Liu Mazi was not targeting Liu Xia Lian. He was a very stubborn man. In his opinion, women were weak. As the saying goes, a mule pulls the shaft and a horse pulls the harness, but a woman is in charge. A woman actually became the head of the hunting team. Isn't this going against the will of heaven? So he felt uncomfortable. The martial arts world is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships based on strength. So he wanted to see Liu Xia Lian's strength. He immediately took out a box of cigarettes, lit three cigarettes, and asked his men to stick them on the snow a hundred meters away.

"See those three cigarettes? Let's shoot three times each and see who wins."

Liu Xia Lian nodded. That was the case. Many people could shoot down a cigarette from a hundred meters away. Even Liu Xia Lian’s mother, the old militiaman could do it.

"Okay, you go first."

Liu Mazi stood firmly on his feet, holding the gun, and fired three shots, bang, bang, bang. All three cigarettes fell down. Li Shaoling and Liu Mazi's men checked and shouted, "Two of the shots hit the cigarette butts, and the other one didn't. It was knocked down by the snow."

Everyone gave a thumbs up and praised: "Good shooting skills, amazing."

After lighting three more cigarettes and sticking them on the snow, Liu Xia Lian started to act cool again. "You, Liu Mazi, look down on me, so well, I will crush you," he said, holding the gun with one hand.

Li Hu and Xu Xiong didn't care, after all, they knew how terrifying Liu Xialian's strength was during the training. But Xu Shiba and Li Shaoling saw it and thought that you are a bit too arrogant. The recoil of the rifle dislocated your arm. Where can you find a bone doctor? But they couldn't say anything at this time.

Liu Xialian opened fire, bang, bang, bang. After three shots, the three cigarettes were still stuck in the snow, and the red butts on them were extinguished.

Everyone cheered and applauded, even Liu Mazi and his men applauded: "Good, good, very good. This shooting skill, in one word, is amazing."

Erya whispered, "Isn't that three words for awesome?"

Daya shook her head: "Don't pay attention to him, he's just a beard."

"Brother Liu, it's time for dinner. Let's eat some meat together." Liu Xia Lian invited Liu Mazi and others to eat meat.

Liu Mazi was not polite. Each of the five people took a piece and started to eat it. Liu Mazi said while eating: "Sister Xia Lian, please let me know if you need any help in the future. I will not frown even if we face danger." This is considered as surrender. I can't beat you, so I surrender to you. Liu Mazi is a man.

"Okay, let's get together when we have time."

Liu Mazi pointed to the north and said, "I heard that there is a herd of sika deer coming from the north. How about we go over and kill one?"

"No, no, we have other things to do."

Liu Mazi led the team away. After Liu Xia Lian and the others had eaten and drunk their fill, they continued on their journey. There were dozens of kilograms of elm roots on the backs of the pack horses.

Li Shaoling explained: "This Liu Mazi is not a bad person by nature, but he has a lot of gangster spirit and a lot of bad mouth."

"It's okay. I can still bear a grudge after a few arguments. Let's go and find the goods quickly. We must get something after the first trip up the mountain after the New Year."

The group continued on their way, picking a lot of Ganoderma along the way, all of which were common goods. It was not until the afternoon when it was almost dark that the group arrived at a wooden house. Li Shaoling said, "Haha, we have come across the wooden house we built before. Let's stay here tonight."

"The house is too small to accommodate us. Four people can live in it. Set up two tents outside. The horses are tied next to the wooden house. Li Hu and Xu Xiong, you two should pack up first."

"Okay." The two of them took their machetes and found branches to build simple chevaux de frise and fences. They also had to prepare for the bonfire in the evening.

The others dispersed. Liu Xia Lian was in one group with Daya, Li Damei and Erya were in one group, and Xu Shiba and Li Shaoling were in another group.

The main force still has to be Liu Xia Lian, and the others are just looking for some Ganoderma lucidum, Hericium erinaceus and the like.

However, there seems to be quite a lot of ginseng in this forest. They have been everywhere for ten or eight years. Daya dug out four trees in a short time. Since they are quite common and they are not treated well, it is common for the roots and beards to be broken.

Li Damei was so distressed when she saw this: "Daya, you just need to dig through the frozen soil layer. I will do the rest. You are not digging ginseng, you are digging radish."

Daya scratched her head and said, "It's true. A lot of thin roots were cut off."

Where there are many small ginsengs, there must be big ginsengs. Liu Xia Lian's eyes were like a scanner, searching back and forth, because she felt that there would be goods here. Masters do things without reason, just two words: feeling.

After searching for more than an hour, they dug up a wild ginseng that was more than 20 years old and put it in their pocket.

Liu Xialian suddenly pointed to a snow pile under a big tree and said, "There is a big cargo here."

Li Damei came over to take a look and said, "Sister, are you sure? I see a pile of snow here. It's almost one meter thick."

"Yes, this one is very old, at least 70 or 80 years old. I can smell it."

Daya and Erya took shovels and started working. After a while, the snow was cleared, revealing the dead grass on the ground. Li Damei rushed over in surprise and saw the dry ginseng leaves on the ground. It was a very big one.

"No, sister, you are amazing. We are just following you for the sake of luck. We didn't do anything, but we got your money for free."

Li Damei is very skillful. She tied the red string and hung the big money. Legend has it that aged ginseng has spirituality and is the spirit of the mountain. If she doesn't tie it up with a red string, it will run away. After all, she knows that if it is dug up, she will die.

Li Shaoling and Xu Shiba also came.

Liu Xialian said, "How about this? We can cover it with animal skins first, then pile up snow, and start digging early tomorrow morning. If we don't pile up snow, it will probably be very cold at night."

Li Shaoling went over to take a look at the dry branches and leaves, his hands shaking with excitement. This tree was so big, it must be a jack of all trades.

"It may take a whole day to dig a tree this big. If we start digging tomorrow evening, we will have to stay overnight. Why not do this? We can dig overtime tonight and make a simple fence with leather. It won't be too cold when we dig inside."

Liu Xia Lian thought for a moment and immediately accepted the suggestion: "Okay, then let's get ready. Don't worry, everyone. It's still the same old rules. I won't eat alone. Everyone will get money."

Xu Shiba smiled and said, "I have absolute confidence in Xia Lian. Last time, Da Hui gave me 500 yuan for taking her here."

When Li Shaoling came over to pull the packhorse and get the tools, he said to Li Hu and Xu Xiong, "We've made a fortune. The boss has found a treasure."

The two men exclaimed: "Wow, this is amazing. They can find it even in the heavy snow."

Xu Xiong's hands were shaking. The boss took the lion's share, and they took the smaller share. At least they had about 2,000 yuan. 2,000 yuan in 1980, what was that? It was equivalent to six years' salary for an ordinary worker, and three years' salary for a mid-level or senior worker. Xu Xiong's father was not in good health, and he was not very good at farming. Xu Xiong's mother's biggest wish was that Xu Xiong could get married so that the family line would not be cut off. Last time Xu Xiong brought home 1,500 yuan, he gave his family 300 yuan, mainly because he was afraid that they could not afford it.

Li Hu is not much better off. His family is poor, and his monthly income of thirty or twenty yuan was unstable before. He had saved about 1,800 yuan before the New Year. If he can get another 1,000 or 2,000 yuan this time, he will have made a class leap and become one of the wealthy people in the village. Matchmakers will come to his door even if they come here frequently.

"What are you two doing, you two fools? You look so useless. Hurry up and get the things over there. Put up the leather fence first."

The two men pulled the horses and brought all the tools over to build a temporary fence.

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