Rebirth 1979: Hunting wild boars and saving educated youth

"Hongtie, are you here?"

"Brother Feng, how about the insects I raised?"

"Okay, let's go inside and take a look."

Chen Feng led Ma Hongtie into the house, asked Yaya to pour a glass of water, and began to carefully examine the gold-edged yuan that Ma Hongtie brought.

He picked up the small boxes one by one and gently opened the lids. The insects inside were all energetic and bright in color. Chen Feng's eyes revealed satisfaction.

He counted them carefully and picked up the scale to weigh them. Every item met the standards and even exceeded his expectations.

It seems that what Ma Hongtie said before, about raising these insects as ancestors, was not an exaggeration.

After inspecting the goods, Chen Feng paid the money readily.

Ma Hongtie took the thousand yuan and his eyes became moist.

Half a year ago, he couldn't have imagined that he could make so much money.

Now, I finally have the money to take my dad to the city to see his leg.

He was extremely grateful to Chen Feng in his heart, but he was tongue-tied and couldn't say anything nice. He just sat there, his body trembling slightly.

Seeing him like this, Chen Feng was startled and quickly said, "Hongtie, you can raise insects, but don't watch over them day and night. Your health is your capital. If you collapse from exhaustion, how am I going to explain to your father?"

Ma Hongtie grinned and said, "I'm not afraid of growing crops or repairing canals, so raising insects is nothing. Thank you, brother."

Chen Feng smiled and patted his shoulder. "Why thank me? We've only just started! There's still a long way to go."

During this period, the villagers had basically exchanged money from Chen Feng for their Phnom Penh Dollars. This boosted everyone's confidence.

Raising insects can really make money, it’s much better than growing crops!

Of course, villagers are now much more enthusiastic about growing crops than before, after all, they've started to pilot the household contract responsibility system. But then again, growing crops still doesn't make as much money as raising insects; the gap is huge!

However, the villagers are all farmers, so they naturally wouldn't just raise insects without growing crops. Fortunately, the two don't conflict, and raising insects is something the elderly in the family can also do, and they're even more dedicated to it than the young.

In this way, the labor force in the family is fully utilized.

After receiving the money from Chen Feng, the villagers became even more grateful to him.

Now Chen Feng’s prestige in Mashan Village far exceeds that of the village chief!

After seeing Ma Hongtie off, Chen Feng looked at the pile of gold-edged yuan in front of him and thought to himself that the number of yuan he had acquired during this period was quite large.

It's time to go to the Red Star Pharmacy and find Director Sun to deliver the goods.

In the afternoon, Chen Feng got busy, carefully packing the Phnom Penh dollars, fearing that they would be bumped or scratched, and he was busy until the evening.

The next day, as soon as the sky turned light, he jumped up, washed up quickly, had a quick breakfast, and prepared to go to town.

Pushing the tricycle he just bought, Chen Feng prepared to go out.

Ning Yao stood by and naturally lent a hand to help him push the cart.

"Why did you get up so early today?" Chen Feng asked Ning Yao while pushing the cart.

"There's a sports meet at school today, so I have to go make arrangements early," Ning Yao said.

Chen Feng was delighted when he heard this. "Hey, you guys actually managed to organize a sports meet?"

This sports meet was proposed by him during the last chat with Ning Yao. Instead of always having militia training or martial arts, he should do something that the children would like, such as playing ball, running, high jump and long jump. Girls could skip rope, and then prepare some small prizes. This is a normal student life.

He just said that at the time, but he didn't expect Ning Yao to listen to it.

Ning Yao smiled and twisted her hair. "How can I not take what Secretary Chen said seriously?"

"Stop joking with me. How can I be called a branch secretary?" Chen Feng waved his hand.

Mashan Village has always had only a village chief, but no branch secretary. In the past, when a new branch secretary took office, he would be squeezed out by Village Chief Ma using various means.

But ever since Chen Feng led everyone to make money, some people in the village began to call him Secretary Chen, which made him laugh and cry.

In fact, he was not even a member of the Youth League. The title of this branch was purely the villagers' recognition and respect for him.

The two chatted as they pushed the car to the door. Chen Feng stopped and said to Ning Yao, "Get in the car. I'll take you to school first."

Ning Yao felt warm in her heart, but she said angrily, "No need. I'm a teacher, can't I go to school by myself? It's more important for you to go to town. Go quickly and be careful on the road."

Chen Feng smiled and was about to tease Ning Yao again, but unexpectedly, a few dull noises suddenly came from the backyard, followed by the crisp and harsh sound of shattering glass.

Then, Chen Yufen exclaimed, "What are you doing?"

Then I heard Yaya’s childish and frightened cry.

Chen Feng's heart tightened and he thought to himself, "Oh no, something happened!"

He quickly turned to Ning Yao and said solemnly, "Don't go in. Go to the village and call Hong Tie and the others."

Before he finished speaking, he turned around and ran back to his yard with big strides.

In the yard, he quickly picked up a thick stick and took a sharp knife from the wall. He stuck them behind his back without hesitation and groped his way into the house cautiously.

Ning Yao stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking at Chen Feng's back. She really wanted to go in with him, but she also knew that if she went in, she would only be a burden.

She gritted her teeth and ran to Ma Hongtie's house as Chen Feng instructed.

Chen Feng carefully pushed open the door, and the scene in front of him made him furious - his mother Chen Yufen and sister Yaya were kidnapped by three men, one of whom was walking with an obvious limp. He was the poacher, or tomb robber, whom he had met in the mountains that time.

As soon as he saw this person, Chen Feng immediately understood what was going on and secretly regretted his carelessness.

The massive excavation of the ancient tomb undoubtedly cut off these people's financial resources. Coupled with previous grudges, they were obviously here to seek revenge.

"Boy, you've been living a comfortable life lately." The lame man said sarcastically, a sneer on his face. "Destroying someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. You'll be struck by lightning."

Chen Feng gripped the stick tightly, his eyes like torches as he swept over the three people coldly, "Let them go, we will handle your business outside."

"Hmph, wishful thinking." Another man responded viciously, shaking the dagger in his hand near Yaya's neck, scaring Yaya so much that she cried even harder.

Chen Feng took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. He knew that a head-on confrontation was not the solution.

He slowly put down the stick and pretended to compromise, "Aren't you just looking for revenge on me? Fine, I'll go with you. You release them first."

"Hmph, do you think we're stupid?" The lame man sneered. "But we're determined to kill you. Besides, isn't it time to pay your money? As for these two, it all depends on your performance."