Chapter 471: Choosing a side so quickly

"Mulan" means a place for hunting in Chinese.

In this place, roe deer, wild boars and mountain deer can be seen everywhere, and even the black bear and Siberian tiger are often spotted.

Baiya Mountain is located deep in the Lesser Khingan Mountains.

Su Mingzhe walked deep into the forest for a while and found a beast trail in the mountains.

After he walked along the animal trail for a few more minutes, he saw a group of roe deer foraging on a flat hillside on a high ground.

Roe deer is also called silly roe deer.

When Su Mingzhe used a rope to make a flying stone rope and tied up one of the silly roe deer, the other silly roe deer did not get scared or run away. They stayed where they were and looked around.

"It's indeed a stupid roe deer!"

Su Mingzhe threw out another flying stone rope and tied up another end.

Those stupid roe deer only started to react when they saw the two 'brothers' lying on the ground with their feet tied up.

But these silly roe deer did not run away in fright, but jumped around in place, almost making Su Mingzhe laugh to death.

Su Mingzhe did not continue hunting. He walked up to the two stupid roe deer, tied them up tightly with straw ropes, and then found a wooden stick to carry them in front and back and walked down the mountain.

It was summer now, and although the temperature in the mountains was not high, there was still a slight cool breeze.

With the help of moonlight, Su Mingzhe walked for about half an hour and returned to the school.

They didn't even go into the school yard. They just gutted the two stupid roe deer in the ravine outside the school.

Offal and the like are simply thrown away because it is difficult to remove the fishy smell.

After washing the two roe deer skins, I hung them up first, preparing to ask the village chief for some saltpeter tomorrow for further processing.

The rest is basically lean meat, which is thrown into the stream and soaked in the stream water, and this is the blood water in the meat.

Su Mingzhe returned to the school yard and took down the big black iron pot from the stove.

Su Mingzhe had already prepared the sauces, chili peppers, ginger, and salt, and there was also ready-made dry firewood in the school.

Su Mingzhe took all these things to the side of the ravine, washed them clean with the stream water in the ravine, and stewed the roe deer meat directly beside the ravine.

The sun rises and the moon sets.

At around three o'clock, the sky in the east began to get light.

At around four o'clock, the rising sun broke through the misty space, and the mountain village, which had rested for a night, regained its vitality.

Wang Quan, who had only eaten a few biscuits and steamed buns yesterday, woke up hungry a long time ago. However, he was afraid that the more he moved, the hungrier he would get, so he simply lay in bed and refused to get up, not even daring to turn over.

"Cuckoo..."

"Cuckoo..."

Wang Quan turned his head and saw Sun Penghai also smiling at him awkwardly.

"I only ate a little yesterday, and I digested it a long time ago."

Since both men were awake, they decided not to stay in bed.

"Where's Su Mingzhe?"

Only then did Sun Penghai realize that there was no one on the other side of Wang Quan.

"Did you go to the bathroom?"

When Wang Quan woke up, he didn't see Su Mingzhe.

The two men chatted for a while. Wang Quan didn't think too much. He rubbed his stomach first and said distressedly:
"Who is stewing meat outside so early in the morning? The aroma has drifted into our yard, making my stomach growl with greed."

Sun Penghai's eyes rolled around:
"Wang Quan, you said Su Mingzhe... Could it be that he smelled the meat and went to his fellow villager's house for a free meal?"

"This...shouldn't be possible, right?"

Wang Quan also had some doubts, but he just didn't have the courage to say it out loud.

"Why not? Otherwise, why did he go out to the bathroom and not come back for so long?"

The more Sun Penghai thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. He was afraid that all the delicious food had been eaten by Su Mingzhe, so he jumped off the bed, hurried next door, and knocked on the girl's door.

The three girls had woken up a long time ago, but they were girls after all and were unfamiliar with the place. Seeing that it was only dawn outside, they did not dare to go out.

Now when Sun Penghai knocked on the door, Wang Yafang opened it immediately.

Sun Penghai felt a little disappointed when he saw Wang Yafang open the door, but he still asked:
"Wang Yafang, do you smell the aroma of stewed meat?"

"I smelled it. Were you also awakened by your greed?"

Wang Yafang shared two small pancakes with two girls last night and had digested them long ago.

Yu Hong and Xu Kai also came out.

When Sun Penghai saw Yu Hong, he remembered that he was wrongly accused of being a hooligan yesterday, so he wanted to put some eye drops on Su Mingzhe:

"When Wang Quan and I woke up, we saw Su Mingzhe quietly go out. Maybe he is eating meat at his fellow villager's house now. Why don't we go over and take a look?"

"Su Mingzhe has already gone?"

Wang Yafang was not that savvy. When she heard what Sun Penghai said, she became a little anxious because she had been hungry for half the night.

Xu Kai and Yu Hong both frowned and spoke for Su Mingzhe:
"Sun Penghai, if Su Mingzhe really met a fellow villager who invited us to dinner, he would definitely come back and invite us. How could he eat alone? Don't wrongly accuse a good person."

"How can I be considered to be wrongly accusing someone? Su Mingzhe has been out for at least half an hour, and he hasn't come back yet. What do you think he has been doing?"

The more Sun Penghai spoke, the more certain he was of his guess, and his voice started to rise:
"Maybe he saw that there wasn't much food at his fellow villager's house, and felt that if he invited us, he wouldn't be able to get a few pieces of meat, so he didn't come to invite us!"

Yu Hong and Xu Kai wanted to speak up for Su Mingzhe, but Wang Yafang couldn't stand the hunger anymore and urged, "No matter what the situation is, we can find out if we go out and take a look.
The aroma of this stew is really rich.

Wang Yafang couldn't stand it anymore and was the first to go out.

The other four followed closely behind.

But before the five people left the school yard, they saw Su Mingzhe coming into the yard from outside carrying a bundle of firewood.

"Hey, you guys are awake?"

Su Mingzhe greeted the five people with a smile:
"I have already prepared the meal. Go wash up first and you can eat later."

After several days of thinking, Su Mingzhe had already made a comprehensive consideration about being an educated youth.

The first thing to do now is to win people's hearts and minds, because there is strength in numbers and results can be more evident.

This was also the original intention of Su Mingzhe to get up in the middle of the night to hunt and stew meat for his companions.

Wang Quan, Wang Yafang, Xu Kai and Yu Hong were a little more shy. When they heard that Su Mingzhe had gotten up early in the morning to cook for everyone and saw that he was carrying a large bundle of firewood on his back, they all felt ashamed and hurriedly thanked Su Mingzhe.

Only Sun Penghai felt that he had just said something unfair to Su Mingzhe in front of several people, and he couldn't help but put on a look of disgust:

"Su Mingzhe, is the food you cooked edible? Don't let everyone get diarrhea after eating it, and delay everyone's work for a day."

"Are you sick?"

Su Mingzhe got up in the middle of the night after stewing meat all night, and then went to collect firewood. This was to win people's hearts, not to be a maid or slave.

So, when he heard Sun Penghai targeting him and singing a different tune from him, he immediately stopped accommodating him and said angrily:

"With your attitude, forget about eating the food I cooked. Just make what you want to eat yourself!"

"If you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it. Who cares?"

As Sun Penghai spoke, he stepped out of the yard first, smelling the fragrance in the air and walked forward.

But before he could take a few steps, he heard a rustling sound behind him. He turned around and saw Su Mingzhe throwing the firewood on his body to the ground.

Su Mingzhe ignored Sun Penghai and instructed Wang Quan:
"Wang Quan, spread out the firewood and let it dry. Then bring it into the house and use it as dry firewood."

Su Mingzhe said, and he took a few quick steps, passed Sun Penghai, came to the side of the ravine, and using both hands, he picked up the big black pot filled with sixty to seventy kilograms of roe deer meat.

Then, as Sun Penghai stared in amazement, Su Mingzhe carried the big black pot back to the air-raid shelter.

Wang Quan, Wang Yafang, Xu Kai and Yu Hong looked at the dumbfounded Sun Penghai and smiled in tacit understanding. No one tried to smooth things over for him. They all followed Su Mingzhe into the air-raid shelter and started to eat breakfast.

"Su Mingzhe, this bastard, he definitely did it on purpose!!!"

At this time, Sun Penghai had already begun to get angry and embarrassed.

But he also knew that he could not make a forest alone, and even if he was jealous of Su Mingzhe's ability, he could not do anything about it for the time being.

After hesitating for a moment, Sun Penghai decided to go in and admit his mistake and fill his stomach first.

However, starving to death is a minor matter, while losing face is a major matter.

After struggling internally for more than ten minutes, Sun Penghai listened to the laughter coming from the air-raid shelter, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet and walked towards Baiyashan Village.

"Su Mingzhe, Sun Penghai has left. How about I go and ask him to come back? After all, we are from the same hometown."

Wang Quan was different from the other three girls. He didn't feel as much hatred towards Sun Penghai and wanted to be a peacemaker.

Just as he himself said, when you are out, harmony is the most important thing.

Su Mingzhe didn't look at him, but looked at the three girls and said with a smile:
"Wang Yafang, do you think we should call Sun Penghai back?"

"Why call him back? Doesn't he like to say bad things about others? Let him talk to his heart's content outside..."

Although Wang Yafang has a simple personality, she is also a girl and her mind is more delicate than Wang Quan.

Knowing that Su Mingzhe called out his name meant that he wanted to be a bad guy.

However, she was also happy to be used by Su Mingzhe. After all, compared with Su Mingzhe, Sun Penghai acted like a hooligan yesterday and slandered his comrades today, which really made her sick.

After Wang Yafang finished speaking, she turned her gaze to Xu Kai and Yu Hong.

She cannot be the only one to be the bad guy. Xu Kai and Yu Hong are also members of the team, so they must also express their stance.

Xu Kai received the signal from Wang Yafang, hesitated for a moment, and spoke:

"Yafang is right. We can't get along with a villain like Sun Penghai who likes to speak ill of others behind their backs."

If we say that Wang Yafang's words were just a statement.

Then, Xu Kai's words began to reveal murderous intent.

Yu Hong was not stupid either. After looking at a few people, she gritted her teeth and said:

"I think what Sister Yafang and Sister Xu Kai said are both correct. Sun Penghai has ideological problems. If we continue to let him stay among us... we may be in danger."

The word 'danger' was uttered.

No matter how stupid Wang Quan was, he knew that at this point, the issue regarding Sun Penghai could no longer be resolved amicably, and he needed to take sides.

However, in this situation, do I still need to choose which side I should stand on?

Su Mingzhe had never expected that on the second day of being an educated youth, he would inexplicably unify the team's thinking and drive away a bad apple in the process.

Although Su Mingzhe didn't care about it, since these four people supported him so much, he should give them some benefits, even if it was a reward based on their merits, to let them know that there was a bright future if they followed him.

Having made up his mind, Su Mingzhe smiled and asked, "What do you think of the leader's statement that 'the countryside is a vast world where you can achieve great things'?"

(End of this chapter)