sinovels Chapter 1574 The Sealed Wooden Box Suppressed the Wealthy
Chapter 1574 The Sealed Wooden Box Suppressed the Wealthy
Chapter 1574 The Sealed Wooden Box Suppressed the Wealthy
Among all the married girls in the entire Yong'an Forest District, Zhao Chun is probably the only one who does not have to work when she returns to her parents' home.
Zhao Chun couldn't stay overnight after returning today, but he had a sumptuous lunch at his mother's house and listened to the story of his second sister's heroic act of beating up three classmates at the same table.
Finally, they hung the more than 20 kilograms of beef given by Wang Meilan on the frame of the bicycle, and the couple went home happily.
As soon as the couple left, Zhao Youcai arrived home.
As soon as the Jiefang car stopped at the door, Wang Meilan came out of the house.
"Ao! Ao!" The excited black tiger was the first to run to Wang Meilan, then he tilted his neck and rubbed his nose against Wang Meilan's legs.
Wang Meilan stretched out her hand and scratched Heihu's chin, then glanced at Qinglong who was running towards her with a bulging belly, and then shouted at the gate of the courtyard: "Wait for me, I'll go into the house to call for help and get the basin!"
The dog's belly is so bulging, it must have given birth.
But just as Wang Meilan turned around, she heard Zhao Weipeng shouting, "Sister-in-law, don't bother, there are only two pork thighs left."
"What's going on?" Wang Meilan's face darkened when she heard what Zhao Weipeng said. "You gave them all to others again?"
Wang Meilan also asked Zhao Youcai to bring back the prey so that she could cut the meat and pay his wages.
"No, no!" Zhao Weipeng shouted, "I only killed two yellow-haired guys today. After feeding our dogs, there is nothing left but two thighs."
As soon as Zhao Weipeng said this, Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong rolled their eyes at him. Only his son Zhao Jinhui had a chubby face full of pride for his father.
"What about the thigh, brother?" Wang Meilan asked Zhao Youcai, "Give it to me and roast it. I'll dip it in mashed garlic in the evening."
"I gave it to my eldest daughter." Zhao Weipeng said with a smile, "On my way back, I ran into her and her husband, who asked me to give it all to them."
When Zhao Weipeng and his friends came back, they happened to meet Zhao Chun and Zhou Jianjun walking home. Zhao Weipeng insisted on giving the two wild boar thighs to the couple.
Wang Meilan also heard that the eldest daughter Zhao Weipeng was referring to was Zhao Chun. Giving the meat to her daughter would make Wang Meilan happier than eating it herself, so Wang Meilan would definitely not say anything and only warmly invited Zhao Weipeng and Zhao Jinhui into the house.
The three men went into the house, leaving Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong outside to tie the dog.
When his two brothers finished their work and went into the house, before they could even take off their clothes, they heard a continuous barking of dogs outside.
Zhao Youcai looked out the window and saw two jeeps driving past the gate of his yard one after the other.
"Lan!" Zhao Youcai saw this and hurriedly called Wang Meilan, who was blanching beef in the outer room, saying, "My son is back!"
"Huh?" Upon hearing that, Wang Meilan dropped the colander, pushed the door open and ran outside.
When she left the house, she happened to meet Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, Lin Xiangshun and Li Baoyu carrying a large box into the yard.
The box was not small, and a small person like Zhang Yuanmin should be able to fit into it. And judging by the way the four people were carrying the box, it must not be light.
Seeing this scene, Wang Meilan's eyes lit up.
Could it be that the gold, silver and treasures from her mother's family are in this box?
Seeing Wang Meilan coming out, Zhao Jun called her "Mom" and Wang Qiang called her "Sister". Wang Meilan felt more confident now.
"Son, Qiangzi!" Wang Meilan suppressed her feelings, turned around and followed Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang inside, and asked, "What's in here?"
Since it was dug out of the box from the mountain, it was impossible not to show it to the people working in the same industry, so Wang Meilan didn't hide it.
"I don't know, Mom." But Zhao Jun's answer surprised Wang Meilan.
After hearing Wang Meilan's "Ah", Wang Qiang immediately said, "Sister, this box can't be opened."
"How is that possible?" Wang Meilan was stunned, but as she spoke they arrived at the door. Wang Meilan quickly opened the door and let Zhao Jun and the other three carry the boxes and go in first.
The four of them carried the box into the house and went straight to the east room to put it on the kang. At this time, men, women, old and young all gathered around to watch the fun.
Wang Meilan was closest to the box, and she squinted her eyes and looked at it carefully. The box had been buried in the ground for a long time, and the soil, mud, and water had seeped into the pores of the wood, which is the duct through which the tree absorbs water, turning the entire box brown and black.
What is surprising is that the box is one piece, lying there in a square shape, without any seams or openings.
No wonder Zhao Jun said that the box couldn’t be opened!
Of course, if you forcefully open the box, there will be no problem. After all, the box is made of wood and cannot withstand being hacked by an axe or a pickaxe.
But after Zhang Yuanmin felt it, he concluded that the box was quite full. If he used an axe or a machete to force open the box, it would easily damage the things inside.
When they were going down the mountain, Zhang Yuanmin whispered to Zhao Jun and told him that he could chisel one corner of the box, and then use a small saw to slowly pull it apart.
But after the box arrived at the house, no one moved the broken box. They just looked at the difficult box curiously. Then the men smoked, drank tea, and chatted, while the women went to the outer room to cook.
These people are quite sensible, in other words, they all have a good sense of boundaries. Although their relationship is good, they don't try to pry into the privacy of the Zhao and Wang families.
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The Zhao family ate pancakes in the morning and pancakes in the evening. The difference is that they ate pancakes in the morning and rolled pancakes in the evening.
There are two types of pancakes: single pancakes and large pancakes. As for the dishes, there are both meat and vegetables. The meat is braised beef, which is a large piece of beef ribs that has been marinated and then taken out and sliced. On a piece of braised beef, there is fat, lean meat, and some even have tendons.
A large plate of braised beef in soy sauce is poured with sticky sauce. A few slices of this meat are put into a large pancake and rolled up. No other vegetables are put in, just a row of chopped green onions. The pancake is rolled up, and when you take a bite, you feel extremely satisfied.
If you are tired of the beef pancake, you can try the vegetable pancake. Stir-fried shredded potatoes and lean pork with green bean sprouts, with shredded green onions and egg sauce, it is another kind of flavor.
Regardless of whether it is meat or vegetables, roll the pancake into the thickness of a child's arm, take a big bite and chew it slowly. After swallowing the pancake, pick up the second bowl and drink a mouthful of hot porridge. A stream of heat with the sweet aroma of cornmeal goes straight from the throat to the stomach, and the whole person instantly feels warm, and the satisfaction is so comfortable.
This meal was very satisfying for everyone, young and old, especially Zhao Weipeng and his son Zhao Jinhui. Zhao Weipeng ate eight rolls of the big oil pancake with braised beef, while Zhao Jinhui ate seven rolls, but he also had two single pancakes with vegetables.
In addition, the father and son also drank a lot. They drank 52 to grams of a ° liquor.
The atmosphere was right. Except for Zhao Jun and Li Ruhai, who didn't drink a drop of wine, the others at the table also drank quite a bit.
When the group dispersed, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu were helped back by Li Ruhai twice, Lin Xiangshun was sent back by Jie Chen, and Zhao Jun went to see Wang Qiang off personally.
I thought his uncle would stay and open the box, but he drank so much that he almost passed out.
When Zhao Jun came back from Wang Qiang's house, as soon as he opened the door of the outer room, he heard some grunting coming from the west room.
Many men don't snore normally, but they snore when they drink. But these two men snore normally, but they snore even more when they drink.
In the west room, the little lynx sat on the kang cabinet, the little black fat boy lay on the windowsill, and the little black bear squeezed into the pine box it had lived in since childhood. The three of them, six pairs of eyes stared at the father and the other.
"Son!" Wang Meilan came out from the east room and called Zhao Jun, "Why don't you bring the quilt over and sleep in the east room?"
"Mom, don't worry." Zhao Jun held Wang Meilan's arm and asked, "What should we do with the box?"
"Don't make any noise." Wang Meilan pulled Zhao Jun back and said, "Don't let your two sisters hear it."
Wang Meilan said this not because she favored boys over girls, but because the kids were just too talkative. When they were happy at school, they would tell everything about their family. Today, Zhao Na came back and said that the little girl at the table behind her told her that her father beat her mother in the middle of the night last night.
The two little girls were still awake at this time, and we couldn’t let them see us opening the treasure chest.
"Then I'll go back to my room and wash my feet..." Zhao Jun said so, but Wang Meilan stopped him and said, "Son, come to this room, Mom will tell you about your marriage."
"Hey!" Zhao Jun heard this and without saying anything else, he followed Wang Meilan into the east room.
When the three of them came in, the two little girls were still awake, and Zhao Youcai was sitting on the edge of the kang washing his feet.
Seeing Zhao Jun come in, the two little girls called him brother enthusiastically, but Zhao Youcai didn't say anything.
He didn't say anything, but Wang Meilan walked over, raised her hand and gestured, saying, "Don't go up the mountain tomorrow."
"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was startled, his face immediately darkened, and he said, "Why don't I go up the mountain? I haven't fired my cannon yet."
"What do you mean by idiot?" Wang Meilan said unhappily, "Da Ming will come tomorrow, so Da Chun should come too, right?"
"They're here? What are they doing?" Zhao Youcai asked. Wang Meilan said, "What else? My son is about to get his job done. What do you think he's doing? Researching, researching vegetables!"
"There are still several days left..." Zhao Youcai was interrupted by Wang Meilan before he could finish his words, "Don't say several days, there are still several days left!"
After saying this, Wang Meilan glared at Zhao Youcai and said, "Don't be so cocky. You're about to become a eunuch, and you still don't have any work to do?"
After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Youcai remained silent.
Seeing Zhao Youcai didn't say anything, Wang Meilan still glared at him, then sat down on the edge of the kang and said, "Jianjun came today, and I told him. We're going to have a banquet at noon that day..."
"A banquet at noon?" Zhao Youcai interrupted Wang Meilan with a glare before she finished listening, saying, "We are at work, who is going to have a banquet at noon? Don't they usually have it at night?"
"I'll do it at noon!" Wang Meilan's voice was louder than Zhao Youcai's, and her eyes were bigger than Zhao Youcai's even when they were not glaring.
Then, Wang Meilan continued, "There are things to do in the evening!"
"In the evening..." Zhao Youcai seemed to want to refute, but he heard Zhao Jun say: "Dad, just listen to my mom!"
"Hmm?" Zhao Youcai turned his head and stared at Zhao Jun. He then heard Zhao Jun muttering, "Why are you so stubborn?"
"Fuck..." Zhao Youcai clenched his fists, but seeing Wang Meilan staring at him unkindly, Zhao Youcai curled his lips and asked, "What about work? Who can come at noon?"
Zhao Youcai didn't know what Zhang Yuanmin had suggested, so Wang Meilan and Zhao Jun explained it to him. After listening, Zhao Youcai frowned and said, "What's the fuss? Why not entertain him in the evening?"
Zhao Youcai was thinking that the workers would come at noon and would have to take the bus back to the site after eating, unlike the evening reception, where everyone would go home after eating.
"No!" Wang Meilan's tone was unquestionable, and Zhao Jun also stood on his mother's side.
Wang Meilan was right. There were things to do at night. Her eldest son entered the bridal chamber and gave birth to her eldest grandson. Isn't this a big deal?
Others held their banquets at night, but what was the scale of their banquets? Hers was one table, which beat two tables of others!
If we hold it in the evening, we have to wait for the workers to get off work the next day, and the dishes will not be served until six o'clock at the latest.
In this way, 7 o'clock is considered early. And after the banquet, the tables and chairs are not cleared? The cups, plates and bowls are not washed?
If you hold a banquet in a new house, you have to clean up the place right in the new house. Even if you have someone to help, what time will it be when you finish cleaning up?
If it was done at noon, it would be finished before dark and would not delay her son's work at all.
It can be said that this father is careless and does not consider things thoroughly at all.
Zhao Youcai still didn't understand what was going on, but he had a hard time dealing with the mother and daughter alone. Now that the mother and daughter joined forces, he had no way to resist.
Seeing that Zhao Youcai agreed to her plan for a lunch banquet, Wang Meilan moved on to the next topic and said to Zhao Youcai, "We will have twelve dishes that day, eight meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes. Dachun and Daming will be here tomorrow. You guys should research and figure out how much ingredients we need to prepare. Make a list for me so I can prepare them."
"Twelve dishes?" Zhao Youcai took a deep breath, curled his lips, and said, "You're just wasting money, you! Why did you serve twelve dishes?"
"What are you doing?" Wang Meilan raised her head and said, "I only have this one son. I will use all my strength. If the table is not full, I will serve twenty dishes!"
Wang Meilan still has two daughters who are not married yet, but marrying a daughter is not like marrying a daughter-in-law. You can do anything with a daughter-in-law, but when marrying a daughter, no matter how rich Wang Meilan is, she can't overwhelm her daughter's in-laws with the banquet. So if she wants to make a difference after this, she will have to wait until her grandson gets married.
Seeing Wang Meilan's eyes wide open, Zhao Youcai knew that this matter was doomed. Zhao Youcai also accepted his fate. When he took a cigarette out of the cigarette box, Zhao Youcai raised his chin and said, "Do whatever you want."
No matter what Zhao Youcai thought, he agreed verbally and Wang Meilan didn't care about anything else.
At this time, Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Son, if there is anything missing at home, let's go to the city in a few days and buy it all at once."
"Hey, Mom." Zhao Jun must have supported Wang Meilan at this time. He immediately smiled and said, "I know."
"After that, what..." Wang Meilan suddenly remembered something and said to Zhao Jun, "Son, I'll go with you that day. Let's buy a camera together."
"What are you buying?" Before Zhao Jun could answer, Zhao Youcai asked, "How much is that thing?"
"That thing isn't expensive, is it?" Zhao Jun blinked his eyes and said, "It's probably only about 1,800 yuan, right?"
"One thousand eight hundred is not expensive?" Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun and said, "For a normal family to marry a wife, marrying two is enough!"
Zhao Youcai's words were meant to mock Wang Meilan's extravagant spending.
"How about marrying two?" Wang Meilan raised her eyebrows when she heard this and said, "Then you beat three old cows to death and compensate them with three thousand yuan. That's enough to marry six wives!"
Zhao Youcai: "..."
How much did a camera cost back then? I checked with AI and saw that there were some for 600 yuan, and some for or yuan. Was it that cheap? I thought it would cost several thousand yuan.
(End of this chapter)