Chapter 243: Don't Rush, Let the Bullets Fly for a While

Liu Guangtian smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm already eighteen, and my dad isn't in a hurry, so I can only think of a way myself."

Yu Li also nodded understandingly and said, "I can't teach you anything else. You live across from Li Xuewu, there are plenty of opportunities."

As she spoke, she pointed her chin toward the middle courtyard and said, "Look at Banggeng, he's feeding chickens for Li Xuewu, coming here to mix meals every morning. You say, when work is hard to arrange in the future, can they not give him a job?"

Liu Guangtian's eyes lit up and said, "Ah, Banggeng, this kid Banggeng is really slippery."

Yu Li glanced at Liu Guangtian and said, "This is called smart, his mother is smart. Your house is so close to Li Xuewu's house, there are plenty of opportunities to perform."

Liu Guangtian asked with a mournful face, "What opportunity? Tell me."

"Li Xuewu's door is never locked. If you have nothing to do at night, go and watch the door for him. Just sit at the door. If you can meet Li Xuewu once, your opportunity will come."

Liu Guangtian said in surprise, "Ah? Then I'd really become a watchdog."

As soon as these words came out, Yu Li's face changed, and she twisted her body and was about to enter the room.

Liu Guangtian knew he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly grabbed Yu Li's clothes and said, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong. I didn't mean that. I meant..."

Yu Li also knew that Liu Guangtian and his father were not the same thing, and it was unintentional, so she turned around and broke free from Liu Guangtian's pulling.

"I've taught you the words. If you have money, you can also send money directly, but Li Xuewu might not accept it. Whether you want to do this or not, I'm just giving you a train of thought. You decide how to do it yourself."

These words were also unpleasant. What kind of dog? Li Xuewu never had this meaning.

Seeing Yu Li enter the inverted wing-room, Liu Guangtian looked at the bright windows of the inverted wing-room, and the room was bright.

Every day when he passed by here after work, he could smell the fragrance of vegetables, and later at night, he could hear the lively sound of shouting in the room. It was a lie to say he wasn't envious.

This was why Liu Guangtian and his brother were willing to gather in front of Li Xuewu.

These people in the inverted wing-room were like a whirlpool. In fact, they ate about the same as ordinary families.

It was nothing more than having some meat and some wine sometimes.

But it was normal for these old men to earn some wine and vegetables together.

But it was this atmosphere that made people like and attract people. Seeing Sha Zhu was attracted here.

He almost moved his luggage over to live together, and he would sleep here from time to time.

The nights here were quite lively. From time to time, Wen San'er would take several people to the bathhouse at the door to take a bath. This could also be considered a very high-end entertainment now.

Sometimes at night when there was nothing to do, they would play poker. Wen San'er didn't play because he had to learn electrical knowledge.

Several other people played, but they didn't play for money, just winning a small chicken.

Since yesterday, there were more entertainment items because Wen San'er brought back a set of bamboo-bone mahjong, which was a good thing.

Looking from the outside, the mahjong was made of bamboo, but the core in the middle was animal bone.

Because it was old, the animal bone had already turned yellow, presenting a jade color, and the bamboo had already turned dark, feeling particularly comfortable to touch.

Liu Guangtian thought for a long time at the screen door before turning around and going home. On the way, he met Qin Huairu taking her family out and greeted them politely.

Although Qin Huairu didn't drive the car or pay money, Liu Guangtian still had to remember the favor of finding him a car.

Yan Jiecheng picked up Li Xuewu at the entrance of the alley of the Haizi Villa, looking at the section chief who was still quite energetic.

"Stop looking, is there a flower on my face? Hurry up, go pick up Deputy Section Chief Fu."

Yan Jiecheng looked at Li Xuewu because Li Xuewu's clothes had changed. He changed into a jacket-style cotton-padded jacket, with a V-neck sweater inside, and a snow-white shirt inside that.

This was different from what Li Xuewu wore yesterday. It seemed his guess was correct.

"Alright."

As he spoke, Yan Jiecheng drove the car toward the Expert Building.

It wasn't far, just a ten-minute drive. On the way, Yan Jiecheng told Li Xuewu about what happened last night.

Yan Jiecheng babbled for about 5 minutes, and Li Xuewu didn't even use 5 seconds to answer, just three words: "Got it."

Yan Jiecheng's heart was like being scratched by a cat now. He didn't know what Li Xuewu meant. Was he letting him continue to drive for him or not?

With this anxiety, he arrived at the Expert Building. Li Xuewu went up to pick up Fu Bin, and the three of them walked toward the Red Star Commune along the road Li Xuewu pointed out.

Yan Jiecheng sat in the driver's seat driving, while Li Xuewu and Fu Bin sat in the back chatting.

He thought that such a section-level leader and a section-level leader together would talk about something he had never heard of.

Really not.

Yan Jiecheng only heard Fu Bin and Li Xuewu chatting in the back, which was no different from the big men in his alley chatting, nothing more than the sensual pleasures of this life.

Li Xuewu didn't dislike Fu Bin for being wordy, nor was he very casual in front of Fu Bin. He was just as he should be.

Now Fu Bin looked like a tiger without teeth, but a tiger was a tiger after all. Even if it pounced on you when it was dying, it would be enough for you to suffer.

Li Xuewu was talking about this: never say things to death until the last moment, and never get carried away. He was even more respectful to Fu Bin than before.

When he arrived at the destination, he was warmly greeted by Yin Mancang. Li Xuewu had already called Yin Mancang yesterday afternoon, and Yin Mancang had long been waiting here with people.

They didn't go to Zhao Yagjun's house this time, but directly to Yin Mancang's house.

The conditions were slightly better than Zhao's house, at least the room was cleaner than Zhao's, and the windows were glass.

They didn't stay long at Yin Mancang's house, just drank a bowl of hot water. Because Li Xuewu had contacted him by phone earlier, they didn't talk about relatives with Yin Mancang when they came here, just called him Secretary Yin.

"Secretary Yin, let's go, it's almost nine o'clock."

Yin Mancang looked at Fu Bin and said to Li Xuewu, "Are we still going to Erdaogou where we went last time?"

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Yes, the prey there is still okay, quite a lot, you can show your skills."

The first half of this sentence was said to Yin Mancang, and the second half was said to Fu Bin.

Fu Bin laughed "haha" and said, "Looking at the romantic figures, look at the present. You are the waves behind."

Li Xuewu stood up with a smile and said, "Then don't be polite, let's go, I have a new hunting rifle, let's try it on the mountain."

Yin Mancang carried the rifle in his hand and smiled, opening the door. A young man stood in the courtyard, holding two dogs, and also carrying a rifle on his shoulder.

At this time, it wasn't that everyone had a gun, but it was no problem for a village to form a platoon, and some villages could even form an artillery platoon. This wasn't nonsense.

Li Xuewu waved his hand and asked Fu Bin to sit in the passenger seat, while he sat in the back with Yin Mancang and the young man named Wang Dashan.

The two dogs were placed in the trunk.

Yin Mancang lay behind Yan Jiecheng and pointed the way, and the jeep drove along the mountain road into the mountains.

Different from the last time they came, the jeep was more flexible than the truck, and its ability to avoid potholes was stronger. They didn't need to get off and push the car along the way.

The jeep went directly to the mine platform, still in front of the three cave entrances.

Li Xuewu opened the car door and opened the car door for Fu Bin. Several people got out of the car to move their hands and feet.

Yin Mancang carried the rifle to the cave entrance and shouted at each cave entrance, but there was no movement.

"It seems that we made too much noise here last time, the smell of blood hasn't dissipated yet, and no living things dare to come here."

Li Xuewu and Fu Bin took out their hunting rifles from the trunk.

Fu Bin's was a National Defense brand, looking at the gun handle and stock being polished shiny, it should be used often.

Li Xuewu took out his Jianwei 8, assembled it, loaded the bullets, aimed at a big rock in the distance, and fired a shot.

He looked into the distance, frowned, adjusted the scope on the gun, and fired again, doing this twice before calibrating the gun in his hand.

During this time, Yin Mancang and Wang Dashan prepared ropes and hunting knives. Yan Jiecheng carried a part, and Wang Dashan carried a part.

The two dogs were still held by Wang Dashan.

Fu Bin watched Li Xuewu calibrate the gun with interest, nodding from time to time.

When Li Xuewu stood up, Fu Bin smiled and said, "Not bad, the housekeeping skills haven't been thrown away."

Li Xuewu carried the gun on his back and smiled, replying, "You criticize me, I accept it. I've lacked exercise recently. I used to be able to calibrate it in one shot."

Fu Bin laughed and waved his hand, saying, "Practice more often."

Li Xuewu said solemnly, "Yes!"

Several people looked at each other, and seeing that they were all ready, they walked into the mountains.

Wang Dashan led the way, Li Xuewu and Fu Bin followed in the second echelon, and Yin Mancang and Yan Jiecheng brought up the rear.

When they first entered the forest, no one spoke, but focused on looking for prey.

"Sss—"

"Woof—woof woof."

Before the dogs barked, several people saw a pheasant fly up in the forest ahead.

Blue head, dark brown and reddish body, spotted, and long black and yellow tail feathers.

Because it was in the forest, there wasn't such thick snow on the ground, so the pheasant flew quite high.

Fu Bin was old and strong, quickly raising the hunting rifle in his hand, aiming and firing in an instant.

"Bang!"

Li Xuewu looked through the binoculars on his chest. This shot hit, and it hit the pheasant's head.

"Heh, it's a male chicken, the head is gone, the first prize is won, section chief, your treasure knife is not old."

"Hahaha," Fu Bin was very comfortable with Li Xuewu's flattery, knowing this was Li Xuewu giving him a chance, which could be considered a hidden rule, and he was truly happy.

"Not anymore, I used to be able to hit the pheasant's mouth, and the head wouldn't be shattered."

Wang Dashan let go of one dog, which brought the pheasant back. He untied it and handed it to Yan Jiecheng to carry, and several people continued to walk forward.

This could be considered a coniferous forest, and the leaves and grass on the ground were rotting severely, and there were some holes dug out by badgers in some places.

The dog walking in front sniffed at the hole, peed, and continued to run forward.

It was a coincidence that Li Xuewu saw the little fox he met last time on the way forward, the one that was surrounded by the village youth when he came to the village to recruit people and take the mountain assessment.

Why did Li Xuewu determine that the one he saw now was the one from last time? Because the expression of this fox was exactly the same as last time.

In the binoculars, Li Xuewu watched the little fox sitting on the mound "staring" at him. Seeing him pick up the binoculars to look at it, it even narrowed its eyes and "smiled."

Some people said, how can animals smile? Isn't this nonsense?

This is not nonsense. Foxes do smile, but whether this smile is the kind of smile humans understand is unknown. But since ancient times, humans have understood this smile as a treacherous smile.

Li Xuewu took off the binoculars and muttered in his heart, "Where have I seen this smile before?" and stopped paying attention to it.

I don't know if Fu Bin had any taboos about this, but he didn't aim his gun at the little fox, but turned a blind eye and continued to walk forward.

Li Xuewu soon got a chance to perform. Wang Dashan's dog barked twice at the forest for no reason, and a big fat gray rabbit ran out.

"Bang!"

Li Xuewu was even fiercer than Fu Bin, not looking at the scope on the gun at all, just firing based on feeling.

It really wasn't a blind shot, nor was it for Fu Bin, but he really had a sense of accuracy in his heart.

But this sense of accuracy revealed his bottom.

He originally aimed at the head of the big fat rabbit, but hit the body. This shot made the rabbit fly up on the spot.

Wang Dashan let go of the dog in his hand and brought the big fat rabbit back, which was still kicking. Li Xuewu took the rabbit from Wang Dashan's hand with a red face and looked at it.

It did hit, but it went through the shoulder blade. If it were a little lower, the rabbit could have run back to its nest to heal itself.

"It's okay, you're not used to the deviation of the hunting rifle's muzzle. The muzzle velocity of the 56 semi-automatic gun you hit is over 700 meters, and this is about 50 meters away from the rabbit, so there's no deviation at all. But the deviation of the Jianwei 8 you use at 50 meters is 7 centimeters. It's already rich experience that you didn't miss the target."

After explaining to Li Xuewu, Fu Bin patted Li Xuewu on the shoulder and said, "Take your time, you still need to temper yourself," and then walked forward.

Li Xuewu held the rabbit's neck, looked at Fu Bin's back with slanted eyes, curled his lip, exerted force on his hand, and made this disobedient rabbit pass away.

If you are obedient, I will buy you a street; if you are not obedient, I will twist your head off.

He threw the rabbit to Yan Jiecheng behind him, chased after Fu Bin, and said, "You still have rich experience. I didn't know there were so many things about hunting. I'm still young, you teach me more."

Fu Bin didn't reply, but laughed "hahahaha" and took the lead to walk forward.

There were really quite a lot of pheasants and rabbits along the way. According to Yin Mancang, these rabbits were a disaster now. When the grain came down, they followed the wild boars down the mountain to harm the crops, and the village had to have people carrying guns to protect the green.

Today, Li Xuewu and Fu Bin could be considered "eliminating harm for the people." The sound of guns and dogs in the forest was one after another.

At the beginning, Yan Jiecheng carried the prey, but slowly Wang Dashan handed the dog to Yin Mancang, and he also carried it. But they hadn't walked to the side of the small stream yet, and Yin Mancang also started carrying it.

When they arrived at the side of the small stream, Yan Jiecheng and Wang Dashan were carrying a wooden lever, with three sacks hanging on the lever, swaying and following behind Li Xuewu and the three.

It wasn't that this thing was heavy. After plucking the feathers, the pheasant only had a piece of meat the size of a fist, but it couldn't stand the large quantity. It really couldn't be hung without a sack.

Arriving at the side of the small stream, Li Xuewu didn't call Yan Jiecheng and Wang Dashan down, but ran down the slope himself, not stained with blood, and sprinkled some grain seeds by the small stream.

This was prepared by Yin Mancang, which was the bottom of the threshing floor during the autumn harvest.

There were few full grain seeds, so they couldn't be used as food, but they had a fragrance of grain when fried in a pot.

After sprinkling the grain seeds in the open space, Li Xuewu ran back to the slope.

The top of the slope was not far or near from the small stream, about thirty meters. Yan Jiecheng and Wang Dashan took the dogs and sat down to rest far away from here.

Yin Mancang accompanied Li Xuewu and Fu Bin and stood leaning against a big tree waiting.

This had the same effect as fishing, both were deception and harm, making people have a kind of pleasure.

Li Xuewu and Fu Bin didn't speak, just held their guns and aimed leaning against the tree, as if they were competing in endurance, and as if they were competing in something else.

Yin Mancang perhaps saw the subtle relationship between Li Xuewu and this leader, so he didn't say a word more, squatting quietly on the slope.

"Coming!"

This competition lasted for thirty minutes, and finally waited for today's important guests.

"Two big ones, I'll take the left, you take the right, the remaining half-grown ones are at will, don't take the cubs."

Li Xuewu nodded after listening to Fu Bin's arrangement, looked at the five half-grown wild boars, this was to compete with himself.

Then today I have to be willing to cut off my body and dare to pull the section chief off the horse.

Fu Bin looked at the wild boars walking into the open space and shouted, "Shoot!"

"Click, bang! Click, bang! Click, bang!"

Just as Fu Bin shouted, Li Xuewu pulled the bolt and fired a shot, pulled the bolt and fired a shot, directly firing three shots. At this time, Fu Bin's shooting sound came.

"Click, bang!"

"Damn!"

Fu Bin cursed, turned the muzzle, and continued to fire.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to Fu Bin's dirty words at all. After firing those three shots, he fired two shots at the rear of the big wild boar that had turned around and fled, which was originally on the right.

"Click, bang! Click, bang!"

He didn't go to see how the wild boar was. Li Xuewu quickly took out the spare magazine in his pocket, smoothly knocked the magazine switch, let the empty magazine fall to the ground, and skillfully pressed the magazine with five bullets into the gun body.

"Click."

A cold light arrived first, and then the gun came out like a dragon!

"Bang!"

"Click, bang!"

"Click, bang!"

"Click, bang!"

"Click, bang!"

No problem, the five shots behind all hit the rear of the wild boar that had just rushed across the small stream and was twisting its big butt, trying to run to the forest on the opposite side.

Why was Fu Bin's gunshot "click, bang! bang!..."?

Because Fu Bin's gun was a semi-automatic hunting rifle, automatically loading.

Li Xuewu's Jianwei 8 was a rear-pull bolt-action hunting rifle. He had to pull the bolt once after firing a shot, so it was "click, bang! click, bang!...".

Saying so much, it was actually just a matter of ten seconds.

Just as Li Xuewu's first gunshot sounded, Yin Mancang, who had been squatting, was about to stand up. By the time Yin Mancang stood firm and looked down, Li Xuewu's last shot had already been fired.

Yin Mancang looked at the five half-grown wild boars lying at the bottom of the slope, a big wild boar, and then looked at the adult wild boar that still wanted to run up the slope, and shouted at Li Xuewu, who had already picked up the magazine and stood up with his gun.

"Xuewu, didn't hit?"

Li Xuewu took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it with a match, took a puff, and then held the hunting rifle and replied very calmly.

"Don't rush, let the bullets fly for a while."

Just as Li Xuewu finished speaking, the big wild boar that had run out of smoke on the opposite bank of the small stream "crashed" and fell to the ground.

Looking from a distance, the wild boar's body was still twitching constantly, and fresh blood was constantly flowing out of its rear chrysanthemum.

Whether it was Fu Bin standing on Li Xuewu's side, or Yin Mancang who had just finished asking, or Yan Jiecheng and Wang Dashan who had just run over, they all felt a cold wind blowing behind their butts, and their chrysanthemums were itchy.

Fu Bin hung his eyes and looked at the wild boar on the opposite side, then looked at Li Xuewu, who was calmly smoking and blowing smoke.

"Why don't you play cards according to the routine?"

Facing Fu Bin's inquiry, Li Xuewu also replied innocently, "You didn't say the order either."

"Hahaha, you Li Xuewu, you can always come up with some new tricks for me. Young people have good brains."

Hearing Fu Bin's words, Li Xuewu also smiled and said, "It's all because you have a lot of tolerance, and your belly can hold a boat, so you tolerate me, a newborn calf."

Fu Bin put the butt of the gun on the ground, used the hunting rifle as a walking stick, looked at Yan Jiecheng and Wang Dashan running down the slope under Yin Mancang's leadership to clean up the pigs, and said seriously to Li Xuewu: "Young people should have the sharp spirit of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers. This is your advantage in taking on greater responsibilities."

Li Xuewu held the hunting rifle and smiled, "The rivers and lakes are far away, the waves are high and the wind is urgent, and we still need an old helmsman to steer the ship."

Fu Bin was also amused by Li Xuewu, waved his hand, and said, "Go help them, I won't go down."

Li Xuewu agreed and walked down the slope with the hunting rifle on his back.

As for why he didn't hand the hunting rifle to Fu Bin to help carry it, it was because Li Xuewu never exposed his back to others while he had no defense, and it was impossible to hand his weapon to others. This was a principle.

When he reached the bottom of the slope, Yin Mancang had already taken Yan Jiecheng and the two to step on the stones in the middle of the small stream and lifted the big wild boar on the opposite bank back.

"Xuewu, don't need you, huff, we can lift it."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Forget it, I would believe you if you didn't say it to me with heavy breathing."

As he spoke, Li Xuewu grabbed the front and back legs of the wild boar and carried it on his shoulders.

This shocked several people. This wild boar had to be at least three hundred pounds, and Li Xuewu grabbed it and carried it up. How much strength did Li Xuewu have?

Fu Bin, standing on the slope, narrowed his eyes, watching Li Xuewu step steadily on the grass and go up the slope.

"Someone like you in ancient times would have been a vanguard before the battle who could lift a tripod."

Li Xuewu put the wild boar on the top of the slope, and it made a "thump" sound when it landed, and then he smiled and said to Fu Bin, "Aren't I your vanguard before the battle now?"

"Ah? Hahahaha."

In Fu Bin's laughter, Li Xuewu went down the slope again and worked with Yan Jiecheng to pull the 400-pound big wild boar that Fu Bin hit up the slope.

The big wild boar Li Xuewu hit used seven shots, while the one Fu Bin hit used three shots, and every shot hit the wild boar's eye socket.

The remaining five half-grown wild boars weighing more than a hundred pounds were also easily carried up the slope by the four of them.

"What now?" Yin Mancang looked at the seven wild boars on the edge of the forest and asked helplessly.

Li Xuewu looked at Fu Bin and asked, "How about it, leader, shall we go for another turn?"

Fu Bin looked at the wild boars at his feet, then at the three sacks carried by the wooden lever on the edge of the forest, raised his hand to look at his watch, and smiled, "It's past eleven, almost twelve o'clock, shall we go back and taste the old folks' craftsmanship?"

"Hahaha, all listen to you."

After Li Xuewu finished speaking, he said to Yin Mancang, "Secretary Yin, you take them two to transport two trips first, I'll watch with the leader here, and we'll go back together on the last trip."

Yin Mancang knew Li Xuewu and the two had something to say, so he agreed, took Yan Jiecheng and the two, carried a pig, lifted the wooden lever, and walked back.

After watching the three leave, Li Xuewu turned to Fu Bin and asked, "How about building a training ground here?"

"Here?"

Fu Bin looked at the surrounding environment in confusion, not sure if this was what Li Xuewu was talking about.

Li Xuewu had a very formal expression on his face and said, "The basic site is the platform where we parked, and the mountain and forest here can be used as a site for assault and mountain physical training. This place can also be used as a shooting training ground."

As he spoke, he also stomped on the ground under his feet, obviously saying this place.

Fu Bin frowned and said, "The place is a good place, but people can't live on this mountain, there is no electricity, and the traffic is inconvenient."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "People don't live on the mountain, only training. The dormitory is built on the edge of the village. It is no problem to use the abandoned mine cave on the platform to build a training base, and training is carried out on the whole mountain."

Speaking to the end, Li Xuewu smiled and pointed to the departing Yin Mancang and said, "As for the traffic problem, do you believe that as long as I say my idea, you will be able to see the smooth mountain road next month when you come again?"

This big mountain had troubled too many people's dreams, but as long as Li Xuewu shone a little sunshine into the mountain, these villagers would have the perseverance to renovate this potholed road.

"Mm, I believe it. I never doubt the power of the working people. You are doing a good thing."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile, "This can be considered a strong combination, the best of both worlds."

Fu Bin nodded, "Your mind is very broad. In our eyes, the training ground is limited to a site, but you can put a big mountain into it. I have to say that you really have ideas and ability."

Li Xuewu said modestly, "It's all your cultivation and tolerance that gave me the opportunity to show my talent today."

Fu Bin waved his hand and said, "It's your own effort, and it's your own ability."

The two stood on the edge of the forest looking at the scenery in the mountains, chatting about the training ground that was about to be built, and chatting about the operation and management of the training ground.

Just after Yin Mancang and the three carried three half-grown wild boars away on the second trip, Fu Bin didn't know why, looking at the slightly desolate snow scene in the mountains, he said words that Li Xuewu didn't expect.

"I'm going to retire. There are not many days left, and I want to retire steadily."

Li Xuewu was stunned by Fu Bin's "sincere words." He didn't know why Fu Bin said this in this place, and he didn't know what his purpose was, so he didn't echo Fu Bin's words.

Fu Bin said with a sigh, "What is certain is that the Security Division must be led by Comrade Wen Xue. I have also heard some voices regarding you, but I believe your qualifications are not yet sufficient."

Li Xuewu did not expect Fu Bin to speak so bluntly. He followed Fu Bin's gaze into the distance and said, "That's true. After all, I am still a nineteen-year-old young man."

Fu Bin shook his head and said, "This has nothing to do with your age; it has to do with your work style and your achievements."

Li Xuewu understood Fu Bin's meaning, but he still looked at him with confusion and said, "I would still like to ask for your guidance, Chief."

Fu Bin leaned his rifle against a large tree, then walked to the top of the slope to look further into the distance. He then turned to face Li Xuewu and said, "Your work style is too soft. To you, this is not an advantage."

Li Xuewu asked in surprise, "Am I soft?"

Fu Bin said sternly, "Soft, and you even have a bit of womanly kindness."

Seeing that Li Xuewu did not understand his meaning, Fu Bin pointed at him and said, "What kind of department are we? We are a powerful department; you must become tough."

"In handling this case, you had many opportunities to strike at the heart of the matter, but you let the opportunities slip by time and again. That is what led to so many issues."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuewu frowned and began to reflect. Fu Bin was likely referring to his handling of Old Zhou and his disapproval of the fishing tactics used against Hu Zhengquan.

Li Xuewu also admitted that he had shown a side of immaturity in this case, because while he had experience in government agencies and the military, he lacked experience working in a security department.

However, he had also learned many things from this case. Although he had visited Dong Wenwen's grandmother yesterday and admitted that he still held some reservations about the past, he was, after all, a person of flesh and blood.

In the eyes of people in this era, treating criminals was a matter of black and white; there was no such thing as the gray areas of tolerance seen in later generations.

Therefore, when Li Xuewu proposed "punishing the past to warn the future" and "curing the sickness to save the patient," Fu Bin felt that Li Xuewu was a Confucian general.

But now, he seemed like a reckless general who lacked decisiveness—neither here nor there, appearing neither one thing nor the other.

The reason Fu Bin felt this way was due to Li Xuewu's personal conduct and style.

Li Xuewu believed that the people best suited to adapt to society were those who were half gentleman and half scoundrel.

One must have the heart of a Bodhisattva and the methods of a Vajra.

Just as Li Xuewu had told Wu Youqing about his older brother, it was easy to be bullied if one was a "good person," but Li Xuewu would not act like a scoundrel either, as that would easily lead to isolation.

Therefore, Li Xuewu believed that in this world, only those who were benevolent on the surface but calculating at heart could accomplish great things.

Fu Bin stood with his hands behind his back, looked at Li Xuewu, and said, "The chief of our Security Division is a soldier with a gun, so the deputy chief can be a scholar full of wisdom."

"But if the chief is a scholar with a pen, then the deputy chief must be a tough guy with a strong character. Do you understand what I mean?"

Li Xuewu stood at attention, saluted, and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Chief. Xuewu understands."

Fu Bin waved his hand to tell Li Xuewu to lower his arm and said, "Our Security Division is not a very good department in the factory. It's a pity for you, but for Comrade Wen Xue to take the lead, he really needs someone like you to support him."

"I have seen your achievements with my own eyes. Whether it is curbing theft, daily public security management, or investigating important cases, you have performed excellently."

"Especially in coordinating with other departments and units, you have demonstrated a mature political perspective and a good work style."

"Now, hearing you talk about the training ground you intend to build, the training goals you plan to implement, and the work methods you intend to change, it is all very refreshing to me."

Li Xuewu took out a cigarette and offered one to Fu Bin. After lighting it for him, he lit one for himself.

"I don't know how much influence my abilities will have on the Security Division, but everything I do is done with a clear conscience."

Fu Bin took a puff of his cigarette and said, "That's right, a clear conscience. That is too difficult to achieve; I have tried my whole life and never managed it."

He sighed deeply, then looked at Li Xuewu and said, "My nephew is named Fu Haibo. He is the deputy chief of the Security Division at our Steel City branch of the rolling mill. Because of family reasons, he also wants to be transferred back to the main factory."

Li Xuewu finally understood what Fu Bin was going to say. He raised his eyebrows and smiled, saying, "That's a good thing."

Fu Bin was quite surprised by Li Xuewu's attitude. He looked at him and said, "I have advised him against it, but he is my relative after all, and I have no choice."

Li Xuewu took a puff of his cigarette, nodded, and said, "I can understand."

Fu Bin sighed, looking somewhat troubled, and said, "We have been together for so many days now. I can only manage to help no one. You must work hard yourself."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Then thank you, Chief. For me, this is the best news."

Fu Bin looked carefully at Li Xuewu's expression. Seeing that Yin Mancang and the others had returned, he nodded and did not bring up the topic again.

Yin Mancang walked to Li Xuewu's side and asked, "How should we transport the last load?"

Li Xuewu pointed at the large one and said, "Let Dashan and Jiecheng use the pole to carry this one. You carry a small one on your back, and I will carry this large one."

"Alright, let's do it that way." As he spoke, Yin Mancang helped Yan Jiecheng tie up the pig, threaded the pole through, and lifted it up.

But Yan Jiecheng's strength was somewhat weak, and he was walking unsteadily. Fu Bin slung his rifle over his back, found a pole, and shared the weight with Yan Jiecheng, which made their walk steady.

Li Xuewu carried the large wild boar weighing over 300 jin on his back, and Yin Mancang, carrying a medium-sized wild boar weighing over 100 jin, walked behind him.

Yin Mancang took the opportunity to ask in a low voice, "Is everything alright?"

Li Xuewu replied softly, "It's fine, don't pay him any mind."

Yin Mancang asked with anxiety in his eyes, "About the training ground?"

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "It's a done deal, but don't say it in front of him. We'll talk when we find an opportunity."

Yin Mancang nodded with a face full of joy and said, "Understood."

Just like that, the five of them painstakingly brought the wild boars back, piling them up into a large heap beside the jeep.

"What now? How are we going to transport them back?"

Seeing Yin Mancang's anxiety, Li Xuewu smiled and said, "It's fine. Not only can the trunk hold them, but the roof can too."

As he spoke, he joined Yan Jiecheng and Wang Dashan to load the pigs into the trunk. The largest one was put in the trunk, while the second largest was dragged by Li Xuewu onto the roof rack and tied down.

The remaining medium-sized wild boars and three sacks were tied and hung on both sides of the vehicle.

As the five of them drove down from the mountain, anyone who didn't look closely would have thought it was a vehicle from India.

Yan Jiecheng drove the car back to Yin Mancang's house with trepidation, naturally attracting a crowd of villagers.

This time, Yin Mancang was very efficient; he directed the squad leader to send the people away, and then they began unloading the pigs.

When asked how to divide the game, Li Xuewu did not go to consult Fu Bin, who had already entered the house to rest on the kang. He pointed at the wild boars and said, "Remove that pair of tusks, pack 100 jin of meat for me, and then fill one sack for me, that's all."

"That doesn't seem right, the two of us didn't contribute much, it wouldn't be good for us to take so much, would it?"

Li Xuewu looked at Yin Mancang and smiled, saying, "Who said it was all for you? Keep one pig for yourself, and send the rest to the rolling mill over the next few days. I don't need to teach you how to handle that, do I?"

Yin Mancang nodded and said, "I understand."

It wasn't that Li Xuewu was stingy; the pigs were right there in front of them, but because Fu Bin had led the hunt, the credit had to go to him.

As for the 200 jin of meat and the sack, that was his own labor fee.

These squad leaders were also quick-handed; they grabbed the pigs and began to bleed them. Since Yin Mancang had already bled them by the stream, there wasn't much left to do.

Why else would they say that professional work should be done by professionals? People from the mountains were naturally adept at handling furry creatures; even their pig-hair scraping was better than those amateurs back at the courtyard.

Li Xuewu stood in the courtyard watching them work and asked Yin Mancang casually, "It looks like you can get 30% meat yield?"

Yin Mancang smiled and said, "A little more, but not by much, maybe 35%. No one goes up our mountain, so they're a bit overpopulated now."

Li Xuewu calculated in his mind: these pigs could yield about 500 jin of meat. He would take 100 jin to share with Fu Bin, leave a few dozen jin for Yin Mancang, and the remaining 300-plus jin would be enough to provide some extra fat for the rolling mill.

It wasn't that Li Xuewu was selfless and wanted to contribute to the rolling mill, nor was it that he was afraid of money and didn't want to sell it secretly; it was that Li Xuewu was already sitting at the poker table and had to start making his moves.

This move of Li Xuewu's was called "it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality."

By providing extra fat to the rolling mill from time to time, with the reputation attributed to the Security Division, the source of this fat would be the Red Star Commune's branch training ground. Who would then oppose the construction and operation of the training ground?

If anyone dared to say a word against it, the workers of the rolling mill would dig up their ancestors' graves.

"How is that matter I asked you to handle going?"

Seeing Li Xuewu ask in a low voice, Yin Mancang answered in a low voice as well.

"We have a mine cave in the mountains, the entrance is in a gully. I've looked at it; if we dig a pit in the gully, raising some wild boars won't be a problem."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Be bold. Don't hoard money; bring tangible benefits to the villagers, that's the only way to gain their support."

Yin Mancang puffed on his cigarette and smiled, saying, "Do I need you to teach me? We've already sent a shipment to the rolling mill once, several hundred jin. Our village's farm tools have all been replaced. We'll be very well-off by next spring."

Li Xuewu kicked the sack at his feet and said, "These rabbits are great. No one will bother you if you raise rabbits in the village. Mobilize every household to go up the mountain to move stones and build rabbit pens. You have over a hundred households in your village; if each raises ten, that's enough for you to handle."