Seeing this, Captain Li and Ye Hao left Li Laogui's house.
"Comrade Xiao Ye, Li Laogui has this personality, don't mind him, but he is also a person with real skills, you can learn a lot from him. Remember not to be late tomorrow, if you are late, he will definitely not wait for you."
"Okay, I understand, Captain Li."
Early the next morning, before dawn, Ye Hao arrived at Li Laogui's doorstep with his gun and dry rations.
After waiting for a while, he saw Li Laogui come out with three large yellow dogs.
Li Laogui's attire today was a bit fierce.
He had an old-style rifle and a backpack on his back, the spear he saw yesterday in his hand, and a hunting knife tucked into his waist.
"Let's go, stick close to me, don't fall behind, and don't shoot unless I tell you to," Li Laogui said as he came out.
"Understood, Master Li."
"Don't call me Master Li, I'm not your master. Just call me Li Laogui, like everyone else."
"That's not good, Master Li. What should I call you? How about Uncle?"
"A name is just a code. Since that incident, I haven't had a name."
Looking at Li Laogui's silent expression, Ye Hao didn't press further.
"Then I'll call you Old Devil Uncle from now on," Ye Hao said.
"Whatever."
Ye Hao then followed Li Laogui into the mountains.
Upon entering the mountains, one of the three large yellow dogs led the way, constantly sniffing the air with its nose, searching for something unknown.
It was Ye Hao's first time going up the mountain with Li Laogui, and he wasn't very familiar with the routine. Seeing Li Laogui not saying a word, Ye Hao didn't feel it was appropriate to ask too many questions, so he silently followed behind Li Laogui.
After walking for about an hour in the mountains, they arrived at a small stream. On the other side of the stream, three roe deer were grazing with their heads down.
Li Laogui gestured with his hand for them to be quiet. He raised his gun and aimed at the naive roe deer in front.
Ye Hao saw this and knew Li Laogui was preparing to shoot the roe deer in front. However, he still raised his San-Ba Da Gai (Type 38 Rifle). Ye Hao planned to let Li Laogui shoot first. The remaining two would surely run after hearing the sound, and then he would shoot, ensuring he wouldn't disrupt Li Laogui's hunting plan.
The three large yellow dogs seemed to understand their master's thoughts, and each stood still obediently.
Bang~
A gunshot suddenly rang out, and a naive roe deer on China fell to the ground.
The other two roe deer, startled, surprisingly didn't run.
After being startled, the two naive roe deer stood blankly in place, their white tail fur puffed out.
Ye Hao was speechless at this sight. Was this creature really that foolish? It didn't even run. However, Ye Hao didn't hesitate and fired directly.
With a bang, one of the naive roe deer also died.
After firing the first shot, Li Laogui began to pull the bolt and load, apparently knowing that the naive roe deer would react this way and preparing to continue shooting.
Seeing Ye Hao shoot, he glanced at Ye Hao but said nothing.
He raised his gun and fired, and the last naive roe deer also fell to the ground.
The three naive roe deer were simply taken care of by the two of them. It's no wonder that in later generations, naive roe deer became protected animals; if they weren't protected, they might well drive themselves to extinction.
"Good marksmanship. Let's take these three roe deer back first, otherwise, it will be too much to carry."
After Li Laogui finished speaking, he took off the hunting knife from his waist, cut a few branches from nearby trees, and quickly made a sled.
"Go get the game."
Ye Hao placed the game on the sled. He then dragged the sled and followed behind Li Laogui.
The two people and three dogs began to walk down the mountain.
On the way down the mountain, Li Laogui shot a few more pheasants and wild rabbits.
There were also two wild rabbits caught by the three large yellow dogs.
Thus, Ye Hao dragged the sled back to Li Family Village.
"You go take the things to Captain Li's house. Come back after lunch," Li Laogui said to Ye Hao when they arrived at Li Family Village.
"Okay," Ye Hao responded and dragged the sled towards Captain Li's house.
"Captain Li, are you home?" Ye Hao called out at Captain Li's doorstep.
After calling for a long time and seeing no one, Ye Hao guessed he had gone to work.
Ye Hao put down the sled and walked towards the fields. When he reached the edge of the field, he saw Captain Li working in the field.
"Captain Li, I'm back. This morning we caught three naive roe deer and a few pheasants and wild rabbits. Could you find someone to clean them up? The weather is quite hot now, and they won't keep for long."
"Comrade Xiao Ye, you've come back so quickly! I thought you wouldn't be back until the afternoon. How about this, I'll call a few people to clean them up, and we'll have meat for lunch."
"Comrades, this morning Comrade Xiao Ye and Li Laogui went hunting in the mountains, and now they're back! They brought back 3 naive roe deer and some pheasants and wild rabbits. Everyone, let's put in some extra effort today, finish work early for lunch, and head to the drying ground. We'll all have a meat meal together."
"That's great! We get to eat meat!"
"My family hasn't eaten meat in ages!"
"Li Laogui didn't catch much game before, how is he so amazing today, with three naive roe deer at once?"
The comrades in the field let out a cheer and began to discuss.
"Alright, keep working hard. A few of you come with me to clean up the game; we'll have an extra meal for lunch," Captain Li called a few women to go back with him.
"Comrade Xiao Ye, you are now going hunting in the mountains with Li Laogui, which is quite dangerous, but it also brings meat to our comrades. How about this: other young men get 10 work points a day, but I'll give you 15 work points. Don't be offended; although I am the captain, I can't give you too many work points. After all, this is a big collective, and it's not good for anyone to take too much. The highest earners among those who came to the countryside with you only get 8 work points. The lowest, that young master, only gets 3," Captain Li said quietly as he walked with Ye Hao.
"Captain Li, I understand, it's fine, just as you said." Ye Hao also knew about the work point system of this era. Generally, a young man working for a day would get 10 work points, and he was already getting 15, which was more than others. Ye Hao had nothing to say about this. Moreover, he didn't really care much for these dozen or so work points; even if money and grain were distributed at the end of the year, the entire commune combined wouldn't have as much as he had in his spatial dimension.
Coming to the countryside was, first, to collect rare plants and expand the diversity of plants in his space. Second, it offered more freedom here; although the capital was good, it was too restrictive.
Another point Ye Hao hadn't considered before coming to the countryside was that among the group of people who came down with him, few were simple. Perhaps only the brothers Niu Jianwen and Niu Jianwu, and Huang Su Su, were relatively simple; none of the others were. Their backgrounds were stronger one after another, and even Lu Bingsheng, who didn't have much background, possessed skills that ordinary people couldn't have.
These were all future connections. Ye Hao had never thought of going into politics, nor did he have the conditions for it, but in China, there's a huge difference between having connections and not. Don't look at these young people suffering in the countryside, unable to lift a hand or carry anything; their backgrounds are their future capital.