sinovels Chapter 1455: Friendship Warms the Heart
Chapter 1455: Friendship Warms the Heart
Chapter 1455: Friendship Warms the Heart
When Zhao Jun left home, he asked Wang Meilan for 100,000 yuan, intending to buy bear skins and bear gallbladders from Yongxing Brigade and the small redwood forest farm.
In the end, he didn't spend the 50,000 yuan. The business in Yongxing was paid for by the brigade. He only spent 3,000 yuan in total on the Little Redwood Forest Farm.
By this calculation, of the 100,000 yuan I brought out, there is only 97,000 left.
With such a large sum of money left, the financial problem of the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce was alleviated, and Zhao Jun wanted to spend money again.
When Zhao Jun told Li Baoyu his idea, he immediately responded, "Then let's catch two."
Here, buying a live pig is called catching a pig.
Because when you buy pigs from a farmer, you have to catch the pigs, tie them up, and then carry them home.
As soon as Li Baoyu finished speaking, Xie Chen echoed, "Brother Jun, let's buy it."
"Brother, brother." Compared with the three young men, Zhang Yuanmin knew how to live better, and he immediately said, "Can't we go up the mountain and catch them?"
"The pigs on the mountain are too skinny." Zhao Jun said, "I thought it's New Year's Day, wouldn't it be nice to eat fat pigs?"
At this time of year, wild boars are extremely thin. The fat accumulated in the fall has been consumed, and the meat is really not tasty.
Zhang Yuanmin also knew this, but before he joined Zhao Jun, his family would be able to get two pounds of wild boar meat for the New Year, and they would have to plan how they ate it.
But after hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhang Yuanmin agreed, "Then count it as a share for my family."
What Zhang Yuanmin meant was that when seven or eight families were eating together, the Zhao family couldn’t always be the one to pay.
But at this time, Zhao Jun asked him: "Brother, can't you kill a pig?"
"Hmm?" Zhang Yuanmin was startled, and then he heard Zhao Jun continue, "Can't you treat me?"
Normally, the beginning of the twelfth lunar month is called Layuemenzi, and this is the time when people in rural areas start preparing for the New Year.
Those who needed to make dumplings were making dumplings, those who needed to make bean buns were making bean buns, and the chickens and geese that needed to be slaughtered were also slaughtered.
Another thing is to kill a pig and treat guests.
This pig is called the New Year Pig. When it is slaughtered, all relatives and friends are invited to the house to eat to their heart's content. The remaining pork is kept by the family for the New Year.
But Yong'an Village is not an ordinary rural village. It is a forestry farm family quarters. Women can make dumplings and kill chickens, but men have to stay at home to take care of butchering the New Year pig and entertaining guests.
Therefore, the slaughter of pigs for the New Year in Yong'an Village is concentrated after the Little New Year and before the New Year. At that time, the forest farm is on holiday and the men are at home.
When Zhao Jun asked him if he wanted to kill a pig for dinner, Zhang Yuanmin was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Then I'll catch one, and then we'll all have a good meal."
"Brother, that's not what I meant." Zhao Jun hurriedly said, "My family has to kill a pig to entertain the guests, and then..."
As Zhao Jun spoke, he looked at Li Baoyu.
"My family will also host them." Li Baoyu echoed, "My father said that we have to make arrangements this year and invite my second uncle, my eldest uncle, and my second uncle to come."
After Li Baoyu finished speaking, Zhao Jun continued to say to Zhang Yuanmin: "Brother, your old neighbors and my sister-in-law's relatives..."
"Forget it then." Zhang Yuanmin shook his head, took the cigarette handed to him by Wang Qiang, and then curled his lips and said, "They slaughter pigs every year without calling me, why should I bother with them?"
"Don't you have to wait to be invited this year?" Wang Qiang said with a smile. Zhang Yuanmin cursed and said, "Fuck, if you invite me this year, I won't go."
Everyone laughed when they heard this. Zhao Jun said, "Then my family will catch two. We'll have one for the guests and one for the New Year."
Normal families would kill a pig to treat guests, and the rest would last until the first month of the year. But the Zhao family was not an ordinary family, and they killed dozens of wild boars this year.
"The New Year's meal is mine!" Zhang Yuanmin threw out this sentence. Seeing Zhao Jun was about to speak, Zhang Yuanmin said, "Brother, if you don't let me spend money on this pig, the three of us will spend the New Year alone at home."
"Okay, big brother." After hearing what Zhang Yuanmin said, Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Then it's yours."
After talking to Zhang Yuanmin, Zhao Jun asked Wang Qiang, "Uncle, can you treat us?"
"I don't really want to bother with it." Wang Qiang frowned and said, "But I have to make one too."
Wang Qiang flicked the ash off his cigarette and said, "Your uncle always calls us whenever he slaughters pigs, her brother and her sister."
"Then you should get one too, uncle." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "So, we have four pigs."
"You can bring one for Shunzi." Wang Qiang said, "He should also treat us. If he doesn't want it, I'll pay for the pig and we can all eat it afterwards."
"Well, OK, I'll bring one for my sister." Zhao Jun calculated and said, "Then let's buy six pigs in Yongxing."
"Seven." Just as Zhao Jun finished speaking, Jie Chen said, "I want one too."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was startled when he heard that. He looked at Jie Chen and asked, "What are you doing? Are you treating us too? Who do you know here?"
"I'll take it back." Xie Chen said with a smile, "I'll go home and treat everyone."
Xie Chen did this not because there were no pigs in Lingnan, nor because the pigs in Lingxi were fatter than those in Lingnan, but simply to join in the fun.
"Okay!" Zhao Jun was amused by Xie Chen and immediately said with a smile: "Then let's go to Yongxing tomorrow and catch him."
After saying this, Zhao Jun paused for a moment, and then said to everyone: "If we buy pigs, we won't have to go up the mountain to catch wild boars when we get home. The holiday is only a few days away. Go home and have a good rest tomorrow night. The day after tomorrow, we will start going up the mountain to catch roe deer in the second forest. We will do it for three days in a row!"
Today is February 2th, tomorrow is the 6th, and the 7th is the 10rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the Little New Year in the north.
As soon as the Little New Year begins, it is the New Year, and Zhao Jun has no plans to go up the mountain to entertain guests and prepare New Year's goods.
Therefore, on the 8th and 9th, Zhao Jun will take dogs to the mountains to catch some roe deer.
"Okay." After Zhao Jun finished speaking, Wang Qiang echoed, "You still have to go to Hebei on the eighth day of the first lunar month. When you come back, we won't be able to eat roe deer."
After hearing what Wang Qiang said, Xie Chen asked in confusion: "Uncle, why can't we eat roe deer?"
When asked this question by Xie Chen, Wang Qiang smiled and asked in return: "Didn't your uncle Zhao teach you?"
Everyone knew that Zhao Youcai had passed on Jie Chen's abilities.
But there is a lot to learn in mountain running. How much could Zhao Youcai teach Jie Chen that night when he taught him vernacular?
Seeing that Jianchen was confused, Li Ruhai said with a smile: "Brother Chen, I know this. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the roe deer will start to bud."
"Ah? What's the matter?" Xie Chen still didn't understand. After all, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month last year, he didn't know Zhao Jun.
"It's just a bug." Zhao Jun explained to Jie Chen: "It's transparent inside and outside, and it's as big as a grain of rice."
"Ah?" Xie Chen was startled when he heard this, and asked in surprise, "Hasn't this happened before?"
"I won't tell you." Zhang Yuanmin said with a smile, "It will start to grow after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it will be fine after the beginning of autumn."
"Ah..." After hearing what Zhang Yuanmin said, Xie Chen just nodded, and then he heard Zhao Jun say: "In fact, there is no need to wait until then, after the first dog days of summer, it will be almost over."
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The six people chatted in the guesthouse until the end of the forest farm get off work. Wei Huaixin personally came to invite them to the small canteen for a celebration party.
It can be seen that Wei Huaixin put a lot of thought into this meal, including chicken stewed with mushrooms, pork stewed with vermicelli, braised fish, pork with mashed garlic, stewed frog with soybean sauce, stewed monkey head with flying dragon, lamb with sauerkraut, hand-held lamb chops, fried peanuts, and stir-fried shredded potatoes.
There were two tables in total, each with eight hot dishes and two cold dishes. The wine they drank was Shanhebai and the cigarettes they smoked were Yingchun cigarettes.
Zhao Jun didn't drink or smoke. He and Li Ruhai picked up their bowls and ate a lot.
After eating and drinking, they returned to the guesthouse to sleep for the night. At 7 o'clock the next morning, Zhao Jun and his friends went to the canteen to eat breakfast and feed the dog.
Then, the six people got into two cars and left the Little Redwood Forest Farm with Wei Huaixin and Wu Ruixiang waving goodbye to them.
When passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Jun stopped the jeep, took out a big unity from his pocket, handed it to the back, and said, "Brother, go down and give this money to Master Liu."
Before this, Li Ruhai and Liu Changshan had an agreement that if Liu Changshan helped them buy the big white skin, Li Ruhai would give him ten dollars as a reward.
Although the situation changed yesterday and it was Zhao Jun who personally took the initiative to buy the white skin, the information was provided by Liu Changshan after all, and he cannot forget it.
Zhang Yuanmin responded, got off the car with the money, and walked into the supply and marketing cooperative.
Liu Changshan came to open the board and door at seven o'clock. At that time, he had just lit the stove and put the kettle on the stove cover.
Seeing Zhang Yuanmin coming in, Liu Changshan was startled, and then he saw Zhang Yuanmin smiling and said, "Master Liu, my brother has received the money from Bai Da Pi. To thank you, I will buy you two packs of cigarettes."
As he said that, Zhang Yuanmin handed over the money.
"No, no." Liu Changshan realized what was happening and quickly pushed the money out.
He did nothing yesterday and didn't take any risks, but Zhao Jun gave him 120 yuan.
Later, when Liu Changshan told Zhao Jun the news about Bai Dapi, he never thought that Zhao Jun would give him the ten yuan.
"Master Liu, let's get this one thing together." Zhang Yuanmin held Liu Changshan's hand, stuffed the money into his hand, and said with a smile, "Take it quickly, and don't tear it up."
After Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.
Liu Changshan stood there in a daze for a moment, then hurried back to the counter.
Zhang Yuanmin came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and just opened the car door when he saw Liu Changshan chasing after him.
Liu Changshan came to Zhang Yuanmin with a bunch of cigarettes in his hand. He looked inside the open car door and saw Zhao Jun sitting in the driver's seat. Liu Changshan asked, "Let's go, that's it?"
"Let's go, Master Liu." Zhao Jun smiled, and saw Liu Changshan throwing strips of Yingchun cigarettes along the car door and onto the back seat.
There are six in total!
The day before yesterday, when Wei Huaixin sent someone to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy cigarettes for Zhao Jun and his group, Liu Changshan asked casually. When he learned that Zhao Jun's group consisted of six people, he threw six cartons of cigarettes into the car.
Li Ruhai, who was sitting in the back, was stunned. Zhao Jun asked hurriedly: "Master Liu, what are you doing? We can't accept this!"
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Li Ruhai and Zhang Yuanmin hurriedly went to pick up the cigarettes.
Liu Changshan pushed away the cigarette Zhang Yuanmin handed him, took a step back, and raised his hand to Zhao Jun, saying, "This is for you to smoke. It's not a good cigarette. Just don't mind it."
After hearing what others have said, if you still insist on pushing the cigarette back, it would be like you are complaining about the quality of the cigarette.
Li Ruhai and Zhang Yuanmin looked at Zhao Jun, and heard Zhao Jun shouting to the outside: "Thank you, Master Liu."
"I should be the one thanking you!" Liu Changshan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Next time you come to this forest farm, you must come to my house for dinner!"
Mornings in Northeast China in winter are the coldest time of the day, but human kindness warms the heart.
"Okay, Master Liu!" Zhao Jun said, "If you have the chance to go to Yong'an, ask for me."
"Hey!" Liu Changshan responded, waving to Zhang Yuanmin, "Hurry up and get in the car, close the door, it's very cold!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanmin waved goodbye to Liu Changshan and got on the jeep.
Zhao Jun started the car and chased the Jiefang truck that had already driven away.
Before turning, Wang Qiang saw through the rearview mirror that Liu Changshan was still standing in front of the supply and marketing cooperative.
"What a nice guy!" Wang Qiang praised Liu Changshan. Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Uncle, when we get home, think about taking a pack of cigarettes back."
After talking to Wang Qiang, Zhao Jun turned around and said to Zhang Yuanmin, "Brother, you, Baoyu, and Xiaochen each have one. Ruhai and I don't smoke, so Ruhai's cigarette will be for Uncle Li, and mine will be for Uncle San."
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhang Yuanmin glanced at Li Ruhai. Li Ruhai didn't dare to say that he could smoke, and he winked at Zhang Yuanmin, meaning that you should stop interfering.
Having just offended Li Ruhai the day before yesterday, Zhang Yuanmin was looking for an opportunity to win over this kid, so how could he dare to say anything?
The Little Redwood Forest Farm is not adjacent to Yong'an, so you have to pass through Shanhe Town after going down the mountain.
At 10:30 in the morning, jeeps and Liberation trucks drove into Yongxing Team 1 and stopped directly in front of the brigade entrance.
Zhao Jun only brought Wang Qiang into the brigade headquarters, and when they came in, Yu Xuewen, Tao Dabao and six others were discussing something together.
Seeing Zhao Jun coming in, Yu Xuewen asked them to sit down and asked, "You came back so soon? Did you kill that local leopard?"
"Yeah, it was killed." Zhao Jun responded, and then he heard Yu Xuewen say, "Well...well...it's not easy to come here, so why don't you stay for two days before leaving."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun felt something was wrong when he heard Yu Xuewen's words. He hurriedly said, "Secretary Yu, we can't stay here. It's almost the New Year's Eve, and there are a lot of things going on back home!"
"Then..." Yu Xuewen glanced at Tao Dabao, who said to Zhao Jun, "Zhao Jun, I heard that you came to collect hides and so on, which made our team very happy. Many people are trying to get away with it, and they haven't finished yet.
And they heard that you were buying fox skins for ten dollars a piece, so that guy and his gang went into the woods to hunt foxes. "
"Yeah!" As soon as Tao Dabao finished speaking, Yu Xuewen took over the conversation and said, "Like Lao Wu and his friends who have dogs, they all lead them to hunt foxes in the woods. And there's also the... the fox holes that are dug out. If you're a hunter, you must know that this is just like digging out badger holes. It's hard to dig them out in the middle of winter."
"Then..." Zhao Jun probably understood what they meant, so he asked, "Secretary Yu, how about we come back in two days?"
"That's great." Yu Xuewen waved to the accountant You Zhijie. You Zhijie hurriedly took out a hardcover book from the stack of notebooks, opened a page, and handed it to Yu Xuewen.
Yu Xuewen took the notebook and called Zhao Jun over. Zhao Jun took a look at the notebook, smoothed it over and looked down. His eyes widened instantly: "Oh my God!"
The chapter I owed yesterday will be sent around 1:30. Those who are tired can go to sleep first and read it tomorrow morning.
(End of this chapter)