The whole mountain is my hunting ground

The steaming dumplings were served, and the Zhao family, including Xiao Zhou, sat around the Kang table to eat dumplings.

The dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage and wild boar are delicious only when they are hot.

"Son." Wang Meilan asked Zhao Jun casually: "Are you still going up the mountain today?"

"Ah?" Zhao Jun looked up at Wang Meilan and asked, "What's wrong, Mom? Are you okay?"

"What's wrong with me?" Wang Meilan said with a smile: "There is a wild boar in the shed behind the house. Take a look and sell it if you need to, and give it as a gift if you need to."

"Not today, Mom." Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Youcai and saw that he was eating dumplings as usual, so Zhao Jun could only say to Wang Meilan, "I have to go to Futai with my minister today."

"Futai?" Wang Meilan frowned and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Ah!" At this time, Zhao Youcai took over the conversation and said, "I'll leave the village to buy a dog and ask my son to get it back for me."

"Are you buying a dog?" Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Youcai and asked suspiciously, "Did you get money for your son?"

As expected of a family leader, Wang Meilan hit the nail on the head with her words.

"Then what..." Zhao Youcai stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a dumpling, and while dipping the seasoning in the bowl, he said, "The eldest son said I'm not needed."

Zhao Youcai called Zhao Jun his eldest son, and this "eldest son" was the same nickname as Zhang Yuanmin and his wife used to call Xiao Lingdang "eldest son".

Zhao Jun was called this by Zhao Youcai for the first time in his life, which made Zhao Jun feel "flattered" for a moment. While he was biting the dumpling, he glanced at Zhao Youcai sideways.

When she heard that her son was spending the money, Wang Meilan frowned slightly and asked, "How much does it cost? Why buy another dog? How many dogs have been groomed at home?"

"That dog is good." Zhao Youcai said, "Big-headed dog."

"What?" After more than twenty years with Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan understood more or less, and immediately asked: "Big-headed dog? How much does it cost?"

"One hundred yuan." Zhao Youcai said, "It turned out to be one hundred and eighty yuan."

"A hundred yuan isn't money?" Wang Meilan glared and said, "If you have something good to do, you don't want to think about your son. If you spend money, you know how to find your son."

Hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Jun and Zhao Chun were both happy. Zhao Youcai, as if he had been greatly wronged, said: "Who said good things will happen without thinking of him? That dog specializes in attacking blind people, and it will wag and pull wherever it goes in the mountains."

At this point, Zhao Youcai raised his chin at Wang Meilan and said, "Didn't you say that? Before my son got married, we had that red-braised black blind man's palm on every table. I was just thinking... now we have a few missing people. It’s a tough dog, let’s buy a big-headed one, otherwise it won’t be safe to make a fool of the blind man.”

Wang Meilan was startled when she heard this. She closed her eyes and said, "That's right."

Seeing that Wang Meilan recognized his statement, Zhao Youcai felt happy and felt that his wife was very easy to talk to recently. I didn’t care about the money I had to pay for the cow, and I was happy to agree to buy a dog today.

But at this moment, Wang Meilan turned to Zhao Jun and said: "Son, your dad is right. You often go up the mountain, and you can't do it without a good dog. So what... Mom will get you money in a while, and when you're done, kill the black blind man." If you have the guts, sell and save the money, and mom will buy you a car!"

"Ah..." Suddenly, Zhao Jun rolled his eyes and took Wang Meilan's words and said: "This dog is my father's. Then I will lead it up the mountain. Every time the black man comes, does it have to be my father's?" Where’s one share?”

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai's eyes widened and he thought to himself: "Can you still think so?"

Zhao Youcai was not stupid. He knew that Zhao Jun had bought the dog, so he wanted Zhao Jun to pay for it.

Similarly, if Zhao Jun often goes up the mountain, he has a greater chance of hunting bear bile. If you can really get dividends every time, that would be great.

"You can count it as one share." Zhao Chun fed half a dumpling to Xiao Zhouxue, then turned around and smiled at Zhao Jun: "What's our dad's is yours too, isn't it? Like my mom said, I'll save up and buy it for you. A car?"

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai, who was thinking about good things, suddenly panicked when he heard Zhao Chun's words. He quickly stopped Zhao Jun, who was nodding, and said: "That's not true, then I..."

Halfway through his words, Zhao Youcai couldn't continue.

I think Boss Zhao is also a man of honor. Although Zhao Jun is his son, he can't let Zhao Jun pay for a dog and he can share the money without spending any money, right?

"What's wrong?" Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai and asked, "What's wrong, Dad?"

"I... that..." Zhao Youcai hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head and said, "It's okay, let's eat quickly, the dumplings will get cold in a while."

As soon as Zhao Youcai finished speaking, the dog in the yard outside the house barked twice, and then someone pulled open the door from outside.

It was Li Ruhai. As soon as this boy came in, he nodded to Zhao Youcai with a smile, and then greeted the Zhao family members one by one: "Uncle, aunt, eldest sister, eldest brother, Xiaohong, Xiaona, Xiaozhou Zhou."

"This kid!" Wang Meilan greeted: "Have you eaten? If you haven't eaten, go get your chopsticks."

"Eat, aunt." Li Ruhai said, sitting sideways on the edge of the kang, behind Zhao Jun, and said, "My family also eats dumplings."

After making the dumplings yesterday, Wang Meilan distributed them directly to several families and asked them to take them back. This morning she was making dumplings at her own home.

At this time, Zhao Jun looked back at Li Ruhai and asked, "Ruhai, are you okay?"

Li Ruhai smiled and said: "Brother, you can go to Futai later and give me a lift."

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was slightly stunned and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Walking around, strolling around." Li Ruhai said.

"Then let's go." Zhao Jun agreed, and at this time the dog outside the house barked again.

But when those dogs stopped barking twice, they knew that the visitor was no stranger.

Sure enough, not long after, Jie Chen came in from outside the house.

With the same greeting, Jie Chen sat down next to Li Ruhai and heard Wang Meilan ask: "Minister, how do you like the dumplings?"

"Oh, auntie." Jie Chen smiled and said, "Don't mention it."

"What happened?" Everyone was very curious and asked in unison.

"My mother and I, Jiang Nai, made the dumplings." Jie Chen told everyone, "My mother, Jiang Nai, made the dumplings very well, but when my mother made them, they all leaked out when cooked."

Wang Meilan smiled and said, "That's because she didn't hold it tight."

"It's not good!" Jie Chen said: "It will turn into a piece of soup as soon as it is boiled."

"Oh, don't pick it!" At this time, Zhao Jun turned around and "scolded" Xie Chen, saying: "You will be lucky if you can eat the dumplings made by my aunt Xie!"

After saying this, Zhao Jun added: "You are still picky about this."

"No, no." Jie Chen was amused by Zhao Jun's remarks, and then he said with some emotion: "Brother Jun, don't say that. Before the Chinese New Year this year, I will go home with my eldest brother and have to pay a good visit to the grave."

"Huh?" Jie Chen's words made Zhao Jun confused. This topic jumps too much. The first sentence is nagging, but the second sentence mentions visiting the grave?

"Haha." Jie Chen chuckled and said: "Before my father was alive, one year and thirty years ago, our family was making dumplings. My sister-in-law and my second sister all made dumplings, but my mother didn't make them. She didn't talk much at that time. , my father said that if my mother could make dumplings, the ancestral graves of our Lao Jie family would have to emit green smoke."

"Hahaha……"

Jie Chen's words made everyone laugh. Wang Meilan laughed and said: "This kid can say anything if he can't do it."

"Haha..." Jie Chen, who was laughing and joking, suddenly met Li Ruhai's eyes in front of him, and the laughter in his mouth stopped abruptly.

"Huh?" The smile on Li Ruhai's face faltered, and then Jie Chen said: "Ruhai, you can't go out and talk about my mother."

Jie Chen still wants to talk about his wife here. If everyone in Yong'an Forest District knows the true identity of Jie Sun, then it will not be easy for him, Jie Chen, to find a wife here.

"Brother Chen, I can't!" Li Ruhai said unhappily: "I can say anything..."

As soon as Li Ruhai defended himself, he saw that everyone was looking at him wrongly, so he quickly changed his words and said, "What do I mean by marrying my mother? Besides, no one in the village knows her, so what's the point of me saying that?"

"You can pull him down." Jie Chen rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "Aunt Zhou, do we know each other from the village? You came to our house that time and the sheep was on top, and you still went out to brag. .”

Li Ruhai's face fell as his boss was revealed, and he looked at the minister angrily.

"Huh?" Zhao Jun saw this and hurriedly stopped him: "Ruhai, don't forget, we can't talk about our own family's affairs to anyone else!"

This was what Zhao Jun said to Li Ruhai when he stayed at Zhao's house that day.

At this time, Zhao Jun was afraid that Li Ruhai would make up a story because Jie Chen would offend Li Ruhai.

You know, this kid is a master who can even trick his own brother if he is unhappy.

Jie Chen also reacted and quickly wooed Li Ruhai, saying, "Ruhai, don't be picky about us. I'll buy you something delicious someday."

Li Ruhai rolled his eyes when he heard this. He was no longer the Li Ruhai he was a year ago. Now he can make up to one dollar, sixty or seventy cents every day by sewing by himself.

"Okay!" At this time, Zhao Jun put down his chopsticks, pushed his bowl, stretched out his hand to rub his little nephew's chubby cheeks, and said, "I've finished eating, pack it up, pack it away!"

"Brother Jun!" Jie Chen stood up after hearing this and said, "Then I will drive."

At the same time, Li Ruhai also stood up and said, "I'll get my bag."

Zhao family: "..."

After Jie Chen and Li Ruhai went out together, Zhao Jun got off the kang and went back to his room to get dressed.

As soon as he left, Wang Meilan said "Oh!" and said, "I have to buy dog ​​money for my son!"

After speaking, Wang Meilan also glanced at Zhao Youcai.

Zhao Youcai had an idea, put down his chopsticks, and said while getting off the kang, "I've finished eating, and I'll send him some money."

Then, Zhao Youcai took the ten unity cards handed over by Wang Meilan and hurried straight to the West Room.

"Huh?" In the west room, Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai who was coming over and asked, "Dad, what are you doing?"

"You don't have to pay for the green tiger." Zhao Youcai lowered his voice and said to Zhao Jun: "From now on, you will lead him up the mountain. He will have to work to kill the bear bile. You can give me some of it."

The green tiger's asking price is only one hundred, but how much does a black blind man's courage cost? Of course, Zhao Youcai had a clear mind and knew that it was impossible to get a share from Wang Meilan.

But if you divide a piece of bear bile for ten or twenty yuan, it should be fine...right?

"Ah, okay." Zhao Jun agreed happily, then stretched out his hand to Zhao Youcai and said, "Dad, take the money."

Zhao Youcai: "..."

Zhao Youcai looked at the money in his hand and then at Zhao Jun. He didn't know what to do.