Chapter 464 City Hunter
"This is all thanks to Ma Xiaoan." Zheng Zheng seemed very satisfied with Ma Xiaoan, and his face was full of joy when he talked about him.
"That guy always seems to have endless energy. He cleans and takes care of the yard, and he takes me to the supermarket or church on weekends. He's a really good roommate."
Just then, the door opened and it turned out that Ma Xiaoan came back from school.
As soon as he saw Mingli, he asked anxiously, "Why didn't you go to school today? I called you but you didn't answer or reply to your messages. I thought something happened to you. So you came here. Are you okay?"
Mingli: "Something happened this morning, but it's all right now. I just got kicked out. I have to live with you temporarily until I find a new job."
Hearing this, Ma Xiaoan's tense heart finally relaxed.
"I thought it was something else! That kind of place is complicated and not suitable for us students to work in. Anyway, there is no salary, so losing my job might be a good thing! As for where to live..."
He glanced at Zheng Zheng, who coughed and said, feigning embarrassment, "Of course... no problem."
Ma Xiaoan: "Brother Zheng, you are so mean, I thought you would refuse!"
Zheng Zheng: "How is that possible? Before you even got out of school, I already told Mingli that he could move in. He's already packed his things and his room is right across from you."
Ma Xiaoan held Mingli's arms tightly with both hands and said excitedly, "That's great! Did you see my masterpiece in the yard?"
Mingli: "I see, I can't imagine that in a month or two, Zheng Ge won't have to go to the supermarket to buy vegetables."
All three of them burst into laughter.
In this way, Mingli moved in comfortably.
But he felt embarrassed after living and eating for free at Zheng Zheng's house for a long time, but he was not eligible to apply for the school's work-study program, so when he saw a notice recruiting hunters, he decided to try his luck.
Mingli had no intention of hiding his identity as a student from the beginning, but the people in charge of recruitment did not give up on him immediately. On the contrary, they seemed very interested in his hunting experience in Myanmar.
One of them even asked him to open his hands to verify it. Sure enough, they found calluses on the base of Mingli's palms and fingers, and it was obvious that he was a person who often fired guns.
Some people still didn't believe it, so he asked tentatively: "You're a good shot, right?"
Mingli said modestly: "It's okay!"
So they asked him to take a test at the shooting range, and the result was that he hit ten rings out of ten, which was enough to amaze those foreigners.
"It's you, you're the one we're looking for."
They all shook Mingli's hands and vied with each other to congratulate him.
Mingli was a little confused by their overly enthusiastic behavior.
"But I don't have a Maple Leaf Card or a work permit, I only have a student visa."
"It's okay, it's okay. We are from the government department. You are the most scarce technical worker here. Let us handle the work permit issue. As long as you do a good job, you can apply to become our permanent resident when the time comes." They said to Mingli with a smile.
Mingli had heard this kind of empty promise many times before. He asked, "I'm a student and can only go hunting on weekends. How much can you pay me?"
After those people discussed it, one of them made the final decision.
"2000, how's that? If you do well, you can get a promotion."
Mingli thought it was okay and nodded in agreement.
But during the training in the next few months, I found that this money was really hard-earned.
First, he has to learn a series of forest and hunting regulations, and then obtain a gun license, but if he violates the regulations, he will be deported immediately.
After finally getting their gun license, they had to get a fishing and hunting guide license. As they put it, "Why not do something that can generate income while hunting and boost the local tourism economy?"
Depending on the level of bear saturation each year, locals must hunt at least 10 bears each month. If you fail to hunt the number of bears allocated to you, you will have to pay a fine of 200 yuan per bear to the government.
Now, Mingli finally understood why this job fell on him.
First of all, an adult brown bear weighs at least 100 kilograms. Their claws are very sharp and their paws are very powerful. You may be killed with one slap from them.
And don't be fooled by their fat and bloated bodies, they are very agile and quick, and have a keen sense of smell. No matter how well you hide, once they find a stranger invading their territory, they will rush over and attack you without hesitation.
However, this was not a difficult task for Mingli, who had hunted various animals in Myanmar before. The most difficult thing to deal with were the various stupid guests.
The bear had clearly run into the woods. Seeing that it was getting dark, Mingli suggested that they come back to hunt tomorrow. However, the guest seemed to be possessed by the bear and was determined to find him, saying that he would hunt its skin back to China. Although Mingli helped him kill the bear in the end, it was dark in the wild and everyone was lost. In the end, the guest and Mingli's partner had to carry the dead bear, and Mingli carved a mark on the tree. In this way, they walked out of the forest step by step. Fortunately, the guest was sensible and gave them twice the money and tip before leaving, and thanked them profusely.
In this way, with such excellent skills, Mingli has become famous in this area, and everyone respectfully calls him the City Hunter.
Generally, they will turn the bear over to the government for registration, and then the bear's carcass can be handed over to guests and hunters for disposal.
Customers usually only take the bear skin, but sensible people will cut off the bear meat and paws and distribute them to nearby homeless people or buy a restaurant.
At first, Ma Xiaoan was very resistant to Mingli's job as a hunter, thinking it was very cruel, but after being enlightened by Zheng Zheng, he finally accepted Mingli.
"You don't realize this place was once overrun with bears. They would often scavenge for food in garbage cans, and sometimes even enter residents' yards and harm them. When there were too many bears, they would eat almost all the deer and other animals, turning them into protected species. This severely impacted the ecosystem here, so proper hunting is the only way to better protect the natural ecological environment."
After listening to him, Ma Xiaoan felt that what he said made sense, so he stopped blaming Mingli.
Before he knew it, Mingli was already in his senior year. Graduation was just around the corner, and everyone was either busy preparing for postgraduate entrance exams or looking for jobs.
Because he missed his family, Mingli did not plan to continue his postgraduate studies in Canada. He decided to return to China to work directly after graduation.
In order to prepare his graduation thesis, Mingli plans to quit his job as a hunting guide after taking on this last job.
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