Chapter 473: Live by the mountain, live by the water

Director Yang was assigned to receive educated youth from various places, which shows that he has a pair of sharp eyes.

Even if Sun Penghai wants to quibble, he has to choose the target.

Director Yang looked at his wandering eyes and was too lazy to listen any further, so he waved his hand in disgust.

"Take him down!"

The two clerks in the office rushed over and pressed Sun Penghai to the ground.

It was only at this point that Sun Penghai realized that things were not as he thought.

He is no longer a student now, and Director Yang is no longer a teacher in the school.

At school, his teachers could forgive him for the things he did, but now that he has entered society, others will not forgive him, and he will pay a heavy price.

"Director Yang, I was wrong. Su Mingzhe, old village chief, please help me speak up. Director Yang, I will never dare to do it again. Please give me one chance."

"Take him away and keep him under strict supervision. A man like him must be a veteran. Find out how many illegal things he has done and then hand him over to Jichun City to handle it!"

After Director Yang finished speaking, two clerks escorted Sun Penghai out.

In the past, he would have wanted to shoot a scum like this immediately and would never have listened to his excuses.

In other words, he is now only responsible for reception work and has no power of trial. He can only interrogate the case first and then hand it over to the local authorities for disposal.

After the two clerks took Sun Penghai away, Director Yang turned his eyes to Su Mingzhe.

Mistakes should be punished and merits should be rewarded.

Just now Su Mingzhe said that in order to cook for everyone, he got up early in the morning to go hunting, and even shot two roe deer.

Director Yang looked Su Mingzhe up and down, and asked with curiosity in his eyes: "Student Su Mingzhe, you said you shot two silly roe deer. Can you tell me what you used to hunt? I remember that when you came here yesterday, you didn't bring a bow or a crossbow, nor a gun, right?"

At this point, Su Mingzhe did not hide it:

"Director Yang, I hunt with a flying stone line."

"Flying stone rope? Can you demonstrate it?"

When Director Yang heard the word "flying stone rope", his eyes suddenly lit up.

Flying Stone Rope, he had heard about this thing from others when he was in the army. It seemed like a magical skill, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.

Now there is an educated youth who says he can fly with a stone rope, so he wants to broaden his horizons.

Su Mingzhe naturally didn't care, so he asked the clerk next to him for a one-meter-long thin rope, and then went to find two small stones to tie both ends of the rope.

Everyone came out to the yard, and Su Mingzhe asked Director Yang to point to something and show it to him.

Director Yang asked how far Su Mingzhe could shoot. After hearing that he could hit the target within 100 meters, he pointed his finger:
"The big elm tree in front."

"no problem!"

Su Mingzhe took a look and saw that the big elm tree was outside the educated youth site. He used his fingers to measure it and felt that it was not even as high as a finger joint. It was at least eighty or ninety meters away from here. However, this distance was certainly not a problem for him.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Su Mingzhe placed the Flying Stone Rope on his index finger and shook it gently. As the strength and amplitude continued to increase, the Flying Stone Rope began to make a whistling sound.

Just as everyone was nervously watching the flying stone rope on Su Mingzhe's finger, they heard him pursed his lips to whistle. With a sharp whistle, the flying stone rope flew out like an arrow, and like a charging soldier, it rushed towards the big elm tree without hesitation.

"I got it right! Director, I really got it right!"

Before Director Yang could take a closer look, a clerk next to him started clapping his hands first!
The distance is about eighty or ninety meters, which is right.

"You can hit the target from such a distance, you are truly amazing!"

Naturally, everyone present was generous with their applause.

Director Yang also applauded and smiled:
"Student Su, you are really good at playing the flying stone rope. It would be a pity if you don't join the army."

At this moment, he also felt a sense of appreciation for talent and considered recommending Su Mingzhe to join the army.

Su Mingzhe naturally understood what Director Yang meant, but he pretended not to understand and responded:
"Director Yang, whether I serve as a soldier or an educated youth, the leader said, 'I am a brick of the revolution, I will be moved wherever I am needed.' Since my superiors have arranged for me to be an educated youth in Baiyashan Village, I want to make achievements in Baiyashan Village first."

"Well said! I am just a brick of the revolution, I will be moved wherever I am needed."

Director Yang didn't expect that Su Mingzhe would have such ambition, and couldn't help but laugh:
"At this time next year, if I am still in charge of the work of educated youth in Mulan County, I will definitely go to Baiyashan Village to investigate your situation. I hope you won't brag."

Su Mingzhe also heard that Director Yang had a good impression of him and said these words to him with the intention of urging him. He could not help but express his gratitude:
"Don't worry, Director. I will unite with my comrades and work hard to complete the tasks assigned by my superiors."

Director Yang was very busy at work, and after chatting with Su Mingzhe for a while, a lot of work piled up.

Su Mingzhe and the old village chief were very tactful and said goodbye and left.

After leaving the educated youth camp, Su Mingzhe remembered something and asked the old village chief:
"Village chief, do we have saltpeter in our village? I'm afraid I'll be hunting a lot in the future. If there's no saltpeter in the village, this is a good opportunity to buy some."

"There are only a dozen old people in the village who can go into the mountains to hunt. They all use saltpeter. If you need a lot, you'd better buy some."

"Then buy some."

Su Mingzhe and the old village chief not only bought a lot of saltpeter, but also bought some daily necessities along the way.

Before leaving, Su Mingzhe came across a dog market and bought six successfully awakened hunting dog seedlings.

(Enlightening an animal's spirit is roughly equivalent to establishing a 'communication mechanism'. Successful enlightenment means that both parties can communicate without obstacles.)
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, four educated youth were sitting at the entrance of the village chatting with the villagers. When they saw the old village chief and Su Mingzhe coming back, they hurried forward to greet them.

The old village chief waited with a smile until Su Mingzhe carried the saltpeter and the puppy out of the car, then waved goodbye and went home. He was obviously in a much more relaxed mood than before he left.

Xu Kai, Yu Hong, and Wang Yafang all obviously liked the six puppies. They hugged the puppies happily and couldn't let go of them. Su Mingzhe pulled Wang Quan, who also wanted to play with the dogs:
"These puppies were bought to protect the girls. Why are you playing with them?"

"Ah? Brother Su, you can't discriminate against boys. I like to keep dogs, too."

As a man, Wang Quan also likes to keep dogs.

Now that I am being treated differently, I feel a little unhappy.

"Stop talking nonsense. Follow me and learn how to nitrate roe deer hide. I'll leave this job to you in the future."

As Su Mingzhe spoke, he gave Wang Quan a bag of saltpeter and asked him to carry it back to school. He also had to go to the old village chief's house to get some textbooks needed for school teaching.

Wang Quan had no choice but to carry the saltpeter back to school by himself.

The three girls each held two puppies and hurried back to school.

On the other side, Su Mingzhe came to the old village chief's house.

The old village chief and his wife have a son and a daughter, but his son and daughter-in-law are supporting border construction, and his daughter married far away when she was an educated youth more than ten years ago.

(The idea of ​​educated youth going to the countryside to work started in the 50s.)
The old couple now leads a more regular life, working from sunrise to sunset and resting from sunset to sunrise.

When the old village chief saw Su Mingzhe coming in, he politely invited Su Mingzhe to have something to eat with him.

I left home at around five in the morning, so I must be hungry by now.

Su Mingzhe was not polite. He sat down, drank a bowl of porridge with residue, and asked the old village chief to help him find textbooks for school.

Soon the old village chief took out the textbooks from under the cabinet at home.

There are ten books in total, corresponding to Chinese and mathematics for grades one to five in primary school.

"Here's a half-box of chalk, take it with you. If you have any difficulties in the future, just tell me."

The old village chief really wants to run the school well.

He knew that being blind was a very painful thing and he couldn't do things well when he went out.

"Okay, I'll remember what you said. If you really need help, you can't go back on your word."

Su Mingzhe said goodbye to the old village chief and returned to school, where he found that next to the plaque of "Bai Yashan Village Primary School", a new plaque "Bai Yashan Youth League Point" had been added.

"Brother Su, what do you think of this plaque?"

When Wang Quan saw Su Mingzhe coming back, he immediately took credit for the work. For the plaque, he went to a villager's house to borrow an axe, as well as a pen and ink.

I worked for a whole morning and wasted several pieces of wood to finally make this plaque.

"Good job! Thank you for your hard work!"

Su Mingzhe praised it and was indeed very satisfied in his heart.

Before he left in the morning, he just asked four people to tidy up and clean the school.

It seems that these four people can still see life.

Not only were the house and yard cleaned, but a plaque was added to the door and a wooden cover was added to the well in the yard.

When Su Mingzhe checked the firewood room, he saw half of the room filled with leaves and dry firewood.

Wang Quan quickly explained:
"Brother Su, these firewood and leaves were sent by the students' parents. Each family sent a bundle, and we can't refuse them."

"pretty good."

After listening to Wang Quan's explanation, Su Mingzhe felt more favorable towards the villagers of Baiyashan Village.

"Bring me the roe deer hide. I'll teach you how to tan the hide first!"

The steps for nitrifying animal hides are very simple. Su Mingzhe used a roe deer hide as a tutorial, and the other one was used by Wang Quan for experiments.

Wang Quan's hands were not as flexible as Su Mingzhe's, nor was he as experienced as Su Mingzhe, but he was careful and finished quite well.

"I will be in charge of hunting from now on, and this job will be handed over to you. When the hides are sold, I will give you 10% as a reward for your hard work."

Su Mingzhe was still so generous in his actions, and Wang Quan blushed with just one sentence:

"Brother Su, I don't want money, just let me eat meat for free."

"You are such a loser!"

Su Mingzhe glared at the boy:
"I tell you, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. With the Lesser Khingan Mountains here, how can you be without food? From now on, if I let you eat meat every day, I guarantee that you will get sick of it and want to vomit when you see meat!"

"Brother Su, who can get tired of eating meat?"

Wang Quan was scolded, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he just laughed foolishly.

Nowadays, let alone being able to eat meat every day, even if you could eat meat once a month, that was considered good family conditions.

Baiyashan Village is scattered on the southeast slope of the mountain. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is about to set.

Of course, it would still take more than three hours before nightfall.

Su Mingzhe stored the two roe deer skins and asked Wang Quan to light the earthen pot to heat up the stewed meat.

And he has to discuss with the three girls about the opening of school tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)