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

Zhang Yang led Da Tou and the others to a remote place near the mountains.

Big Head chuckled helplessly, "Yangzi, we said we wouldn't talk about your fish, and we absolutely won't. Don't you believe us?"

Lai Zi was carrying a large string of cured meat and handed it to him, saying, "I haven't had time to hang this meat up at your house yet, you'll have to take it yourself later!"

Zhang Yang only then noticed that he was carrying a string of meat.

Lai Zi said, "You saved me yesterday. Oh, I was such a coward, I even wet my pants and was so scared I was out of my mind! I have to thank you for this. This cured meat is what our commune distributed this year! It tastes amazing. You're my savior, you absolutely have to accept this!"

Hammer, carrying a basket of eggs, eagerly handed them over, saying, "Yangzi, here you go. We rushed to buy them early this morning. If it weren't for you, we would have been finished after Lai Zi was attacked!"

Big Head pointed and said, "I got a share of these eggs too, it's hard to exchange them, they're too expensive!"

Zhang Yang had noticed the basket of eggs from the beginning, but he assumed it was a gift for Zhang Minde to become his apprentice.

"This is for me?"

Big Head said, "That's right! Who else would it be given to?"

"So, you're not going to become my disciples?"

"We won't give you this egg when you become an apprentice! You'll get this!"

Big Head patted his waist.

Lai Zi lowered his voice: "A stack of ten-yuan notes!"

Big Head wanted to save face in front of Zhang Yang: "Actually, we're not that unlucky. We just messed up last night. We've gotten a lot of good stuff before!"

Hammer nodded: "We still have some money!"

Zhang Yang thought to himself: Is that being slow-witted? Isn't that just being stupid?

Judging from their movements, the way they looked around, the way they held their guns, and the way they cocked them, they didn't look like professionals at all.

Otherwise, their eyes wouldn't light up when the topic of "becoming an apprentice" came up.

Zhang Yang asked, "So you've come to me now just to become my apprentices?"

Big Head said excitedly, "Then would it be convenient for you to take us to find Uncle De now? I was a little embarrassed to ask you this because there were so many people in your family!"

“There’s nothing inconvenient about it!” Zhang Yang looked at the cured meat in Lai Zi’s hand and the eggs in Hammer’s hand. “I won’t accept these two. When you see Uncle De, you can give them to him as well.”

Lai Zi frowned: "How can this be! This is a life-saving favor; the apprenticeship ceremony is a separate matter!"

Hammer didn't argue with him this time: "That's right, if you want to give it to Uncle De, that's fine too, it can be in your name!"

Seeing that they were quite principled, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Alright, let's go! I'll take you there now!"

Zhang Minde's place is easy to find; it's in a wooden house at the foot of the mountain.

Having been a hunter all his life, Zhang Minde still possesses keen hearing and observation skills.

Seeing Zhang Yang leading three people towards them from afar, talking and gesturing in their direction, Zhang Minde's eyes lit up when he saw the eggs and cured meat.

He quickly guessed that Zhang Yang had come to give him a treat.

Not long after, there was a knock on the wooden door, and Zhang Yang's voice rang out: "Uncle Lao De."

Zhang Minde opened the door quickly, his eyes scanning them.

Zhang Yang laughed: "Uncle Lao De, I've brought you an apprentice. Whether you accept him or not is up to you! But regardless of whether you accept him or not, you must accept these gifts as a token of our respect!"

Zhang Minde carefully examined the three men who had come with Zhang Yang.

They all have their own unique features when they look at each other.

However, the other two looked rather dull and had rather bad tempers. In comparison, Zhang Minde took a few more glances at Da Tou.

Big Head hurriedly said, "Uncle Lao De, I've heard you're a very skilled old hunter! You absolutely have to accept me as your apprentice. I may not be good at much else, but when it comes to being filial to my master, no one can do it better than me!"

Zhang Minde asked, "How good is it?"

Thinking the other party was going to offer tea and water, or visit for meals, he instead reached out and pulled out a thick wad of ten-yuan notes.

Zhang Minde frowned, his aging brow furrowed, and took a deep breath: "It is indeed quite good."

Zhang Minde turned around and limped toward the earthen stove in the middle: "Please sit down."

Lai Zi and Chui Zi immediately realized he was going to fetch the water bottle, so they quickly put down the eggs and cured meat and chased after him.

"Uncle De, let me do it!"

"I'll take care of it, Uncle De. I heard you injured your leg. Leave this to me."

The two usually argue and fight every day, but now they have a clear division of labor.

One person rushed to pick up the teapot, while the other insisted on helping Uncle De back to the four-legged table and making him sit down.

It was freezing cold, and the hut was secluded. Usually, it was quiet and deserted except when Zhang Yang came to visit. But with the arrival of these three, it suddenly became lively and interesting. Although Zhang Minde kept saying "Hey, hey, hey," he was actually happy inside.

After forcibly helping Zhang Minde sit down, Hammer went to get the bowl and carefully placed it in the bowl.

After Lai Zi brought the kettle, Da Tou took it and poured the water into the bowl.

The water was constantly boiling on the fire, scalding hot.

However, the weather was cold, and the water cooled down quickly, but once it cooled from scalding hot to lukewarm, the larger end was the first to be picked up:

"Uncle De, if you'd be willing to take us on as apprentices, we'll follow you from now on! It's cold out right now, and we were in such a rush to get here that we completely forgot to bring any wine! Next time we come, we'll definitely bring you a few jars of good wine!"

Hammer said, "Yes, Uncle De, please take us in!"

Taking on more apprentices is not a bad idea. Having been a hunter all his life, Zhang Minde has quite a few apprentices.

However, his current dilemma is what else he can teach.

Because he didn't know the depth or complexity of these people.

If they're new to the industry, I can still teach them.

But judging from their appearance, they seem to be seasoned veterans. So what else can he teach them?

Moreover, if the other party gives so much right away, and we don't learn anything useful from it, wouldn't that give them something to talk about?

As he pondered, Zhang Minde's gaze unconsciously drifted towards Zhang Yang.

Suddenly, Zhang Minde had a strange feeling.

It seemed that Zhang Yang had given him a sense of security without him even realizing it.

That's really strange!

Zhang Yang is clearly a young man, so how come he is more mature, steady, and reliable than many old hunters who have spent their lives hunting ferocious beasts?

Seeing Zhang Minde's questioning gaze, Zhang Yang seemed to immediately guess his thoughts.

Zhang Yang gave Zhang Minde a wink and nodded almost imperceptibly, encouraging him to accept it.

Actually, that's more than enough to accept.

With their techniques, Uncle De has a lot to teach them; there's a lot of room for improvement.

Zhang Yang's nod was like a reassuring pill, putting Zhang Minde at ease.

He looked at the bowl of water that Da Tou handed him, and without hesitation, he reached out and took it, then looked up and gulped down a big mouthful.

Then he took the water that Lai Zi and Hammer were holding in mid-air, and drank a large gulp from each of them.

"Alright!" Zhang Minde said, "I'll accept you three as apprentices!"