Chapter 111 Sang Xiuzhen was scared away

"Aunt Lizhen, is Uncle Lu at home?"

"Yes, in the inner room! Go in and find him yourself!"

When Wang Lizhen saw Li Guoqiang coming, she hurriedly greeted him with a warm smile.

Nowadays, Li Guoqiang has completely become the symbol of a promising young man in the hearts of the villagers of Jinshanbao. He is even showing a tendency to become "other people's child". They can talk about Li Guoqiang's various advantages without any hesitation.

For example, he is very handsome, kind, honest, gentle, generous, a good hunter, and has a wealthy family, etc.

If it weren't for the fact that her two older daughters had already married, leaving only two half-grown boys at home, she would probably have wanted to recruit Li Guoqiang as her son-in-law.

At this time, Li Guoqiang had no idea that he had become a popular figure in the eyes of the villagers. Hearing this, he hurried into the inner room and saw a petite figure sitting on the edge of the kang, talking to Xu Guanglu with an indignant look on her face.

"Captain, why can Li Guoqiang get a gun right after joining the militia company? But I have to wait until next year's training to get a gun when I join the militia company?"

"Hey!"

Xu Guanglu raised his eyebrows, and then said angrily: "What's wrong with you, little girl? Didn't I explain it to you very clearly just now?"

"The reason why Qiangzi was able to get the gun is because we are going into the mountains for winter hunting today, and Qiangzi happens to know how to shoot a gun!"

"Now that the winter hunt is over, you can no longer receive guns. Why don't you understand?"

"Humph!"

Shang Xiuzhen snorted, then said with some dissatisfaction: "I don't care. Li Guoqiang and I are both educated youths anyway. If he has it, I should have it too!"

"you"

Xu Guanglu looked at Shang Xiuzhen, who was a bit unreasonable, and couldn't help but want to scold her.

However, before he could finish his words, Li Guoqiang spoke first.

"Uncle Lu, I'm here to return the gun!"

After saying that, he hurried forward and placed the long-barreled gunpowder gun on the kang table.

When Shang Xiuzhen saw the gun, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly reached out to pick up the gun, and said, "Captain, how about giving me this gun? I promise that I will practice my shooting skills well and strive to become a qualified militiaman as soon as possible."

"no!"

Xu Guanglu's face darkened, and he directly refused: "According to the regulations, militiamen are not allowed to carry guns privately when they are not in training or on a mission!"

"If you really want a gun, you can give me the money and let me buy it for you!"

"That's it!"

Shang Xiuzhen was slightly stunned, then asked hesitantly: "How much does it cost to buy a gun?"

"300 yuan!"

Xu Guanglu pointed at the long-barreled gunpowder gun, and then said in a deep voice: "In addition to being able to buy the gun in your hand, you can probably buy 200 rounds of bullets."

Hearing this, Shang Xiuzhen's face suddenly fell, while Li Guoqiang was slightly shocked, and then looked at Xu Guanglu with some confusion, not understanding why the price he offered was so much higher than the one he had offered him before.

However, although he was confused, he did not ask in front of Shang Xiuzhen.

"Do you want it?" Xu Guanglu looked at Shang Xiuzhen's frustrated face and said expressionlessly, "If you want it, go back and get the money. If you don't want it, put the gun down!"

Upon hearing this, Shang Xiuzhen looked at Xu Guanglu, then looked at the gun in her hand, and finally put the gun down silently. She was reluctant to spend such a huge amount of money to buy a gun.

Then, she turned her head and glanced at Li Guoqiang, and said seriously: "Li Guoqiang, I will definitely catch up with you in the future, and I will definitely do better than you."

After saying that, she left quickly without waiting for Li Guoqiang to speak.

When Li Guoqiang saw this, he was speechless. He had no idea why this little girl suddenly went crazy.

In fact, Shang Xiuzhen was just embarrassed by Li Guoqiang's outstanding performance, so she wanted to join the militia to learn shooting, and then organize the educated youth to go hunting in the mountains to prove that she, as a team leader, was no worse than Li Guoqiang.

After thinking for a while, Li Guoqiang still didn't understand Shang Xiuzhen's thoughts, so he didn't think about it anymore. Instead, he hurriedly sat on the kang and asked, "Uncle Lu, didn't you tell me before that it would cost 100 yuan to buy this gun? Why did you say 300 yuan just now? Did you say it wrong?"

“I’m not wrong!”

Xu Guanglu shook his head and explained softly, "It's just that 300 yuan is the market price for a new gun at the store, and 100 yuan is the internal price for buying a used gun from an acquaintance in the militia."

"So this is ah!"

Li Guoqiang nodded in realization, then quickly asked, "Um, Uncle Lu, can you help me get a submachine gun? If not, at least get me a 56 semi-automatic rifle."

"Otherwise, if I run into a blind bear again, it will be terrible!"

"Ah!"

Xu Guanglu was delighted when he heard this, and then he laughed and said, "I knew you would definitely not like this long-barreled gunpowder gun now."

"But forget about the submachine gun. As for the 56mm, I think it's possible, but the price is a bit expensive. Even if I ask an acquaintance for the price, it won't be less than 600 yuan. If you add some bullets, it will be around yuan."

"I think you should go back and think about it carefully!"

"Don't think about it!"

When Li Guoqiang heard that he could get 56 and a half, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Uncle Lu, I want 56 and a half. Thank you for your help!"

"Also, I don't have enough money on me right now. Can you think of a way? I'll go back and get you the bear gallbladder and use it to pay for the gun. I'll refund you when the time comes, and you can pay me back when the time comes."

"to make!"

When Xu Guanglu heard Li Guoqiang's idea, he nodded and agreed without much thought: "Then you go back and get the bear gall first, and I'll get the gun and sell it at the medicinal materials company's purchasing point. The money will be enough to buy a gun!"

"Thank you for your trouble!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted and quickly expressed his gratitude.

Although he still had more than 500 yuan on him, if he took out all of it, plus the 100 yuan he had given to Xu Guanglu before, it would barely be enough to buy a gun.

However, now everyone in the village knows that he has a valuable bear gall. Instead of keeping the gall and letting others covet it, he might as well take the opportunity to exchange it for a gun!
After saying that, he quickly ran back home, gave the bear bile prepared by Qu Yinfeng to Xu Guanglu, and also gave Xu Guanglu an extra hundred yuan, asking him to exchange the remaining money from buying the gun for bullets, so that he would not have to worry about bullets in the future.

After finishing the task of buying a gun, he immediately turned his attention to building a new toilet and bathroom, and hurried to Xu Guangfu's home.

At the same time, Tian Guixiang and Xu Guangfu were also talking at home about recruiting him as their son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)