The whole mountain is my hunting ground

As Wang Meilan lit the beacon tower, the diners in the village rushed to the Zhao family.

There is strength in numbers. The women peeled the bear skin, cut the bear meat, and simmered the bear oil.

These three steps were all done outdoors, otherwise the smoke in the house was too big, making the hair and bodies of adults and children smell of smoke.

When simmering the oil, the two earthen stoves in the Zhao family yard smoked together, and Jin Xiaomei and Xu Chunyan simmered the oil outside.

In the outer room, Zhao Ling and Liu Lanying each guarded a cutting board to chop beef filling, while Xie Sun was peeling onions in the corner.

Tonight, the Zhao family had pie, which was fried with beef and scallion filling in bear oil.

When it was getting dark, Xie Chen, who was watching TV in the east room, glanced outside, and then without Wang Meilan's instructions, he took the initiative to get up, went to the cabinet, opened the first drawer on the right, took out two candles, and then walked out of the house quickly.

When Xie Chen lit the lantern in the yard, Jin Xiaomei and Xu Chunyan began to skim the oil into the jar.

Suddenly, the black tiger "wowed", and the dogs of the Zhao and Li families began to bark.

The children who went to school came back.

When the children entered the yard, they greeted Xie Chen, Jin Xiaomei and Xu Chunyan. At this time, Jin Xiaomei found that Zhao Hong, Zhao Na, Xiao Lingdang and Wang Tian were all there, but her own Li Xiaoqiao was missing.

"Lingdang." Jin Xiaomei hurriedly asked Xiao Lingdang, "Where is my Xiaoqiao?"

As soon as Jin Xiaomei finished speaking, Li Xiaoqiao's voice came from the west wall: "Mom, I'm here."

"Ah?" Jin Xiaomei looked and vaguely saw a small hand reaching over the west wall. Jin Xiaomei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You kid! What are you going home for?"

"I'm going to see my little brother." Li Xiaoqiao just gave the answer, and heard Jin Xiaomei said unhappily: "See what he's doing?"

Jin Xiaomei just said this, but she didn't stop Li Xiaoqiao from going home.

Li Xiaoqiao pulled the door open and entered his home. He walked to the door of the west room in the dark and whispered, "Brother, I'm back to see you!"

"Little sister!" Li Ruhai in the room almost cried. These days, Jin Xiaomei not only did not give him hot meals, but also restricted his actions. He could only go to the toilet every day, and there was a time limit.

If he went to the toilet, it could not exceed five minutes from leaving the house to returning home. And if he went to the toilet, it could not exceed ten minutes.

With such a limited time, Li Ruhai could only solve personal problems in the toilet near his home, and it was difficult for him to communicate with outsiders.

This made Li Ruhai very uncomfortable. Sometimes he felt that he could not hold on, but thinking of the fierce appearance of Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei waving the triangle belt, Li Ruhai gritted his teeth and persevered.

Li Ruhai was uncomfortable because he didn't say a few words a day. How could he not be happy when his little sister came back to find him?

When Li Xiaoqiao came in, Li Ruhai turned on the light in the room. Looking at the dishevelled Li Ruhai, Li Xiaoqiao paused and said, "Brother, why are you like this?"

"Sister." Li Ruhai said painfully, "I finally see my relatives!"

"Brother!" Li Xiaoqiao took a few steps forward, but avoided the hand that Li Ruhai stretched out.

When Li Ruhai was stunned, the little girl reached into her pocket, then looked at Li Ruhai and asked with a smile: "Guess what I bought for you?"

"Hmm?" Li Ruhai's eyes lit up, then dimmed again, and he said perfunctorily: "You have no money, what can you buy for me?"

"Who said I have no money?" Li Xiaoqiao turned her head, looked at the door furtively, and then said to Li Ruhai: "That day, my father came back from his uncle's house after drinking too much, and a five-cent coin fell out of his pocket. I picked it up and asked for it, so my father gave it to me."

Li Ruhai's mouth twitched. It was only five cents. After his heyday, although he had no money in his pocket at this time, Li Ruhai didn't look down on this little money.

"Brother, look!" Li Xiaoqiao said, pulling her little hand out of her pocket and spreading it in front of Li Ruhai. She saw two candy balls in her palm.

"Is this what you bought for me?" Li Ruhai smiled, picked up a candy ball and put it into Li Xiaoqiao's mouth first.

When the candy ball entered his mouth, Li Xiaoqiao flicked it with the tip of his tongue, and his right cheek bulged.

Li Xiaoqiao's eyes were smiling into a slit, and he took a step forward and put another candy ball in his hand into Li Ruhai's mouth.

Li Ruhai smiled at his younger sister with the candy in his mouth, and the cold room was instantly filled with warmth.

"Brother, is it sweet?" Li Xiaoqiao asked, and Li Ruhai nodded heavily, saying, "Sweet, very sweet!"

"Hehe." Li Xiaoqiao smiled, took out a handful from his pocket, and then put three candy balls on the mattress where Li Ruhai slept.

"Brother, I give them all to you!" Li Xiaoqiao said, and took out his pocket to tell Li Ruhai that he had no more in his pocket.

"My younger sister is still the best!" Li Ruhai knew that several children had eaten Xiao Taoqi in the past six months, and no one liked this candy ball. But this was bought by his younger sister for him, which contained his younger sister's love for him.

"Hey?" Suddenly Li Ruhai thought of something and asked Li Xiaoqiao: "Little sister, how much are these five candies? How did Uncle Wang Fu charge you?"

This candy ball is cheap, two cents can buy half a pound, these five candies are two cents? Li Xiaoqiao wanted to use five cents to buy the candy balls, but Uncle Wang Fu couldn't make the change.

"Aunt Wang didn't ask me for money." Li Xiaoqiao said: "She gave us a handful each and asked us to eat it."

Li Ruhai was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "That was also a kind gift from my little sister, and I am touched."

The brother and sister smiled at each other again, and then Li Xiaoqiao asked Li Ruhai: "Brother, you promised to buy me a down jacket that day..."

When Li Xiaoqiao said this, the smile on Li Ruhai's face froze instantly.

Li Ruhai did agree to buy a down jacket for Li Xiaoqiao, just after he was elected as women's director.

But then, all his efforts in the past few months were confiscated by Jin Xiaomei, without leaving him even an IOU.

At the moment, Li Ruhai is not as rich as Li Xiaoqiao. He can't even afford a duck feather. How can he buy a down jacket?

"Um..." Li Ruhai laughed dryly and said, "Little sister, um... don't worry, I'm in a tight situation lately, you can wait until I make two months' worth of money."

"Ah?" Li Xiaoqiao was stunned and said with wide eyes: "Brother, I have to wait for you for two months. Then winter is over, can I still wear it?"

"Yes! Then why not?" Li Ruhai said: "It's cold in the forest, don't we have to wear cotton-padded jackets in spring?"

Li Xiaoqiao pursed her lips when she heard the words, stretched out her little hands and opened them wide, grabbing all three candy balls on the mattress.

Li Ruhai: "..."

…

When the brother and sister staged a heartless falling out, a group of people from the Zhao family next door surrounded Wang Tian. Zhao Ling asked Wang Tian loudly: "What's going on? Tell me?"

Today is Xiao Wangtian's first day in kindergarten. Zhao Ling sent it to him in the morning and came back with Zhao Hong and the others in the evening.

After arriving home, Wang Meilan and Zhao Ling both wanted to ask their children how it was on the first day of kindergarten, but when the two women saw Wang Tian's face, there was something sinister from top to bottom.

This is the trace left by tears flowing down the cheek. It can be seen that the child has cried.

Wang Meilan and Zhao Ling must ask why since Lao Wang's family is such a single seedling. But I don't know what Wang Tian's mentality was. The more the adults asked, the more he said nothing, until Zhao Ling became anxious.

"Old girl!" Wang Meilan suddenly remembered that her eldest nephew was in the same class as her old daughter, so she called Zhao Na and asked, "Why is Wang Tian crying?"

"He's such a bear!" Zhao Na pointed at Wang Tian and said, "He wants to beat Youyou, but Wei Dapeng won't let him, so he just stands aside and cries."

Playing Youyou is like swinging on a swing. Wang Meilan twitched the corner of her mouth, and at this time Wang Qiang asked Zhao Na: "Na, did that kid hit us?"

"No, I didn't beat him." Zhao Na said, "If I didn't beat him, he would cry."

Wang Qiang tilted his head when he heard this, and quickly turned back to look at Wang Tian, ​​shouting: "This guy is worthless! What a bastard!"

"Where are you, Qiangzi?" Wang Meilan pulled Wang Qiang down protectively and said, "Hasn't my eldest nephew never been to a kindergarten? Will he not be frightened when he sees those children suddenly?"

After talking to Wang Qiang, Wang Meilan said to Zhao Na: "Look at you kid, your little brother went to school on the first day, and you just watched others bully him?"

Wang Tian is older than Zhao Na, but this child is a bit spoiled and went to kindergarten later than other children.

"I'm helping him!" Zhao Na gestured with her hands: "I went up and was pulled down by Wei Dapeng, and he knocked me down as soon as I took it!"

Wang Meilan: "..."

Everyone: "..."

"You little girl!" Wang Meilan, who just complained about her daughter not helping her eldest nephew, grabbed Zhao Na, slapped the little girl on the butt, and said, "Why are you fighting too?"

"I didn't fight." Zhao Na shouted as if she had been wronged, "I was knocked down by him."

In the winter, it is normal for children to fight, fall down and get up. It is not like Zhao Hong who just gives people a nose bleed.

"Sister!" This time it was Wang Qiang's turn to protect his shortcomings. He hugged Zhao Na from Wang Meilan and said, "My little niece helps her little brother. How wonderful is this?"

At this point, Wang Qiang paused for a moment and then asked: "Whose child is Wei Dapeng?"

"Our villager's surname is Wei..." Zhao Ling said while thinking, "Wei Jin, Wei Tie..."

"Isn't it?" Xu Chunyan interrupted Zhao Ling and said, "Are all the boys from his family in elementary school?"

"Oh!" Zhao Jun sighed and said, "That's the child of Wei Yongjun's family."

"Wei Yongjun?" Wang Meilan frowned slightly and said, "I haven't seen that man in many years."

"It's not good." Wang Qiang answered, and then asked Zhao Jun: "Nephew, how did you know it was his child? What is he doing in the forest farm now?"

Zhao Jun curled his lips slightly and said, "He put it in the forest farm canteen."

After saying this, Zhao Jun added: "In the second cafeteria, he is the male of Teacher Song."

"Ah?" Wang Meilan was stunned and whispered, "What's going on?"

Zhao Jun was also speechless. Yesterday the second sister beat the second brother-in-law, and today the old sister knocked down the old brother-in-law again.

But again, it's not a big deal for children to play around these days, and adults don't care. After Wang Meilan comforted her eldest nephew, she organized people to start pancakes.

The home-ground wheat is so fragrant. When the cake is fried in oil, the whole house is filled with fragrance.

As the four people from work came back, the baked pies were piled on a large plate and served on the table, with pickled cabbage and wild boar meat. Everyone's mouths were full of oil and their foreheads were sweating.

After eating and drinking, the diners went back to their homes, and the lights in the east and west rooms of the Zhao family were turned off one after another.

As the three little girls became silent, Wang Meilan slowly closed her eyes and prepared to sleep.

But at this moment, a sigh came from the side.

"Alas!" Zhao Youcai was quite bored tonight. He didn't talk much during the meal. He only smoked and drank after the meal and rarely communicated with others.

Wang Meilan knew that Zhao Youcai was unlucky again today, but after a busy day, Wang Meilan was also sleepy, so she continued to try to fall asleep.

"well!"

But then, another heavy sigh sounded in his ears.

"What are you doing?" Wang Meilan said angrily: "Every night, if you make trouble with me again, I will throw you out."

"Lan Na!" Zhao Youcai suddenly turned to Wang Meilan and said, "I will never go up the mountain again."

"I think so." Wang Meilan said, "You should have stopped going up the mountain a long time ago."

Zhao Youcai twitched the corner of his mouth and whispered: "The tiger has fallen on the plain..."

"What did you say?" Wang Meilan was not Zhang Guoqing. After hearing Zhao Youcai mutter, she sat up.

"I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything." Zhao Youcai stood up in a hurry, hugged Wang Meilan and lay down again. He pulled the quilt and covered Wang Meilan, and then said: "Lan Na, I said I want to discuss something with you."

"What's the matter?" Wang Meilan said, "Anyway, I'll tell you first, I can't refund you even a penny of the two hundred yuan!"

Although he couldn't see clearly in the darkness, Zhao Youcai still glanced sideways at Wang Meilan, and then said: "I won't go up the mountain anymore, this is still a bit piled up."

"What? Stacked to death?" Wang Meilan couldn't lie still after hearing this, and hurriedly asked Zhao Youcai: "What other people beat you to death?"

"No!" Zhao Youcai said angrily: "Can you just listen to what I have to say?"

"I don't want to hear what you say at all." Wang Meilan said: "When people want to sleep, you put them aside and say 'Oh alas'."

Since he had something to ask for, Zhao Youcai spoke in a calmer tone and said, "I promised to catch wild boars for them, but now that I won't go up the mountain, I can't fulfill my promise."

The frequency of accidents in the past few days has really made Zhao feel exhausted mentally and physically. He really doesn't want to go up the mountain in a short time.

"What a day it is for you!" Wang Meilan said: "If it's not done, then who can force us to go?"

"No, people want wild boars to give as gifts." Zhao Youcai said, "My end is off the chain, and it's delaying other people's work."

"Oh!" Wang Meilan sighed and asked, "Then what do you mean? Let your son do it for you?"

"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai nodded and said, "Let your son catch him."

Zhao Youcai had already planned to ask Zhao Jun to catch pigs for his father, but he was too embarrassed to tell Zhao Jun, so he decided on Wang Meilan.

"Huh?" Wang Meilan was about to complain, but suddenly her eyes lit up and she asked, "If you catch pigs for them, do they have to pay you, right?"

"Ah..." As soon as Zhao Youcai spoke, Wang Meilan said, "How many pigs do you want?"

"Three..." As soon as Zhao Youcai reported the number, Wang Meilan said: "Okay, then you don't have to worry about it. I'll tell my son tomorrow."

"Alas!" After hearing Wang Meilan's words, Zhao Youcai sighed again. But then, he was punched on the shoulder and head by Wang Meilan.

"Stop 'ahem'!" Wang Meilan said, "Hurry up and go to sleep!"

…

The next day, December 23, 1987.

Wang Meilan got up early to make steamed buns. The noodles were made yesterday, and the filling was beef chopped together yesterday. But the difference from the baked pies was that the stuffing of the steamed buns was filled with radish.

At almost six o'clock, Zhao Youcai took the basin and went out to feed the dogs, while Zhao Jun and Zhao Weipeng got dressed and got off the kang.

As soon as he got off the kang, Zhao Weipeng grabbed the toilet paper and ran out to the latrine.

When Zhao Jun came out of the room and was about to pour water to wash his face, Wang Meilan was about to tell Zhao Jun about catching wild boars, but Zhao Jun seemed to remember something and came over to Wang Meilan.

"Mom." Zhao Jun called Wang Meilan and asked, "There is a relative in our family who sells knives on credit. My old uncle said that he has been to our house. My grandma calls him Uncle Liu. Do you know? "

"It's on credit..." Wang Meilan's hand in kneading the dough suddenly stopped, her eyes widened and she murmured: "There are more than a thousand pigs, more than ten thousand cows, and corn is a pound and a half!"