Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 465: Take another photo with the red flower and the certificate (asking for monthly tickets)

Xu Ning watched the two of them leave and then returned to the house.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Liu Daming exclaiming: "What the hell, my second nephew arranged a job for me? Oh my god..."

Wang Erli was surprised and said, "Oh my god, then everyone in our family will have a job! This is a stable job!"

"Not really. Besides, the contract is signed with the city. Like Dalong, he is paid by the city."

Wang Erli turned to look at Xu Laonian and saw that he looked a little haggard, with drooping shoulders and a bent waist.

He immediately teased, "Brother, another of your wishes has been fulfilled by my nephew. Are you happy?"

Xu Lao squinted his eyes and glanced at him: "Happy, how can I not be happy?"

His biggest wish is to use a sledgehammer to hit pigs, and secondly, to let everyone in his family have a stable job. He dare not think about a wealthy life, but he can work hard to live a well-off life!
But now all have been accomplished by his beloved son, and it is his second son who used to be the least promising. It is impossible to say that he has no thoughts in his mind, but he is not jealous to the point of jealousy. At most, he feels a little lonely and miserable.

At this time, Xu Ning lifted the door curtain and walked into the room. He glanced at his father and said with a smile, "Dad, why do you look so dark?"

Xu Laonian said calmly: "It's the light that's on. Change it to a brighter light bulb later."

"Hahahaha..." A burst of laughter rang out in the house.

Liu Daming said: "My brother-in-law is really good at talking. Just now I saw your face was red, and now you are pulling a donkey..."

"Get lost! I'm happy for you. Why are you making such a fuss? Can you speak?" Xu Laonian rolled his eyes.

Wang Erli joked: "My eldest brother can't stand the blow."

Xu Laonian was unhappy. "How can you not stand the blow? Am I that petty? What a joke!"

The silent silence of the crowd was like a sharp knife, piercing Xu Laonian's heart into pieces.

Xu Feng stood up and spoke bravely, saying, "If anyone dares to say that my father is narrow-minded, I will be the first to disagree!"

"She has to be my own daughter!" Xu Laonian agreed very much, and his expression became superior.

Xu Feng went on to say, "My dad is just a little upset, but he will be fine in a few days."

"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.

Xu Laonian had a dark face, and he suppressed his frustration and said from the bottom of his heart: "I'm really happy. Why don't you believe me?"

Wang Erli advised: "Brother, don't dwell on this. Feng'er is right."

"Right about what?"

At this time, Xu Ning took out 20 yuan from his pocket at an extremely fast speed, and stuffed the money into Xu Laonian's crotch pocket as if trying to cover up his mistake.

Xu Laonian was slightly startled, then he reached into his pocket and rubbed his fingers. His face immediately regained color, and he smiled and said, "Oh, I'm really happy now!"

"Hahaha!"

After laughing, the atmosphere in the house was filled with joy. Almost everyone had a smile on their face. Seeing their lives getting better day by day, they felt very satisfied. If they asked if they had any worries, they couldn't think of any of them all of a sudden.

In this day and age, having enough food and drink, and having extra food and money is a good life! But people must always have hope, so that life can become more and more exciting.

Afterwards, Li Fuqiang came up to Xu Ning and expressed his concerns. He mainly felt that it was unsettling to receive two salaries. After Xu Ning's patient explanation, he felt relieved because the forest ranger hunter team is a part-time job. They will only work when there are livestock in the Qing'an Forest Farm that damage crops or injure people. They can't just sit at home and do nothing when there is no work, right?
The current social trend is to get rich through hard work, and he can be considered a typical model worker even though he works two jobs.

After everyone left, Xu Ning and Chai Bing soaked their feet and went to bed.

The next day, breakfast was over.

Xu Ning, Chai Bing, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, Guan Lei and Liu Daming drove to the city.

It was exactly 9 o'clock when we arrived at the municipal forestry department.

While chatting with Grandpa Gao at the door, I saw Yang Yusheng, Sun Jishan and Xu Long walking out of the office building.

They greeted each other, and Yang Yusheng and Sun Jishan chatted with Grandpa Gao in particular.

When Mr. Gao heard that they were the ones who were brave enough to do what was right, he exclaimed, "Good! Good guys! There aren't many people who dare to do what is right these days."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Doing good things is what we, the new generation of young people, should do."

"Okay! Then go quickly and don't delay the work. Come back when you have time. I will treat you to tea."

Sun Jishan said with a smile: "Erning, it's not so easy to drink your uncle Gao's tea."

"Okay, Mr. Gao, I'll come over when I have time."

Then, several people got into two cars and drove towards the northwest.

They certainly could not accept the award certificates in the forestry department, but had to go to the office of the second team.

As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw Cheng Yang and Zhang Yuemin from the second team standing at the door waiting. When they saw them stop the car, they ran to the jeep and opened the back door. After Sun Jishan and Yang Yusheng got out of the car, Cheng Yang greeted Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and others who jumped out of the Dongfeng car at the back.

The two called out Yang Yusheng and Sun Jishan's titles and said with a smile: "...They are all waiting in the conference room, and..."

Cheng Yang mentioned a bunch of names and titles, among them were comrades from our hospital and several people from the city wearing Zhongshan suits. No one from the province would come because it was too far away, so it would be better to leave this opportunity to the city.

Xu Ning and others followed Yang Yusheng into the office building, walked into a large conference room, and saw the red flowers and slogans on the stage.

A group of people, dressed in casual clothes and a mix of Chinese and Western Mao suits, smiled and nodded, waved and shook hands with Yang Yusheng and Sun Jishan who came in. Although Yang Yusheng had been transferred here not long ago, he knew Wan Faqun well, so they had to give him some face.

"These are the good comrades who are brave enough to do what is right, right? Thank you for your contribution to society..."

Yang Yusheng introduced Xu Ning to who this was and who that was. Xu Ning didn't seem to be upset at all. He just stretched out his hand and called out the surnames and titles with a smile.

Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, Guan Lei and Liu Daming were not so calm. After all, the highest position they had ever seen was Yang Yusheng, but they had a different relationship with Yang Yusheng, and they were from the city...

After a round of greetings, we got down to business.

There were a lot of people sitting below the stage while Lin Dongliang stood on the stage. He first introduced the heroic deeds of Xu Ning and others, mainly talking about how thrilling their bravery was. This part lasted for more than ten minutes. Then someone in a Zhongshan suit came on stage to give a speech. Twenty minutes later, the commendation began.

The whole atmosphere was cheerful and not so serious. Afterwards, special female comrades put big red flowers on Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei and helped them tidy up their clothes.

Liu Daming came mainly to sign the contract, while Chai Bing came to see Xu Ning and others off. He also came to meet with Sun Jishan and tell him in person that Chai Hongyan and Sun Lianjun had set a date.

The four people stood on the stage and took two certificates of honor from the men in Zhongshan suits, and then took eight envelopes containing bonuses. The envelopes in Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang's hands were thicker, containing 600 yuan, while the envelopes in Wang Hu and Guan Lei's hands were thinner, but also contained 150 yuan.

"Comrade Xu, smile! Oh, that's right, Comrade Li, put the certificate down, okay! Hold on..." Click, a Nikon camera flashed, and the picture was frozen on the film.

A group of people went on stage to take photos one after another. The last ones to take photos were Yang Yusheng, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang, Lin Dongliang, and a man in a Zhongshan suit standing on the stage. This photo will be sent to the province for publication in newspapers.

Lin Dongliang's master Guo Maoxian gave him the opportunity. To put it bluntly, this is a very proud thing. Lin Dongliang is still young and has room for improvement, but Guo Maoxian is already very old and has long lost the desire to move up.

Sun Jishan was not in a hurry. He and Yang Yusheng were cooperating well now. It was impossible for Yang Yusheng to take root in the city. He would have to go back to the province sooner or later. What else was there to say?
"Xiao Du, it's still early. Please take two photos of each of these comrades. How much film do you have left? Is it enough?"

"Enough! Then I suggest that we ask these comrades to go out and take photos. The light in our room is still dim."

"Okay, go ahead."

After Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and others followed Xiao Du away, Lin Dongliang distributed cigarettes to everyone in the house and started chatting. The topic naturally revolved around Yang Yusheng. There was no way, because he had a good relationship with Wan Faqun's group in the province.

As soon as they went out, Xiao Du leaned against Xu Long and said with a smile: "Brother Long, give me a cigarette."

Xu Long took out a cigarette and handed it to him. Xiao Du lit it and exhaled the smoke: "Oh, this guy is holding it in for me!"

"Du'er, this is my younger brother, my younger brother's sworn brother, our brother Qiang is also Director Yang's nephew, this is also my younger brother's sworn brother Guan Lei, he is my second uncle's younger brother Wang Hu, this is my real uncle, and Director Sun's in-laws, from our side he should be called Third Brother, from Director Sun's side he should be called Third Uncle."

Xiao Du's face was full of surprise. He knew from inside the house that this group of people had a close relationship with Yang Yusheng and Sun Jishan, but he didn't expect them to be so close.

He hurriedly called them one by one, and called Chai Bing "Third Uncle", but Chai Bing said, "Why call me uncle? Just call me brother."

Xu Ning joked: "My third brother is still young, don't call me old."

"Haha, OK, Third Brother!"

Xiao Du currently works in the city. What position does he hold to hold a camera? He must be someone close to the top leaders.

Qing'an has a total of three cameras, one Nikon and two Seagulls. The color film negatives plus the cost of developing photos cost two or three cents per photo, which is much more expensive than a high school student's daily meal in the cafeteria.

"Then let's stand at the door and take the photos next to the car. First, take photos individually, and then you can take photos together. Try to use up the two rolls of film in my hip pocket!"

"No trouble, right?"

"What's the trouble? This is my task. It's still early in the morning."

"Okay!"

Everyone stood in front of the jeep and took individual photos one by one, then took group photos of two, three, and four...

The Nikon camera in his hand is an improved model launched in 77, which also had the longest sales period. Even or years later, there are still people using or collecting it.

After they finished taking the photos, Xu Long stuffed two packs of Shilin into Xiao Du's trouser pocket and said, "When can you wash it?"

Xiao Du smiled and said, "I have to develop the photos for the newspaper first, and then develop yours. There are a lot of photos, so it will probably take five or six days. I'll send them to you when they're done."

"Okay, thank you for the trouble."

"Hey, Brother Long, why are you always being so polite to me? You've stuffed so many packs of cigarettes on me since we met."

"You've helped me a lot, Erning. It was your brother Du who helped me make the waterproof cloth for our house. I didn't waste any money and it was quite cheap."

"You should have told me earlier, Brother Du. Thank you so much."

"Look at you two brothers, let's take care of each other. Come on, let's go inside? We have to go to the forestry department to sign the contract later."

As everyone walked towards the office building, a female comrade happened to come out and said with a smile: "Secretary Du... said that you should go to the forestry department to sign the contract first, and then go directly to the hotel."

"Ah, then I have run out of film."

The female comrade glanced at Xu Ning and said, "Then come with me to get some more."

"Okay, Brother Long, you guys wait here for a while."

Less than five minutes after Xiao Du and his female comrade entered the office building, he trotted out and said with a smile, "Let's go and sign the contract directly."

When they walked to the door, Xiao Du greeted them warmly, "Erning, Leizi and Huzi, come with me. Uncle, don't be picky, Third Brother. I think we are all of the same age and can have some topics to talk about."

"Hahaha, go ahead and chat..."

No one can complain about this kind of thing. Xu Long, Xu Ning, Xiao Du, Wang Hu and Guan Lei took the jeep, while Chai Bing, Liu Daming and Li Fuqiang took the Dongfeng car, which was just enough space. There was nothing wrong with Xiao Du's arrangement.

After getting in the car, Xu Long drove towards Linye. Xiao Du turned around and talked to Xu Ning: "Er Ning, I think you are quite handsome. If you were to develop in the city, wouldn't you be the enchantment of these girls?"

Xu Ning understood what Xiao Du meant when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Haha, Brother Du, I'm about to get married, why are you still talking nonsense? Just stay at home honestly. It's a good thing that the city doesn't have a nuisance like me anymore."

Xiao Du was stunned, then said with a smile: "Look, I was thinking of introducing a little girl to you. What about the little girl just now? Her father..."

Xu Long turned around and said, "Du'er, my little brother and his girlfriend are childhood sweethearts."

Xiao Du didn't feel embarrassed, he clapped his hands and said, "Ah, that's my fault for talking too much. You talk about these girls, they tend to worship heroes, and when they meet a handsome guy, they can't stop talking. Erning, don't blame Brother Du for talking about you, it's because you're too good!"

"Hahaha, Brother Du, I like what you said. People can't be too outstanding."

The five people in the car laughed with their heads raised. Xiao Du replied, "That's right, Brother Long. Why didn't you tell me before that you had such an outstanding little brother?"

Xu Long turned his head and said in a muffled voice: "Aren't you afraid that he will be seduced by a girl outside? Then my sister-in-law will tickle me, right?"

"Haha! Brother Long is quite humorous. This is what it's like when he's with his family. Erning, do you know what Brother Long is like when he's with us? He's always silent and looks very serious."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "My brother is just a reserved person."

"Hahaha, that's absolutely true, that word is used accurately!"

Xiao Du is very capable and can chat with anyone. However, Xu Ning feels that this guy is cunning and Xu Long can't beat him. It depends on whether Xiao Du has bad intentions. If he doesn't, he can get along with him.

However, Xu Long also has his own set of principles in dealing with people, that is, he is strict in speaking and obedient, and rigorous in doing things. These two things alone are enough to gain a foothold in the unit.

Guan Lei and Wang Hu didn't talk much. When talking to people like Xiao Du, they are new to society and it is easy for them to be tricked. To put it bluntly, they are too inexperienced.

According to Xu Ning, the purpose of taking them out was to see the world. They would have to go to a restaurant to have dinner with a group of people later, and then they would have to learn.

Because they will definitely have to deal with the same kind of people in the future. What should they do if they don’t have any connections? Use connections! If two glasses of wine can’t solve the problem, then drink two bottles...

When the two cars arrived at the gate of the forestry company, the gate guard Mr. Gao disappeared and was replaced by Yan He from the publicity department.

(End of this chapter)