Chapter Twenty: New Objective

  "Weizi, I know those kids are all living with you now, what do you plan to do in the future?" At this time, Yang Wei came to find the village chief to return the big cart.

  "Come on, let's just muddle along and live our lives, what else can we do? Ah yes, Village Chief, all of our land deeds are with me. What do you think, can we get back those lands from our relatives next year?"

  "It's okay, these lands were originally yours, you kids." The village chief also knew that those lands were actually opened up or even bought by the elders of the young people, and those relatives were temporarily managing them on their behalf, which the village chief was also aware of.

  "But can you plant it yourself?" "No, but renting it out is also okay." "That's alright, but soon people from above will come down to arrange for each household to join the collective, and maybe your future days will be a bit better."

  Yang Wei thought for a moment, yeah, maybe soon he would enter the collective, but he really didn't want to join now, it was too troublesome.

  "Village elder, can we exchange those lands for that mountain?" Yang Wei pointed to the mountain where he went hunting. This was a sudden thought of Yang Wei's, thinking that at this time there might not be any claims of ownership over the mountain yet, so he asked tentatively.

  "What's that, you're looking at the mountain over there? Well, I happen to have the deed to that mountain right here. What do you want with it?" "We're going hunting, didn't you know? We borrowed your big cart this time to sell our hunting spoils at the market," Yang Wei originally didn't want to say, but now he had to speak up.

  "Ah, alright, I'll take charge of this mountain for you all, no need to use any land deeds in exchange. Those land deeds are yours too." The village chief said generously, but the truth was that the land deed for this mountain was a joke. A long time ago, a wealthy landlord in the village had obtained the deed to prevent villagers from hunting on the mountain, but he was soon killed and the deed was confiscated, ending up in the village chief's hands. The chief thought it was useless, so he generously gave it to Yang Wei and his group. This might be due to the difference in eras; otherwise, in later times, this mountain wouldn't even be cheaper than those fields, considering the trees on the mountain or the game that lived there.

  "This won't do, Village Chief. How can we take advantage of the village like this? Let's change it instead. However, I have a request - can you get the higher-ups to give us another land deed?"

  "Okay, I'll go exchange it for you tomorrow, but whose name should I write?" "Just write the names of all thirteen of us, it's a collective thing for everyone."

  Yang Wei easily made a deal with the village chief and agreed to exchange the land deed for it tomorrow night. Perhaps in the village chief's heart, he still thought that he should not want these children's land deeds. However, when the village chief went to the county to handle this matter, he still said that he would use the land to exchange for a mountain forest. The staff who handled the matter were very happy and gave it a good name, called "Little Partner Forest Farm". The holders are Yang Wei, Yingzi... thirteen people, which means they are a separate unit, and they will not start paying taxes until they turn eighteen.

  This mountain is called Xiao Qing Shan Tou, a small branch of the Changbai Mountains, with an area of over 15 square kilometers. It is surrounded by several mountains and has only one connection to the outside world at the foot of the mountain. There is also a forest in between, which naturally belongs to the village. Yang Wei didn't want this forest, thinking that it would take decades for the forest to be developed before reaching Xiao Qing Shan Tou. By then, perhaps the mountain will truly belong to them.

  The consideration above is very thoughtful, not only giving them the mountain head, but also arranging a road that belongs to these little partners, naturally, this road is in the forest and needs to be opened by themselves. This is a more than 20-meter-wide road. Since there is a road, the village chief will give them the best side. In this way, even if only this 20-meter-wide road is opened, it can also have many fields. The village chief always thinks that they are at a disadvantage. What's the benefit of having a mountain? It's clear that nothing in the mountain can be transported out within ten or twenty years, and the game, they run everywhere, do you still need a mountain? Naturally, this 20-meter-wide road is a compensation.

  After Yang Wei returned, he told his friends about the matter, and they didn't have any objections. They all trusted Yang Wei and believed that he wouldn't harm them, especially since their names were also written on the land deed. Just thinking about it made them happy, as from now on, no one would be in charge of hunting anymore. Mainly because they had been oppressed by the landlord before, everyone had heard that there used to be people who hunted in the village, but they were harmed by the greedy landlord. His argument was that this mountain belonged to him, so naturally, he wouldn't allow others to hunt here.

  Previously, a little friend asked Yang Wei, "Wei Zi, whose mountain forest is this? Won't someone say it's theirs and come to fight us?" "Don't worry, we have guns. No matter who it is, they won't dare to fight us." Ying Zi's words dispelled the doubts of his friends, but the doubt still lingered in their hearts. If they had more guns than us, wouldn't we be at a disadvantage?

  Now that it's all set, with the black characters on white paper and a big red seal on top, and my own name is also on it, there's nothing to be afraid of. From now on, I can hunt without any worries.

  "Friends, to celebrate that this mountain has returned to us and we are now people with status, I have prepared for us to eat pork and cabbage dumplings tonight."

  Just a few days ago, Aunt Wang sent over some Chinese cabbages and Yang Wei bought a pig-killing knife at the market. Today we can have meat and make dumplings with pork.

  Then the little friends collectively took action, a few people went to the yard and brought out the wild boar, there was a killing knife, just right to clean up the wild boar and the old tiger, and the remaining little friends were kneading noodles and chopping vegetables, and then took out the long-unused noodle board and rolling pin to wash and dry.