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

"Let me tell you, my older brother's friends are all incredibly influential! They can just casually make a few words to their superiors, and..."

Xiao Tao was currently talking animatedly about something, his tone confident and his demeanor quite exaggerated.

Uncle Hat, who was with Xiao Tao and his friends, grinned but didn't say a word when he saw Yue Feng arrive.

Xiao Tao seemed to sense the subtle change in the atmosphere and subconsciously turned around to look.

Yue Feng grinned: "Go on, why did you stop talking?"

Xiao Tao blushed like an old woman caught cheating, and immediately became shy and bashful.

"Brother, when...when did you get here!"

"You came here while you were spouting your bragging!" Yue Feng said irritably.

"Hey, I was just bragging a little, just joking with Brother Liu!" Xiao Tao said, trying to save face.

"Hahaha, yes, that's nonsense!" Officer Liu laughed good-naturedly.

Yue Feng looked at Officer Liu: "Brother Liu, I'm sorry to have troubled you these past few days!"

Officer Liu waved his hand: "We don't need to say these polite words between us!"

You didn't make things difficult for us, did you? We all give each other face! Xiao Tao and the three brothers, Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, have been quite well-behaved these past few days; we don't need to worry about them at all!

Yue Feng raised his wrist and glanced at the time on his watch: "Is it time yet?"

"We've arrived! Just sign here and you can leave anytime!"

"It's getting late, so I won't stand on ceremony! We need to take them home early; we have things to do tomorrow! I'll make arrangements later!"

"no problem!"

Soon, at Officer Liu's prompting, the three brothers signed their names on a paper document and then happily followed Yue Feng out of the duty room.

When the three brothers came out, Xiao Tao exaggeratedly tilted his head back and took a deep breath.

"Ah, it's so much better outside! Even breathing is more comfortable than in the detention room! Life without freedom is unbearable!" Xiao Tao couldn't help but sigh.

"It's good that you know freedom is good! From now on, you need to use your brain more when you do things, and you can't be so reckless!"

I know you're standing up for me and doing this for my own good, but when it comes to dealing with people, we can use our brains and be more mindful of our methods!
"Now that we're wearing shoes, we can't do those barefoot things anymore!" Yue Feng said softly.

Xiao Tao pouted and said, "Okay!"

"Big brother, did you come by yourself? It's a bit cramped for the four of us to ride on one motorcycle!" Xiaowen interjected at the opportune moment to change the subject.

"Brother Zhao Hongbo came with me! He rode two motorcycles here! Let's go to the front yard!"

"Mmm!"

Several people followed Yue Feng out of the backyard and into the front yard. From a distance, they saw Zhao Hongbo sitting on the motorcycle seat, smoking a cigarette and lost in thought.

"You're out? Get in the car, let's go home!"

Zhao Hongbo stubbed out the unfinished cigarette and threw it on the ground, then immediately started his motorcycle.

After a quick division of labor, the group of brothers rode two motorcycles together out of the police station and headed straight for Xing'an Village in the night.

Along the way, Xiao Tao and the Zhang brothers couldn't help but let out strange screams several times in the empty darkness.

Three days is neither a long nor a short time. Even with the best care in the cell, one cannot be completely free.

Now, with the night breeze blowing, the group of people clearly released their long-suppressed emotions through strange cries.

Yue Feng and Zhao Hongbo both realized this detail from the reactions of the others, so they hardly spoke along the way and instead drove the motorcycle steadily and fast.

Once the five people and two motorcycles entered the village, their speed noticeably slowed down.

"Should we go straight home? Or should we go to my new house first?" Yue Feng asked.

"Has anything happened with the hunting team these past few days?" Xiaowen didn't answer, but instead asked a question in return.

Yue Feng truthfully replied, "Nothing serious happened to the hunting team! Brother Hongbo and I caught two bears, one big and one small, yesterday morning, and also caught a few wild boar lambs from last year using traps and put them over at Shidingzi!"

Xiaowen: "If there's nothing else, let's go home first! We'll meet up at your place tomorrow!"

"Alright, that's settled then! Everyone go home, I'll take you all home first!"

Yue Feng twisted the accelerator and drove the Zhang brothers in the back seat directly to their doorstep.

After seeing off the three hunting team brothers who had just been detained, Yue Feng met Zhao Hongbo at the door of the new house.

"Brother Hongbo, come in and have some water?" Yue Feng invited.

Zhao Hongbo waved his hand: "It's getting late, you should get some rest. I'm going back!"

"Alright then, I won't stand on ceremony anymore!"

"Enough with the useless talk, let's go!"

"it is good!"

……

Watching Zhao Hongbo walk away with a flashlight, Yue Feng opened the gate of his new house, pushed his motorcycle into the yard, and then strolled into the house.

As Yue Feng pushed the motorcycle into the yard, the door light in the north room turned on.

When Yue Feng entered the house, his wife, Wang Xiaona, was already waiting in the living room, wearing a coat.

"You're still awake, honey!"

Wang Xiaona poured a cup of warm water from the thermos and held it in front of Yue Feng, saying softly, "How can my child and I sleep soundly if you don't come home!"

Xiao Tao and Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu have been brought back? Did everything go smoothly?

"Don't worry, everything went smoothly! I've already spoken to the police station, and the three of us were allowed to eat and drink whatever we wanted inside, except we couldn't wander around freely. We didn't suffer much!"
"You wouldn't believe it, when I got there, the three of them had already come out of the detention room and were bragging to Officer Liu in the duty room!"

"It's good that everything went smoothly. We brothers only went in to beat people up because we were there to stand up for you!"

"You'd better find a chance to make amends for this later, as the eldest brother! We can't let everyone feel disappointed!" Wang Xiaona said in a tone befitting an elder sister-in-law.

Yue Feng took a sip of lukewarm water, grinned, and said, "Okay, I'll remember! It's getting late, you should get some rest!"

"Go inside, and be careful when you open the door, don't wake your son!"

This kid's just like you; he's a light sleeper, and the slightest noise makes his little eyes widen in surprise!

"Mmm!" Yue Feng tiptoed and quietly pushed open the bedroom door, afraid of waking Kaixin who was sleeping.

As soon as the lights were turned on, they saw Kaixin tilting her head and staring at Yuefeng with her eyes wide open.

"Baba!"

Well, he'd been awakened by the noise for a while. In the middle of the night, his son, who should have been fast asleep, suddenly called out "Dad!" which really excited Yue Feng, the old father.

Happy, without crying or fussing, watched as her parents came in, took off their shoes, got onto the kang (heated brick bed), and then took off their clothes and got into bed. The little one's nostrils twitched slightly as she smelled the familiar, faint scent of sweat on her father. She quickly turned over and lay back down, and within seconds, she was breathing smoothly and falling into a deep sleep.

……

Over the next few days, the autumn protection operation continued. Yue Feng and Zhao Hongbo's plan to set traps to catch wild boar lambs came to a complete end after failing once.

At least 80% of the wild boars, big and small, were killed or captured. The rest have disappeared without a trace, and even the north slope has become much quieter.

For three to five days in a row, the corn in the grain-filling stage showed no signs of being disturbed or damaged, as if the livestock had easily gone through the autumn fattening-up process.

However, the apparent calm does not mean nothing is happening.

After the three brothers, Xiao Tao and his brother, were released from detention, it was Yue Feng's turn to deal with Zhou Xueqiang, who was still hospitalized but whose injuries had basically healed.

That day, Yue Feng had just returned home after delivering supplies to the breeding farm on the mountain. He was playing with the big black eagle and the little white spear in the yard when Zhou Yuansen arrived at Yue Feng's house carrying two cans of food and two packages of 'peach shortbread' wrapped in kraft paper.

Is Secretary Yue home?

Zhou Yuansen pushed open the gate and peeked into the yard. Even though he could already see Yue Feng sitting in the yard coaxing the child, he still shouted in a very fake voice.

Yue Feng was slightly startled by the noise. He turned his head and saw that it was Zhou Yuansen carrying things to find him. He immediately tensed up.

"Oh! What a rare guest! Zhou Yuansen, what are you doing here? I don't accept gifts!"

Yue Feng addressed him by his name, looking at Zhou Yuansen with a rather amused expression.

"Secretary Yue is home! I've come to apologize on behalf of my son Xueqiang!" Zhou Yuansen said with a smile and a slight bow.

"How could you possibly be anything but strong! I'm busy right now and don't have time to entertain you. I'm sorry! Please make yourself at home!" Yue Feng waved his hand and saw the guest out.

"No! If there's a misunderstanding, just talk it out. We're all from the same village, we see each other all the time. It's not good to make things too tense!"
On behalf of the Zhou family, I'm here to apologize to you on Xueqiang's behalf. It was our fault! Secretary Yue, please give us a chance!

Zhou Yuansen moved the gifts he was carrying closer, as if he wanted to hand them to Yue Feng.

Yue Feng knew what kind of people Zhou Yuansen and his son were, and he wouldn't be fooled by their feigned sincerity.

Because of his son's incident, the three brothers, Xiao Tao, were detained for three days. Now, Zhou Xueqiang's external injuries have almost healed and he is about to be discharged from the hospital. Zhou Yuansen came over with gifts to apologize, because he was afraid that Yue Feng would come after him.

Yue Feng picked up Kaixin and straightened his back, saying, "Take the things back with you. My family doesn't need your little gift!"

I'm petty and I can't sleep soundly at night if I don't seek revenge!

Is your son Zhou Xueqiang recovered from his injuries and ready to be discharged from the hospital? Go back and tell him to prepare. The police will be coming to pick him up in a day or two at most!
Xiao Tao and his friends were only sentenced to three days in jail for a minor fight they turned themselves in; Zhou Xueqiang, however, maliciously disrupted the collective beating of the Autumn Protection Team and sabotaged their actions—he'll likely be in jail for at least ten days to two weeks!

Upon hearing Yue Feng say that Zhou Xueqiang would be detained for at least ten days to half a month, Zhou Yuansen's face darkened, and he immediately panicked.

He had anticipated that Yue Feng might seek revenge, but he hadn't expected him to punish his own son like this.

Judging from the implication, Yue Feng had already thought out the charges and punishments, and was just waiting for the other party to be discharged from the hospital and recover from their injuries before he could carry them out.

"Secretary Yue..."

Zhou Yuansen was truly terrified this time, his voice trembling.

Yue Feng pointed coldly at the door: "What, can't you understand human language? I have nothing to discuss with you. Take your junk and get out! If you still don't know what's good for you, I'll throw you out on the street, so that everyone can laugh at you!"

Hearing Yue Feng's voice grow louder, the large black eagle flying overhead deliberately lowered its altitude, circling not far above its head, as if it were poised to attack at any moment.

Having said all that, even Zhou Yuansen, with his thick skin, couldn't stay silent any longer.

He picked up the canned food and snacks, slunk away from Yue Feng's house, and quickly disappeared from Yue Feng's sight.

After the other party left, Yue Feng took his son, whom he was holding, to the north room for his wife to look after.

Then they called the big black eagle and the little white spear down and put them back in their cages.

After finishing all that, he strolled over to his father-in-law's house and used the village office's phone to call the town's police station.

"Hello, is this Brother Li? This is Yue Feng from Xing'an Village!"

"Xiao Yue, it's me! What's up?" a polite voice came from the phone.

"I mentioned something to you last time, and I'd like to trouble you to help me get it sorted out!"
Zhou Yuansen's son, Zhou Xueqiang, should have recovered and been discharged from the hospital!
My brother and the others are all in detention, and he can't escape the law either! What do you think?

Upon hearing Yue Feng's words, Instructor Li on the other end of the phone paused for a second.

"That makes sense. If villagers can cause trouble whenever the village organizes activities, then the village will be impossible to manage in the future!"

I'll help you get this sorted out. What's your plan, and to what extent?
I won't hide it from you about our relationship. In the past few days, more than one person has tried to use their connections to ask me and Director Liu to intercede for Zhou Xueqiang, but we haven't responded to any of them!
If you hadn't called me first, I would have called you at least a day or two later!

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng knew that Zhou Yuansen had definitely been busy.

Apologizing in person is the last resort. Before coming, they must have asked someone to find out what the other side thought. They would only take the last step and bite the bullet to go to the other side in person if things couldn't be pushed forward.

Instructor Li and Director Liu all had a good relationship with Yue Feng. They had already said most of what needed to be said, and Yue Feng didn't want to beat around the bush anymore.

After a moment's thought, Yue Feng said, "According to our current laws, this kind of egregious behavior should warrant seven to fifteen days of administrative detention, right?"

"That's roughly the idea, but it's a bit difficult to take it to the criminal level!"

"Then let's detain him for fifteen days! Do you have any problems with that?"

"I'll discuss it with Director Liu!" Instructor Li didn't make a decision immediately, but he had already tacitly agreed.

"Okay, thank you for your trouble! Being a village secretary at the grassroots level is not easy. I'm still young, and if someone points their finger at me and provokes me, I won't be able to do anything about it. Otherwise, I won't be able to carry out my work at all!" Yue Feng habitually started complaining.

"Don't worry..."

"Hehe, sorry to trouble you..."

"That's all for now, contact me if anything comes up!"

"Ok!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Yue Feng took a deep breath, and his tense expression slowly relaxed.

Just like he said on the phone, you can't be too easy to talk to when you're a village official.

If we let Zhou Yuansen, this kind of "troublemaker," off the hook at a crucial moment and he reveals his weakness, who knows what kind of trouble he might cause later.

Yue Feng felt that his idea of ​​calling Instructor Li to make sure the other party had been punished for the full fifteen days was both satisfying and justifiable.

Just as he put down the phone and came out of the village office, he saw his father-in-law, Wang Jianguo, sitting on a stool next to him, waiting.

"Dad, you didn't go to work today?" Yue Feng greeted him casually.

"I just heard you making a phone call, to the police station? To deal with Zhou Xueqiang?" Wang Jianguo asked with a serious expression.

"Yes! Fifteen days of detention!" Yue Feng nodded in reply.

"Have you considered the consequences if Zhou Xueqiang were really detained?" (End of Chapter)