Chapter 39: Wild Donkey

“It’s none of my business if you starve to death. Besides, when you stole from me, didn’t you think about how I would survive the winter? Did you want me to freeze to death? Don’t do to others what you don’t want done to yourself. Don’t be afraid of others retaliating if you start something.” Zhang Mengmeng thought this person was shameless. She clearly had a problem, but now she was acting like a victim.

This is a modern version of a green tea…

“The agreement we made before cannot be nullified. Li Xue Zhiqing, Zhang Zhiqing only took some of your work points. If you don’t have enough food in the future, you can borrow grain from the village. The village won’t let you starve to death. Of course, this grain will be deducted from your work points next year. Work hard next year and earn enough work points. It’s easy to pay it back. In the future, control your hands and feet. Our village doesn’t allow this kind of thing to happen again. Otherwise, don’t blame me for sending you back to the educated youth office and having you reassigned.” Li Aiguo said in a timely manner.

Li Aiguo wasn’t afraid that Li Xue wouldn’t repay the grain. After all, she needed his signature to return to the city. Even if she brought a return-to-city certificate, he wouldn’t sign for her to return to the city if she didn’t repay the grain. This was a way to control the educated youths. Otherwise, these educated youths who came to the countryside would all be arrogant and look down on others. They would write their unmanageability on their faces. How could he manage them if he didn’t have a way to control them?

“Team Leader,” Li Xue wanted to say something, but it was clear that everyone wasn’t buying her act. Her act only worked on a few young people who had been fooled by her.

This Zhang Zhiqing was also a tough one. She took the grain, put it on her bicycle, and went back to the educated youth center.

Xia Ning’an was watching the drama with great interest. It was over so quickly. It was rare to come out and watch a good show, but one side was too much of a scumbag. Sigh.

Lu Zecheng helped her pull the grain back home and put it in the storage room.

Xia Ninghao went to work at the oil mill. The oil mill had just opened recently, and there was a lot to do. They had a lot of early orders, and he had to supervise.

Lu Zecheng helped Xia Ning’an prepare lunch. After the family ate, he decided to go up the mountain to chop some wood to build a kitchen.

They changed clothes, took their machetes and ropes, and set off for the mountain.

The villagers had chopped most of the wood in the shallow mountains recently because they were growing mushrooms. The two of them unconsciously went deeper into the mountains.

On the way, they saw a sika deer. They chased it for half a mountainside before killing it. Then, they realized that they had entered a valley. This valley was warmer than other places in the mountains. Unlike other places, which were all withered and yellow, there was still some green grass here. There were more small animals here. In the short time they had been here, they had already hunted seven rabbits and six wild chickens.

Their goal this time was to chop wood, so they decided to return. When they reached the water source, they saw a herd of wild donkeys coming to drink water. They looked at each other and saw excitement in each other’s eyes.

A herd of wild donkeys! That was a lot of meat.

“Zecheng Ge, I have some anesthetic here. You quietly go to the windward side and sprinkle the anesthetic. Let’s catch a few alive and take them back. We can use them to pull grain for Second Brother’s factory.” She said, taking out a mask from the space and putting it on Lu Zecheng first.

Lu Zecheng took the anesthetic and quietly snuck over. He didn’t alarm the herd of wild donkeys and sprinkled all the anesthetic. Soon, some donkeys started to fall. The donkeys farther away were startled and ran off, and Lu Zecheng jumped up and chased after them.

Xia Ning’an took this opportunity to put four of the unconscious donkeys into the space. Then, she counted the seven donkeys on the ground. These donkeys were all very large, about 400 jin each. They couldn’t possibly carry them back with just the two of them.

Just as Xia Ning’an was wondering whether to reveal the space, Lu Zecheng came back dragging a wild donkey. He had cut its neck.

Finally, they decided that Xia Ning’an would go back and call for help. After Lu Zecheng cleaned up the blood, he didn’t idle. He continued to hunt small animals nearby.

Xia Ning’an, guided by Bond, found the fastest path. She changed into a pair of hiking shoes and ran down the mountain. In less than an hour, she reached the foot of the mountain. She found her second brother and the team leader. The team leader organized several young and strong men, armed with machetes and ropes, and went up the mountain.

When everyone saw the seven wild donkeys lying on the ground and the pile of wild chickens and rabbits next to them, they were stunned. This was too amazing.

“Uncle, hurry up and get some ropes to pull the donkeys back. The anesthetic will wear off soon, and they’ll wake up.”

Li Aiguo finally snapped out of his daze.

“Are these all alive?” When Xia Ning’an went back, she only said that they should come and carry the wild donkeys, but she didn’t say they were alive.

Immediately, the team leader became excited. If they were alive, the village would have seven more working animals. That was great.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Everyone be careful. Don’t hurt the donkeys.”

After much effort, they finally managed to get the eight wild donkeys back. They were exhausted and out of breath, but everyone was happy.

Especially the village cadres. The village head was so happy that his teeth were showing.

The team leader happily waved his hand and gave the Xia family 700 work points. Each wild donkey was worth 100 work points. If they bought a donkey, it would cost at least 400 or 500 yuan. These 100 work points were only worth a few dozen yuan. The village had made a fortune. It wouldn’t be right not to show some appreciation.

As for the dead donkey, he also decided that the Xia family would get 20 jin, and the rest would be divided among the villagers. The small animals were all given to the Xia family.

“We can eat meat during this time when it’s not a festival. It’s all thanks to Lu Zecheng and Xia Ning’an. He used to be a soldier who defended our country. We can’t forget that. Now, he not only captured so many wild donkeys to help build the village, but we should also remember his kindness. I’ve made the decision. If anyone has any objections, don’t eat the meat they brought back. If you have the ability, go to the mountains and hunt. If you can bring back some, I’ll distribute it to you the same way. If you don’t have the ability, shut your mouths and don’t talk nonsense. You’ll hurt their feelings.”

In the crowd, someone said, “Team Leader, we have no objections. Xia family’s girl and Lu Da are both amazing. They are both good young people. They are leading our village to prosperity. We are grateful to them. How could we disagree? Fellow villagers, don’t you think so?”

“Yeah, yeah. We all support the team leader’s decision.”

The crowd said in unison.

Zhang Dahua in the crowd was furious. She was so regretful that her intestines were turning green. But she didn’t dare to cause trouble now.

Seeing so much meat that wasn’t hers, she could only go home and sulk. Or she could vent her anger on her daughter-in-law. The Lu family had been in turmoil recently. They had sent their most promising son away.

Here, the team leader organized people to slaughter the donkeys and distribute the meat. The village head went to the blacksmith’s house to quickly make seven sets of donkey nose rings. While the donkeys were still unconscious, he quickly put them on. The blacksmith happened to have a few sets ready, and the village head took them all.

The team leader called the butcher to quickly process the wild donkey.

The three of them took all the meat they received back home.