The whole mountain is my hunting ground

"No?" When he heard that Zhao Jun wanted to worry about his father and his wife asking for an extra five hundred yuan, Zheng Donghai was not happy at that time and said to Zhao Jun angrily: "Don't you say that one code will be one code?"

"Ah?" Zhao Jun was startled when he heard this, looked at the Zheng family and his son, and said: "I said one code is one code, you can accept it or not accept it? What's that? If it doesn't work, should I make a counter-offer?"

"That's right!" Jie Chen said from the side: "How much will it cost?"

Zheng Donghai was speechless. Zheng Xuekun raised his hand and pulled him back. Then he cupped his fists at Zhao Jun and Jie Chen and said: "Two little brothers, let's do it. We don't know each other if we don't fight. You said ten thousand, then we Just thirteen thousand.”

Eleven large skins, the total price increased by 500 yuan, the average increase was less than 50 yuan per piece. Although Zheng Xuekun earns less than before, he still makes some money.

At this time, Zheng Xuekun could probably figure out why Zhao Jun added the five hundred. He said that his mother was a widow. No wonder he wanted to hit him with the handle of a gun just now.

Hearing what Zheng Xuekun said, Zhao Jun showed neither happiness nor displeasure on his face. He just waved his hand and said, "Okay, Master Zheng, you can take the blame."

"Son, you shake it off and roll it up like that." Zheng Xuekun arranged for Zheng Donghai to collect the leather, while he got the money for Zhao Jun.

The leather has been inspected, and Zhao Jun also needs to inspect the money. But 13,000 is a large amount of money, and it will take Zhao Jun and Jie Chen a while to check it. Moreover, these two people are clumsy, so checking the money is slow and laborious.

"I wish my mother was here." When checking the money, Zhao Jun thought of Wang Meilan. When he thought of Wang Meilan, Zhao Jun thought of the leopard skin at home.

"Master Zheng." Zhao Jun called Zheng Xuekun and said, "Well... I still have a leopard skin at home, do you want to take it?"

"This..." Zheng Xuekun was a little moved when he heard this. Although he had already received a leopard skin, he planned to follow Li Dayong's instructions and transfer the leopard skin that Zhao Youcai sold him to the previous boss so that he could collect gold and silver. Full house.

In addition to that boss, there are other bosses who also want leopard skins. If they collect another one, they can still make a profit.

"Master Zheng." Zhao Jun threw the checked money into the box that originally contained the mink skins, and then said to Zheng Xuekun: "Let's get in the car and go to my house to look at the skins. After that, we'll have dinner at home. In the evening. If you're willing to leave, we'll drive you there."

"I..." Zheng Xuekun was a little undecided. He wanted to earn this money, because bear bile and mink skin have market prices, but leopard skin does not. It all depends on how to fool the big boss.

Seeing that Zheng Xuekun was a little moved, Zhao Jun immediately grabbed his arm and dragged Zheng Xuekun to the passenger seat. As he got into the car, he said to Jie Chen: "Little brother, you and that brother throw their bikes behind."

Zheng Xuekun, Zheng Donghai: "..."

About fifteen minutes later, the car stopped outside Zhao Jun's courtyard.

When the car horn sounded, Wang Meilan came out of the house as usual.

The four of them got out of the car, Zheng Xuekun holding his pocket containing money, and Zheng Donghai carrying the big bag containing leather.

Amidst the barking of dogs, Zhao Jun invited Zheng Xuekun into the courtyard and met Wang Meilan halfway.

It was nearly four o'clock, and it was already dark in the mountain village. Wang Meilan held a flashlight in her hand and used the beam to see clearly the appearance of the visitor. At this time, Zhao Jun also said to her: "Mom, Master Zheng is here."

"Ouch." Wang Meilan twitched her cheeks slightly, twitched the corners of her mouth, and showed a strange smile, and said, "Here comes the one who makes big money."

Zheng Xuekun: "..."

Zhao Jun and Jie Chen tried hard not to laugh out loud, but Zheng Donghai thought Wang Meilan was complimenting them and his son, so he immediately laughed.

Zheng Xuekun was speechless. If he hadn't been such a son, Zheng Xuekun would not have brought Zheng Donghai out regardless of what he said.

"Sister-in-law." Knowing that Wang Meilan was not a widow, Zheng Xuekun did not call her eldest sister or eldest sister, but directly called her eldest sister-in-law, bowed slightly and nodded in greeting.

Not wanting to hit the smiling person, especially if they were guests, Wang Meilan greeted the two of them into the house.

As soon as they entered Zhao Jun's house, the Zheng family and his son were startled by the big scene.

Outside the house, seven women, old and young, were busy working.

Wang Meilan had nothing to do at home today. She cleaned up the big vat outside, took out some of the messy meat, and started making dumplings. It was said that Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai would go up to the mountain together tomorrow to fight the siege. If they didn't make room, they wouldn't be able to pack the wild boar meat and roe deer meat that they had brought back.

That's it, the Zhao family is making dumplings today. The roe deer meat was minced and stuffed with carrots to make steamed dumplings. The wild boar meat was stuffed with green onions. Today I will make dumplings and tomorrow morning I will make steamed buns.

When the five people came in, Zhao Chun, Jin Xiaomei, Zhao Ling, Xu Chunyan, Hu Sanmei, Xie Sunshi, and Liu Lanying were all busy in the outer room.

So far, Liu Lanying is not leaving for the time being. According to Xie Zhong, he felt sorry for Xiao Lingdang and asked his wife to take care of the child here until Zhang Yuanmin was discharged from the hospital before leaving.

Liu Lanying had no objection to this and happened to stay with her mother-in-law to undergo labor reform.

Seven women roll out dough, make dumplings, and set up curtains. This scene is quite common in Northeast China. When winter comes, whoever makes frozen dumplings will have neighbors come to help. However, judging from the posture, the Zhao family does not look like they are making frozen dumplings, but rather there is a sense of excitement about celebrating the New Year.

"Master Zheng, come in and sit for a while!" Wang Meilan let Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai into the west room. Wang Qiang, who was looking after the children with the old lady in the east room, heard Wang Meilan's voice entertaining guests, so he got up and went to the west room.

"Huh...wu..." Seeing the stranger come in, the little lynx standing on the kang hunched over and made a protest sound to Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai.

Although this little guy is young, he also knows how to look after his family. When Wang Meilan saw this, she stretched out her hand. The little lynx lifted itself up and placed a pair of front paws on Wang Meilan's wrist.

Wang Meilan held the little lynx in her arms with her other hand. Seeing this scene, Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai's eyes widened.

"Sister-in-law, what is this?" Zheng Xuekun looked at the little lynx in Wang Meilan's arms in surprise and asked, "Isn't this a cat?"

"Dad!" At this time, Zheng Donghai pulled Zheng Xuekun and pointed to the kang.

Zheng Xuekun followed what Zheng Donghai wanted and saw a pine box in the kang, covered with a cloth. At this time, the cloth sheet was pushed open by a small head, revealing an animal that looked like a puppy.

"Oh my god!" Zheng Xuekun recognized that this was not a puppy, but a small black bear.

"Mom." Zhao Jun took the little lynx from Wang Meilan's arms and said to her, "Bring the good leather from our house and show it to Master Zheng."

"Ah!" Wang Meilan knew that money was coming, but she seemed a little reluctant. And when she walked out and met Wang Qiang at the door, Wang Meilan waved her hand back and said, "Qiangzi, we have a visitor. Please greet your nephew."

Wang Qiang agreed, and after entering the house, he smoked cigarettes for the Zheng family and his son, then sat on the kang and chatted for a while.

Not long after, Zhao Chun and Wang Meilan came in one after another. Zhao Chun was serving tea to the guests, while Wang Meilan was holding a cloth bag roll in his hand and three cloth bag rolls under his arm.

"Ouch!" Zhao Jun then remembered that he had not only one leopard skin, but also three lynx skins at home.

"Come on!" Wang Meilan sat down next to Zhao Jun, passed the cloth bag in her hand forward, and said, "This is soil... No, this is the skin of that leopard."

Zhao Jun took the roll of cloth bag, unfolded it, and took out the leopard skin.

The leopard skin was spread out on the table. Zheng Xuekun hurriedly put out the cigarette in his hand, and then scolded Zheng Donghai, indicating that he would do the same.

After putting out the cigarette, Zheng Xuekun rubbed his hands before picking up the leopard skin and looking at it repeatedly.

After checking, Zheng Xuekun looked at Zhao Jun in surprise and said: "There is no injury at all."

"Yeah!" Zhao Jun smiled and nodded after hearing this.

"Tsk!" Zheng Xuekun turned over the leather and rubbed it again. Everyone said that the buyer is the one who picks the goods, but the leather was not damaged. Zheng Xuekun could only sigh softly and said: "The leopard's hair is white in winter. If it is golden, it will be better." Better."

Hearing what he said, Zhao Jun smiled again and said, "Master Zheng, why don't you say leather boards are good in winter?"

The conversation between the two of them was almost exactly the same as when Zhao Youcai sold Zheng Xuekun's leopard skin.

At this time, Zheng Xuekun smiled faintly. He was about to refute when Wang Qiang said: "Master Zheng, don't pick that one. Such a good leather does not come with a second one."

Zheng Xuekun was startled. He felt a little familiar when he heard Wang Qiang's words. After thinking for a while, he remembered. A few months ago, the same family told him the same thing when he looked at the leopard skin in this same room.

It was said that there was no second one, but two of them appeared in succession in the past few days.

When Zheng Xuekun was thinking about how to bargain with Zhao Jun, he suddenly saw three cloth bag rolls placed on the kang by Wang Meilan.

"Sister-in-law!" Zheng Xuekun called Wang Meilan and asked, "What are you putting in those three bags?"

"This is the skin of a tiger cub." Zhao Jun reached back and took the longest cloth bag roll, opened it and took out a lynx skin.

That day, Zhao Jun took his dogs up the mountain and killed a litter of lynxes, one of which was one large and two small. This is the skin of the female lynx.

The moment Zheng Xuekun stretched out his hands to take the lynx skin, he was suddenly stunned.

At this time, Zheng Xuekun seemed to have an electric arc flashing through his mind. He glanced at the lynx skin in his hand, then at the leopard skin on the table, and hurriedly asked Zhao Jun and his son opposite: "These two skins , I’ll take all the 20,000 yuan.”

"Twenty thousand?" Wang Meilan frowned and said unhappily: "Our child's father sold it to you and the leather was torn, but he still paid 16,000."

"Fifteen thousand!" Zheng Xuekun corrected with a grimace: "That skin is just a bullet hole, about the same as this."

"Then I don't care." Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "Anyway, our skin is good."

"Sister-in-law, how much do you think you can sell it for?" Zheng Xuekun asked Wang Meilan to bid, but Wang Meilan blinked and said, "Take the thirty thousand yuan."

"How much?" Zheng Xuekun was shocked, but Wang Meilan pointed to the leopard skin on the kang table and added: "This one is 30,000. If you still want the tiger cub skin, let my son give you another calculation."

"This won't work." Zheng Xuekun raised the lynx skin slightly and said, "I'll pay four thousand yuan for this, which is a very high price."

Hearing Zheng Xuekun's words, Zhao Jun did not refute. In the autumn, he and Zhao Youcai shot a lynx and took two skins off the mountain to sell, each worth about three thousand.

The winter leather is good. Although it is the skin of a female lynx, it is of good quality. Four thousand is indeed a high price.

But looking at Zheng Xuekun's appearance, Zhao Jun felt that this old boy was a little fishy.

"This is a leopard skin." At this time, Zheng Xuekun put the lynx skin on his lap, stretched out his hand to lift a corner of the leopard skin, and said to Wang Meilan: "I will give you 20,000 yuan, which is 5,000 yuan more than the one from my elder brother. This is It’s also a sky-high price.”

At this point, Zheng Xuekun loosened the corner of the leopard skin and continued: "Sister-in-law, if you say yes, I will give you some money. If you say no, then we will leave."

"Then let's go!" Wang Meilan waved at Zheng Xuekun, and then grabbed the leopard skin on the table.

Wang Meilan suddenly changed her face, and Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, and the Zheng family were all stunned.

"If you don't take it away, I'll keep it for myself." Wang Meilan muttered as she rolled up the leather, "I'll use it as a mattress for my eldest grandson from now on."

As she spoke, Wang Meilan grabbed the rolled leopard skin with one hand, patted it with the other, and said, "It's so noisy."

Zheng Xuekun: "..."

Zheng Xuekun could use money to stun Zhao Youcai, but he could not stun Wang Meilan. In addition, when he called Wang Meilan, Wang Meilan became even more unfavorable to him.

"Sister-in-law." Seeing that something was not going well, Zheng Xuekun tried to pull back his words. He leaned forward slightly and said to Wang Meilan, "Wouldn't it be a waste to give such a good thing to a child?"

After saying that, Zheng Xuekun smiled and said, "What if the child pees again?"

"That's none of your business." Wang Meilan said stiffly, "We are happy."

The leopard skin last time was given the reputation of "waiting to get rich" by Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai. At that time, it was eight thousand and eighty, which made Wang Meilan feel very distressed. Now that the leather is intact, Wang Meilan likes it very much.

Zhao Jun took a deep look at Zheng Xuekun and said with a smile: "Master Zheng, if you really want it, you can give me another 30,000 yuan. If you finish a leopard and a tiger cub, you can take both skins."

"Son!" Wang Meilan heard this and looked at Zhao Jun reluctantly. Seeing that she was about to object, Zheng Xuekun hurriedly responded to Zhao Jun and said: "Little brother, then I will listen to you!"

"Dad!" Zheng Donghai felt something was wrong. He was about to persuade Zheng Xuekun, but Zheng Xuekun pressed his finger between two ribs.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Xuekun took the bag containing the money and slapped a bunch of money on the table.

When the bag was deflated, thirty stacks of unity were piled on the table.

But with so much money, Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan and Wang Qiang on the other side all looked indifferent. This surprised Zheng Xuekun. He thought that Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong and Lin Xiangshun only had 16,000 yuan. Money, just smash them to death.

"Mom." Zhao Jun reached for the leopard skin roll in Wang Meilan's hand and pulled it out of Wang Meilan's hand with a little force.

"Mom, check the money." Zhao Jun thought that money might weaken Wang Meilan's reluctance, and at the same time handed the leopard skin to Zheng Xuekun.

Seeing Zheng Xuekun put the leopard skin and lynx skin in his money pocket, Zhao Jun smiled and took the other two cloth bags on the kang and asked Zheng Xuekun: "Master Zheng, there are still two tiger cub skins here."

"I don't want those two." Zheng Xuekun raised his hand and declined with a smile: "I brought a lot of money when I came back, and I gave it to your family. Now I have no money, and I can't buy it even if I want to."

Zhao Jun smiled and stopped selling. After all, you can't buy or sell by force.

"Bang!" But at this moment, Wang Meilan threw the big dough stick in her hand on the kang table, raised her finger and pointed at Zheng Xuekun and said: "Get me another five hundred yuan!"

"Huh?" Zheng Xuekun was stunned and then heard Wang Meilan say: "If you are not happy, just give me the skin and take all the money."

"No?" Zheng Xuekun smiled and asked Wang Meilan, "What's the reason for that?"

Zheng Xuekun thought that Wang Meilan was reluctant to part with the leopard skin, but at this moment Wang Meilan pointed at his nose and said: "I didn't recruit you, I didn't mess with you, but you said I was a widow."

Zheng Xuekun: "..."

Damn!

There was a muffled sound outside the house, and Zhao Chun came in holding a rolling pin. While they were talking in the inner room, those making dumplings in the outer room were quietly doing their work.

After listening to Wang Meilan's words, the women all rushed to the west room.

Zhao Chun came over first, pointed a rolling pin at Zheng Xuekun, and said, "What are you talking about?"

"What did you do..." Seeing Zhao Chun was about to take action, Zheng Donghai immediately glared, but then almost poked his eye with a finger. Hu Sanmei pointed at Zheng Donghai and yelled: "What are you looking at?"

"You idiot!" A loud shout came from the crowd, and Xie Sun held the fists of Zhan Mian and pushed forward. Fortunately, Liu Lanying and Jie Chen had quick hands and eyes, and they pulled Xie Sun back to the left and right.

"What did you say about my second aunt?" Xu Chunyan pointed at Zheng Xuekun and said angrily: "If you say one more thing, I'll scratch you into potato shreds!"

As soon as Xu Chunyan said this, Jin Xiaomei rolled up her sleeves vigorously.

Zheng Xuekun was frightened. He clasped his fists towards Wang Meilan and apologized: "Sister-in-law, this is my fault. But because of this, I have already paid your family a thousand yuan. I gave your family five hundred to my eldest brother that day. Just today. When you come, I will give your son five hundred."

Wang Meilan heard this and turned to look at Zhao Jun. When Zhao Jun nodded, Wang Meilan twitched the corner of her mouth, raised her hand to stop Zhao Chun and others who were about to step forward, and said, "Okay, okay, let's go make dumplings."

Wang Meilan gave the order and everyone retreated.

"Master Zheng." Wang Meilan took a wad of money and said to Zheng Xuekun: "I will make dumplings at home tonight. You two can eat them here."

"We won't eat, sister-in-law." Zheng Xuekun put his hand on the table and said, "check the money and we'll leave."

"Are you leaving now?" Zhao Jun said, "Then I'll drive you off."

"I won't bother you anymore." Zheng Xuekun said, "You have a flashlight at home. Can you sell us one? It's dark today..."

"Come on!" Wang Meilan, who was checking the money, stopped, took the flashlight she had just used, put it on the kang table, and said grandly: "This is for you, take it."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Zheng Xuekun did not refuse. After Wang Meilan counted the money, Zheng Xuekun picked up Zheng Donghai and left.

As the hosts, Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang escorted them out of the courtyard. After saying goodbye to each other, they watched the Zheng family and his son leave.

"Great nephew." After the two men left, Wang Qiang said to Zhao Jun, "The father didn't hold his shit in well."

"Ignore him, uncle." Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with us, we just don't care."