sinovels Chapter 1659 Yong'an Heroes: Little Piglet Zhang Yuanmin
Chapter 1659 Yong'an Heroes: Little Piglet Zhang Yuanmin
Chapter 1659 Yong'an Heroes: Little Piglet Zhang Yuanmin
After everyone had kowtowed and shouted what they were supposed to say, they all stood up.
The mountain breeze was blowing, and the incense burned quickly. The three sticks of incense had already burned out, but the large candle certainly wouldn't finish. It would be midnight before it did.
Zhao Youcai directed people to pack up their belongings. The red cloth and the three heads were left behind, while the remaining items, such as the kang table, candlesticks, and incense burner, were removed.
The people of Xishan Village were very reluctant to see the abandoned cow and sheep heads. Seeing this, Wang Meilan stepped forward to comfort them, saying, "Alright, alright, after we finish building the village headquarters in a while, I'll treat everyone to a good meal."
When Wang Meilan said this, the people of Xishantun cheered. Their village chief was very generous and always served the most expensive dishes.
Unlike the people of Xishantun, Zhao Youcai immediately became unhappy when he heard that Wang Meilan was going to give away money again.
But with so many people around, he was too embarrassed to say anything, so he just glared at Wang Meilan with his small eyes.
After packing their things, everyone boarded the vehicle to return home. Just before getting on the vehicle, Zhao Jun called over Jie Chen and instructed him, "Xiao Chen, once we're out of the mountains, take these villagers back to their village."
"Yes!" Jie Chen responded, and then Zhao Jun continued, "After you're done, have your uncle give you directions. Go to Yongli and ask around for Song Fu'an's house. See if he's home. If he is, tell him you're looking for him and ask him to take you to our house."
"What if he's not home?" Jie Chen asked. Zhao Jun replied, "If he's not home, tell his family to come over to see me when he gets off work or something."
"Okay." Xie Chen agreed and got into the Jiefang truck.
The jeep was in front, and the Jiefang truck was behind, and the two vehicles went down the mountain road.
Two hours later, the jeep stopped outside the Zhao family's old house. As the family walked into the yard, Zhao Jun said to Wang Meilan, "Mom, before we leave today, I'll take Qinglong and Heilong away."
The compound over there is so big, stepping outside feels like entering the vast earth, and there's nobody around. It's just the young couple at home, and Ma Ling doesn't even dare to leave the house at night. Zhao Jun, on the other hand, dares, but he feels uneasy and empty whenever he goes outside.
Having a dog makes things different. When the dog doesn't bark, I feel at ease; when it barks, I still feel at ease.
As the group entered the house, they saw Jin Xiaomei and the others surrounding Xie Sunshi, discussing Xie Chen's arranged marriage.
In the afternoon, Liu Tiezui came over and said that the Zheng family had agreed and that Xie Chen should go over for a blind date on Sunday.
Zheng Quan was at work these past few days, so the appointment was to wait until Sunday for Jie Chen to go over.
Zhao Jun and Ma Ling didn't go on blind dates because they grew up in the same village. Although they hadn't spoken much before, they knew each other well.
Therefore, they didn't go through the blind date process at that time. Wang Meilan asked Liu Tiezui to tell the Ma family, and the Ma family had no objections, so the Zhao family went over to arrange the engagement.
Jie Chen needs to find time to go to the Zheng family with Liu Tiezui. If the Zheng family approves of Jie Chen, then the Jie family will go to propose marriage.
The fact that the Zheng family agreed to let Jie Chen go on a blind date is a good start. Jie Chen is a good catch, and now he has a decent job, so the matter is basically likely to succeed.
"Sister-in-law, Jun!" Jin Xiaomei waved to Li Tongyun and said to Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan, "We have some people here to sell goods today."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan were taken aback when they saw Li Tongyun carrying the account book over. Zhao Jun followed Jin Xiaomei's pointing finger and saw three gray sheets stacked on the table against the wall.
Immediately afterwards, Jin Xiaomei opened the drawer, took out a small white cloth bag, and said, "I'll also collect some bear gallbladders."
No one came to sell goods during the first month of the lunar year. After the first month, Zhao Jun got married. The villagers were all sensible and knew they couldn't come and cause trouble at that time, so they waited until today to start selling goods.
The bear bile was air-dried, indicating it had been killed some time ago. The grey hide, on the other hand, was from a recent hunt, likely a spring hunt. Presumably, more people will come to sell their mountain goods in the coming days.
Thinking of this, Zhao Youcai's mood instantly soured. At this moment, Wang Meilan opened the account book that Li Tongyun handed her, and Jin Xiaomei said from the side, "By the way, sister-in-law, Lao Xu Pao came today."
"Huh?" Wang Meilan was taken aback by his words, while Zhao Jun asked, "What's he doing here?"
“He heard somewhere that my sister-in-law was arranging to buy a house,” Jin Xiaomei said. “He said that his family’s house was going to be sold.”
"He sold his house, where will he live now?" Zhao Youcai, who had a decent relationship with Xu Changlin, asked, "Will he take his wife up the mountain to build a makeshift house?"
"Why would they build a dugout?" Jin Xiaomei laughed. "It seems like they want to go live with his son."
"I'll go take a look later," Wang Meilan said, wanting to help Zhao Weipeng buy a house.
But at this moment, Ma Ling, who had rarely spoken since marrying into the family, suddenly spoke up to stop Wang Meilan, saying, "Mom, we can't buy the house that Master Xu is living in."
"Huh?" Wang Meilan was taken aback, then heard Ma Ling add, "We'll buy it, and we'll go all out, we'll even tear down the doors."
"What?" Wang Meilan looked at Ma Ling and asked in confusion, "Why, my dear?"
“His house faces west.” Ma Ling said with a serious expression, “He has no good fortune to suppress.”
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Ma Ling in surprise, wondering why she had said such a thing.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Ma Ling explained, "My grandma said that temples only open their gates to the west. It's not okay for individual households to do this. If an individual does this, their family won't have the fortune to suppress it."
Of the houses in Old Xu's house complex, his was the westernmost. When the Xu family built their courtyard to occupy that vacant lot on the west side, they made sure the gate faced west. Then, their north-south facing house had a gatehouse attached to the outer room, and that gate also faced west.
"Oh dear!" Ma Ling had barely finished speaking when she heard the old lady mutter incoherently, "It seems that Xu Changlin's father died a violent death, didn't he?"
"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai quickly chimed in, "I stepped into a crack in the rocks on the way up the mountain and got stuck. I was completely stuck. In the dead of winter, I almost froze to death."
"His mother also died of illness, I think." The old lady continued, "I remember the other day, his mother went to the market to sell old cucumber seeds, and while she was talking to someone, her nose started bleeding."
Whether you believe in feudal superstitions or not, everyone can chime in when it comes to these things.
As Ma Ling started the conversation, the old lady and Zhao Youcai added examples, and things that might not have been true were gradually made to sound like real events.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, and others joined the discussion. Two minutes later, Li Ruhai chimed in with a small remark, and then... no one else got a chance to speak.
Li Ruhai's extensive recitation of various stories from the surrounding villages captivated the audience.
"Here you go, Ling'er." Zhao Chun grabbed a handful of melon seeds and gave them to Ma Ling. They cracked the seeds while listening to Li Ruhai tell a story.
The man wasn't very interested in what Li Ruhai was saying. Jie Zhong nudged Zhao Jun and asked, "Brother, when did I get back?"
“He’s quick too,” Zhao Jun said. “I asked him to go to Yongli to pick someone up. Whether he gets there or not, he’ll be back in a little while.”
After saying this, Zhao Jun said to Xie Zhong, "Brother Xie, if I bring him back, you'll have to come with me to Yongsheng."
Before Xie Zhong could speak, Zhao Jun had barely finished speaking when Li Ruhai, who was speaking eloquently, suddenly turned to Zhao Jun and asked, "Brother, when you go to Yongsheng, are you going to the Pang family?"
"Ah!" Zhao Jun responded, then heard Li Ruhai press further: "If you need to apologize to someone, just wait for our sixth uncle to come back and have him go with you."
"Apologize for what? Who should I apologize to?" Zhao Jun said irritably. Jin Xiaomei also sensed something was wrong with Li Ruhai's words and immediately said, "You're talking nonsense, kid. It's such a small matter, why do you need your sixth uncle to go?"
Li Dazhi is the head of the forestry farm, which makes him a prominent figure in the entire Yong'an forest area.
"Hehe." Li Ruhai suddenly laughed and said, "I heard from my sixth aunt that she and my sixth uncle apologize to people every time they meet. They have experience."
"What the hell..." Before everyone could react, Li Tongyun almost cursed out loud. There was only one reason why Li Dazhi and his wife apologized to people: she had hurt their children.
At this moment, Jin Xiaomei also realized what was happening, and she raised her hand and slapped Li Ruhai twice on the back of the neck.
Before Li Ruhai could even cover his neck after the "slap slap" sound, he heard dogs barking outside.
Zhao Jun got up and saw the Jiefang truck parked outside the yard. Zhao Jun didn't know if Jie Chen had brought Song Fu'an back. He got up and walked outside. When he reached the outer room, he looked out the window and saw Wang Qiang leading a short man into the yard.
"How did we manage to get him here?" Zhao Jun frowned, pushed open the door, and walked out.
As soon as Zhao Jun stepped out, the short man hurriedly ran towards him. Upon reaching Zhao Jun, he extended both hands with a broad smile.
Zhao Jun instinctively reached out his right hand, which was immediately grabbed by the short man, who then shook Zhao Jun's hand vigorously.
Seeing this, the dogs in the Zhao family's yard all thought he was going to hurt Zhao Jun, and they all barked at the short man.
The short man didn't seem to care, and just smiled and asked Zhao Jun, "Team Leader Zhao, it's pretty good, isn't it?"
"That's good, that's good." Zhao Jun responded with a smile, then cast an inquiring glance at Wang Qiang.
Seeing this, the short man said to Zhao Jun before he could speak, "Team Leader Zhao, Old Song isn't home. If you need anything, just tell me, and I'll take care of it for you."
Hearing this, Zhao Jun couldn't help but feel a little doubtful. At this moment, Li Baoyu leaned over and whispered in Zhao Jun's ear, "Brother Zhang said that he can handle this better than that Song guy."
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun hurriedly went to look for Zhang Yuanmin. But when he looked, he found that Zhang Yuanmin was standing outside the courtyard and had not come in.
"Brother!" Zhao Jun hurriedly walked out of the courtyard and called to Zhang Yuanmin, "What are you doing? Why don't you come inside?"
“I don’t want to talk to him.” Zhang Yuanmin glanced at the short man and said, “I’m going back, brother.”
"What are you doing, brother?" Zhao Jun was speechless. The short man was none other than Zhang Yuanmin's cousin, Zhang Jimin.
Zhao Jun knew that the two brothers didn't get along and hadn't spoken to each other for years. Today, it was Zhang Yuanmin who brought this to Zhang Jimin, and now he was leaving.
"Yuanmin!" At this moment, Zhang Jimin chased after Zhang Yuanmin from behind and called out, "What are you doing? Your brother is here, are you still leaving? What kind of situation is that?"
Zhang Yuanmin didn't speak, only glancing at Zhang Jimin. Zhang Jimin wasn't angry at all, only saying, "I heard you bought a TV and stuff, and then you brought all those relatives from Old Yang's family over for drinks? Yuanmin, we're like uncles and brothers, why didn't you invite me when you arranged the drinks?"
Zhao Jun looked at Zhang Yuanmin, and if Zhang Yuanmin wanted to say something, he would send Zhang Jimin away.
Zhang Yuanmin still ignored Zhang Jimin. He only said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, I have something to do back home. I'll go back first."
"Brother." Zhao Jun raised his hand to stop Zhang Yuanmin, but Zhang Yuanmin pointed at Zhang Jimin and said, "You go to Yongsheng, you can take him there."
Hearing Zhang Yuanmin recommend him to Zhao Jun, Zhang Jimin couldn't help but smile. But the next second, Zhang Yuanmin changed the subject and said, "He's the dog. That year, your sister-in-law and I went up the mountain to dig up some earthworms, and he gave me a good beating."
Upon hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Zhang Jimin's expression changed drastically. He said, "Yuanmin, what are you saying? I was just joking with you."
After saying this, Zhang Jimin turned to Zhao Jun and smiled, "Team leader, I was just joking with him."
Zhao Jun made no attempt to hide his disapproval and glanced at Zhang Jimin.
"Alright, brothers, get on with your business." Zhang Yuanmin pointed in the direction of home and said to Zhao Jun, "When you're done, tell your wife to go home."
Zhang Yuanmin knew that even though Zhao Jun had come all the way to bring Zhang Jimin here, no matter what, he would still have to invite Zhang Jimin to stay for a meal.
Zhang Yuanmin understood Zhao Jun, but he would never eat at the same table as Zhang Jimin.
Zhao Jun knew Zhang Yuanmin's personality. Although he usually didn't get angry with these people, he was quite stubborn outside.
Zhao Jun didn't try to stop him, and Zhang Yuanmin left with his hands behind his back. Just as Zhang Yuanmin was walking home, the Li brothers, Li Yuan and Li Wei, whom he had met while working at the 77th Steel Plant last year, were heading to his house.
The two brothers couldn't find Zhang Yuanmin's house, but coincidentally, they ran into Zhang Laibao.
"Young man!" Li Wei called out to Zhang Laibao, asking, "Can I ask you where Zhang Yuanmin lives?"
"I don't know," Zhang Laibao replied curtly. Ever since he got into trouble for giving directions to others a few times, Zhang Laibao had learned his lesson.
"How could I not know?" Li Wei was taken aback, watching Zhang Laibao's departing figure.
“Yes, this is Yong’an Village.” Li Yuan looked around and then said to Li Wei, “Don’t you know Brother Zhang? Everyone knows him just by mentioning his nickname.”
"His nickname? Big Pants?" Li Wei asked. Li Yuan shook his head and said, "No, I think it was something like Little Pig or something?"
"Little piglet!" A familiar term from Northeast China flashed through Li Wei's mind, but he felt that this nickname was even worse than "big crotch".
"Hehe..." Zhang Laibao overheard the two brothers' words. He turned around and laughed, "Yeah, I know Little Piglet, right? You mean Zhang Yuanmin?"
“Yes, yes!” Li Yuan and Li Wei were also fools; otherwise, they wouldn’t have believed Zhang Yuanmin’s “brilliant plan” to burn down the Black Bear Warehouse back then.
“Go that way!” Zhang Laibao turned around and pointed, saying, “Just keep going in the row of houses behind me, the last two houses are all like that.”
In all honesty, Zhang Laibao didn't give anyone wrong directions this time, but after giving them directions, he ran straight to the convenience store.
Watching Zhang Laibao's hurried departure, the Li brothers blinked blankly. Li Yuan asked hesitantly, "Why did that kid run away?"
"Can you give us some directions?" Li Wei had just asked a question when someone shouted, "Li Wei, what are you two doing here?"
"Oh dear!" Li Yuan and Li Wei turned around and saw Zhang Yuanmin walking over from that direction. The two brothers quickly went to greet him.
"You heard the news?" Zhang Yuanmin asked, thinking that the news of his family buying home appliances had spread.
"What news?" Li Yuan stared wide-eyed and said, "Brother Zhang, we've come to find you to fight Hei Xiazi."
Upon hearing the word "black," Zhang Yuanmin's eyes lit up instantly, and his long-dormant heart began to stir again.
This chapter is to make up for yesterday's.
(End of this chapter)