Siheyuan: Why are you all here to see me?

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Huang Dashan came to find Li Gang on his bicycle. Li Gang gave him ten pounds of meat as agreed. Huang Dashan happily said that he could go to the accessories factory to find him later. At noon, Sha Zhu came back early. He wanted to cook the pig's head first. He got some seasonings from the factory and started to cook the pig's head, liver and so on. But when everyone got off work and started to eat meat in the evening, someone found something wrong. There were more than 100 pounds. There were less than people in the hospital, including adults and children. How could each person eat one pound? But this didn't feel like one pound. Xu Damao was the smartest and liked to laugh at Sha Zhu the most. He also found the same problem and shouted, "The meat is wrong. Why is there so little? Sha Zhu, didn't you hide it secretly?" Others also found that the amount of meat was wrong and asked Sha Zhu one after another. Sha Zhu knew what was going on, but he couldn't say it. Li Gang also guessed that it must be related to Qin Huairu.

Li Gang: "Silly Zhu, I call you Brother Zhuzi, the amount of meat is obviously wrong, just tell me whether you hid it or not."

Sha Zhu didn't dare to say that he had divided the meat, and just kept silent. Li Gang saw that Sha Zhu didn't say anything, and knew that it was definitely the Jia family who did it. But before Li Gang could say anything, Liu Guangfu spoke up, "I smelled meat from the Jia family this morning, and the same from the Third Uncle's house."

Now everyone was not happy with this. Damn it! You secretly divided the meat without telling me. No, you actually dared to secretly divide the meat. Wouldn’t that mean we would have less to eat? This is not acceptable. Everyone blamed the Jia family and the Yan family. Yi Zhonghai saw that things were not going well.

Yi Zhonghai: "Stop arguing. Stop arguing about groundless things. Who of you saw it? Besides, isn't this much meat enough to eat?"

Li Gang saw Yi Zhonghai coming out and trying to smooth things over. He knew that Yi Zhonghai wanted to protect the Jia family, so Li Gang didn't care. He had taken the meat himself anyway, and it was Sha Zhu who offended people. No one would put the blame on him. Seeing that Li Gang didn't pursue the matter, Sha Zhu finally let go of his worry. Li Gang didn't want to get involved in this bullshit. As long as his goal was achieved, the three siblings went back home after dinner.

Li Gang: "I will clean up the house first and then go on a blind date."

The eldest brother said embarrassedly, "You have the final say at home."

Xiaofang started to make trouble again and said that her elder brother was shy. The three of them burst into laughter.

The next day Li Gang left the courtyard and went to the mountains again. This time he planned to hunt a wild boar and then go to the steel mill to exchange some tickets. His brother's three turns and one bell must be complete.

Li Gang left late today. In the middle courtyard, Qin Huairu, the third aunt, and the second aunt were washing clothes. They saw Li Gang pushing a bicycle with a shovel tied to the back of the bicycle, so they asked Li Gang where he was going. Li Gang did not hide it and said he was going to dig traps in the mountains.

The third aunt reacted quickly and ran to Li Gang immediately, "Xiao Si, it must be very tiring for you to go to the mountains and dig traps. How about letting my Jie Cheng help you dig the pit? You don't have to be so tired."

Li Gang: This is to take advantage. If you dig a hole, you can't let people work for free. You have to share the meat. This is better than doing odd jobs. Li Gang thought again, this is also good, so that someone can see with their own eyes that I caught the wild boar, which is also beneficial to me. But I can't let Yan Jiecheng get away with it too easily.

Li Gang "Second Aunt, your family is not home all day. If you have nothing to do, come with me to the mountains and dig traps. I will give you five pounds of meat later. If you can solve the problem, you have to bring your own tools and pickaxes. Two tools are enough for three people, but I only have a bicycle, so I don't want to bring anyone with me."

The two aunties were very happy to hear about the five pounds of meat, but they were troubled by the bicycle. The third uncle did have a bicycle, but he rode it to work.

Auntie: "How about I let Jie Cheng ride a bike to school?"

Li Gang: "Let's forget about it today. We can go later. I'll let you know in advance."

The three aunts had no choice but to agree to let Old Yan leave his bicycle when he came back in the evening.

Li Gang came to the mountain and used his mind to control the trees' field of vision. There was nothing within a mile. He walked further in and didn't see a roe deer until half an hour later. He used the old method, surrounded it with big rocks, caused the land to collapse, and drove it away. It was easy to deal with the roe deer. He entangled it with vines. After a while, the roe deer was dead. He put it into the space and walked for a while. He found a herd of pigs, about six or seven of them, and some piglets. He used the old method, but this time he only trapped an adult boar in the pit. He put another one into the pit about a hundred meters away. There were two pigs, both weighing three or four hundred kilograms. He also found a few pheasants, which he trapped in the same way. When trapping the pheasants, he used vines directly. This gave Li Gang another inspiration. Traps are so troublesome. It would be more labor-saving to use vines directly, or get some wire ropes, and tie them to trees to drive the trees. He tried it first, and it really worked. He trapped two more roe deer and three pheasants with the vines. It seems that this method is useful. He went back to the steel mill to get some wire ropes.

It should be almost noon now. I ate a few meat buns I made this morning.

Li Gang returned with a full load, six pheasants hanging on the handlebars and a roe deer behind him. No one followed him this time, but he still attracted exclamations and envy. Some people saw a big wild boar yesterday, and today I will introduce it to you. What is this? You didn't see it yesterday. That big wild boar weighed more than 300 kilograms.

I came back early today, just at 3pm. The neighbors saw Li Gang with both pheasants and roe deer, and they were envious. But there was also one who regretted it, that was Aunt Three. She regretted it too. If Jie Cheng had gone with him, he would have at least gotten a pheasant. No, Old Yan was coming back tonight, so the bicycle had to be left behind tomorrow. Li Gang put down the six pheasants, carried the roe deer, and went to the steel mill. When he got there, the guard told him to look for Han Tao, the head of the security department. While he was on the phone to notify them, Li Gang observed this time traveler. The work center, the Red Star Steel Mill, was the same as he remembered. There was nothing much to say.

Not long after, Chief Han Tao came out.

Han Tao: "Xiao Si, why are you here?"

Li Gang: "Uncle Han, this is the roe deer I shot. I wanted to come to your factory to exchange it for something."

Han Tao had seen the roe deer on the bicycle a long time ago, but he didn't ask. Now he heard Li Gang say that he wanted to exchange the roe deer for something.

Han Tao: "What do you want to change?"

Li Gang "I want to replace some old steel wire ropes,"

Han Tao wondered, "Why would I change that thing? What's the use of it?"

"I use steel wire ropes to make a noose, which can trap wild boars, while other wild boars will break free," Li Gang explained.

Han Tao was still surprised. "You can trap wild boars. When did you become so good at hunting? Okay, but I don't know how much wire rope this roe deer can be exchanged for. I'd better take you to the logistics department and ask Director Li who just arrived."

Li Huaide had just been transferred to the Logistics Office and had to show some results first. The best solution was pork, but the meat processing plant only produced 200 kilograms per week, which was not enough. There were more than people in the steel mill, and meat alone was a difficult problem.

"Knock, knock, knock." "Come in, Chief Han, why are you here? Come and sit down, come and sit down. I just got some good tea. Hey, this is..."

Han Tao: "Director Li, don't rush to drink tea. This is the son of Li Dahai, the former deputy chief of the security department. His name is Li Gang. He came here today because of something and wanted to ask you something." Li Huaide: "Li Dahai's son, Li Dahai's pension has been paid. There must be something wrong." He thought so in his heart, but there was a smile on his face.

Li Huaide: "Oh, so you are Old Li's son. My last name is Li, and your last name is Li too. Maybe we were one family five hundred years ago. If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Li Gang: As expected of Li Huaide, he is clearly worried about the pension issue, but he is still as cheerful and talkative as ever.

Li Gang: "It's like this. I shot a roe deer in the mountains and want to exchange it with you for some old steel wire ropes. Any old one will do."

Li Huaide was surprised. This child looked only about fifteen or sixteen years old, but he could go up the mountain to hunt. Could his small body reach the prey?

Li Huaide: "No problem. A roe deer weighs only 40 to 50 kilograms. You can find them behind the material warehouse. They are not valuable. You can take as much as you want. You can even take them all away. It saves space. However..."

Li Huaide: "I see you are not very old, can you catch prey?"

Li Gang "I am a good hunter. Yesterday I killed a wild boar weighing more than 300 kilograms. Today I killed a roe deer and six pheasants. But digging traps all the time is too tiring."

Li Huaide heard that it was over 300 kilograms. "You said you killed a wild boar over 300 kilograms yesterday. Is that true?"

Li Gang "Yesterday, all the neighbors in our yard ate pork. If you don't believe me, you can ask Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Xu Damao, and Sha Zhu. It was Sha Zhu who killed the wild boar."

Now Li Huaide believed it. Hey, if he could really catch wild boar meat, then...

Li Huaide: "You are really good. You are so good at hunting at such a young age. Let's see if you can sell wild boars or something else you kill to the steel mill. You can get money, tickets, or anything else."

This is really like sending a pillow when one is sleepy. Li Gang was in need of a ticket for the three-turn and one-ring game, and Li Huaide sent it to him.

Li Gang: "Sure, can I exchange a 300-pound wild boar for four tickets for three turns and one ring?"

Li Huaide: "Okay, as long as you can deliver 300 kilograms of wild boars, four tickets will be enough. If you can deliver three, I will not only give you tickets, but also pay you according to the market price, 70 cents per kilogram." Li Huaide just said this casually to show his sincerity.

Li Gang: "Okay, then three. But I can't bring three back with my own bicycle. Give me a phone number and you can send a car to pick it up."

Li Huaide thought what Li Gang said made sense, so he stopped looking down on Li Gang. He had a good record yesterday.

Li Huaide said "No problem". The two of them agreed. Li Ligang left the office, handed the roe deer to Li Huaide's communicator, and took Li Huaide's note to the warehouse to load some wire ropes. This thing was not easy to carry and it was easy to prick your hands. He said goodbye to Han Tao and returned to the courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Yan Fugui was already waiting at the door. When he saw Li Gang coming back, he hurried up to help carry the bicycle. Li Gang saw Yan Fugui's behavior and knew that the old guy was thinking about the five kilograms of meat, and he must have been told by the third aunt that another roe deer and six pheasants were shot today.

Yan Fugui: "Gangzi, come and sit for a while at Third Uncle's house. Third Uncle has the best Gao Mo."

Li Gang: "Just tell me what you want to say, I need to go home."

Yan Fugui said a little embarrassedly, I heard that Jie Cheng went to help you dig a trap, and you gave him five kilograms of pork, right?

Li Gang was unhappy when he heard Yan Fugui say that. What do you mean by helping me? It was your wife who asked for it, okay? She obviously wanted to earn those five kilograms of pork. She was begging for help, but you said it as if you went there because I needed help. Well, since you are so good at pretending, then let's say goodbye!

Li Gang said, "Oh, it's not necessary now. I'll go back first if there's nothing else. See you later." He left quickly without waiting for Yan Fugui to speak.

Yan Fugui: Why are you leaving? Who should I ask for these three or four dollars? No, five pieces of pork.