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

Yu Xiaoming witnessed Yue Feng and the four brothers, Xiao Tao, solving all the problems from beginning to end.

It's an objective fact that young people in Northeast China are naturally like this, but it's rare to see such steady and tough young men as Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, Xiao Wu, and Yue Feng.

Chen Mengshi is a well-known figure in the area, and he has certainly experienced all kinds of situations. The fact that he was able to admit defeat so readily speaks volumes.

Yu Xiaoming took a deep breath and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Thanks to you all for today! Come on, come inside and warm up!"

Seeing that Xiao Tao's father-in-law was somewhat reasonable, Yue Feng grinned and strode into the north room.

At this moment, Yu Panpan's gaze towards Xiao Tao was almost overflowing with something indescribable.

Handsome, rich, reliable, and decisive—this guy who fell from the sky is mine! Perfect!

Yu Panpan tugged at Xiao Tao's left hand and whispered a complaint: "You just shoved the shotgun into your chest, that was so dangerous! You can't do that again!"

Xiao Tao curled his lip, dismissing it, and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? Feel what's in my arms."

Yu Panpan was a little shy, but her curiosity got the better of her, so she reached out and touched the inside of her coat.

Two thick stacks of ten-yuan notes were stuffed into the inner pocket!
With the military overcoat and the two stacks of money as a buffer, even if the other side dared to open fire, Xiao Tao would most likely not suffer serious injuries!
Well, in addition to having boldness, he also has the ability to be both brave and resourceful.

Yu Panpan felt that the man in front of her was even more perfect.

The four of them entered the house one after the other, and Yu Xiaoming led Yue Feng and the others directly to the kang (heated brick bed) in the west room.

"My family isn't well-off! Please make yourselves at home! Honey, make some tea for the guests!" Yu Xiaoming said humbly.

Yue Feng sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and smiled: "Uncle Yu, no need to be so polite. We're all kids who grew up in the village, no need for such formalities! Xiao Tao, come and call everyone!"

Hearing his older brother's greeting, Xiao Tao let go of Yu Panpan's hand and walked up to Yu Xiaoming: "Uncle! My name is Li Mingtao. I've really fallen for Panpan. I hope you and my aunt can agree to our relationship!"

Now that things have come to this point, Yu Xiaoming certainly won't refuse anymore.

Xiao Tao said he paid back the several hundred yuan high-interest loan as soon as he took out the money, without even asking for a small change!
A stack of ten-yuan notes is worth a thousand yuan. Even after paying off the high-interest loan, there would still be more than five hundred yuan left. With just that amount of money, one could be rich enough to marry Yu Panpan.

Yu Xiaoming looked Xiao Tao up and down again: "Good boy, who else is in your family? Where do you work now? How old are you?"

Xiao Tao answered truthfully: "I have parents and a little sister at home. I'm twenty this year. I don't go to work. I follow Brother Feng. We have a hunting team! We've killed more than one bear and tiger. These small thugs are nothing to us!"
In addition to the income from fishing in winter, we also receive dividends from restaurants, mountain produce sales points, breeding farms, and well-drilling teams!

"If Panpan comes with me, I promise I won't let her suffer any injustice!"

When Xiao Tao rattled off a series of 'resumes' without even blinking, Lao Yu and Xiao Yu were both a little dumbfounded.

No wonder they could easily handle Chen Mengshi and his gang; these young men in front of them are incredibly skilled.

At that age, having personally fought a tiger is frightening enough!
You should know that decades ago, an old gang leader who participated in a tiger-hunting operation instantly rose to prominence in the circle, and wherever he went, he was respectfully addressed as "Gang Leader So-and-So".

Yue Feng interjected at the opportune moment: "I can guarantee that what Xiao Tao said is absolutely true! I am the captain of the hunting team, and also Xiao Tao's older brother! In addition, I am also the village secretary of Xing'an Village! If you don't believe me, you can ask your acquaintances later!"

Well, he became the village secretary at such a young age. With this endorsement, his background is even stronger.

No wonder he casually let the Chen family settle scores earlier! A village official in his early twenties—no one would believe he didn't have a powerful background.

Yu Xiaoming paused for a few seconds, then took a deep breath: "Since you and Panpan are both willing, then I, as your father, will not offer my opinion! You can ask the family to choose an auspicious date later, and then find a matchmaker to discuss the marriage arrangements!"

"As her father, I'm not very capable, but my wife and I are relieved that Panpan found a son-in-law like you!"

Strength determines attitude. After flexing his muscles, Yu Xiaoming readily agreed.

Hearing his father-in-law's words, Xiao Tao's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, instantly settled.

"However, there's one request I need to tell you both!"

"Uncle, please tell me!"

"If you're going to date, then date. But before you're officially married, you have to know the rules! You can't stay out overnight! Even though our Yu family has fallen on hard times, his mother and I still have to make a living in the village. We can't lose face and be laughed at by the neighbors!"

This request was reasonable, and Xiao Tao agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I promise you!"

Seeing that his father-in-law and son-in-law had reached a preliminary agreement, Yue Feng seized the opportunity and said with a smile, "Now that you two have finished communicating, as your older brother, I would also like to make a request!"

"You have requests too? Tell me about them!" Yu Xiaoming asked, puzzled.

Yue Feng continued, "This gambling debt is settled! You can't gamble anymore! I heard from Panpan that she has an older brother, I wonder where he works now?"

“My eldest son is working as a temporary laborer at the forest farm, cutting branches! I gambled away all the money in the family, so he went on a blind date and is now doing odd jobs to save money to get married!”

Yue Feng nodded after listening: "If you can guarantee that you will never gamble again, I can find someone to help Panpan's brother get a formal job in the forest farm! Or a coal mine would also be fine!"

"Are you serious? You really think you can get Shuanzhu a job as a factory worker and get government-subsidized food rations?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaoming's breathing became a little rapid.

Only the people at the very bottom of society know how respectable it is to be a formal worker.

The government had a policy that if you became a worker, you would be guaranteed a stable job for life, from birth to old age and death, and you could even pass the job on to your descendants. Back then, it was a sure thing that your job was secure.

"Yes! I can do it if you just ask! But the condition is that you have to quit gambling!"
If I find out you've been gambling again, I can make him go back to work, or I can make him lose his job!
You'd better think this through before you agree! We're all men; we speak our minds, and what we say is law!

"I'll quit! I'll quit gambling!"

Yu Xiaoming straightened his somewhat hunched back and turned to leave the room.

Just as the group was wondering what the old man was up to, they heard a cracking sound from the cutting board in the outer room.

Hearing the commotion, Yue Feng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately rushed out. Well, Yu Xiaoming used a kitchen knife he used at home to cut vegetables and chopped off his left little finger at the base.

In an instant, blood gushed out, dripping and staining his palm.

Yue Feng felt his scalp tingle. He rushed forward, picked up the severed finger from the ground, and wrapped it in a handkerchief.

"Xiao Tao, hurry up and go outside to start a fire, we need to get to the city hospital!"

Upon hearing the call, several people rushed out.

Yu Xiaoming looked at Yue Feng calmly: "I'm already this old, it's just a finger, don't worry about it, just apply some medicine and it'll heal in a while!"

When Yu Panpan saw her father in such a state, even her usually stern face showed a hint of emotion.

"He's so stubborn! So stubborn! Even now, he's still acting like a stubborn fool! Brother Feng, can my dad's finger be reattached at the hospital?"

Yue Feng sighed, "I don't know either! Let's go first. Find a clean towel and cover Uncle's wound with it! We're going to the hospital! Even if it can't be set, the wound still needs to be treated. An infection would be a real problem!"

Soon, the originally harmonious atmosphere changed because of Yu Xiaoming's knife.

Without a second thought, everyone quickly bandaged the wounds, started their motorcycles, and drove the injured man straight to Fengcheng People's Hospital.

He went to the emergency room and then asked an orthopedic doctor about the situation. In order to hear the truth, Yue Feng even called Brother Hu and asked him to help him contact the city's people's government.

After all that work, the final result was a bit disappointing.

At present, finger replantation surgery in China is still in its early stages of development. Although leading orthopedic experts have already achieved successful precedents, the objective conditions are simply not suitable for people from small places like Fengcheng to travel to big cities to perform surgery.

Transferring to another hospital, arranging surgery, and the time spent traveling are all severely limited. Even if surgery can be arranged, by the time the person and the severed finger arrive, they will have long passed their optimal condition.

Tiger's words are quite realistic. If it were one of Yue Feng's close brothers or relatives who had injured their finger, he would shamelessly beg his father to send military aircraft to help, and he would definitely do his best to increase the success rate as quickly as possible.

Given the awkward relationship between Xiao Tao and his father-in-law, especially considering that it involves the little finger with the least functional impact, and that the other party is almost sixty years old, paying such a high price wouldn't be very meaningful.

Having done everything he could, Yue Feng sighed and called Xiao Tao and Yu Panpan to the hospital corridor.

Yue Feng said in a deep voice, "Panpan, your father's finger is beyond saving! The medical level here is not up to par, and the nearest place is Harbin! But during the round trip, the finger will lose its vitality, and there is no better solution at the moment!"

Yu Panpan frowned slightly, her voice heavy with weariness, and said, "Brother Feng, if there's no way to continue, then it's fate!"

My dad cut off his own finger; he has no one to blame but himself!

"I'll definitely arrange a job for your older brother, don't worry about that! The external injury might get infected, so your dad will need to stay in the hospital for a few days! Don't worry about the hospitalization costs! You and Xiao Tao, come visit more often these next few days when you have time! I've already spoken to the hospital!"

Panpan said very sincerely, "Thank you, Brother Feng! Since my dad dared to cut off his own finger, I believe he can change his gambling habit! I, Panpan, will remember your kindness to our family for the rest of my life!"

"Alright, Xiao Tao is my younger brother, so if you become his wife, you'll be my sister-in-law! Let's not talk about these things anymore! You all need to adjust your mindset and try to help the old man recover and be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible!"

"Ok!"

……

What was originally a pretty good battle between the son-in-law and the father-in-law was marred by Yu Xiaoming's somewhat self-destructive behavior.

After settling the hospitalization matters, Yue Feng said goodbye to Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu and left first, leaving Xiao Tao and Panpan to stay with him temporarily.

That evening, Yu Panpan's older brother, Yu Shuanzhu, arrived at the hospital. After learning about the situation, he slapped himself repeatedly in the face at the door of his father's hospital bed.

The old man's move was a bit ruthless. Yu Shuanzhu knew that his father's little finger was equivalent to changing his job.

However, in Yu Panpan's eyes, despite feeling sorry for him, looking at the matter calmly from another perspective, her good-for-nothing father had done something that made her look at him with new respect.

Over the next few days, Yue Feng came to check on him again. The old man was able to eat and drink normally, and apart from his hand being wrapped in gauze, everything was normal.

Since the father had even cut off his finger, Yue Feng started arranging a job for Xiao Tao's brother-in-law.

Yu Shuanzhu is 24 years old this year. He didn't even finish elementary school, so it was difficult for him to find a job that was a little less demanding. After Yue Feng understood the general situation, he used his connection with Du Chonglai, an old man from the Forestry Bureau, to help Yu Shuanzhu get a formal job as a production line worker in a forest farm workshop.

Now, Yu Shuanzhu, who could only work as a temporary worker and earn a meager living, has a formal and respectable job. The Yu family, which was on the verge of breaking up due to the father's gambling addiction, has undergone a new change in fate thanks to the flapping of the wings of Yue Feng and Xiao Tao, these two "butterflies".

Before we knew it, half a month had passed.

Yu Xiaoming's external injuries have begun to heal and he has been discharged from the hospital. Yu Shuanzhu has also officially started working and has become a proud forestry worker.

As for Xiao Tao and Yu Panpan, their first impression of each other was already quite good. In addition, they visited the hospital together every day to accompany and take care of the father-in-law, and their relationship became more and more stable.

Although they have only known each other for less than twenty days, their relationship has already made a breakthrough, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as being as sweet as honey.

In Xiao Tao's words, the two of them had unlocked all the achievements in their relationship, except for the last layer of "window paper" that they hadn't broken through.

Thanks to Yue Feng's involvement, Xiao Tao's relationship has been streamlined and is now on the fast track. They're just waiting for the new house to thaw next spring so they can get married and bring his wife home.

Meanwhile, the documentary production team has completed the editing, submission, and review of the documentary on the inheritance of falconry culture.

The project was originally sponsored by a big shot, so the documentary had a smooth and unimpeded process.

In the middle of the month, the documentary series "Traditional Chinese Falconry: A True Story," with a total runtime of 180 minutes and divided into ten episodes, premiered on CCTV-1.

The second episode alone achieved record-breaking ratings, causing a huge uproar at the time.

In no time, letters from viewers all over the country poured into CCTV channels like snowflakes, and Yue Feng, the young inheritor of falconry, officially made his debut in front of people across the country.

That day, Yue Feng was still enjoying a leisurely time at home with his wife and children, when a strange phone call came to the village office. (End of Chapter)