The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Zhao Youcai's two sentences contained a lot of hidden information.

Not only did he ask Zhao Jun to help him, he also threatened to take the dog up the mountain.

"Okay, dad." As a "filial son", Zhao Jun agreed immediately, but then asked: "What's the matter? Do you still have to go to Futai?"

I remember that the last time Zhao Youcai took his dogs up the mountain for a siege, he slaughtered Zhang Lifu's oxen that was pulling the sledge as soon as he left the village.

In order to clear away the pile of rubbish for him, Wang Meilan sent Li Ruhai out to buy cattle. Li Ruhai took Zhang Lifu to Futai. He left home early in the morning and came back late at night.

Similarly, Ma Ling and her third aunt's family are also in Futai.

That village is more than eighty miles away from Yong'an, but it's not close to people who come and go.

Besides, you have to know what to do in order to do things.

"Ah." Zhao Youcai replied casually: "Uncle Li, let me pick up a dog in that village. When you're done, go get it back."

There was nothing wrong with what Zhao Youcai said, but he concealed an important piece of information. At first glance, I thought he had already paid for the dog.

"Buying a dog?" Zhao Jun was startled when he heard this, and then asked: "Why did you go so far to buy a dog?"

"His dog is good." At this time, Li Dayong continued on the other side of the wall: "Big-headed dog."

"Big-headed dog?" Zhao Jun was very surprised. Big-headed dogs are not ordinary hunting dogs. They must be able to find, chase, and den. That is to say, they must have a good head, long range, and the ability to retain prey. Three advantages.

Zhao Jun had never seen a few such hunting dogs in the past decades or decades.

When it comes to big-headed dogs, the current little bear and the fat man who died in the battle are not qualified. The big-headed dogs that Zhao Jun has come into contact with so far are except the Qinglong who has not yet grown up, and the dead Hua Xiao and Qinglang.

Good dogs like this have names and owners and will not change hands easily. Unless you are as old as Xu Changlin and are ready to return home, it is possible to buy a dog from him.

"Whose dog is this?" Zhao Jun frowned and asked, "Do they have such a cruel dog there?"

"Yes." Li Dayong nodded and said, "Qinghuhu, haven't you heard of it?"

"Green tiger?" Hearing Li Dayong's words, Zhao Jun was shocked and asked: "Then the dog is still alive?"

"You and Baoyu, you are really two brothers." Li Dayong glanced at Li Baoyu next to him and said with a smile: "That dog is really good at life."

"That dog isn't big, is it?" At this time, Lin Xiangshun interjected: "He is from the same litter as old Xu Pao's green wolf..."

"No, second brother!" Zhao Jun waved his hand to interrupt and said: "It and Green Wolf have the same mother, but they are not the same litter."

"Ah..." Lin Xiangshun laughed when he heard this: "You still know everything?"

"Haha." Zhao Jun said with a smile: "I used to chat with old Xu Pao about Qian'er, and I heard him talk about it."

"Huh?" Hearing the two men talking about Xu Changlin, Zhao Youcai pulled Zhao Jun and said, "Old Xu Pao's wife (pé) is sick."

Zhao Jun was startled and asked subconsciously: "What's the disease?"

Although he asked, Zhao Jun already remembered that the old lady of Xu Changlin's family died of kidney disease in his previous life.

It was nephritis at first, but it was not that serious. After taking anti-inflammatory injections for a few days, I switched to traditional Chinese medicine.

It was effective at first, but four years later the old lady developed uremia.

Thinking of the old lady who asked him to use her name to make friends with Xu Baoshan, Zhao Jun couldn't bear it. He kept this incident in his mind and thought about reminding the old man when he met Xu Changlin that day and asking him to lead the old lady to the city. Take a look inside. After all, their son is in the city and it is convenient to see a doctor.

But as an outsider, Zhao Jun can't talk about this kind of thing in depth, so he can only touch on it. Whether to go or not depends on the fate of the old lady.

At this time, the door of Li's house opened, and four of them, Jin Xiaomei, Yang Yufeng, Zhao Ling, and Xu Chunyan, came out of the house holding a corner of the wild boar skin.

"What are you three doing?" Jin Xiaomei said to the third father and son of the Li family, "You don't want to help us."

"Hey! It's coming, it's coming." Li Dayong quickly ran over with Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai to help.

At this time, Zhao Youcai reacted, pointed to the front of his house, and said to Wang Qiang beside him: "Let's go into the house quickly. Your sister and the others are almost done, right?"

After saying that, Zhao Youcai walked quickly towards the house.

Don't tell me, Zhao Youcai is really good at it. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Wang Meilan, Zhao Chun, the old lady, and Xie Sun rolling bearskin.

"Lan!" When Zhao Youcai saw this, he immediately rolled up the sleeves of his cotton-padded jacket, called Wang Meilan, and then called the only elder in the room, saying: "Auntie, please stop stretching your hands, I'll fix it!"

"Oh!" When the old lady saw Zhao Youcai, she immediately smiled and said, "Second, you came back at the right time!"

"These boys." Xie Sun also said: "They ran away and never came back."

"Hurry up!" Wang Meilan called to the men who entered the room and said, "Take all this away. We will put the table right away and start eating."

After saying this, Wang Meilan pointed to the four bear paws next to the stove and said to Zhao Jun: "Son, please put these four bear paws away."

Wang Meilan insisted on serving the dish of braised bear paws at Zhao Jun's wedding banquet.

Two bear skins, one wrapped in meat bones, and one wrapped in scraps, were carried out of the house by several people in a hurry.

At this time, there were still two bear legs and four large pots of bear oil left in the house, which were all for cooking tomorrow.

After Zhao Jun and the others buried the bear's paws and froze the meat and bones, the people from the Li family climbed over the wall one by one. Li Baoyu was still holding a small basin with two wild boar tenderloins in it.

The Zhao family only sells the two tenderloin meats for the canteen, and the other parts of the meat are either sold to the canteen or to Li Ruhai's customers.

When everyone entered the room, Zhao Chun, the old lady, and Xie Sun had already placed the table.

Looking at Mr. Xie Sun who was giving out chopsticks to the children, Zhao Jun couldn't help but sigh that the atmosphere in his home was simply invincible. He didn't need to be rude or scolded, but simply relied on the harmonious atmosphere and delicious dishes. The die-hards like Xie Sun have been reformed.

Tonight’s meal is very simple, consisting of large bones stewed with pickled cabbage and white flour steamed buns.

According to Wang Meilan's original idea, after the stew is out of the pot, she will stir-fry some side dishes. But the prey brought back by Zhao Jun kept them busy until now. Seeing that the sauerkraut was enough to eat, Wang Meilan stopped making more sauerkraut.

As for this dish, everyone ate quite well.

After clearing the table after the meal, the men drank tea, smoked and chatted in the house, while Wang Meilan led the women to work outside.

Jin Xiaomei and Yang Yufeng were each guarding a cutting board, chopping stuffings for making dumplings tomorrow.

Zhao Ling and Xu Chunyan gathered around the big basin to collect pig intestines. Wang Meilan had eaten the dried intestines brought back by Zhao Chun and said they were delicious, so she insisted on filling them herself.

Therefore, today the intestines of the cannon egg were neither fed to the dogs nor worshiped to the mountain gods, but were stuffed back into the pig's chest and brought back together.

When it was nearly nine o'clock, the women had finished preparing everything that needed to be prepared, and then called the men and children back to their respective homes.

Tonight, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai were still sleeping in the west room. After washing his feet, Zhao Youcai sat cross-legged on the warmed quilt and said to Zhao Jun, who was washing his feet: "Tomorrow you will come back from Futai and stop by Yongfu and go to Hong Yuntao's house. Bring back all three dogs you bought for me."

"Okay." Zhao Jun responded and asked casually: "Dad, you have paid for those three dogs of Lao Hong's family."

"Ah, that's it." Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes and hurriedly changed the subject: "Just before I came back, I met your father-in-law, and he kept nagging me for a long time."

"Huh?" Zhao Jun lifted one foot and wiped it with a rag while asking, "What did Uncle Ma say?"

"Ah..." Zhao Youcai said: "He didn't say anything, he just asked you about things in the town."

Zhao Youcai deliberately waited for Zhao Jun to ask a question before answering.

At this time, Zhao Jun could roughly guess what Ma Dafu was thinking, and hurriedly asked: "Then what did you say, Dad?"

"I'll just tell you." Zhao Youcai touched the little lynx's head with his hand and said, "If you don't want to go, just stay home and live a good life with Ma Ling."

After saying this, Zhao Youcai looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "Is that okay?"

"That's great, Dad!" After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Zhao Jun said with a smile on his face: "I, Uncle Ma, are very happy?"

"That's right!" Zhao Youcai smiled and said, "He left happily and said that he would ask your mother-in-law to take care of your children in the future."

Hearing Zhao Youcai mention this matter, Zhao Jun couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. The brat in my family in my previous life was all brought up by Wang Cuihua. My mother-in-law is really interested in her family.

Seeing Zhao Jun smiling, Zhao Youcai reached back and took the cigarette case from the kang cabinet, gestured to Zhao Jun, and said, "This is the cigarette. Whenever I touch your father-in-law, I will light one for him. I'll come back in the evening." Qian'er, should I give it to him? He said no, and he would eat when he got home."

When he said this, Zhao Youcai took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and put it into his mouth, and then said: "Then I will give him one and let him carry it back."

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was slightly stunned. He looked at the stone forest smoke in Zhao Youcai's hand and remembered that Ma Ling bought it for Zhao Youcai, but where could Ma Ling's money come from?

Zhao Jun suddenly burst into laughter and said to Zhao Youcai: "Okay, dad, you two brothers can smoke. When you are done smoking, just tell me and I will buy another one for you."

As soon as Zhao Jun said this, Zhao Youcai's little eyes suddenly lit up. He held the cigarette case and gestured in front of Zhao Jun's eyes, saying: "Son, it's up to you to say this or not. You are the one who provided for dad's smoking." of."

"What? Did I provide it to you?" Zhao Jun frowned and said unconvinced: "Dad, you smoked before you married my mother, so why did I provide it to you?"

"Oops." Zhao Youcai glanced sideways at Zhao Jun and said with a smile: "Yes, I was rolling leaf cigarettes with your father before I was sixteen years old. But for so many years, I have either smoked leaf cigarettes or golden gourds."

When he mentioned the words "golden gourd", Zhao Youcai seemed to be very angry. He slapped the cigarette case on Zhao Jun's pillow and said, "Except for this cigarette, I can't smoke anything else." ”

Zhao Jun: "..."

At this time, Zhao Youcai grabbed the cigarette case on Zhao Jun's pillow and said, "What about flower balls, Yingchun, nothing."

Zhao Jun: "..."

"Okay, dad." Zhao Jun felt cute looking at Zhao Youcai like this, and couldn't help but smile: "If you want to smoke, you can smoke. If you want to smoke without the front, just say something, and I will prepare it for you."

Zhao Youcai knew that his son meant what he said, so he immediately beamed with joy, took the opportunity to hit the snake and said, "You can give dad the money, and dad can buy it himself."

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned, suddenly remembered something, and asked Zhao Youcai, "Dad, I just remembered it. You... I, Uncle Li, put that dog away, have you finished paying it?"

Zhao Youcai: "..."

Seeing that Zhao Youcai remained silent, Zhao Jun twitched the corner of his mouth and said angrily: "How much did it cost, dad, you have to tell me. Otherwise, if I go to someone's place tomorrow, they will ask me for money, and I don't have my pocket. That would be embarrassing." Na?"

"Ah, haha." Zhao Youcai smiled when he heard this and said, "Dad didn't have time to tell you."

"How much is it?" Zhao Jun asked.

"One hundred dollars." After Zhao Youcai finished speaking, Zhao Jun asked, "Dad, do you have any money in your pocket?"

"Not yet." Zhao Youcai said, "You, Uncle Li, tell me to go out and weigh fifty for me, and then the guys in the kitchen will give me another fifty."

Zhao Youcai's words made people feel pitiful, but Zhao Jun didn't believe a word of it. I haven’t collected the money yet, so I’ll let myself buy a dog tomorrow.

Besides, others don't know, but Zhao Jun knows that Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong still have small treasury that have not been sealed.

"Okay, dad." Zhao Jun thought for a while, then finally waved his hand and said, "Don't bother with it. It's just a hundred yuan. I'll give it to him when I get there tomorrow."

"Okay!" Zhao Youcai agreed happily and said, "Then dad doesn't care."

"Well, you don't have to worry about it." Zhao Jun got under the quilt, and the little lynx immediately left Zhao Youcai's hand and quickly walked to Zhao Jun's pillow and lay down.

Tonight, Wang Meilan was unloading bear meat outside. This little guy kept scratching at the door of the house, scratching the door of Zhao Jun's room.

Noting that his claws were so sharp but he never showed them to his family, Zhao Jun rewarded him with a piece of wild boar meat. After the little lynx finished chewing, its belly was full and round.

This little guy ate well and drank well at Zhao Jun's house and slept on the fire bed, and his fur grew very well. Although it is small, it is better than first-class leather.

Zhao Jun reached out and gently rubbed the little lynx's belly, and said to Zhao Youcai: "Dad, this little thing is a bear!"

"What's going on?" Zhao Youcai asked.

"That day when I took it out, it was trembling." Zhao Jun said, "I saw the tiger this morning, and it was also scared."

"That doesn't matter." Zhao Youcai said: "You haven't let it go out before. Just take it out for a few rounds beforehand. This thing is really solid. Look at this little thing. By this time next year, it will be fine. Incredible."

"Then I will take it for a walk every day from now on." Zhao Jun said.

"Yes." At this time, Zhao Youcai also got into bed and said to Zhao Jun: "Turn off the lights and go to bed early. I have to go see Sanhei and Sihei tomorrow morning."

"What?" Zhao Jun, who was about to turn on the light, was startled and asked, "Dad, what do you want to see?"

"Tsk!" Zhao Youcai smacked his lips, glanced at Zhao Jun, and said, "Just those cubs from Little Bear!"