sbdcsierra Chapter 1837 Zhao Jun: I want to give my uncle a good beating!
Chapter 1837 Zhao Jun: I want to give my uncle a good beating!
Chapter 1837 Zhao Jun: I want to give my uncle a good beating!
After seeing Song San off, Zhao Jun retreated inside the room and closed the door. As soon as he turned around, he saw Wang Qiang and the other six standing behind him, all staring straight at him.
"What's wrong, Uncle?" Zhao Jun asked, but Wang Qiang grabbed his arm.
Wang Qiang pulled Zhao Jun to sit down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and Zhang Yuanmin and the others sat down around him. Then Wang Qiang said to Zhao Jun, "Nephew, what does 'opening up mountains and traversing ridges' mean? You two were talking about it, and I was just listening. I only got half a literal understanding."
“Yes, brother,” Li Baoyu chimed in, “From what I hear you two chatting, it sounds a bit like you’ve been through thick and thin before achieving your goals.”
"What?" Zhao Jun frowned. He didn't understand the idiom Li Baoyu used. Zhao Jun felt that what Li Baoyu said sounded like an insult, something like "bitch" and "egg".
But because he had made a few jokes before, Zhao Jun knew he was uncultured, so he didn't use the idiom and just explained to everyone what it meant to open up mountains and traverse ridges.
To Zhao Jun's surprise, after he finished speaking, Wang Qiang and the others all looked eager to try.
“Nephew,” Wang Qiang said to Zhao Jun, “I understand what you mean. It’s like how Old Xing and his gang are taking over the place and occupying the shed.”
"This area of mountain terrain was cleared by me, so from now on I'm the only one allowed to graze there? Nobody else can go, right?"
“Yes, yes.” Zhao Jun nodded twice, then Wang Qiang asked, “If we partner with the Song family to clear the mountain, then only the two of us can go hunting on Black Pine Ridge, right? That would be great.”
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was taken aback. He hadn't even said whether he was going or not, so how did they start discussing the future?
"Brother." Li Baoyu shifted his position closer to Zhao Jun and said, "We should really go. I think it's like an adventure, how interesting!"
As Zhao Jun looked at Li Baoyu, Zhang Yuanmin got up from the bench, took a step forward, and said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, Black Pine Ridge is not far from Wudaogou. My father probably went there before he went out into the world."
Upon hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Zhao Jun gave him a strange look.
At this moment, Zhao Jun wanted to say to Zhang Yuanmin, "Your father didn't wander the world; he begged his way through life! What? When he begged all the way to Black Pine Ridge, did Big Claw give him food, or did Black Bear give him saliva?"
However, the two were too close, so Zhao Jun could complain about Zhang Yuanmin, but not about his elders.
"Brother Jun." At this moment, Zhao Jinhui also joined in the fun. He called out to Zhao Jun and said, "My dad and mom said that I should train with you more. I feel that place called Black Pine Ridge can really train people."
"You're kidding me." Zhao Jun raised his hand and pressed on Zhao Jinhui's bulging belly, saying, "Jinhui, it's hard enough for you to go up the mountain back home. The Black Pine Ridge area has never been developed, there aren't even any mountain roads, how are you going to get there?"
"I..." Zhao Jinhui rolled his fat face and looked down, but he couldn't even see his toes.
Men and women are different. If a woman can't see her toes when she looks down, there's one possibility besides her being overweight. But if a man can't see his toes when he looks down, he can only be overweight.
At this moment, Zhao Jinhui seemed to have made up his mind. When he raised his head, he said resolutely, "Starting tonight, I will only eat half a bowl of rice per meal. I'm going to lose weight no matter what."
Zhao Jinhui's words were forceful and resounding, and as soon as he finished speaking, the room erupted in chaos.
"Get out of my way." Zhao Jun pushed Zhao Jinhui's stomach... but he didn't budge.
"Give me a break." Wang Qiang waved his hand at Zhao Jinhui and said, "You ate two and a half of those two big bowls at noon."
“That’s right!” Li Baoyu chimed in, saying to Zhao Jinhui, “You’ve said that eight hundred times, and I’ve never seen you eat less.”
“Yeah, right,” Zhang Yuanmin chimed in. “If they miss a single bite at any meal, their eyes will turn green with envy.”
“Absolutely!” Xie Chen added the last half-sentence. Zhao Jinhui puffed out his cheeks in anger and said, “You’ll see this time! I’ll starve myself for a month and see if I lose weight!”
"Oh dear!" Zhao Jun sighed upon hearing this. Twenty or thirty years from now, it would be very common for people to be clamoring to lose weight.
But these days, Zhao Jinhui is the only one who's really trying to lose weight; even his father, Zhao Weipeng, doesn't seem to care.
Zhao Jinhui's interruption steered the conversation away from the main topic. At this moment, Wang Qiang asked Zhao Jun, "Nephew, where were we?"
“Speaking of which, let’s go and clear the mountains and valleys.” This was Xie Chen’s response. After saying this, Xie Chen immediately said to Zhao Jun, “Brother Jun, if you ask me, let’s do it!”
"What are we doing?" Zhao Jun blinked to get the information from the minister. The three phrases he disliked most when dealing with these people were: "You've got the upper hand," "Just watch me," and "Let's do it."
After rebuking Jie Chen, Zhao Jun turned his gaze to Li Ruhai. Zhao Jun suddenly had a feeling that Li Ruhai had grown up recently.
Take this trip for example. Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin were making a lot of noise, but Li Ruhai didn't make a fuss or fight for anything.
Every day, Zhao Jun spends his time building relationships with the leaders of various factions and gathering intelligence. Although he hasn't achieved anything yet, Zhao Jun is very happy with Li Ruhai's progress.
"Ruhai, what do you think about this mountain-opening and traversing matter?" Zhao Jun called out to Li Ruhai, hoping to hear a steady and considerate answer from him.
Li Ruhai, who was singled out by Zhao Jun, shook his head under everyone's gaze, and then took out a folded piece of paper from the breast pocket of his Zhongshan suit.
After Li Ruhai opened it, he looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, we're going to be quite busy these next few months."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun didn't understand Li Ruhai's meaning for a moment, then saw Li Ruhai read from the paper: "Our first stop is Lushuihe Forest Farm, where we'll hunt wolves. Then we'll go to Tonghe Huazishan to help Yu Batou kowtow to the stone tiger."
After that, we'll head straight to the Kuandian State-owned Liming Forest Farm to rid the people of this scourge and strike down the lame tiger.
At this point, Li Ruhai brought his knees together. After spreading the paper on his knees, he pulled a pen from his chest.
Li Ruhai uncapped the pen and put it on the end of the fountain pen. Then, while writing on the paper, he read aloud: "This is another one. We still have to move on to the Tiannan Forest Farm in Jiaohe and clear the mountains and grasslands."
"No?" Zhao Jun stared wide-eyed at Li Ruhai and asked, "What did you add? Did I say I went?"
"Brother," Li Ruhai stopped writing, looked up and asked Zhao Jun, "That Old Black Mountain... Shall we go?"
“Old Heishan has to wait for Wu, the foreman…” Zhao Jun only got halfway through his sentence before realizing something was wrong. Seeing Zhao Jun’s glare, Li Ruhai laughed and said, “Brother, we’re just staying at home anyway, why not make more money while we’re still young?”
“That’s right!” Li Baoyu chimed in as soon as Li Ruhai finished speaking. “Brother, a good man’s ambition should be to travel far and wide. We can’t always stay at home!”
As soon as Li Baoyu finished speaking, Wang Qiang pulled him away.
After chasing Li Baoyu away, Wang Qiang approached Zhao Jun and said, "Nephew, before your great-grandmother passed away, I was young and don't remember many things. But there were two things she said that I still remember to this day."
"Hmm?" Zhao Jun frowned upon hearing this. In his previous life, Wang Qiang had said something similar to him. But in his past life, Wang Qiang had said, "Your great-grandmother has a saying," so how did it become two sayings?
Zhao Jun glanced at Wang Qiang, thinking to himself, "Why are you just as unreliable as my dad?"
Wang Qiang had no idea what his eldest nephew was thinking about him. He simply cleared his throat, preparing to teach his nephew a lesson.
Who is Wang Qiang's father?
That was a wealthy merchant from Yong'an, a remarkable man, and the head of the Eighteen Gangs!
Apart from Xie Chen and Zhao Jinhui, everyone else in the room, including Wang Qiang, had grown up listening to the legend of Wang Dabazhang.
Although Xie Chen and Zhao Jinhui were outsiders, they had spent time with the Zhao family and naturally knew what kind of person Wang Dabazhang was!
Now that they had the chance to hear Wang Dabazhang's wise words on raising children, everyone pricked up their ears, afraid of missing a single word.
Li Ruhai gripped his pen, ready to write down everything Wang Qiang was about to say.
At this moment, Wang Qiang looked at Zhao Jun, raised one finger, and said, "The first thing my father told me was that a man must build a career. The bigger a man's career, the better."
Zhao Jun's expression remained unchanged upon hearing Wang Qiang's words. In his previous life, after receiving Xie Chen's invitation, he had been unable to make up his mind.
At that time, Zhou Jianjun and Zhao Chun wouldn't let him go out, because in another year, Zhao Jun would be promoted to inspection team leader, and then to mountain technician, deputy production manager, production manager...
This was a plan that Zhou Jianjun made for him. At that time, Zhou Jianjun was already the production director of the bureau, and he had the ability to help Zhao Jun achieve the ultimate goal of this plan.
At that time, Zhao Jun was in a dilemma. His brother-in-law had made good arrangements for him, but Xie Chen had painted a bright future for him.
While Zhao Jun was taking a walk in the village to clear his head, he ran into Wang Qiang, who was caught in a dilemma.
Zhao Jun remembers it clearly: that day, Wang Qiang was playing cards with someone at the convenience store, and whoever lost had to treat everyone.
The so-called "treating guests" simply meant buying a big rooster, having Wang Fu's wife stew it, and then everyone eating and drinking at the convenience store.
Wang Qiang, who had won money that day, was so drunk that he was staggering. Zhao Jun saw this and helped Wang Qiang to go home.
At that time, Zhao Jun didn't have much contact with Zhao Youcai, but he and Wang Qiang always got along very well.
So when they arrived at Wang Qiang's house, Zhao Jun explained his dilemma to Wang Qiang and Zhao Ling.
After listening, Zhao Ling told Zhao Jun not to talk nonsense. He said that he must have a secure job no matter what, and he shouldn't run around aimlessly.
But as soon as Zhao Ling finished speaking, Wang Qiang chased her away with a remark like, "What do you know, you old woman?"
Then, Wang Qiang told Zhao Jun what Wang Daba Zhang had said.
It was after hearing these words that Zhao Jun resolutely took a leave of absence without pay, went into the city with Xie Chen to get passports, and traveled through Suifenhe to cross the border into Russia!
Although in the end nothing was left, it was because of Zhao Jun's own problems, and had nothing to do with what Wang Qiang taught him.
Years later, although Zhao Jun regretted it a lot, he didn't think there was anything wrong with his grandfather's words.
Putting aside the matter of clearing the mountains and crossing the valleys, Zhao Jun wanted to hear what valuable advice his grandfather had left behind.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Wang Qiang solemnly held up two fingers and said, "My dad also told me something: no matter how successful a man is in his career, he still needs a good family, otherwise..."
At this point, Wang Qiang flung his hand away and said, "No matter how much he accomplishes, it's all bullshit, he can't even hold onto it!"
After Wang Qiang finished speaking, the room fell silent, but Zhao Jun felt as if a thunderclap had exploded in his ears.
"boom!"
Previously, Wang Qiang and his companion were staring intently at Zhao Jun, but now it was Zhao Jun's turn to stare intently at Wang Qiang.
Zhao Jun's lips trembled slightly. At that moment, he had the urge to grab Wang Qiang by the collar, shake him a couple of times, and then ask, "Why didn't you say this to me in your past life?"
Seeing Zhao Jun staring blankly at him, Wang Qiang assumed that his nephew had been intimidated by his father's words, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud: It has to be my dad! He can intimidate my nephew with just a few words!
At this moment, Wang Qiang gently patted Zhao Jun's hand twice and said with a smile, "Uncle has seen it. My nephew is a capable man. I've never seen you use those small-scale hunting tricks or mountain-climbing techniques before."
As he said this last sentence, Wang Qiang shook his head before continuing, "If we have the ability, we should go on missions. Your Brother Zhang, Baoyu, Xiaochen, Jinhui, and Ruhai are all loyal to you."
And then there's my uncle, I'm not that old either. We hunt in the winter and spring, and herd in the mountains in the summer and autumn, so we can earn more money and build a business!
Upon hearing Wang Qiang's words, Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, Xie Chen, Zhao Jinhui, and Li Ruhai all nodded in unison.
When Zhao Jun came to his senses, he wasn't really moved by what Wang Qiang had just said, but when he met the eyes of Zhang Yuanmin and the others, he was touched.
Zhao Jun realized that he had been pursuing comfort too much. Relying on his memories and knowledge from his previous life, he was able to live a life free from want, but he felt he could do better and provide a better life for his family and those around him.
Thinking this, Zhao Jun looked up and scanned the crowd again. Finally, Zhao Jun and Xie Chen locked eyes, and Zhao Jun laughed, "Then let's do it!"
As soon as Zhao Jun said this, everyone burst into laughter. Xie Chen even patted Zhao Jun on the shoulder and laughed, "Brother Jun, just do it!"
Zhao Jun looked at Xie Chen with a smile in his eyes, but in his heart he was thinking: "I followed you in the past life, and you're following me in this life. I can't let you live a worse life than in the past!"
After the laughter subsided, Li Ruhai handed the paper in his hand to Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, can you check if the order I wrote it down is correct?"
"Ruhai, put this away first." Zhao Jun raised his hand to stop Li Ruhai, and then said, "Tomorrow is June 1st, there's a big meeting tomorrow. We'll head back the day after tomorrow, rest for a day after we get home, and then we'll go up the mountain."
"Let's go up that mountain near our house?" Wang Qiang asked. After he asked, Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle, let's go up Qing Shi La Zi?"
"Qingshilazi?" Wang Qiang was taken aback. Zhang Yuanmin, who was next to him, asked, "Brother, shall we go lasso the hanging sheep?"
"No way!" Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "Let's go grazing on the mountain!"
"Going into the mountains?" Wang Qiang and the others looked at each other in confusion. Li Baoyu asked directly, "Brother, is there an old embankment over there?"
"Yes!" Zhao Jun said this with absolute certainty, because the conjoined ginseng that caused the Bai family's annihilation in his previous life came from there!
(End of this chapter)