Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

Fu Qinghe was pacing back and forth in the kitchen lounge with his hands behind his back, looking quite impatient.

A few minutes later, he turned around and walked out of the house, going directly to the person in charge of food management near the back door.

"Xiao Zhuang, have the game delivery guys arrived? A group from the Mining Bureau will be coming over tonight, and the office has called to notify them!"

The young man named Xiaozhuang scratched his head and said, "Master, it's not delivered yet! I've been watching from the back door the whole time, and I didn't dare to steal it even if I was lazy!"

"Fuck! You're relying on those broken shoes to prick your feet! I can't keep waiting like this!
Call Xiao Wu, and the two of you ride your bikes to Xing'an Village to ask. The deliveryman disappeared without even saying hello. Could he have died in the mountains? "

"Ah! That's fine! Let's find someone and ask them to supply us with the goods?"

"Yes! Just tell me, if you don't follow the rules, we'll have someone else supply the food to our cafeteria and they won't be delivering anymore!"

"Oh, okay!"

Xiaozhuang and Xiaowu discussed it together, then rode their bicycles to the countryside, asking for directions as they headed towards Xing'an Village.

After asking many people, I finally found Xing'an Village. As soon as I entered the village, I was stopped by the nosy Li Yinhua at the village store.

"Hey! Which village are you from? Why are you coming to our village?"

Xiaozhuang was quite tactful: "Sister-in-law, I want to ask you something. This is Xing'an Village, right?
There is a hunter named Yue Feng, is he living in our village? We are apprentices in the kitchen of the mine, and we need to find him for something, it's urgent!"

"Are you looking for the second child of the Yue family? Come with me, I'll take you there! His house is not easy to find, it's at the westernmost end of the village!"

Li Yinhua quickly brought people to Yue Feng's home. After a brief communication, she found out that the two apprentice brothers who came to her home had hit a snag in front of Yue Feng's mother Meng Yulan.

Meng Yulan knew that Niu Fusheng had resigned from the canteen and opened a restaurant with his son, so she had a very indifferent attitude towards the remaining people in the coal mine canteen.

"Our Xiaofeng has gone to the city to do some work! As a woman, I can't make the decision!
You can either wait at home until my son comes back, or you can find someone else to think of other solutions if you can’t wait! ! ”

Xiaozhuang and Xiaowu looked at each other, and both brothers felt a little uncomfortable.

If I go back empty-handed, I will definitely be scolded, and the chef may even take his anger out on me.

If I don't go back and wait for Yue Feng to come back, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.

"Then the two of us will wait here for a while!" Xiaozhuang said.

"Okay, let's get to work, you two can warm up by the stove!!"

Meng Yulan brought a stool for each of them and turned back to the yard.

In the yard, Xiao Tao and his brothers were working.

The wild boars and roe deer that the Yuefeng hunting team brought back from the mountains had only their internal organs processed and had not yet undergone any further processing.

There were several unthawed carcasses of roe deer and wild boars on the floor of the house. Xiao Tao and his companions would drag out a carcass of the prey every once in a while, hang it up, skin it, remove the bones and separate the meat.

Xiaozhuang and Xiaowu were apprentices in the cafeteria and had seen the world, but they were still a little scared when they saw so many wild boars and roe deer.

How many people would it take to hunt so many prey in the mountains? How long would it take to eat all the meat?

About an hour later, the sound of Yue Feng's motorcycle engine was heard in the alley.

After inspecting the progress of the renovation, Yue Feng came back on his bike.

As soon as she entered the yard, Meng Yulan said, "Xiao Feng, there are two guys from the coal mine cafeteria who are not too old and are looking for you at home. They are warming themselves by the fire in the house!"

"Oh, I'll go take a look!" Yue Feng responded and strode into the door.

Seeing Yue Feng coming home, Xiao Zhuang immediately stood up and greeted him: "Boss Xiao Yue, we are Fu Qing and Master Fu's apprentices.

The canteen sent us over to ask when we will deliver the goods to the canteen!

The supply has been cut off for several days, and the canteen warehouse has run out of reserves! We are waiting for fresh ingredients to be served at night.

My master said, if you don’t supply the goods, we will consider replacing someone else!”

Yue Feng looked up and down at the two brothers who came to his house and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you that we will no longer supply goods to the coal mine canteen in the future!
Go back and tell Master Fu about this!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhuang was confused and asked, "Why? My master has never deducted the price of our game, nor has he ever caused trouble for you!

I see there are a lot of wild boars and roe deer at home, if you bring them to the canteen, I will give you cash!"

Yue Feng waved his hand and said, "These wild boars, roe deer and other wild animals all have owners and have been sold!
The reason why we are unable to supply the goods is because there was some problem with the personnel in our falconry team. I am not in a position to tell you the specific situation!
Just go back and tell your master exactly what happened, he will know what happened!
I have work to do here, so I won't keep you here! Please do as you please!"

After saying this, Yue Feng turned around and left the house, and started working in the yard with others.

Now, the last hope was shattered.

Xiaozhuang and Xiaowu looked at each other, and the two brothers had to leave in disappointment.

When the two brothers rode their bicycles back to the cafeteria, they immediately went to find Fu Qinghe to report the situation.

When Fu Qinghe heard Yue Feng say that there was a problem with the Eagle Hunting Team, he slapped his head and remembered what he had casually mentioned to Qiao Muzhou at the drinking party a few days ago.

Well, it was originally just something he mentioned casually while drunk, but it ended up becoming a big deal and eventually reached Yue Feng's ears.

So the supply of game was completely cut off.

There are mountains of wild boar and roe deer meat at home, but I just won’t supply them to you!
What should I do now?

Even if you have paid off and have the ability, you can't create anything without raw materials.

There are less than two and a half hours left until the evening reception begins.

At this point, it’s too late to even go to the market to stock up on alternative ingredients.

Without the special wild game ingredients, the leaders’ enthusiasm for the reception that evening was greatly reduced.

The leaders in the office all had gloomy faces when they left.

Fu Qinghe knew that he had completely messed up this time.

Fu Qinghe realized the problem and went to the nearest morning market (the black market was transformed into a morning market and is gradually no longer regulated) to purchase ingredients early the next morning. However, he found that the ingredients in the market did not meet the previous standards.

There were no fresh flying dragon birds, no fresh pheasants or rabbits, and even the meat of roe deer and wild boar was roughly processed, with the blood not drained away.

Poor quality is better than no use at all.

Fu Qinghe didn't care about anything else and bought some things in revenge and sent them back, then rode his bike to Qiao Saner's house.

Although Qiao Muzhou is not a formal hunter, he has many hunter friends.

The supply of game from the Yuefeng Hunting Team has been cut off. If Fu Qinghe wants to restore the quality of the canteen dishes, he must find a new source of food supply.

After Fu Qinghe found Qiao Saner, Master Qiao Saner did not hesitate and quickly sent people to find a few hunter friends to help solve the problem.

If the demand is just a small one, or just occasional help, these mediocre hunter friends will be able to grit their teeth and do the job.

For example, to catch a live flying dragon, if you don’t have an eagle, there are ways to catch it. You can set a trap, tie a slipknot, and still catch a live flying dragon bird.

It just takes more effort, has a lower success rate, and requires more diligence in slipping out the trap.

However, the canteen has a year-round demand for food, and the quantity is relatively large, and the price offered does not have any competitive advantage. After hearing Fu Qinghe's request, everyone fell silent.

It takes several hours to patrol a large area of ​​mountain with a set of traps. At the end of the day, one can only catch one or half a live chicken.

If you are careless, you will die, become disabled, or be eaten by raccoons or weasels.

When all is said and done, a live flying dragon can be sold for a few cents. The suffering is not proportional to the benefits gained. Only a fool would do that.

After a series of on-site "inspections", Fu Qinghe now understands the value of Niu Fusheng's stable source of game supply.

But now that I have completely offended someone, there is no chance to turn back.

Over the next few days, the quality of the special dishes in the coal mine canteen dropped significantly.

Various signature game such as pheasant, Feilongsha half chicken, etc., cannot be bought alive, so you have to make do with dead ones.

With the same cooking skills, the difference in ingredients is obvious, and the taste of the dishes is naturally also very different.

At least several leaders at the unit came to talk to Fu Qinghe, but Lao Fu was powerless and could only bear the pressure from his leaders.

Before long, five days had passed.

After completing the procedures for the individual business license, Yue Feng successfully obtained it.

The first private hotel in Fengcheng, Fengcheng Hotel, officially opened for trial operation.

During this period, Yue Feng came to the restaurant every day to stock up on all kinds of wild game.

The preparations are completed, and on the 18th of this month, an auspicious day, the business will be officially opened with a bang!
A few days in advance, Yue Feng personally sent out the opening invitations.

Speaking of which, Yue Feng's principle of paving the way when it's sunny and walking on rainy days has now shown results. With this calculation, his network of contacts is really impressive.

Several former coal mine leaders from Zou Zhaoguo's faction, Deputy Director Hou from the Mining Bureau, Uncle Du from the Forestry Bureau and several colleagues Yue Feng knew, acquaintances from Brother Zhang of the Armed Forces and the Forest Police Team, and several main leaders from his father-in-law Wang Jianguo's unit.

Even because of his connections at the forest farm, Uncle Wu Keji from Tiecheng came to the door in person to deliver the invitation.

Let's put it this way, for the opening of the restaurant, Yue Feng notified all the leaders in Fengcheng who had a say and with whom he had a certain degree of connections, in addition to his own connections in Beijing.

On the opening day, the Zhang family's old house, which had been silent for a long time, was transformed into a new look and completely ushered in its second spring.

Starting from 11 o'clock in the morning, cars from different units have been driving non-stop.

Fortunately, Yue Feng made a plan and did advance communication and arrangements before the opening. The eight private rooms separated from the six large rooms and the scattered tables in the lobby were able to take good care of the friends and leaders who came to support the opening day.

On the opening day, Chen Hong and Yue Shan, who had never had any idea about Yue Feng's social connections, were completely shocked by Yue Feng's handwriting.

Those local leaders who were often high-ranking officials with real power in the units were all chatting and laughing in harmony with Yue Feng who was greeting them at the door.

In a small place like Fengcheng, basically all forces from several different systems were present.

At lunchtime, Yue Feng held a glass of wine and toasted at every table, mingling with the guests.

Of course, there were also a lot of red envelopes for the opening ceremony. The red envelopes handed over to Chen Hong, the lobby manager, alone added up to more than 1,000 yuan. To be frank, this money alone was almost enough to cover the initial investment of the hotel.

In the following week, there was an endless stream of people bringing their friends to show their support.

Fengcheng Hotel has been busy since its opening day.

In the words of Chef Niu in the kitchen, serving those leaders in the second canteen is not as tiring as working in his own restaurant.

He was busy from the upper stove to the lower stove, with his feet hitting his head.

Some are happy while others are sad. On Yuefeng's side, the big hotel is opening and making a lot of money, but on the other side, the coal mine canteen, Fuqinghe, is completely desolate.

The national policy requirements at that time were very relaxed, and major units were basically responsible for their own profits and losses. There were no mandatory requirements for things like eating and drinking with public funds.

On one hand, they make do with all sorts of second-class ingredients, such as dead cats and dogs, bought at the morning market or from some amateur hunters; on the other hand, they have a daily supply of fresh game.

Leaders are the most realistic creatures. If there are better options, they will definitely not treat themselves unfairly.

The same logic applies even to official receptions.

There is obviously a very famous restaurant in the local area. We can't let the leaders coming from above eat the inferior food in the cafeteria.

What's more, Yuefeng has limited supply of top-quality ingredients such as long-tailed pheasant and freshly slaughtered venison.

In this day and age, those who can afford to eat in a restaurant are definitely not ordinary people.

The circle was so small that within a few days, the name of Fengcheng Hotel became well-known.

That day, just as it was dinner time, a middle-aged man wearing a thick Lei Feng hat strolled into the hotel.

Chen Hong came up to him politely: "Welcome, sir, what would you like to eat?"

"Recommend some of our restaurant's signature dishes! If there's anything delicious, give me one portion.

I heard from a friend that your restaurant is pretty good, so I came to try it. If you have good food, just serve it. I'm a rich man!"

"Today's special dishes in our restaurant include the first-class flying dragon soup, spicy stir-fried long-tailed pheasant, braised female leopard in sauce, and braised venison.

Other common northern and southern dishes, as long as they are on the menu, can also be made!
In addition, during the trial operation of our store, if you spend more than 20 yuan, you will receive a glass of authentic leopard bone wine for free! "

When the visitor heard Chen Hong mention flying dragons, long-tailed pheasants, female leopards, and venison, he looked sideways.

It's winter now, and these things are rare. Many people have never even heard of their names, let alone eaten them.

"Give me one portion of each of the dishes you just mentioned! I want a private room!!"

"Are you alone? Our dishes are quite large, one person may not be able to finish them all!"

"It's okay, I have a big appetite, I can take away what I can't finish!"

"it is good!"

Soon, the strange man was led into the private room by the waiter.

The menu was sent to the kitchen, and people immediately started working on the stove.

After a short while, the dishes were served one after another. The big man frowned slightly when he smelled the aroma of the hot dishes just out of the pot.

After he picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and tasted it, his brows furrowed even deeper.

No wonder the leaders haven’t eaten in the cafeteria recently. The food at Fengcheng Hotel tastes too hard.

The person who came was none other than the 'fallen from favor' Fu Qinghe.

In terms of luck and the ability to choose sides, Fu Qinghe is better than Niu Fusheng. At first, he was a chef in the canteen and his status was no lower than Niu Fusheng.

But in terms of business capabilities and the ability to integrate resources and make friends, he is much worse than Master Niu.

In order to further improve the richness of the food in the restaurant, Niu Fusheng contacted several food suppliers who had been cooperating with the second canteen for many years.

For example, this fresh leek was originally a rare delicacy in the second canteen. Whenever it was served on the table, knowledgeable leaders would always look at it with great regard.

Ever since Niu Fusheng and Yue Feng opened this restaurant, the people who delivered leeks from the coal mine canteen no longer came.

The production of this thing is extremely limited. Niu Fusheng has a good relationship with the other party, so he raised the price.

From then on, the leaders of the coal mine canteen could no longer taste this new delicacy in their own canteen.

After the meal, Fu Qinghe was completely convinced.

It’s not that the leader is difficult to serve, it’s just that without Master Niu in charge, I can’t get all kinds of high-quality rare ingredients with my own skills.

It's okay to serve ordinary workers, but serving leaders is no longer enough.

After eating four dishes, the total bill was 38.5 yuan.

The dishes are really delicious, the ingredients are rare, and the price is reasonable. A meal cost nearly 40 yuan, which is almost as much as two months' salary for an ordinary worker.

After leaving the deposit and giving the other party an aluminum lunch box to pack up the leftovers, Chen Hong happily put the business income on the counter and recorded the corresponding account details on the invoice.

Since the hotel opened, it has been fully occupied at noon and evening meal times every day. If you come late, there will be no seats left, even at the tables in the lobby.

Several of the private rooms are reserved for a long time by leaders from the Mining Bureau and the Forestry Bureau. They bring people to eat at noon and at night. The repurchase rate of other individual tables is also very high.

After closing every day, we take inventory of the day. The daily turnover is at least 600 to 700 yuan, and sometimes it exceeds 1,000 yuan.

At this time, Chen Hong and Yue Shan were extremely grateful that they had agreed to come to the hotel to help.

The restaurant’s net profit in one day is equivalent to what two people would earn in a year without eating or drinking.

A unique business can be described as making a fortune every day.

Chen Hong thought very clearly that if she worked hard, Yue Feng would be able to give her a portion of the shares as dividends. Even if it was only a small proportion, it would be a lot of money in her hands, which was much better than working in a coal mine and being ostracized.

The restaurant was packed with guests and had great business, but there was also a drawback: the food inventory in the kitchen was being consumed too quickly.

Take the two snakeskin bags of long-tailed pheasants that Yue Feng brought back before opening his business.

Due to the rarity of the ingredients, a serving of chicken is priced at 18 yuan, but after tasting it, diners still flock to it.

There were about fifty chickens in total, and the genders were not uniform. Within a few days, the supply was running low.

There is no other way but to limit the quantity each day and it’s first come, first served. Even so, there is still a huge gap in food.

When Yue Feng came to the store to settle the accounts, Master Niu and his wife Chen Hong mentioned this matter to Yue Feng.

Signature dishes can be out of stock for a short period of time and in limited quantities, but they cannot be unavailable all the time. Otherwise, after asking a few times, customers’ confidence in the restaurant will be greatly reduced.

This problem can only be solved if there are other similar cuisines to complement each other.

Based on this consideration, the task of going into the mountains again to replenish long-tailed pheasants has been put on the agenda.

On this day, Yue Feng greeted everyone in the hunting team in advance and gathered at home early to have breakfast.

Today's destination for climbing the mountain is very clear, Yejidianzi.

Xiaowen had previously said that there was a small path from the No. 59 Forest Farm that could lead to the Pheasant Meadow. Yue Feng had specifically confirmed this with Uncle Chen, and there was indeed an abandoned path there.

Four people, eight dogs, and two eagles, riding on a motorcycle, went up the mountain along the Chaiji Road.

The Chaiji Road on the 59th forest area is in poor condition as there is no need for traffic in a large area after all the forests were cut down.

Fortunately, the passability of three-wheeled motorcycles is much better than that of four-wheeled vehicles such as trucks. If they occasionally get stuck in a pothole, the gentlemen can get off and carry it over.

In less than an hour, the motorcycle reached the end of Chaiji Road.

Further ahead, there was a large ditch blocking the way. Looking ahead, there were vast mountains and forests that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Yue Feng got off the motorcycle and looked around: "This should be the upstream of Yejidianzi!

Get off the bus, load up the sled and your belongings, and we'll walk the rest of the way!"

The four brothers had never been to this place before, they only knew that there was another small path connecting to Pheasant Meadow.

But this did not pose a problem for Yue Feng. Before coming, he asked Uncle Chen for directions to Yejidianzi and the surrounding terrain.

It is inaccurate to remember the road in the barren mountains and forests. The more sparsely populated the road is, the easier it is to make mistakes. However, it is difficult to make mistakes when remembering the shape and terrain of the mountain.

According to Uncle Chen, if you walk north along the bottom of the ditch for about three kilometers, you will reach the upper reaches of Yejidianzi.

There is no need to worry even if there are mountain streams and rivers in winter. Unless they are warm springs, people can still pass by walking on the snow crust after they freeze and snow falls.

The brothers took their hunting bags from the car, dragged them onto the sled, and headed upstream towards the pheasant meadow.

After walking for three kilometers at the bottom of the ravine, Yue Feng chose a slightly higher position and looked around.

We were on the right mountain road. Not far away, the ravine gradually widened and became a shape similar to a small lake.

The bottom of the ditch became relatively flat, and there were fewer and fewer tall trees. In the distance, the iconic clucking sounds of the long-tailed pheasant could be heard.

"The pheasant field should be ahead! Everyone, hurry up and get ready to pick up the chickens!"

Yue Feng called out and took the lead.

Xiaowu panted with his gun on his back, "Boss, walk slowly, no one is trying to snatch it from you.

Let me make it clear first, the way into the mountain today is very simple, so there is no need to worry about getting lost when we go back.

Let's go back later. We've come all this way, so let's catch more pheasants!"

"Okay, let's catch more! There are so many pheasants here, we don't have to worry about catching them all! If we don't catch them, wild cats, foxes and other animals will eat them!"

The brothers walked forward, talking and laughing. After walking about another mile, they began to see the iconic sedge grass under the snow on the ground.

The 鰰鞡草 is the regional symbol of the pheasant meadow. We have arrived! (End of this chapter)