The whole mountain is my hunting ground

As soon as Li Ruhai opened his mouth, everyone's eyes were instantly focused on him.

Although this child is young, he speaks with confidence.

Except for Zhao Weipeng, who is not very familiar with him, the people present do not think that Li Ruhai is fooling around.

This child is really troublesome, and he is also really good at doing things.

"What's the matter?" Li Dayong glanced at his old son and asked unhappily, "Do you know anyone in Yangjia Village?"

"Yes?" Li Ruhai seemed to say uncertainly, "Sun Shuli from the second workshop is from that village, right?"

"Sun Shuli?" Li Dayong looked at Zhao Youcai after hearing this. Zhao Youcai looked at Li Ruhai and pouted, "Sun Shuli has been separated from his father for many years, and has moved to Yongfu for more than ten years. How can he know whether the father and son surnamed Zheng have gone there?"

"Don't be afraid, uncle." Li Ruhai smiled at Zhao Youcai, then straightened his body that had been bent for several days, and said with great confidence, "Don't we have a mouth under our noses? If we meet people there, we can talk to them. If we can't ask directly, we can just ask them."

Hearing Li Ruhai's words, everyone looked at each other in surprise. There was nothing wrong with what Li Ruhai said, but none of the people present could do what he did.

"Hey?" Zhao Weipeng's eyes lit up when he saw Li Ruhai, and he pointed at Li Ruhai and said to Li Dayong: "Dayong, this kid is really adventurous, he will have a bright future!"

Hearing Zhao Weipeng's praise, Li Ruhai smiled and bowed slightly to him, and nodded in greeting.

Seeing this, Zhao Jun couldn't help but twitch his lips, looking at Boss Zhao praising these two people, one Zhang Yuanmin, the other Li Ruhai, neither of them is easy to deal with.

"No, Ruhai?" At this time, Lin Xiangshun poured cold water on Li Ruhai and said, "You go to inquire about things, you have to have an explanation, right? When people ask you why you inquire about this, what do you say?"

"This..." Li Ruhai was stunned and murmured, "Can I say I'm a matchmaker for someone?"

"Get lost!" Li Dayong said, "If you say this in our village, no one will pay attention to you. If you say this outside, people will think you are a bad guy and arrest you."

"Then I said I will buy their wild boar meat and roe deer meat?" Li Ruhai looked at Li Dayong, meaning that if I buy things, you have to return the capital to me, right?

"Forget it." Li Dayong waved his hand and said, "You little brat, who would believe you if you said you were collecting mountain products?"

"Don't do it!" As soon as Li Dayong finished speaking, Li Baoyu slipped in and said, "Don't alert the enemy!"

"Then what should we do?" Li Ruhai scratched his head. He was good at language output and communication with people, but he was a little worse at making plans.

But the Zhao family gang still had capable people. Zhang Yuanmin, who was lying on the kang, laughed heartily: "Hahaha..."

His laughter startled everyone.

"What are you doing?" Yang Yufeng gently pushed Zhang Yuanmin and whispered, "You're so startled."

"Don't bother me!" Zhang Yuanmin frowned and glared at Yang Yufeng, then continued laughing: "Hehe..."

At this time, Zhao Jun winked at Li Baoyu, and Li Baoyu stood up and bowed to Zhang Yuanmin, asking, "Brother, why are you laughing?"

"Hehe." Zhang Yuanmin's goose feather fan was thrown into the rotten stone cellar. At this time, he slapped his chest with his palm and smiled faintly, "Nothing else, I have a plan in mind!"

As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said this, Jie Chen stood up next to him and asked, "May I ask, brother, what's the good idea?"

Zhang Yuanmin looked at Jie Chen with appreciation, then turned to Li Ruhai and said, "Ruhai, come closer!"

"Don't do useless things!" Yang Yufeng pushed Zhang Yuanmin hard and said, "So many people are looking at you, just tell me."

Zhang Yuanmin thought it was right, and immediately wanted to tell his own method.

"I won't do it!" Unexpectedly, after hearing what Zhang Yuanmin said, Li Ruhai was the first to object. He waved his hand and said, "I won't do anything!"

"Bang!" Zhao Youcai slapped the table, pointed at Zhang Yuanmin and counted several times before saying, "Yuanmin, you are really good!"

As soon as Zhao Youcai finished speaking, Li Dayong pointed at Zhang Yuanmin and said, "Should I say it or not, this plan is very good!"

"You are really that!" Wang Qiang also praised Zhang Yuanmin rarely, and Lin Xiangshun on the side nodded heavily to express his agreement.

"Brother!" Zhao Jun really didn't want to exaggerate Yuanmin, but at this moment he also gave Zhang Yuanmin a thumbs up.

"Hahaha!" If Zhang Yuanmin was just grinning, now he was grinning with pride. It was rare for Zhao Jun to praise him.

Like Zhao Jun, Zhao Weipeng also gave a thumbs up. He praised Zhang Yuanmin with emotion, saying, "You are worthy of being the little Zhuge!"

"Hahaha..." Zhang Yuanmin was even more proud!

…

Dinner at Zhao Jun’s house takes two hours, and after dinner the women clean up the mess, so it’s still nine o’clock.

At this time, many families in the village have turned off the lights and gone to bed.

Yongli Village, Xing Zhiyong’s home.

Hu Erya and Xing Hongyang have already lain down, the mother and the daughter on the left and the daughter on the right, with the middle reserved for Xing Zhiyong.

When Xing Hongyang arrived home, Hu Erya had already prepared the meal. Neither of the daughter and the daughter waited for Xing Zhiyong, and they ate as soon as they sat at the table.

It’s not that Xing Zhiyong has no status at home, but that Xing Zhiyong and his friends don’t have a car like the Zhao family, so it’s convenient to go back and forth when they run in the mountains.

These days, normal mountain runners run around in the mountains in a day, and it’s normal to walk thirty or forty miles back and forth. Some walk farther, sixty or seventy miles from morning to night.

This causes them to go home very late most of the time. Moreover, when some of them come back from the mountains, it is common for them to drink at a friend's house. At this time, we didn’t even have a BB phone, so we couldn’t send letters home.

Therefore, she couldn't afford to wait for them to eat, so Hu Erya left food for Xing Zhiyong, and then the two of them ate first.

During the meal, Xing Hongyang also told Hu Erya about meeting Li Hu outside the village.

When Hu Erya heard what her old son said, she concluded that Xing Zhiyong and Li Hu were not together. Otherwise, it would not be Li Hu calling his child.

As for Xing Hongyang's behavior of ignoring Li Hu, Hu Erya said he did the right thing.

It's already past nine o'clock, but it's common for mountain runners to return home in the middle of the night. Therefore, the couple quickly fell asleep without waiting for Xing Zhiyong.

The next day, December 25, 1987.

When she got up early in the morning, Wang Meilan steamed a pot of steamed noodles with steamed buns and made sauerkraut with the leftover soup from yesterday's pork shabu-shabu.

At around seven o'clock, Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong went to work, while Zhao Jun, Jie Chen, and Zhao Weipeng were chatting in the room.

Not long after, the little bell came.

This kid didn't come empty-handed, dragging a sack.

The sack was not heavy, and contained a torn cotton jacket, a pair of torn cotton trousers, and a torn dog skin hat.

In this three-piece set, the dog-skin hat is frayed, while the cotton-padded jacket and trousers have large patches and small patches.

But these three-piece suits have a history. They were all worn by Little Bell and her grandfather. After the death of Zhang Datou, a strange man from Yong'an generation, Zhang Yuanmin inherited this outfit.

Last year Zhang Yuanmin wore this outfit while running in the mountains. Many of the patches on his clothes were scratched by bears.

This year, the Zhang family's conditions have improved. Although they don't wear too good clothes when going up the mountain, they have eliminated this outfit. Normally, if anyone in rural or forest areas has old clothes, 800 people are waiting to get them. But this piece of clothing is too old and shabby, and no one wants it.

But just like that, Yang Yufeng didn't want to throw it away and threw it into the warehouse. I thought I would take it apart and wash it in the summer and make a small mattress for the dog if no one is wearing it. Waiting for any of the Zhao family's dogs to get pregnant again and give birth to puppies, they would take a small mattress to pad the kennel.

But today, Yang Yufeng took out this old antique.

When Zhao Jun lifted the sack and dumped the three-piece suit on the ground in the yard, Zhao Weipeng tightened his nose.

This outfit is not only worn out, but also smells bad.

This year, Zhang Yuanmin last wore this outfit when he went to work in the 77 Leng factory. There he lives in a shack with tenants, what's so good about that?

"Ruhai!" After pouring out his broken clothes, Zhao Jun went to the wall separating the west courtyard and called out to that courtyard Li Ruhai.

"Coming!" It was Jin Xiaomei who answered.

Soon, Jin Xiaomei dragged Li Ruhai out of the house, followed by a smiling Li Xiaoqiao.

Just then, Wang Qiang came. He didn't come empty-handed, he was holding an old enamel jar.

"Here you go, nephew." Wang Qiang came to Zhao Jun and handed over the broken tea vat. Zhao Jun pulled up the sack on the ground and asked Wang Qiang to throw the broken tea jar into the sack, and then stuffed the shabby clothes into the sack.

"Let's go." Zhao Jun greeted a few people. At this time, Jie Chen, who was carrying a sack, stopped Zhao Jun and asked, "Brother Jun, don't you bring two guns?"

"Are you a tiger?" Before Zhao Jun could answer, Wang Qiang said angrily: "What do you dare to do if you take a gun to someone else's village? Let me tell you, those two are the ones painting the Yang family in the cabinet. We can't gesture with guns either. If you use them, they'll just leave them on the ground."

After being told by Wang Qiang, Jie Chen fell silent. At this time, Zhao Jun said: "No, let's outwit today. Brother Zhang's move will be carried out like a sea. We should be able to control it with our hands."

Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Qiang, Jie Chen, and Zhao Weipeng nodded.

"Go, listen to your Brother Jun." At this time, Jin Xiaomei was at the door, telling Li Ruhai, "Don't be so rude, do you know?"

"I know, Mom." Li Ruhai responded obediently, while Li Xiaoqiao tugged on Li Ruhai's sleeve and said, "Little brother, my elder brother asked me to give you a message."

Li Ruhai twitched his lips when he heard this. Li Baoyu didn't say anything when he was at home, but asked his little sister to give him a message. That boy must not be holding back anything good.

Although Li Ruhai didn't answer, Li Xiaoqiao said: "Brother said that today is the day for you to make meritorious deeds. I want you to change your ways and be a new person!"

Li Ruhai: "..."

At this time, Xiao Lingdang, Zhao Hong, and Zhao Na walked out of the Zhao family next door. Xiao Lingdang shouted, and Li Xiaoqiao ran away.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Jun and his party also came out of Zhao's house. Zhao Jun, who was familiar with the road, drove the car, Zhao Weipeng sat in the passenger seat, and Wang Qiang, Jie Chen and Li Ruhai sat in the back seat.

An hour and a half later, the car stopped outside a poplar forest. Two miles south of this place is the south entrance of Yangjia Village.

After the car stopped, Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang and Zhao Weipeng didn't get out of the car. However, Jiechen, who was sitting in the back row, walked into the poplar forest with Li Ruhai carrying a sack.

Three or four minutes later, Zhao Jun was lying on the steering wheel laughing, and Wang Qiang and Zhao Weipeng were also laughing so hard.

At this time, in front of the car, Li Ruhai was wearing a frayed dog-skin hat, Zhang Yuanmin's cotton-padded jacket and cotton trousers with large patches and small patches, and his own worn-out cotton shoes on his feet. He held an old enamel jar in his left hand and a stick in his right hand. He first grabbed the ashes from the bottom of the pot and then wiped it with snow on his face. He had a small face painted by Hun'er, looking like a little beggar.

"Hahaha..." A burst of laughter came from the poplar forest, and Jie Chen, who was holding the tree with one hand, bent over with laughter.

Li Ruhai turned back and glared at Li Chen, then leaned on his stick, dragged his feet, pretended to be weak, and slowly walked towards Yangjia Village.

Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang and Jie Chen were still happy until Li Ruhai disappeared from their sight.

Zhao Weipeng was better, after all, he had only seen Li Ruhai's bright and beautiful side for a short time. Zhao Jun and others were used to seeing the well-dressed Li Ruhai. It was so funny to suddenly change into such a set.

Li Ruhai sneaked into Yangjia Village and walked along the edge carefully. If he saw pedestrians, Li Ruhai would avoid them from a distance. He searched around the village and checked everything in the village.

After walking for more than an hour, Li Ruhai carefully looked at every household in the village.

When Li Ruhai passed by the outside of a firewood pile, the dog tied in the yard suddenly barked at Li Ruhai several times with the chain.

Just as Li Ruhai was about to run away, the door of the house was pushed open and a woman came out of the house holding a small basin.

Li Ruhai couldn't run away at this time, otherwise people would definitely think he was up to no good. So Li Ruhai pretended to walk through the yard with unsteady steps.

The woman looked at Li Ruhai and called her black dog, "Big Black, stop barking and come to eat!"

The woman thought Li Ruhai was a beggar passing by and ignored him.

At this time, Li Ruhai suddenly had an idea and rushed to the front of the fence and shouted, "Auntie, don't feed the dog!"

"Huh?" The woman was stunned, and her black dog barked at Li Ruhai.

Li Ruhai pretended to be scared and stepped back. He leaned on a stick with his left hand and shook the broken teacup with his right hand. He said to the woman, "Auntie, I haven't eaten for a day and a night. Can you give me something to eat?"

"Ah?" The woman widened her eyes and looked at Li Ruhai in surprise. She tilted the mouth of the small basin in her hand forward to show it to Li Ruhai and said, "This is for feeding dogs!"

These days, feeding dogs is the same. Put potatoes and frozen squash in water and boil them until they are mushy. Add a little salt and mix them.

The woman was not reluctant to give up this bite of food. The key point was that it was not good to give dog food to people, even to beggars.

"It's okay, auntie, don't feed it all to the dog." Li Ruhai said with a sad face, "Give me a bite!"

Although Li Ruhai was tall, it was obvious that he was an underage child.

Seeing the tattered clothes he was wearing, the woman couldn't help but feel sympathy. She immediately walked to the door and called Li Ruhai, saying, "Come, I'll pour you a cup of tea!"

"Woof woof woof..." The woman's dog barked at Li Ruhai with the chain, not knowing whether it understood or not.

Li Ruhai used the stick with one hand to gain strength and staggered towards the woman. As he came over, a foul smell came to his face. The woman frowned and handed the small basin forward.

"Thank you, auntie! Thank you, auntie!" Li Ruhai shook the broken teacup twice, thanked the woman, and used the teacup to receive the dog food poured out by the woman.

As she poured, the woman said, "Potatoes, I didn't peel them, but I washed them all, so they're not dirty!"

After saying this, Li Ruhai felt better.

There was a lot of dog food in the small basin. The woman poured a teacup for Li Ruhai, and the rest was poured to the black dog by her.

At this time, Li Ruhai was squatting outside the west tent of the woman's house holding a teacup.

After the woman fed the dog, the black dog licked the food and had no time to pay attention to Li Ruhai, but the woman walked out of the yard.

At this time, Li Ruhai squatted there, holding the teacup in both hands, and kept putting his face against the mouth of the teacup.

This is using the heat emitted by the dog food to keep warm!

And his stick, one end was tilted on the ground, and the other end was leaning on his shoulder.

Seeing this scene, the woman sighed lightly, walked towards Li Ruhai and asked: "Child, where are you from?"

"Auntie!" Li Ruhai glanced at the woman, then stood up with the stick, and replied: "I'm from Yongli."

"Yongli? Oh my God!" The woman was shocked and said: "It's more than a hundred miles away from here? How did you get out of home?"

Yangjia Village is more than 80 miles away from Yong'antun, and more than a hundred miles to Yongli.

"My stepmother beat me and didn't give me food." Li Ruhai seemed to be reminded of the sad past, and choked up and said, "I came out by myself!"

"Oh! Tsk! Tsk!" The woman frowned and smacked her lips repeatedly, saying, "What about your father? Your father doesn't care?"

"Aunt, if he wants to care about me, what else can I say?" Li Ruhai said with a crying voice, "If there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather!"

"Oh! Not so good!" The woman sighed heavily and said, "Men, they are all that kind of shit!"

Speaking of this, the woman paused for a moment and asked Li Ruhai, "Whose family are you from? My brother's wife's family is from Yongli."

Li Ruhai was stunned by her question, and the child's mind was spinning rapidly. From south to north in Yongli Village, Li Ruhai could count every pole and every family one by one. But he didn't know who the family of this woman's brother's wife was.

This can't be said casually, what if it hits the gun?

So, Li Ruhai thought of making one up. After all, this woman's brother's wife was from Yongli, but this woman was not.

Thinking of this, Li Ruhai said: "My father's name is Li Yong, and my stepmother's name is Jinmei."