sbdcsierra Chapter 1980 Zhang Yuanmin Offers a Plan to Exterminate the Bear Herd
Chapter 1980 Zhang Yuanmin Offers a Plan to Exterminate the Bear Herd
Chapter 1980 Zhang Yuanmin Offers a Plan to Exterminate the Bear Herd
"No, team leader." Song Fu'an was good at reading people's expressions. Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, he quickly said, "After I heard about it yesterday, I stopped them from going there anymore. Then I thought I should report this to you."
“Yes!” Zhao Jun nodded upon hearing this. “Tell our forest rangers to take a detour around that area these days. When they’re patrolling other areas, they should also set off firecrackers and tap on the trees. Just do that for now, and we’ll get through these two months.”
The mating season for black bears is from June to September, with the majority occurring from July to early August. Mating can occur at other times, but very rarely.
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Song Fu'an repeatedly agreed.
At this moment, Li Baoyu came over and said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, after two rounds of selection, there are now ninety-two people left. What do you think we should do?"
"Who's a good shooter among us?" Zhao Jun shouted to the forest rangers. "Who's going up the mountain to hunt?"
As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, some members of the forest ranger team responded immediately. Wang Qiang, Xie Chen, and the others quickly followed Zhao Jun's instructions, selecting those with good marksmanship and hunting experience.
At this point, fifty-six men remained. Zhao Jun decided to recruit them all into his militia company, training them while weeding out a few.
Zhao Jun had Li Baoyu and Xie Chen record the names and home addresses of those people, while he instructed Song Fu'an, "Captain Song, if I take these people away, it won't affect our work, will it?"
"It won't affect anything, it won't affect anything." Song Fu'an laughed. "Team leader, you lead them away, and then I'll redivide the patrol areas for the remaining people. If all else fails, I'll change the three-shift system to two-shift system."
"Will that work?" Zhao Jun asked. Song Fu'an replied, "Sure, team leader, why not? We're all doing this for the job."
Zhao Jun gave Song Fu'an a deep look, then nodded and said, "Then I'll call Director Yan later and see if he can give us some extra subsidies."
Director Yan wants results, but he doesn't put in the effort; how can that be allowed?
"If that works, that would be great." Song Fu'an smiled and said, "Then I'll wait until you finish your call and communicate with Director Yan before I tell all the brothers in our forest protection team this good news."
Hearing what Song Fu'an said, Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Captain Song, you'll have to put in a lot more effort with the forest protection team these days."
"That's only right, team leader," Song Fu'an laughed. "If I weren't busy with this, I would have gone to train with you, hehe..."
Zhao Jun smiled; he suddenly felt that Song Fu'an was a very competent captain.
Just then, a voice came from behind Zhao Jun: "Why are you always following me?"
Judging from the voice, Zhao Jun knew without turning around that it was Zhang Yuanmin speaking.
When Zhao Jun turned around, he saw Zhang Jimin smiling obsequiously at Zhang Yuanmin, saying, "Yuanmin, could you put in a good word for me and let me join the training too?"
Zhang Jimin was among the first to be eliminated because he was too short and did not meet the height requirement.
"Heh." Zhang Yuanmin glanced at Zhang Jimin and said irritably, "I can't go myself, how can I let you go?"
Most people would have given up by now, but Zhang Jimin was still persistent. Seeing Zhao Jun looking this way, Zhang Jimin rubbed his hands together, approached Zhao Jun, and bowed and scraped, saying, "Team leader, can you take me on a training mission?"
As he spoke, Zhang Jimin raised his hand and said, "I promise, I will train hard and strive to contribute my share to our team."
Zhang Jimin desperately wanted to participate in militia training, hoping to curry favor with Zhao Jun.
This was not only because Zhao Jun was his superior, but also because Zhang Yuanmin had become rich.
This might sound like a complete contradiction, but you have to understand that before Zhang Yuanmin joined Zhao Jun's group, as Xiao Lingdang said, they sometimes didn't even have enough to eat.
But now?
Although apart from the few families who gathered at the Zhao family compound every day, no one else knew Zhang Yuanmin's financial situation, the entire forest area knew that Zhang Yuanmin's family had become wealthy.
They bought a large color TV, and one of the only three refrigerators in the entire forest area was in Zhang Yuanmin's house.
There were many people in the Yong'an Forest Area who envied, were jealous of, and hated Zhang Yuanmin, and the one who hated him the most was Zhang Jimin.
As uncles and cousins, Zhang Jimin looked down on Zhang Yuanmin from a young age, which stemmed from his father's disdain for Zhang Yuanmin's father.
Even when Zhang Da Nao passed away, neither Zhang Jimin nor his father attended. This meant that the relationship between the two families was severed from that point on.
The reason why Zhang Jimin and his son were determined to sever ties with their father was simply because Zhang Yuanmin's family was poor.
From then on, just as Zhang Jimin and his son had predicted, life for Zhang Yuanmin's family became increasingly miserable, getting worse year by year.
However, they did not expect that Zhang Yuanmin would hook up with the reborn Zhao Jun, and then continue to court death but survive, becoming rich and powerful to this day.
In Zhang Jimin's view, if even Zhang Yuanmin, who was not as good as him, could achieve such success by following Zhao Jun, then if Zhao Jun could mentor him, he would surely soar to great heights as well.
What Zhang Jimin didn't know was that with Zhang Yuanmin around, Zhao Jun would never play with him.
So, after listening to Zhang Jimin's expression of determination, Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Master Zhang, if you want to contribute to our forest farm, you don't necessarily have to participate in militia training. You can do your job well too."
After saying this, Zhao Jun looked at Song Fu'an and asked, "Isn't that right, Captain Song?"
“That’s right.” Song Fu’an chimed in, then told Zhang Jimin to leave.
By this time, the list of participants for the militia training had been compiled. Zhao Jun instructed them to assemble at the Yong'an Tun headquarters at eight o'clock the next morning, and then handed over the remaining training grounds to Song Fu'an.
Seeing Zhao Jun walk towards the jeep, Wang Qiang and the others followed.
When Zhao Jun reached the jeep and opened the door, he sensed something was wrong. After glancing around, he asked, "Hey? Where's Brother Liu? What happened to him?"
"Brother," Li Ruhai stepped forward and said to Zhao Jun, "He's gone."
"Gone?" Zhao Jun frowned instantly upon hearing this, and asked, "Where did he go?"
“I don’t know.” Li Ruhai shook his head and said, “When you were talking to Uncle Chen, he said he was leaving and asked me to tell you. I asked him where he was going, and he said he would make the world his home.”
"Isn't he crazy?" Zhao Jun's face changed upon hearing this. He flung his hand to the west and said, "Wandering the world? Those black bears over there, he'll go there like a madman and run into four more black bears!"
"Brother, I told him not to leave," Li Ruhai said, "but he won't listen!"
Zhao Jun smirked and waved to the crowd, saying, "Let's go, let's go home!"
In this situation, Zhao Jun was helpless. There was nowhere to look for Liu Jinrong in such a vast mountain range.
After getting into the car, Zhao Jun was still thinking that of the two people who died violently that summer in his previous life, Wang Ya's life was definitely saved, but Liu Jinrong was in serious trouble.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun sighed and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
"Brother." Suddenly, Zhang Yuanmin's voice came from the side.
"What's up, brother?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhang Yuanmin smiled and said, "Brother, aren't there groups of bears on that yellow mud hill to the west?"
"Ah..." Zhao Jun was taken aback, then heard Zhang Yuanmin continue, "I have a plan that can wipe out all those bears in one fell swoop!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun turned to look at Zhang Yuanmin.
Seeing the strange look in Zhao Jun's eyes, Zhang Yuanmin was about to ask when Li Baoyu, who was driving, laughed and said, "What plan, Brother Zhang? Are you trying to burn the mountain again?"
"Get lost!" Zhang Yuanmin patted Li Baoyu on the shoulder and said, "Baoyu, if you bring this up again, your big brother will get angry with you."
"Hehehe..." Li Baoyu laughed, and Zhao Jun, Zhao Jinhui, and Ma Sheng, who were in the same car, also laughed.
After the laughter subsided, Zhang Yuanmin said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, according to my plan, we should go down from where the black bears gather, find a 'winnowing basket' (a type of narrow path), and then tie our little black bear there!"
"Hmm?" Zhao Jun turned to look at Zhang Yuanmin, who grinned mischievously and said, "Those big black bears will all come running if they smell our black bears. Then we'll grab our guns and wait for them to come to us!"
Zhao Jun was incredibly experienced in hunting. As soon as Zhang Yuanmin spoke, Zhao Jun understood what he meant.
Black bears rarely fight each other unless it's over food or mates.
However, in one instance, when adult male black bears discover juvenile cubs, they may cruelly kill their own offspring.
They do this because black bear cubs usually live with their mothers until they reach adulthood.
The process of a black bear cub growing up typically takes three years.
During these three years, the mother black bear will not go into heat and will focus solely on raising her cubs. Only after her cubs have reached adulthood and are separated from their mothers will the mother black bear go into heat and mate with other males.
In Northeast China, this is called "returning to the group".
Zhang Yuanmin's plan was to exploit this habit of black bears, using cubs to arouse the male black bears' murderous intent and lure them into the Zhao family gang's ambush.
Then, just like the Zhao family gang wiping out wolf packs, they wiped out as many as came.
Under Zhang Yuanmin's expectant gaze, Zhao Jun simply smiled and remained silent.
"Brother?" Seeing that Zhao Jun remained silent, Zhang Yuanmin became anxious: "Brother, isn't this plan good?"
Zhao Jun pursed his lips, one corner of his mouth turning down. It wasn't a smile, but a pout.
Having worked with Zhao Jun for so long, Zhang Yuanmin was very familiar with Zhao Jun's micro-expressions and could tell at a glance that Zhao Jun did not approve of his idea.
“Brother, this is what I’m thinking…” Zhang Yuanmin, in his eagerness, rattled off his thoughts one by one.
But after he finished speaking, Zhao Jun still had the same expression, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. But Zhao Jun's silence at this moment was enough to show his attitude.
Seeing Zhao Jun's attitude, Zhang Yuanmin reached out and tugged at Zhao Jinhui, who was sitting in the front row. At that moment, Zhang Yuanmin desperately wished that Xie Chen were in this car.
But Zhao Jinhui was not Xie Chen after all, nor did he cooperate with Zhang Yuanmin. He only said, "Brother Zhang, didn't I say that I will go hunting with you again when I lose weight to 180 pounds?"
Zhao Jinhui was very self-aware. He went hunting with them, but before he even got to the hunting grounds, they had already finished. In this situation, not only would he have to endure the hardship, but he would also feel embarrassed to share the spoils.
So a long time ago, Zhao Jinhui said that he would only follow Zhao Jun to graze in the mountains, but he would not participate in hunting.
At this point, he started talking about wanting to lose weight, and Zhang Yuanmin waved his hand away, indicating that he didn't want to listen to Zhao Jinhui anymore.
In Zhang Yuanmin's opinion, it would be good enough if Zhao Jinhui didn't eat until he reached 280 pounds. To get thinner to 180 pounds? Dream on!
Just as Zhang Yuanmin turned his gaze to Li Baoyu, who was driving, Ma Sheng, who was sitting in the back seat with him and Zhao Jun, spoke up.
"Jun," Ma Sheng called to Zhao Jun, "is the idea of aiding the people feasible?"
"Huh?" Zhang Yuanmin was taken aback. He never expected that Ma Sheng would speak up for him.
Zhao Jun wasn't surprised by this. He had known Zhang Yuanmin for a long time and knew the old man very well.
From chainsaws to blasting stone caves... Zhang Yuanmin's ingenious ideas were all highly deceptive, appealing to both those in and outside the industry. On several occasions, even Zhao Youcai initially thought his ideas were feasible.
However, in actual operation, unexpected things always happen.
Zhao Jun has been quite busy lately. Tomorrow he has to "organize his troops and prepare for battle" to fight those few black bears. He has to rush home now and bring the little black bear with him.
That would be too much trouble. In such a rush, what if something goes wrong if we resort to Zhang Yuanmin's "unconventional methods"?
Therefore, even with his brother-in-law speaking up for Zhang Yuanmin, Zhao Jun still felt that this battle should not have been fought.
Seeing Zhao Jun shake his head, Ma Sheng didn't say anything, but Zhang Yuanmin wouldn't stand for it.
"Brother!" Zhang Yuanmin said eagerly to Zhao Jun, "Brother, what a brilliant plan! Let's hurry home and bring Xiao Heizi here. We can get three or four thousand yuan by begging two big black bears. But four..."
“Eight kowtowings already, huh…” Zhao Jun interrupted Zhang Yuanmin, saying, “Brother, that trick of yours rarely works, it often fails. It’s not hunting season now, what if you kill them all?”
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhang Yuanmin blurted out, "When did my plan fail?"
“When will it be…” Zhao Jun glanced at Zhang Yuanmin and said, “The day we found Black Tiger, you and Xiao Chen insisted on climbing the tree to poke that black bear. You poked it and it fell down. You two were in the tree, and it came running at me. I didn’t have anything in my hand, and I almost kicked it.”
"I..." Zhang Yuanmin tried to argue, but Li Baoyu, who was driving, laughed and said, "Brother, you're quite something. That Chen Dalai was tricked by our Brother Zhang; he trembles at the sound of Black Bear's cry. Otherwise, how could those five of them have killed Black Bear Warehouse so thoroughly?"
“They’re useless! What does that have to do with me?” Zhang Yuanmin retorted, but Zhao Jun glanced at him sideways and thought to himself, “If it weren’t for me, you would have gone with those useless people too, and you wouldn’t be alive now.”
Although he thought this in his heart, Zhao Jun didn't say it aloud. He only said to Zhang Yuanmin, "Alright, brother. We don't lack money now, and we won't take any more risks in the future. Let's use your schemes less often."
Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhang Yuanmin remained silent. He wasn't angry with Zhao Jun, but he felt a deep sadness, as if he could instantly understand the despair of Tian Feng and Ju Shou.
Just as the Zhao family was rushing home, Wang Cuihua was seeing Ma Ling off at the Ma family's house in Yong'an Village.
In the west room, upon hearing that his sister was leaving, Ma Yang, who was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), quickly sat up and grabbed the satchel placed at the head of the kang.
He planned to return the polyester shirt he had in his pocket while Wang Cuihua and Ma Ling were out.
Just as Wang Cuihua and her mother stepped out of the house into the yard, a woman in her forties walked into the yard.
"Oh, Ling'er's back?" The woman seemed to have a good relationship with Wang Cuihua, and she was very enthusiastic when she saw Ma Ling. She said, "Ling'er, when did you buy this dress? It looks so nice."
As a woman, it goes without saying that she loves beauty. When the woman praised her for her beautiful clothes, Ma Ling smiled so wide that her eyes disappeared and said, "Aunt Huang, this is what my husband Zhao Jun bought for me when he came to town yesterday."
"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!" Aunt Huang smacked her lips as she approached Ma Ling, gently touching Ma Ling's polyester fabric with her hand, and said, "This fabric is quite nice. It must be cool to wear."
"Mmm," Ma Ling replied with a smile, while Wang Cuihua boasted to Aunt Huang, "My son-in-law even bought me one."
"Really?" Aunt Huang chimed in, and Wang Cuihua laughed, "Mine is blue."
Wang Cuihua became increasingly pleased with herself, and immediately waved to Aunt Huang, saying, "Come on, let's go inside and sit for a while. Afterwards, I'll show you my clothes."