The whole mountain is my hunting ground

These days, men are not as good at cooking as women, and Li Wencai can only cook some home-cooked dishes, fry the black blind man's thighs, and add soy sauce to make soy sauce bear legs.

In addition, I patted cucumbers, put the cans brought by Tao Fulin on the plate, and the two elders and four young people gathered around the kang table and started eating and drinking.

At the same time, Yong'an Tun Zhao Jun's home.

Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan, Zhao Hong, and Zhao Na were sitting on the kang eating. Their family of four also ate bear meat tonight, also braised, but the atmosphere was a bit dull.

Usually, when Zhao Jun is at home, he can talk to Wang Meilan; when Jie Chen is at home, he can drink with Zhao Youcai.

Now that Zhao Jun and the ministers have left, Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan have escaped, and I feel empty in my heart these past two days.

As for the two little girls, they didn't feel anything. There were so many little squirrels at home recently. Zhao Hong and Zhao Na had a great time teasing and feeding the little squirrels every day.

No, after just grabbing some food, the two little girls put down their bowls and chopsticks, put on their thin cotton-padded jackets, and went out to call Li Xiaoqiao to feed the squirrels.

Since these little squirrels arrived at Zhao Jun's house, they have been eating hazelnuts and pine nuts three times a day. From now on, they no longer have to search for food in the mountains and plains, they don't have to worry about not having enough food for the winter, and they don't know whether they are happy or unlucky.

Seeing the two girls going out, Zhao Youcai stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of bear meat, but instead of putting it in his bowl, he handed it to Wang Meilan.

"I don't want to eat." Wang Meilan blocked her chopsticks and picked up a piece of cabbage for herself.

Over the past year, Wang Meilan has been able to make up for herself with oil and water. In the past two months, she has preferred to eat something light.

Especially in the past two days, the wild boar belly was given to Wang Meilan, and she felt sick just looking at the meat.

It is said that good medicine tastes bitter, but wild boar belly is not just bitter, it is unpalatable, and not just ordinary.

It's bitter, smelly, and fishy, ​​but the key is not to add any condiments. It can't be described as unpalatable.

Wang Meilan felt nauseous after taking the first bite, and vomited after the second bite, which made the little naughty even unable to hold it down.

Although his face was hot and his butt was cold, Zhao Youcai was not discouraged, especially since there was no one else in the room. The old boy let go and smiled flatteringly at Wang Meilan: "Lan Na, the wild boar belly I made for you the day before yesterday is all good. Are you done eating?"

It's okay that Zhao Youcai didn't mention this. When he mentioned this, Wang Meilan didn't even want to eat cabbage or rice.

Wang Meilan put down her bowls and chopsticks on the table and glared at Zhao Youcai with an unkind expression.

Zhao Youcai was startled, he thought he performed quite well.

Zhao Youcai continued his efforts, pointed his chopsticks towards the middle of the kang table, pointed at the braised bear meat and cabbage slices and fried potato slices, and said: "Lan, you eat vegetables."

"No more!" Wang Meilan replied angrily.

"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai, who was sitting cross-legged on the kang, quickly moved his buttocks to Wang Meilan's side and asked, "Lan, are you feeling sick to your stomach?"

"No." Wang Meilan glared at Zhao Youcai again, thinking that she was just talking nonsense. I was eating well.

Normally, Zhao Youcai is quite discerning, but these past two days he was probably blinded by lard, so he only said to Wang Meilan, "Have you eaten the pork belly and millet today?"

"I haven't eaten." Wang Meilan didn't want to talk to him anymore. She held the bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, and was about to pick up the bowl and get off the table.

But Zhao Youcai suddenly stretched out his hand, gently held Wang Meilan's wrist and said, "Why didn't you eat it? That was the recipe that my son made for you, the wild boar belly that Qiangzi beat for you, and I got up early in the morning to cook it for you. The pig's belly had to be boiled a few times before it was mushy, I..."

When Zhao Youcai said this, Wang Meilan's eyebrows came together.

In the past few days, Zhao Youcai said this frequently. Mingming seemed to care about Wang Meilan and urged Wang Meilan to take medicine.

But when Zhao Youcai said these words, he summarized Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang in one sentence, but he was very specific about the labor he had put in.

"Okay, okay." Wang Meilan had no choice but to put down the bowl. With one free hand, she pulled Zhao Youcai's hand aside, and then said: "The pig belly has been sitting there for two days. I felt the smell this morning. No, just feed the dog.”

This pork belly was made by Zhao Youcai for Wang Meilan on the morning of September 27, the day Zhao Jun left. Today is the third day. There were no refrigerators at this time, so the cooked meals must have been stale if they had been left out for a long time. But this autumn, it will not deteriorate.

But Wang Meilan really didn't want to eat it and couldn't eat it, so she gave the remaining pork belly and millet to Erhei and Hualong.

They didn't dislike it, the food was quite delicious.

Upon hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Youcai saw that he had another opportunity to perform and said hurriedly: "It's okay, don't you have two more pork belly? I'll make them for you when you get up tomorrow morning."

"Don't do it." Wang Meilan said: "Those two pig stomachs have been sitting there for how many days. They will go rancid by now. I'll feed them to the dogs soon."

"What?" When Zhao Youcai heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and asked hurriedly: "How can it be sour? Don't I let you put it in cold water and pull it out?"

"I... I have so much work at home and outside the house every day, how can I have time to think about it?" When Wang Meilan said this, she felt a little guilty. No matter how you say it, the pork belly and millet are Zhao Youcai, Wang Qiang, and Zhao Jun's feelings for her.

Life is not easy these days. Even if people in the city have headaches and fever, they can just take two painkillers and be done with it.

How can anyone travel to the town or city to see a doctor?

The key is that after looking at it for a long time, I still have stomach problems.

And this stomach problem is not so troublesome. The gunner hunts pigs and the chef cooks.

Wang Meilan felt that she was as lucky as no one else. Therefore, Wang Meilan was very moved and pleased with herself, but the food was so unpalatable that she couldn't swallow it.

Not only does it taste bad, it also tastes bad. Pork belly tastes bad, and millet tastes even worse.

Logically speaking, millet is good for cooking porridge, steaming rice, or cooking rice.

But once it is steamed in the pig's belly, the millet absorbs all the flavor in the pig's belly, which makes it unpalatable.

Forced to have no choice, Wang Meilan also fed the two remaining raw pork belly to the dogs.

"Woof..."

Suddenly, dogs barked inside and outside the house. The couple looked at each other, and Wang Meilan hurriedly got off the kang and ran away.

But before Wang Meilan could go out, she saw Zhao Hong pulling someone in directly from the outside.

Wang Meilan was startled and said: "It's so late, why are you..."

Before Wang Meilan finished speaking, Wang Qiang smiled and raised the belly of the wild boar tied with a rope in his hand, and said: "Sister, what do you think I brought you?"

Wang Meilan's face turned dark when she heard Zhao Youcai shouting from inside the room: "Is the Qiangzi coming?"

"Brother-in-law." Wang Qiang put the wild boar belly on the stove, entered the room and greeted Zhao Youcai, "Are you eating?"

"Okay." Zhao Youcai waved to Wang Qiang and said, "Come on, get on the kang, let's have a drink."

Then, Zhao Youcai instructed Wang Meilan: "Go and get a vat for Qiangzi."

At this time, Wang Meilan also pushed Wang Qiang into the room and said, "Your nephew is not staying home today. You and your brother-in-law have some drinks."

After saying that, Wang Meilan walked to the outhouse.

Wang Qiang was not polite either. He stepped on the heel of the other shoe alternately, took off his shoes and got on the kang, sitting opposite Zhao Youcai.

As soon as Wang Qiang sat down, he heard Zhao Youcai say: "Qiangzi, you said your sister, if you beat the bellies of three wild boars for her and only eat one, they will become rancid."

As soon as Zhao Youcai finished speaking, Wang Meilan came back with a bowl, chopsticks and a small porcelain jar, put the tableware in front of Wang Qiang on the table, then turned to Zhao Youcai and shouted: "Stop talking about me to my brother!"

"What are you talking about?" As soon as there was someone there, Zhao Youcai got up in arms, but turned to Wang Qiang and said, "I've fed it to the dogs, what will I eat tomorrow? Is this going to stop bleeding?"

Wang Qiang laughed, reached out and grabbed Wang Meilan's arm, pulled his sister to sit next to him, and then said to Zhao Youcai: "No, brother-in-law, I just brought another wild boar belly for my sister."

"Really?" Zhao Youcai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he laughed and said, "That's great. I'll get up early tomorrow and give it to your sister."

Wang Meilan frowned when she heard this, but her brother's thoughts made Wang Meilan feel more comfortable. She carried the small wine bucket, poured wine for Wang Qiang, and asked, "Qiangzi, are you going up the mountain again today?"

"No." Wang Qiang said with a smile: "I just left the small shop to go home and saw Chen Dalei and the others dragging a pig into the village. I asked them if they wanted to remove the pig's belly."

Then, Wang Qiang touched the wine with Zhao Youcai and took a sip. Wang Meilan said from the side: "Qiangzi, eat some vegetables and drink first."

"Yes." Wang Qiang took a piece of bear meat and took a bite. Then while chewing, he said to Zhao Youcai: "Brother-in-law, how many days can my sister eat a wild boar belly?"

Zhao Youcai thought for a while and said, "I can eat it for two days. I bought the one the day before yesterday. Your sister ate it this morning and said it had changed the taste."

"Ah." Wang Qiang heard the words, swallowed the meat, nodded and said: "It's better to have winter. If it gets cold, everything can be put away."

"Ah." Zhao Youcai brought the wine, touched it with Wang Qiang again, and then said, "It would be better if we had a refrigerator. We have that thing in the cafeteria, and everything in it can be frozen in the summer."

These days, refrigerators are a rarity in forest areas, and there are only two in the entire Yongan Forest Farm.

He does not mean that.

Wang Meilan's eyes lit up when she heard about such a rare item as a refrigerator, but when she remembered that she didn't have much cash at home, Wang Meilan turned to Zhao Youcai and said, "Baoyu, the businessman in Guanli that his uncle knew, told me a while ago, how can I return it?" Aren’t you looking at anyone?”

"Then how do I know?" Zhao Youcai said: "I didn't stay home, it was only you two who contacted me."

When Wang Meilan heard that she was right, she thought about asking Jin Xiaomei tomorrow.

But at this time, Jin Xiaomei was also worried. But what worries Jin Xiaomei is not money, but her old son Li Ruhai.

Not only Jin Xiaomei, but also Li Dayong and Li Baoyu were all sitting on the edge of the kang, looking at a woman sitting on the bench opposite.

This woman is about thirty years old, very bookish, and her clothes are simple but clean. As soon as she sat there, the four members of the Li family, including Li Xiaoqiao, looked at her politely.

This woman's name is Xiao Nan, and she is Li Ruhai's homeroom teacher.

Li Ruhai didn't go to school for two days, and the teacher came directly to their home. This is a responsible teacher, otherwise he would be like Li Ruhai, who is the last in the school. If he doesn't go to school, who will look for him? Keeping such students will lower the overall grade of the class.

But Teacher Xiao still came.

People in mountain farms and forest areas have always had great respect for their teachers. Even in those turbulent ten years, it was the same!

If a student beats or scolds his teacher, it is equivalent to beating or scolding his parents, and the locals will call him an animal.

Therefore, when Teacher Xiao came to the door, Li Dayong and his family were very enthusiastic. Jin Xiaomei even took out the only two cans of Jianlibao at home, and Little Naughty grabbed two big handfuls and scattered them on the table.

Teacher Xiao has never eaten these things, but they didn't even look at them and only asked the Li family a question.

That is: Where is your Li Ruhai?

As soon as these words came out, the four members of the Li family looked at each other.

Although Li Ruhai went to the forest farm on September 27, he was on duty as the head of Lao Yang, so he should have had a rest that day.

Two days off on the 27th and 28th. Today is the 29th. Li Ruhai went to work at the forest farm early in the morning with Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, and Lin Xiangshun.

Therefore, today is the first time that Li Ruhai officially takes up his post. From now on, he will be the glorious gatekeeper of Yongan Forest Farm!

As for the doorman, who also works as a guard, he has one day off and two days off, and once he goes to work, he works one day and one night. Tonight, when Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, and Lin Xiangshun came back, Li Ruhai stayed at the forest farm.

But now, when a teacher asks your child what he is doing if he doesn't go to school, you can't say that my child is on duty today, right?

Just when Li Dayong, Jin Xiaomei, and Li Baoyu were embarrassed, and Li Xiaoqiao was anxious to go out to feed the squirrels with Zhao Hong and Zhao Na, Teacher Xiao sighed heavily, shook his head and said, "What? Your Li Ruhai really doesn't go to school, so he closed the door went?"

Hearing Xiao Nan's words, Jin Xiaomei was startled and quickly looked at Li Dayong and Li Baoyu.

Li Dayong suddenly realized that Teacher Xiao's lover Li Ge was an electrician at the forestry farm. He must have watched Li Ruhai at the scene and then went back to report to Teacher Xiao.

Thinking of this, Li Dayong couldn't help but secretly hate him, but he didn't hate Master Li, he only hated Li Ruhai. This boy met his class teacher's lover, so he told his family that this teacher came to the door and caught the whole family off guard.

Seeing that the whole family was silent, Xiao Nan felt a little angry, but as a role model, she controlled her temper very well and said to Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei: "You just say you can't go to school, you have to go to school and tell me." ?”

"Teacher Xiao." As the head of the family, Li Dayong could only bite the bullet and said: "My family is like a sea. He is taking over the class of an elder. We don't know if he can do it. If he can't do it, we still have to think about it." Let him continue going to school."

"Ha." Xiao Nan laughed angrily, but then she thought, why do children go to school these days? Isn't it just to find a good job so that I can be a good wife in the future?

Now that Li Ruhai can take over at the forest farm, the school should not delay the child's future.

Teacher Xiao briefly recalled everything about Li Ruhai at school, and then slowly stood up from the bench.

"Yeah." Upon seeing this, Jin Xiaomei stood up quickly and stepped forward: "Teacher Xiao, what are you doing?"

At this time, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu also stood up, and Xiao Nan said: "Your Li Ruhai doesn't need to come to school anymore."

"Ah?" Jin Xiaomei became anxious upon hearing this and said hurriedly: "Teacher Xiao, why do you still want to expel us?"

Xiao Nan said: "I don't have the power to fire you. But if your Li Ruhai wants to do other jobs, I can't say. But if he wants to be a janitor..."

At this point, Xiao Nan paused and said, "I'm afraid no one can compare to him."

When Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. They didn't know whether Xiao Nan was praising Li Ruhai or hurting Li Ruhai.