou Ziwen and asked curiously.

"First, cut the straw into small strips, then grind it at the village stone mill. Crush the cow dung, too."

Zhou Ziwen did not give special care to the Chen sisters because of their relationship with them.

Instead, let them do whatever needs to be done.

After all, this was done for the production team, and as a member of the Mushroom Group, there was no way I could escape this.

"But you can take your time. There's no rush. The mushroom house isn't finished yet anyway."

Although they are made to work, they can still be taken care of within the scope of their rights.

"OK."

Neither the Chen sisters nor Shen Zhaodi had any objection to Zhou Ziwen's arrangement.

To be honest, the work Zhou Ziwen arranged for me was much easier than in the production team.

"Okay, then you guys take your time with it. I'm going to the mountains to see if I can get some fungus spores back."

They said they were going to look for mushroom strains, but in fact they were just going to the mountains to find food.

After all, when you go into the mountains to look for mushrooms, it makes sense to find something to eat as well!

In fact, going into the mountains to hunt was something he had wanted to do for a long time, especially since he had reached the sixth level of Bajiquan, and he had not yet tried out its power!

He thought, it would be great if he could come across a wild boar in the mountains so that he could kill it and eat its meat.

After arranging everyone's work, Zhou Ziwen went up the mountain with a backpack and an axe in hand.

Following the road, Zhou Ziwen soon arrived at the outskirts of the forest.

This mountain has a name. Because it looks like a curved horn of an ox, people call it Niujiao Mountain.

This time when entering the mountains, Zhou Ziwen was much braver, and he was not even on guard when he was on the outskirts of the forest.

After all, the sixth-level Bajiquan has greatly improved his physical fitness, and accordingly, his five senses have also been greatly improved.

If he encounters a wild beast, he will definitely be able to detect it in advance with his hearing.

Along the way, he would pick wild vegetables and fruits he encountered, especially the place where he encountered chestnuts last time, and he went there again.

Some ripe chestnuts fell from under the chestnut tree.

Zhou Ziwen picked them up one by one, and by the time he was done, half of the backpack was already filled.

"I can make a few more chestnut cakes." Zhou Ziwen moved his shoulders, felt the weight of the backpack, and thought with satisfaction.

However, the purpose of going up the mountain this time was not to pick some wild vegetables or fruits, he came here to hunt.

But his luck seemed to be not very good. He was almost deep in the forest, but still found nothing.

"That's a chicken!"

Suddenly, Zhou Ziwen looked up as if he had sensed something, and saw a pheasant standing on a branch not far away.

“Whoosh!”

Zhou Ziwen shook the axe, exerted force with his hand, and the axe in his hand shot out like a sharp arrow in an instant.

With a sharp cry, the pheasant on the tree was blown away by the huge force. It only had time to let out a wail before it breathed its last.

"Not bad, not bad. Although it's a little small, it's definitely enough to make a pot of soup."

Zhou Ziwen walked quickly forward to the pheasant, picked it up and felt its weight.

"My flying axe is also a unique skill."

Afterwards, Zhou Ziwen picked up the axe that had flown far away.

(End of this chapter)