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

When the hunting team returned home on their motorcycles, before they even entered the house, Wang Xiaona, who was inside, came out to greet them upon hearing the sound of the motorcycles.

Her husband has gone hunting in the mountains with a group of people, and they'll be gone for several days. It would be a lie to say that Wang Xiaona isn't worried.

Before setting off, they said they would be back in five to seven days at most. Wang Xiaona was counting down the days at home. Since breakfast, she had been feeling uneasy, worried about Yuefeng on the mountain.

"Hey, honey, I'm back! Did you miss me?" Yue Feng grinned at Wang Xiaona and immediately came over.

Wang Xiaona glanced at her husband, then looked at Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu one by one, and nodded after confirming that all four of them were safe: "Just came down from the mountain? Have you eaten? Come inside, I'll cook for you!"

"After coming down from Chaiji Road, we stopped by the breeding farm to drop off the dog with my master! We had a quick bite to eat up in the mountains! How's our son? Is everything alright at home?"

"Everything is fine, except for a few signatures on the accounts at the purchasing and sales point. Everything else is normal! Kaixin is asleep in the room, so keep your voice down and don't wake our son!"

"That's alright, I'll handle it in a meeting tomorrow!"

"Okay, come inside and warm up! I'll make you some egg soup!"

At Wang Xiaona's invitation, Yue Feng led his brothers into the house quietly.

Wang Xiaona turned and went to the kitchen, poured boiling water over the eggs and added a spoonful of sugar, making a large bowl for each person.

The three brothers, including Xiao Tao, didn't refuse the food their sister-in-law had made by hand. They gulped it down while it was still hot. Their hands and feet, which had been frozen by the cold wind from their journey, slowly warmed up.

"How was the trip into the mountains?" Wang Xiaona asked casually after clearing away the dishes.

"Hehe, you know how good your husband is at hunting! When have we ever gone into the mountains empty-handed? This time, we hunted more than ten wild boars of various sizes, and got at least two thousand catties of fresh meat! In addition, we also hunted a tiger cub!"

"Two thousand catties of wild boar meat? I didn't see that much on the truck. Did it all stay at the breeding farm on the mountain?" Wang Xiaona scratched her head. The actual situation didn't quite match the information her husband was giving her.

"Where we camped, vehicles couldn't get through, so we had to drag sleds in and out on foot! To save trouble, we used pine firewood to smoke the fresh meat until it was semi-dried!"
After processing the two thousand catties, only about a thousand catties remained. Several large bags of the weight were left on the mountain, and only a very small portion was brought back!

The meat wasn't processed very neatly; it'll need some reprocessing after it rests to preserve it for a longer time! We'll boil it in our eight-person pot with salt water, then let it dry, and it'll be ready for long-term storage!

Wang Xiaona nodded: "Okay, I'll help you with it when everything's alright later!"

Seeing the affectionate attitude of his elder brother and sister-in-law, Xiao Tao exchanged glances with Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, and the three of them stood up at the same time.

"Brother Feng, Sister-in-law, we're going home now! We'll come back after dinner!"

"Okay, you guys take it easy! Go home and let us know you're safe before we talk about anything else!"

"OK!"

……

After the three people left, Wang Xiaona quietly lifted Yue Feng's cotton coat, reached her right hand inside, and grabbed the skin around his waist.

Wang Xiaona complained somewhat fiercely, "Didn't you say you'd try to come back in four or five days? Why are you a day late? Don't you know that my child, my parents, and I are all waiting for you at home? I've been feeling a little anxious since this morning!"

Yue Feng immediately begged for mercy: "Ouch, wife, it hurts!"
I said five to seven days! We could have come back earlier, but we encountered a troublesome lynx. We barely slept last night, and after killing it, we're in a rush to get down the mountain today!

“Our family doesn’t lack the meat and income from hunting. From now on, when you go hunting in the mountains, can’t you just not go to such far places? I can’t sleep well at night when you’re not home!” Wang Xiaona loosened her fingers and said leisurely.

Yue Feng knew his wife wasn't really angry with him, so he put his arm around Wang Xiaona's waist.

"Okay, we'll go hunting again later, but we'll stay a few days less so my wife won't worry!"

Wang Xiaona chuckled: "That's more like it!"

"By the way, there's something I need you to help me figure out!"

"What's going on?"

"Xiao Tao has taken a liking to a sales clerk at Fengcheng Department Store! That blockhead has finally seen the light. I promised to help him figure it out!"

"A matchmaker?" When Wang Xiaona heard that it was about Xiao Tao, her gossip instincts instantly ignited.

"It's not necessarily about matchmaking. You're a woman, so you're definitely easier to approach than I am! Help Xiao Tao vet the potential match and see what kind of temperament and character they have. If they come from a respectable family and are reliable, we'll try to set them up!"

"Okay, change out of your clothes first. I'll boil some water for you later so you can take a bath tonight. Once you've rested, you can take me on your motorcycle, and we'll go check on that girl!"

"OK!"

……

Yue Feng spent some time cuddling with his wife at home, then went inside to check on his son before finally walking out and returning to the old house.

I'm back, but I haven't told my mom or my sister yet. My family must be worried. I should contact them sooner so they can be at ease.

Back at the old house, Yue Feng spent some time with his mother and younger sister before returning to the new house in a good mood.

Lying back on the bench, my tense nerves completely relaxed.

Before she knew it, it was getting dark. Wang Xiaona was cooking in the kitchen. Her husband had come home. Knowing that the hunting team had trouble getting food on the mountain, Wang Xiaona had prepared a lot of delicious food for dinner.

Yue Feng drank another two ounces of wine. After he had eaten and drunk his fill and cleared the table, his wife had already heated the bathwater.

Taking a nice hot bath instantly relieves most of your fatigue.

The next morning, Yue Feng slept until seven o'clock before getting out of bed.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder; I woke up this morning with a sore back.

Yue Feng ate breakfast while supporting his back, and then strolled over to his father-in-law's village office.

The family knew the hunting team had returned, but Yuefeng still had something to take care of. He needed to mention the large-scale death of the pine trees to Uncle Du at the Forestry Bureau.

This disease, which can spread rapidly and cause widespread outbreaks, is something that needs to be taken seriously. If it is not dealt with in time, it could spread to a wider area and directly cause a large loss of high-quality pine timber for the country.

Yue Feng exchanged a few pleasantries with his mother-in-law in the outer room, then turned and went into the village office room, found the office phone number of Uncle Du from the Forestry Bureau, and dialed it directly.

A dozen seconds later, the phone rang.

"Hello? This is the Forestry Bureau office. This is Du Chonglai. Who are you looking for?"

"Hey, good morning, sir! I'm Xiaofeng!"

Yue Feng grinned and then introduced himself.

"Xiaofeng, how could you bear to call me! You've been pretty quiet lately, not even coming to the station to hang out with me!"

Upon hearing that it was Yue Feng, Du Chonglai's tone immediately relaxed.

"No way, there were just too many trivial things to do, so I didn't get to do it!"
A while ago I was filming a documentary with a CCTV crew. After the crew left, I took my hunting team into the mountains and stayed for another week. I just got back yesterday afternoon!

"I heard about the film crew's situation! You didn't say anything, so you must be able to coordinate things yourself! How was the trip into the mountains? Any good finds?" "Not bad, thanks to you, we hunted some wild boar and even caught a tiger cub!"

"You killed another tiger cub? Is there any meat left? The one they gave me last time wasn't enough to go around, and I still have a lot of meat to spare!" Du Chonglai asked for the meat without any hesitation.

"It's still with me. I'll bring it to you when I get back! Um, I called you today because there's something important I need to report to you!"

"Important matter? What is it? Tell me!"

"We were hunting in the mountains and discovered a huge grove of withered pine trees! This looks like some kind of disease that they were talking about in the newspapers!"

We went to this area last winter, and in less than a year, at least several hundred acres of red pine trees have died!

Pine wilt disease?

Du Chonglai had been quite relaxed earlier, but upon hearing Yue Feng's report on serious matters, he immediately straightened his back and blurted out a term.

Yue Feng: "I think that's the name, but I'm not a professional, so I'm not sure!"

"Where exactly is that problematic pine forest you mentioned located?"

"Go into the mountains along Chaiji Road, pass through the mountain road on the right side of Mountain Area No. 60 and keep going until the end. Then move in a direction close to due northeast and walk for about 30 kilometers. That should get you there!"
There are tracks left by our motorcycles and snowmobiles on the road!

After passing that section where vehicles were unavailable, we walked for about ten kilometers. There were sled tracks along the way; as long as we were in the right direction, we could follow the tracks to find our way!

"Okay, I understand! If this is true, it's quite serious! We need to verify it as soon as possible and determine the cause quickly! Is there anything else?"

"Gone!"

"I'll arrange for someone to check first, and I'll contact you again if there's any problem!"

"Okay, I'm not going anywhere far these days!"

"Bye!"

……

Hearing the busy tone from the phone, Yue Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Even after being reborn, Yue Feng still couldn't remain indifferent to such matters.

Perhaps this is the deep-seated love for this mountain forest!

After reporting the death of the pine tree, Yue Feng went to the purchasing and sales point for a stroll.

Since the snow fell, business at the purchasing and sales point has shrunk significantly.

With heavy snow blocking the mountains in winter and the peak season for harvesting mountain products in autumn over, there's hardly any business left.

Yue Feng verified the recent accounts and other operational details of the purchasing and sales point. After signing the documents, the staff could then distribute wages according to the normal procedure.

With the weather getting cold, villagers who had nothing to do began to hibernate. Because they had been busy all spring, summer and autumn, the villagers who harvested mountain products had earned a lot of money. So this winter, the villagers who had money in their hands were making quite a stir.

On the back street, after finishing work in early winter, Wang Maosheng bought several transistor radios. He also bought a bicycle for his family because he earned a good income from picking pine cones.

These trivial village-level news items no longer stirred any emotion in Yue Feng's heart.

However, the villagers' lives are getting better, which has a direct impact on Yue Feng's business, and no one can deny that.

For the next two days, it was windy every day. The wind was so strong that it felt like the roofs would be blown off.

In this kind of weather, Yue Feng would naturally not take his wife into the city.

Three days later, the strong winds stopped, and the temperature warmed up and the sun shone brightly. Fully equipped, Yue Feng rode his motorcycle with his wife into the city, heading straight for Fengcheng Department Store.

Because Fengcheng has a relatively smaller population, the department stores in the city are much smaller than those in Tiecheng.

People like Yue Feng, who have already achieved some degree of freedom in car ownership, usually go directly to the department store in Tiecheng when they want to buy big-ticket items, so they don't come here often.

Today, the couple dressed very neatly and wrapped themselves up tightly before entering the city, riding their bikes directly to the entrance of the department store.

During the wintering season, business at the department store wasn't too busy. Yue Feng turned off his motorcycle and parked it, and immediately a middle-aged man wrapped in a military overcoat and thick cotton shoes came over to greet him.

"Young man, are you parking here? Going to the department store to buy something?"

"Hello sir, is parking under your jurisdiction?"

"That's right, the ticket costs one cent!"

Upon hearing that parking would cost money, Yue Feng didn't hesitate and took out a paper ticket from his pocket and handed it over.

"Please keep this money!"

"Here's your car retrieval receipt, please keep it safe!"

"Okay!" Yue Feng took the receipt and handed it to his wife, then took out the car keys and put them in his pocket.

The couple lifted the thick curtain and entered the house, and a wave of heat hit them instantly.

"The department store in Fengcheng is really something else, charging a dime just to look at a car!" Wang Xiaona muttered with some dissatisfaction.

"They're watching our car, so let them take it. It's freezing outside! Shall I take off your scarf for you? It's warm inside!"

"No need, just wear it for now! You can take it off later when it gets hot! What floor does the saleswoman Xiaotao like sell on? Let's go find her!" Wang Xiaona said with a very clear purpose.

"It seems to be the shoe and hat section on the second floor! I wonder if they're on duty today!"

"Let's go take a look! I'll buy you a pair of leather shoes while I'm at it!" Wang Xiaona had completely changed from her timidity when she first came to the city to the confident demeanor of a young, wealthy woman.

Money is the best teacher, and that's never an exaggeration. Yue Feng is capable, so his wife naturally has confidence, which is reflected in her demeanor—even though it's her first time here, she doesn't show any timidity.

Yue Feng, arm in arm with his wife, swaggered forward, passed through the area selling groceries and snacks, and found the stairs leading to the second floor.

The second floor mainly sells ready-made clothing, shoes, and hats. You can occasionally see fashionable clothes from the south, but the styles are limited in winter, so there aren't many options to choose from.

The couple strolled upstairs and wandered around the shoe and hat section.

The woman in her forties is definitely not a middle-aged woman, and the woman with her hair tied up in a woman's style is definitely married.

The couple wandered around for a long time but couldn't find anyone who met their criteria.

At that moment, a middle-aged woman with curly hair approached.

"Young men, are you two looking for someone? I've seen you circling around here several times!" (End of Chapter)