Chapter 67: The Trouble is as exciting as an 8 o'clock show
You can't fire a gun randomly, especially in a forest, unless a wild animal has broken into the forest.
Although it is already past the autumn season when crops mature and wild animals generally don't come in, we still have to be on guard against wild animals that can't find food and may eat anything out of extreme hunger.
So when the gunshots were heard, all the security members nearby became alert and rushed over with guns drawn.
When we arrived at the place, we saw Yu Yongzhi standing there in a daze and a stranger lying on the ground.
At that moment, everyone's scalp went numb, and there was only one thought in their mind - could it be that Yu Yongzhi had hit someone with a wooden cannon?
Someone immediately went over to check, and sure enough, the person lying on the ground was covering his abdomen with his hands, and bright red liquid was flowing out from under his palms. It was blood.
His face changed. "Hurry up and go to the clinic to find Doctor Sun, and then find Secretary Lang to get a motorcycle card!"
When the others heard this, they knew that things were heading for the worst, and they rushed to look for people, not daring to waste even a second.
Yu Yongzhi is from their security department. If he dies, none of them will be in a good situation.
Thinking of this, some people started cursing in their hearts, cursing Yu Yongzhi for daring to do anything after drinking, and cursing Director Yu for sending people to the security department even though he knew his son was drunk and causing trouble.
The man looked up at Yu Yongzhi again, but before he could figure out what to do with him, Yu Yongzhi finally came to his senses.
"I, I didn't mean to actually open the hatch. I forgot to turn off the hatch safety pin."
Obviously he was sober and realized the seriousness of the matter.
But no matter whether this is the truth or a sophistry, what is the point of saying this now?
The man looked at him without saying a word, which made Yu Yongzhi even more panicked. "Is the person dead?" His voice was trembling, and there was even a hint of crying in his voice.
Just then, Director Yu and his wife, who had heard that Yu Yongzhi had fought with someone, finally rushed over.
After all, the two men were old and slow on their feet. They heard gunshots from this side while they were still halfway there, and immediately had a bad premonition.
When she came over and saw what was happening, and heard Yu Yongzhi's words, Director Yu's wife's legs went weak.
Although Director Yu was still standing, his face was pale. He first asked the security officer, "Is the person dead or not?"
Seeing the other person shaking his head and saying he was still alive, he didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief. The people from the town machine repair shop came and saw the person lying on the ground and were shocked, "Xiao Chen!"
Surprisingly, the injured person was a town dweller. Director Yu's vision went dark again, and he only relied on his willpower to avoid falling to the ground.
He wanted to slap his son and ask him if he was crazy, how dare he shoot people, yet his hands were shaking and he couldn't lift them.
After a while, the doctor from the forest farm clinic came over. After a preliminary examination, he determined that there was no vital injury, but the bullet could not be removed and the wound was bleeding heavily, so he had to be sent to the hospital immediately.
Then came Secretary Lang, whose face also looked unhappy. After all, he had to take responsibility for the accident that happened to the people from the town machine repair factory in their forest farm.
He quickly arranged for a motorcycle truck to deliver the person, then looked at Yu Yongzhi, who was still panicking, and ordered, "Take him back to the security department for inspection first."
"Atrium." Director Yu called Secretary Lang, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he found that his voice was unusually dry.
"Brother Yu." Secretary Lang also replied, his eyes and tone very serious, "It's not that I don't want to help you, this matter can't be suppressed."
Director Yu also knew that he couldn't suppress it. In those days, people didn't have much legal awareness. Even if there was a fight involving knives or bayonets, as long as the injuries were not too serious, people would go to the hospital on their own. No one would sue them.
But what Yu Yongzhi used was a gun, and it was the security department's gun, a public gun.
But he only had this one son, and his love for him surpassed everything else, so he said it without thinking.
Hearing Secretary Lang say this, he opened his mouth but couldn't utter another word of plea, and his face turned completely gray.
Seeing that someone was really coming to arrest him, Yu Yongzhi was completely panicked, "Dad! Dad, please help me think of a way! I don't want to go in! And my uncle..."
Every sound seemed to tear at Director Yu's heart, and beside him was his wife crying in panic and collapse, "Old Yu, please think of a solution!"
Before Director Yu could even finish his sentence, "What can I do?", he collapsed.
Yu Yongzhi got into big trouble this time. He opened a wood warehouse and injured a person from the town machine repair factory. Director Yu also fainted on the spot and was sent to the town forestry bureau hospital together.
The next day, word spread throughout the forest farm. Aunt Guo came to give Yan Xue a sticky fire spoon she had made herself, and she couldn't help but sigh, "I told you there's something wrong with their parenting methods. How could they spoil a child like that? A perfectly good kid, twelve or thirteen years old, is already being allowed to drink with others, and they don't even bother to supervise him."
"Drinking at the age of twelve or thirteen?" Yan Xue was really surprised. The brain is not yet developed at the age of twelve or thirteen, right?
"That's right." Aunt Guo actually nodded. "I don't think those people have any good intentions. It's a pity for the child. He was a good student when he was young."
No matter how good the brain is, it will become dull if soaked in alcohol for a long time. Moreover, this is not the first time that Yu Yongzhi has gotten into trouble after drinking.
Yan Xue didn't say anything, but the second old lady was old after all, and couldn't bear to see this, "He should be sentenced, right?"
"He'll definitely be sentenced," said Aunt Guo. "He used a government-owned weapon. I just don't know how many years he'll get. Cuiyun from the Yu family went back to her parents' home last night."
When something so big happens, the whole family must get together, use their connections if possible, and find solutions if possible.
Based on Yan Xue's understanding of Chen Jizhong, as long as he is not dead, it will be difficult for Yu Yongzhi to get a two-year shorter sentence.
If he died, then there would be no need to say anything. Yu Yongzhi would probably have to pay with his life, and he would be sentenced to at least ten years in prison.
This topic was still a bit heavy, so Aunt Guo sighed and didn't bring it up again. "Aunt Yu, you guys don't eat sticky fire shovels, do you? I made these myself, you guys should try them."
Back home, sticky food is not popular, so the second old lady changed the subject and asked, "Are you using a water mill to grind glutinous rice?"
"Yes, the glutinous rice is ground using a water mill, and inside is the red beans that we boil ourselves. You can eat it while it's hot, and if you can't finish it, you can freeze it."
Sticky fire shovel is made by wrapping glutinous rice flour with red bean filling, brushing oil on both sides and then pan-frying. It tastes not only sticky and soft like glutinous rice, but also sweet like red beans and has a light burnt aroma.
Aunt Guo brought the bread to them right after she finished baking it, and it was still shining with an attractive oily luster. Yan Xue and the second old lady hurriedly thanked her, and Yan Xue even personally saw her out the door.
As soon as he went out, he met someone passing by the door. As he walked, he was talking about the people who had just come from the town and took Yu Yongzhi away.
Aunt Guo immediately exclaimed, "Has he been taken away?"
"It's not good. Several police officers showed up, and they were carrying guns."
A few people gestured at their waists, and heard Aunt Guo sigh again, "That guy must have cried to death."
"The whole family is crying. Yu Cuiyun even blames her father, saying he was the one who insisted on getting Yu Yongzhi a gun and putting him in the security department."
Who can foresee the future? In the final analysis, the Yu family spoiled their child too much, and in the end he got into trouble and couldn't clean it up.
A few people sighed for a while and were about to leave when someone came over and said, "Mrs. Guo, you are here? I said I went to your house and there was no one there."
She was a talkative woman in the forest farm. When she saw Yan Xue, she smiled and praised her, "Xiao Yan has become more beautiful again. Is your Xiao Qi really happy?"
Yan Xue just smiled. The other party was obviously not looking for her. She looked back at Aunt Guo and said, "Your job at Chang'an has also fallen through. Have you thought about finding him another one?"
She actually wanted to matchmake for Guo Changan. Aunt Guo paused, not really wanting to say this. "There's no rush for this."
"How can he not be anxious? Chang'an is not young anymore, he needs someone who understands him, right? Besides, how do you know he's not anxious? Didn't he find someone last year?"
The other party obviously wanted to talk to her and even pulled her aside, "What do you think of my mother's daughter Caixia? She's pretty and about the same age as Chang'an..."
Aunt Guo's face immediately changed, and she even took a step back. "What do you mean? No matter how bad our Chang'an is, it's impossible for us to find a fool!"
"Why is she a fool? Caixia may be slower than others in her reaction, but she understands everything in her heart."
"You know in your heart that she wet her pants even though she's over ten years old, and you still don't know?" Aunt Guo's face turned unhappy. "My niece Chang'an won't find someone, so you can find someone else for your niece."
The man wanted to explain: "Caixia is not like this usually. I didn't pay attention that time and gave her too much water..."
"I told you that our Chang'an won't look for you!" Aunt Guo's voice suddenly rose, and this time her hands were shaking.
She was really angry. Chang'an was just not very agile, but he earned as much as normal people. Why did he want to marry a fool?
Seeing her attitude, the other party also felt a little embarrassed, "Do you still think your Chang'an is the past? Someone is willing to be nice to him..."
"Then we won't look for a fool. If you want to find someone, go find it yourself." Aunt Guo interrupted her directly.
Seeing that the other party was about to say more, Yan Xue came over with a smile and helped Aunt Guo. "Auntie, I just want to ask you one question: will Chang'an be passed on to the next generation? Will your niece pass it on to the next generation?"
This was the point of the question. The other party was obviously choked and began to lose confidence. "That doesn't mean it will be passed on."
"What if?" Yan Xue didn't argue with the other party, but asked calmly, "What if they have a child in the future and it's slower than normal people's reaction time, who will take care of it? Chang'an, Aunt Guo, or Brother Changping and his wife, it can't be Tiedan, right?"
The other party obviously hadn't thought about this question at all. "Why do you need someone to take care of you? Just give them food to eat, it won't be a big deal."
This is the thinking of many people this era. There are so many children that they can't even notice if one is lost, so how can they take care of them all? They just raise them like kittens and puppies.
It is impossible not to get married, and it is impossible not to continue the family line. As for what to do if I give birth to another fool, I haven't thought about it. I will deal with it when the time comes.
Yan Xue smiled softly, "Then you can find a live-in son-in-law for your niece. It won't cost your family much anyway, and the child can still have your family name."
This time the other party was really speechless. He stared at Yan Xue's smiling face for a long time, then turned around and left.
Aunt Guo finally let out a long breath and patted Yan Xue's hand, "It's a good thing you're here, otherwise she would be so angry that she would die."
The Guo family is not very talkative, and sometimes when they encounter such things, they are bound to suffer a little loss in the mouth.
Moreover, Guo Changan is the pain in the hearts of the Guo family. The other party's words are too hurtful. Although Aunt Guo didn't say anything, her expression is unlikely to improve.
Yan Xue shook Auntie Guo's hand and said, "Chang'an is so outstanding, he will find a good wife."
Seeing Auntie Guo looking at her, she nodded confidently, "As long as a man is capable, why can't he find a good wife? Maybe he will find one on his own without you having to worry about it."
"It would be fine if he could find it himself. I'm just worried that he'd hurt the one before him and feel like he'd be a burden to others."
Aunt Guo couldn't help but sigh, but thinking about it, the situation was much better than she had expected. She shook hands with Yan Xue again and said, "Xiao Qi is so lucky."
For several days afterwards, the only thing people in the forest farm talked about after dinner was Yu Yongzhi's matter. As for the rumor that Guo Changan was disabled and the Guo family was still picking on him, few people cared at all.
First, Chen Jizhong's life was saved, but his spleen was damaged. He will probably have to stay in the hospital for a long time, which will also affect his future health.
This did not mean that his family could breathe a sigh of relief. When the police went to record his statement, he insisted that it was Yu Yongzhi who attacked him without any reason and that he was just unlucky and passed by.
Both of them are responsible for this matter. Whether he provoked first or Yu Yongzhi was fully responsible, there is still a difference in sentencing.
Although many people in the forest farm heard the two people arguing with each other, even Yu Yongzhi himself could not clearly explain who started the incident.
Yu's family came to his house several times, offering to pay homage and apologize, and even mobilized their connections in the county, but they still couldn't get him to change his words. Every time he came back, they would curse him as a good-for-nothing.
With nothing else to do, the Yu family simply tried to find something to use against him as a threat, and also dug up the grudge between him and Qi Fang.
He turned around and reported Director Yu. He heard that Yu Yongzhi had made mistakes due to drinking several times and even his qualifications as a chainsaw operator and tractor driver were revoked. Yet, he was able to enter such an important department as the Security Department and even hold a gun. Does this mean that the Yu family has absolute power in the Forestry Bureau?
Anyway, the excitement is comparable to the melodramatic TV series at 8 o'clock in the evening. It's a pity that Liu Weiguo is in the mountains and can't eat the fresh and hot melon firsthand.
In comparison, Qi Fang, who had grudges with both of them, was much calmer. The next day when he went to the small repair shop, he changed his overtime work schedule from nine o'clock to eight o'clock.
Don’t ask why not come earlier. It’s no use getting up earlier because my brother-in-law hasn’t gone to bed yet.
He did not hide anything and taught everyone how to make and assemble the parts. After that, he sent everyone in the machine repair shop back to work.
In fact, everyone in the machine repair shop didn't really want to stay here. It wasn't because Qi Fang was difficult to get along with, but mainly because it was only their first day and someone almost died, which made them feel uneasy.
On the day when everyone bid farewell to the small repair shop in tears, the Monkey King did not put away his weapons and fought for three hundred rounds with the little goblin in his family who specialized in sucking people's essence.
For a moment, the world changed color...
It’s hard to do anything until dark.
The sun and moon have no light...
It's snowing outside and the sky is very overcast.
In short, the battle was so fierce and lasted so long that Yan Xue couldn't get up the next morning even though she was young.
This made her lie back down, holding her waist, and glared at the culprit fiercely.
The culprit was putting on a sweater over his shirt. When he met her eyes, which were still full of fatigue, he felt that they were not angry but resentful.
This made him pause, and he reached out to help her rub it, "Don't get up."
"And then tell Jigang that I drank too much again? I've become an alcoholic."
Yan Xue complained while lying on the pillow. Qi Fang looked at her more and said, "I told you that I was late in telling stories last night."
Before she could ask, the man seemed to know what she wanted to ask, "Tell the story of Sun Wukong's three fights against the White Bone Demon." She turned over and kicked him.
Qi Fang could actually hide, but he let her kick him until she was done, then he went down to wash up, eat, and get ready for work.
When we arrived at the small repair shop, we found that the yard, which should have been cleaned, was still full of timber.
Qi Fang stood at the factory gate for a full two seconds before walking in and asking Xu Wenli, "Didn't the people from the town machine repair factory go back?"
"Yes, we went back." Xu Wenli was also a little helpless. "The Thirteenth Line said they were close to us but far from the town, so they asked us to help them."
Then, before these machines were finished, another tractor was sent over from the forest farm.
This time, they weren't close. Their forest farm wasn't even on the same train line as theirs, but they had a reason. "I figured once the town's machine shop guys got back, wouldn't they be crowded with people coming there to get their things fixed? You guys can fix it here, too, so why should I wait there?"
What he said makes a lot of sense, so Yangshuling Forest Farm also thinks so.
So the people from the town's machine repair factory were ready to go back and get to work, but only one forest farm sent a tractor over.
When this forest farm saw that the other forest farms hadn't come, they gave me a look of "Why am I so stupid?"
Finally, Xu Wenli realized that he was too busy to handle the matter, so he asked Secretary Lang to call the town and borrow someone from the town machine repair factory.
I have only ever seen a small repair shop delivering machines to the town, and this is the first time they have borrowed people from the town.
So when the people from the county machinery factory finally came down, what they saw was not a crowded machine repair shop, but a group of people who were in a state of panic and looked at them as if they had seen their saviors.
This made them stunned. "Where are your factory people? This is an engineer from the Qinghua Engineering Machinery Research Institute. He's here to help us solve the problem."
"Hello, hello." The director of the town machine repair shop politely shook hands with the other party before saying, "One of our technicians is injured and in the hospital, and another is still in the Jinchuan small repair shop."
"In the Jinchuan small repair factory?" The visitor was obviously a little surprised.
Why go to Jinchuan Repair Factory instead of waiting for news at the factory?
Then they heard the other party say, "A comrade at the Jinchuan Repair Factory has come up with a way to slow down component wear. Since the county is busy, we're going to use it for now."
Then he asked expectantly, "Is the problem solved? We've been waiting for you to come down."
The visitor was silent.
The research institute did come up with a solution, but it was only to slow down component loss.
How did they come up with the idea of a small repair shop in Chengshui Town, which is not even a town repair shop?
Finally, the engineer from the research institute asked, "How did you deal with it? Can you let me see it?"
There happened to be two repaired skidders left in the factory, so the factory director immediately took them over.
After watching it, the two of them became even more silent and said nothing. They went to the forest farm below to check the operation of the timber collection equipment.
After the visit, he left immediately without even returning to the town machine repair shop, leaving the people there very puzzled. "Just leaving now? Didn't you come here to help us solve the problem?"
Some people were confused, while others had a vague guess, such as the director of the town's machine repair factory and several veteran workers.
I'm afraid it's not that the other party doesn't want to solve it for them, but that the method they came up with is not as effective as Qi Fang's.
Otherwise, the other party would not have asked them if they had any extra parts before going to the forest farm and asked them for one.
Sure enough, a few days later, Qu Mingli received a call from the county, asking to second Qi Fang to the county machinery factory to help process the collected timber from the other two towns.
Director Liu was in his office at the time, looking for him to talk about something. His expression was definitely not happy when he heard it. He also knew what he was thinking. When the forest farm below was almost shut down a few days ago, he had watched the show from the sidelines.
I guess he thought he was lucky and someone happened to solve the problem, and this person happened to solve it better than the county.
Qu Mingli called to inform Secretary Lang, who in turn informed Qi Fang. Qi Fang remained silent for a long moment, "Did they specifically name me?"
Secretary Lang was a little surprised and even confirmed with him: "You don't want to go?"
Most people would scramble to get this kind of opportunity to show off.
As a result, Qi Fang was silent again, "Can I go back and think about it?" It was the same reaction as when he first signed up for the chainsaw operator training.
Secretary Lang really didn't understand, but he didn't force it. He just reminded them, "It won't hurt for young people to get out and exercise more."
Qi Fang also knew that he meant well, so he thanked him sincerely before leaving. When he got home, he immediately told Yan Xue about it.
Yan Xue guessed it right away, "Don't you want to go?"
“It’s just a temporary secondment.”
Qi Fang thought clearly that not all towns in the county had used this batch of collected materials 50, nor did they have to use his method.
Once logging is back on track, they will have to wait for production companies to address the root causes of the problem.
The county machinery factory is not like the town machine repair factory. It has its own engineers and the ability to independently produce some machinery. It does not need someone like him who happens to temporarily solve the problem.
Since it's just a temporary secondment and there's no chance of real transfer, why do you have to go?
But Qi Fang still asked Yan Xue: "Do you want to go?"
"That depends on whether there are more benefits or more troubles." Yan Xue said truthfully.
During special periods, sometimes the farther away from the center you are, the less affected you are, not to mention that Qi Fang has a senior brother who is always eyeing him covetously.
"Besides, I haven't finished collecting all these fungus." Before Qi Fang could apologize, she smiled again, "What if you go to the county, won't it be given away to others?"
This made Qi Fang pause what was on the tip of his tongue. He raised his hand to touch the top of her head, then to her cheek, "Then wait a little longer."
After the couple discussed it, Qi Fang went to report to Secretary Lang. He said that he had been working non-stop for the past few days and accidentally caught a cold. He was afraid that he could not withstand the stress.
He has been very tired these days. He has to work overtime until eight or nine o'clock every day, and then go back to work at the small repair shop at six o'clock in the morning. He has just been able to relax a little in the past two days.
Moreover, once they went to the county, they would have to go to the town machine repair shop if they had any problems. Although Secretary Lang felt sorry for him, he did not persuade him anymore and replied to Qu Mingli as he said.
Qu Mingli thought Qi Fang was really ill and felt sorry for him, but he still contacted the county machinery factory and said that he was afraid he would have to send someone else.
I thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly a few days later Qu Mingli suddenly called Jinchuan Forest Farm and asked Qi Fang to answer the call.
The two had never contacted each other privately before. Qi Fang went over with doubts. As soon as he picked up the phone and called out "Secretary Qu", Qu Mingli on the other end went straight to the point.
"Have you asked someone to go to the county to lobby? The county has issued a transfer order to transfer you to the county machinery factory."
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