Reborn in 1963: I Hunted and Stockpiled Meat During a Famine

Qin Hao lowered his voice and said, "I overheard them talking about it. They said that the sheep were deliberately let go by a patrolman on the farm. That guy had a crush on the herdsman, but she didn't agree, so he got angry and drove the sheep away. As a result, the flock scattered and was spotted by another patrolman, who then shot and wounded him."

Qin Qiming frowned more and more, staring at Qin Hao and asking, "Are you asking me to sort this out?"

Qin Hao nodded hurriedly.

Qin Qiming was annoyed; he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Helping the guards is fine, but helping the farm...

He had no intention of leaving, nor did he want to.

If you want to live more comfortably during these three years of natural disasters, the best option is to stay deep in the mountains and forests.

That's how you barely manage to make ends meet.

Otherwise, we would all starve together.

The problem is, how can he shirk this responsibility?

Qin Qiming didn't want to attract attention, because it wouldn't benefit him.

But this matter was not up to him to decide.

He decided to check the situation first and consider other things later.

Qin Qiming arrived at the guard team soon.

Upon seeing Qin Qiming and Qin Hao enter, Liu Qingsong immediately greeted them, "Qiming, come here and sit down!"

Qin Qiming sat down, and the man opposite him looked him up and down before smiling and saying, "You're Qin Qiming? Chang Zhao often mentions you; you're indeed young and promising!"

Qin Qiming didn't speak, but just smiled and nodded.

He didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing.

But He Changzhao clearly intended for him to take over.

Qin Qiming didn't know what they were thinking.

“Qiming, stop dawdling. A hundred sheep have been lost from the farm, and the other party is a skilled gunman. This kid is an educated youth, born in a military compound. Most of the educated youth sent to the countryside now are children of cadres, so we can’t take strong measures against them.”

Qin Qiming was dumbfounded.

"Can I take over this?"

"Okay, you have no connections, so no one will bother you."

Qin Qiming frowned. "The other side definitely has guns, and most of them are children of cadres who have undergone re-education through labor and peasantry. If I confront them, should I shoot or not? What if I shoot and kill them? What should I do then?"

He Changzhao: "Don't worry, life or death! Even if we catch this kid, he'll be shot. The other family's intention is to execute him here on the spot, otherwise their family will be implicated."

Qin Qiming thought for a moment and said, "What do you mean? Although I am a hunter, I do not kill people."

He Changzhao cursed inwardly, "This kid is really good at pretending."

He kills without blinking an eye, capable of killing more than a dozen people at once, yet now he's pretending to be a good person in front of me?

However, He Changzhao also knew that this was because the benefits were not big enough, and Qin Qiming was negotiating terms.

After all, he had been saved by her, and He Changzhao knew whose side to take.

He sighed and said, “Qiming, I know what you’re worried about. But those sheep have definitely gone into the mountains, where there are wild animals. The other patrolmen are unwilling to go; they lack experience, and their marksmanship isn’t as good as yours. Only you can prevent the farm from suffering huge losses!”

Zheng Zhi heard it clearly; He Changzhao was subtly reminding him.

"Comrade Qiming, no one has been properly managing the mountainous areas around our farm, and no one cares about the people in the mountains."

There are still many villages inhabited by ethnic minorities where communication remains difficult.

If you can handle this matter well, I will appoint you as the contractor for this mountainous area. Your main task will be to establish good relations with the ethnic minority tribes in the mountains.

Use the things from the mountains yourself; just don't trade them on a large scale.

However, you will be responsible for the security, patrols, and various aspects of management in this mountainous area.

If you agree to help the farm get this done, I will officially appoint you as the administrator.

Also, we can allocate some guns and ammunition to you every year as a form of support.

Qin Qiming coughed and said, "I have a gun, a Type 38 rifle, that's enough."

Zheng Zhi couldn't help but laugh, understanding what Qin Qiming wanted.

"Well, so you were waiting here all along. Did you think your Type 38 rifles weren't enough?"

Qin Qiming remained silent.

Zheng Zhi continued with a smile, "I have a good gun. The people on our farm are all from the front lines. It's a big eight-shot."

Qin Qiming's eyes lit up; a good semi-automatic gun.

"Our regiment captured many special large eight-shot rifles back then, some of which even came with scopes!"

Qin Qiming immediately became excited.

He knew that the United States used Garand rifles, and there were only two models that could be equipped with scopes: the M1C and the M1D.

The standard sniper rifle commonly used on the battlefield is the M1D, because the M1C is too complex, has many modification steps, and is difficult to produce.

The front lines urgently needed a precision rifle that could be produced quickly and easily deployed on a large scale, and thus the M1D was born.

However, the M1D is not a true sniper rifle; it still uses standard rifle ammunition, and its shooting accuracy is far inferior to that of a professional sniper rifle.

Although a large number of these rifles were captured domestically, given the powerful enemy forces, strengthening overall firepower was more important than training snipers, so this was not given much importance.

At that time, the military focused more on firepower and weapon performance.

Most of the captured rifles were distributed to the militia, while those with scopes were almost completely ignored.

Qin Qiming deliberately feigned curiosity: "A gun has a mirror? I've never seen one before!"

Zheng Zhi was secretly pleased to see that Qin Qiming had fallen into the trap.

Almost no one uses this scope; it's not as comfortable as using an iron sight.

It has become a mere decoration because no one uses it.

If Qin Qiming can accept this decoration, then it will definitely be worthwhile.

"You don't know, this mirror is amazing, it's like a telescope, it can see very far and shoot very accurately, but it takes time to practice."

If you agree, the mirror and the gun are yours, and bullets will be provided.

I'll give it to you right now, but can you guarantee you'll catch that person?

Qin Qiming smiled. This old guy is indeed cunning!

“That’s easy. I’ll go back and get the gun right now.”

Zheng Zhi couldn't help but burst into laughter: "You're so enthusiastic!"

Liu Qingsong and He Changzhao also burst into laughter.

They were all amused by Qin Qiming's "naiveté".

They had no idea what Qin Qiming was really thinking!

Qin Qiming has a Type 38 rifle, which he can use for self-defense as well, making the home safer.

Thinking of this, Qin Qiming rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "When can I have it? By the way, I need to attach a bayonet to my gun!"

Zheng Zhi burst into laughter: "Fine, I'll bring you bayonets!"

Qin Qiming patted his chest: "Okay, I'll go get the gun."

After returning, he told Liu Xiuqin to go into the mountains to look for sheep, but Liu Xiuqin was not worried about it.

What danger could sheep possibly face? What is there to worry about?

After arranging things at home, Qin Qiming set off with his gun.

When Zheng Zhi saw the gun in Qin Qiming's hand, he couldn't help but laugh and say, "Your gun is really outdated."