"You? With your build... you should probably give up!" Chen Wenbing sized up Luo Jin and shook his head.
“Why can’t I do it? I’m in great shape. I used to practice shooting. Give me a gun, and I guarantee I can shoot even more accurately than that hunter from last time,” Luo Jin quickly said.
He may look thin, but he's actually quite muscular.
"You can shoot?" Chen Wenbing looked at him in surprise, somewhat disbelieving.
Where would an educated youth learn to shoot?
"Really, I used to go to the army base with my classmates to practice shooting. How about I let you try a shot? I'm a great shot!"
Luo Jin quickly nodded; he had indeed practiced before.
Not only him, but Zhou He also practiced it.
"Then you can come along tomorrow. It's cold up the mountain, so wear more clothes and bring a water bottle."
After thinking about it, Chen Wenbing decided to let Luo Jin follow.
Luo Jin asked in confusion, "What about dry rations? Don't we need to bring any?"
Chen Wenbing shook his head: "No need, the wild boar hunting team will provide the food, and we'll distribute it to you later."
"Alright, Captain, take care!"
Luo Jin happily saw Chen Wenbing off, finally able to go up the mountain to hunt wild boar.
He's been feeling a bit embarrassed to eat meat lately, and people won't even accept money from him.
Now we have a chance to make up for it.
"Wow, you're all going hunting in the mountains? You'd better bring back a lot, don't come back worse than Sister Yuanyuan!"
Zhou Jiahui looked at the two of them and teased them.
In her eyes, Fang Yuan was the most capable person, and the other two were definitely no match for him.
"Come on, hunting isn't just about strength, it also requires weapons. Give me a gun, and I can take down ten or eight heads without a problem." Luo Jin raised his head somewhat arrogantly.
"Since you're going up the mountain, I'll fry some flour for you to take with you. It's easy to eat and cheap to carry."
This is a simple and quick meal that she learned from a military officer in her previous life. It is both nutritious and easy to carry.
"Fried flour? What is that?" Zhou Jiahui had never heard of it before.
"It's just flour with sugar and sesame seeds, stir-fried until cooked. You can eat it raw, but it's best to mix it with hot water to make a paste."
Eating it raw can easily cause choking, so eating it as a paste is the most suitable method.
"You have this stuff? Okay, how about you give us some more jerky? We'll pay you back double when we get back!" Luo Jin said after thinking for a moment.
"No problem, it'll probably be colder up the mountain than here, so remember to wear your thick coats," Fang Yuan reminded the two.
Zhou He seemed to remember something and said to Fang Yuan:
"I ordered some vegetables from Wang Meng a couple of days ago, and he said he'd pick them up the day after tomorrow..."
"No problem, I'll go get it, but I'll need to borrow your bicycle to ride it," Fang Yuan said to Zhou He.
Because of all the hoarding of goods, vegetables, and grains, they went to town so many times that Zhou He bought a bicycle from Wang Meng.
During this period, Fang Yuan borrowed his bicycle whenever he went to town.
"Just use it directly, thank you for your trouble," Zhou He said somewhat apologetically.
He wasn't reluctant at all to lend the bicycle to Fang Yuan.
He said it was all worth it, considering how well she took care of him and Zhou Jiahui.
After the two of them went up the mountain, Fang Yuan also rode his bicycle to town, taking the opportunity to further provoke Wang Qingqing.
She rode Zhou He's bicycle to town a few days ago, and deliberately took the road that the neighboring brigade would pass by.
She wanted Wang Qingqing to believe that she not only moved out to live elsewhere, but also had the money to buy a bicycle.
She learned from the postman that Wang Qingqing hadn't received a single package yet.
I did receive a letter about two weeks ago.
But Wang Qingqing moved out of the educated youth settlement a week ago.
She knew that Wang Qingqing must have found her biological father and left her money and things.
After all, the reason she chose to come to the countryside was because her biological father, who had been dead for more than a year, had left her something here.
Now that this person has moved out of the educated youth settlement, many things should begin to be prepared.
"You slut! Let's see how long you can be so smug."
Watching Fang Yuan ride away on his bicycle, Wang Qingqing felt a surge of resentment.
She couldn't let that brat get any more arrogant.
If her own father could freeze to death here, so could anyone else.
Fang Yuan happily returned home with two large baskets of vegetables on his bicycle.
Two more days passed before Zhou He and his group returned, dragging a large pile of prey with them.
"Haha, look, this time we got half a wild boar!"
Back home, Luo Jin happily showed off the meat he and Zhou He had shared to Fang Yuan and the other person.
"Oh, and there's a rabbit too."
"So much meat? You hunted a lot of wild boar? Are there no more wild boars left on the mountain?" Fang Yuan asked uncertainly.
This team of fifteen people went up the mountain, and the wild boar they hunted was so big that two people could share half of it.
How many wild boars would we have to hunt?
The key question is, when she wants to go up the mountain to poach in winter, are there still wild boars on the mountain?
"Yeah, how many wild boars did you hunt?" Zhou Jiahui asked with a look of surprise.
"Actually, it's not that many, less than twenty, but Zhou He and I did a lot of work, so we got this much."
Luo Jin then explained that these ten or so heads were distributed among the members of their team.
So each family got a lot, and this half pig wasn't a lot.
"There are still wild boars on the mountain, but they've been driven deep into the mountains," Zhou He specifically told Fang Yuan.
He basically guessed Fang Yuan's idea: he wanted to go up the mountain to hunt wild boars in the future.
"Oh, that's good!" Fang Yuan nodded.
After cleaning up the pork, the group continued to stock up on other vegetables.
We managed to stock up on most of the supplies we needed for winter before the heavy snow.
November has arrived.
Ding ding ding~
The postman's bicycle bell rang outside again.
"Comrade Fang Yuan, Comrade Luo Jin, and Comrade Zhou Jiahui, another package has arrived for you. Hurry up and go to town to pick it up!"
It was the same familiar postman, appearing outside the yard with his mailbag on his back.
"Oh, we know. Thank you for coming to deliver the letter in this cold weather." Zhou Jiahui opened the door, wrapped in a thick cotton-padded coat.
The postman's thick cotton coat was covered in snow, and his hat was a blanket of white.
Thinking to myself, this job is really hard enough. I'd rather go to the countryside and farm like them.
"Yes, thank you for delivering the message. Have some hot water, please?" Fang Yuan poured a cup of piping hot sugar water and handed it to him.
The current temperature is probably a few degrees below zero.
Even warm water won't work; it has to be boiling water to keep it working for a few more minutes.
"Thank you. I'm just here to deliver mail to other comrades. I was just letting you know, after all, you are a big customer of our post office."
The postman took the steaming water anyway, and then replied with a smile.
These educated youths received packages every month for three months, and he recognized all of them; they were definitely his big customers.
"By the way, it's been too cold since winter started. Before spring, I might only be able to go to the countryside once or twice a month at most. You'll have to figure out the time yourselves to go to town to pick up your packages and letters!"
The postman drank the hot water and returned the ceramic mug to Fang Yuan, then gave the others a reminder.
His trip to the countryside was specifically to tell the new educated youth about this matter; both the locals and the older educated youth knew his habit.
He was afraid these people living outside wouldn't know.
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