When the two returned to the street, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

There were no tricycles pulling goods on the street. Suddenly, I saw a stall selling sand and cement not far away, with several donkey carts parked at the door.

A man with a scary scar on his face was sitting there smoking and drinking tea. Liu Xialian came over and said, "Boss Li, please take it there. I just threw the donkey cart somewhere else."

"Okay, I'll take you two there." The man with the scar drove a donkey cart and took Liu Xia Lian and Li Hu to the gate of the county bureau.

"It's okay, it's okay, luckily it's not lost. Thank you very much, Third Brother, come back soon."

It turned out that the person selling sand and gravel was none other than Scar Three from Lijiatun.

Liu Xia Lian returned to the hotel and said directly to Xu Shiba: "Prepare a good table. You and Fu Gang should come to help Li Hu calm down."

Xu Shiba was also very excited: "Caught?"

"Caught two big fish."

Li Hu said proudly: "My bait is the best."

There are two other chefs in the store, so it doesn’t matter if Liu Fugang doesn’t take charge for a while.

We found a private room and ordered four dishes.

Gossip is human nature. Everyone asked about the situation. Liu Xialian only said, "A streetwalker picked up a guy on the street, brought him home, and then her man took care of him. Li Hu followed him home and almost got caught."

Liu Fugang asked: "Brother Huzi, what's the situation? Tell me."

Li Hu downed a bottle of white wine and patted his chest. "It would be a lie to say I wasn't scared. I was really scared. If it wasn't for Da Huang, Sister Xia Lian would have to go in and collect my body. The woman locked the door as soon as I entered. There was a faint stench in the room, which made people feel uncomfortable. I was about to leave with an excuse, and the woman called for help. A man came out. He was quite handsome, but he was holding a cattle-killing hammer, which was black and covered with dirty blood."

Xu Shiba was also shocked: "Blunt weapons are the most difficult to deal with. If you chop it with a knife, it's still possible, but if you get hit by a hammer, there's no hope."

"The woman tried to hit me with a stick, so I could only fight her with a short knife. Fortunately, Da Huang bit off the woman's stick, and I couldn't handle both sides. While I was fighting with that person, Sister Xia Lian broke through the wall and came in."

"It's time for you to take action now, even though it's a life-or-death situation. You forget what I taught you."

Li Hu shook his head: "My mind was blank at the time, and I have long forgotten it."

Xu Shiba asked: "What about those six people? Are they all dead?"

"Don't ask this, it involves confidential information."

The next morning, as soon as Liu Xia Lian got to work, she went to the post office and called Chen Daheng at the tractor sales office in the provincial capital.

After a while, a lazy voice came: "Hello, hello."

"Manager Chen, good morning. I'm Baishan Liu Xia Lian."

"Hello, Sister Xia Lian, what's going on?"

"How about you arrange for someone to send me a tractor? I'll pay you in full at the forest farm."

"Okay, okay, okay. I'll arrange it right away. It will be delivered tomorrow. Prepare the money. I'll ask the accountant to follow. The company has a rule that does not allow delivery drivers to take money."

There are many rules in large state-owned enterprises, and there are lessons to be learned from them.

"It's okay, don't worry."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Xia Lian drove Li Hu and Da Huang back to the forest farm, and was very happy along the way.

Li Hu asked: "Sister, why did you order another tractor? We have enough cars now."

"Daya likes to drive a tractor. Now the No. 50 tractor is in my brother-in-law's hands. The one we bought a few days ago is driven by Brother Cui for delivery. I bought this one mainly for Daya. You and Xu Xiong should also learn to drive a tractor. A horse-drawn carriage is fine for close distances, but it won't be strong enough for long distances."

There was no conversation along the way. The two returned to the forest farm and happened to meet Xu Xiong and Xiao Fei who were delivering fish to the restaurant. Just as Liu Xia Lian said, the catch was much less, only about 50 to 60 kilograms. They did not give any to other restaurants but kept all for their own restaurant.

As soon as Li Hu saw Xu Xiong, he said, "Brother, I almost didn't see you anymore. I was almost beaten to death yesterday."

"Come here, stand still, let me check you." Xu Xiong looked Li Hu from head to toe.

"What are you looking at? I was almost beaten to death. The cattle-killing hammer fell beside my shoulder."

Xu Xiong looked at Liu Xia Lian and said, "Sister, next time you have something to do, don't bring Hu Zi with you. If you have any problem, bring me with you. I can fight better than him."

"No, no, take me, take me. Xu Xiong is not good enough. His kung fu is not good enough yet."

"Pack up and go back to the village, then go up the mountain to see how the wild prickly ash buds are growing."

The big black mule traveled very fast along the way and returned to Lijiatun before twelve o'clock.

It just so happened that Daya and Erya were also chatting with Sister Guilan in the old house.

"Da Ya, Er Ya, after dinner let's go to the surrounding mountains to check out the growth of the prickly ash buds. They should be ready for picking."

When Erya heard that they were going up the mountain, she jumped up happily and said, "Great, we are going up the mountain again."

After a simple lunch, Daya, Erya, Li Hu and Xu Xiong each carried a large backpack and held a small hand hoe.

Liu Xia Lian held a gun and Xiao Fei held a hoe.

There are four hunting dogs in total: Big Yellow, Big Gray, and two Little Black ones.

The six of them happily rushed into the forest east of the village like birds out of a cage. The ice in the river had melted. The wild duck pond had also melted, but the wild ducks had not returned yet.

All the way into the woods, four hounds were full of energy, scouting ahead.

The prickly ash bud is a small tree shrub, similar to the toon bud, but unlike the toon bud, the branches are covered with sharp thorns.

Erya broke off one and said, "It's good. It's long and fresh."

Daya used a small shovel to dig out a dandelion and said, "This dandelion is really good. Let me try it."

After saying that, he ate it like a sheep.

Xiaofei dug up several wild leeks, which are really precious. As for shepherd's purse, it is everywhere. If you want to eat it, dig some and make dumplings at home.

"Wow, there is a large patch of prickly ash buds ahead, that's great, let's pick them." Liu Xia Lian rushed into the bushes, picked them up, and put them all into the basket.

The others were also busy, constantly picking various wild vegetables.

Xu Xiong asked: "Sister, there are so many shepherd's purse, can we sell them for money?"

"Yes, but they are everywhere in the market, and they are only five cents a pound when sold retail. We can't buy them all. We will start buying prickly ash buds, wild leeks, and dandelions from tomorrow. Prickly ash buds are 2 cents, wild leeks are 15 cents, and dandelions are 1 cent. You two will have to work harder, and you have to deliver them to the forest farm and the county town every day."

"So you still fish?"

"We don't fish anymore. The fishermen have an agreement that they have to dry the nets after catching fish in the river to let the fish reproduce and then fish again after the breeding season," Liu Xia Lian explained.

Li Hu asked: "If we stop fishing, what will our restaurant sell?"

"There are people who are raising fish nearby, people who are coming from the interior, and people who are still fishing. Anyway, no one has stipulated that we can't fish in the spring. It's just a customary rule. In this season, we can collect wild vegetables and dig ginseng to earn much more than fishing, so there is no need to fish."

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