Although Chu Xiangqian knew about his biological father's funeral, and it was his second uncle who really contributed, other villagers really helped, so this favor must be remembered.
And it is actually very simple to define the boundary of whether someone is taking advantage of you.
Just giving without getting anything in return is the most unacceptable thing.
Friends and colleagues treat each other to dinner as long as they come and go.
Please ask once more or ask less once, few people will remember it so clearly.
If I don't show anything this time, not only will no one in the same village help me in the future.
When the second uncle helps him get back the food and bills he exchanged for the black bear, someone will inevitably be jealous and have bad thoughts.
And just hunting a black bear can still be said to be luck.
But if I go up to the mountain again in the afternoon and can bring back some pheasants and hares, then in the eyes of the leaders, I will be a useful person to them.
"Second uncle, I won't follow you to the commune in the afternoon. After lunch, I will go back to the mountains to hunt some pheasants and hares.
Treating the heads of each family to a meal is a way of thanking everyone for helping with my father's funeral arrangements. "
The people around him suddenly became happy when they heard this.
He secretly thought that the eldest son of the Chu family was considered sensible after surviving the disaster.
Chu He patted Chu Qianqian's arm and said, "Okay, I really should treat everyone to a meal."
But that being said, how could Chu He believe that Chu Xiangqian could really catch enough game for the male owners of more than 20 households to eat.
He secretly thought that with this black bear, in addition to helping his nephew get a militia status, he might also be able to become a forest ranger.
Then use the grain and bills exchanged to buy two or three kilograms of meat, and get three or five of them in big pots at night. A little meaty vegetables like Chinese cabbage and radish should be enough.
As for the wine, I naturally bought about ten kilograms of wine in bulk, which didn’t require a ticket.
After the people around him dispersed, Chu pulled his second uncle forward and whispered, "Uncle, help me invite some commune cadres to come over this afternoon."
Chu He was stunned and heard Chu Xiangqian whisper, "Now the food supply has begun to become tense. Although game is not as delicious as big fat pigs, it is still meat.
Maybe I can get into town for this. "
Chu He was happy at first, but after thinking about it for a few seconds, he felt that Chu Xiangqian was dizzy.
Not to mention the dangers of going into the mountains, game is not that easy to hunt.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many old hunters, and they would often go hungry.
Moreover, mountain roads are difficult to walk, and the range that normal people can walk every day is actually very limited. No one can guarantee that you will gain something every time you go up the mountain.
But Chu Xiangqian was different. He didn't need to go too far. It was best to go for a walk and catch game.
If you don't get it, just use the pheasants from Novice Village to make up for it.
Even if there are only one or two at a time, it is meaningless to the unit.
But for some leaders who love to eat, that is talent.
Even if you don’t eat it yourself, using it to invite familiar leaders from fraternal units will not only deepen the relationship, but also make it easier to obtain supplies that are in short supply when needed in the future.
Seventy-eight to ten pheasants and hares every month were exchanged for twenty-seven, eighty, or even thirty-odd yuan a month, and a job in the capital with a fixed ration.
It's a good deal no matter what.
More importantly, only when you enter the city will you have more opportunities to come into contact with antiques and collect gold coupons in the game.
Chu Xiangqian vaguely felt that the key to getting out of Novice Village must have something to do with antiques.
Seeing that Chu He couldn't persuade Chu Qianqian, he could only try to say, "I can't invite the cadres and leaders of the commune, but the cadres of the forest farm and supply and marketing cooperative are fine."
Chu Xiangqian was not disappointed either. After all, there was no point in forcing his second uncle to do something he couldn't do.
"Uncle, you have to watch," Chu Qianqian chuckled, "I don't know if he exceeded his limit when he forcibly brought my father back.
After my body recovered and my injuries healed, I felt as if my whole person had been reborn.
Not only has my strength and endurance become stronger, but my eyesight has also improved a lot. Today, on the way back carrying the blind bear, I saw more than seven or eight pheasants and hares. "
Chu He was overjoyed after hearing this. If his nephew could enter the city, the risk would not be unacceptable at all.
To be honest, the casualty rate among lumberjacks is actually not low.
One is that if you take risks, you have a chance to enter the city, and the better you can get beyond.
One is that I don’t know when in the future, I will be injured and die due to a negligence.
And if something happens, the whole family will be completely destroyed.
Everyone knows how to choose.
As for Chu Xiangqian's statement that he had become stronger after his serious illness, Chu He didn't pay much attention to it.
To put it bluntly, this is in exchange for life.
Patting Chu's forward arm, "Then be careful."
"Don't worry," Chu Xiangqian smiled, "There are two hunting dogs here, everything will be fine."
Chu He nodded and thought for a few seconds, "Follow me home."
When I entered the second uncle's house, I saw that the second boy Chu Ailin and the third girl Chu Aiqiu were not there. Thinking about it, I knew that these two little guys must have gone to see the big bear like other children.
After saying hello to the second aunt who was making fire for cooking, the second uncle took her into the house.
After a while, a well-maintained shell gun came into his hands.
When Chu He saw him taking it, he couldn't help but sigh, "I have asked your father to take this gun into the mountains several times in the past few years, but he thought that the short gun was not powerful enough and could not kill wild boars as well as a steel fork.
And if the sound is too loud, it may cause an avalanche in winter. But if he had brought this gun with him, he might have been able to save his life. "
Chu Qianqian, who was excited about holding a real gun, fell silent after hearing this.
In fact, the power of the Mauser C96 is not small, but no matter how powerful the short gun is, it is still far behind the rifle.
But the second uncle was right. If he had a gun before, he might not be able to kill the black bear with just a few shots.
But there is a high probability of gunfire. When a black bear first appears, shooting in the air can scare away the blind bear.
Of course, it is also possible that the black bear was shot several times and was completely angered first, killing Chu Shan on the spot.
Chu Xiangqian didn't answer Chu He's words, put the shell gun back into its holster, carried it on his back and covered it with his clothes.
Then he put the small bag containing a lot of bullets into the pocket of the wolfskin cloak.
Seeing that he had put away his gun, Chu He said nothing more.
After the two of them left the house, Chu Xiangqian went to help his second aunt make a fire and cook.
The second aunt is an ordinary rural woman, but she has always been kind to Chu Xiangqian.
This may be related to the fact that when he first married his second uncle, Chu Shan, as the eldest brother, gave his second aunt's family four oceans and ten pounds of white flour as a betrothal gift.
Of course, if the second uncle cannot support the whole family by himself, it is impossible for the second aunt, a mother, to take care of the eldest nephew.
Only when you are full can you learn about family ties and etiquette.
Chu Xiangqian only ate two steamed buns and put down the bowl after a bowl of millet and sweet potato porridge. Seeing this, his second uncle quickly asked his second aunt to help him add another bowl of millet porridge.
Then he took a steamed bun from the big bowl on the table and placed it next to his chopsticks.
Chu Qianqian hurriedly waved his hand. It was good to have millet and sweet potato porridge once in a while, but it was really hard for him to eat steamed buns all the time.
Moreover, it is considered very hospitable to be a guest these days and to be able to provide enough food.
