sinovels Chapter 1373: Burning Newspapers at the Grave to Fooling Ghosts
Chapter 1373: Burning Newspapers at the Grave to Fooling Ghosts
Chapter 1373: Burning Newspapers at the Grave to Fooling Ghosts
"Waiter, when you eat at someone's table, do you give any gifts?" This was asked by Xie Sun to Xie Chen.
Although Xie Sun had many problems, she never ate other people's food for free. So after coming to the Zhao family, she was reborn and changed dramatically.
"Ru Hai said so." Xie Chen smiled and said, "He said just one portion, and we can just eat it."
"Oh my god!" Upon hearing this, Xie Sun strode to Xie Chen, hit him with a stick, and made him stagger. She said, "You are already an adult, and you let a child lead you to a banquet."
These days there are adults who take their children with them, but there are no children who take their adults with them.
"Okay, Sister Sun." Jin Xiaomei and Zhao Ling, who were nearby, hurriedly pulled Mrs. Sun Xie, and then heard Xie Chen's defense: "No one knows me, so there's nothing to be afraid of."
"What are you afraid of?" Xie Sun wanted to rush over and hit Xie Chen with the stick again, but was held back by Jin Xiaomei and Zhao Ling. Xie Sun then angrily said to Xie Chen, "We are going to take root in this village soon. No one knows you now. Will no one know you in the future?"
Xie Sun really thinks a lot. Perhaps this is what is meant by "Parents plan far-sightedly for their children."
After hearing what Xie Sun said, Xie Chen remained silent.
At this time, Li Ruhai came out to smooth things over and said, "It's okay. My little brother just sat there. Who knows if he gave any gifts?"
As soon as Li Ruhai said this, Xie Sun suddenly quieted down, and Xie Chen gave Li Ruhai a grateful look.
"Hey?" Li Baoyu looked at his brother with admiration, then asked, "How much money did you bring?"
Li Ruhai raised his hand and slapped him, saying with a smile, "Five dollars!"
As soon as Li Ruhai finished speaking, he was hit by Jin Xiaomei.
"You prodigal child!" Jin Xiaomei pointed at Li Ruhai and shouted, "How old are you? You deserve such a big gift."
"Aunt, well..." Xie Chen, who was just saved by Li Ruhai, stopped Jin Xiaomei to return the favor and said, "I'll give this money to Ruhai later."
As he spoke, Xie Chen touched his trouser pocket and said, "I changed my trousers today, and I don't have any money in my pocket. Otherwise, I would give it to him."
"No, Xiaochen." Jin Xiaomei said hurriedly, "Auntie didn't mean that. I meant that this child is too willing to spend money. Two dollars is enough for the two of you to sit at the table."
What Jin Xiaomei said was true. How much does a table cost? And she was really saying that Li Ruhai was just like what she said. This kid was too daring to spend money.
This is not an exaggeration. Five yuan is a lot of money these days. Ma Yang, who is the same age as Li Ruhai, has to save up and scrape together money to buy a hairpin worth 65 cents. Li Ruhai is so young, but he dares to spend money like this. What will happen to him in the future?
"My brother is planning to take me to the banquet, but he's afraid people will blame him if he doesn't bring enough." Jie Chen was still defending Li Ruhai. When he spoke, Jin Xiaomei couldn't say anything.
"Hey?" At this time, Zhao Jun helped to change the subject and asked Li Ruhai: "Ruhai, who does Fuqiang work for?"
"Brother, I want to tell you something." Li Ruhai said to Zhao Jun, "It's about that old Kong you sent back that day."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was shocked when he heard this and said, "The old man is dead? No way? He just sprained his ankle, right?"
"No, no!" Li Ruhai waved his hands repeatedly and said, "It was his son who was killing Di Cangzi and was kicked by Xiong Ba."
"Ah? Ah..." Zhao Jun was stunned. From Li Ruhai's words, he got some clues and connected Deng Zhaoshan's death with a series of events such as Li Baoyu capturing the bear.
"How come you still know him?" Li Baoyu asked Li Ruhai curiously.
"His wife and I are all fine." Li Ruhai's answer made everyone laugh and cry. Fortunately, the child is still young. If he were two years older and said this, people would think he was a hooligan.
At this time, Li Ruhai said, "We also know his brother-in-law's wife. That's it..."
At this point, Li Ruhai raised his hand and gestured out the window, saying, "My grandfather was killed by the old cow of Zhang Dashetou's family. I went to Futai to help buy a cow. It was the brother-in-law of the deceased Kong Xiangdong, and Sun Fugui helped us to build it."
The child's story was very concise. Futai Village was the home of Sun Xingwang, the original owner of Qing Lao Hu. Most people in the village were surnamed Sun. It was not surprising that Sun Fugui had relatives in that village.
"Don't you know how they killed Tulu?" Zhao Jun asked about the cause of Kong Xiangdong's death. Li Ruhai told Zhao Jun the whole process he heard from Sun Fugui.
After Li Ruhai finished speaking, Wang Qiang looked at Li Baoyu and said, "Baoyu, the little blind bear you caught was probably killed by them."
Li Baoyu glanced at Zhao Jun and saw him nodding. Then he said to Wang Qiang, "Uncle, it's not just Kong Xiangdong who is dying now."
"Ah?" Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Li Baoyu in surprise.
Li Baoyu told everyone what he and Zhao Jun saw when they went up the mountain today, as well as their speculations, and everyone sighed.
Li Tongyun blinked her big eyes and pricked up her ears to listen to the excitement, not even paying attention to the children around her.
The girl feels so lucky to come to Yongantun. She eats and drinks well here, and has a group of people to accompany her when her parents go to work. There is something to do every day, and it is not lacking in excitement.
The key point is that my house is close to a big tree in this forest area, so even if I get beaten up, no one will come to my house.
……
When Zhao Youcai and others got home from get off work, the steaming beef dumplings were already out of the pot.
As soon as Zhao Youcai entered the room and smelled the beef, he frowned immediately.
I went to the west room and sat on the kang. Food was served on the table one after another.
Today's main course is dumplings, accompanied by four side dishes: fried dried fish, fried shrimp chips, fried peanuts, and dried radish dipping sauce.
Dumplings go well with wine, and the more you eat, the more you want. There are also side dishes to go with the wine, and the men are drinking enthusiastically.
Only Zhao Jun just kept eating.
The big steamed dumplings are stuffed with beef and radish, with more beef and less radish. When you bite open the chewy dumpling skin, the meat and egg stuffing inside is revealed.
When Wang Meilan was making the stuffing, she stirred a lot of broth into the meat. After steaming, the stuffing was gathered into meat eggs, and the broth filled the space between the skin and the meat.
Don't be impatient at this time. The consequence of being impatient is either the soup will flow into the dipping sauce or it will burn your teeth.
Wait for the heat in the skin to dissipate, and then suck up the soup, which is fresh and fragrant. Then dip the dumplings without soup into the bowl, dip them in chili oil and vinegar, and take a bite. The aroma of wheat, meat and fried chili will stimulate your taste buds.
At this time, under the instruction of Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong asked Zhao Jun: "Xiaojun, have you solved the problem in the mountains today?"
Li Dayong asked a question, and Zhao Jun just responded. Then Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai took over. The Li brothers spoke in turn, describing the whole process of the brown bear harming people clearly and plainly.
After hearing what happened, Zhao Youcai winked at Li Dayong, who then asked Zhao Jun, "Jun, when did you go to fight that Xiong Ba?"
"Uncle." Zhao Jun smiled bitterly, "I didn't think of hitting it."
"Then why don't we beat them?" Li Dayong asked. Zhao Jun said, "It kicked people, but it didn't disrupt our winter sports production. Our superiors didn't let us go, so we can beat them or not."
At this point, Zhao Jun paused for a moment, then continued, "Today I saw it heading for Dagang. Brother Wei and the others also said that the blind bear must be looking for a warehouse and hiding there. I thought I wouldn't bother it. We have a lot of things to do at home, and we can't even handle this."
"Wouldn't it be easy to just squat in the warehouse? Take the dog there, and knock it down when it's stable." Li Dayong continued to act as Zhao Youcai's mouthpiece and asked Zhao Jun: "Jun, what are you going to do tomorrow?"
"I'll go to the city with my mom and sister tomorrow." Zhao Jun said a little embarrassedly, "Will I not be in the newspaper? I'll be out tomorrow."
"Then..." Li Dayong glanced at Zhao Youcai. Seeing Zhao Youcai winking at him, Li Dayong could only bite the bullet and ask Zhao Jun again, "Do we still need to go into the city? Won't the postman deliver newspapers to our yard in a few days?"
As he spoke, Li Dayong gestured around and said, "Each group has one. We'll divide them up when the time comes. Isn't seven or eight enough?"
"It may not be enough, haha." Zhao Jun laughed and said, "There is another one. My mother is also anxious. She said she will buy a newspaper tomorrow and go to the grave the day after tomorrow."
"Take newspapers to the grave?" Zhao Youcai couldn't help it at this moment. He personally went to the grave and said, "Wouldn't it be better to burn newspapers on the grave to fool the ghosts?"
When Zhao Youcai said this, Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang looked at him with strange eyes.
There were so many people at the table, so Wang Qiang didn't say anything, just gave Zhao Youcai a blank look.
But Zhao Jun said: "My mother said, we should burn two of them on the graves of my grandfather and grandmother, so that they can see that their eldest grandson has made great achievements."
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhao Youcai remained silent.
Zhao Jun has been very busy recently. When he has the chance, he will go treasure hunting for the golden watermelons and golden grapes left by his grandfather.
After the Chamber of Commerce's 100,000 yuan was spent and the skins and other goods were collected, Zhao Jun wanted to go to Hebei to ship the goods.
This year, February 88th, 2, is New Year's Eve. Zhao Jun wants to go and come back quickly so that he can buy New Year's goods and prepare for the New Year with peace of mind after returning from Hebei.
Therefore, the Zhao army really has no time to deal with Xiong Ba now.
But he doesn't have the time, but Zhao Youcai does.
Zhao Youcai wanted to take care of Xiong Ba and sell him to Zhao's Chamber of Commerce.
Then after the New Year, when Zhao Jun gets married and moves to their new house, they will vacate the old house and Zhao Youcai can develop his own dog gang here.
It seems that both father and son are very busy.
In the east room, the women were eating happily, but Lin Xue said a little embarrassedly: "Well... I'll cook a hot pot this Sunday, and then I'll prepare a few dishes, and we can all come to my house to eat."
According to custom, where the pot is, there is the home. Moving the pot is considered moving home.
Moving the pot to the new place, lighting the stove, roasting the pot bottom, cooking, and entertaining guests, all of this symbolizes that the family has moved into a new home.
Since Li Dazhi's family moved in last Sunday, they have had lunch and dinner at Zhao's house.
The next morning, the family of three did light a fire and cook, but there was still something missing: roasting the bottom of the pot and inviting guests.
There is no other way. The couple are very busy at work every day, and it is not in time for them to prepare food and treat guests as soon as they get home from get off work.
At this time, Lin Xue suggested treating everyone at home on Sunday, and Wang Meilan, on behalf of several families, agreed immediately.
There's nothing to be polite about; this is the custom. Several families went there to give Li Dazhi's family face.
"Aunt Zhao." At this time, Li Tongyun called Wang Meilan tentatively. When Wang Meilan looked at her, Li Tongyun said, "I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."
This girl's words made everyone laugh. Zhao Ling laughed and said, "She is really the daughter of the old Li family. She speaks in a very unique way."
"Go ahead, my girl." Wang Meilan also smiled. She was thinking about what to say. Since you said so, how can I not let you speak?
"Aunt Zhao, can you take me with you when you go to the city tomorrow?" Li Tongyun had just finished saying this when Lin Xue asked, "Where are you going?"
Li Tongyun's eyes flashed with cunning, and she said, "Mom, don't we want to have a party? We have nothing at home, so how can that be possible? I was thinking of going to the city with Aunt Zhao and buying whatever good things we see."
Under normal circumstances, Wang Meilan would have spoken up long ago, but at this moment she could see that the girl wanted to go for a stroll in the city, so she made up this excuse.
Under normal circumstances, Wang Meilan would have said, "Don't bother with that. We're not picky people. We'll just eat whatever we have," or "You don't have to buy anything. Let your brother and his family go up the mountain and get the meat."
But knowing that Li Tongyun was looking for an excuse to go into the city, Wang Meilan said nothing. What Wang Meilan could see, others could see as well. Wang Meilan didn't say anything, and neither did others.
In this case, Lin Xue couldn't say that she wouldn't let Li Tongyun go with her, because that would easily make people misunderstand that she was stingy and afraid to spend money to buy things for guests.
Of course, Lin Xue didn't want Li Tongyun to go to the city, not because she was afraid of spending money, but because she was afraid that her daughter would get into trouble.
But at this time, the women present all tacitly chose not to get involved. For them, it didn't matter what they ate on the weekend. After all, they had already eaten almost everything that was available in the city.
The key point is that this girl is now leading the children from various families to study, and the teacher is quite respected in the forest area.
Seeing that no one said anything, Lin Xue glanced at Li Tongyun helplessly, and then asked Wang Meilan, "Sister-in-law, then you take her there, it won't cause any trouble for you, right?"
"What's the trouble?" Wang Meilan smiled and waved her hand, saying, "Let's leave two of them at home to look after the house tomorrow, and if the rest don't mind the cold, we can all go."
As soon as Wang Meilan said this, the room instantly became lively.
"You guys go ahead." Zhao Ling said proactively, "Qiangzi and I will stay at home and look after the house."
After saying this, Zhao Ling said to Zhao Chun: "Chun'er, leave Zhou Tao behind. I will let my uncle take care of him for you."
Zhao Chun was very happy when he heard this. At this time, Wang Meilan picked up a dumpling for the old lady and said, "Auntie, you should go tomorrow too. My car has been repaired and it's warm now. Let's go for a walk in the city."
"I'm not going." The old lady said, "I'm an old woman at my age, what am I going to do?"
"Just take a walk." Wang Meilan said, "I'll take you to the city to eat something good, and then I'll buy you some new clothes to wear during the New Year."
"Oh, no need." The old lady took the chopsticks and pointed at the plate of dumplings in front of her, saying, "We eat very well every day, and we have new cotton-padded jackets, right?"
"Okay, auntie, just follow me tomorrow." Wang Meilan interrupted the old lady with a smile. The old lady had four or five thousand yuan in the Zhao family, including money and bear gall. Not to mention retirement, it was enough for her to spend even if she lay down.
Wang Meilan didn't plan to keep any of the money, but planned to spend it all on the old lady.
After eating and drinking their fill and cleaning up the mess, the diners who had evolved into shareholders left one after another.
Zhao Youcai took a sip of tea and spat out a piece of tea leaves with a "Puh" sound. Then he said to Zhao Jun, "Warm the quilt. The three of us will sleep in this room today."
At this time, besides the father and son, there was another person in the room, Zhou Jianjun.
"Nothing else, Dad." Zhao Jun said, "You should go back to the east room and sleep."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun raised his hand and gestured towards the kang, saying, "My sister takes the children to sleep at the head of the kang, my brother-in-law sleeps in the middle, and I sleep at the side of the kang."
"That won't do!" Zhao Youcai raised his hand and pointed at the little lynx lying on the kang under the window sill and the little black bear sitting against the wall, and said, "What if they touch my eldest grandson again?"
When Zhao Youcai pointed at it, the little lynx's head that was resting on the kang instantly raised up, and the little black bear also stood up.
Zhao Jun twitched the corner of his mouth. Those two guys were completely tamed. When he brought Zhou Tao over before dinner today, Zhou Tao pointed at the little lynx and the little black bear and screamed "Ah ah", scaring the two little guys to hide.
But Zhao Youcai said so, and Zhao Jun did not argue with him. However, Zhao Jun knew that this old guy would definitely cause trouble again.
A little later today, my cervical spondylosis came back and I felt uncomfortable.
I promised to make up for that chapter. I still have half a chapter left to write, so I have to post it at around 1:00. Brothers, you are tired, so go to bed first.
(End of this chapter)