sinovels Chapter 1440 Zhang Yuanmin scolds Wang Meilan
Chapter 1440 Zhang Yuanmin scolds Wang Meilan
Chapter 1440 Zhang Yuanmin scolds Wang Meilan
The east room of the Zhao family.
Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Youcai, put her hands into the left and right pockets of her cotton jacket, and took out the money she had prepared for Li Tongyun and Li Ruhai.
"Yes." Wang Meilan threw the money next to Zhao Youcai's pillow and said, "These are all for you."
Zhao Youcai scratched it, looked up at Wang Meilan, and said, "Who are you humiliating?"
"What are you talking about?" Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Youcai unkindly, and heard Zhao Youcai say, "I get over a hundred bucks a month at work, and you're just giving me these two bucks?"
"Then I didn't delay the company from giving you the money." Wang Meilan picked up the seventy yuan that Zhao Youcai had rejected and said, "The company gave you one copy, and your family also gave you one copy. How great is that?"
As she spoke, Wang Meilan unfolded the folded big unity note and continued, "Besides, this is for half a month. For the remaining half a month, I'll give you another 70 yuan. Isn't this more than what the company gives you?"
Zhao Youcai squinted his eyes when he heard this and asked, "How much did you pay Ruhai?"
"I gave the child 50 yuan, but he refused." Wang Meilan said so. Zhao Youcai asked in surprise, "Why didn't he refuse?"
Hearing Zhao Youcai's question, Wang Meilan smiled and said, "The kid said he didn't do it for the money."
Zhao Youcai twitched his lips and asked again, "What about the daughter of the sixth elder brother?"
"I gave my daughter 20 yuan, but she refused to take it." Wang Meilan said, rolling her eyes at Zhao Youcai and said, "My daughter said, we are all family, why should she ask for more money?"
After saying this, Wang Meilan held up the seven big unity notes and said to Zhao Youcai, who was blinking his eyes, "Dad, take this money first. I'll give you another 70 yuan in two days."
Zhao Youcai glanced at the money and said, "I don't want it either."
How can he have the nerve to accept it when the younger generation doesn’t want it?
"Anything else, anything else." Wang Meilan pulled up the corner of Zhao Youcai's pillow with one hand and pretended to stuff the money under the pillow with the other hand: "Take it. You've been exhausted all day."
After saying this, Wang Meilan added another sarcastic remark, "When you're tired, you still get mad at us."
"Don't do that to us." Zhao Youcai pushed Wang Meilan's hand away, saying, "I'm angry because of your attitude towards me."
"Ah?" Wang Meilan was startled and asked in surprise, "How did my mother and I offend you?"
"That little calf..." Zhao Youcai had just started talking when he was slapped by Wang Meilan.
"Can you please be more careful with your words!" Wang Meilan said unhappily, "That's your son, he's a little calf, then what are you? From now on I'll call you an old calf."
Zhao Youcai pursed his lips and decisively chose to admit defeat. Then he continued the previous topic and pointed at the door and said, "That kid was taken away by them, so I was left to look after the house."
"Tsk! Look..." Wang Meilan frowned and looked at Zhao Youcai, saying, "Can this family do without you?"
"I..." Zhao Youcai was about to speak when Wang Meilan gently pushed his shoulder and said, "Dad, we can do without anyone at home now, except you. You are the head of our family, you are the pillar of our family."
"I..." Zhao Youcai wanted to say something, but he was not as quick as Wang Meilan, and then he heard Wang Meilan say: "Baoyu has spoken, you have to stay at home and take charge. Without you in charge, the family will be in chaos, right?"
After saying this, Wang Meilan patted Zhao Youcai on the shoulder again and said, "Go to bed quickly. Didn't your son tell you? You have to feed the dog when you get up early tomorrow."
As she said this, Wang Meilan put the seventy yuan back into her pocket.
Things are different now. In the past, when Zhao Youcai acted like a troublemaker, Wang Meilan would just deal with him directly.
But now, Zhao Youcai entertains guests at home every day, collects skins and bear bile, and cooks a meal for everyone every now and then.
For a man like Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan could only coax him to come.
Zhao Youcai was not stupid, he knew that Wang Meilan's attacks were all sugar-coated bullets. But before he could react, the sugar-coated bullets had already destroyed his resistance.
Zhao Youcai didn't know what to say, so he just turned away angrily.
……
The next morning, when Wang Meilan got up to make dumplings, dog food was bubbling in the big pot next to her, and Zhao Youcai had already gone out with a small basin to exchange for the large tofu.
When Zhao Youcai came back, he took a big spoon and put the dog food in a bowl, then took the bowl out to feed the dog.
At this time, Zhao Jun and Xing San had already gotten up.
The old man was used to getting up early in the mountains, and he woke up at about three in the morning. After waking up, Xing San lay on the kang without moving, fearing that he would wake up Zhao Jun.
After Zhao Jun woke up, Xing Sancai got up with Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun was folding quilts in the house, while Xing San put on his clothes and went out to fetch firewood.
After a night, the temperature of the kang had almost dissipated. Xing San carried the firewood into the house, stuffed it into the kang hole, lit the kang to warm it up, and soon the room became warm too.
The only downside to heating a kang is that it is dirty and dusty, and you have to clean it frequently throughout the day.
But it will be fine once the Zhao family moves to the new house. The kang in Zhao Jun's new house is located at the base of the wall outside the house. That way, when they want to burn the kang in the future, they won't need to carry firewood into the house.
After Zhao Jun folded the quilt and Xing San finished heating the kang, they went to the outer room to wash up. Then Wang Meilan asked Zhao Jun, "Son, we still have those old treasures in the mountains. What should we do with them?"
"Mom, wait a few more days." Zhao Jun said, "After the Little New Year, when the households have come down the mountain, we will go up again."
The mountain field provided by Zhao Youcai, where golden grapes and golden watermelons are hidden, has been harvested on the top and back.
Now if Zhao Jun leads people up to look for treasures, they will be easily watched. So Zhao Jun thought that after the Little New Year, when all the workers have gone home to celebrate the New Year, the various mills should also stop working.
When that time comes, he will take people up the mountain to look for treasure.
"Okay, son, you can do whatever you want." After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Meilan agreed with it.
According to the old rules, when Zhao Jun went out today, Wang Meilan made dumplings for him.
Today’s dumplings are stuffed with sauerkraut and wild boar meat.
The wild boar was hunted by Wang Qiang, and the sauerkraut was pickled by Wang Qiang’s family.
At the end of October, the Zhao and Li families each pickled 500 kilograms of sauerkraut, but before the Chinese New Year, all the sauerkraut had been eaten up.
After the Zhao army had eaten and drunk their fill, they packed up and prepared to set off.
Zhao Jun expected to be back in three or two days, so he didn't need to bring any spare clothes. He only needed to bring things he could use on the mountain.
Semi-automatic guns and bullets, that's all. Zhao Jun brought two pairs of leggings. He also brought a white coat, just in case it might be needed.
In addition, there are anti-inflammatory, hemostatic and analgesic drugs for hunting dogs, as well as large needles, hemp thread and gauze for suturing and bandaging wounds.
When Zhao Jun was packing up, he heard two dogs barking outside the house.
At this time, it was still dark outside, and normally, one couldn't see clearly when looking out the window.
But when Zhao Jun looked out the window, he saw three blurry figures, two large and one small, and he immediately concluded, "Zhang Yuanmin is here!"
The basis for his judgment was simple: one of the two adults was taller than the other.
Sure enough, as the door of the outer room opened, the voice of Wang Meilan greeting Zhang Yuanmin's family was heard.
When the family of three came to the west room, they saw Zhang Yuanmin dressed upright. The dog-skin hat on his head, the cotton-padded jacket on his upper body, the washed cloth trousers on his lower body, the cotton-padded shoes on his feet, and the hand muff around his neck were all new.
"Yuanmin, what are you doing?" Zhao Youcai joked with Zhang Yuanmin, "You're dressed like your date."
"Haha..." Zhang Yuanmin smiled and said, "Uncle, I haven't been out for a long time, haha."
After hearing what Zhang Yuanmin said, Zhao Youcai couldn't laugh anymore.
"Brother." Zhao Jun heard this and said to Zhang Yuanmin, "You have been staying at home for a long time. You can't be too cheerful when you go out."
As soon as Zhao Jun said this, Zhang Yuanmin was punched on the shoulder by Yang Yufeng, and then he heard Yang Yufeng say, "Hurry up and show your attitude to our brothers!"
"Brother!" Zhang Yuanmin was straightforward. He immediately puffed out his chest and said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, I will lead you this time!"
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned. He didn't understand what Zhang Yuanmin said at all.
"Bang!" At this moment, Xing San threw the teacup onto the table, pointed at Zhang Yuanmin and shouted, "Who the hell are you scolding?"
"Ah?" Zhang Yuanmin was a little confused, and Zhao Youcai pointed at Zhang Yuanmin and said, "What are you talking about?"
Zhang Yuanmin speaks with a northeastern accent, and when he says “唯你马头” it sounds like “唯你麻头”.
At this time, Wang Meilan, who was dressing Zhao Na in the east room, heard something wrong and hurried out. Yang Yufeng, who was standing next to Zhang Yuanmin, was completely stunned.
At this critical moment, Xiao Lingdang stepped forward, stood in front of Zhang Yuanmin, and shouted to Zhao Youcai and Xing San: "Grandpa Zhao, Third Grandpa, you misunderstood."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Yang Yufeng said this, and at the same time she punched Zhang Yuanmin on the arm. She also felt that what Zhang Yuanmin said just now was not a good thing.
But Yang Yufeng took action under Zhang Yuanmin's feet.
Zhang Yuanmin, who had reacted, explained in a wronged and somewhat flustered manner, "Uncle, brother, third uncle, I am not cursing you, I am not cursing you!"
"Then what did you say?" Xing San's eyes were full of hostility. Zhang Yuanmin quickly shook his hands and said, "What I mean is that I will listen to my brother in everything."
"Then what did you say about his fucking head?" Xing San asked again, and Zhang Yuanmin couldn't explain it clearly. After all, if he was really capable, he wouldn't have caused such a misunderstanding.
At critical moments, it still depends on the little bell.
The little girl said to Xing San: "Third Grandpa, my father said that we should follow the leader's lead."
"What the hell?" Xing San was startled. The Zhao family father and son looked at each other in bewilderment. At this time, Wang Meilan squeezed in from beside Yang Yufeng and asked, "What are you arguing about?"
Xiao Lingdang glanced at Wang Meilan, then turned to Zhao Jun and said, "Uncle, my dad wanted to say that you are the one who should be followed. The horse's head is the horse's head. He didn't make it clear."
Zhao Jun heard this and the corner of his mouth twitched. He looked at the panicked Zhang Yuanmin and said, "Brother, what are you doing with that phrase every day? You still don't understand it after you finish it."
At this time, Zhao Jun had another sentence in his mind, which was: It would be nice if you were like me, uneducated and could just keep quiet.
"I said you were talking nonsense." Zhang Yuanmin raised his hand to take off his dog-skin hat, and wiped the sweat oozing from his hairline with his other hand. He was sweating because of the fright he had just had.
"What a day!" Yang Yufeng scolded Zhang Yuanmin again, and then reminded him: "Go, you have to listen to me. You have a good brain, so you can help me come up with some moves and beat that leopard down."
"I know, my dear." Zhang Yuanmin said, "Just look at me."
As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said this, Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai, Yang Yufeng, and Xiao Lingdang said in unison: "Don't say that!"
Wang Meilan was amused by the tacit understanding among the four people. Xing San didn't quite understand the reason and the old man was confused.
Zhang Yuanmin's face fell and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, no words came out.
At this time, the four members of the Li family climbed over the wall from next door.
Seeing Li Dayong, Jin Xiaomei, Li Baoyu and Li Xiaoqiao enter the room, Wang Meilan asked Jin Xiaomei in confusion, "Sister-in-law, where is Ruhai?"
It would be very useful for Zhao Jun to bring Li Ruhai with him on this trip.
When Wang Meilan asked about Li Ruhai, Jin Xiaomei curled her lips and said, "He was well dressed and couldn't climb over the wall, so he went through the main gate by himself."
Just as Jin Xiaomei finished her words, Li Ruhai came in, wearing a Zhongshan suit, a marmot hat, and large leather shoes with military hooks.
Li Baoyu rolled his eyes at Li Ruhai, still feeling upset about being poached by Li Ruhai yesterday.
"Ruhai, are you wearing this?" Wang Meilan asked. Li Ruhai smiled and said, "Yes, ma'am, doesn't this show the strength of our Chamber of Commerce? Haha..."
At this point, Li Ruhai laughed and said, "Clothes make the man, saddles make the horse, one looks at the appearance and the other at the clothes."
"Oh my!" Wang Meilan laughed, "Our little Ru Hai is really good at eating!"
Li Ruhai's recent contribution to the Chamber of Commerce has long made up for the mistake he made when he competed with Wang Meilan for the position of Women's Director.
"Hehe..." Li Ruhai smiled and said, "Auntie, it would be even better if you could lend me that briefcase for a few days."
"You wait." Upon hearing this, Wang Meilan waved her hand generously and said, "Auntie will get it for you."
"Sister-in-law!" Li Dayong saw this and hurriedly called Wang Meilan, "Don't spoil him so much."
"Oh my!" Wang Meilan said, "What's wrong with a bag? If the child likes it, just give it to him."
Not long after Wang Meilan finished speaking, she came out with a briefcase and a flour bag.
"Ruhai." Wang Meilan handed the briefcase to Li Ruhai, then threw the bag of flour in front of Zhao Jun and said, "Son, this is the 50,000 yuan that Yongxing should have. We have to buy them a pig after that, right?"
Previously, when Zhao Junguan helped Yongxing Brigade borrow money, he promised Yu Xuewen to buy a pig for Yongxing Brigade as interest on the loan.
That pig must be a domestic pig, not a wild boar. If it was a wild boar, the Yongxing Brigade would have its own hunting team, so there would be no need for Zhao Jun.
"Yes, Mom." Zhao Jun said, "You still have to give us money. I will go to Little Redwood and collect bear skins and bear gallbladders."
"Sister-in-law, you have to give the kid more money." At this time, Xing San interrupted and said, "There is no big hunting in their place. They all hunt big skins and greyhounds."
The old man has been in the mountains for so many years, and even though he has never been to the Little Redwood Forest Farm, he has heard about it from others.
"Okay." Wang Meilan responded and turned back to the east room. Soon, she came back with five newspaper bags.
This was what she and her team packed yesterday. Each newspaper package contained ten stacks of Great Unity banknotes, which is 10,000 yuan.
Wang Meilan put 50,000 yuan on the table on the kang. Zhao Jun waved his hand. Li Baoyu and Zhang Yuanmin stepped forward, each took a bag of money and stuffed it into their pockets.
"This... another 100,000 yuan was taken away. This..." Yang Yufeng said worriedly, "If this continues, we will be out of money before the New Year."
Yang Yufeng's worry was not without reason. The more than 180,000 yuan she had taken back the day before yesterday was suddenly reduced by 100,000 yuan.
"It's okay, sister-in-law." Zhao Jun said, "Let's deal with it before the New Year, and we'll go to Hebei after the eighth day of the New Year."
As Zhao Jun finished speaking, Wang Meilan took out a stack of big unity from her pocket and handed it to Zhao Jun, saying, "Son, this is three hundred yuan. It's no problem to catch a 400-pound pig. You can give it all to their team."
These days, it is difficult to raise a domestic pig that weighs more than 400 kilograms.
But you can't be stingy when doing things with others. If they lend you money to help you get through a difficult time, Wang Meilan was willing to give the Yongxing Brigade a few dozen more yuan.
When Zhao Jun took the money, he heard Li Ruhai ask Wang Meilan: "Auntie, are we going to buy a pig for the New Year?"
Yesterday, when Wang Meilan led the women to pack money, she was very happy seeing so much money. She discussed with everyone that during this year's New Year, the Chamber of Commerce should pay for buying a few pigs to eat.
It’s free to eat wild boars in the mountains, but at this time, the fat of the wild boars has been almost consumed, and wild boars that are too thin are not delicious.
Everyone was happy because they made money, so they passed Wang Meilan's proposal unanimously.
"No." But at this time, Wang Meilan shook her head and said to Zhao Jun: "Son, hurry up and come back quickly. When you come back, go to the mountains to catch pigs and hunt roe deer!"
(End of this chapter)