Chapter 1374: Closeness, Wild Boar, and Rumors
More than 80% of the terrain in this county is hilly.

Driving on the roads here, even the most experienced drivers cannot drive smoothly.

Ma Suqin slept for a while, but she didn’t know if it was because of eating venison, she felt hot all over and couldn’t fall asleep anymore.

But in order to protect her, Su Mingzhe held her arm with one hand to prevent her body from rolling to the ground due to the vehicle's brakes, and his other hand was pressing on the weapon.

Occasionally, the man's fingers would slide gently across her body, causing Ma Suqin to tremble all over.

The two hours that passed so quickly when we entered the city seemed so torturous at this moment.

I don’t know how long it took.

As they were about to reach the gate of the commune, Su Mingzhe reluctantly let go of his hands and woke up the limp woman.

"arrive?"

Ma Suqin's face flushed red, and she quietly looked up at the young man. The charm in her eyes seemed to be thickened with sauce, so thick that the man was deeply attracted to it and unable to extricate himself.

"We're here, sis."

Su Mingzhe suddenly changed the way he addressed her. Ma Suqin was slightly stunned, then she lowered her head shyly and hummed softly.

On the way back, when there was no one around, Su Mingzhe boldly took the woman's soft little hand.

Ma Suqin was also a little surprised at the boy's courage, but after observing that there was no one around, she let the boy pull her.

After all, she had ignored the boy's frivolous behavior on the bus just now, so there was no need to pretend to be shy now.

Su Mingzhe did not expect that Ma Suqin would "obey" him so quickly, which caused him to be unable to say many words that were on the tip of his tongue.

It has to be said that women’s indulgence is the catalyst for men’s insolence!

After walking for half an hour, the two sat on a large bluestone by the roadside to drink water and rest.

Su Mingzhe suddenly knelt on one knee in front of the woman and said affectionately:

"Sister Suqin, I like you. I have liked you for several years. Can you marry me?"

"Mingzhe, you are still young..."

Ma Suqin didn't want to reject the boy, but the man was only seventeen, and there were still three years before he could get married! (In the seventies, the marriage age for men was twenty!)
"Sister Suqin, we can get engaged first, and when I'm old enough, we'll get married!"

Su Mingzhe said, seeing that the woman did not refuse, he could not help but put his hands on her willow waist, which was like a water snake, and continued to talk about his plan:
"The college entrance examination will be resumed this year. I don't think the test questions will be too difficult. Based on our continuous study performance over the years, it should be easy for us to be admitted to a university. When we graduate from university, we can get married..."

"..."

Listening to the young man describing their future, Ma Suqin did not refute, but stretched out her slender white arms, hugged the man's neck, and waited for the man to finish speaking before she said softly:

"I listen to you!"

When the two returned to Liujiatun, it was only half past four, but the sun had already set on the other side of the mountain.

Smoke from cooking fires began to rise from almost all of the more than 30 households in Liujiatun.

"Mingzhe, go and rest for a while, I'll go cook!"

Ma Suqin, who was in love, did not hide her concern for her lover. When the man put down the counseling materials, she said distressedly:
"I'll boil some water, take a bath, and soak my feet to relieve my fatigue!"

"Sister, I'm not tired. You cook first. I'll go check the condom I put on last night!"

Su Mingzhe put the tutoring materials back into the house, picked up a pole as thick as the bottom of a bowl, and walked towards the nearby forest.

In order to avoid showing off, although Su Mingzhe wanted to improve his life, he could only start with small changes.

Otherwise, the change would be too big at one time, and Su Mingzhe was afraid of scaring his sister Su Qin.

After half an hour.

Ma Suqin had already prepared dinner, and Su Mingzhe also came down the mountain carrying a grunting wild boar.

It was Ma Suqin’s first time seeing a wild boar, and she was almost frightened by the boar’s big scarlet eyes and protruding fangs.

Compared with adult tigers and black bears, adult wild boars do not have much advantage in size.

But old wild boars usually have thick skin and flesh, two pairs of sharp fangs, and blood-red eyes, which are extremely scary.

People in Northeast China often say "one pig, two bears and three tigers".

After throwing the bound wild boar into the firewood room, Su Mingzhe took a bath with hot water before having dinner with Ma Suqin. It was a little after six o'clock.

Ma Suqin also took a shower and stayed in her room, reading a book by the oil lamp.

Su Mingzhe lit a torch and walked towards Zhang Genfa, a butcher in the village.

Zhang Genfa's wife is also a daughter of the Liu family and Su Mingzhe's aunt.

Su Mingzhe arrived at the door of Zhang's house and shouted inside:

"Fourth Aunt, is my old uncle home?"

"I'm at home, Mingzhe. It's so late, what's the matter?"

After the Double Ninth Festival, it gets dark early. The Zhang family is reluctant to light the lights and has already laid down on the big kang, ready to go to sleep.

Now that someone was visiting, Liu Qiuping had to light the oil lamp and let Su Mingzhe come in to talk.

"Aunt Four, I won't go in."

Su Mingzhe quickly waved his hand and rejected Liu Qiuping's invitation.

Liu Qiuping gave birth to four children for the Zhang family, three boys and one girl.

The three sons lived in the east room, and the thirteen-year-old daughter Zhang Lei lived with Zhang Genfa and his wife on the big kang in the main room.

It would be inconvenient for Su Mingzhe to go into the house, so he simply didn't go in.

Zhang Genfa had already put on his clothes and came to the yard. When he saw Su Mingzhe outside the yard, he greeted him with a smile:

"Mingzhe, who did I think it was? Why are you here so late at night? Is there something urgent?"

"It's not urgent, uncle. I've been learning how to set traps in the mountains these days. I caught a big wild boar, almost 200 pounds. It's now in the school. I would like you to help me kill it tomorrow..."

"Okay, I know about this. I'll take my stuff with me tomorrow!"

When Zhang Genfa heard that they were going to slaughter a pig, he agreed immediately. Then, fearing that Su Mingzhe didn't understand, he explained his own rules.

According to the butcher's rules, after he helped to slaughter the wild boar, he had to take away the pig blood, offal, and pig head!
Of course, some families also like to eat pig heads and offal, and in this case they have to be paid!
After all, he can't work for nothing!
After hearing this, Su Mingzhe quickly said that Zhang Genfa would take the pig's head, offal and pig blood, and he would help distribute the remaining pork to the villagers.

This is also the new rule set after the establishment of the commune.

All means of production must be owned by the public.

The income from production needs to be distributed according to work, and the unexpected income must be handed over to the collective!

Zhang Genfa noticed that Su Mingzhe was so "eye-catching" and raised his thumb to praise him. At the same time, he seemed to "inadvertently" remind him:

"You are quite capable, but why is Zhenbang talking nonsense everywhere..."

After Zhang Genfa reminded him, Su Mingzhe realized that he had spared Liu Zhenbang last night because they were all relatives, but this bastard was not grateful and instead started to spread rumors about him in the village.

Liu Zhenbang, you are going to die!
After leaving Zhang Genfa's family, Su Mingzhe went to the home of the village chief Liu Qiushan again.

Liu Qiushan is the eldest son of the second branch of the Liu family and also Su Mingzhe's uncle!

In 50, there was a crisis at the border. The young militiaman Liu Qiushan signed up to fight in the war. Later, he was injured and discharged from the army and became the village chief.

Liu Qiushan, who is now over fifty years old, frowned when he saw his nephew knocking on the door, and scolded him:

"Mingzhe, why are you running out at this hour of night? What's the matter? Can't you tell me during the day?"

As an old man, Liu Qiushan knew that it was now late autumn and as winter approached, the wild beasts in the mountains would continue to come out to look for prey to fatten themselves up in order to survive the cold winter.

Even though these ferocious beasts do not often come to places where humans live, just to be on the safe side, at this time, every household locks their doors and dares not go out easily.

Su Mingzhe didn't get angry when he saw his uncle scolding him. Instead, he smiled and explained his purpose with a smile:
"Uncle, you have to preside over the distribution of meat to the villagers!"

"Okay, I'll remember this. Go back quickly and be careful on the road. If anything happens, just jump over the wall and run!"

Liu Qiushan was an experienced soldier. After giving some instructions, he waved his hand and told his nephew to go back quickly.

Su Mingzhe didn't resist. He responded with a smile and walked towards the school.

(End of this chapter)