Reborn at 60: I Helped My Sister Get Rich Starting from Hunting

The news of the distribution of bear meat in Zhangjiatun was not concealed, so after the educated youth team received a portion of the bear meat, the news spread like wildfire to several surrounding villages.

Some people had already heard that the commune imposed weight restrictions on the game obtained by the militia squads, and they couldn't help but gossip about it in private.

"The Zhangjiatun team is incredibly audacious! The commune has issued clear regulations, yet they still dare to take the prey and divide it among themselves without handing it over to the organization?"

"This is more than just swallowing our profits; it's utterly disregarding the discipline of the entire commune!"

"We absolutely cannot tolerate them!"

Some people were indignant and discussed leaking the news to the brigade leader, Zhang Haiquan.

Zhang Haiquan had previously accepted bear meat from Zhao Dong, who emphasized, "It was just a personal gesture. I hope the brigade leader will help my godfather register for spring plowing duties later!"

The brigade leader had some power, but not much; the task of assigning jobs for spring plowing just happened to fall within his jurisdiction.

Old Man Jiang is an exile, and he's quite old, so we should take better care of him.

Zhao Dong is sensible; if he doesn't have money, he'll use meat to pay the handling fee, which is perfectly reasonable.

Therefore, Zhang Haiquan felt perfectly justified in accepting the meat.

However, he had anticipated that some people in the surrounding area would be envious of the bear meat from Zhangjiatun, so he had already instructed his family to process their own bear meat, marinate and air-dry it, and then smoke it with a layer of black smoke so that it would not be easily noticed.

Surprisingly, these people arrived quite quickly!

When the person who came to complain arrived at Zhang Haiquan's house, they only smelled the aroma of meat, but didn't suspect bear meat. They just became even more enthusiastic in their complaint:

"Captain, look! You like meat too! We all like meat too! That kid Zhang Yang took a state-owned gun and shot a state-owned bear. He should have handed over the game to the commune for distribution to everyone! But he decided to distribute it all himself!"

"What are we unarmed people supposed to do if he does this?"

"The New Year is just around the corner, and all that meat is going to go to those few dozen households in Zhangjiatun. Does nobody care about what happens to us?"

Zhang Haiquan wasn't in a hurry. He waited until the person who came to complain finished speaking before asking him, "Was that bear really killed in the mountains under the jurisdiction of our production brigade? Did you see it?"

The person who made the accusation was immediately stunned. "Captain, I really didn't know that... But besides this area, where else could Zhang Yang go to hunt? If he goes to other villages to hunt, won't the other villages say he's stealing?"

Zhang Haiquan: "Since you have so much free time, why don't you go around and ask around to see which village he went to steal from? If you have any witnesses, I'll go and bring people to arrest Zhang Yang. How about that?"

The person who filed the complaint thought there was hope for the case when they heard the first half of it.

But when I heard Zhang Haiquan's last words, something felt off.

Why is the captain acting this way?

Could it be that the captain already knows where the bear came from?

Wouldn't that just make him the one causing trouble?

Seeing him standing there dumbfounded, Zhang Haiquan, unsure of what the man was up to, coldly asked, "What's wrong? You two have the energy to come all this way to my house, but not the energy to walk back? You should have a bowl of meat soup at my house before you leave, okay?"

"No, no, no..."

The complaint did not cause much of a stir, and naturally it did not affect the normal lives of the villagers in Zhangjiatun.

After resting, Zhang Yang, Zhao Dong, and the others joined the regular patrol team.

On the night Zhang Yang was on patrol, he specially brought some bear entrails that were inconvenient to handle, put them in a basket, and took them into the mountains.

Bear entrails have a distinctive fishy and salty smell that can't be hidden, and Zhang Yang didn't intend to keep it from everyone.

When asked, he told the truth, "Please bear with it, I just put in some bear offal that can't be cooked."

The other militia members who came along expressed their confusion, "Yangzi, this meat should still be edible after some processing... Why bring it into the mountains? Could it be that they see we haven't had any catches lately and are going to use it as bait for fishing?"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "No, it's meant to be thrown into the mountains."

"Huh? Throw it away? This..."

Once inside the mountains, Zhang Yang actually took out the internal organs and meat and scattered them in several different places.

The team members were even more dumbfounded.

"Yangzi! These weren't damaged, how could you throw them away! What a pity..."

Zhang Yang pushed everyone to keep moving forward, telling them not to linger over these scraps of meat.

"This is a rule passed down from the older generation of people in the mountains. We can't just take from the mountains without giving back."

"These wild animals in our home are a gift from nature. In the past, the villages would join together to make an agreement to close the mountains in winter. This was to give the wild animals in the mountains more time to grow."

“A person who only knows how to take will easily empty the mountain, and then he will not be able to eat meat in the future.”

An older team member chimed in, "Yes, I've heard my dad brag about this at home too!"

"Indeed, this forest is an inexhaustible treasure, and we must protect our own treasure. We can't be like those foreign bandits who only know how to rob!"

These words clearly refer to foreign bandits, but they also seem to be directed at certain individuals.

The team members from Zhangjiatun looked at each other and smiled, but no one said anything.

The mountains were calm and peaceful that day. It seemed that even the animals knew that the human village was about to celebrate the New Year, and everyone was behaving themselves, without causing any trouble.

After finishing his patrol, Zhang Yang felt a slight headache, so he decided to rest at Zhao Dong's house nearby instead of going back.

Unexpectedly, at this time, it was discovered that Zhao Dongjia had candles lit.

Is everything alright?

He was a little worried, so he quickened his pace and went to knock on the door.

"Who is it!" Zhao Dong's fierce and impatient voice came from inside the door.

Zhang Yang frowned. "Dongzi, open the door! It's me!"

The door opened immediately.

Zhang Yang looked up and saw that there was indeed more than just Zhao Dong and Old Man Zhang inside; there was another person.

Du Shujun, wearing a dark green cotton-padded jacket, stood awkwardly to the side.

Zhang Yang frowned. "What's going on?"

Du Shujun turned her head, facing the house, "I, I just wanted to come and help out..."

Zhang Yang's brow furrowed even more. "Help?"

“I heard that you previously proposed that anyone who wanted to become a daughter-in-law of the Zhao family had to cook frequently and do laundry. I thought that the father and son probably wouldn't be able to find a suitable partner anytime soon, so I came to help take care of them…”

Hearing this, Zhang Yang finally understood.

Unexpectedly, Du Shujun took her words, which she had deliberately said to go out and try to persuade Wang Zhaodi to give up, seriously!

It was truly an unexpected stroke of luck.

If Du Shujun's attentiveness and politeness had happened before, he might have believed that she was somewhat sincere.

But after Du Shujun's several rude remarks, and having witnessed her bullying Lin Qiushui, he would never allow such a wicked person to get entangled with Zhao Dong!