The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Under the big red lantern, Wang Meilan announced to the three most important men in her life: "I want to run for the Women's Director!"

Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang looked at each other and said in unison: "Okay, Mom (Sister)!"

Whenever there is happiness, there must be someone who spoils the fun.

"Can you do it?" Zhao Youcai's doubt was like a basin of cold water. Although it could not extinguish the raging fire in Wang Meilan's heart, it was quite annoying.

Zhao Youcai continued untimely: "There are so many things to do at home every day, and you still have to take care of eight things?"

Zhao Youcai was right. There are so many people and so many things to do at home every day. If Wang Meilan becomes the Women's Director again, the yard of that house will be full of people.

Zhao Youcai's words were met with Wang Meilan's rolling eyes. With Jin Xiaomei and Jie Chen around, Wang Meilan didn't argue with him. She just asked everyone to get to work and first drag the black bear and roe deer into the Li family's house.

Then, Wang Meilan took the lead, and Jin Xiaomei, Jie Sunshi, and Hu Sanmei helped. The four of them peeled the skin and cut the meat.

Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai, Wang Qiang, and Jie Chen did not help with the skinning. They were tired after running around in the mountains for a day. After settling the two hunting dogs, the four of them went to Zhao's house to rest.

When they entered the house, the old lady in the east room was watching TV with the children.

Seeing that the TV was turned on, Zhao Jun was startled and asked, "Is the TV turned on?"

"Ah." Zhao Chun smiled and said, "Mom asked the grandson of Master Zhu to turn it on."

No matter who turned it on, it was a good thing that he didn't have to work by himself. Zhao Jun sat on the edge of the kang with his butt raised sideways, reached out and grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the kang table, and watched TV while eating melon seeds.

"Uncle!" Suddenly, Xiao Lingdang called Zhao Jun. When Zhao Jun looked at her, Xiao Lingdang asked Zhao Jun, "Did you hit the black blind man who injured my father?"

"Yes!" Zhao Jun responded, and Jie Chen turned around and took the shoulder bag thrown on the edge of the kang and took out a small cloth bag from it.

"Lingdang." Xie Chen brought the cloth bag to Xiao Lingdang, opened it, and said to the little girl: "Please reach out, this knife is very sharp."

Xiao Lingdang didn't say anything, and watched Xie Chen open the cloth bag, revealing a knife.

This knife was left in the black bear by Zhang Yuanmin. It should be said that Zhang Yuanmin's knife was really amazing.

"Our family's knife!" Seeing the word "Zhang" engraved on the knife library, Xiao Lingdang's tears fell instantly.

Xiao Lingdang didn't say "my father's knife", but "our family's knife", because this knife is also an ancestral heir of their old Zhang family. The word Zhang was engraved by Zhang Yuanmin's father, and later the knife was passed to Zhang Yuanmin, and he went through life and death with him.

"My child." Seeing that Xiao Lingdang was crying, the old lady hugged her distressedly, took out a handkerchief from her pocket to wipe Xiao Lingdang's tears, and said: "Your uncle beat the black bear to death, and your father is fine, let's not cry anymore."

"Well, Grandma Jiang, I won't cry anymore." Xiao Lingdang wiped her tears, got out of the old lady's arms and was about to get off the ground.

"My child, where are you going?" The old lady asked, and Xiao Lingdang said: "I'm going to Grandma Li's house to see the black bear."

"Come, wait a minute!" The old lady grabbed Xiao Lingdang and carefully stroked her little face with a handkerchief. The little girl had just finished crying, and the old lady was afraid that she would go out and get blown by the wind, and her face would be swollen.

"I'm going too!" Zhao Hong didn't even watch TV, and shouted that she wanted to go with Xiao Lingdang.

When Zhao Hong moved, Zhao Na left, Wang Tian and Lin Xiaobao also stood up, but Wang Xue was too young and was held back by Zhao Chun.

Li Xiaoqiao didn't want to go, she thought it was better to watch TV in the house, but seeing that other children were going, she felt that if she didn't go, she would be considered unsociable.

So, a group of children wearing new cotton-padded jackets, none of them buttoned, came out of Zhao's house in a group, and led by Li Xiaoqiao, came to the front of Li's house.

As these children walked and passed, the dogs of the two families were silent.

Li Xiaoqiao suddenly opened the door and scared the four people who were peeling their skins.

Seeing a group of children coming in, Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, Jie Sunshi, and Hu Sanmei were all stunned.

"What are you going to do?" Wang Meilan asked.

Li Xiaoqiao, who was the first to enter the door, said: "Auntie, Lingdang wants to avenge her father!"

As expected of a "scholarly family", Li Xiaoqiao is better at summarizing and generalizing things at a young age than Chen Youliang, who is several years older than her. If Chen Youliang had Li Xiaoqiao's ability to express and understand, he would not have been beaten today.

"Hmm?" Wang Meilan was startled when she heard the words, but she saw Zhao Hong and Zhao Na flashing on both sides, revealing Xiao Lingdang holding Lin Xiaobao.

Although these children are young, they see dead black bears and dead wild boars as often as dead chickens and dead fish.

Although the black bear had been disemboweled, these children were not afraid. Looking at Xiao Lingdang again, she clenched her fists and burst into tears as she looked at the black bear that died with its eyes wide open.

"What are you doing?" Wang Meilan stood up and wanted to hug Xiao Lingdang, but when she raised her hands, she saw that her hands were stained with blood, so she put them down again.

"Lingdang!" At this time, Xie Sun called Xiao Lingdang and said, "Don't cry, auntie will punch it twice to help you vent your anger!"

As she said that, Xie Sun clenched her right fist and punched the black bear's neck twice.

Just as Xie Sun punched the black bear, Zhao Hong picked up the small shovel next to the stove, which was used by the Li family to shovel the stove pit ash.

Zhao Hong swung a small shovel and chopped the black bear's thigh, shouting as he chopped, "Lingdang, I'll help you chop it!"

As soon as Zhao Hong started, the other children rushed over and surrounded the black bear and kicked it.

In the Northeast, Zhao Hong's behavior should be called a "firecracker".

When a group fight breaks out, someone has to start first. The first wave of attack from the person who starts first is called a cannon.

As for the other children, what they are doing now is called a circle kick.

"Hey? Hey!" Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei hurriedly tried to stop the children, but saw Xiao Lingdang pounce on the black bear and punch it with a pair of small fists.

Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei looked at each other, and Jin Xiaomei winked at Wang Meilan. Wang Meilan reached into the bucket next to her to wash her hands, and then took the children home.

Before leaving the Li family, Wang Meilan asked Jin Xiaomei to dip the bear gall. The bear gall that the four people brought back today was now on the stove of the Li family. There was a big pot cooking in the Zhao family's house, so after Wang Meilan took the bear gall from Zhao Youcai, she took it to the Li family.

When Wang Meilan and the group of children came out of the Li family, the dogs in the two yards started barking one after another.

Wang Meilan took the children out, and just as they left the yard, they saw Li Dayong, Li Baoyu and Lin Xiangshun coming home from work.

"Dad!"

"Dad!"

Li Xiaoqiao and Lin Xiaobao rushed out and rushed to Li Dayong and Lin Xiangshun respectively.

The other children were fine, but Xiao Lingdang was a little touched at this time. She missed Zhang Yuanmin and Yang Yufeng.

"It's time to get off work!" Wang Meilan greeted the three people, and then pointed to the big lantern hanging high on the gate of her yard and said, "I also lit the lantern today. Look how bright it is."

Indeed, if there were no two lanterns, this area would be dark.

If Wang Meilan didn't mention it, Li Dayong and the others would have to ask when they entered the house, why did they light the lantern when it wasn't a festival?

But now Wang Meilan mentioned it herself, and the three people could only smile and say yes.

Seeing that everyone agreed with her approach, Wang Meilan smiled and felt happy.

Now that life is getting better and better, Wang Meilan has higher aspirations. She looked at Li Dayong and asked, "Is Ruhai really not back?"

Jin Xiaomei took the time to secretly tell Wang Meilan about Li Ruhai today. Wang Meilan didn't know how to evaluate Li Ruhai's words and the consequences they caused. But if Li Ruhai doesn't come back, the matter of canvassing for votes will have to be postponed.

"I won't let him come back." Li Dayong said, "If he comes back, it's hard to say if I don't take him tomorrow."

Li Ruhai is Li Baoyu's younger brother. Tomorrow is a good day for Li Baoyu, but it's not a wedding. If Li Ruhai has to go to work, it doesn't matter if he doesn't attend. But if Li Ruhai is in the village but doesn't attend, the old Li family will lose face.

After handing the children over to Li Dayong and the other two, Wang Meilan turned around and went back to the Li family. At this time, the roe deer had been peeled, and Jin Xiaomei and the other two were peeling the black bear.

Seeing that they would have to peel for a while, Wang Meilan pulled over a roe deer leg and carried it upside down back home.

"Auntie!" Seeing Wang Meilan coming back, Liu Lanying said to her, "Just stir-fry two more dishes and it'll be done."

"Don't stir-fry yet." Wang Meilan held up the roe deer leg in her hand and said to Liu Lanying, "The black bear needs to be peeled for a while, you guys do it."

"Oh my god." Liu Lanying subconsciously took the roe deer leg, but asked Wang Meilan, "Auntie, if we keep stewing this, when can we eat?"

Ninety pounds of big green chestnuts, if the thigh is not stewed for three hours, it may not be eaten.

"Chop it up!" Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "Boil meatballs, fry meatballs!"

"That's it!" Liu Lanying nodded in agreement when she heard that she was going to make meatballs.

Making meatballs is almost the same as chopping stuffing. At present, there are Zhao Ling, Xu Chunyan and her in the outer room of the Zhao family, and the three of them can chop meat quickly.

"Sister!" At this time, Zhao Ling called Wang Meilan and said, "Is there enough food? There is a big pot of pickled cabbage stewed with big bones."

"Don't worry!" Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "The food is left over. You can take it back in a lunch box. It will be more delicious tomorrow."

After that, Wang Meilan turned and went out. Liu Lanying, Zhao Ling, and Xu Chunyan cut the legs of the roe deer and prepared to chop the stuffing.

At this time, the voice of Lin Xiangshun scolding Lin Xiaobao came from the east room. It seemed that Lin Xiaobao didn't eat enough candy, and Lin Xiangshun stopped him from eating.

Listening to her husband scolding the child, Xu Chunyan didn't care at all. Instead, while cutting the meat slices, she said to Liu Lanying: "Sister Jie, I envy you now. It would be great if my Xiaobao was as big as your son. This day, he is disobedient."

...

Lingnan Xiangyang Village.

A motorcycle drove in from the east end of the village. Two people sat in the car, one in front and one in the back. The person behind pointed the way to the motorcycle, and finally the motorcycle stopped outside the old Jie family gate.

Xie Yingming, the son of Xie Zhong and Liu Lanying, came down from behind and stood outside his own courtyard, staring blankly at the dark courtyard and house.

"No?" The motorcyclist asked behind him, "Where are your family members?"

Xie Yingming: "..."

The motorcyclist looked at Xie Yingming, and he was also confused at this time. He was Sun Haizhu's colleague, and his home was eighteen miles away from Xiangyangtun. It happened that he was going home today, so Sun Haizhu asked him to bring Xie Yingming back.

Before Xie Yingming came back, Sun Haizhu had called Xiangyangtun, but the call was not connected, probably because the line was the same route.

However, according to Sun Haizhu, Xie Hua, and Xie Yingming's understanding of Liu Lanying, since she went to Yong'antun in person, it was impossible for her not to bring back Xie Sunshi and Xie Chen. Moreover, Liu Lanying's personality was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. She said she would come back on Monday or Tuesday, and today was Saturday, so they must have come back.

Xie Yingming missed his grandmother. He didn't see Xie Sunshi the last time he came back, so he thought about coming back today to see her.

But Liu Lanying was still at home the last time he came back. This time, there is no one left at home.

"Well..." The motorcyclist got off the bike and said to Xie Yingming: "Boy, do you have the key? Let's go in and take a look?"

The motorcyclist's surname is Song, and his name is Song Dechen. He was entrusted by Sun Haizhu, so he had to settle Xie Yingming. Even if there were people in Xie's family, he had to see Liu Lanying before leaving.

Now, Song Dechen was also a little confused.

Xie Yingming opened the fence door, walked to the front of the house and saw that the door was locked. He stood there blankly.

"Well..." Song Dechen said to Xie Yingming: "Why don't you come with me and go to my house. Stay at my house tomorrow for a day. My son is about the same age as you, let him take you skating. I will go to work the day after tomorrow, and you can go back with me."

"No need, Uncle Song." Xie Yingming felt embarrassed to bother others, so he said to Song Dechen: "I'll go to my sixth uncle's house."

"Then I'll take you there!" Hearing that Xie Yingming said he didn't want to go with him, Song Dechen didn't force it, but he asked Xie Yingming to get in the car and wanted to take Xie Yingming to where he wanted to go. It's okay for this child not to go with him, but Song Dechen must see that an adult will take him in.

At the same time, in the old Zhou family in Yongshengtun.

Zhou Chunming and Zhou Jianjun, father and son, sat on the kang, each wrapped in a quilt. The father and son sat opposite each other across the kang table, with two large bowls in front of them, each filled with warm boiled water.

In the middle of the kang table, there were seven or eight pieces of peach cakes on the spread butter paper package.

At this time, the father and son each nibbled a piece of peach cake, Zhou Chunming took a bite of the peach cake, and the peach cake residue fell on the quilt. Zhou Chunming used the tip of his index finger to press the peach cake residue. Every time he pressed it, a piece of peach cake residue stuck to the tip of his finger.

But after pressing it twice, Zhou Chunming felt annoyed. He threw the peach cake in his hand onto the table, glared at Zhou Jianjun and shouted: "I only come back one day a week, and you let me eat this?"

"Dad..." Zhou Jianjun looked at Zhou Chunming cautiously. Few people dared to argue with their fathers these days. Seeing Zhou Chunming angry, Zhou Jianjun could only shirk responsibility and said: "Before I got off work, I told you that my mother might not come back. I said I would go with my uncle Li and the others, and I would go to pick her up..."

"You remembered to pick her up before?" Zhou Chunming said angrily: "What were you doing earlier?"

"I..." Zhou Jianjun clicked his eyes twice and said: "My mother said she would be back in two or three days, and I was I thought she could go home after get off work, I didn't think so? I thought my mother was busy working, wouldn't it take a few days to finish four pairs of quilts? "

"It's hard to ask you to do anything!" Zhou Chunming thought of his grandson whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and he was even more angry. He pointed at Zhou Jianjun and said: "I asked you to pick up my grandson, you showed off several times, but you didn't bring him back?"

"I..." Zhou Jianjun said with difficulty: "I said I would go today, but you didn't let me. You said my mother knew you were going home today, she would definitely come back early."

Zhou Chunming: "..."

Zhou Chunming didn't expect this to happen. It's okay if the daughter-in-law doesn't stay at her parents' home enough and doesn't want to come back, but what's the matter with you, Hu Sanmei, staying at your in-laws' mother's house for a long time?

Seeing that his father didn't say anything, Zhou Jianjun plucked up his courage and said, "I'm going today. Tomorrow morning, I'll pick up my mother, Chun'er and Zhou Tao in a group!" "Get lost!" Zhou Chunming slammed the table and said angrily, "You were going just now. Aren't you going to leave me alone at home tonight?" As he said that, Zhou Chunming raised his hand that was slamming the table and pointed at Zhou Jianjun, shouting, "You have to get up early tomorrow and pick them up there!"