Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 91: What I wished for came true, so comfortable!

When he arrived at Zhang Jiashen’s house, Yu Qiutang suddenly recalled the past that had been forgotten for a long time.

At that time, a classmate in the class bullied him and broke his nose for no reason. The other party's father was unwilling to take responsibility. Yu Dejin was very angry. He picked up the wood he had cut and went straight to Zhang Jiashen's house, asking the principal to resolve this injustice.

That was the only time his father stood up for him.

Zhang Jiashen and the other party's father were both furious, and finally paid a few dollars as compensation, plus a bag of glucose powder.

That was a rare moment of gentleness from his father. After he had a "fight" with his classmates, he did not beat him up.

As time passed, he did not expect to return to this dark gate again. The two small stone pillars carved into stone lions at the door were still there. He clearly remembered that he was sitting on the small stone pillar on the left and watched his father and the other party arguing in front of Zhang Jiashen.

The most absurd thing about this incident is the final outcome.

The person who bullied him unexpectedly became good friends with him through this incident, and their relationship was very close. They even had a drink together a few months before his death.

Who can I go to for justice?

The script of life is indeed difficult to write even for any playwright with a rich imagination.

"Clap clap clap!"

He knocked on the brass door knocker, and immediately a burst of rapid dog barking was heard from inside.

I can sense that there must be more than one dog inside the door.

"Who?"

Someone standing in the yard shouted.

"Teacher Zhang is at home. I am your student. My name is Yu Qiutang."

"Yu Qiutang...Oh, it's Yu Qiutang. Wait a minute, I'll open the door for you."

The footsteps were getting closer, and the door opened. Teacher Li Chun'e stood inside the door. She used her foot to push back the dog that wanted to jump out, and said with a smile: "Qiutang, what are you doing..."

"Last time I heard Teacher Zhang say that he was feeling a little unwell. This time when I went into the mountains I saw a roe deer, so I shot one for the teacher. I didn't dare to delay, so I thought about sending it to the teacher as soon as possible, cooking it while it was fresh, and killing it with salt."

"You hit it so quickly," Li Chun'e shouted at the dog to go away and opened the door, "Come in quickly, don't be afraid of dogs, they are just annoying, they won't bite!"

Yu Qiutang glanced at the three dogs in the yard and thought to himself, "Teacher, you are worthy of being a Chinese teacher. What you said is extremely exaggerated."

The three dogs in the yard are all famous Shaanxi Thin Dogs.

This is a large dog that can be trained to be a hunting dog. It has an explosive personality and is particularly protective of its owner. It is true that it will not bite people, but the prerequisite is that you are its master. Try putting it in front of me and see if it bites me.

Fortunately, the three greyhounds were fairly obedient. When they were scolded by Teacher Li to squat in the corner, they really squatted there and never pounced on him again.

This is a reflection of the Shaanxi Greyhound's strong obedience.

To be a hunting dog, it is impossible without obedience. At the critical moment, the dog's life will be in danger, and it will also drag people to suffer, causing harm to others.

"Teacher Zhang is not here?"

Yu Qiutang carried the bag and followed Teacher Li to the main room opposite the gate.

Lifting the door curtain, he saw that the furniture inside was arranged quite elegantly. All the materials were made from a kind of lacquer tree produced in Ziwuling Mountain, called "small redwood". It did not require any decoration and naturally had beautiful red or orange patterns.

This lacquer tree was originally spread from Yunnan and Guizhou to Sichuan, and then slowly spread all the way to the Qinling Mountains and then to the Ziwuling Mountains. It can also be considered an outsider.

In the early years, after some people started using it to make furniture, it became very popular, causing most of the lacquer trees in Ziwuling to be quickly cut down. Later, the forest farm introduced emergency policies to barely stop the cutting.

But since then, the price of lacquered wood furniture has skyrocketed.

To the extent that, nowadays, if a married family has even one piece of lacquered wooden furniture in their home, it is considered a very prestigious thing.

It is rare to find a family like Zhang Jiashen's with a house full of lacquered wooden furniture. Even a worldly-wise person like Yu Qiutang was amazed when he saw it for the first time.

Apart from anything else, this set of old lacquered wood furniture, after a few decades, can easily be sold for hundreds of thousands.

He was young at the time and didn't realize that Teacher Zhang had such a deep background.

Without any connections, how could he get so much lacquered wood to make furniture?

"This bag..." Yu Qiutang looked at the bag in his hand, then looked at the main hall, and felt that it was a bit inappropriate to bring it in. However, Teacher Li pulled his arm and said, "What's the big deal? Just go in and sit down... Forget it, give me the things, and I'll put them in the side room so that you won't feel uncomfortable."

Teacher Li was about to carry the bag away, but when he lifted it he found that the bag was quite heavy. Just now in Yu Qiutang's hand, it seemed to have no weight, giving him the illusion that the bag was very light.

"Teacher Li, let me do it."

"Sit down, please sit down."

Teacher Li went into the side room carrying the bag.

Yu Qiutang was thinking and saying that the teacher was over 40 years old, a woman, and quite strong. But then he thought, this was nothing, when she was the head teacher in school, she was the one who carried water in the classroom.

A bucket of water is not much heavier than this bag of roe deer meat.

Soon, Teacher Li came back, pulled Yu Qiutang in and sat him down, then took out a plate filled with various nuts such as melon seeds, almonds, and peanuts from under the coffee table and placed it in front of Yu Qiutang.

"Eat some melon seeds, Qiutang. Your teacher Zhang is visiting some friends now and won't be back for a while."

"it is good."

Yu Qiutang grabbed a handful of melon seeds and cracked them slowly. If he wanted to get his nephew a chance to go to school, he had to talk to Zhang Jiashen in person and couldn't ask Teacher Li to convey it.

What if that bastard forgets about it?

He took the things but didn't do anything.

The loss of things is a small matter. The key is that it will delay the child's studies. I have finally managed to arouse my nephew's interest in reading. If it fails, it will probably not be so easy to get him to study again.

"Qiutang, I remember you are eighteen this year, right?" Teacher Li sat beside the coffee table, put on reading glasses, and pulled over a half-knitted sweater and started knitting.

"I'm not eighteen yet. I'm eighteen after the new year."

"Is that so? That's about right." Teacher Li glanced at him and said with a smile, "Have you found a partner?"

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "It's still early now. It won't be too late to wait another two years."

"That's true, but it's better to do it early than late. Get married and have children early, and then you can get this done early. If you put it off until later, your heart will become wild, and it will be difficult to find someone you like."

Yu Qiutang felt that this sentence seemed familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was what he said to his son in his previous life. It seems that when people reach a certain age, they seem to have an instinctive need to get married. Anyway, they like to say that when they see someone of the right age who does not take finding a partner seriously, they will grab one and will not let go. They will resolutely intervene.

What can Yu Qiutang do?

The person sitting opposite me is my teacher, so naturally I can only listen to what he says.

Students nowadays have an instinctive respect for teachers. It’s not just because teachers will really hit students, but also because teachers at this time sincerely want to teach students how to be a good person.

Regardless of their grades, they always remind students to stay upright, follow the right path, and never do evil. They place great importance on character building.

"Teacher tells you, you have to keep this in mind anyway, understand?"

"If I don't find it, will you whip me with a teaching stick?"

"You kid," Teacher Li smiled, "I taught you when you were young because I hoped you wouldn't go astray. Now you've grown up, why should I still beat you?"

"Haha~"

I have to say, no matter how old you are, it is a warm thing to hear the teacher say this.

As they were talking, Zhang Jiashen came back, and with him was someone who turned out to be an "old acquaintance", Yu Daner, the production team leader of Yu Qiutang's team seven.

Yu Daner was following Zhang Jiashen and talking about something when he suddenly saw Yu Qiutang standing outside the main hall. He was stunned for a moment and immediately shut his mouth and stopped talking.

This was the first time they met since Yu Qiutang hit him with a hemp rope last time. In an instant, both of them remembered what happened last time. Yu Qiutang didn't think much of it and was still able to maintain a casual smile.

Yu Daner felt that Yu Qiutang's smile was purely a deliberate mockery of him.

I thought to myself, you are going too far. Last time you hit me with a hemp rope, I haven't blamed you for anything yet.

Even if we are enemies today, you don't have to treat me like this. Are you trying to challenge my patience on purpose?

When Zhang Jiashen saw Yu Qiutang standing at the door, he immediately remembered the purpose of his visit and was delighted. Just as he was about to talk to Yu Qiutang, he remembered that there was Yu Daner following him.

He stopped beside her and said to Yu Daner, "Go back and wait. I'll let you know when there's news. Don't hold out too much hope. Your child is still young. If you force him to go to the first grade, he may not be able to keep up with the studies. It will put too much pressure on him."

You should wait until next year, but if there are more places in the class, I can make an exception and put you in. We definitely welcome all children who want to study, and hope that they can receive an education and contribute to the future of the country. "

Seeing that Zhang Jiashen had said this, Yu Daner naturally did not want to continue to argue with him. She could only thank Zhang Jiashen politely and then went home.

Zhang Jiashen sent Yu Daner out the door and locked it from the inside. Then he came back with a smile on his face and said to Yu Qiutang as he walked, "How come you're here so soon? I thought I'd have to wait a few days. How's it going? Did you get the stuff?"

Yu Qiutang smiled and nodded.

Li Chun'e heard it clearly inside, so she threw the wool in her hand on the stool beside her, walked out of the door, called Zhang Jiashen, and walked towards the west side room.

Yu Qiutang also followed behind.

"Look, this is the roe deer that Yu Qiutang hunted for you."

Yu Qiutang took over the conversation, "Because we hunted in the mountains, if we don't process it in time, the good meat will taste bad and may rot partially. So we got rid of all the roe deer. The one I brought you weighs about 30 to 40 kilograms, which is a big roe deer!"

"It's really good. I've never seen a roe deer weighing more than 30 kilograms. Let me take a look." Zhang Jiashen was very excited and was ready to jump over his wife's body several times to feast his eyes on the roe deer meat first.

He said he was interested in roe deer, but in fact he was excited about the effects that roe deer brought to him. At his age, he can't afford to delay any longer. If there is a chance, it will only be the last possibility, and he must try hard to grasp this "remaining warmth".

"Why are you in such a hurry? You're not going to run away. Here, take a look. Is this roe deer meat?"

Li Chun'e was not as excited as Zhang Jiashen. Perhaps she had given up hope for that kind of thing and just didn't want to disappoint her husband.

Zhang Jiashen opened the bag and took a closer look at the meat inside. He was a little unsure, "Qiu Tang, is this roe deer meat?"

"Replacement guaranteed."

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "How could I lie to you? Smell it. Roe deer meat smells like venison, and also has a bit of mutton smell."

"It's true." Zhang Jiashen nodded.

"That's it, this is the taste of roe deer meat. If you boil water, you can put some shredded ginger in it, which will remove some of the fishy smell."

"it is good."

Zhang Jiashen tied the bag and the three of them returned to the main hall.

After sitting down, Zhang Jiashen looked at Yu Qiutang for a while and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you really have this ability, Qiutang. It's true that when you haven't seen someone for three days, you should look at him with new eyes."

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "It wasn't just me. I went to the mountains with a few friends. We were lucky enough to see one."

"I see. That must have been hard work."

Zhang Jiashen said, reaching into his shirt pocket, taking out three bills and handing them to Yu Qiutang, "Here, this is the money for me to buy roe deer."

Yu Qiutang quickly stood up and refused.

I was secretly worried.

This old guy won't go back on his word, he's not just thinking about selling roe deer meat to him.

"Teacher Zhang, I made this specially for you. How can I charge you for it? Just eat it with confidence. If it works, I will make it for you again."

Zhang Jiashen stood up and stuffed the money into Yu Qiutang's hand. "Don't worry, I know what you are worried about. I have discussed your nephew's matter with the Dean of Academic Affairs. In line with the teaching philosophy of not giving up a single flower, I will accept it!"

"Oh, thank you so much, and thank the school so much." Yu Qiutang was instantly delighted when he heard that this matter had finally been implemented.

"My nephew can go to school thanks to the help of Teacher Zhang. Consider this roe deer as a gift from me as a student to honor my teacher. You don't have to pay me."

Zhang Jiashen waved his hand, signaling Yu Qiutang not to try to stuff the money back. "We're not doing this, classmate Yu Qiutang. Although it's an exception to let your nephew enroll, it doesn't violate the principle. If you thank me for this and give me a gift, that would be a mistake for me."

"But……"

"Don't say anything more. If you continue like this, I can only ask you to leave my house now."

"Yes, Qiutang, just accept it. Your teacher Zhang has been like this all his life. He will not accept other people's kindness for no reason. You can help him get fresh roe deer meat, which is a great help. You must be paid. After all, you risked your life to hunt it."

Li Chun'e couldn't bear to watch it and tried to persuade them.

Seeing that things had come to this point, Yu Qiutang realized that insisting further would be superfluous, so he stopped insisting.

He just sighed in his heart that people really have two sides. He only remembered that Zhang Jiashen used to like to corporally punish students, but he didn't know that he was actually a principal who attached great importance to integrity.

(End of this chapter)