He came today to see what kind of person he was, someone so capable.
Actually, he also wanted to find someone to pass on his skills.
Although his son learned from him from a young age, his talent was ultimately limited.
Moreover, everything on the mountain is now state-owned, and we don't know how the political situation and policies will change in the future.
But he felt that there was probably no future for hunters like them.
So he doesn't plan to teach his grandchildren these things anymore.
It seems likely that his family's ancestral skills and his life's experience will be buried.
He originally wanted to find himself an apprentice so that he could at least pass on his skills.
However, given Xiao Shen's delicate and tender appearance, he couldn't bear to let her learn this.
"Your ability to identify people based on traces at a glance is something not everyone can learn. You're amazing."
In her previous life, Shen Mu Ning was just an ordinary person who was keen on watching all kinds of crime dramas.
I always think the police officers in TV dramas are incredibly capable.
They can often find the murderer by following the slightest clues.
I really admire him for meeting such a person in real life.
She can do it now, but she does it purely by cheating – mental power.
Cao Ding is really just an ordinary person, yet he has managed to develop such skills, which truly lives up to his reputation for talent.
"Hey little girl, I see you're pretty good at it. Want to learn from me and improve your skills?"
He didn't want Shen Mu Ning to learn it before, not because he wanted to abide by the ancestral saying that skills should be passed down to men but not women.
After all, he was going to pass it on to someone outside his family, so why should he follow any rules?
I just felt that a little girl like her probably couldn't bear this suffering.
However, he could tell just now that the girl genuinely admired him and thought he was a capable person.
After thinking it over carefully, he realized that the little girl was, after all, someone who could kill a wild boar with her bare hands.
That's some seriously good physical condition; he's incredibly resilient.
Shen Mu Ning never thought of learning this skill, not to mention that she was lazy and only wanted to be a couch potato.
Her mental strength is far more detailed than people's visual observation.
So she refused, saying, "Um, thank you for your appreciation, but I don't want to learn this."
"Hey, Brother Cao, why haven't you given up on taking on apprentices yet?"
Gu Chengde was afraid that their conversation would fall apart because of Shen Mu Ning's rejection, so he quickly interrupted.
"Oh dear, we haven't seen any good prospects, so we've been eyeing this girl."
He knew his son had no talent and wouldn't go far on this path ever since he was able to come up the mountain with him.
So he also thought about finding an apprentice in the brigade, and thus trained a team of young people for winter hunting.
However, none of them are particularly gifted, and they cannot usually concentrate fully on their studies.
So what they learned was neither high enough nor low enough, not meeting his standards for accepting apprentices.
"I thought you'd given up on this idea after spending the last few years at home retiring."
"Yes, Third Uncle, I haven't seen you guiding the winter hunting team for the past few years. Haven't you given up yet?"
Accountant Cao Hua is a relative of Cao Ding, so he is someone who is quite clear about Cao Ding's previous thoughts.
Neither Shen Mu Ning nor Chu Ming Xu knew the inside story, so they could only listen to them talk from the sidelines.
"Hey, as you all know, none of the young men in our brigade are to my liking."
Cao Ding wasn't asking for too much; it's just that the mountains and forests are now public property, and private transactions are prohibited.
In reality, they have little future as hunters.
Although his family often sells their hunted prey on the black market.
But this is still illegal, and if you get caught, you'll either go to jail or be sent to a labor camp.
So nowadays, working in a factory is the only secure job for most people, and few people bother to learn hunting anymore.
"I've taken a liking to Xiao Shen, the educated youth, but she's not interested."
At this point, both Gu Chengde and Cao Hua knew that he had indeed taken a liking to her, and they were not angry because of her rejection.
Cao Ding had a bad temper before, and they were afraid that the two of them would have a bad chat.
Then Cao Ding will get angry with Shen Mu Ning. If he gets angry, he might argue with someone.
Xiao Shen, the educated youth, was not a weak person. If a fight broke out, the scene would be somewhat awkward.
So the two of them were thinking of trying to liven things up, but who knew that this person seemed to have become more amiable now.
However, there's nothing they can do if Xiao Shen, the educated youth, is unwilling now.
“Uncle Cao, why do you have to find someone with a different surname to carry on the family business? Isn’t your son a ready-made successor?”
Shen Mu Ning didn't understand the inside story, but she knew that many people actually wouldn't pass on their cooking skills to others.
“Hmm, he doesn’t have that talent.” Cao Ding also noticed that Xiao Shen, the educated youth, seemed to be very determined.
He knew there was no hope for this apprentice, and his inner turmoil immediately subsided.
After he got injured, he should have accepted his fate and stopped making a fuss.
Shen Mu Ning could tell he was in a bad mood, so she awkwardly stopped talking, since it was all because of her.
However, Cao Ding quickly recovered, after all, he had given up hope of success after he was injured.
Besides, he had heard that the little girl was an orphan of a martyr, and that she could support herself even if she didn't work.
Therefore, she really doesn't need to learn this.
Gu Chengde didn't know how to comfort his elder brother, since he had chosen to value Shen Mu Ning so much.
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