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The service club is very popular. After the Nine-Headed Birds disbanded, they basically came over. At first, they just wanted to know what points could be exchanged for. Later, when they saw that points were so cost-effective, they couldn't bear to leave.

Each team member has a lot of points in the points book, such as Zhang Donggou. He killed seven people in one bandit suppression. In addition, he performed well in normal times, so he finally had 10,000 points in the book. Those with few points also had at least 1,000 points as the base. Such a rich reward is naturally because everyone's performance is indeed good, and it is also because the team also earned nearly 30,000 taels of money this time, so he naturally rewarded the team members with some.

One thousand points are worth ten taels of silver. If it is exchanged for goods, it is worth more.

After Liu Jun made some arrangements after the holiday in the camp, he also came to the service club to change something and go home. Although he was the captain, he usually had salary and now he also had points. Liu Jun’s book did not have the most points, but it was also quite a lot, with 8,000 points. There were a lot of things in the service club, and this service club was his idea. Then Li Chunjiang supported it with all his support and borrowed the Li family's hands. When they were still suppressing bandits in the village, the Li family had already prepared for them.

There are a lot of products, and Liu Jun even took some supplies from the bandit suppression in the team to the service club for sale. However, Liu Jun did not choose too many things, but just exchanged some honey, and chose a few boxes of pastries and a few pieces of jewelry with good quality.

At the door of the service club, the things Zhang Donggou exchanged were piled up into a small hill. Gou Zuo also bought a bunch of things. He was very excited when he bought them, but after the payment was made, both of them couldn't help but regret it and spent too much money.

And there is another bad consequence, so many things are hard to get back. The two of them had a reward of one stone of rice, and the rice alone was more than 100 kilograms. Moreover, for such a big purchase, they had to hire a car now. The horses in the team can ride home, but everyone is very precious to horses. They can only stand at the door if they carry so many things, and they can only wait for the service club to call a taxi for them. Fortunately, the car dealer and the service club also have a cooperative relationship, and the fare can be 10% off.

The two were waiting for the car, and when they saw Liu Jun coming out with a group of sworn brothers, they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. These were all the nine-headed bird's flag corps, and they were all officials.

"Captain Liu, you come and buy things too."

"Well, Brother Dog, you are a big deal. How can you get it back after buying so many things?" Liu Jun admired this young man named Dong Gouzi. He is a hunter from the mountains who is always hard in training, never acts nonsense, is disciplined and obedient, and is even more impressive when fighting. He likes this young man very much, and he always likes to call him Brother Dog when speaking.

"The service agency helped us call a taxi." Dong Gouzi replied.

Liu Jun looked at the pile of things and said, "It just so happens that I plan to go to Taiping Township, and I don't think there is any need to call a taxi. Everyone will bring you some immediately, and that's fine."

"How is that good?" said Dong Gouzi.

"What's wrong with it? They are brothers who have lived and died together. You're so polite. We're just here to be a guest at your house to compensate for wild game in the mountains. In addition, I plan to recruit some team members from you."

"Recruiting team members?" Dong Gouzi was surprised.

"Well, among the team members I recruited last time, you and Gou Zuo were hunters in the mountains of Taiping Township, but they were also the two with the best performances. Qi Shaobao served as the soldiers to fight against the Japanese, so he recruited the miners from Yiwu as soldiers, saying that they were honest but brave. I think your hunters in Taiping Township are also good soldiers. Next, our Nine-Headed Birds team will expand, and we will go to your house to recruit some suitable people first."

Donggouzi smiled and said, "We do have many hunters there, all of which have mountains and no land, and there is no other way to survive without hunting."

There were a lot of things left in Donggouzi and Dog, and only rice was hundreds of kilograms. The two guys were reluctant to sell the rice here and insisted on taking them all home. Liu Jun brought some bags from the service club and packed them into several bags. Then the brothers put them on the horses one by one. The things of the two were divided into fifteen horses to carry, so there was not much.

The thirteen brothers Liu Jun brought not much, and their rice was thrown into the service club. After putting all the things on the horse, a group of fifteen people began to go to Taiping Township.

Taiping Township is also a member of Macheng County, but it is the poorest place in the county, with mountains and poor land.

The northward, the more mountains there are, the worse the roads. The houses along the way are getting lower and lower, and the people you see are getting thinner and thinner.

On the mountain by the roadside, a group of men came down with heavy loads, and tied bundles of firewood were shaking on both ends. The heavy firewood chopping was trembling with a slight pressure.

Donggouzi rode on the horse and looked at the group of people, "When we were at home, the main job that our family did all year round was chopping wood. Some of the cut wood was used to burn charcoal, while others were split and chopped into the city to sell it to rich families. In addition, they would also go to the mountains to hunt, or work for the landlord's house to earn some money to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar."

Gou Sheng also said with emotion, "The family gets up early and goes to bed late, but they can't even make it a day or two meals a day. Most of the year I drink thin food, and I can't see meat all year round. Sometimes I can't afford salt, so I can only eat light food."

The wind blew up the new clothes on their bodies, making the two fully realize that they had finally gotten rid of those hard days.

A group of fifteen people were tall and big horses, and they were all wearing conspicuous long gowns, and they were very eye-catching when walking on the road. Not to mention that this was in Taiping Township, even in Macheng County, such outfits could attract people's attention.

Those who carry firewood and those who work in the field all looked at them with envy, with even awe in their eyes.

The sun sets.

The sky is full of red clouds. The village where Dong Gouzi's family is located is already far away. It is located in a poor mountain village at the foot of the mountain. It has thatched roofs, yellow mud-paste earthen walls, and low houses.

At the dusty village intersection, a group of villagers were sitting under the big tree at the entrance of the village and chatting. After a day of work, I rarely enjoyed a moment of rest here.

The villagers watched a dozen horses riding tall and big horses coming from afar and were immediately alarmed. Some people were even scared to run home. In this year, those riding tall and big horses were not good people in the impression of the villagers. They were either arrogant officials or fierce thieves. No matter which one they were, they were not good people.

The winter dog saw a familiar figure among the panicked crowd.

He quickly whipped a few steps and shouted from a distance, "Dad, third uncle, uncle, sixth uncle..."

The village is not big, and there are only dozens of families, all of which are surnamed Zhang. If you count up, they are all passed down by one ancestor. Therefore, each family is related to relatives, and according to the generational argument, they are all family members.

A group of nervous villagers suddenly heard familiar shouts and couldn't help but hold hands on their eyebrows in confusion and look carefully.

"It seems like a winter dog!"

"It's really like it."

"Didn't Donggouzi choose to be a village hero last time?"

A group of people were still talking, and Dongdog's horse was approaching, so he pulled the horse and turned over and jumped down from the horse.

"Dad, it's me, Donggouzi, I'm back."

Donggouzi's father was a little unsure at first, but when he looked at the tall and strong young man closely at the distance, he finally found that the young man he had become a little unrecognizable to him was Donggou, his son, who had only been away from home for two months.

"Why are you back and still dressing like this?"

"I'm on vacation." Dong Gouzi said, and began to take off his backpack from the horse's back, which contained many things. He first took out a large bag of pastries and sent them one by one, "This is the pastries I brought back. Everyone will compensate, it's very sweet."

While eating sweet pastries, the villagers looked at the winter dog who had been out for only two months and had been back, "Winter dog, you're rich outside."

Donggouzi looked at his father swallowing a piece of pastry hard, and felt very upset. He patted his father's back, "Eat slowly, slower, there are still some in the bag. I brought back a lot of things this time. There are cigarettes, wine, tea and sugar, ham and bacon, and I bought you clothes, boots and hats, and silk cloth that I gave away."

At this time, Liu Jun and his party also slowly rode their horses to approach, and everyone looked at them and felt a little scared.

"Dad, uncles, let me introduce you to me. This is my boss, the captain of the Jiutou Horse Team, and also from this county. Mr. Liu from Xianju Xiwan. The others are the chief of the flag team of our Jiutou Bird Team. They are also the brothers of Captain Liu. This is from our Taiping Township, and our family is from Zhaojia Village, Dongling, which is more than ten miles away from us. His name is Zhao Gousheng, and my good brother."

Everyone nodded. They didn't know what the Nine-Headed Bird was, nor did they know what the Flag Corps always had. But since they were dressed so well and rode a tall horse, they must have extraordinary identities.

Everyone surrounded the Donggouzi and walked towards his house. Along the way, those who had run away came out and joined the team, and even some women and children joined in, making it look very powerful.

Donggouzi was carrying a big bag in his hand. His father was holding his horse and walking on the road with excitement. Donggouzi kept taking out all kinds of pastries from the bag and handing out whenever he saw them. When the children got the pastries, they kept calling out Dog Brother and Dog Brother by the side.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Dong Gouzi's mother and brothers and sisters knew that he was back and were greeted by him. His new sister-in-law looked at the younger brother-in-law curiously.

As soon as he entered the house, Donggou immediately rushed to take out the things he brought back.

Bags of big white rice, white sugar like snow, red sugar, and honey. In addition, tea, no one in the village has ever been willing to drink, soju and yellow wine, and there are two large pieces of golden ham and fragrant bacon behind it.

Finally, there are smooth silk and very brightly dyed cloth, as well as ready-to-wear, hats and boots bought directly by the winter dog.

They all followed the same thing, and finally everything was put in a whole bunch.

Then Liu Jun and Zhang Shan’s thirteen brothers also presented a gift, which was not very expensive, either a piece of jewelry or a piece of cloth. However, such gifts were extremely expensive in the eyes of the villagers.

When Liu Jun told Zhang's parents that Donggouzi had been promoted to the team leader and became an official, their parents were even more happy and burst into tears. They didn't know that the village team was always not a real official, they only knew that their son really made a fortune after he went out.

"Sir Liu, can you still recruit people in your team? My child is only twenty years old this year. Lun Shenglun and Donggouzi are brothers of the same generation. In the past, they often played with Donggouzi, and they also liked to practice fists and shoot arrows. The arrows were accurate, and even wild ducks in the world could shoot down. Chief Liu, take my child to feed the salary." Donggouzi's cousin, also the village chief, was also the village chief. A middle-aged man walked up to Liu Jun and said boldly.

Liu Jun looked at Dong Gouzi, and Dong Gouzi nodded, "My cousin Ergou is a good hunter. He shoots arrows better than me, and he grows tall and strong."

Liu Jun smiled and said, "Then call him here to see. If he really has the ability and is willing to eat food with me, then there is no problem."

The village chief uncle quickly pulled out a strong young man from the crowd. This young man named Ergou is said to be born in the same year as Donggouzi, but his parents are at least six feet tall, tall and big, and their arms are thicker than some people's legs. When they saw him, Liu Jun liked him a little. When he looked at Ergou, he knew that he was a more loyal and honest person, and he was definitely not the kind of slim person. And with this physique, he was too strong.

Ergou didn't say nonsense, and borrowed a hunting bow that Donggou had used before from Donggouzi's house. It happened that a bird flew back to the nest in the sky and flew over the yard. Ergou set off a bow and arrow and shot the bird down with one arrow.

Seeing this, Liu Jun clapped his hands very simply, "Ergou, right? Are you willing to follow me as a village hero to eat food and get salary?"

"willing."

"Okay, I'll accept you." Liu Jun said with a loud laugh.

The village chief uncle and Ergou grinned, and the other villagers also shouted, "Sir, please accept my child. He is very strong and can kill a wolf with one stick."

"Please take my son away."

"Please accept my son."

"Sir, I don't have a son. How about I go with you? There is no requirement. Just give me some food!"

The small courtyard is completely in chaos!
Chapter completed!