Chapter 188: Give up the thought and get the sniper rifle

Chapter 188: Give up the thought and get the sniper rifle

Chapter 188: Give up the thought and get the sniper rifle

At this time, Li Kailang didn't know the news that Cui Yuan was promoted to a regular employee. After work, Li went to the black market to take a look.

There is a pot of flowers at the entrance of the black market.

"Well, there are flowers. It looks like there will be a deal tonight! I wonder if the mortars promised last time are there." Li Kailang muttered to himself.

"I just happened to be out for a while, so I might as well eat outside!"

Then Li Kailang found a restaurant at random, ordered some dishes and started eating.

"I have to say, those who dare to open a restaurant are all capable, otherwise it would have been closed long ago." Li Kailang relied on his proficient cooking skills to taste the dishes prepared in the restaurant.

The taste is indeed not bad. It has been able to survive the competition in government canteens, and the taste is no worse than that of chefs from big factories.

After finishing his meal, Li Kailang paid for the bill and ticket and returned to the courtyard.

At this time, everyone in the courtyard stayed at home to eat, and no one came out to hang out.

Influenced by the Cui family, everyone also ate meat in advance.

At Yan Bugui's home, a family of five was having dinner.

The third aunt looked at the absent-minded Yan Jiecheng and touched Yan Bugu's shoulder.

Yan Bugui looked at the third aunt in confusion, and the third aunt signaled to Yan Jiecheng with her eyes.

Yan Bugui also noticed Yan Jiecheng's strange behavior: "Jiecheng, it's a rare opportunity to eat meat today, why don't you eat it?"

Yan Jiecheng seemed not to have heard what Yan Bugui said and was still immersed in his own thoughts.

"It's solved, it's solved!" Yan Bugui shouted again.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Yan Jiecheng was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses.

"What's wrong with you? You seem absent-minded even when eating." Yan Bugui asked.

Yan Jiecheng was stunned for a moment, then said, "Nothing, I'm full, you guys eat."

After saying that, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and walked out of the house.

Looking at the bright lights in Cui's house and the occasional laughter coming from the house, Yan Jiecheng felt even more lost.

The third aunt looked at Yan Jiecheng's back as he left and said to Yan Bugui worriedly:

"Boss, go and see how the solution is going."

"Jie Cheng, what's going on? He looked dazed when I came back. He hasn't been fine these days?" Yan Bugu asked puzzledly.

"Dad, I know!" Yan Jiefang said.

Hearing this, everyone looked at him.

Yan Jiefang explained: "Cui Yuan has been converted to a regular employee. He said that starting from next month, he will get 34 yuan a month!"

"34!" Yan Bugui was also surprised. Cui Yuan's salary was higher than his.

"Cui Yuan has finally gotten his reward after all the hardship he has endured. Good days are coming for the Cui family!" Yan Bugui murmured to himself.

"Boss, you see Cui Yuandu's salary is 34 yuan, and you see Jie Cheng, it's only 20 yuan, right?" The third aunt was hesitant to speak.

Yan Bugui understood what she meant. A few months ago, they were equals and suffered the same disease.

Now one of them works in a steel mill, and the other does odd jobs in a street office, and their salaries are very different.

Not to mention that Yan Jiecheng felt unbalanced, Yan Bugui also felt unbalanced.

Cui Yuan was promoted to a full-time employee after working for half a year, and his salary is higher than that of a primary school teacher who had worked for several years.

Anyone who encounters such a thing will feel good.

"Alas!" Yan Bugui sighed, "You guys continue eating, I'll go and talk to Jie Cheng!"

Yan Bugu put down his chopsticks and went out.

I saw Yan Jiecheng sitting at the Chuihua Gate, looking up at the stars in the sky.

"Solved!" Yan Bugui shouted.

"Dad, why did you come out?" Yan Jiecheng asked curiously.

"I came out when I was full." Yan Bugui answered casually, looking at Yan Jiecheng's lost expression.

"Why, seeing Cui Yuan's promotion makes you feel disappointed, and you feel uncomfortable?"

Yan Jiecheng shook his head: "No!" Although he said that, a look of loss appeared on his face.

"Jie Cheng, do you regret it? If you had asked Li Kailang to work in the steel rolling mill, you could have become a regular employee today." Yan Bugui said again.

Yan Jiecheng thought for a moment and said, "Regret? I don't know."

Yan Jiecheng's heart was full of contradictions and confusion.

Seeing Cui Yuan become a regular employee, Yan Jiecheng did feel a little regretful.

If he had listened to Li Kailang's advice and worked as a loader in the unloading department, perhaps he could have been converted to a regular employee today.

But he didn't completely regret it, because although doing odd jobs in the street office was hard, at least he didn't have to drag his tired body home every day like Cui Yuan.

He doesn't have to work early or late, and his life is much more comfortable than Cui Yuan's.

Various reasons intertwined together made him wonder whether he would regret it or not.

Yan Jiecheng suddenly had a dream and said, "Dad, tell me, if I look for Li Kailang again, is it possible to change my job?"

He longed to be able to escape from this hard work and live a better life.

Yan Bugui looked at Yan Jiecheng's expectant eyes and knew in his heart that this was simply impossible.

But he couldn't refuse Yan Jiecheng, for fear of hurting his feelings again.

"Let me ask for you!"

Although Yan Bugui knew that there was no hope for this matter, he still tried his best for Yan Jiecheng.

"Dong Dong~"

"coming!"

"Squeak-"

"Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Li Kailang looked at Yan Bugui standing outside the door. It was the first time for him to visit him so late at night.

"Xiao Li, I hope I didn't disturb you?" Yan Bugui asked politely.

"No, what's the matter, Third Uncle?" Li Kailang asked.

The two of them exchanged some polite small talk, and Yan Bugui got straight to the point.

"Xiao Li, did you know about Cui Yuan's promotion?"

"Cui Yuan? Regularized?" Li Kailang was stunned for a moment. He didn't know the news that Cui Yuan was regularized.

Then, he immediately came to his senses and said with emotion:

"I didn't expect that Brother Cui has been working in the steel mill for almost half a year without realizing it. It is indeed time for him to become a regular employee."

"Xiao Li, haven't you heard about Cui Yuan's promotion to a regular employee?" Yan Bugui couldn't help but ask.

"Yeah, I just found out." Li Kailang didn't dwell on this issue too much.

"Uncle, just tell me what you want to say, don't beat around the bush."

Hearing this, Yan Bugui got straight to the point: "Xiao Li, you also know the situation of my Jie Cheng."

"Cui Yuan has been promoted to a regular employee. He also wants to find a formal job. I want to ask you if it is possible to let him work in the steel mill as well?"

"Xie Cheng wants to work in a steel rolling mill, but he doesn't want to do heavy work like Cui Yuan. Do you think you can arrange an easier job for him?" Yan Bugui added.

Li Kailang understood Yan Bugui's intention as soon as he heard it.

He turned his head and looked at Yan Jiecheng, who was concentrating on their conversation not far away. He had already made a decision in his mind.

Li Kailang shook his head: "Uncle, it's not that I don't want to help Jie Cheng, it's just that my ability is limited. To be honest, there are only a few jobs that can be found in the steel mill."

"If there were any easy positions, they would have been taken by the leaders long ago. The remaining positions are more or less hard, so there's no way I would get a turn. Don't you think so, Uncle Third?"

"Yes Yes."

Yan Bugui heard the rejection in Li Kailang's words, but he did not give up:

"Xiao Li, I know your difficulties. But Jie Cheng really wants to have a job. Can you think of another way?"

Li Kailang still shook his head and refused: "Uncle San, I still say the same thing as last time, there are only a few positions, if Jie Cheng doesn't want to do it, then forget it."

"If Jie Cheng wants to work in a steel mill, he must be prepared to endure hardships and work hard."

"You can't just come in and get an easy job just because you see Cui Ge got a permanent job. Doesn't he see that Cui Yuan also worked hard for half a year before getting a permanent job?"

"Even if Jie Cheng doesn't know the principle of getting something for nothing, how could Third Master not know it?"

Yan Bugui is already old, and he feels a little embarrassed to be taught by Li Kailang like a student.

But for Yan Jiecheng's future, he had to listen.

"Xiao Li, you are right. I understand the reasoning. I just think that he is still young and I want to find him a relatively easy job. Is that really not possible?"

Li Kailang shook his head and said firmly: "Uncle San, I understand your feelings. But this is how work in a steel mill is. There is no ease at all."

"The solution is that if you don't want to do hard work, don't even consider the steel mill."

"Uncle, don't ask me about this kind of thing again!"

After saying that, "Bang!" Li Kailang closed the door directly.

Li Kailang did this in order to put an end to the unrealistic ambitions of Yan Jiecheng and Yan Bugui.

After all, everyone understood the truth, and Li Kailang didn't want to say too much, so as not to affect their relationship.

Seeing Li Kailang slam the door without any courtesy, Yan Jiecheng hunched over as if he was deflated.

Yan Bugui came to Yan Jiecheng and said, "Don't worry about it. I've asked around and there's no such easy job."

"If you want to become a regular employee like Cui Yuan, you either have to work hard or don't go."

Yan Bugu put the choice in front of Yan Jiecheng, looked at him motionlessly, and said no more. Leaving enough space for Yan Jiecheng to think, he went home.

It seems that there are two choices, but in fact there is only one. Yan Jiecheng thought about it, sighed, and went home.

"It's better to just do odd jobs."

Li Kailang listened to the noise outside the door, and when he heard Yan Jiecheng's words, he didn't care.

After washing up, he lay down on the bed and went to sleep.

Night. Eleven or twelve o'clock.

Li Kailang slowly woke up from his sleep, washed his face, put on his nightgown and left the courtyard.

I quickly went to the black market, paid the entrance fee, and found Lao Zhang.

"Comrade, let's talk somewhere else!" Old Zhang saw Li Kailang and spoke before Li Kailang could speak.

After trading several times, he was familiar with the figure.

Still the same place.

Without waiting for Li Kailang to speak, Lao Zhang said, "Comrade Lin, as agreed last time, I got you the sniper rifle, but I can't get you this mortar."

Li Kailang nodded. He didn’t think he could get two at once, so one would be enough.

"It's okay, a sniper rifle will do, and the mortar will take its time, there's no rush!" Li Kailang nodded, not feeling disappointed.

"Okay, do you need the gun urgently? If you do, I'll get it for you now." Lao Zhang said.

"Bring it here first, let me take a look."

"Wait a moment, I'll get it."

"Ah."

Lao Zhang turned and went to the corner behind him, where his companion was holding a Mosin-Nagant rifle (sniper model).

"So, he agreed?" asked the companion.

"Well, he wants a gun now." Lao Zhang replied.

"Okay, give the gun to Lao Zhang." said the boss.

Hearing this, he handed the gun to Lao Zhang. Holding the sniper rifle, Lao Zhang came to Li Kailang again.

"Comrade Lin, do you want to have a check-up?" asked Lao Zhang.

"Of course I do!" Li Kailang took the Mosin-Nagant rifle (sniper rifle) and checked it carefully.

The gun looks new and has obviously been well maintained.

The gun barrel, magazine and other parts also looked new, but Li Kailang still found some problems.

This gun has been well maintained and looks new, but it is not a brand new gun.

Li Kailang looked at Lao Zhang meaningfully. It was obvious that they didn't trust him and didn't give him a new or better gun.

"The gun is good. Although it is not the best, it is enough." Li Kailang said with a smile.

Lao Zhang did not respond to Li Kailang's words. He did not feel embarrassed and looked at Li Kailang calmly.

"By the way, where is the scope? We agreed on it last time." Li Kailang reminded again.

"Here is the scope!" Old Zhang then took out the scope from his pocket and handed it to Li Kailang.

Through his knowledge of firearms, Li Kailang knew that this was a PU scope.

The PU scope is very sturdy, with a magnification of 3.5 times, a length of 169mm, a weight of 270g, and a simple European three-column scale. The scope body is treated with a silver-white rust-proof treatment.

The parallax is very small and the scale is from 100 to 1 meters.

It was during the honeymoon period between China and the Soviet Union in the 50s that our army obtained the blueprints and began to imitate them.

This PU scope is also suitable for a variety of heavy weapons.

Li Kailang installed the scope and aimed his gun at the distance.

But it was too dark and I couldn't see anything.

Li Kailang put down his gun, looked at Lao Zhang and said, "Okay, it's good. How much is it?"

"200 yuan in total!" said Lao Zhang.

"So expensive?" Li Kailang was a little surprised.

Lao Zhang explained: "The guns alone are not that expensive, but you need scopes, which are hard to get. There are only so many of them, so they are naturally expensive."

"You are lucky. I found this scope and hid it in advance. If you had asked for it a day later, it would have been gone."

Li Kailang guessed that Lao Zhang was lying, but she didn't care.

"Okay, okay, 200 is 200!"

Li Kailang still had more than 4000 yuan on him, so he took out 20 big black tens from the ring and handed them to Lao Zhang.

After checking, Lao Zhang confirmed that it was correct.

"Where are the bullets? Just give us the gun but not the bullets?" Li Kailang suddenly asked.

"Hey, I almost forgot!" Lao Zhang handed over a bag containing 7.62 rounds of 54×20mmR caliber bullets.

It's exactly a 4-barrel magazine.

"By the way, do you want any more bullets?" Lao Zhang asked.

"Just like last time, bring more bullets." Li Kailang replied.

"Okay!" Lao Zhang said happily.

Just like last time, there are 100 rounds of bullets for each pistol and 200 rounds for the submachine gun, for a total of 400 rounds.

He took out another 50 rounds of sniper bullets.

"By the way, this sniper rifle bullet is specially made and costs 3 cents each."

"No problem." Li Kailang took out 95 yuan and handed it to Lao Zhang.

The two paid with one hand and delivered the goods with the other.

Lao Zhang smiled and said, "It's so refreshing to do business with Comrade Lin!"

The two smiled at each other, and Li Kailang was equally happy.

"By the way, do you have a silenced gun or a silencer?" Li Kailang suddenly asked.

Old Zhang frowned and looked at Li Kailang warily: "What do you want this for?"

He just bought a sniper rifle and now he wants to buy a silencer. It is hard not to doubt Li Kailang's motives.

Li Kailang smiled slightly, as if he saw through Lao Zhang's doubts: "Look at you, what are you afraid of? I bought it for self-defense."

"I'm out and about, and I have to walk at night. I'm afraid I'll run into someone at night, so having a silenced gun will help me protect myself and avoid exposing my location."

Li Kailang's explanation seemed reasonable, but Lao Zhang still felt something was wrong.

In fact, Li Kailang’s demand for a silencer gun was not groundless.

In the last conflict with Tian Zhiwei, he deeply experienced the disadvantages of not having a silenced gun.

That time, Li Kailang was worried that he would be exposed if he fired a gun, so he chose to use a knife. As a result, things became complicated and he did not have time to plunder Tian Zhiwei's property.

I was almost shot. If I had a gun at that time, perhaps there wouldn't be so much trouble.

Seeing Lao Zhang's distrustful look, Li Kailang explained:
"Think about it yourself. After I bought the gun and bullets from you, has anyone been injured or killed by shooting?"

Lao Zhang lowered his head and thought for a while, and indeed he could not think of any injuries or deaths due to shooting.

Except for the enemy spy Tian Zhiwei, but he is not included.

This gave him some trust in Li Kailang's words.

"Forget it, I don't care what you want. I have a silencer gun. I'll bring it to you next time!"

Lao Zhang sighed and thought that since they had traded so many times and Li Kailang was still a big client, the opportunity to make money could not be missed.

Every time we make money from him, everyone makes money, and a lot of it.

"Okay, I'll wait for your news."

After the deal was done, Li Kailang left with satisfaction.

Lao Zhang returned to his companions and told them that Li Kailang wanted to buy a silencer gun.

"What do you think about this?"

"What else can I do? Sell it! Just do as he said. He bought it for self-defense."

"Just based on what he said, you believe he bought it for self-defense?" his companion retorted.

"What else can we do? You don't want to lose this important customer, do you?" said the companion who spoke first.

He directly used his ultimate weapon without arguing with his companions. After all, he didn't want to go against the money.

Every transaction with Li Kailang can bring them considerable profits.

Everyone fell into a brief silence, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

The boss suddenly said, "Okay, stop arguing!"

"Lao Zhang, next time you trade with him, give him a silencer gun. Just like he said, it's for self-defense. We don't care about that."

Lao Zhang wanted to say something, but the boss said, "This man should be the one who killed the enemy Tetian Zhiwei. He should not be an enemy."

Hearing this, everyone instantly understood what the boss meant.

Li Kailang came that day, and Tian Zhiwei died that day, which made it hard for them not to suspect that it was Li Kailang who did it.

Li Kailang is most likely the hero who killed enemy spy Tian Zhiwei, rather than a potential enemy.

But they didn't know Li Kailang, and they didn't want to lose Li Kailang as a big customer. Besides, Li Kailang was doing good things.

They didn't think of reporting him.

"Okay, that's it," the boss decided.

(End of this chapter)