The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 132: Intentional and Unintentional First Probing
Lao Zhao knew clearly in his heart that when serving the leadership, he should do a good job even if there’s no benefit, especially since he’s had dealings with Director Yang before, and knows he’s not stingy.
"Then thank you in advance, I’ll talk to you more about it later." Yang Zhigang is naturally not a miser, he has another task this time so didn’t go into details, "I’ve got a few snakes from the mountains, you can take them."
Yang Zhigang was straightforward, not bothering with formalities, soldiers are direct when dealing with people.
"Wow, these snakes look quite big, let’s weigh them." There’s a scale in the office, and it tipped low, "Three snakes, ten pounds eight ounces, let’s call it eleven pounds."
"Alright, I also have two rabbit skins here, freshly skinned, while I’m at it, you can handle these too." Yang Zhigang waved the two pieces of fur in his hand.
"Sure." Lao Zhao took over briskly.
He quickly calculated the price and handed a wad of cash to Yang Zhigang.
Watching them act so skillfully, it seems they’re used to this.
After handling the things, Yang Zhigang took Wang Jia Bao home. On the way, Wang Jia Bao hesitated several times to speak.
Yang Zhigang raised an eyebrow, "What’s the matter? Speak up, don’t be stammering like you’re not a man."
"Brother-in-law, teach me how to hunt, I want to hunt and make money too." Wang Jia Bao gathered his courage and made the request.
"Make money? Are you out of cash? Tell your brother-in-law..." He said, taking ten bucks from his pocket and handing it to Wang Jia Bao.
"I don’t want it, I want to earn it myself." Wang Jia Bao stepped back and shook his head, refusing.
"Oh... Jia Bao has grown up, huh." Yang Zhigang felt a bit comforted, didn’t force him, and put the money away.
Yang Zhigang was puzzled about why he had such a thought, "Hunting isn’t easy to learn, and it’s dangerous. The family doesn’t lack money for you to spend, why do you think about earning money yourself? Did your third sister say something to you? Are you feeling unconvinced?"
By the end, Yang Zhigang himself almost believed Wang Miaomiao said something that hurt Wang Jia Bao’s self-esteem, causing him to have this thought.
After all, his little sister-in-law’s mouth... haha... it’s terrifying.
"No." Wang Jia Bao denied his guess, blushing a bit and said shyly, "I want to save money to buy Xiao Xue a gift next year. Earning the money myself would be more sincere."
Yang Zhigang’s eyes carried a teasing smile, and he laughed as he suddenly understood, "Oh... that’s true, earning it yourself is indeed sincere."
Thinking to himself: The little brother-in-law is grown up now, huh, oh, he’s sixteen already, haha...
"Alright, I’ll teach you." Yang Zhigang agreed without even thinking, "But you have to go deep into the mountains only with me in the future, don’t go alone, otherwise, I won’t teach you." Although he had to teach, safety was equally important, he can’t let anything happen to the family’s only seedling, or even dying to apologize wouldn’t be enough.
"Thanks, brother-in-law, I definitely won’t go alone." Wang Jia Bao promised excitedly, but cleverly shifted the concept, only promising not to go alone.
At home, with the annoying stuff gone, Wang Miaomiao quickly went near Wang Pandi, looking at the things in the basket and guessed, "Is this big chestnut? Doesn’t look like it?"
What she peeled from the prickly ball was grainy brown particles, looking like big chestnut but not.
"It’s not big chestnut, it’s hazelnut." Wang Pandi kept working, mysteriously said, "We just found a hazelnut tree, there are many more on it, we’ll continue to pick them in the afternoon, bring them all back, I’ll roast them for you to take to school as snacks."
Listening to Wang Pandi, Wang Miaomiao suddenly understood, recalling "Oh... it’s hazelnuts, a kind of nut. Aren’t these generally grown in the northeast? How come they’re here too?"
"Really?" Wang Pandi wondered, "Well, they’re here, no need to worry about it, you also said generally, this is just that unusual one."
Wang Miaomiao laughed hearing that, yes, why be so serious, having them is nice, she’s in for a treat.
Nuts are rich in nutrients, in the future, they’re sold very expensively in the market.
Youths can eat more, it’s good for growing and boosting the brain, especially suitable for her silly brother.
In the afternoon, after finishing lunch, the whole family set off, nobody was left out.
Towed the whole family along, for this, Yang Zhigang specially went home once, and brought two rifles.
He gave one to Wang Baoxing and carried one himself. This made several boys envy, circling the two around...
"Brother-in-law, let me carry it for a while..."
"Uncle, can I help you carry it?"
Boys are naturally enthusiastic about these things? Wang Miaomiao followed behind, watched with some thought.
In the end, the two rifles were carried the whole way by Wang Jia Bao and Liu Jianmin, experiencing it until they returned them to Yang Zhigang and Wang Baoxing when entering the mountain.
Entering the mountain, Yang Zhigang led the way, Wang Baoxing brought up the rear, heading straight to the destination hazelnut tree, time was tight today, no time for idle wandering.
After taking the people there, Yang Zhigang first cleared the surroundings of the tree, then let the women pick the fruits, letting Wang Baoxing guard them. He took Wang Jia Bao and Liu Jianmin hunting a bit further away.
The tree had a lot of fruit, but couldn’t withstand the number of people. With time still left, they directly peeled the fruits and took them back, saving effort.
There, Yang Zhigang taught wholeheartedly, truly not holding back, sharing all hunting skills, knowledge, and even made some traps with them.
Maybe there were too many people, scaring the small animals, so Yang Zhigang didn’t dare take them too far, afraid if something happened for real, distant help wouldn’t be any good.
When leaving, Yang Zhigang only caught a wild chicken and picked up a nest of bird eggs.
Wang Jia Bao felt a bit deflated, he was still excited, but had to leave, he was unhappy.
"Alright, next time when you come back, I’ll take you in alone..." Yang Zhigang understood his feeling, and comforted him.
"It’s a deal." Wang Jia Bao was excited, eagerly waiting for the next Saturday, he surely will come back.
"Brother-in-law, I want to come too." Liu Jianmin quickly stepped forward expressing his wish.
"Yes, there’s Jianmin too." Only then did Wang Jia Bao remember his good friend, in the excitement, he almost left him out, they were inseparable now.
"Alright... let’s all come." Yang Zhigang didn’t deny it, carrying two is carrying, might as well.
On the way back to school, Wang Jia Bao, Liu Jianmin, and Liu Jianbang were chattering non-stop, very excited.
Wang Miaomiao leisurely peeled hazelnut meat to eat, while scheming. After a while, she smiled brightly and praised, "Brother-in-law was really impressive today, indeed a man who has served in the army and come from the camp."
Yang Zhigang was caught off guard by her sudden compliment, somewhat at a loss, with questions inside, he immediately modestly said, "Oh, not really, I was very mediocre in the army, these don’t really count."
