sinovels Chapter 1464: Great Harvest (Thanks to book friend 202873 for adding 35 chapters)
Chapter 1464: Great Harvest (Thanks to book friend 202873 for adding 35 chapters)
Chapter 1464: Great Harvest (Thanks to book friends 202...873 Alliance Leader for adding 35)
Zhao Jun asked Jie Chen to drive the car and take Wang Qiang down to meet Xing San and Li Baoyu, while he himself walked down the mountain with his gun and dog.
After the jeep had gone more than a mile, they saw Xing San and Li Baoyu sitting on a fallen log by the road with their dog, smoking.
Seeing the car coming, Li Baoyu waved, but the four dogs didn't even turn their heads.
At this time, Xiaohua and Sigou's attention was all on the roe deer meat.
Lao Shan Gouzi was a steadier shooter than Li Baoyu and he knocked down the big green chestnut with one shot.
Roe deer are bad at attacking or defending. If a bullet just brushes against them, they will kneel down.
Xing San and Li Baoyu drove the four dogs away, dragged the roe deer to the roadside, gutted it and skinned it.
Although Zhao Jun didn't instruct about feeding the dog, it was just past nine o'clock and it was impossible for Ben to go home now.
So, Li Baoyu did the same as the Zhao army above him, keeping the roe deer's heart, liver, stomach, and kidneys, and only fed the roe deer's intestines and lungs to the dogs.
This little bit of food was not enough to fill the teeth of the four dogs. The four dogs licked their lips and tongues while eating.
When they got there, Xie Chen stopped the car, and Wang Qiang pushed the door and got out first.
"Ouch!" Wang Qiang took a look at the roe deer and said in surprise, "This roe deer is not small."
"Yes." Li Baoyu replied, "More than eighty kilograms of millet."
"Brother Li, I heard you shoot two shots." Xie Chen asked Li Baoyu as he got out of the car, "Did you shoot?"
"It was too late when I fired my gun." Li Baoyu made an excuse for himself, saying, "The roe deer leaned down and was hit there by the third master's gun."
"Hey." Wang Qiang heard this and smiled at Xing San, "Okay, brother, let's make it for a while!"
"Haha." The old man had been with this group of people for a long time, and his personality was much more cheerful than before. He laughed and asked Wang Qiang: "Did Zhao kid say anything? What are we going to do after this?"
"Let's go to another place and continue knocking." Wang Qiang said with a smile: "What time is it? Let's continue."
"That's what I said." Xing San threw the cigarette butt under his feet. Although there was a thick layer of snow on the ground, the old man stepped on it out of habit.
Li Baoyu and Jie Chen loaded the roe deer into the car with sacks. When Wang Qiang asked Xing San to get on the car, he heard the old man say, "I didn't even sweat during this fight."
Xing San's words made the other three laugh. After getting in the car, Wang Qiang said to Xing San with emotion: "In the past, when I went hunting with my brother-in-law, the dog would run like a calf as soon as it barked, and it still thought I was too slow."
"It's a lot of running around in Dagouwei." Xing San echoed, "That's what Old Chief Xu said, if you keep running around in Dagouwei for too long, ten out of ten people will have throat problems, all because of running."
Li Baoyu, like Zhao Jun, walked down with the dog.
When Xie Chen got on the car, he heard Wang Qiang say to Xing San: "Brother, look. We only killed four roe deer in this battle. If we keep doing this, we will have to kill seventeen or eighteen of them in one day, right?"
"That's great." Xing San smiled and said, "The key is that I'm not tired."
"Not so good." Wang Qiang said, "Who would go fishing if they have a car in the future?"
"Uncle, don't you say that playing the game of Liuwei can improve your skills?" Xie Chen said, and Wang Qiang replied, "What's the point of practicing that? You'll be exhausted after running around like a turtle calf, how many can you hit?"
"My uncle Zhao can kill three roe deer with one shot." Xie Chen said so. Wang Qiang curled his lips and said, "Let him compete with us tomorrow. We will go to the dog enclosure in a car and let him go around."
"A-choo!" Zhao Youcai sneezed suddenly as he walked to the door of his house. He rubbed his nose with one hand and opened the door with the other, muttering, "Who the hell is talking about me?"
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai walked into the house.
Seeing that the New Year is coming, the mountain people are rushing to sell leather. This morning, after eight o'clock, Zhao Youcai began to receive customers.
It's already 9:15 and he has already sent away two groups of people.
When Zhao Youcai entered the room, he saw Wang Meilan scooping water into a large basin.
Look at the little things in the basin, all of them have been stripped naked.
This is all squirrel meat.
The day before yesterday, someone from Xishantun came to sell skins. Grandma Zhao asked him to take a message back, saying that she would not only buy squirrel skins, but also squirrel meat.
Since the establishment of the Zhaojia Chamber of Commerce, thirteen households in Xishantun have purchased air guns.
They shot squirrels with air guns, peeled off the skins and sold them to the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce, and kept the meat for themselves.
But when the people of Xishantun heard that the Zhao family even collected squirrel meat, they stopped eating it because they had never seen money before.
The three families collected twelve gray skins and twelve white-striped squirrels in the past few days. While they were at the Zhao family selling the skins, they also sold the squirrel meat.
Wang Meilan gave three yuan for twelve white-striped squirrels, and the three were so happy that they didn't even drink the Zhao family's tea. After thanking Grandma Zhao, they hurried to the market slowly, saying that it was New Year's Day and they were going to buy candies and frozen pears for the children at home.
Squirrels only eat good things in the mountains. Pine nuts, hazelnuts, and pecans are all nutritious.
Sometimes squirrels will catch small birds and eat them, but that is rare.
Because of food reasons, squirrel meat is much more delicious than sable meat.
If the Zhao army were to rank the edible meats in the mountains, squirrels and flying dragons would be ranked first, and these two would be on par with each other.
Twelve white-striped squirrels cost three yuan, which means you can buy four for one yuan. This price makes Wang Meilan and the people in Xishantun feel that they are getting a good deal.
But Zhao Youcai, who came into the room and saw this scene, was not very happy. He glanced at Wang Meilan and muttered, "All you do is eat all day!"
Wang Meilan was stunned. She subconsciously wanted to reply, "Then you don't want to eat it?" But thinking of the defeat this morning, Wang Meilan forced herself to hold back the words.
Seeing that Wang Meilan didn't say anything, Zhao Youcai snorted and walked towards the east room.
"A-choo! A-choo!" Zhao Youcai sneezed twice as he walked to the door.
"It's what I deserve." Wang Meilan muttered softly when she saw this, "It's hurtful to the heaven, isn't it?"
"Shang Tian Le" is the local dialect here, which describes the situation where the younger generation is disrespectful to the elders and suffers retribution.
So when Wang Meilan said this, Zhao Youcai suddenly turned around and looked at her.
Wang Meilan, who had let out a sigh of relief, said to Zhao Youcai: "Why are you sneezing again?"
"It's just because I got cold." Zhao Youcai said confidently, "What good person can bear to go out and do this again and again?"
"Who told you not to wear a hat?" Wang Meilan said, "If you can't handle it, just take two pills and get through it. It's New Year's Day, don't catch a cold and infect these people."
Zhao Youcai glanced at Wang Meilan, walked into the east room, took off his cotton jacket and lay down on the kang.
The kang is warm after it has just been heated in the morning. It feels so comfortable to lie on it and feel the warmth on your back, waist and buttocks.
"Hmm..." Feeling the fatigue on his body being burned away by the kang, Zhao Youcai hummed comfortably.
One morning, when they saw the vendors coming, Zhao Hong and Zhao Na ran to the Li family in the west courtyard. Since they were the only couple at home, Zhao Youcai was not afraid of being laughed at.
But just then, Wang Meilan came in.
"Hey! Get up, come here." Wang Meilan called out. Zhao Youcai suddenly opened his eyes, raised his head slightly, stared at Wang Meilan with his small eyes and said, "What are you doing? Can't you let me rest for a while?"
"Do you think I am happy to talk to you?" Wang Meilan said, "The day after tomorrow is the 23rd. We are having a party the day after tomorrow. Who are you going to invite?"
"Please!" Zhao Youcai said to Wang Meilan in an unpleasant tone, and then was hit by Wang Meilan.
This punch made Zhao Youcai shiver, and he sat up from the kang in an instant, saying, "You spendthrift woman, you hit me so hard that I became numb."
Wang Meilan smiled, sat across from the table on the kang, raised her finger and pointed at Zhao Youcai, saying, "Don't we have to arrange the table for who you want to invite and who you don't want to invite? Don't we have to have an idea in mind?"
After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Youcai thought for a moment and said, "This year is different from last year."
"What's going on?" Wang Meilan asked. Zhao Youcai said, "What else? This year, my son has started working. You have to call Liu Jinyong and the security guard Yan Changchang."
What is a little...son? But at this moment, Wang Meilan's attention was on inviting Liu Jinyong and Yan Shugang, so she didn't bother with Zhao Youcai.
When the Zhao family hosted a dinner last year, Zhao Jun had not yet started working, which is different from now.
Yan Shugang is his leader, and Liu Jinyong is his leader and colleague. With the Zhao family's network of connections, these two people are nothing, but more friends mean more opportunities. Besides, the Zhao family doesn't lack their food, so if you can make friends with them, try to make them as good as possible.
"Yes, yes." After hearing this, Wang Meilan couldn't help but nod repeatedly in agreement.
Zhao Youcai paused for a moment before continuing, "Since we have invited them, we cannot leave Xu Baoshan behind."
"Huh?" Wang Meilan was stunned. Just as she realized who Xu Baoshan was, she heard Zhao Youcai say, "We can't let people think that our son is a good-for-nothing, right? We should use him when he's needed, and not when he's not needed!"
Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Wang Meilan stood up, slapped Zhao Youcai on the shoulder across the table, and then said with a little excitement: "It's said that our family can't live without you, you are so thoughtful!"
"Ha!" Zhao Youcai smiled proudly and said, "My boss is under the command of Zhang Guoqing, and there are also Guofeng, Dachun, Daming and others, so it's almost done."
After saying this, Zhao Youcai glanced at Wang Meilan and asked, "Your boss, is your brother coming?"
"Nonsense!" Wang Meilan stood up again and hit Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai was just like that. Even when Wang Meilan played with him, he never raised his hand. And if Wang Meilan didn't control the strength and hurt him, Zhao Youcai would not say a word.
After beating Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan rolled her eyes at him again, and then asked, "Shouldn't we summon our in-laws as well?"
"Nonsense!" Zhao Youcai returned the same words to Wang Meilan before she could finish them. Then Zhao Youcai said, "We were so anxious to arrange it last year, but it didn't work out. This time... I'm going to Yongsheng tomorrow. I'll tell my mother-in-law if she's home."
When you invite guests, you must give them enough face. Not only should you invite them in advance, but you must also invite them in person. It is definitely not a good idea to ask someone to deliver a message to them.
"What about our in-laws?" Wang Meilan asked about the Ma family again.
"How can it be left behind?" Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes at Wang Meilan and said, "We all live in the same village. You summoned the other side, so how can you not summon this side?"
Although Ma Ling had not yet married, according to the customs of the rural and forest areas here, there might be changes after the two families got engaged. But as long as the ceremony was over, the matter was settled.
Now Ma Ling is the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, but she has not yet entered the family.
Zhao Youcai and his wife and Ma Dafu and his wife are relatives, and the two families live in the same village, so they have to invite the Ma family if they want to come.
And please take him to Ma Sheng's family, because he is Zhao Jun's elder brother-in-law.
"Oh my god!" After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Wang Meilan counted on her fingers and said, "How many tables do we need to set up?"
"As many tables as you want will be enough." Zhao Youcai said, "Two tables in this room, two tables in the outer room, and one table in my son's room, that will make five tables..."
Zhao Youcai got stuck at this point. He and Wang Meilan got together and the couple calculated together. Zhao Youcai said first: "There are four people in the eldest daughter's family, seven in the old Ma family, four in Guofeng's family, five in Daming's family, only the two of Dachun, three in Zhang Guoqing's family, and how many in Liu Jinyong's family?"
"And where are the director and Xu Baoshan?" Wang Meilan asked. Zhao Youcai blinked his eyes and said, "You'll know when you ask Ruhai tonight. Anyway, there will definitely be room for five tables."
"It's OK as long as you can sit down." Wang Meilan said with a smile: "There must be enough food for us. We can't even stew a pig."
Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes at Wang Meilan after hearing what she said. Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Look at you, you're so hesitant when your son buys a pig. How can you be so proud of yourself?"
"What's the point of saving face?" Zhao Youcai raised his hand and pointed out the window, saying, "We caught two wild boars, so we should treat you to a meal, right?"
"When the head of the farm comes, you give him wild boar to eat?" Wang Meilan frowned and said, "It's skinny and dry, there's nothing to eat."
Zhao Youcai was about to say something when he heard dogs barking outside. The hunting dogs had all gone up the mountain, and there were still three red dogs at home.
Zhao Youcai stretched his neck to look out the window and instantly became frowning.
Seeing this, Wang Meilan knew that business had come, so she hurried to the west room and left the task of receiving the customer to Zhao Youcai.
……
It was about three forty in the afternoon, and it was getting dark, so Zhao Youcai sent an old mountain dog out of the yard.
"Oh!" Before Zhao Youcai turned around and went back to the house, he glanced at the mountains in the distance and couldn't help but sigh heavily.
"Just bear with it for one more day!" Zhao Youcai whispered to himself to comfort himself, "It will only be tomorrow."
The New Year begins as soon as the Little New Year begins.
The day after tomorrow is the Little New Year, so there probably won’t be anyone selling things.
So, just bear with it until tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Zhao Youcai seemed to see hope.
"Woof! Woof!" But the next second, three red dogs jumped out of the kennel and barked several times towards the east.
Zhao Youcai's head was buzzing when the dog barked. He walked out of the yard again and looked east. When he saw the jeep slowly approaching, Zhao Youcai breathed a sigh of relief.
The jeep stopped in front of Zhao Youcai. Wang Qiang opened the passenger door and got out. He asked Zhao Youcai, "Brother-in-law, did you know we were coming back and specially come to pick us up outside?"
"Get lost!" Zhao Youcai said unhappily, "I just sent Yongfu Old Wei away."
"The one with the yellow leaves on the Xishan hanging kettle?" Xing San asked as he got off the car, and Zhao Youcai nodded and replied, "Yeah."
At this time, Xie Chen, who was driving the jeep, got out, shouted "Uncle Zhao" to Zhao Youcai, and hurried into the house.
"Why is there only one car coming back?" Zhao Youcai asked. Wang Qiang said, "The ones carrying the dogs and roe deer are in the back."
"Ah..." After hearing what Wang Qiang said, Zhao Youcai paused and asked casually, "How many roe deer did you catch today?"
"Fifteen." When Wang Qiang said this, Zhao Youcai's eyes widened: "How many?"
This chapter is a little late, I overslept at noon, and I will have another chapter in the evening
(End of this chapter)