An army-green Jeep stopped in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative's courtyard. The driver got out, followed by Director Qian from the front passenger seat.
Li Long remembered Director Qian, but the driver had changed. This one still looked like he had come out of the military, but he wasn't the man from last time.
Li Long had more or less forgotten the previous driver's name, but his face had been a different shape. This one seemed younger.
"Hello, Director Qian." Director Wei offered his hand first and said with a smile, "Welcome to our cooperative to inspect and guide our work."
"Please don't put it that way." Director Qian hastily waved a hand. "I'm here in a private capacity, just for some fun. Don't give me the official talk, and I won't bring up rank."
"Of course, of course." Director Wei had really only come to show his face. Li Xiangqian had already reported why Director Qian was coming. Once he had greeted him, he returned to his own office.
Director Qian really was eager to hunt. After greeting Li Xiangqian and Li Long, he went to Li Xiangqian's office for some hot tea. He had been seated for less than ten minutes before he was ready to leave.
He didn't ask Li Long for specifics about the hunting. Instead, he talked about what had happened after he returned last year.
"After I went back last year, I actually used those Mongolian gazelle horns later on, and they really worked. To be honest, even I hadn't expected that.
"Once that happened, word got around, and someone asked me for the pair of gazelle horns I had.
"This year, I'd been thinking how difficult it would be to go hunting gazelles in the mountains. Then you brought this up, Xiao Li,