Just when things seemed to be calming down, the two of them were about to start arguing again.
The village chief, looking exasperated, waved his hands repeatedly to stop them and beckoned Lin Mo to come inside.
"Don't make noise outside, it's annoying."
As he spoke, he chuckled and slurped as he brought the rabbit into the house, put it down in the kitchen, and covered it with a bamboo basket.
"whee."
The village chief was overjoyed.
He'd heard that rabbits were incredibly prolific, producing four litters a year? Ten offspring per litter?
Rabbits that can grow fat just by eating grass—if they could be farmed…
The thought crossed my mind, but I couldn't reveal it.
Since Lin Mo has the ability to hunt rabbits, and even showed some independent thinking yesterday.
Let's see if we can secretly push things along and make Lin Mo the one to take the lead.
It would be great if we could open up the aquaculture sector.
Just as Lin Mo entered the house, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to continue arguing with Chen Gang, the village chief returned to the main room:
"Lin Mo, what's wrong with you? You suddenly seem to have a lot of ideas."
"They were afraid of being hungry," Lin Mo replied to the village chief, his eyes glaring at the pedantic Chen Gang.
“You all saw how starved my mother looked. If you really wanted to rely on the production team’s food when there was no surplus at home, that’s what my mother would do.”
"Ah, that seems to be the case," the village chief chimed in discreetly, glancing at Chen Gang. After all, he was in charge of the production team's affairs, and the village head was merely an assistant.
"There's something I'd like to tell you frankly."
“Those educated youth have connections, big shots at that, you can’t afford to offend them.”
“If we had sent it to the county according to the rules, Xu Zhenting had just openly threatened Captain Chen, saying that if he really sent it, he would tell his relatives about the village’s fishing.”
"What's his uncle again?" The village chief couldn't remember for a moment and looked up at Chen Gang.
"Head of the Resource Zoning Station," Chen Gang said expressionlessly.
“He directly threatened to report the fishing in the village and have everyone in the village arrested and paraded through the streets of the county.”
Lin Mo understood now.
It turns out that Chen Gang wasn't taking sides, but rather was concerned about this.
It really puts us in a bind. If we compromise, the villagers will definitely explode and might even overturn the production team.
After thinking for a while, Lin Mo had an idea.
How about this?
“If hunting and family farming are allowed, and rabbit seedlings are distributed in the name of the production team so that villagers can eat meat through farming, they will stop pursuing the matter.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Gang immediately bristled.
"Impossible! Family farming? That's embezzlement!"
"If the county officials come down for a surprise inspection and discover this, we're in big trouble!"
After Chen Gang finished howling, Lin Mo said slowly:
"You might not believe it, but the county has been encouraging livestock farming for a long time."
Upon hearing this, the village chief's eyes widened, filled with surprised anticipation, but his heart was filled with utter disbelief.
“You’ve never even left the village, how could you possibly know what the county is planning?”
Lin Mo knew this, of course. In fact, the outside world had been strongly encouraging breeding for a long time, but the wind hadn't reached the village yet.
"If you don't believe me, let's make a bet. If I'm wrong, I'll bring back another two thousand catties of fish for the team for free!"
"If I'm right, the team should stop interfering with the private farming and hunting."
Chen Gang would go to the county every few months to report and listen to training sessions.
If he had heard any rumors, he would have heard them long ago.
Therefore, he didn't believe a single punctuation mark in Lin Mo's words.
But he was most concerned about the two thousand catties of fish that he had boasted about.
Anyway, the fish can be eaten in a few days, and it is handed over to the village collective for everyone to eat together, so it doesn't count as misappropriation.
I can also take advantage of the trip to have a few meals together.
Slurp.
Swallowing hard, Chen Gang got excited too:
"You said two thousand catties of fish, you're not a reliable person. Let's put it in writing so you don't go back on your word."
"Oh dear," Lin Mo laughed.
"Go ahead and say it. I'm afraid you'll go back on your word. You're such a blockhead."
"Don't bother asking the person in charge of grain; go directly to the person in charge of agriculture. These two units are not the same."
Chen Gang hurriedly grabbed a pen and paper and wrote down the agreement in one go.
The village chief squinted at him from the side, his eyes darting around.
Hoping that Lin Mo's unreliable mouth would be right this time.
Let's not kill the rabbit yet; we'll decide after Chen Gang returns from his trip to the county.
If it brings back good news, then it's a breeding rabbit.
"So, what do you plan to do with those educated youth?" the village chief asked Chen Gang.
Chen Gang hesitated for a few seconds:
"Let's keep it tied up like this for a few days, and we'll talk about it when I get back from the county."
"If I risk my life to ask and get yelled at, hmph..." Chen Gang muttered to Lin Mo:
"I'm not afraid to tell you in advance that I will still release him. I don't care about the opinions of the villagers, so don't come here to complain about your injustice."
The three Miao brothers had their rabbits stolen, and their mother was beaten. What he meant was, "You guys shouldn't cause trouble in the village later."
He swallowed this bitter pill in silence.
Lin Mo was too lazy to pay him any more attention.
Xu Zhenting and Wang Jian dared to stab his mother in the back; this matter is not over for him yet.
Chen Gang didn't care if he didn't hand it over to the county because of his concerns; he wouldn't let them off easily.
After leaving the village chief's house, I went home to prepare to take my tools to the mountains to get some wild game to nourish my mother.
Unexpectedly, the three Miao brothers were already waiting for him at the Lin family's door.
"Huh? Didn't we say that starting today we'd all go our own way?" Lin Mo wasn't unwilling to bring people along.
There's just not much time to spend training people, and the family is lacking in everything.
We have to take care of ourselves first. At least we need to have money and coupons to buy coal, and we need to have new coats to wear.
"Brother Lin, please stay a few more days." Miao Qingsong's house had been robbed, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to find anything if he went into the mountains alone.
His mother had the idea of secretly raising rabbits yesterday, and this morning she urged him to come find Lin Mo quickly and bring back a few more rabbits. This time, they absolutely couldn't be stolen again.
"If things go badly, we can leave the hunt unrewarded; if things go well..."
"If that's good, then we can have just two rabbits. Two will be enough."
"Please..."
The three of them clung to Lin Mo, insisting on following him no matter what.
"Oh, right, Mom also agreed to let us bring out the sweet potatoes that the wild boar wanted to eat."
During the request, each of the three people held up two sweet potatoes, which were the life-saving food for each household.
They didn't plant anything in the designated plots; they secretly planted a patch of land behind their houses.
“You told us to go back and make a slingshot, and we did! Look!” Awang pulled a wooden bow out from his back, which didn’t look very sturdy.
“I have one too! Hehe!” Ah Jun also took out his slingshot.
Lin Mo's mind was in turmoil, but refusing again would hurt his friend's feelings.
"Alright, since we all have the equipment, let's use it together," Lin Mo relented.
"It's getting colder and colder, so fishing like that isn't very practical."
"Let's go catch some roe deer and pheasants. We'll eat meat jelly in winter, it'll be so delicious!"
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