Chapter 859: Choosing Zhao Jun as a Model Worker (October Update 2441)

Among the "readers" in Yong'an Tun, Zhang Yuanmin's favorite was "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" which Li Baoyu often read.

As for Li Dayong, just look at the names he gave to his three children, Baoyu, Ruhai, and Xiaoqiao, and you can tell that this person only loves "Dream of Red Mansions".

If Li Dayong was asked to comment on what his good brother Zhao Youcai was doing at this time in one sentence, it would be: He is a Zhongshan wolf, and he will run rampant when he succeeds.

Zhao Youcai silenced Wang Meilan with a few words. He also knew not to go too far, so he coughed lightly and said, "Okay, don't bother, let's eat a bunch tonight."

At this point, Zhao Youcai added another sentence and said: "The aiding people and his wife will bring us meat soon."

"Huh?" Wang Meilan was startled, then heard Zhao Youcai say: "I also left a wild boar for our family. The sow weighs 200 kilograms and is still fat."

"Really?" Wang Meilan smiled when she heard this and said, "It just so happens that we don't have many frozen dumplings at home. I'll chop up some more stuffing and ask them to continue making them."

"Yeah." Zhao Youcai picked up the wine cup, took a sip of wine, and then asked Wang Meilan, "Hey? What has your brother been doing these two days?"

"My brother..." Wang Meilan was stunned for a moment and had strong objections to Zhao Youcai's way of expression. But just as she was about to speak, she heard Zhao Youcai say: "Are you fooling around with money again?"

"What are you talking about?" Wang Meilan became anxious all of a sudden. You yelled at me and I ignored you, but you can't talk about my brother!

"No." Zhao Youcai knew something was wrong and quickly changed his words: "Let me ask, I haven't looked at him in the past two days."

Wang Meilan hadn't set up a banquet at home these two days, so Zhao Youcai didn't look at Wang Qiang.

Listening to his explanation, it seemed reasonable. Wang Meilan just rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai and said, "My old uncle doesn't play with money anymore. He just works at home when he has nothing to do."

"Ah..." Zhao Youcai said: "In that moment, you can find them all and get some meat for them to eat in the evening. Let them all eat here. After that, I will tell him something else."

"What are you talking about?" When Wang Meilan heard this, she suddenly became curious. She sat sideways opposite Zhao Youcai and asked, "What do you want to tell him?"

"Ask him to follow me up the mountain to catch wild boars tomorrow." Zhao Youcai glanced out the window and said, "What are you doing at home all day? Go out and make some money!"

"Yeah!" Wang Meilan nodded and smiled: "That's OK."

But after saying that, Wang Meilan suddenly realized something was wrong and hurriedly said: "If you catch a wild boar, do you have to get a dog?"

"Ah!" Zhao Youcai nodded, and then Wang Meilan said: "My son can't go up the mountain tomorrow? He takes the dog, you go with him?"

"He..." Zhao Youcai said, "He won't be back tonight."

"Ah?" Wang Meilan was startled, then heard Zhao Youcai explain: "Chun'er said she missed him, and he went with his brother-in-law to his in-laws' house in the evening."

"Ah, that's okay." Wang Meilan sighed softly and said, "I miss my daughter too, and I also miss my grandson."

"Okay." Zhao Youcai said: "It's just these two days. After the Winter Games, we'll have a gift with Lao Ma's family. When my daughter comes, let her stay at home for a few days."

"Okay!" When Wang Meilan heard this, a smile appeared on her face, and then she stood up and said, "Then I will go and summon them and ask them to come for dinner in the evening."

"Go!" Zhao Youcai said, "When you're done, stop by that pancake stall and order ten kilograms of pancakes for me. You can pick them up for me tomorrow morning!"

"Ah?" After hearing Zhao Youcai's request, Wang Meilan asked, "What do you want that thing for?"

"I'll take it up the mountain to eat." Zhao Youcai said.

Compared with dry foods such as pancakes, steamed buns, and steamed cakes, pancakes have the advantage of being convenient to eat. Those dry foods need to be roasted over a fire when eating, but large pancakes don't need to be. These things are not afraid of freezing and can be chewed directly after taking them out.

"You can't eat even ten pounds?" Wang Meilan hesitated for a moment, then raised her own question and said, "How many people are you leading up the mountain?"

"I don't want to eat all day long!" Zhao Youcai said, "We'll go tomorrow. Maybe we'll find a shack or a cellar in the mountains, and stay there for a while. We'll sell all the pigs the day after tomorrow and then come back."

This idea just came to Zhao Youcai's mind. He planned to work up the mountain for several days to catch ten or eight wild boars.

"Ah..." Wang Meilan thought for a moment and said, "That's okay. I still have canned food, ham sausages, etc. at home. I'll give them to you when the time comes."

Wang Meilan supported Zhao Youcai so much, firstly because Zhao Youcai was really cool today, and secondly because he listened to the old lady's advice.

Wang Meilan also thought about it. He, Zhao Youcai, led Wang Qiang there. With their skills, plus more than a dozen dogs and two semi-automatic guns, they could escape unscathed even if they encountered trouble.

"No!" Unexpectedly, Zhao Youcai didn't appreciate it at all and said, "I don't want that thing. Make me a bowl of sugar water before I leave tomorrow morning."

"Sugar water?" Wang Meilan pointed to the west room and said, "The kitten still has the malted milk leftover. How about you drink that?"

"What a piece of shit!" Zhao Youcai said angrily: "Running in the mountains and drinking a bowl of sugar water will make you hungry but not thirsty!"

What Zhao Youcai said about "different thirst" means that it is not easy to be thirsty. And after he said this, he added another sentence: "What do you know?"

Wang Meilan: "..."

"Why don't you do this!" Wang Meilan counterattacked: "I'll boil a pot of brown sugar water for you and add two eggs."

"Brown sugar..." Zhao Youcai reacted, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Are you taking care of the confinement?"

"Hahaha..." Wang Meilan laughed, punched Zhao Youcai on the shoulder, and said, "Look at you!"

The couple smiled at each other, and the anger and rage of the morning quarrel dissipated. Wang Meilan took out the stack of money from her pocket, counted out eight bills under Zhao Youcai's gaze, and threw them on the kang table.

At this moment, Zhao Youcai was stunned!

In the past, Wang Meilan didn't give so much pocket money in a year!

"It doesn't matter whether you make money or not." Wang Meilan borrowed the words of the old lady and told Zhao Youcai: "You go safely and come back safely."

After that, Wang Meilan put on a thick cotton jacket, tied a headscarf and walked out, while Zhao Youcai quickly put away the money and continued to drink with green onions in the house, enjoying it.

"What a man!" Zhao Youcai couldn't help but sigh as he drank, and said to himself: "You still have to have your own career!"

...

At five o'clock in the afternoon, when the bell rang for the end of the forest farm, Zhao Jun was already on the small train to Yongshengtun.

After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, Zhou Chunming and Zhou Jianjun got on the train, and within two minutes, Zhou Chengguo also got on.

"Ah!" Seeing Zhao Jun, Zhou Chengguo was stunned, walked towards him and asked: "Brother, what are you doing..."

"Going to my brother-in-law's house." Zhao Jun smiled and said: "My sister missed me and asked me to go over."

"Ah..." Zhou Chengguo sat down in the nearest seat and said to Zhao Jun across Zhou Jianjun: "When are you going to my house? Your sister-in-law has been talking about you all day long?"

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "Some other day, brother."

"Some other day." Zhou Chengguo pouted and said: "You said it was another day in the spring, another day, and you never came after that."

Zhou Chengguo complained, but everyone could hear that he wanted to get close to Zhao Jun.

People who are familiar with Zhou Chengguo know that he is not so easy to get along with. No matter who he is facing, even when talking to the director, Zhou Chengguo has never been so enthusiastic.

"Brother!" Zhao Jun moved closer to Zhou Chengguo and whispered, "I will have to send you pork in a while!"

"Ah! That's right!" Zhou Chengguo clapped his hands and said, "Brother, let's make a deal. Next time you come, you have to treat us two to a good meal!"

Zhao Jun smiled and agreed. Several people sat in the commuter bus and chatted all the way.

About twenty minutes later, the train stopped outside Yongshengtun. After everyone got off the train, Zhao Jun said goodbye to Zhou Chengguo and went to Zhou's house with Zhou Chunming and Zhou Jianjun.

As soon as Zhao Jun entered the house, he greeted Hu Sanmei first, and then was hugged by Zhao Chun.

Zhao Chun's sudden move squeezed the little black bear in Zhao Jun's arms, and the little thing screamed "Ah", which scared Zhao Chun.

Zhao Jun quickly put the malted milk in his hand aside, then untied the cotton monkey and took out the little black bear.

As soon as this little thing appeared, it instantly attracted the attention of Zhao Chun and Hu Sanmei.

At this time, Zhou Chunming said to Zhou Jianjun: "Go find a bucket or a box, you can't let Xiaojun carry it all the time."

Zhou Jianjun went out to find something, and Zhao Jun asked Hu Sanmei for a bowl that no one was using so that he could make a bowl of malted milk for the little black bear.

Zhao Chun held the little black bear in both hands and turned to Zhao Jun and said: "I thought you bought the malted milk for your nephew."

They were siblings, so they didn't shy away from saying anything. Zhao Jun laughed and asked: "Where is my nephew?"

"I've finished eating and I'm asleep!" Zhao Chun smiled and pointed to the inner room, saying: "Is he tired from washing during the day?"

"Is he tired from washing during the day? He can talk, right?" Since his nephew was asleep, Zhao Jun didn't go into that room. Anyway, he was leaving tomorrow, so he wasn't in a hurry to see his nephew today.

"He can shout a few times, but it's a mess." When talking about his grandson, Zhou Chunming was also full of smiles and called Zhao Jun to go into the house.

At this time, several dishes were already placed on the kang table in the east room, including chicken stewed with mushrooms, pork stewed with vermicelli, fried peanuts, fried small fish, pickled cabbage stewed with frozen tofu, and green peppers fried with dried tofu.

"Quick, quick!" Hu Sanmei, who came back with the bowl, urged Zhao Jun, "Child, hurry up and get on the kang. You can deal with that little black bear, and I'll take care of it for you."

As soon as Hu Sanmei finished speaking, Zhou Jianjun came in with a plastic bucket with some hay in it, placed it next to the fire wall, and put the little black bear in it.

"Auntie!" Zhao Jun stopped Hu Sanmei and said, "Don't take care of that thing. Let's all eat. I'll feed it after dinner."

Hearing Zhao Jun say this, Hu Sanmei smiled and called Zhao Chun to the table. There were no outsiders today, and five people sat around the kang table.

"Come on, Zhao Jun, eat!" Hu Sanmei picked up the unused chopsticks and first picked up a chicken leg and put it in Zhao Jun's bowl.

Zhao Jun smiled and responded, but the elders didn't move their chopsticks, so he couldn't eat no matter how hungry he was.

At this time, Zhou Chunming picked up the chopsticks and called everyone to eat. After everyone had eaten a few mouthfuls of food, Zhou Chunming suddenly put down his chopsticks and smiled at Zhao Jun: "Xiao Jun."

"Hey, uncle." Zhao Jun hurriedly looked at Zhou Chunming, waiting for his next words.

"Director Chu praised you a lot today." Zhou Chunming said with a smile. Hearing his words, Zhou Jianjun, Hu Sanmei and Zhao Chun all laughed.

Especially Zhao Chun, Zhao Jun is not only her only brother, but also one of her reliance in this world to a certain extent.

The younger brother has made progress, and the sister feels proud when she hears it! Usually, when Zhao Chun walks in this village, his back is straight!

But Zhou Chunming's next sentence surprised Zhao Jun.

Zhou Chunming said, "Before we had dinner today, I heard him say that he was very optimistic about you, as the model of production for our forest farm's winter sports games this year."

Zhao Jun: "What?"

Chu Anmin couldn't be too direct when he spoke. He said he was optimistic about Zhao Jun, which was a suggestion and an opinion to Zhou Chunming.

Suggestions can be rejected, but opinions cannot be expressed.

"Oh!" After hearing what his father-in-law said, Zhao Chun whispered in surprise: "This is good!"

As she spoke, she happily nudged Zhou Jianjun with her elbow.

Zhou Jianjun turned his head and looked at Zhao Chun, grinning with a wry smile.

Zhao Chun was startled and thought to himself: "What? My brother is a pacesetter? Are you not happy?"

Zhao Chun then thought about it, Zhou Jianjun couldn't be jealous of my brother because he had never been a pacesetter, right?

"Uncle." Zhao Jun put down his chopsticks and said to Zhou Chunming with a wry smile: "I'm a young man, I'll forget it and give it to someone else."

Her brother finally came, so Zhao Chun sat between Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun. She didn't understand what was going on. When she heard Zhao Jun's refusal, she quickly reached out and secretly tugged on Zhao Jun's sleeve.

"It's okay." Zhou Chunming shook his head and said, "This doesn't matter seniority."

"Dad." Zhou Jianjun picked up the wine glass, handed it to Zhou Chunming and said, "Drink."

"Huh?" Zhou Chunming was stunned, thinking that he hadn't finished speaking yet, so why was his son just drinking?

But this was a family dinner, and there were no rules, so Zhou Chunming still picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

After taking a sip of wine, Zhou Chunming stretched out his chopsticks and picked up two pieces of mushrooms. Chicken stewed with mushrooms, the taste is all in the mushrooms.

At this time, Zhou Jianjun approached Zhou Chunming and whispered: "Xiaojun... didn't work for a few days this year."

"What?" Zhou Chunming's surprise was not fake. He had no interaction with Zhao Jun in the unit.

He is the first and second-ranking officer of Yong'an Forestry Farm, and Zhou Chunming is usually very busy.

The time when I have the most contact with workers is when I go to the canteen to get food. But if Zhou Chunming wanted to get food, who would dare to queue in front of him?

Therefore, Zhou Chunming simply stopped going by himself and arranged for his secretary Yu Quanjin to take a lunch box to the cafeteria and bring the meal to the office for him to eat.

During normal work and rest, no one talked to Zhou Chunming about leisure activities and chores, so Zhou Chunming didn't hear anything.

Moreover, Zhao Jun took action in several major events of Yong'an Forest Farm this year, such as the overthrow of Dou Baoguo, the hunt for the wild boar king outside Xinlang Farm, and the extermination of black bears this time, so Zhou Chunming thought that this child was very good at his job.

Zhou Chunming looked at Zhao Jun, who smiled at him, and Zhou Chunming knew that his son was not lying.

"Oh my god!" Zhou Chunming clicked his eyes twice and murmured, "How can I fix this?"