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

After downing a glass of baijiu.

The atmosphere of frustration completely dissipated among the crowd.

The sound from the entire tent was comparable to that of a loudspeaker.

Each one of them had a louder voice and was more argumentative than the last.

Regardless of any past grievances or whether they knew each other before.

After a couple of glasses of baijiu, they're all good brothers and good buddies.

Lu Weiguo liked this atmosphere and didn't consider himself an outsider.

Have a drink with this person, and a sip with that person.

Taking advantage of his previous participation in the county-wide manhunt, he quickly became one of the locals.

In addition, today's event is so elaborate, as not only were people saved, but everyone was also treated to bear meat.

This will give him more influence in the Forestry Bureau than the leaders, to put it bluntly, even more influence than the leaders of the county forestry bureau.

I doubt these lovely workers would be invited to my home for dinner.

But if Lu Weiguo goes, he'll definitely eat his way from one end of the village to the other.

If anyone fails to give Lu Weiguo too much alcohol, they'll be criticized for years.

The meal lasted from dusk until dawn.

Apart from the purchasing staff and drivers, almost everyone else was completely drunk.

Lu Weiguo tiptoed down from the large communal bed.

He randomly picked out a worker's cotton overcoat and put it on.

How lucky! There was a packet of red plums in my cotton coat.

I lit one and leaned against the tree roots, rubbing my head.

It has to be said that these old men who drink from wood every day are really good drinkers.

On average, each person consumes a little over a pound, which is just enough to whet the appetite.

It took two pounds before it could even move its butt to go to the toilet.

They only became sworn brothers after drinking three jin of liquor.

Later generations have come to believe that people from Northeast China are heavy drinkers.

However, later generations of Northeasterners, who didn't do physical labor, were always lacking in something.

These men from Northeast China now spend their days carrying logs and doing manual labor.

I drank three or five bottles of beer at noon, just to help with digestion and quench my thirst.

You can continue working after drinking it.

Only the white wine I drink at night has a slight effect on relieving fatigue.

"Let's go back, we can give those two corpses a proper 'service'..."

Lu Weiguo nodded.

Logically speaking, this matter should have nothing to do with him anymore.

After all, those sad scenes are harder to bear the more you watch them.

However, having promised the first corpse, he had to take good care of his family.

So, after drinking, he agreed to go with them.

The first family we visited was fairly well-off.

He has many siblings, and both his parents are early retirees who are workers.

Upon hearing that his son had been mauled by a bear and left without even a complete corpse, he was deeply saddened.

The women in the house all collapsed to the ground, crying uncontrollably.

The men exchanged glances and began setting up the mourning hall.

As soon as the firecrackers went off, everyone in the village, young and old, came to help.

But the second family was in a much worse situation.

This family consists of only one mother holding one child. She hasn't even finished her postpartum confinement period yet, but she's already working in the fields by herself.

Upon hearing that Xiao Lü was dead...

The woman fainted on the spot. If Lu Weiguo hadn't been quick-witted and picked up the child, it would have been a disaster.

They'll probably fall to the ground too.

Section Chief Liang called over the forest farm's medic, who performed artificial respiration and pinched the philtrum.

It was quite a struggle to wake that young wife up.

But the young woman, with her eyes glazed over, just held her newborn child.

Sitting on the doorframe, he kept repeating, "Child, don't cry, Daddy will be back soon~~"

That feeling was even more painful than crying.

Several of the workers who were helping couldn't help but wipe away tears when they saw this.

"Section Chief Liang, what should we do with this family? Even with compensation, they might not be able to make ends meet."

It seems that fate is deliberately picking on those who are destined for misfortune.

The more upset you are, the more likely you are to experience these things.

"Well, how should I put it, it's not easy to handle~"

Section Chief Liang lit a cigarette and tossed one to Lu Weiguo: "That Xiao Lü, he's a good guy, an orphan. We watched him grow up. He finally got a job and married a wife, but her family are bloodsuckers. They look down on Xiao Lü and come over every day to freeload. They don't do anything decent."

They bullied Xiao Lü because she had no connections. Now that Xiao Lü is gone, she and her child are left behind as a widow and orphan. They'll be bullied to death even if she goes back to her parents' home.

"Don't you have a job? If all else fails, you can give it to..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

The family of five, dressed in typical peasant attire, were led by an elderly couple with wrinkled eyes, followed by their three brothers, all thin and dressed in a shabby manner.

He was no different from those spirited young men of later generations.

As soon as they entered, they started making a loud noise.

"Hurry up! I heard my worker son-in-law died! Doesn't your forestry farm have to compensate us for the lost jobs?! Let me tell you, you'll have to compensate at least three workers with permanent positions!"

Otherwise, we won't do it!! Come on! Good girl, don't just stand there like a jerk, go throw a tantrum and demand a job!!

After the old man finished speaking...

The three sons behind her ignored the child in the young wife's arms.

She grabbed him by the clothes and pulled him up: "What the hell are you doing blocking the doorway? It's just having a baby, so hurry up and cook me something, sis, are you trying to starve me?!"

Even if you get married, you'll still be a member of the Hao family! Hurry up!

The young woman was pulled to her feet, but she didn't argue and just stared blankly at the doorway.

He kept muttering, "Son, your father will be back soon, there's no rush."

"Damn it! Your son's surname is Lü, not Hao! What the hell does he care! Go cook!"

As he spoke, the youngest young man kicked his wife.

This made the blood pressure of the nearby workers skyrocket!

"None of you surnamed Hao are any good!!"

"Get out! Don't ever come to Xiao Lü's house again! All of you, get out!"

"Damn it! Even if there's compensation, it has nothing to do with you!"

Several of Xiao Lü's friends couldn't stand it anymore and rolled up their sleeves to get involved.

But the old woman, who had been silent all along, suddenly stuck her face out.

"Come on, hit me! Kill me! If you don't kill me, at least give me a job. My wife and I have worked the land our whole lives, and we're tired of it."

"Hit me now, hurry up!"

That look was incredibly infuriating.

"That's right, that's money my brother-in-law earned after he died. I knew my brother-in-law was useful; he made money for us while he was alive, and he can still provide us with work after he's dead."

Section Chief Liang sighed in anger as he looked at the shameless family.

Lu Weiguo clenched his fists, wishing he could just go up and beat these people to death.

They're not from the same village, so there are some things he can't do first, especially if problems arise later.

The whole village might blame him.

"Section Chief Liang, this... just kick them out. From now on, your forestry station should take better care of the mother and daughter... or convert their work into pay and give it to them monthly..."

"Isn't this easy to solve?"

Lu Weiguo said through gritted teeth, looking at Section Chief Liang who was not doing anything, he was also a little angry.

It's such a small thing, but her husband sacrificed it for his work.

Why can't this be solved?

"You've misunderstood me. If it were that simple, when Xiao Lü was still alive, these people came to take advantage of us every day, and I chased them away. But this family is shameless; I couldn't just chase them away."

It's those same few people. I had them secretly beaten up a few times, and no matter how many warnings I gave them, it was no use. We even reported it to the police, but you know how it is, we're in two different systems.

They really are one family. The forestry police are hard to manage, and the farmers aren't under our jurisdiction either.

Two systems...

The forestry police can't handle this.

What a coincidence!

You should know that he's not in forestry!