Chapter 157: Luck

Li Xuewu just listened without talking. The kang was very warm. He took off the rabbit skin leg guards, sat cross-legged on the kang, and listened to Old Master Zhao telling old stories.

Old Master Zhao held a cigarette, squinted his eyes, and recalled: "That year, Wu Dapao came to the mountain to recruit soldiers. He took a fancy to the soldiers in the mountain, because their legs were good, they could endure hardship, were stupid, and didn't understand things."

After speaking, he "Heh heh" laughed and said: "The soldiers who didn't understand things dared to hold guns and rush up, so they all wanted to grab them from the mountain. But under the feet of the Son of Heaven, there were people watching, and they couldn't take them if they weren't voluntary."

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Li Xuewen sneered: "In those years, the soldiers were chaotic, who wanted to be a soldier?"

Old Master Zhao sighed: "Better to be a dog in peaceful times than a person in chaotic times. There was no reason to speak in those years."

After speaking, he pointed to the foot of the mountain and said: "They called all of us young men in the mountain and asked who was willing to be a soldier and eat grain. Two who were really hungry signed up, and the rest all shrank their heads, not daring to face the questioner."

Li Xuewen sighed: "Where can you hide?"

Old Master Zhao also nodded and said: "The leader saw that no one signed up, so he stripped off our shoes and let us stay on the kang."

Li Xuewen asked: "What are you doing on the kang?"

Hearing this, Li Xuewu's expression paused slightly, as if he thought of something.

Old Master Zhao said angrily: "At first we didn't know what to do. Later, the leader let his soldiers keep adding firewood. The soldiers standing on the ground kept asking if anyone was willing to be a soldier. As long as we made a sound on the kang, it was considered an agreement to join the army."

Li Xuewu awkwardly echoed: "This trick is really damaging."

Old Master Zhao said: "Isn't it? Wu Zhankui, Han Laoliu, and Ding Feng in the village couldn't hold on, just made a sound, and were forcibly recruited."

Li Xuewen asked: "How did you hold on?"

Old Master Zhao said bitterly: "I am a hunter. The soles of my feet were worn into dead meat lumps from going up and down the mountain. It didn't feel hot. In fact, the leader liked hunters because they were accurate in shooting."

Li Xuewu followed the topic and asked: "Just now Yajun told me that you can also train hunting dogs?"

Old Master Zhao "Heh heh" laughed: "It's all the ability to eat."

Li Xuewu had a judgment in his heart, so he asked: "If you send a dog to you, how long will it take to train? To what extent can it be trained?"

Old Master Zhao asked: "Why do you ask this? Want one? I'll go ask for you, Zhou Lao Liu is old, can't go up the mountain anymore..."

Li Xuewu explained: "It's not that I want it, I want to try if it can be used to check items, such as workpieces, etc. Some workers in the rolling mill have unclean hands, and checking every day is a waste of manpower."

Eldest brother Xuewen introduced Li Xuewu's work to the Zhao family at the right time.

Old Master Zhao only then knew that Li Xuewu was the Security Li Kezhang of the rolling mill, and hearing the official position, it was not small.

Old Master Zhao asked: "Do you want to use hunting dogs to check theft?"

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "I have this idea. Usually, the factory guard team is short of manpower. I think it will be much more convenient if there are police dogs when patrolling, and it will be easier to find problems."

Old Master Zhao nodded and said: "Hunting dogs are smart. Find a mature one, and it will be trained in two days, but the effect is average. If it is targeted training from childhood, then there is no problem, and it can be trained in a year."

Li Xuewu nodded and asked: "Can you help me get a hunting dog? I'll pay for it, I want to take it back to the rolling mill to try."

Li Xuewen interrupted: "Xuewu, you have to ask your leaders about this, and your security department won't know how to use hunting dogs."

Seeing Old Master Zhao looking at himself, Li Xuewu said: "Try it first, the leaders are easy to talk to."

Old Master Zhao saw that Li Xuewu was determined, so he said: "Zhou Lao Liu's one will do, I'll take you there after eating."

Li Xuewu nodded and stopped talking about this, but asked: "Old Master, are there many prey in this mountain?"

Zhao Gen came in wiping his hands, evidently having just finished cleaning the rabbits and chickens with his eldest son. He answered Li Xuewu's question: "Xuewu, we have everything in these mountains: golden eagles, black storks, grey cranes, and falcons flying in the sky; tigers, clouded leopards, wolves, red foxes, wild boars, roe deer, rabbits, and pheasants running on the ground; and short-tailed pit vipers, red-banded snakes, and king rat snakes crawling on the ground. In the water, there are black carp, grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, crucian carp, common carp, yellow-cheek carp, and icefish."

"Few people go up the mountain to set traps now, they are all busy with the work in the commune, and only Yamin and Yajun run a trip before dark, just to try their luck, and they can't go far."

Li Xuewu asked: "Can you hunt?"

Zhao Yajun, who followed, answered: "Can, but it depends on luck. However, my grandfather and my father can hunt alive."

Old Master Zhao said bitterly: "It's useless to hunt, you can only eat at home. It's hard and dangerous, and it delays work points. It's not worth it. No one goes up now."

Li Xuewu knew what Old Master Zhao meant. Now it is not allowed to sell meat and fur privately, and the supply and marketing cooperative does not collect wild beasts from here, and it is not easy to go out of the mountain, so no one is willing to hunt.

Li Xuewu thought about it and didn't say anything. Some things have to be done slowly.

Zhao Gen finished wiping his hands and said to Zhao Yajun: "Go, call your brother-in-law."

Zhao Yajun agreed and ran out.

Zhao Gen then said to Li Xuewu: "The brother-in-law of the child is the secretary of the village. After you left just now, he came to see you and asked him to accompany you to have a meal."

The rules in the countryside, when a guest with a relatively high status comes to the house, and the family's status is not high, they usually invite relatives with status to accompany them to drink.

The "accompanying drink" here is not the derogatory meaning that became later.

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Old Uncle, don't be polite. This set is because I am too lazy to ride a bicycle, so I wore it to ride a motorcycle. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to explain it on the road, not to distance myself from relatives. It is right to call my brother-in-law to eat together."

Zhao Gen heard Li Xuewu's words and was very satisfied. People in the countryside pay the most attention to relatives' etiquette, and are most afraid of relatives who are stupid.

This in-law's family education is really nothing to say. This second son speaks and does things without leaking. He looks like a person of the scene, much stronger than his son-in-law in dealing with people.

Being a section chief in the rolling mill is a remarkable person, much more cowish than a township head.

Moreover, he is less than 20 years old, and there is no feeling of arrogance when speaking.

Thinking of his son-in-law, Zhao Gen was also very satisfied. Although he is not a powerful person, he is educated, kind-hearted, honest, and honest.

Most importantly, he is sincere to his daughter and respects his family. The in-laws also take good care of his family.

Eldest brother Xuewen heard his brother's words and was very happy, feeling that his brother giving his father-in-law face was giving him face, so his face was full of joy. ===== CHAPTER 158 =====