Chapter 60 Congratulations?

"Thanks for your good words. If I can get the title of engineer, I will treat you to a meal."

Li Jiandong said to Yan Bugui with a smile.

Although he has now started to take the cadre route, it would be nice to have an engineer certificate. At least the food quota will be more than that of ordinary cadres.

"This is what you said, I remember it."

Yan Bugui chuckled.

The two of them walked back to the courtyard while talking, rang the bell and distributed the peanuts and melon seeds that were to be distributed to the advanced workers.

This year, two more bags of rice were given. Yan Bugui could not carry them back by himself, so Li Jiandong arranged for Jia Dongxu and others to ride on their scooters to carry the rice.

He Daqing walked over and said, "Old Li, come here for a moment."

"What's wrong, Qing?"

Li Jiandong followed He Daqing to the side, and He Daqing whispered, "Old Li, when I was cooking at Lou Bancheng's house a few days ago, I heard that several pig farms seemed to have been affected by disasters this year. I went to the butcher shop just now to inquire, and I found that the meat in the past two days was sold out early in the morning, and it was limited to a certain number of people."

Li Jiandong frowned and said, "It's almost the New Year, we can't live without meat."

He Daqing said:

"Who says it's not true? I've been busy all year and only have a few days of good food during the New Year, so I wanted to ask you if you have any way to get some meat back, even if you have to pay a higher price."

Li Jiandong frowned and thought about it. He really didn't have any friends in the meat processing plant.

But when it comes to relationships, you can always find the connection through more than one person.

Just as I was about to agree, I heard the sound of an archway in the backyard.

Suddenly a head popped out: "Master, Uncle He, if we can't buy meat, why don't we go to the mountains and hunt for it ourselves."

Li Jiandong turned his head and saw that it was Xu Damao.

The boy had just come out of the house and happened to hear what He Daqing and Li Jiandong were saying.

It just so happened that he hadn't been back for a year, and he wanted to take advantage of the few days before the New Year to go to the village to get to know Mr. Xu and Xu Jianjun. Isn't this a good opportunity?
"You mean hunting? Is there anything in the mountains of Xujiatuan?"

He Daqing asked curiously.

Xu Damao grinned and said, "There are plenty of goods. Although we may not get big ones, there are plenty of rabbits and pheasants. If we are lucky, we can catch three or five rabbits and pheasants like a game. That's just Uncle Jianjun and I. If the whole village goes out, we can get more."

He Daqing said with satisfaction: "If there are really so many goods, it is not impossible to go there once. Even if we only bring back 5 rabbits and 3 pheasants, it will be enough for us to have a few good meals."

Li Jiandong also thinks this is a way out.

There wasn't much entertainment anyway, so there was nothing wrong with taking a walk around the village.

"Okay, Damao, you get ready. We'll go to the village early tomorrow morning and ask Jianjun to take us to the mountains."

Li Jiandong originally only wanted to take Xu Damao with him because he knew how to use a slingshot and shoot pheasants. It would be useless if the others didn't know how to do anything.

But just when they were about to leave, Jia Dongxu, Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi all came over. When they heard that they were going hunting in the countryside, they all wanted to go with them.

"You can't go. I can't take so many people."

Li Jiandong shrugged. The cabin can seat three people at most. There are already two of them, and one more can be brought in at most.

Jia Dongxu sighed: "It seems that I have to accompany Master. I am the eldest senior brother and I have to take care of Master."

Liu Guangqi said dissatisfiedly: "Big Brother, if you stay at home every day, there will be opportunities in the future. I have to go to college in another city after the New Year. If I don't go this time, I won't have the chance to go in the future."

Yan Jiecheng also said, "Stop arguing, both of you. I can repair cars. If Master's car breaks down on the way, I can still help. What can you two do there?"

The three men quarreled over who should go hunting with them.

At this time, Ding Qiunan came out from nowhere.

Holding a first aid kit in his hand, he said, "Big Brother, Second Brother, Little Brother, I'll go. Hunting is dangerous. If you get hurt in the mountains, I can help Master and Junior Brother Xu."

"This……"

When Jia Dongxu and the other two saw that Ding Qiunan also wanted to go, they, as senior brothers and junior brothers, couldn't snatch the opportunity from their junior sisters and senior sisters.

After riding for an hour and a half, the three arrived at Xujiatuan.

Uncle Xu and Xu Jianjun both welcomed them warmly. When they learned that they were here to hunt, Uncle Xu took out his treasured gun and gave it to Xu Jianjun, asking him to lead Li Jiandong and the other two to go deeper.

With a gun in hand, you don't have to worry even if you encounter a large cargo.

At about ten o'clock, the four of them entered the mountain. It was the first time for Li Jiandong and Ding Qiunan to come to such a place, so they moved very slowly.

But just like Xu Damao said, there are indeed a lot of mountain products in Xujiatuan. Not long after walking in, I saw rabbit footprints left on the snow.

"It snowed yesterday, so these footprints must have been made this morning. Let's put a button in the middle of the footprints. The rabbit will definitely walk back here when it's timid, and it will be trapped when it passes by here again. When we come back from the mountains, we can just pick it up and take it away."

Xu Jianjun was very experienced. While explaining to Li Jiandong and Ding Qiunan, he took out a rabbit button from his pocket and put it on the ground.
Then he took note of the direction and continued walking inside with Li Jiandong and the other two.

After a while, I saw another pheasant lying under a big tree.

"Master Li, are you going to do it or should I?"

Xu Jianjun took out a slingshot. The distance was less than 20 meters, so there was no need for a gun to hit this thing.

"Let me do it."

Li Jiandong was also eager to try. Ever since Xu Damao went to the Agricultural Research Institute, the growth rate of his sharpshooter skill had slowed down a lot. However, with a hundredfold return, it was still upgraded to level 5. He should have the strength of a shooting expert.

Taking out the slingshot given by Xu Damao and the stones he picked up on the road from his pocket, Li Jiandong loaded the stones and straightened the rubber band. He heard two consecutive sounds of "lu" and "puff", and the pheasant in front flapped its wings twice and fell to the ground.

The four of them ran over quickly.

Xu Damao picked it up and praised: "Master is so accurate, one shot hit the head off."

"Let's go on."

Li Jiandong was in high spirits. He asked Xu Damao to stuff the pheasant into a sack and carry it on his back. Then the four of them continued walking into the mountains.

By 10:00 p.m., Li Jiandong and his four companions had already shot three pheasants and a rabbit.

I also found several rabbit footprints on the road, but in order to save time, I just put the rabbit button and left them alone, waiting for the
"Let's eat something here first, then head south in the afternoon, climb the hill over there and head back. It will be almost evening when we get to the village."

Xu Jianjun took out the dry food he had brought with him, which was wrapped in a hot water bag and was still not completely cold.

"Master, my stomach hurts."

Having lunch.

Ding Qiunan suddenly came quietly to Li Jiandong's side, covered her mouth with her hand and whispered something in his ear.

Li Jiandong saw her holding her stomach with a look of pain on her face, and knew that she must have had a stomachache from climbing the mountain and breathing in too much cold air.

So he stood up and said, "Jianjun, Damao, you guys continue eating. Qiunan and I will be out for a while."

Xu Damao and Xu Jianjun were not fools. They knew from Ding Qiunan's expression that she was going to the toilet, so they didn't ask them what they were going to do.

The two walked out of the cave and found a place sheltered from the wind.

Ding Qiunan went to solve her stomachache problem, while Li Jiandong stayed at a slightly farther place to give her some fresh air.

About five or six minutes later, Ding Qiunan suddenly exclaimed from behind:
"Ah~ wild boar!"

When Li Jiandong heard the shout, his heart skipped a beat. He didn't care that Ding Qiunan was still using the toilet and rushed towards her in a few steps.

While rushing, he lowered his voice and shouted, "Qiu Nan, run, run to me."

When Ding Qiunan saw the wild boar, she was so scared that her legs went limp and she could no longer hear what Li Jiandong was saying.

At this time, the wild boar also discovered her, stopped where it was for two seconds, and suddenly rushed towards her, about to hit Ding Qiunan.

Suddenly a stone hit the wild boar's eye accurately.

"Ow~"

The wild boar let out a cry of pain; one of its eyes must have been blind.

"Qiu Nan, run, go to the cave and call for help."

Li Jiandong shouted and took out another stone.

At this time, Ding Qiunan finally came to his senses and ran towards the hole while shouting:

"Uncle Xu, come quickly, there is a wild boar."

Li Jiandong was unable to aim. Seeing that the wild boar was approaching him, he suddenly jumped to the side and felt a sudden sharp pain in his leg.

Li Jiandong endured the pain, aimed at the wild boar's other eye, and with a puff, the stone almost nailed into the wild boar's eye socket.

“Ah~ah~ah~ah~~”

The wild boar screamed continuously and rushed around wildly.

Li Jiandong felt a sharp pain in his leg, and he didn't know if it was broken. He used his hands and feet to crawl away.

Suddenly there was a bang of a gunshot, and the wild boar let out a weak cry and fell to the ground motionless.

"Master Li, are you okay?"

Ding Qiunan and Xu Damao also ran after him.

Li Jiandong looked painful and waved his hands, saying, "It's okay. My left leg was hit, but the bone shouldn't be broken."

Ding Qiunan ran over nervously, rolled up his trouser leg to check. There was a bloody hole in his calf caused by the wild boar's tusk, but he was lucky that the bone was not broken.

"Junior brother, the first aid kit is in the cave, can you help me get it?"

Ding Qiunan said to Xu Damao, and then to Li Jiandong,
"Master, there are germs on the wild boar's tusks. Disinfectant can only disinfect the surface. I am going to help you extract the germs and blood from inside. Please bear with me."

to beat?
You do need to be patient, but not endure the pain, but endure the embarrassment and other aspects.

After Ding Qiunan finished speaking, she bent down and removed the poison from Li Jiandong without waiting for his consent.

Xu Jianjun turned his head quietly, and Xu Damao ran over with a first aid kit. Seeing Ding Qiunan removing the poison from Li Jiandong, he tactfully did not move forward.

Two or three minutes passed.

Ding Qiunan had vomited blood more than a dozen times and stopped only when he felt the blood was clean.

"Junior brother, first aid kit."

"okay."

Xu Damao ran over and handed the first aid kit to Ding Qiunan.

Ding Qiunan took out the disinfectant, put a bandage on Li Jiandong, and then carefully helped him put down his rolled-up trouser legs.

"Master, you should be able to move if you try."

Li Jiandong tightened his clothes and stood up. Sure enough, his bandaged leg was not as painful as before.

"Much better, thank you Qiu Nan."

Ding Qiunan's eyes were red: "Master, I should thank you. I almost died without you just now. You have saved my life twice." Li Jiandong thought about it and realized that this was the second time.

The last time an enemy spy was captured, Ding Qiunan was taken hostage and was almost shot to death.

This time, she didn't encounter any big animals on the way into the mountains. As a result, when she just came out to use the toilet, she encountered a wild boar. Could it be that she has a physique that makes her suffer from disasters?
But having said that, although both times were very dangerous, Li Jiandong also gained a lot.

Not to mention catching the enemy spies, he himself was commended and Sha Zhu was promoted to deputy director of the police station.

This time the wild boar is so big, it weighs almost 150 kilograms. This one pig alone is enough for us to eat during the New Year.

"Okay, you two masters, stop thanking each other. Let's think about getting such a big pig back. We should have brought a few more people with us."

Xu Jianjun felt a little worried when looking at the wild boar.

It was too late to go back and call for help now, and Li Jiandong had injured his leg. It was good enough for him to be able to walk out by himself, let alone ask him to fight the wild boar.

In the end, Xu Jianjun had no choice but to put in more effort. By the time he carried the wild boar to the road, he was already exhausted.

"Jianjun, you guys wait here now, I'll go back and ride my horse to pick you up."

Li Jiandong and Ding Qiunan went to the village first.

Then he rode back on his horse and brought back both the people and the prey in two batches.

The harvest of this hunting was quite good, with a wild boar, three pheasants, and on the way back I picked up two big fat rabbits from the rabbit trap, so a total of three rabbits were caught.

When he returned to the village, the second uncle was amazed when he saw the wild boar:
"Master Li is lucky. There are not many wild boars in the mountains these past two years. Sometimes I go in more than ten times and still don't see a single one. You guys encountered one on your first visit to the mountains. Now we have meat to eat."

Li Jiandong smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, we have meat to eat, thanks to Jianjun this time. Let's divide the wild boar before it gets dark."

"What's there to divide? I heard from Jianjun that you manage a lot of people in the city. If you take it back and divide it, there won't be much left. We don't want it."

Because of Li Jiandong, the village made a lot more money from selling grain this year. They were wondering how to thank Li Jiandong and how to care about the distribution of wild boars.

"How can that be so? How about I leave the rabbit and pheasant to you?"

Li Jiandong knew that the people of Xujiatuan were simple and honest, and saying "no difference" was definitely not a polite remark.

After a while of refusal, Uncle Xu and Xu Jianjun finally left a rabbit and a pheasant as a token of their appreciation so that Li Jiandong would not feel too bad.

But then, how to return to the city became a problem.

When Li Jiandong came, he never thought that he could hunt a wild boar, and he never expected that Second Uncle Xu and Xu Jianjun did not want any wild boars, and asked him to take them all back. Including the wild boar, the weight and volume of the wild boar was four people, and there was no way three families could take one wild boar back.

"How about I sit in front of Master, and I sit behind Master, and put the wild boar in the carriage. We should be able to make it back."

Ding Qiunan proposed a method, but her face turned a little red after she finished speaking.

Fortunately, it was already dark by then and no one else noticed anything unusual.

"It seems that this is the only way, otherwise I will have to make another trip."

Xu Damao also agrees with this method.

"Um...okay."

Li Jiandong weighed the pros and cons again and again and felt that there was no other solution except this.

No one can be left behind, and the wild boar cannot be given up, so everyone has to squeeze together.

The journey was too long. I could smell the fragrance and the hair brushing my face. I didn't dare run too fast after dark, so the return journey took me an hour longer than the way there.

When he returned to the tavern dormitory building, Li Jiandong's waist was almost broken and his coccyx was in severe pain.

Xu Damao was the first to jump out of the car and ran into the dormitory building, shouting, "Someone is coming, come down and move the things."

Jia Dongxu, Sha Zhu and others who were playing mahjong came out of the house. When they saw that it was Li Jiandong who came back, they quickly put down their mahjong and ran downstairs.

At this time, Li Jiandong and Ding Qiunan had also gotten out of the car and were standing there stretching their muscles.

Riding a motorcycle for two hours is something that not everyone can accomplish. It is only because people of this generation are tough that most people would be tired after driving for two hours, let alone riding a motorcycle.

"Oh my god, Master, did you guys kill a wild boar?"

"Of course it's amazing. Master has been injured because of this wild boar. Please help carry the wild boar down first."

Xu Damao said proudly that after all, he was the one who accompanied the group into the mountains to hunt the wild boar.

Sha Zhu, Jia Dongxu and others came over, and each of them lifted the wild boar by one of its legs, took it out of the cage, and put it in the dormitory building.

Li Jiandong instructed, "Zhu Zi, go call your father. He is the only one in our hospital who can handle wild boars. Dong Xu, you and Jie Cheng, help me wash the pig. It may be stained with wild boar blood. I am too tired, so I need to rest for a while."

Li Jiandong was really exhausted. After riding a motorcycle for two and a half hours, he now had back pain and leg cramps.

Ding Qiunan also followed and said, "Master, I will help you change the medicine."

Li Jiandong originally wanted to refuse, but he was afraid that the bacteria in the wild boar's teeth would not be completely sucked out, and it would be bad if pus formed.

So he nodded and walked into the room with her.

After a while, He Daqing, Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong all came running.

He Daqing was very excited: "Where's Lao Li? You're amazing. This thing can produce at least 50 kilograms of meat. Now we have meat to eat during the New Year."

Xu Damao said, "Master is in the room, and Senior Sister is changing the medicine for him."

"Ah? Change the dressing? Lao Li is injured?"

Yan Bugui asked nervously.

"His leg was stabbed by a wild boar's tusk, but my senior sister has already treated him, so it shouldn't be a big deal."

Before Xu Damao could finish his words, He Daqing and others ran into the dormitory building.

At this time, Ding Qiunan had already changed the medicine for Li Jiandong and was about to put down his trouser legs, with bloody gauze next to them.

He Daqing blamed himself when he saw the blood: "Old Li, it's all my fault. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have told you that I couldn't buy meat. Alas!"

Li Jiandong laughed and said, "Daqing, what are you talking about? If you don't tell me, will we not eat meat during the Chinese New Year?"

Yan Bugui also said: "Yes, we can't celebrate the New Year without meat, but Lao Li, you are more important than meat."

Liu Haizhong also opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but after the last incident of attempting to usurp the throne.

He feels embarrassed when he sees Li Jiandong now.

He came here this time because he wanted to take the initiative to ease the relationship, but he was too proud to open his mouth.

Li Jiandong smiled and said, "Okay, nothing serious has happened to me. Don't say anything when you go back. Don't scare my wife."

He Daqing and Yan Bugui both chuckled.

Ding Qiunan pouted quietly.

The wild boar was quickly processed. The meat, ribs, and offal were put into several basins. Li Jiandong asked several apprentices to carry a basin each back to the courtyard, and then asked Sha Zhu to ring the bell for the whole courtyard meeting.
When the assembly bell rang, someone complained, "What's going on? We're holding a whole-school meeting in the middle of the night. Can't we rest?"

But when they walked out of the house and came to the central courtyard, they saw the several large pots of meat on the eight-immortals table and suddenly became excited, completely forgetting that they wanted to sleep just now.

"Where did this meat come from? So much?"

"I went to the butcher shop to buy meat today, but they said it was sold out a long time ago. It's impossible to buy meat these days."

"Who says it's not true? I know someone who works at a meat processing plant. It is said that the number of pigs they collected this year was half of that of last year. Many workers had nothing to do but clean up all day, so the meat they produced was not enough to share."

"Others can't buy meat, but we have Li Jiandong. With him around, will we have less to eat?"

A sense of happiness arises spontaneously.

The residents are all grateful to live in Courtyard No. 40.

At this time, Li Jiandong saw that most of the people had arrived, so he spoke,
"Everyone, we've been called together tonight for one thing. This is the wild boar that Damao, Qiunan, and I hunted in the mountains today."

Li Jiandong pointed to the wild boar meat on the Eight Immortals Table and said, "Everyone knows the situation of pork this year. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. So I discussed with Damao and Qiunan and decided to take out this meat and share it with everyone. The amount is not much, but at least it can make it through this year."

Suddenly someone in the crowd asked, "Uncle, how much is this meat per pound?"

Li Jiandong laughed.

Yan Bugui next to him said: "You already called him uncle, how can an uncle ask you for money? If you see an uncle's house in the yard in the future, ask for help if there is anything he needs.

Just take the initiative and come over to lend a hand, but if you just let the uncle think about you, you also have to have the uncle in your heart, right?"

The residents all laughed.

Not only is there meat to eat, but it is free meat.

Of course, I was even more grateful to Li Jiandong. I had to protect such a good old man, including the sanitary area in the hospital, and I would rush to help him.

Li Jiandong didn't think so much.

Every era has its own way of doing things.

These days, eating alone is a very dangerous behavior. If you arouse public anger, even the law will be unable to do anything about you. By then, not only will you not be able to keep your things, but you will also ruin your reputation, which will not be worth it.

The most important thing is that the residents in the yard all respect Li Jiandong very much, and as long as they are not ungrateful, Li Jiandong is happy to share.

When you are poor, you should take care of yourself; when you are rich, you should help the world. Every time, the children in the yard affectionately call Li Jiandong "Uncle".

Li Jiandong would be in a good mood and feel a sense of accomplishment in taking care of them.

"Old Li, how do we divide the meat?"

He Daqing asked as he was sharpening a butcher knife nearby.

Li Jiandong thought for a while and said, "Let's start with two kilograms per family. If there are many people in the family, or the men do heavy physical work, add two kilograms of pig blood."

"When the goods are delivered, you can prepare them together, boil the pig skin into jelly and share it with everyone. As for the pig head, pig trotters, pig intestines, etc., we can gather together on the 30th and eat them together. What do you think of this arrangement?"

Li Jiandong asked He Daqing, Yan Bugui and others, and everyone thought what Li Jiandong said was very good.

Then they started to divide the meat. There was no scale in the courtyard, so He Daqing cut the meat entirely based on his experience. After the meat was divided, each family picked a piece.

Of course Li Jiandong kept the largest portion, which was about 7 or 8 kilograms, and Xu Damao, who went into the mountains with him, also got a few more pieces.

In addition, Li Jiandong also left a copy for Ding Qiunan, asking her to take it back when she returns home tomorrow.

If she hadn't been there this time when we went into the mountains, we might not have encountered this pig. Strictly speaking, she made the greatest contribution here.

"Uncle, can my family share this meat?"

Seeing that the meat had almost been divided, Li Huilan walked over carefully with a basin and asked.

He Daqing answered from the side: "Old Yi's wife, if you feel that you belong to this courtyard, then take a copy. If you feel that this courtyard is not worthy of you and Yi Zhonghai, then don't give it to us."

Li Huilan quickly said, "I'm from this hospital. Of course we are from this hospital."

He Daqing said, "As long as it's from this courtyard, it's fine." Then he picked up a piece of meat and threw it into the basin she brought.

"thanks, thanks."

Li Huilan said thank you twice and then ran away quickly.

(End of this chapter)