The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Today is Sunday. Yongan Forest Farm, which has not yet started production for the winter season, has a normal day off.

After such a long time, Zhao Youcai's labor reform has ended. This morning, Wang Meilan was in charge of cooking.

And Wang Meilan, who is in a good mood recently, even prepared a rich breakfast.

Boil water in a large pot and stir-fry the corn.

This is sticky corn that was first planted in my own garden. It matures earlier than in the ground. Whole sticks of corn are cooked in a pot. After cooking, the corn kernels will be golden brown.

Moreover, when you eat the overripe and blooming corn, it will be sticky, soft and sweet.

When the corn is cooked, an iron curtain is placed on top of the corn, and in the middle of the curtain is a large bowl with steamed eggs stewed in it.

This is also a home-cooked dish in the Northeast. Unlike steamed chicken cakes, egg stew does not add water and will be hard when steamed.

But add farmhouse miso and chopped chili to the beaten eggs. After steaming like this, the egg stew will have layers.

The top layer is wrapped in eggs and chopped chili peppers, the middle layer is pure eggs, and the bottom layer is a mixture of eggs and sauce.

When you pick up a piece with your chopsticks, you will find eggs, chili peppers and sauce. It is salty, fragrant and spicy and will instantly open your taste buds.

And around the large bowl of egg stew, there were small eggplants. They were all tender eggplants that were as long as a handful, so tender that they were green and seedless.

Steam the eggplant like this in a pot, tear it into strips, chop it with coriander, and mix it with soy sauce, sesame oil, and minced garlic, and the fragrance will be maximized.

Zhao Hong and Zhao Na are not interested in mixing eggplant, but they like sticky corn with egg stew.

It's just that the two little girls couldn't eat spicy food. Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai ate the top layer of the egg stew with chili peppers, and gave them the bottom two layers without chili peppers.

With the love and care of their father and brother, Zhao Hong and Zhao Na ate delicious sticky rice with chopsticks in their hands.

This freshly cooked corn is very hot.

Children cannot hold it directly with their hands. Zhao Jun inserted the thin end of a chopstick through the thick end of the corn, and then asked his sister to hold the part of the chopstick that was left outside the corn stick and gnaw it horizontally in front of her mouth.

You know, such a table of farm food, although there is no meat, can make people appetizing.

Coupled with the fact that the whole family is having fun, talking and laughing, the meal becomes even more delicious.

The opposite of the Zhao family is Zhu Dashan. Even if he was eating chicken stewed with mushrooms, Zhu Dashan was not happy, especially because the chicken was still leftover.

Zhu Dashan took two mouthfuls of rice and went out to find an old friend. After staying at someone's house for a while, he came to Zhao Jun's house again.

As soon as Zhu Dashan arrived at the door of Zhao Jun's house, the dogs in Zhao Jun's and Li's courtyards began to bark. Zhu Dashan did not dare to enter the courtyard. He stood at the door of the courtyard and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Is there anyone in the house?"

When he heard someone coming, Zhao Youcai put away his chopsticks, sat on the kang, stretched his neck, and looked outside. Wang Meilan also turned around and looked out the window.

"Why is this old man here again?" Seeing that it was Zhu Dashan, Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun doubtfully. When Zhu Dashan came to borrow the dog yesterday morning, Zhao Youcai was not at home, but he knew that something was going on.

"Who knows." Zhao Jun put down his chopsticks and moved to the edge of the kang while saying, "I probably want to borrow the dog again, right?"

"Son, don't go." Zhao Youcai grabbed Zhao Jun and said to him, "You eat, I'll go."

Zhao Youcai was not at home yesterday, but today he is at home. Now that an outsider is here, he, the "head of the family," has to step in.

As for Zhao Youcai's attitude towards Zhao Jun today, why is it so good?

That's because the forest farm pays wages on the 10th of every month. As soon as his wages are paid, Zhao Jun will pay him a tribute of five yuan.

Therefore, every first month of the month, Zhao Youcai would show his kind side to Zhao Jun.

Zhao Jun accepted the love from his father calmly. But when he saw Zhao Youcai getting off the kang, he turned around and asked Zhao Jun again: "If he wants to borrow a dog, can you lead it to him?"

Hearing this, Zhao Jun turned to look at Zhao Youcai and said, "Dad, he wants to borrow the dog, so don't let him hold it. Just tell him that I will take the dog in the evening and help him stay overnight."

Zhao Jun also figured out that instead of lending the dog out, he should worry about it himself. It's better to take the dog and help Zhu Dashan stay overnight. This can be regarded as giving enough face to the relatives.

And after this night, Zhao Jun didn't care whether he shot the black bear or not, and no matter what happened in the future.

"Okay, I understand." Zhao Youcai responded and walked out. Wang Meilan thought for a moment, put down her chopsticks and followed Zhao Youcai out.

"Go! Go!" Zhao Youcai went out of the house, barked the dog twice, walked toward the door facing Zhu Dashan, and said, "Uncle Zhu, have you eaten yet?"

"Youcai is at home." When Zhu Dashan saw Zhao Youcai, he smiled and said politely: "I've finished eating, have you eaten?"

"I'm eating." Zhao Youcai said, "Uncle Zhu, let's go inside and have another bite."

"No, no." Upon hearing this, the old man waved his hand and refused.

"Uncle Zhu." At this time, Wang Meilan also came out. When Zhu Dashan came yesterday, she went to help Jin Xiaomei deliver meals to the construction site.

Because at this time, Zhao Jun's house was completed, but Li Baoyu's new house had to wait two more days to be completed.

Wang Meilan came closer, stood next to Zhao Youcai, and called to Zhu Dashan: "Uncle Zhu, if you don't want to eat, why don't you go inside and drink some water."

"No more drinking." Zhu Dashan waved his hand and said, "I'm here to do something, and I'll leave after I finish speaking."

As soon as Zhu Dashan finished speaking, Zhao Youcai asked: "Uncle Zhu, do you still want to borrow the dog?"

"No!" As soon as Zhao Youcai said those words, Zhu Dashan's expression suddenly changed and he immediately refused.

He didn't dare to take Zhao Jun's dog home.

Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan were stunned by the old man's huge reaction. I thought to myself, if you don’t lend me the dog, why would you come here?

"I can't control your dog." Zhu Dashan didn't care what Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan thought, he just said: "I know your family raises sheep. I'm thinking about it and ask if your sheep can be sold. If so, I want to buy one."

Since the beginning of summer, Wang Meilan has taken her three sheep out every afternoon and driven them to graze in the meadow at Tunxitou.

Now, both lambs are almost 40 pounds. Wang Meilan thought about raising them until next year, when Zhao Jun gets married, she will kill pigs and sheep, and Beier will entertain guests with dignity.

And she herded sheep every day. Over time, everyone in the village knew that their family raised sheep.

At this time, hearing that Zhu Dashan wanted to buy sheep, Wang Meilan frowned slightly, looked at Zhu Dashan and asked, "Uncle Zhu, what are you going to buy sheep for? Do you also want to hunt leopards?"

As soon as Wang Meilan said these words, Zhao Youcai's expression immediately changed beside her. He couldn't help but think of the big ewe he bought for eighty yuan when he was in Yongshengtun. Those eighty yuan are all private money saved by my hard work!

"Ah?" Zhu Dashan was a little confused. The old man didn't know why Wang Meilan still brought up the leopard. He just said: "I don't fight the leopard, I want to fight the black blind man. Isn't this the black blind man in my corn field? Yesterday, there was a black blind man." Lend me your dog and..."

At this point, Zhu Dashan felt a little bitter in his heart, and immediately stopped mentioning this sad thing, and just said: "I'm just thinking about using two explosives to see if I can kill that black blind man."

"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was stunned when he heard this, and said doubtfully: "Uncle Zhu, you can also make bombs? I have never heard that you can do this?"

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Three generations of the Zhao family are famous for fighting sieges, but none of them know how to harass people.

Moreover, he is quite skilled in making explosives. To fry a black bear with fried seeds, it won't work if it's tender, or if it's too hard.

"No." Zhu Dashan shook his head and explained to Zhao Youcai: "I just went to Lao Jiang's house. Mr. Jiang has explosives."

The old ghost Jiang mentioned by Zhu Dashan is a person's nickname.

This person's surname is Jiang and his given name is Hua. He is already sixty years old this year. And this old man doesn't know anything else, he can only hit a badger with a pair, and destroy a black bear with a pair.

The old man excelled at these two crafts.

But now that he is old and unable to go up the mountain, these skills have been put on hold.

But when Zhu Dashan came to see him today, Jiang Hua refused without hesitation when he heard that he was going to bomb the corn fields.

Because there are people coming and going in the crop fields, if someone collapses, it will be a big trouble.

But when he heard Zhu Dashan say that his plot of land where gangsters were recruited was next to a mountain farm, Jiang Hua immediately agreed.

Moreover, Jiang Hua looked very interested and insisted on following Zhu Dashan. He also told Zhu Dashan openly that if he could bring down the black bear, two-thirds of the money from the sale of the black bear's bile would be his own, and the remaining one-third would belong to Zhu Dashan.

Zhu Dashan thought for a moment and agreed.

After all, it was Jiang Hua who made the explosives and mastered the craftsmanship. He could mix one-third of the bear bile along with it, and he could also keep his own food. It was a good deal no matter how he thought about it.

But to wrap the bomb, you have to wrap the bomb around the bait.

The best bait to lure black bears is suet. Because it has a strong smell, when it blows in the wind, black bears nearby will smell it.

Of course, old cows are also bad, but the cost of killing old cows is too high and no one can afford it.

After Zhu Dashan thought about it, he came to Zhao Jun's house again, a place that aroused his sadness, to find Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan to buy sheep.

But he wanted to buy it, but Wang Meilan didn't want to sell it at all. A sheep weighing more than thirty kilograms couldn't be bought for much at all, but it would be a big deal if it was to be raised until the end of the year.

Moreover, the most important thing is that there is no cost to feed sheep in summer and autumn. The sheep will gain weight by grazing. How appropriate.

Therefore, if you sell the lamb now, you will lose a lot of money.

But they were relatives after all. Wang Meilan did not refuse directly, but just persuaded: "Uncle Zhu, I have to say something that you don't want to hear."

"Ah, you have a wealthy wife, tell me."

Wang Meilan said: "If you feed a lamb into the belly of a mountain animal, wouldn't it be blinded in vain?"

Wang Meilan said and glanced sideways at Zhao Youcai. Zhao Youcai seemed to feel something and took a step back quietly.

After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhu Dashan frowned. He also knew that the cost of doing so was a bit high. Even if the two families are related, they can't take Zhao Jun's lamb for free. They have to throw in twenty yuan anyway.

How much did his family spend on this blind bear? For another twenty yuan, not to mention Wang Juan, even Zhu Dashan would feel pain in his body.

Seeing that Zhu Dashan was silent, Wang Meilan said again: "Besides, Uncle Zhu, why do you insist on taking the whole sheep? I heard my dad say before, put the whole dead cats and rotten dogs there, and the black blind man will smell the stench. I’ll definitely come.”

The father in Wang Meilan's mouth refers to Zhao Jun. Moreover, Wang Meilan’s words are not false.

Blind bears eat scavengers and have a keen sense of smell. If they smell the stench of dead cats or rotten dogs nearby, they will definitely come.

Hearing this, Zhu Dashan nodded, but said: "Rich wife, I know what you are talking about, but where are you going to deal with those dead cats and dogs?"

"Uncle Zhu!" Wang Meilan said with a smile: "If you don't have a dead cat or a dog, why don't you have a dead chicken or a dead goose? It's so hot today. If you leave it under the sun for a day, won't it stink?"

"Ouch!" When Zhu Dashan heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. He gave Wang Meilan a thumbs up and said, "If you are a wealthy wife, you can do it. Killing a chicken is better than killing a sheep. How can you save the young and old?"

"That's right." Seeing that Zhu Dashan was convinced by her, Wang Meilan said with a smile: "Uncle Zhu, if your family doesn't have chickens, mine does, and I will buy you one."

"No! No need!" Zhu Dashan waved his hands to refuse, but he suddenly remembered something, sighed immediately, and muttered as if to himself: "If I had known this earlier, my daughter-in-law would not let the chicken stew." ,Enough."

"Uncle Zhu, what are you talking about?" Zhao Youcai on the side asked with some confusion.

"It's nothing." Zhu Dashan raised his head and smiled at Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan: "I'm fine. I'll go back now. You can also come in and eat."

"Uncle Zhu." Wang Meilan continued to speak politely and said, "Why are you leaving in a hurry? Come inside and sit for a while."

"I won't sit down anymore." Zhu Dashan shook his head and said, "Let's go home in a hurry and kill the chicken."

After saying that, the old man waved to the couple, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

"Uncle Zhu, walk slowly!" Zhao Youcai sent him out of the hospital and warned him before returning to his house.

As soon as Zhao Youcai entered the east room, he heard Wang Meilan talking to Zhao Jun about what had just happened.

When he heard that Zhu Dashan had gone to find Jiang Laogui, Zhao Jun was quite relieved. He knew that although the old man Jiang Hua was a ghost, he was really good at making explosives.

In his previous life, when Zhao Jun went hunting in the mountains, he saw Jiang Hua's nephew making explosives. It is said that he learned this skill from Jiang Hua.

Seeing Zhao Youcai coming back at this time, Zhao Jun remembered the conversation with Zhu Dashan yesterday, and asked Zhao Youcai curiously, "Dad, Ma Ling's uncle, did you fight with me before?"

"Hit the old girl!" Zhao Youcai was not polite and complained directly: "I heard from your grandma that in the early years, Ma Ling and her uncle drove the sledge for the landlord's house. All year round, he could not make ends meet. Your father looked at him. Poor thing, if he catches something, let him drive up on the sledge and pull it out. After pulling it back, give him some meat and that's it."

"Ah!" Zhao Jun suddenly realized that yesterday he heard the old man claiming to be with Pa'er. He thought it was the old man's humor, but he didn't expect that he was just a layman and said that.

After eating, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai went to the Li family's construction site and helped out for a day.

In the evening, the two men went home to eat and sleep, and spent the whole night in silence.

The next morning, Zhao Jun went to work as usual and studied in the acceptance team. And the same was true on the third day.

But the third day was August 11th.

While studying, Zhao Jun passed Xu Baoshan's inspection very early. Before two o'clock in the afternoon, he left the forest farm and headed home.

Because today is the day when the Li Baoyu family's house is completed, the Li family, according to the rules, has to arrange a meal for the villagers who come to help.

But Li Dayong and Zhao Youcai are both very busy at the forest farm, and they have to wait until after get off work to come back.

Therefore, Zhao Jun wanted to go home early and help Jin Xiaomei and Li Baoyu with their work.

He had just left the mountain field and was about to enter the village when he saw Li Ruhai running along the south path with his schoolbag on his shoulder.

"This child is sensible!" Zhao Jun looked at Li Ruhai who was running and sweating profusely. He thought that this child must have known something was going on at home and wanted to come back to help, so he ran back in a hurry.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jun, who had always regarded Li Ruhai as his younger brother, couldn't help but feel a little relieved. Even if he knew that the child was skipping school, he was not prepared to criticize him.

"Jun...Brother Jun..." Li Ruhai came to Zhao Jun, stopped, stretched out his hand to support Zhao Jun's arm, bent down, and gasped for air.

"Slow down, slow down." Zhao Jun gently stroked the back of Li Ruhai's hand and said gently: "Your aunt and Brother Zhang are helping at home, so you don't have to be in a hurry to come back."

"No, no." Being young is good. At this time, Li Ruhai had already calmed down, grabbed Zhao Jun's arm, and said shakingly: "Brother Jun, I heard something in school. After I listened, I didn't even attend class." Once you get on, run back."

When Zhao Jun heard this, the smile on his face instantly froze, and his eyes looking at Li Ruhai were full of evil.

Li Ruhai didn't care at all, and only said to Zhao Jun: "Brother Jun, something big happened! Someone is dead!"

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