boyutpedia Chapter 112 Hush Money
Chapter 112 Hush Money
The white blizzard on the mountain stopped, and no one was seriously injured.
With everyone working together, they loaded the game and the saplings they had cut down from the hillside onto the truck, and then began to tentatively descend the mountain.
Without the white blizzard providing cover, the wolves didn't come, nor did they chase away the herds of pigs and deer that blocked the way.
The convoy and sled team made it down the mountain smoothly. Sun Changkui, whose face was turning blue from the pain, still endured it and distributed the spoils.
The forestry bureau's security and medical teams can go up the mountain at any time, but the militia cannot.
Even though we're hibernating now, if people have to brave the wind and snow to go into the mountains to hunt wolves, and there's no real benefit afterward, who will be willing to put in the effort again if something happens?
Twenty bullets per person, plus some pork and venison, so that we can be more considerate next time something happens.
When dividing the spoils, Sun Changkui deliberately left behind the two male sika deer and seven wild boars that Chen Tuo had hunted, only taking the wild boars and sika deer that the guards had hunted.
Only after ensuring that every militiaman who went up the mountain returned with a full load did Sun Changkui look at Chen Tuo.
"Xiao Chen, the stuff you shot is yours. The Armed Forces Department will give you a replacement set of bullets, and the Forestry Bureau's Security Section will give you another set. Is that alright?"
Guan Dunzi led the militia back to town. Sun Changkui, who was enduring his injuries, did not hide it from Wu Laowai, who had said several times that he was not going to leave.
Although Chu Maolin was not solely responsible for the accidental injury, he certainly bore some responsibility for it.
Including Sun Changkui, none of the injured were seriously injured, nor were any missing limbs, so it cannot be considered an accidental injury.
It can only be described as a minor loss that was unavoidable during the wolf hunt.
Otherwise, forestry workers in Songling would have no way to live within the forestry system.
A group of forestry workers went up the mountain with light machine guns to hunt wolves.
And then there was veteran Sun Changkui leading the team, but after one burst of fire, they almost wiped out the entire group.
If this joke gets out, everyone at Songling Forestry Bureau will be out of the house; they'll be seen as utterly useless...
The impact of such a humiliating incident can be large or small; on a small scale, it's just something people talk about over tea.
But on a larger scale, it will indeed affect the forestry production of the entire Songling area.
A raging soldier, and a raging nest.
In military ranks, results often really do matter the outcome.
Once you've won a battle, even the biggest issues seem trivial.
After a defeat, even the smallest thing feels like an insurmountable mountain.
Chen Tuo and Wu Laowai were witnesses and participants in this year's wolf hunt in Songling.
Especially Chen Tuo, who was skilled with words, always tried to cover up or say nice things about what happened today.
After offering a generous hush money, the injured Sun Changkui gave Hu Yuling a meaningful look.
Before the Forestry Bureau reaches a conclusion, the first priority is to keep Chen Tuo and Wu Laowai in check and prevent them from making a fuss outside.
"Brother-in-law, let my sister go back with me. That way he'll feel at ease. Uncle Wu and I won't say anything..."
Sun Changkui, his face ashen, endured the pain, while Hu Yuling looked worried.
Chen Tuo, who addressed Chu Maolin as "sister" and "brother-in-law," could no longer hold a grudge against Chu Maolin's harassment.
Moreover, Chu Maolin was basically unharmed, except for a few shards of rock splatter on his face.
Chen Tuo didn't want to see Sun Changkui, who was the most seriously injured, suffer the same fate as Chu Maolin, so he took on the task of keeping quiet.
"That would be best. Let's unload the trees from the truck at the educated youth settlement too..."
After settling Chen Tuo in, Sun Changkui collapsed in the carriage, clearly having reached his limit of patience.
The six-wheeled truck carrying people headed straight for the forestry bureau in the area.
The six-wheeled truck, carrying the prey and the sapling, along with Chen Tuo and Wu Laowai, headed towards the educated youth settlement.
Upon arriving at the educated youth settlement, before the goods were even unloaded, the driver gave each of the two men a box of light machine gun ammunition.
The Type 53 light machine gun used the same bullets as the Water Beads, both being 54mm 7.62 full-power rounds, and a metal box contained two hundred rounds.
"Chen Zhiqing, Master Wu, these are the bullets that Section Chief Sun just promised. There will be more later!"
Sun Changkui thoroughly explained the pros and cons of befriending Chen Tuo and Wu Laowai to the forestry bureau security guards on their way down the mountain.
The two didn't reveal their past, so everyone who went up the mountain deserved credit!
The two revealed their true colors: apart from the doctors from the medical team, everyone who came up the mountain today was able to carry timber at the lumberyard because the Forestry Bureau had taken care of them.
If someone calls you a complete and utter piece of trash, and the higher-level forestry bureau sends someone to investigate, losing your job might even be considered a favor.
Bringing a gun up the mountain and accidentally injuring a fellow worker could lead to legal trouble if the matter is taken seriously.
"What a mess, kid. You can keep the stuff here, I'm heading back now..."
Having received the benefits, and given his relationship with Chu Mingshan, whether Sun Changkui gave him bullets or not, Wu Laowai wouldn't spread rumors about Chu Maolin.
With a whole box of bullets and hundreds of kilograms of pork and venison, he would be even more able to keep quiet.
After Wu Laowai left, the driver leaned close to Chen Tuo again and said mysteriously:
"Chen Zhiqing, there's another box of four rounds of ammunition on the truck. I'll bring it to your room in a bit."
After accepting Sun Changkui's reluctant promise of a generous donation, Chen Tuo unloaded the car with the driver, unable to hide his smile.
Guan Tianpeng had already dealt with the two male deer and seven wild boars; he didn't need to skin or gut them.
After the forestry bureau's six-wheeled vehicle left, Chen Tuo took two pig lungs, fed them to the mountain dog, and smoked some venison before finally going to sleep.
The next morning, Zhang Taibao drove his tractor to the educated youth settlement again. The tractor's trailer was loaded with European-style writing desks and sofas.
Xiao Kai, who got out of the tractor cab, had a bright smile on his face, but he couldn't hide his exhaustion.
"Chen, there's a Russian writing desk in the warehouse. I thought of it and brought it over to you."
Chen Tuo slept soundly last night, but the entire Songling Forestry Bureau was busy all night.
Sun Changkui was seriously injured; otherwise, the job of delivering the writing table to Chen Tuo would have been his.
Xiao Kai, who was forced into the situation, was happy to come to the educated youth settlement, but he was hesitant to speak up about the tasks assigned by the Forestry Bureau.
"Section Chief Xiao, is this also hush money?"
"That's right! Chu Maolin has realized his recklessness. He and those guys who fired the gun are going to join the army after the New Year. You see..."
How deadly was the burst of fire Chu Maolin and the other two machine gunners fired in their panic?
The elderly forestry bureau staff who had served in the military and gone to the battlefield all know this very well.
In other words, Sun Changkui made proper arrangements, having someone hide behind the car's side panel and fire.
Once they're in open ground, the ricocheting bullets are enough to wipe them out several times over.
This incident cannot be attributed to a lack of military competence on the part of Chu Maolin and his men.
If you actually tested them at the firing range, those guys really were qualified to be machine gunners.
But the problem was that they lacked practical experience, and in their nervousness and fear, they pulled the trigger too hard.
If this happened on the battlefield, the recoil would cause the gun to tilt, and it could easily result in the accidental killing of a comrade.
If this kind of accident is reported to the higher-level forestry bureau, even if Chu Maolin isn't executed, he'll be imprisoned for at least ten or eight years, and it will also implicate Sun Changkui.
The hush money given to Chen Tuo was not only Sun Changkui's bullets, but also Xiao Kai's writing desk and office desk.
There's also the Siberian red pine forest that Wei Juncheng mentioned before.
However, regarding the contracting and leasing of forest land, Songling still needs to wait for permission from the higher-level forestry system.
Wei Juncheng didn't lease over a thousand acres of Siberian red pine forest to Chen Tuo just to keep him in check.
Instead, they wanted to explore a new path for the development of the Songling Forest Area.
The Siberian red pine forests are located on flat land at the foot of the mountains, offering little additional income.
If the management of forestry areas is contracted out to the families of forestry workers, the forestry bureau will not only save a large amount of forestry and clearing costs.
The harvest from the mountains and forests also helps supplement the livelihoods of forestry workers...