The whole mountain is my hunting ground

On the morning of August 14th, Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan went out early to see Jiang Hua off for the last time.

Zhao Jun was at home, taking his two sisters for dinner.

After finishing the meal, as soon as Zhao Jun picked up the table, Wang Meilan and Zhao Youcai came back.

Zhao Jun handed the two little girls to Wang Meilan, and he went to work in the forest farm.

After a day of study, although Zhao Jun passed the inspection first, he did not get off work early today. Instead, he waited to take the forest farm's commuter train down the mountain with Zhao Youcai.

After the father and son returned home, not long after, Jiangzhou Zhen came to the door and invited Zhao Jun's family of five.

Yesterday, Jiangzhou said that there would be twenty tables, but that was a bit exaggerated.

Regardless of what he said yesterday, he said that setting up a banquet was to thank the folks who saw Mr. Lao Jiang off on his last journey.

But in fact, those folks were all put off by his morning meal of cornmeal porridge and pickle sticks. And this meal tonight is just to collect gift money.

But people and relationships exist, and once Jiang Hua dies, only Mrs. Jiang will be left. And I heard from Jiangzhou that he would take Mrs. Jiang to his home for retirement in the next few days.

This old lady is getting old, and it is unknown how long she can live. Therefore, almost all the people who came had some history with the Jiang family. Moreover, it was the old couple who gave them a gift of money, but they had not returned the gift yet. Normally, they would take advantage of today to pay off what they owed the old couple.

As for those who have not been polite to the old couple, they will not come at all.

Zhao Jun's family was sitting on the table near the house in the yard.

Sitting with their family of five was Mrs. Jiang, Jiangzhou's parents, the village chief Zhao Guofeng and his mother.

It can be seen that not everyone can sit at this table.

Before the banquet started, Jiangzhou's parents thanked Zhao Jun's family several times. But Mrs. Lao Jiang sat there quietly, looking at the empty table without saying a word.

Zhao Jun glanced at the old lady and sighed silently in his heart. He had done everything he could do. If that still doesn't work, Zhao Jun will be powerless.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jun turned around and looked around, and saw Li Baoyu's family and Zhang Yuanmin's family sitting around a table in the corner of the courtyard.

Zhao Jun got up and went to the hut outside the courtyard. When he came out of the hut, he met someone.

This big young man is about 1.8 meters tall and weighs 180 to 90 pounds. He has a powerful appearance.

At this time, he was holding a large wine barrel in each hand. A thirty-pound wine barrel, two equals sixty pounds, and he can carry one in each hand and run at a trot. He is in really good shape.

"Brother Jun!"

"Hey, Gu Yang!" Zhao Jun greeted him and asked, "Are you here to help?"

"Yeah." Gu Yang grinned at Zhao Jun and said naively: "I told Grandma Jiang, and Grandma Jiang agreed to my coming."

"Ah." Zhao Jun saw that he was sweating a little, so he said to him, "Then let me carry one for you."

"No, no need." Gu Yang smiled and moved a step aside, avoiding Zhao Jun's outstretched hand, but said to him: "Brother Jun, I want to ask you for something, okay?"

When Zhao Jun heard this, he responded readily: "What's the matter? Tell me."

"Um..." Gu Yang seemed a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a long time, and then said: "I heard that you have medicinal deer beans, can you give me one?"

Zhao Jun waited for him for a long time, thinking it was a big deal. When he heard that he only wanted medicine beans, Zhao Jun laughed and said, "It's not a big deal."

With that said, the two of them walked to Jiang's house together. As Zhao Jun walked, he said to Gu Yang, "But I don't have the medicinal beans here. I gave them to Brother Zhang."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yang blurted out and asked, "Zhang Yuanmin?"

"Yeah." Zhao Jun said, "I'll mention it to him later, and you can pick it up from his house tomorrow when it's done."

"Okay, okay, thank you, Brother Jun."

"Thank you."

While the two were talking, they returned to Jiang's house. When Jiangzhou saw Zhao Jun, he rushed to greet him. He smiled at Zhao Jun and said, "Xiao Jun, come into the hospital quickly. The food will be served soon."

Zhao Jun smiled and nodded, then walked into the yard. But at this moment, Jiangzhou was heard shouting to Gu Yang: "Hurry up, take the wine to the back, wait for it."

Zhao Jun paused and then walked towards Zhang Yuanmin.

At this time, Zhang Yuanmin was discussing Chinese classical literature with the Li family and his son, and did not even notice that Zhao Jun had come behind him.

It was Yang Yufeng. After seeing Zhao Jun, he hurriedly grabbed Zhang Yuanmin and said, "Let's talk later, brother is here."

"Hey, brother." Zhang Yuanmin turned around, and when he saw it was Zhao Jun, he hurriedly got up.

Zhao Jun hurriedly held his shoulders and pushed him back to the stool. Then he nodded to Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei before saying to Zhang Yuanmin: "Brother, I saw Gu Yang just now. He asked me for a medicine bean. I’ll ask him to pick it up at your house tomorrow.”

At this point, Zhao Jun hurriedly warned him again, saying: "He is in a very difficult situation. Brother, if you still have one, get one for him."

"Okay!" Zhang Yuanmin agreed without thinking, and then said to Zhao Jun: "If he comes, I will give it to him. This guy is very good. When you were building a house, he worked very honestly."

"Yeah." As soon as Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, Jin Xiaomei continued: "Gu Yang is okay. Later he helped my family with his work, and he worked hard."

"Huh? That's not right." Unlike Zhang Yuanmin and Jin Xiaomei, Li Dayong looked around and then asked with some confusion: "I didn't see anyone from the old Gu family today, so Gu Yang came by himself? "

Jin Xiaomei pulled Li Dayong, frowned and said: "This kid is just here to help, and he can eat when he is done."

"No." Yang Yufeng said with some sympathy: "When we were building a house for Xiaojun, he would stay with us to eat twice a day. When he got home at night, he would pinch his stomach and wait for the next morning to come back to work and eat again. Didn't it rain for a few days? I asked him later and he said that during the three days it rained, he didn't even have a full meal at home."

"Alas!" Zhang Yuanmin sighed and said, "His family's conditions are even more difficult than ours."

"You don't know!" Suddenly, Li Ruhai straightened up, pressed his right elbow on the table, slapped the table with his left hand, and whispered: "How old is Gu Yang and his third brother, and he is still a bachelor? , let alone him. I heard that Gu Yang’s father and mother want him to step in and find a good family. If the woman can give his family money, their family can take the money. Give his third brother a wife."

"Oh my god!" Li Baoyu couldn't help but pull Li Ruhai off the table and said angrily: "Who did you listen to?"

"Hey!" Yang Yufeng waved her hand to Li Baoyu and said, "Baoyu, let Ruhai say what he said is not adulterated."

Li Dayong, Jin Xiaomei, Li Baoyu: "..."

When Li Ruhai heard this, his face suddenly brightened, and he continued enthusiastically: "Gu Yang doesn't want to work for life or death. Isn't that why he has to work every day? If he wants to save money to marry his wife."

After Li Ruhai said this, he had already started to serve the cold dishes. Zhao Jun walked back, but after taking two steps, he turned around and glanced outside the courtyard door, but he didn't see Gu Yang.

He knew that in his previous life, Gu Yang had not been able to save enough money to marry a wife, so in the end he stepped in and became someone's son-in-law.

The woman's family gave the Gu family fifty yuan, which was regarded as a betrothal gift. Gu Yang and his family used the fifty yuan and the money Gu Yang earned through hard work over the years to marry Gu Yang and his third brother a wife.

Zhao Jun and Gu Yang were from two different worlds. Although the two of them lived in the same village, the first time they met was because of Zhao Youcai.

It was already a millennium ago. Zhao Youcai suffered a cerebral infarction while walking in the village. It was Gu Yang who notified the Zhao family.

Although the relationship between the two men was not good at that time, blood is thicker than water after all. After Zhao Jun rushed back from the city, he wanted to repay Gu Yang and promised to take over the reservoir outside the village and build a farmhouse like the one in Fenghuang Mountain nearby. Then, he asked Gu Yang to help him take care of it.

When Zhao Jun said these words, it was at the peak of his career. But it wasn't long before he went bankrupt.

Let alone the farmhouse, it would be difficult for him to buy an old man's house.

Gu Yang never blamed Zhao Jun from the beginning to the end, but Zhao Jun had no shame in seeing him and walked around Gu Yang every time he met him in the village.

Until one time, Zhao Jun met Gu Yang who was picking up plums from the orchard and came home. Gu Yang just grabbed two handfuls of plums for Zhao Jun.

Although seven out of ten plums contained worms, Zhao Jun still missed this love when he was at his lowest.

Therefore, when Gu Yang asked him for medicine beans just now, Zhao Jun agreed without thinking. In his opinion, Gu Yang's desire for medicine beans is nothing more than wanting to take medicine to Lu.

And if he could cure the deer, it wouldn't be a problem to sell the deer's hooves and tendons for a hundred or ten yuan like Jie Chen did. When the time comes, if he collects a little more, it will be enough for him to marry a wife, and he will not be able to interfere in the door.

You know, Gu Yang had a very difficult life in his previous life. Being a son-in-law is a lot of work and a lot of anger. When you give birth to a child, you have to take the family name.

If a medicine bean could change Gu Yang's fate, then all the debts of gratitude from his previous life would be repaid.

Zhao Jun thought about it, sat back at the table, and watched the helper put food on the table.

Shredded potatoes, mixed tiger vegetables, homemade cold dishes, fried peanuts, stewed potatoes with green beans, stewed pork vermicelli, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, braised river fish with soy sauce, fried river shrimps, and braised bear paws.

There are ten dishes, but the last dish is a hard dish. When Zhao Jun saw the bear's paw, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

He left four bear paws for Mrs. Jiang yesterday, and the cook divided each of these bear paws into three, three, four, twelve, exactly one portion for each table.

Because it was a white matter, there was no joy or laughter in or outside the courtyard. Everyone was busy eating.

Mrs. Lao Jiang got off the table and entered the room without eating a few mouthfuls. The Jiangzhou couple, as well as Jiangzhou's parents, didn't bother with the old lady.

Zhao Jun heard the old lady beside him sigh softly, turned around and saw Wang Meilan put down her chopsticks and walked into the room.

Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai looked at each other and continued eating.

After dinner, Zhao Jun asked Zhao Youcai to take the two little girls home, while he sat at the table, waiting quietly for Wang Meilan.

The Jiangzhou couple had already gotten up to see off the guests, but his parents were still here talking to Zhao Jun.

When everyone dispersed, Wang Meilan still didn't come out of the house. By this time, it was past seven o'clock and it was getting dark.

Suddenly, Zhao Jun heard someone outside the hospital say: "You haven't finished eating yet? Eat quickly, and clear the table after you finish."

Zhao Jun looked outside and saw only four tables outside the courtyard, with only one person still eating. He was Gu Yang, but he didn't eat from scratch until now. Instead, he sat down and picked up some leftovers after everyone at the table had left.

These days, when people sit down to dinner with courtesy, the cups and plates are in a mess.

There were ten plates on one table, and only some vegetable soup was left. But Gu Yang didn't mind it either. He first mixed the stewed bear paw soup with sorghum rice.

After finishing eating, I soaked the sorghum rice in the soup of home-cooked cold dishes.

Just like this, his wife in Jiangzhou was not happy because she thought Gu Yang ate too much.

"Gu Yang!" At this time, Zhao Jun shouted outside the courtyard: "Come here, bring a bowl!"

"Hey!" Gu Yang responded, holding the bowl and walking inside.

When his wife in Jiangzhou saw that it was Zhao Jun who was speaking, not only did she not dare to stop him, she even smiled at Zhao Jun.

When Gu Yang arrived at the table, Zhao Jun invited him to sit down, moved the plate of braised bear paws over, and said to him, "Eat this."

There were twelve plates of braised bear paws in total, and only this table and the table where Li Baoyu sat had any left.

This bear paw is a good thing to others. But for Zhao Jun and the others, they were already tired of it.

But where has Gu Yang ever eaten this? I saw him reaching out to grab the bear's paw and biting down the remaining muscles.

Zhao Jun watched with a smile as Gu Yang finished eating the bear paws, and then swept away all the leftovers and rice on the table.

"Brother Jun, I've finished eating. That black blind man's palm is so delicious." Gu Yang stood up after eating, smiled and praised the braised bear's claw with Zhao Jun, and then said: "You sit down, I'll help Aunt Jiang Remove all the tables.”

"Yes." Zhao Jun nodded, and when Gu Yang was about to leave, he said, "I made an agreement with Brother Zhang. You can just go to his house to pick it up tomorrow."

"Yeah, thank you, Brother Jun." Gu Yang became even happier upon hearing this, and walked quickly outside the hospital.

As soon as Gu Yang left, Wang Meilan came out of the back room and called Zhao Jun to go home without saying anything.

Seeing that the couple was leaving, Jiangzhou and his wife hurriedly came over to see them off, but Wang Meilan gave Jiangzhou a cold look and left without leaving a word.

Zhao Jun frowned when he saw this. He didn't know what was going on with my mother, so he just said a few polite words to Jiangzhou and then left to chase Wang Meilan.

After catching up with my mother, Wang Meilan said a lot before Zhao Jun could ask questions. After hearing what she said, Zhao Jun also looked livid.

When they got home, the couple didn't tell Zhao Youcai about this, they just washed up and went to bed.

The next day, Zhao Jun went to work normally. But Gu Yang came to Zhang Yuanmin's house.

Today is August 15th, Saturday.

Under normal circumstances, the little bell should be on holiday. But Yong'an Primary School organized a general cleaning today. As the squad leader, Xiao Lingdang had to take the lead, so he went to school early.

While Yang Yufeng went to the market, Zhang Yuanmin was left alone at home.

At this time, Zhang Yuanmin was leaning on the kang cabinet, half lying and half lying down, thinking about things.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door twice. As soon as Zhang Yuanmin stood up, he heard someone ask: "Brother Zhang, are you at home?"

"Gu Yang." When Zhang Yuanmin heard Gu Yang's voice, he immediately smiled and said, "I'm at home, come on, come in."

As soon as Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, Gu Yang came in from the outer room. Seeing Zhang Yuanmin sitting on the kang, he nodded to him and called him Brother Zhang.

Zhang Yuanmin raised his hand to signal Gu Yang to sit down, but when he was about to get up and pour water for Gu Yang, he was stopped by Gu Yang.

"Brother, stop working. I'll sit down for a while and then leave."

Men are lazy. When Zhang Yuanmin heard this, he didn't go to boil the water. Instead, he stood up, pointed at the big wardrobe against the wall, and said to Gu Yang, "There is a paper package on the top of the cabinet. Please touch it down. Slow down."

Potassium aluminum cyanate is afraid of water and tide, so Zhang Yuanmin placed the medicinal beans he brought back at a high place.

But he is short, so he usually has to step on a stool to pick up and take it off. Now that Gu Yang is here, Zhang Yuanmin won't cause trouble to him.

Gu Yang took the paper bag from the wardrobe and handed it into Zhang Yuanmin's hand. Zhang Yuanmin carefully packed the cloth bag and checked it carefully. When he saw that the medicine beans were not damp, he folded the paper bag again and handed it to Gu Yang, but he did not let go of the hand holding the paper bag.

I saw Zhang Yuanmin saying to Gu Yang solemnly: "This thing is no joke, you have to pay attention."

"Yeah." Gu Yang knew that Zhang Yuanmin had good intentions, so he said, "I understand, Brother Zhang."

Hearing Gu Yang's words, Zhang Yuanmin nodded, gave the paper bag containing potassium aluminum cyanate to Gu Yang, and then asked casually: "Where did you learn how to dig a deer's nest? Why haven't I heard of it? You guys Does anyone at home do this?"

Whether it was Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin, or even Li Dayong and Li Baoyu who had heard about it yesterday, they all thought that Gu Yang was going to Yaolu when he wanted medicine beans.

But what Zhang Yuanmin didn't expect was that when Gu Yang took the medicine bean, he said: "Brother Zhang, I don't want to cure the deer. I am taking this to cure the blind man."

"What the hell?" When Zhang Yuanmin heard the word "black blind man", his heart suddenly suddenly jumped, and his hands and feet became cold.

"Black Blind Man!" Gu Yang didn't know that he was frightened by Black Blind Man, so he repeated it specifically, but when Zhang Yuanmin heard this, his face instantly turned pale.

"Gu Yang, brother." Zhang Yuanmin calmed down and said to Gu Yang in a tone like someone who had experienced it: "The black blind man can't mess around. Look at the old man Jiang and Tao Dasheng, don't they all let the black blind man kick them?" Is it done?"

"Brother!" Gu Yang felt the sincerity in Zhang Yuanmin's tone. He felt warm in his heart and immediately said to Zhang Yuanmin: "I am already nineteen. I have to earn my own money to find a wife."

Upon hearing his words, Zhang Yuanmin couldn't help but think of his previous hard life, but after a second thought, he still stopped him and said, "Gu Yang, you can't make trouble. If the black blind man can't be cured, it will cost his life."

"It's okay. Brother Zhang, don't worry." Gu Yang said with a smile: "I have a trick, I'll tell you about it, you can listen and see if it works."

"You have a trick..." At this moment, Zhang Yuanmin felt that the tone of this boy's speech was a bit like his own.

Gu Yang said, "Brother, that big guy you're doing the medicine weighs five hundred kilograms at least."

"Yeah." Zhang Yuanmin nodded.

Gu Yang added: "The black blind man only weighs about three hundred kilograms, weighing up to four hundred kilograms. This medicinal bean can kill the big man, but can it not kill the black blind man?"

"Oops!" Zhang Yuanmin exclaimed, Leng Buding startled Gu Yang, and then he saw Zhang Yuanmin raised his hand and patted his forehead.

This frightened Gu Yang and he thought to himself: "If you don't want to give me the medicine beans, just say so. At worst, I won't take them. What are you doing?"

But he didn't know that what Zhang Yuanmin was thinking was: "This is a very clever plan. This is what makes the war effortless, effortless, and foolproof!"

Suddenly, Zhang Yuanmin remembered the time when Zhuge Kongming accepted Jiang Wei when he came back from the banquet last night and reviewed "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

For a moment, when Zhang Yuanmin looked at Gu Yang again, a thought suddenly came to his mind, "If I can accept him as my disciple, then I can be considered a successor to my own abilities!"