Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

"Oh, right, stop crying there. I have something for you to do."

Lu Weiguo carefully put away the small yellow croaker and the deposit slip.

Looking up, I saw Huang He squatting in the corner, hugging the little yellow fish, crying like a 120-pound child.

He saw Lu Weiguo calling him.

Huang He stood up, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and said in a choked voice, "Boss Lu, if I ever do anything to betray you, I'm a beast."

"Hey! Stop messing around. You weren't raised by an animal, you were raised by your parents!" Lu Weiguo said with a laugh.

"Yes! I am a beast!"

"Alright, it's no big deal. You'll earn even more in a year. This is nothing. Put the little yellow croaker away, let's go out for a bit."

Come with me to see my sister. She said last time she was short-handed, and all the younger guys are taking a break. Don't just sit around doing nothing, go and help her out.

Upon hearing that she was his older brother's sister, Huang He immediately perked up.

The three of them traveled together.

When they found Yuan Mengjie, this restless girl was dealing with furs in her own warehouse.

Her initial look of surprise and delight vanished completely.

His hair was so messy it looked like he'd just had a fight with a woman.

They weren't wearing standard work clothes either.

Instead, she was wearing arm sleeves and covered in oil stains, making her unrecognizable as the most beautiful girl in the supply and marketing cooperative.

"sister!"

"Hey! Bro! What brings you here?!"

Upon hearing Lu Weiguo's voice, Yuan Mengjie blushed and then shyly tidied her hair.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming? Look at me now. Wait a minute, I'm going inside to change my clothes." Yuan Mengjie didn't dare to look up.

The once-powerful leader has become shy in front of the person she likes.

Don't underestimate the value of that bearskin pendant.

In modern terms, this is equivalent to buying a Maserati for the price of a Jaguar.

"Oh dear! Sister, come here quickly, let me see. Why are you being so polite with me? Look at your messy hair."

And these clothes, your shoelaces are untied, don't move, let me tie them for you.

In Lu Weiguo's mind, Yuan Mengjie's status was already higher than that of many others.

If it weren't for that purchasing station, the village chief wouldn't have helped him so much.

This was a turning point in the whole affair.

Of course, he also had a special feeling for Yuan Mengjie.

However, he felt that it was family affection.

Yuan Mengjie, however, considers it friendship.

"Ugh, how dirty."

"Don't move, I'm not dirty anywhere, I'm the cleanest."

Lu Weiguo squatted down, then stood up and swept the hair behind his head.

"Look, it looks much better now, but what's wrong with this warehouse? Why does it smell so pungent?"

Lu Weiguo smelled the scent as soon as he entered the room, and the scent was all too familiar.

His two sables and the weasels on the mountain all smell like this.

"Oh, don't even mention it." Yuan Mengjie sighed and pointed to the mink furs on the ground.

"Damn it, lately there seem to be so many more people selling furs. I'm so blind, I can't tell which is yellow fur and which is mink."

This is all a complete mistake. They paid the price of mink fur for a room full of yellow leaves. These things are valuable, but not as expensive as mink fur!

My relatives in the south... sigh...

After more than a month, I haven't made any money, and I even got paired up with someone!!

When this is mentioned...

Yuan Mengjie has reverted to her bossy nature!

He rolled up his sleeves, pointed at the gate, and started cursing the hunters who sold fur.

Even Lu Weiguo shook his head, laughing and crying at the same time.

To the untrained eye, weasels can look almost identical to minks.

And the same is true when the skin is peeled off.

Unless you're a professional fur collector, you simply can't tell the difference!

Moreover, this is an old trick. Since mink fur is valuable, many hunters have done this before, knowing that they specifically hunt mink to sell.

I never expected that Yuan Mengjie would get into this mess.

"Alright, alright, let's not get angry. Getting angry is bad for your health. Let's just consider it a loss to avoid further trouble. Here, I've found you a professional..."

Let's just make sure we don't get scammed again.

As Lu Weiguo spoke, he pulled Huang He over.

As expected of the future boss of Jiangnan Leather Factory, he immediately stuck to Yuan Mengjie the moment he arrived.

"Big sister! I'm here for you from now on. I'll help you watch over things, for free. You're Brother Lu's sister, so you're like my own sister!"

Huang He then launched into a barrage of flattery.

But Yuan Mengjie had no interest in paying him any attention.

Smiling at Lu Weiguo is a sign of affection.

Why would she still smile at this little rascal?

"You little brat, who are you calling 'big sister'? I'm the youngest in the family, short and small. You think I won't pick you up in one go?!"

Huang He wasn't angry after Yuan Mengjie said that.

His face was beaming like a chrysanthemum.

He slapped himself across the face.

"Hehe, beautiful lady, it's all my fault for calling you by the wrong name!"

"You think you can just call someone 'beautiful woman' like that!"

"Well... Ancestor, little ancestor, alright then?"

Huang He's mind raced, finally bringing a smile to Yuan Mengjie's face.

"Hey kid, just call me Sister Meng. Hey Lu, where did you find such a skinny little guy?"

Lu Weiguo stood aside and, seeing that Yuan Mengjie was finally happy, gave Huang He a thumbs up.

"Don't tell me, you two used to be in the same industry. Huang He, the black market boss, will be your assistant from now on. You can trust my people."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Mengjie finally looked at Huang He properly.

"The black market? Not bad. You're short and skinny, yet you're up to something big!"

Let alone the black market bosses, even those small business owners from the south, when they came to the Northeast at this time, wouldn't even get a second glance from the employees of the supply and marketing cooperatives!

In Northeast China, having a government job is more important than anything else!

Even in later generations, all the older generations still hold this view.

"Hehe, Sister Meng, from now on I'll work for you. Whoever tries to cheat you with weasel pelts, I'll skin them off."

With Huang He's help, Yuan Mengjie was finally able to get some rest and dress herself up.

Lu Weiguo also told her about the recent events.

If Li Xiulian is someone he needs to protect, then when he returns home he only reports good news and not bad.

Yuan Mengjie is the kind of person you can share hardships with and discuss solutions with.

"Furthermore, the hunting season will produce a large quantity of pelts for sale, and the supply and marketing cooperatives will start to lower prices. You should also lower your prices accordingly."

If you handle it properly, you'll earn back your losses in just a few days. Don't worry about anything else.

I need a lot of salt and other seasonings. Could you perhaps collect some for me through legitimate means?

For the salt needed for hunting, even low-quality salt will suffice; Huang Heqian had an easier time with this than Yuan Mengjie.

However, it's best to use proper channels to send anything to Katerina.

After all, one person eats it, and an animal eats it.

"No problem." Yuan Mengjie looked worried and hugged Lu Weiguo. "Weiguo, you've suffered a lot these past few days. Are you tired? Stay here with me tonight and get some rest. I'll give you a good massage and chat with you."

Meanwhile, Huang He, who was working, nudged Liu Dazhuang in the waist and asked curiously, "What's the relationship between this tough older woman and Boss Lu?"

"What relationship? What relationship do you think it is! Don't talk nonsense." In Liu Dazhuang's mind, Yuan Mengjie had long been his second sister-in-law.

And that handsome old Russian was only the third sister-in-law.