boyutpedia Chapter 99 Fishing and Hunting Column
Chapter 99 Fishing and Hunting Column
Wei Juncheng allocated a large educated youth settlement to Chen Tuo as a residential site. Chu Mingshan, who was constantly objecting, remained silent.
It's just that Songling has a small population and a lot of land. Not to mention the farmers in the town, in the staff residential area of the district, who doesn't have a few acres of vegetable garden in their backyard?
What bothered Chu Mingshan most was the promise of a thousand acres of red pine forest made by Wei Juncheng.
The forestry bureau and various forest farms have invested a considerable amount of manpower and resources in the trial planting of Siberian red pine.
Although the red pines are still a long way from reaching maturity, Chu Mingshan doesn't want to see such a large red pine forest handed over to an unreliable young man.
If he destroys the entire red pine forest, who will be responsible for the investment of more than ten years?
Chu Mingshan looked indignant, but Wei Juncheng began to explain their purpose in coming to the educated youth settlement.
"Xiao Chen, an editor from the Beidahuang Literature and Art Publishing House in the provincial capital has arrived. Let's be clear from the start..."
"I understand: don't say what can't be said, don't mention what shouldn't be mentioned!"
Before Wei Juncheng could finish speaking, Chen Tuo, who was being pressured by the homestead issue, took the initiative to speak.
"That's more like it! Have Changkui bring a gazelle over later, and he can have lunch here at your place."
"Secretary Wei, Director Chu, are you eating here too?"
Chen Tuo wanted to be polite, but Wei Juncheng reminded him with a stern face:
"Xiao Chen, that Editor He who came downstairs isn't a very nice guy, keep an eye on him!"
When people from the provincial agricultural reclamation bureau arrived, Wei Juncheng and Chu Mingshan were so nervous that they went directly to the Xiaoyangqi educated youth settlement.
Because of that guy, he ate and drank excessively and without restraint at the banquet hosted by the Forestry Bureau.
Although Wei Juncheng and Chu Mingshan have very different personalities, they are both shrewd and experienced people who have made their way up through the ranks.
People from the provincial capital are not being honest, but Chen Tuo, an unregistered resident with no identity, is considered one of their own.
That's why Chu Mingshan gave him a warning and Wei Juncheng made a promise.
"knew!"
Hearing that the newcomer was not very respectable, Chen Tuo's heart skipped a beat. This person had come all the way from the dead cold, it seemed he must have something to ask for...
Not long after Wei Juncheng and Chu Mingshan left, Sun Changkui arrived in Zhang Taibao's tractor.
"Chen, the educated youth, Wei Juncheng and Chu Mingshan said they asked me to help you organize the educated youth settlement. They've given you all the rotten wood from the firewood yard!"
Before Sun Changkui could speak, Zhang Taibao announced the Forestry Bureau's decision.
"Xiao Chen, Secretary Wei and Director Chu mean that you should write well, let Master Zhang learn from it, and once the ice thaws at the beginning of the year, they'll send him to patrol the mountains..."
To add to Zhang Taibao's story, Sun Changkui, who had to wear a prosthetic leg to hunt wolves, had to pull the gazelles from the tractor's bed.
"Uncle Sun, I'll take care of it! You can rest..."
Seeing that the gazelle Zhang Taibao had dragged off the cart hadn't been skinned yet, Chen Tuo, finding the thawing process troublesome, asked:
"Brother-in-law Sun, I heard that Editor He, who came here, isn't a very decent person?"
"Don't even mention it! He seems like a perfectly respectable person, but after a few drinks, he forgets who he is. His eyes...you know, he practically want to shove them into the waiter's crotch!"
Sun Changkui's face was also filled with anger when he talked about the despicable behavior of the people from the provincial capital at the dinner table.
Because the person came from the Beidahuang Art Troupe, the bureau also invited Hu Yuling, a college graduate.
Turns out, that guy hadn't been drinking!
His eyes were glued to the handsome doctor, and after drinking, he became even more unrestrained in his speech.
If Wei Juncheng, Chu Mingshan and others hadn't stopped him, Sun Changkui would have thrown him out into the snow.
"Oh... that bastard might be after you. He kept asking about you when we were eating and drinking."
"Alright! Brother Zhang, stop with the gazelles, give him wolf meat instead, and pick some wolf offal from the dog food to stew for him."
After Sun Changkui explained it in general terms, Chen Tuo understood everything.
When He Yunqing, an editor from Beidahuang Literature and Art, arrived at the educated youth settlement in a Forestry Bureau Jeep 212, she immediately asked Chen Tuo about his creative ideas.
Chen Tuo then became completely certain of his purpose in coming to the Songling Forest Area.
"Xiao Chen, the company is planning to start a fishing and hunting column for you, so you must explain your creative ideas in detail and in their entirety."
"Teacher He, I can't explain it clearly by myself. There's an old hunter in Songling Town named Wu Zhengdao. Could you ask him to tell you?"
He Yunqing wanted to use the Fishing and Hunting column to find out his creative direction. Chen Tuo was not one to give up easily. He mentioned Wu Laowai's big name and sent Zhang Taibao to pick him up.
When Wu Laowai arrived at the educated youth settlement, Chen Tuo had already cooked a mountain fruit salad.
Zhang Taibao had almost finished eating the wolf heart and wolf lungs that he had specially cooked for He Yunqing.
"Kid, this dish..."
Looking at the large chunk of spicy stir-fried wolf heart in front of He Yunqing, Wu Laowai recognized it at a glance.
"Uncle Wu, this is specially made for Teacher He's sheep heart and lungs, let's have some dried sheep meat..."
Taking the smoked wolf meat from Chen Tuo, Wu Laowai looked at He Yunqing, who was happily devouring wolf's heart and lungs on the tree stump table, with a mocking expression.
"Uncle Wu, Teacher He just asked me how I caught the bear! I told him that sitting on a tree stump attracts bears; that's the old foreman's chair, and isn't the bear also called the foreman?"
Listening to Chen Tuo's half-hearted ramblings, Wu Laowai nodded and said:
"Hmm! We don't usually call them 'bear bears,' we also call them 'headmen.' This is related to the hunters in the mountains. They eat bears differently than we do. The men eat the top half, and the women eat the bottom half..."
Seeing that He Yunqing was listening attentively and, like Chen Tuo, was taking notes in a small notebook, Old Wu curled his lip and continued:
"After eating the bear, we still need to find a place to display the bones!"
"That's right! Teacher He, I didn't use any line at all. I fished for beluga sturgeon using the method that Uncle Wu told me."
Besides the Ussuri brown bear, Chen Tuo also mentioned the Dabry's sturgeon, which piqued the interest of He Yunqing, who had just finished eating spicy stir-fried mutton offal.
"Xiao Chen, what method?"
"Teacher He, you don't know, the Amur sturgeon is incredibly ugly. Uncle Wu told me that you can catch it by using a rotten wolf's heart and lungs as bait!"
Chewing on smoked wolf meat and listening to Chen Tuo's nonsense actually helped Wu Laowai hide the sarcasm and mockery on his face.
"Master Wu, is there such a saying?"
Seeing that Sun Changkui was also joining in the commotion, Wu Laowai chewed the wolf meat a few times before nodding and saying:
"Absolutely! This isn't just random guessing; some fish, you have to use filthy bait, otherwise they won't bite..."
After Wu Laowai finished adding to the conversation, Chen Tuo picked up the thread, but what he said was all sorts of strange and mysterious things.
Before running up the mountain, you have to kneel before the mountain god and the old leader.
After the offering, the best meat must be used to worship the mountain god and the old leader.
There are also various legends in the old forest: bears that are like humans, wild boars that eat people, and drowned ghosts in the bays and rivers that lure people to their deaths.
By the time He Yunqing had finished taking notes on more than ten pages of material, Chen Tuo's mountain fruit soup was finally ready.
After a round of flattery, he was drunk and passed out. While Sun Changkui and Zhang Taibao were taking him to the guesthouse, Wu Laowai asked:
"Is this old bastard hiding something? Who told you what Lanxian said? And what did they even say that was somewhat plausible?"
A table full of fine wine, but no good food. Although the smoked wolf meat was chewy, Wu Laowai didn't like to eat it.
The rest of the wolf's heart and dog's lungs were the stuff Chen Tuo fed to the mountain dogs; whether there was any left or not, Wu Laowai wouldn't eat it.
Moreover, the older generation says that wolf hearts are poisonous and should not be eaten.
"Uncle Wu, this old bastard has his eye on my sister Lingzi. Do you think I should treat him well?"
When Wu Laowai asked, Chen Tuo didn't tell the truth, but instead steered the conversation towards Hu Yuling.
"That weed! He's gone too far! You can leave this to his own devices. I'll tease him in the snow tomorrow and let him freeze to death..."