Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 493 The Hunting Team's Harvest!

At around ten o'clock the next morning, Qin Dabao finally returned to Qinjia Village on his bicycle.

"Dabao! You are back, have you settled the food matter?" Qin Dabao opened the door of his house with the key. Just as he was about to push his bicycle into the yard, Qin Daguo's impatient questioning voice suddenly came from his body.

When Qin Dabao heard the familiar questioning voice coming from behind him, he immediately turned his head and looked behind him. When he saw Qin Daguo walking towards him in a hurry, he thought of the agreement between him and Qin Huairu, and pretended to be embarrassed and said : "Uncle San! You went to the black market in person the night before yesterday. The food in the city is so tight now. How can this food be obtained so easily?"

When Qin Daguo heard Qin Dabao's answer, his hopeful mood suddenly fell to the bottom. Thinking of the amount of food left in the village barn, Qin Daguo asked Qin Dabao with a heavy heart: "Dabao! Is it really just a little bit?" Is there no other way?"

Qin Dabao heard Qin Daguo's inquiry and saw the heavy expression on the other party's face. He smiled and asked Qin Daguo: "Third uncle! Has the hunting team in the village been established?"

"Although my sister's neighbor has not been able to obtain food for the time being, he has found a channel for our village to legally exchange prey for food, so that we don't have to worry about being treated as someone else when we go to the city to exchange food. Speculation is gone.”

The night before yesterday, under the leadership of Qin Baoming, Qin Daguo went to a black market in the east of the city. Through what he saw and heard in the black market, Qin Daguo clearly knew how tight the food supply in the city was, and even more so. Know what will happen if you are caught in the black market.

Although Qin Daguo was very aware of the risk of going to the black market to exchange for food, thinking about the amount of food left in the barn made Qin Daguo take the risk and decided to set up a hunting team and go into the mountains to hunt for food.

In order to solve the problem of food shortage as soon as possible, after returning from the city yesterday morning, Qin Daguo immediately summoned the village cadres to discuss the establishment of a hunting team. Yesterday afternoon, the hunting team in the village officially entered the city. This morning, before dawn, the hunting team So he went into the mountains with weapons.

When Qin Daguo heard Qin Dabao ask about the hunting team, he immediately asked Qin Dabao: "Dabao! You just said that Huairu's neighbor helped us find a legal way to exchange food. Is this true?"

Qin Dabao heard Qin Daguo's inquiry and replied with a smile: "Uncle San! Do I dare to joke with you about this kind of thing? My sister's neighbor said that in addition to the lack of food in the city, there is also a lack of meat. As long as we can If they catch prey, their unit is willing to trade grain with us for meat according to the market price."

"Good! That's great! In this way, we don't have to worry about being caught as speculators when we go to the city to trade meat." Qin Daguo instinctively patted his thigh when he heard Qin Dabao's words, happily said.

When Qin Dabao heard Qin Daguo's words, he thought of the price difference between pork and stick noodles, and said to Qin Daguo with a smile: "Uncle San! If our village's hunting team can bring back thousands of kilograms of game at once, we will be able to bring back thousands of kilograms of game in a short time." You don’t have to worry about food shortage.”

"Dabao! Let's go! Go to San Bo's house for lunch at noon. I'll ask Aunt Qi to cook two dishes later. San Bo will have a few drinks with you at noon." Qin Daguo heard Qin Dabao's words and thought of what happened in the village when the hunting team set off in the morning. The old Orion once mentioned the situation, and immediately grabbed Qin Daguo's wrist and spoke to Qin Daguo.

When Qin Dabao heard Qin Daguo's invitation, he smiled and said to Qin Daguo: "Third uncle! You go back first. I'll clean up here and come over later."

"The hunting team is back! The hunting team is back." At around five o'clock in the evening, several children happily ran to the gate of Qin Daguo and shouted loudly into the yard.

Qin Daguo, who was sitting at home waiting for the news, immediately stood up from his chair when he heard the children's shouts, and then walked quickly towards the door.

When Qin Daguo walked to the grain drying field in the village, he saw members of the hunting team happily carrying seven or eight wild boars towards the grain drying field.

Qin Baohua, with a rifle on his back, saw Qin Daguo coming towards him, and said happily to Qin Daguo, "Sanbo! Fortunately, the hunting team went into the mountain this time and killed a total of eight wild boars, two goats, and thirteen goats." One hare and seven pheasants.”

Qin Daguo was overjoyed when he heard the hunting results introduced to him by Qin Baohua. He happily said to everyone in the hunting team: "Comrades! Everyone has worked hard. In order to reward everyone for their contribution to the village collective, tonight We cook butchered pig vegetables in the village canteen."

At noon, Qin Dabao drank some wine in Qin Daguo. Qin Dabao, who was a little drunk, returned to his home and immediately fell asleep. It was not until the children's shouts came from outside that Qin Dabao woke up from his deep sleep.

Upon hearing the news of the hunting team's return, Qin Dabao immediately put on his clothes and came to the threshing ground in the village. When he saw the prey neatly placed on the ground, his face showed a surprised expression, and at the same time he clearly understood that, There is no need to take out the approval slip on his body.

"Dabao! The prey has been brought back. Do you think we should go into the city overnight, or wait until tomorrow morning to set off?" Qin Daguo saw Qin Dabao coming after hearing the news, and immediately walked quickly to Qin Dabao, happily asked Qin Dabao.

Qin Dabao heard Qin Daguo's inquiry, pondered for a while, and said to Qin Daguo: "Third uncle! Let's go to the city at this time. By the time we arrive in the city, it will already be midnight. It's such a cold day. Where should we go then?”

"How about this! You arrange people first to deal with these wild boars. We will bring these prey into the city at five o'clock tomorrow morning."

After all the eight wild boars were slaughtered, leaving aside the pig heads and pig water, there were more than 300 kilograms of pork. In addition to the two goats, hares and pheasants, the hunting team of Qinjia Village brought back 1 kilograms from the mountains this time. A hundred catties of game, exchanged according to the price of stick noodles and meat, can be exchanged for more than [-] yuan of stick noodles.

With more than 1 kilograms of food, if they can save some, Qinjia Village will not have to worry about food shortages in the next six months. At this moment, the big stone that weighed on Qin Daguo's heart was finally let go, making Qin Daguo feel My whole body becomes much more relaxed.

When Qin Daguo heard Qin Dabao's words, he immediately nodded and replied: "Dabao! Then I will arrange for people to take care of the prey now. Let's set out for the city at five o'clock tomorrow morning."

Under the command of Qin Daguo, the villagers began to process the hunted game, while the women in charge of cooking in the canteen cleaned the pig offal and wild boar heads, and began to cook the butchered vegetables. This night for Qinjia Village It was undoubtedly a happy night for the villagers.

(End of this chapter)