69novels Chapter 142
Chapter 142
After leaving the county hospital, Shi Lin drove a tricycle to his uncle’s unit, the county’s shipping department.
After arriving at the place, he told the staff that he wanted to find their deputy director Shi Zhenguo.
After a while, a young man in his twenties wearing glasses ran out of the building.
The young man came to Shi Lin and smiled at him:
“You are Shi Lin, the nephew of Director Shi, right? I am the clerk here, Liu Zheng, you can just call me Xiao Liu. Director Shi is in a meeting, let me take you to his office to wait for him first.”
Shi Lin nodded, picked up a sack, and said to Liu Zheng: “Then please lead the way, Brother Liu.”
“You are too polite, just call me Xiao Liu. I will help you with this sack.”
Liu Zheng was very polite and stretched out his hand to help Shi Lin with the sack.
However, he grabbed a corner of the sack and lifted it hard…
Hiss! It’s a bit heavy!
Seeing him gritting his teeth, Shi Lin reached out and lifted up the sack, saying with a smile:
“Brother Liu, let me carry this sack. I killed a wild boar in the mountains, and you can bring half of it to my uncle.”
The sack contained a large wild boar. Although it was only half a wild boar, it weighed more than 100 kilograms. This weight was really too much for Liu Zheng, who had been sitting in the office for a long time.
Shi Lin followed Liu Zheng with the sack and soon came to a separate office.
After entering the office, Liu Zheng took a cup and poured a glass of water for Shi Lin, asking him to wait in the office for a while, and then Liu Zheng went out.
Shi Lin looked around the office. It was simply decorated, without any extra things.
The only thing that interested Shi Lin was a photo on the bookshelf next to the office.
The photo showed several young men in military uniforms, each carrying a gun, covered in dirt and blood, leaning against each other, with bright smiles on their faces. The background seemed to be in a trench.
Shi Lin stared at one of them for a while, and finally confirmed that this person was Lao Shi, Shi Zhengang!
This photo should be a bit old. At that time, Lao Shi was probably less than 20 years old. His face looked quite young, and he held the gun high in his hand with a bright smile.
Not long after, the door of the office was pushed open from the outside.
A middle-aged man with a square face, about 1.75 meters tall, and a slightly fat body walked in.
“Linzi, you are here. I heard that you brought me a wild boar? Did you kill it?”
Liu Zhenguo said to Shi Lin with a smile on his face.
Shi Lin looked at his uncle, who looked exactly like his father Lao Shi, and they were carved from the same mold.
Overall, Shi Zhenguo looked a little rounder and shorter than Lao Shi.
Shi Zhenguo gave people a more friendly feeling, and
Shi Zhengang gave people a feeling of keeping strangers away.
Shi Lin smiled and said:
“Uncle, I’m here to pay back the fishing boat. I shot a few wild boars in the mountains this morning, and my father asked me to bring you half of one, and four monkey heads. You can take them back to my aunt, brother Yulin, and sister-in-law to eat.”
As he spoke, Shi Lin took out a wad of money from his pocket and put it on the table, and took out a small bag from the sack, which contained four monkey heads.
These four monkey heads were obtained after Lao Shi and Ye Meihui had fought for a long time.
Originally, according to Ye Meihui’s idea, half a wild boar was too much, at most a piece of pork, and monkey heads were out of the question…
“Ah?!”
Shi Zhenguo was stunned and said,
“Half a wild boar is already too much, why did you bring a monkey head?!
Take it back quickly, this thing is valuable, sell it, we don’t need to eat such a good thing.”
“I heard recently that brother Yulin and his family are pregnant with a second child, take it back to give to sister-in-law.”
Since it’s already here, why should I take it back?
Shi Lin didn’t say more about the things, pushed the money in front of Shi Zhenguo, and asked Shi Zhenguo to count it,
If there is no problem, he will go back.
Shi Zhenguo glanced at the money on the table and put it in the drawer casually.
“You brought it here, how can I be worried? What’s the big deal? I’ll hand it in in the afternoon.”
“Let’s go. It’s lunch time. Let’s go to the canteen to have a meal with grandpa.
We haven’t seen each other for a long time. I heard from your father that you have been hunting in the mountains recently? And fishing in the river, and you are doing well?”
Shi Lin didn’t want to stay here to eat, but Shi Zhenguo was enthusiastic and didn’t let him go, so he had no choice but to follow him.
At the same time, they also brought the half wild boar to the canteen. Shi Zhenguo only kept a piece of meat for himself, and let the canteen chef use the rest to add meals for the department.
When announcing the good news of the extra meal, Shi Zhenguo took Shi Lin to meet several colleagues who were responsible for patrolling and on duty on the river.He praised Shi Lin without hesitation, “This is my nephew Shi Lin, he is a good hunter and river hunter. The wild boar that our department has for dinner today was shot by him.”
Hearing that there was wild boar meat for dinner and that this young man was Director Shi’s nephew, everyone was very enthusiastic about Shi Lin.
Shi Lin also responded with a smile.
He didn’t know whether these relationships would be useful.
But since his uncle had the good intention to introduce him to someone, he would follow him, since he was already here.
During lunch, Shi Lin told Shi Zhenguo about the time when his family would start building a house.
Shi Zhenguo happily agreed, “Okay, I will bring your aunt, your brother Yulin, and your sister-in-law, and the whole family to help!”
“Well, there’s no need to mobilize so many people. The house building has basically been contracted out. We can just have some fun.”
Hearing that his uncle was going to bring so many people, Shi Lin felt that it was unnecessary.
But Shi Zhenguo didn’t think so. He thought that building a house was a big deal and must be taken seriously. Even if it was a ceremony, everyone had to gather together!
Shi Lin had no choice but to agree. After all, it was no big deal to have a few more mouths.
While eating, he thought about it and asked, “Uncle, I saw that photo in your office. It’s a bit old. When was it taken?”
Hearing this, Shi Zhenguo was stunned for a moment, paused, and then said:
“It’s been 30 years. It was taken when I was young and joined the army. I took it with my comrades. How is your father’s leg recently?”
“Very good, I can walk at home.”
After that, the two chatted briefly about family matters, and Shi Lin said goodbye after dinner.
Shi Zhenguo didn’t continue to keep him, but just asked him to be careful on the road.
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Xigou Village.
Shi Lin returned home and talked to his family about the business of purchasing Hericium erinaceus.
The family was very happy to hear that they could earn one or two yuan by purchasing a Hericium erinaceus mushroom, especially the fourth sister Shi Yushu and the fifth sister Shi Yuying.
Some time ago, they also had a honey business to do, and they made money every day.
Although they still have enough food and drink now, there is no work at home. Winter is coming soon, and there is no work in the fields. They are a little bored.
The bear cubs, sables, and big cats are also uncomfortable.
These two women who are so bored often have to pet them and bathe them, which is a bit embarrassing for them…
“It’s okay to buy Hericium erinaceus, but we have to talk to Liu Baoquan. It’s not good to start buying directly.”
Shi Zhengang thought about it and said.
Liu Baoquan buys mountain products and fish catches. Basically, he buys anything that can be sold at a high price.
Monkey heads are naturally within his business scope. Now Shi Lin wants to buy monkey heads, so Lao Shi thinks it would be better to go and say hello to Liu Baoquan.
Shi Lin nodded,
“That’s what I mean, by the way, ask what the price of monkey heads sold by Brother Quan is? If it’s lower than mine, just let him sell the monkey heads to me.”