Chapter 379

In the office, Gu Xiao felt a bit restless.

A few people were missing, others went to a meeting, she as a borrowed extra-budgetary personnel, herself had no qualification to attend the meeting.

Had work in hand, but Gu Xiao couldn't read it, couldn't write it either.

Today's meeting was very important to her, could even say it might decide the direction of her second half of life.

Although in the time she wasn't clear, life had already appeared a fork.

Finally, the door of the conference room opened, the sound of people walking out of the conference room and discussing echoed in the corridor.

The expressions of the big sisters who came in carried smiles and congratulations towards Gu Xiao, but no one said anything.

Gu Xiao also knew, the content of this kind of meeting needed to be kept confidential. Who announced the meeting content also had regulations.

Vice Bureau Chief Wang didn't call her over, which made Gu Xiao a bit worried.

Until the afternoon work, she was just called over by the Vice Bureau Chief.

"This is a transfer letter, we will send it to your school." Vice Bureau Chief Wang said with a smile, "Give you one day tomorrow, go handle the procedures, you are now officially transferred to our unit... Congratulations, Comrade Gu Xiao!"

"...... Thank you, thank you!" Although already had some guesses, but when this news was really notified to her, Gu Xiao still felt a great surprise, "Thank you so much!"

"Don't need to thank me, it's your own ability, and the help of the organization." Vice Bureau Chief Wang looked at Gu Xiao, just like looking at himself when young, "Work hard, although your foundation is a bit thin, but you are willing to learn, have spirituality, there will be a better future later."

The transfer letter was stamped, originally it needed to be sent to the school in the form of a document, but Gu Xiao had to handle the procedures, so Vice Bureau Chief Wang let her bring it over, this way it was convenient to handle the procedures as soon as possible.

After all, it was time for the year-end summary, estimate the school side would also because of some reasons, handle Gu Xiao's procedures as soon as possible.

Gu Xiao rode the bicycle back to the middle school, at this time school was almost over.

She hurriedly rushed to the principal's office, transferred the transfer letter, and then started to open the introduction letter and handle the procedures.

Although Gu Xiao didn't stay in the middle school for a long time, the relationship between colleagues and superiors and subordinates was handled very well, the school leaders also took care of her, now she was leaving, and it was to the Education Bureau, the school leaders were all smiling, even said they wanted to invite her to dinner in the evening.

The male teachers who originally had some thoughts about her also actively came over to greet, even said they wanted to go to the county to see her.

Gu Xiao declined one by one, after handling the procedures, went to the dormitory.

The dormitory door was still locked, still left for her, this time coming over was to pack things, after packing, had to hand over the key.

The teacher Wang next door was cooking, looking at Gu Xiao coming over, the expression on her face was a bit complicated, finally still smiled and walked over to say:

"Congratulations, Xiao Gu. Went to the county, work in the future will be much better than in school."

"Where, no two holidays anymore." Gu Xiao naturally wouldn't follow her words, "There are many things, processing documents, doing written materials, my head is big, the foundation is not very good, have been learning."

"Mm, knowing to learn is a good thing. By the way, your partner? You went to the county, he..."

"He is also in the county." Gu Xiao knew teacher Wang always felt she and Li Long didn't match, hurriedly explained, "He works in the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Oh..." A complicated expression flashed on teacher Wang's face, "Then you pack, I'm cooking..."

Walking back two steps, she turned back again and asked:

"Need help?"

"No, no." Gu Xiao actually had been moving some things to the large courtyard or home one after another. There were not many things left, directly packed in a cardboard box, put on the back seat of the bicycle, carded with a clip, didn't need to tie with a rope, could be brought away.

She looked around the dormitory again, locked the door with some reluctance, preparing to leave.

Time in school was not long, but the time spent here was really unforgettable, that time was really seriously wanting to be a good teacher, and also planned to be a teacher for a lifetime.

Said goodbye to teacher Wang, handed the key to the logistics director of the school, Gu Xiao rode the bicycle and left.

Leaving this time, coming again in the future would be a guest of the school.

The sky was a bit late, Gu Xiao didn't return to the village, but went directly to the large courtyard. Still had to go to school to hand over procedures tomorrow, fortunately the day after tomorrow was Saturday, then could go home in the afternoon.

When just leaving school, the mood was still a bit bad, but when riding to the county, the mood had become very good. If Li Long hadn't entered the mountains, what Gu Xiao wanted most now was to tell him this good news, let him share the joy with her.

Of course, right now could also reward herself first—don't go to Big Sister Yang's house to eat tonight, don't cook either, go to the large meat canteen to eat a good meal—mm, just stir-fried Dingding noodles!

Li Long didn't know Gu Xiao had completed the identity conversion, changed from a borrowed personnel to an official staff member of the Education Bureau, could proudly claim to the outside world in the future, was a state cadre.

As for determining the rank and grade, he didn't understand, didn't want to understand either.

In the wooden house, set up the stove, started the fire, after burning water, Qi Jingyue couldn't wait to go hunting.

Because she had already seen the strange snow piles in front of the wooden house. When the three people curiously went over, cleared the snow, saw it was actually a few wolf heads, first was startled, then a bit excited!

Uncle Li really didn't lie to himself, this person looked young, didn't expect to be a real expert at killing wolves!

At this moment, the mood of wanting to follow Li Long to hunt directly covered the hunger at noon—actually compared to ordinary people, their stomachs had more oil and water, and could also endure hunger better.

"Eat something first. Even if drink some hot water." For these few people being able to find the wolf head platform, Li Long was not surprised at all, that thing was placed there, very easy to see. As for hunting, he was thinking about going to the hot spring or the salt cave. After all, at noon, wanting to find those things that could be hit was really not easy.

The three young people obviously were a bit unwilling, Xie Ruifeng even refuted:

"Master Li, our time is quite tight, we were thinking if we could hit something today, we could go directly back to the prefecture in the evening."

"Noon is when game activities are least frequent." Li Long explained while burning water, "Their most common activity time is morning and evening. Wild boars, deer, these animals come out to find food early in the morning, when the sky is not very bright, and then go to the deep mountains. Wolves, these animals come out to forage from afternoon to night, night is the main time for activities. Now it's noon, it's very difficult to find things."

Li Long's words sounded quite like the real thing, bluffing a few young people was really not a problem.

And the point was that the things Li Long encountered were basically activities starting morning and evening.

"Did you bring food?" Li Long asked again, he didn't want to tangle on the topic of hunting. Going to walk a long way in a while, not eating could also persist, but would be uncomfortable.

"We brought some canned goods, sesame cakes, naan and other dry food." Qi Jingyue said.

Yang Chen reacted quickly, went directly to the jeep to take, and brought a pile of things over.

Li Long looked, there were braised pork, braised beef, braised hairtail and other canned goods, and also canned fruit and dry food cakes.

"Eat some first, I will take you to the hot spring to take a look in a while. There used to be game gathering morning and evening, maybe there will be a harvest." Li Long said the first piece of information.

Still okay, a few young people are not hard to lead, at least listen, or can listen to words.

"Have a hot spring? Natural? Far or not?" Hearing there was a hot spring, Qi Jingyue revealed a surprised expression, "Fun or not?"

Alright, looks like adventure is a factor carried in the bones of every young person. Yang Chen and Xie Ruifeng although didn't open their mouths, but the expression looking at Li Long was also a yearning look.

"Straight line less than five kilometers. If walking, it takes more than an hour." Li Long thought and said, "Natural hot spring, can wash in summer, there are a few natural pools there. Not only people wash, animals also have washing."

Hearing the distance was not far, a few young people immediately started to join in, preparing food together.

At this time the driver opened his mouth:

"Comrade Qi, I won't go, right?"

"Mm, you don't need to go, you guard the stove and watch the car here." Qi Jingyue nodded.

Li Long looked at Qi Jingyue, didn't expect these three young people to have this girl as the leader, but he didn't think much, mainly considering how to hit more things.

Best to run into a group of wild boars, or a group of Mongolian gazelles, knock down a piece, directly take money home!

This process is the most comfortable—those who feel hunting is very comfortable and exciting, let him stay in this great snow mountain for a month and try!

The early lunch was very rich, all kinds of canned goods, everyone didn't dislike anyone, there were enough chopsticks here, everyone was tasting various flavors, choosing what they liked.

Li Long could see, Qi Jingyue was not pretentious, and didn't have so many farts, considered quite easy to deal with.

Hope this mission goes smoothly.

After eating, packed things, the driver took out a box of bullets from the car.

They used the same series of rifles, so the 7.62mm ordinary bullets were universal. Li Long took two packs of fifty rounds and put them in his shoulder bag, Qi Jingyue and Yang Chen learned from Li Long and also packed two packs each.

Only Xie Ruifeng said carelessly:

"I use an assault rifle, bullets are used fast, I will pack more."

He packed four packs of one hundred rounds into the bag he carried, also pressed thirty rounds into the magazine, only then considered finished.

Li Long pressed the bullets, carried the gun and led the three young people to set off.

At first the three people asked Li Long about hunting techniques from time to time, but soon, the difficult mountain road, deep snow made them shut their mouths, and from time to time made the sound of panting.

This comparison, Li Long's advantage of being active in the mountains all year round was revealed. He stopped from time to time to wait for the three young people.

"Hunting in the mountains... really not easy." Xie Ruifeng walking at the end felt a bit sorry for the bullets he packed, after all, those bullets were also quite heavy.

"Hmm, it's easy enough if you just want to hunt with a barrage of gunfire, but if you want to experience real hunting, you have to be prepared for the hardship," Li Long said. "And that's only because I'm designating targets for you. Otherwise, if novices just wandered in blindly, you'd only end up running in circles in the mountains, and you might even get lost."

Yang Chen originally wanted to remember the road, so that in summer he could bring people over. After all, hot springs were quite rare and attractive, but right now he couldn't care about remembering the topography at all, just wanted to reach the place as soon as possible.

"Still... how far?" Qi Jingyue was actually the one in the best state among these three, she followed Li Long closely, saw they had crossed two mountains, and asked.

!.

"Cross this mountain ridge, and you will enter the hot spring valley." Li Long pointed to the front and said, "This is still walking a shortcut, if bypassing from the valley mouth, walking on flat ground, have to walk two or three kilometers more."

"Master Li, this is rabbit print, right?" Yang Chen looked at the claw prints in the bushes on the side and asked.

"Yes." Li Long took a look and said:

"There are quite a few rabbits here."

Didn't continue talking, using Type 56 to hit rabbits was a bit of a waste.

Finally crossed that mountain ridge, looking down, there were sparse pine forests on both sides of the mountain, in the middle was a small stream that hadn't frozen yet, and there was mist floating on the water surface.

"Hot spring!" Qi Jingyue understood as soon as she saw it, the water temperature was very high, so it wouldn't freeze, and then there would be mist, making the mountain valley like a fairyland, the hardship just now, was really worth it!

"Go down." Li Long said, "Be slow when going down, step firmly, don't be tripped by grass, there are all kinds of things under the snow, don't let dead branches hurt yourself."

After saying that, he walked down first.

Although Qi Jingyue and Yang Chen, Xie Ruifeng very much wanted to sit in the snow and slide down, Li Long's reminder still made them dare not be careless, just like that, one step one footprint, following the path Li Long walked down to the mountain valley.

"The water is really warm!" Qi Jingyue ran to the side of the small stream, squatted down and took off her gloves to touch her hand, then shouted in surprise.

"Also has a bad smell." Xie Ruifeng said with some disgust, "Different from what I thought."

"Should be the smell of sulfur." Yang Chen knew more, explained, "Hot springs generally come from volcanoes, and often carry sulfur inside. Soaking in hot springs can kill parasites on the skin, relieve or treat skin diseases, the main use comes from sulfur."

Professional explanation, didn't need Li Long to waste tongue again.

Qi Jingyue suddenly exclaimed again:

"There are even fish in here!"

Alright, having fish in here should be a very normal thing.

Two men followed closely, squatted on both sides of Qi Jingyue and looked into the water.

At this moment, they were just big children.

Li Long was a bit bored, walked up, saw there were many stones in the small stream, habitually approached and took a look.

Didn't find anything.

Thinking it was also normal, if good things were everywhere, then it wouldn't be good things.

Looked forward again, a few stones had been in the water for a long time, looked quite beautiful, like jade, but Li Long was now also half a professional, he knew that was quartz, just relatively more transparent.

Walked forward for more than ten meters, Li Long found the stream became deep, just planning to walk back, found a stone in the water, a bit special.

He carried the gun, moved the shoulder bag to his back, then squatted down, and went to scoop that stone.

The stone was quite big, about the size of half a basketball—scooped it up and looked, found he misjudged—not jade.

Pushed the stone back into the water with some regret, then touched a stone the size of a palm and prepared to play with it.

Eh?

This stone is not bad, the touch was completely different from the previous one, he scooped it out and shook off the water on it, hahaha, it really was a piece of jade.

The jade weighed two or three hundred grams, dark green, no skin, irregular columnar, but the jade quality was average, had black hemp spots, now can't sell for money, just twenty or thirty years later, it would be tens or hundreds of yuan.

"What did you pick up?" Qi Jingyue didn't know when she followed up.

"A piece of jasper." Li Long casually threw the jade to her, "Gave it to you."

"Jade? Is this real jade?" Qi Jingyue was a bit surprised, then shouted in surprise, "This is jasper?"

"Mm, Mahe jasper. But the jade quality is very average." Li Long said the truth.

"That's also jade..." Qi Jingyue refuted.

Li Long didn't speak again.

Yang Chen and Xie Ruifeng behind heard there was jade, immediately came over to look, after looking, they searched in the small stream.

Soon, they touched a few stones and gave them to Li Long to look at.

"All quartz, of course I don't look accurately either, you can bring them back." Li Long was cunning, didn't give a definite answer, and didn't offend people either.

Hearing Li Long say it was quartz, although a bit disbelieving, but to show their generosity, the two young men still threw away the stones they picked up.

Qi Jingyue also picked up two, Li Long just said it was quartz.

She was also a bit disappointed, but immediately held that piece of jade and followed Li Long's pace closely.

Picking jade was a small episode, walked forward for a while, Li Long pointed to the snow ground stepped on by the side of the road and said:

"Look, this is the trace of a wild boar group coming over, but it's been a while, at least a week ago."

Wild boars are artiodactyls, commonly speaking, two hoof nails, plus in groups, can be seen at a glance.

"So many... this hoof print is so big!" The three young people hadn't really contacted this before, immediately surrounded it to observe.

Then they found the wild boar poop.

Li Long waited for them to finish observing, continued to lead them forward.

Walked out another hundred meters, the mist on the stream became even stronger, the mountain valley itself was quite narrow, at this moment basically all were covered in the mist.

The sulfur smell in the mist was stronger, making people slightly uncomfortable.

"Walk slowly, don't make a sound." Li Long said in a low voice, "Not sure if there will be animals ahead, but if the sound is loud, it will scare things away."

The three people behind nodded one after another, Qi Jingyue simply covered her mouth.

Li Long roughly estimated, here it was still two or three hundred meters from the hot spring pool, clever prey could hear the movement here.

So still be quiet.

Of course, looking at the three people's expressions, even if they didn't hit anything on this trip, they could be considered to have gained knowledge.

The closer to the hot spring pool, the more footprints on the snow, some snow was simply stepped into mud, there was mud on the side of the stream, walking needed to be more careful.

The pool, was right in front of them. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 380 =====