The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Wang Meilan folded the leftover geese and chickens from last night and stewed the vermicelli in the pot this morning.

In the morning, the family talked and laughed around the Kang table to eat.

After dinner, Wang Meilan and Zhao Chun put away the dishes and tidied the room. Zhao Youcai leaned on the kang cabinet and smoked. Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, Li Ruhai, and Jie Chen were tying Bingga's whip.

At this time, Lin Xiangshun and his wife came with their children. Wang Meilan proposed yesterday that everyone go on a winter outing to Dongdagou today, and Xu Chunyan also wanted to participate.

It happened that Lin Xiangshun was working with Zhao Youcai and the Li family, so he came with his wife and children and brought a one-legged donkey.

Heiji, Liao and Mengdong are collectively called the Northeast, but in the Northeast, even instant noodles have more than ten different names.

As for this one-legged donkey, in some places it is called a roller skate, in other places it is called a one-legged ice cart, and there are many other names such as one-legged thunder and one-legged donkey.

To put it bluntly, there is an ice skate attached to the bottom of the board. The person squats on the board, supports the wooden stick and iron drill with both hands to maintain balance on the ice, and then pushes the ice cart backwards to slide on the ice like skiing.

Within a few minutes, Yang Yufeng, Xiao Lingdang and the old lady came. The old lady was old and would not participate in today's outdoor activities. She was here to babysit Zhao Chun's children.

After the old lady entered the door, she went to the east room to see Zhou Zhou. Seeing Wang Meilan, the old lady said to her: "Your eldest sister is going to kill a big goose today."

"Are you still killing?" Wang Meilan couldn't help but feel a flash of envy when she heard this, but she said, "Didn't we just finish the killing yesterday?"

"Haha..." The old lady smiled and waved her hand. She did not bother about the big goose matter, but said: "She is very active in work these days. When she got up early, she lit the kang for the little bear. Before I left, , and she also said she was making bone soup for the little bear."

Wang Meilan was amused by what the old lady said. Looking on the sidelines, Xu Chunyan was also happy, while Zhao Chun was confused.

Xie Sun came to Yong'an with Zhao Jun on November 4th. As of yesterday, it was exactly one month.

But in this short month, although Xie Sun's appetite has not decreased but increased, there have been radical changes in other aspects.

Xie Sun, who had never recognized a watch for most of her life, was taught to recognize a watch by an old lady. Although I don’t know how to stir-fry or stew yet, I can cook dumplings and make dry food.

Mr. Xie Sun was very good at making fires, burning kangs, and picking soybeans. Especially the chopper, this little old lady is very energetic and is good at fighting. She can also hold up a big boy in the chopstick.

In Xie Zhong's words, his mother came to Yong'an for a month and went through labor reform and became a new person.

After Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, and Lin Xiangshun left for work, Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei took the four families and rushed to Dongdagou in a mighty manner.

At the same time, a Jiefang car entered from Tunnan.

In the back compartment of the Jiefang truck, there were large pine wooden boxes. In the car, Sun Haizhu was driving, and sister-in-law Jie Hua and Liu Lanying crowded in the passenger seat and chatted.

"Haizhu!" Suddenly, Jie Hua pointed forward and said to Sun Haizhu: "Go down and ask him where Zhao Jun's home is? We need to know the place!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Haizhu immediately stopped the car, opened the door and got out of the car. At this time, Liu Lanying, who was in the car, stretched her neck and looked forward, saying, "Why does this person walk in such a way?"

"You have bad legs and feet," Jie Hua said, but Liu Lanying slapped her lips and said, "You look so young, so pitiful."

"Little brother!" Sun Haizhu, who got off the car, ran a few steps to catch up with Zhang Laibao and asked, "I want to ask you about someone."

Zhang Laibao stopped and turned around to look at the person in front of him. Looking at Sun Haizhu's clothes, he knew that this was no ordinary person, so he asked, "Who are you asking about?"

"Zhao Jun." Sun Haizhu said, "I want to go to his house. Where should I go?"

"Why are you looking for Zhao Jun?" Zhang Laibao clicked his eyes twice and cursed in his heart, then turned back and pointed to the west: "Go ahead and go in, the fifth house is there."

"Ah..." Sun Haizhu glanced in the direction Zhang Laibao pointed, then raised his hand to thank him and said, "Thank you, little brother."

Zhang Laibao smiled and nodded, then stayed where he was. After the car passed in front of him, Zhang Laibao turned around and ran home.

How could Sun Haizhu expect to meet such a person? He walked around the front alley and walked in. Suddenly he heard Liu Lanying say "Hey", and then he saw her pointing ahead and saying anxiously: "Second sister, second brother-in-law, you two See if that’s our mother?”

"Huh?" Sun Haizhu and Jie Hua both looked forward, and saw a man with his back to the car, plucking a bundle of branches from the firewood pile outside a house, quickly putting it under his arm, and heading towards the yard. Go.

You could tell it was a woman, but her head was wrapped in a scarf, so you couldn't see her face clearly.

"No!" Although the woman looked like his mother in height and back, Jie Hua still smiled and waved his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, you are just making trouble. Can our mother do this job?"

As he was talking, the car passed the gate of the courtyard. The man happened to be holding firewood on his right side and turned his head to the left. He lightly pressed his left hand on both sides of his nose, lowered his head and blew his nose on the ground.

While she was blowing her nose and turning her head, Liu Lanying, who had been looking out the car window, saw the man's side face.

Liu Lanying was startled, and then shouted: "Stop the pillar!"

Sun Haizhu also had a younger brother named Sun Chengzhu, and Jiehua had to interact with the Sun family. In order to distinguish him, she called her man Haizhu.

As for Liu Lanying and Xie Sun, they just called Sun Haizhu Zhuzhu.

Sun Haizhu was startled by Liu Lanying's sudden shout, but he was an experienced driver and stopped the car immediately after he reacted.

When the car stopped, before Jie Hua and Sun Haizhu could ask, Liu Lanying pushed the car door and ran down.

"Mom!" Liu Lanying shouted as she got out of the car. Xie Sun, who had already carried firewood to the door of the house, turned around subconsciously.

When she saw her daughter-in-law for the first time, Mrs. Xie Sun couldn't believe it. Seeing Liu Lanying running towards her, Ms. Xie Sun tied up the branches in her hands and ran towards Liu Lanying.

"Eiko!"

"mom!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hugged each other, and Jie Hua, who got out of the car, was stunned.

"Really my mother?" Jie Hua looked at Sun Haizhu. Sun Haizhu twitched the corner of his mouth, pointed towards the courtyard and said, "You don't even recognize mom?"

With that said, Sun Haizhu dragged Jiehua and ran towards the courtyard.

When they saw the Jiesun family, they forgot that this was not the fifth family mentioned by Zhang Laibao.

"Second daughter! Zhuzi!" At this time, Xie Sun, who had let go of Liu Lanying, saw Xie Hua and Sun Haizhu and asked hurriedly: "Why are you here?"

"Mom!" Jiehua held the crooks of Jie Sun's arms with both hands and looked at Jie Sun up and down. Tears were about to fall down. He just yelled for Jie Sun, "Mom, why are you dressed like this?"

When working, especially in rural areas, there is no need to dress up. Xie Sun's turban was made by the old lady when she was young and working in the fields. When it was turned around, the edges were all flying around. When the wind blew, it looked like a tassel.

As for the cotton-padded jacket that Mr. Xie Sun is wearing, it was worn by Mr. Jianghua in the mountains when he was working as a technician at a mountain farm in his early years. Later, when the old man retired, he threw these tattered clothes around the house and wore them while working.

The cotton-padded jacket has big patches stacked on top of small patches, and is covered in dust and dirt.

When Jie Hua shouted, Liu Lanying also recovered from the joy of meeting Jie Sun. Looking at Jie Sun's attire, Liu Lanying said anxiously: "Mom, where are the boss Jie and the second boy? They don't care about you?"

Liu Lanying started taking care of Mrs. Xie Sun when she married into the Xie family. She had been doing all the washing and washing for so many years, but she never let Mrs. Xie Sun wear such expensive clothes.

"That's right! Why do you have to hold firewood?" Jie Hua added, and when her eyes fell on the branches thrown by Jie Sun on the ground, she raised her leg and kicked it.

"Huh?" Mrs. Jie Sun yelled when she saw this, scolding her second daughter: "Why are you kicking it?"

After saying that, Mrs. Xie Sun ran to the bundle of branches and muttered: "Did you think it was kicked away?"

Pine seeds or birch bark are used to ignite fires in forest areas, but no matter how easy they are to burn, they cannot ignite large pieces of wood. They can only ignite branches, and then the branches can ignite the fork.

This bundle of branches ties two branches together. Once the bundle is stuffed directly into the stove pit, birch bark and pine seeds can be used to ignite the fire.

When Xie Sun hugged the zongzi first, and then hugged the branches after leaving the hospital, she was watched by Liu Lanying, Jie Hua, and Sun Haizhu.

At this moment, Liu Lanying and the other three were stunned as they looked at Jie Sun who was squatting down and tying the branches together skillfully.

"Mom!" Liu Lanying reacted and grabbed Xie Sunshi's arm. After pulling Xie Sunshi up, she said loudly: "How can you do this job?"

In the conscience of heaven and earth, Liu Lanying has been married to the Jie family for twenty years, and Jie Sun has never done this job. In other words, Mr. Xie Sun has never held firewood since he was a child.

In the Zhao Jun family, there is an old saying: Whatever you lay down is the foundation.

Not only did her son and daughter-in-law take it for granted that Ms. Xie Sun didn't work, but her daughter-in-law and uncle also took it for granted. Therefore, when they saw Mrs. Jie Sun holding firewood, Liu Lanying and the others felt sad and angry.

In their opinion, Xie Sun suffered great injustice in Yong'an.

"Where is his family?" At this time, Sun Haizhu regarded this courtyard as Zhao Jun's family. He raised his hand and pointed into the house and asked Sun, "Where is the house?"

"No." As soon as Xie Sun said these two words, she saw Sun Haizhu pulling the door open and entering the house.

Liu Lanying, Xie Huaqi and Sun Haizhu walked angrily into the house, leaving the confused Jie Sun to pick up the bundle of branches and follow behind.

Sun Haizhu entered the door and looked into the east room. There was nothing in the room.

Sun Haizhu went to the door of the west room again, looked inside, and heard a "woof" sound.

Sun Haizhu was suddenly startled. When he looked carefully, he saw a female dog lying in the middle of the mattress, staring at him fiercely.

"Where is his family?" At this time, Liu Lanying and Xie Hua searched around the house but found no one. When they arrived at Sun Haizhu's side, they were threatened by the little bear.

"Hey! Hey!" Mrs. Jie Sun squatted in front of the stove to light the fire. She raised her hand and said to the three of them: "Don't scare the little bear. It is nursing a puppy. It will scare you out of the milk. It will be troublesome. !”

Liu Lanying, Xie Hua, Sun Haizhu: "..."

"Mom, what are you doing?" Liu Lanying looked back and was startled again. She saw Mrs. Sun bundling branches into the stove pit, then grabbing the birch bark next to her and stuffing it in. Then she took out the matchbox from her pocket, struck the match and lit the birch bark.

Birch bark is layered, just like pieces of paper, and ignites when exposed to fire. When the flames come together, the branches will burn when exposed to the fire.

At this time, Jie Hua looked at Jie Sun in shock. Jiehua has known her mother for thirty years, and this was the first time she saw her mother burning a stove pit.

"Mom." After all, Sun Haizhu was an outsider and someone who had seen the world. He walked up to Xie Sun, pointed to the east room and asked Xie Sun, "Mom, there is nothing in this room, and there is nothing on the kang in that room." Dog, where do you sleep every day?”

What Sun Haizhu was thinking was, wouldn't his mother-in-law sleep with a dog every day?

"I'll sleep in that courtyard." Mrs. Xie Sun stood up from the stove pit, raised her hand and gestured to the east, saying, "East courtyard."

"Ah..." Sun Haizhu suddenly remembered that when he met Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu before, he had heard them say that their two families were the East and West courtyards.

Therefore, Sun Haizhu pointed at his feet and asked Mr. Sun: "Then this is Li Baoyu's house?"

"What is Li Baoyu's family?" Mrs. Xie Sun pinched Sun Haizhu with her eyelids and announced to the three of them with a smile: "This is our family!"

Liu Lanying, Xie Hua, Sun Haizhu: "..."

Mentioning this house, Mr. Xie Sun was very happy. He walked in front of the three people in two steps, raised his hand and gestured from the west room to the east room and said, "Don't I want to find a partner here? Then we have to open up the house, right?" ?”

"What the hell?" Liu Lanying's eyes widened, she looked at Xie Sun in disbelief and asked, "Mom, what did you tell me before you left home?"

"Ah?" Mr. Xie Sun was startled and asked casually, "What did I say?"

"Didn't you tell me?" Liu Lanying was really angry, and she said loudly: "You come with Xiao Chen, and I will ask Xiao Chen to go back the next day, and then you will go back too."

"Is this what I said?" Mr. Xie Sun looked confused.

In this regard, Liu Lanying and the other three were quite helpless. As a family, they know the Jie Sun family very well. This little old lady will selectively forget things that are not good for her. As for the things that were beneficial to her, such as promising to stew pork ribs and fry elbows for her, she remembered them clearly and reminded her of them every day.

"Don't forget to pull me down." Liu Lanying waved her hand and said, "Hurry up and pack your things and come home with us in the afternoon!"

Sun Haizhu is very busy as the manager of a supply and marketing cooperative. He has to go to work tomorrow. So I purposely walked here from Lingnan at around three o'clock today. I thought that when I came to Zhao Jun's house, I would have to arrange a meal, so I would have a meal here at noon, and then rush back to Lingnan in the afternoon.

"Go home..." Mrs. Xie Sun frowned and said, "What home should we go back to? The waiter still has to find a date."

"Who do you want to meet?" Liu Lanying rubbed her face and said, "He will come back with us too!"

On weekdays, Liu Lanying is the housekeeper, taking care of the elderly and the young, so when she speaks, Mr. Xie Sun listens very well.

Seeing that Liu Lanying was resolute at this time, Xie Sun said: "Okay, Yingzi, are you hungry? Come on, go to the courtyard, and mom will prepare a meal for you."

"What?" Xie Sun's words confused the three of them again. Sun Haizhu asked in surprise: "Mom, can you cook?"

"Steam the dumplings!" Xie Sun smiled confidently: "Who doesn't know how to steam dumplings?"

Liu Lanying, Xie Hua, Sun Haizhu: "..."