sinovels Chapter 1780 This matter concerning Zhao Jun is not over.
Chapter 1780 This matter concerning Zhao Jun is not over.
Chapter 1780 This matter concerning Zhao Jun is not over.
One gained six dogs, while the other lost six. Therefore, Zhao Youcai and Han Shengli's feelings at this moment were completely different.
While Han Shengli was lost and anxious in the mountains, Zhao Youcai was humming a song as he cooked a delicious lunch for his family and guests.
He made stir-fried dried tofu, stir-fried willow shoots, a pot of tofu soup, and steamed two pots of steaming white flour buns.
Zhao Youcai left some food on the table, covered it with a lid and plates to keep it from getting cold. This was for the children who would come back from school for lunch.
It was not yet 11:30, and those who had gone to school or to the fields had not yet returned. Zhao Youcai then picked up the buckets he had washed in advance and put the prepared food into four large buckets.
Zhao Youcai carried the buckets out of the house, hung two buckets on the left and right front handlebars of the motorcycle, and then fixed the other two buckets behind the motorcycle seat.
Finally, Zhao Youcai slung a bulging bag over his shoulder on each side, which contained aluminum lunchboxes and chopsticks.
In the past two days, Wang Meilan has changed her approach. Instead of dividing the work into groups, everyone works together, going to the dry fields in the morning and the paddy fields in the afternoon. This way, Ma Ling, Liu Mei, Xu Chunyan, and Yang Yufeng won't be bored, and it's more lively when everyone is together.
Zhao Youcai rode his motorcycle straight to the South Land and found Lin Xiangshun's land.
Before even parking, Zhao Youcai saw Xing San and Old Master Zhao sitting there smoking with their heads down.
Seeing Zhao Youcai arrive on his motorcycle, Xing San was taken aback and stood up, calling out, "Second Brother, what brings you here? What happened at home?"
"Brother, what are you saying?" Zhao Youcai, who had stopped his motorcycle, retorted to Xing San, "If I'm free, can't I just take a stroll around?"
Upon hearing this, Xing San looked at Zhao Youcai with a strange expression.
The families had been farming for quite some time. Zhao Youcai only helped Ma Ling with some work on the two days he couldn't sleep. Apart from that, no matter how busy the work in the fields was, he never lent a hand.
Just then, Old Master Zhao got up and asked Zhao Youcai, "Youcai, what's in your bucket? It smells so good!"
"Uncle, brother," Zhao Youcai said with a smile as he got off his motorcycle, "I've brought you food!"
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai took the two buckets off the handlebars and said to the two old men, "Hurry up and call them over for a meal."
"You..." Old Master Zhao looked at the bucket containing tofu soup and steamed buns. He wanted to say something, but he swallowed his words.
"Hey! Come back!" Xing San stood at the edge of the field, waving his arm and calling to Wang Meilan and the others who were working in the distance.
At this time of year, the crops in the fields haven't grown yet, so there are no crops to block the view.
Seeing Xing San waving and shouting from afar, Wang Meilan straightened up, picked up a corner of the towel hanging around her neck, wiped the sweat from her cheeks, and then said to everyone, "Brother, aren't you hungry? Why don't we go back first, and then go up over there after we finish eating?"
"Wait a minute, Mom." Ma Ling, carrying a hoe in one hand, quickly walked to Wang Meilan's side and pointed into the distance, saying, "Why is Dad here?"
"Oh dear!" At this moment, Wang Meilan also saw Zhao Youcai, but the moment she saw Zhao Youcai, a bad thought immediately welled up in her mind: Has something happened at home?
Not only Xing San and Wang Meilan thought so, but Ma Ling, Yang Yufeng and others were also worried about Zhao Youcai's sudden arrival.
Imagine someone who never comes to the fields suddenly showing up at this time—what good could that possibly be?
Just as they were carrying their farm tools and walking briskly toward the edge of the field, they saw Zhao Youcai take something out of his pocket and hand it to Old Master Zhao and Xing San respectively.
Zhao Youcai gave the two old men an aluminum lunchbox. The two old men opened the lunchbox lid, held one side of the lunchbox with their hands, and Zhao Youcai took a spoon and, as if serving food in a cafeteria, scooped a spoonful of tofu soup directly into the lunchbox.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Youcai scooped up some dried tofu and stir-fried willow shoots and served them to Old Master Zhao and Xing San.
Grandpa Zhao and Xing San exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves that there wasn't even a table in this desolate place. But since Zhao Youcai had already brought the food, they didn't know what to say.
As Wang Meilan and the others drew closer, they noticed something amiss. Li Tongyun tugged at Ma Ling's arm and said with a smile, "My uncle-in-law has brought us food."
"Isn't he just wasting his time?" Wang Meilan didn't say this aloud, but she thought to herself. He doesn't do what he should be doing, but he's always making a scene about things he shouldn't be doing.
It's not that Wang Meilan doesn't appreciate other people's labor; it's just that everyone worked all morning and took advantage of their lunch break to go home for a meal and then rest at home.
As a result, this old fellow brought lunch to the field. After everyone finished eating, how could they still lie down and rest in the field?
At this moment, Wang Meilan secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, she was doing work for Lin Xiangshun's family today. If she were doing work for their family, they wouldn't let everyone rest at noon. Would they be like Zhou Bapi or Huang Shiren?
So when they got close to the edge of the field, Wang Meilan rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai three times in a row.
But Zhao Youcai acted as if nothing had happened, laughing as he tapped the spoon into the aluminum lunchbox and said to Wang Meilan, "Lan, come and take a look, I've made three dishes for you."
Everyone was surprised by Zhao Youcai's words. Usually, when Zhao Youcai prepared lunch, there was only one stew, and very rarely, there would be two dishes, one hot and one cold. What was going on today? He actually made three dishes.
Seeing Zhao Youcai's beaming face, Li Tongyun asked with a smile: "Uncle, why are you so happy today?"
"Hahaha..." Zhao Youcai laughed loudly, "Xiaoyun, what's this? Wait for tonight, your uncle will prepare ten dishes for you."
After saying this, Zhao Youcai raised his hand and waved the spoon upwards, loudly announcing, "Our Tiger is back."
Zhao Youcai's words surprised and delighted everyone. Wang Meilan quickly asked Zhao Youcai, "Who brought Hu Zi back?"
“Nobody brought him here,” Zhao Youcai laughed. “Our Tiger found his way home on his own.”
"Our Tiger is really something." Wang Meilan said happily to Jin Xiaomei beside her, "Xiaomei, look, Tiger has saved me another thousand yuan."
“Absolutely,” Jin Xiaomei said with a smile, grabbing Wang Meilan’s sleeve. “Sister-in-law, you don’t have to worry this time.”
"Okay!" Wang Meilan responded, then looked up at Zhao Youcai and said, "I'm going home. I'm going back to see Hu Zi."
"Lan'er." Just then, Zhao Youcai interrupted Wang Meilan and said, "Why don't you finish your meal before you go back?"
"You're just making useless things." Wang Meilan rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai and said, "It would be better to go back and eat. Why did you bring the food here?"
After saying this, Wang Meilan turned around and called to Xie Sunshi and the others, "Let's go home. Let's eat and rest for a while, and then we'll go to the rice paddies."
As soon as Wang Meilan said this, everyone responded.
After being excited for a while, Zhao Youcai realized his mistake and immediately laughed to make amends, saying, "I was just too happy, hahaha..."
Xing San and Old Master Zhao smiled faintly, and the two poured the vegetables that Zhao Youcai had prepared back into the bucket.
Seeing this, Wang Meilan couldn't help but complain to Zhao Youcai again: "Look at you, the vegetables are in a bucket. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were going to feed them something."
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this, and Zhao Youcai said somewhat embarrassedly, "Alright, you can go on your way. I'll go back and put the table down for you."
After saying that, Zhao Youcai got on his motorcycle and headed home.
When Zhao Youcai arrived home, not only had the school children returned, but Li Ruhai and Zhao Jinhui, whom he had sent to Yonglitun to gather information, had also returned.
When Zhao Youcai entered the room, the children were already sitting around the table. Zhao Jinhui handed out bowls to the children, and Li Ruhai handed out chopsticks.
When Zhao Youcai returned, the children greeted him, and Zhao Hong exclaimed in surprise, "Dad, Tiger is back!"
"Mm," Zhao Youcai replied with a smile, but his gaze drifted toward Li Ruhai.
Over the past year, although Li Ruhai had done a lot for Zhao Youcai, and even saved Zhao Youcai from dire straits on two occasions, Zhao Youcai was still not satisfied with him.
To be precise, Zhao Youcai was dissatisfied with Li Ruhai's attitude towards him.
Or to be more precise, Zhao Youcai was dissatisfied with Li Ruhai's differential treatment of him and Zhao Jun.
If Zhao Jun were to assign Li Ruhai any task, Li Ruhai would definitely rush to report the situation to Zhao Jun as soon as he returned from his trip.
But when I entered the room, Li Ruhai only called me "Grandpa" before continuing to hand out chopsticks to Li Xiaoqiao and Xiaolingdang, completely disregarding the task I had given him.
"Ruhai," Zhao Youcai said, placing the bucket of vegetables beside the stove, "how's the matter I asked you to inquire about?"
“Grandpa,” Li Ruhai smiled and said, “Just as you predicted, those five dogs belong to Han Shengli.”
"Really?" Zhao Youcai asked Li Ruhai for confirmation.
“Really!” Li Ruhai laughed. “I asked clearly and thoroughly. Han Shengli’s family has two black dogs and three spotted dogs, all of which he brought with him when he moved from Lingnan.”
"Okay, okay!" Zhao Youcai exclaimed twice, then raised his hand to Li Ruhai and Zhao Jinhui and said, "You two go up to the dish rack and get a few bowls, then pour out all the dishes and stuff."
"What?" Zhao Jinhui was taken aback. He stepped forward, craned his neck to look into the bucket, and then asked Zhao Youcai in surprise, "Grandpa, why are you putting all the vegetables in the bucket? What are you feeding them?"
"Hey you!" Zhao Youcai winked at Zhao Jinhui and said irritably, "I brought food to your aunt and the others, and they all want to come back to eat."
Upon hearing Zhao Youcai mention Wang Meilan, Li Ruhai and Zhao Jinhui dared not speak. They exchanged a glance and immediately turned around to fetch the bowls and helmets used for serving vegetables.
At 5:30 p.m., the Jiefang truck drove into Yong'an Village, carrying five people, including Zhao Jun, who looked listless.
Zhao Jun and his team searched in the mountains for another day, but in the end, Zhao Jun had to give up. On the way back from the mountains, Zhao Jun couldn't feel happy at all.
Regardless of whether Black Tiger is a big-headed dog or not, Zhao Jun and Black Tiger have developed feelings for each other after spending a year together.
Although Black Tiger had many minor flaws, the dog was intelligent and endearing. Its loss caused Zhao Jun to develop blisters on his lips.
As the Liberation truck turned a corner, passing the open space where Gu Yang was preparing to build a house, and then walking forward to the Zhao family compound, a familiar barking sound reached Zhao Jun's ears.
"Ow ooh..."
Zhao Jun, who was sitting in the back of the truck, was instantly invigorated. He straightened up, pricked up his ears, and distinguished Black Tiger's unique bark from the many barks of the dogs.
"Baoyu," Zhao Jun slapped Li Baoyu hard on the back and exclaimed in surprise, "Tiger is back!"
"Yes, brother," Li Baoyu replied with a grin, his face beaming. Zhao Jun's happiness was his happiness.
The Liberation truck stopped outside the Zhao family compound. Before it had even come to a complete stop, Zhao Jun jumped off the back of the truck. He ran quickly into the yard, from the gate to the back of the house, where he saw the familiar big black dog standing in front of its kennel.
"Tiger!" Zhao Jun shouted and pounced on Black Tiger.
"Awooo!" Black Tiger got up and pounced on Zhao Jun.
A dog weighing over 130 pounds pounces, and very few people can stop it. Zhao Jun, who was knocked to the ground by Black Tiger, didn't care at all. He lay on the ground, hugging Black Tiger tightly and laughing heartily.
"Woof woof woof..." The other dogs, not knowing what had happened, all barked loudly when they saw their owner fall to the ground.
The black tiger, held in Zhao Jun's arms, seemed to understand its master's feelings. It raised its head and gently sniffed Zhao Jun's chin.
Suddenly, Zhao Jun clamped his arms around the black tiger's neck, lowered his head, opened his mouth, and bit the black tiger's ear.
They were so happy they didn't know what to do.
"Roar!" the black tiger shrieked, but seeing Zhao Jun's face coming close to it again, the black tiger quickly raised its paw and gently pushed Zhao Jun's face away.
"Hahaha..." Zhao Jun laughed uncontrollably.
……
After interacting with Black Tiger for a while, Zhao Jun and the others returned to their room.
Zhao Youcai didn't lie to Li Tongyun at noon; he emptied the refrigerator and really cooked ten dishes that afternoon.
Dishes such as braised bear paw and braised prawns are already on the table, along with Xifeng liquor, Wuliangye liquor, and orange soda.
People of all ages were overjoyed, their laughter echoing throughout the venue.
Seeing this, Wang Qiang couldn't help but laugh and complain about his group, saying, "We're the only ones who would celebrate finding a dog so wildly."
"Hahaha..." The adults laughed heartily, and the children laughed along with them.
"Dad, Mom." At this moment, Zhao Jun asked Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan, "How did Tiger get back?"
Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Youcai, who started from the beginning, first saying that Zhang Jimin came to report the situation, then that Hei Hu returned with five dogs, and then he said his own speculation and sent Li Ruhai and Zhao Jinhui to gather intelligence.
Finally, Zhao Youcai revealed his conclusion: Black Tiger was picked up by Han Shengli, who then didn't want to return it and wanted to keep it for himself. However, Black Tiger was clever, causing Han Shengli to lose out in his attempt to steal it.
After hearing these words, Zhao Jun's face grew even worse. He immediately slammed his hand on the table, his eyes widening, and said, "This is nothing, but we can't just let it go like this!"
As soon as Zhao Jun said this, the room fell silent.
Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, Xie Chen, and Li Ruhai were all eager to speak when Zhao Youcai said, "Son, if you want me to say something, just forget it."
There will be an extra chapter, it'll be quite late, everyone go to sleep now, we'll read it tomorrow morning.
(End of this chapter)