The whole mountain is my hunting ground

On the mountain railway, the small train headed straight for Yong'an Village with a carriage.

This is a small train used by forest farm workers in Yong'antun to commute. In the carriage, four people, Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Li Baoyu and Lin Xiangshun, were crowded on a long bench.

It wasn't that there was no place to sit, there was quite a lot of empty space in the carriage, but the four of them leaned against the wall, lowering their heads in unison, either fiddling with the corners of their clothes or looking at their palms.

To their left, on a bench separated by an empty stool, Zhang Laifa sat there alone. Since being transferred to the boiling water room, the child has to commute to get off work every day.

Zhang Laifa did not lower his head, but looked ahead with resentful eyes. There, opposite Zhao Youcai and others, Li Ruhai was talking to a group of gentlemen with a lively expression.

It’s great to be young!

This kid worked all day and all night at the forest farm yesterday, and this morning he helped out in the cafeteria all morning, telling the old lady who worked odd jobs in the cafeteria about the big badger taking out his crotch and looking for treasures.

After finishing lunch, Li Ruhai followed Li Baoyu to the motorcade. When the driver came out, he followed him. After hanging out like this all afternoon, Li Ruhai started telling people interesting stories about the Pioneer Forest Farm as soon as he got on the commuter bus.

Pioneer Forest Farm is a small forest farm between Yongan and Hailin. But the two forest farms are seventy or eighty miles apart. Li Dayong has never heard of the people and things Li Ruhai mentioned, and he doesn't know where the child heard about them.

The train stopped outside the village. Li Ruhai got off the train with some hesitation, but he was going to rush to the next meeting and asked the aunt and aunt who stayed behind in the village if anything new had happened in the village during the two days he was away. No.

Seeing that Li Ruhai was not going home, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu ignored him. They sighed heavily and followed Zhao Youcai home.

Along the way, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu paid no attention to him, while Zhao Youcai was also worried about something and walked ahead with his hands behind his back.

But when he was approaching home, Zhao Youcai saw Ma Ling carrying something and walking towards him.

Not only Zhao Youcai, but also Li Dayong and Li Baoyu were all stunned. It is not unusual for a daughter-in-law who has not yet passed the wedding to come to see her future mother-in-law, but when she leaves, she often packs bags with things from her husband's house.

At this time, Ma Ling was carrying a net bag with ten bottles of soda in her left hand, and a butter paper bag with naughty candies in her right hand, but others couldn't see what was inside unless they opened it.

At this time, Ma Ling also saw Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu. The girl's face turned red and she felt very embarrassed.

But these were not what she wanted. Wang Meilan gave them to her. Ma Ling refused in every possible way, but Wang Meilan just let her take them.

For this reason, Wang Meilan was afraid that Ma Ling would take the opportunity to escape when she went down to the cellar to get soda, so she just dragged the girl into the cellar.

At this point, Ma Ling could only walk up to Zhao Youcai and call out in a low voice: "Uncle."

Then, Ma Ling turned to Li Dayong and said, "Uncle Li."

Finally, the girl nodded to Li Baoyu, then immediately turned to Zhao Youcai and explained: "I heard from my dad that my aunt has a stomachache, so I came to see her. This..."

At this point, Ma Ling felt embarrassed. She came to see a patient, but ended up taking a bunch of things from the patient's hand. What should I say about this?

"Ah!" At this time, Zhao Youcai realized that although he didn't know what happened at home, the things must have been given by Wang Meilan, so he hurriedly said, "I'm sorry to worry about you."

Ma Ling forced a smile and said, "Uncle, it's not troublesome."

Further down the line, Ma Ling didn't know what to say.

"Haha..." Zhao Youcai laughed dryly and said, "Well...my brother Ma is off work too."

"Ah!" After hearing this, Ma Ling finally found the steps and said hurriedly: "Uncle, I have to go back quickly. I haven't cooked yet."

"Hey." Zhao Youcai said, "Then go back quickly. I won't keep you here anymore. Tell your dad that we can have a drink someday."

When he said this, Zhao Youcai stepped aside to make way for Ma Ling.

"Okay, uncle." Ma Ling responded, "Then I'm leaving."

Then, Ma Ling said to Li Dayong again: "I'm leaving, Uncle Li."

Li Dayong nodded and said, "Slow down."

"Yeah!" Ma Ling carried her things and quickly passed between Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong, quickly heading towards her home.

Seeing Ma Ling go away, Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong looked at each other. Zhao Youcai tilted his chin in the direction of his home, and the two continued walking home.

Zhao Jun was not at home, and Li Baoyu did not enter Zhao's house when he came back from get off work. Zhao Youcai entered the yard by himself, turned around and closed the tent door.

At the same time, Zhao Youcai felt something hit his leg.

Zhao Youcai didn't even turn around, so he reached back and touched Erhei's head. At this time, Hualong also came over, and Zhao Youcai played with them for a while. When passing by the warehouse, he could only hear the sounds of Zhao Hong and Zhao Na feeding the squirrels.

These two little girls were amusing themselves by talking to the little squirrel.

As soon as Zhao Youcai entered the house, he saw Wang Meilan sitting in front of the stove, humming and peeling potatoes. Zhao Youcai, who was eager to show off, hurriedly said: "Lan Na, put it there quickly and I'll do it!"

Before Zhao Jun was reborn, Zhao Youcai had never cooked before coming back from get off work at night!

"No need." Wang Meilan stopped humming, raised her head and glanced sideways at Zhao Youcai, and said calmly: "Go out and bring back a cabbage."

"Hey." Zhao Youcai responded and walked out. When he was outside the door, he looked back, scratched his head and wondered in his heart. He didn't make any mistakes today and was caught by Wang Meilan. Why does this feel like he has a wrong attitude?

When harvesting Chinese cabbage, you can either chop it directly with a knife or pull it out by the roots. If you chop with a knife, you should use it to pickle sauerkraut. The ones that are pulled out by the roots should be kept for eating vegetables in the winter.

This Chinese cabbage is stored with its roots and can be stored for a longer period of time. It is temporarily stacked in a shady and ventilated place in the warehouse. The outer two leaves of each Chinese cabbage are wilted, but they are all fresh inside.

Zhao Youcai entered the warehouse, and the two little girls turned around and called him "Dad". Zhao Youcai agreed, then took a big cabbage and went directly to the warehouse to remove the wilting leaves outside.

At this time, Zhao Youcai thought of Ma Ling carrying things from his home, and also thought of Wang Meilan who was sitting in front of the stove humming a song when he entered the house.

This girl is obviously very happy, why does her face change when she looks at her?

Zhao Youcai was thinking about something while picking cabbage. At this moment, Zhao Na came in front of Zhao Youcai, tugged on the corners of Zhao Youcai's clothes, and said, "Dad, Mom gave all our sodas to others."

This child is still too young. Even if she is told that Ma Ling will be her sister-in-law in the future, she still doesn't understand what sister-in-law means. All she knew was that Ma Ling took so much delicious food and drink from her house and left.

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay." Zhao Youcai put down the cabbage, touched Zhao Na's little head, and said comfortingly: "When your brother comes back, let him buy it for you."

"Yes!" Xiao Zhao Na nodded heavily in agreement, and then asked: "Dad, when will my brother come back? I miss him so much."

Not sure what the child was thinking, Zhao Youcai comforted him perfunctorily: "It's coming, it's coming, I'll be back in two days."

As he said that, Zhao Youcai waved to Zhao Hong. After calling his second daughter, Zhao Youcai asked, "Second daughter, um... what did your sister Ma Ling say to your mother when she came to our house? Did you listen?"

Zhao Youcai didn't know why Wang Meilan was sarcastic to him, but he knew that Ma Ling must have done something good in front of Wang Meilan, otherwise she wouldn't be able to carry large and small bags home.

Therefore, Zhao Youcai was thinking that if he knew the reason, he could learn from Ma Ling, which would not only make Wang Meilan happy, but also take the opportunity to get some money.

Zhao Hong really didn't know what Wang Meilan and Ma Ling were talking about in the east room before. When Ma Ling and Wang Meilan were frying eggs, she and Zhao Na wanted to eat eggs. Zhao Hong only remembered roughly what Wang Meilan said at that time.

So, the little girl briefly summarized it and said to Zhao Youcai: "Sister Ma Ling asked mom to take some folk medicine to cure her stomachache."

"Ah?" Zhao Youcai frowned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Zhao Hong, "Is your mother feeling sick to her stomach?"

The little girl thought for a while and then said: "No?"

She was so unsure, but it made Zhao Youcai make a wrong judgment. Zhao Youcai thought that Wang Meilan was not feeling well today, and Ma Ling came to care about her, which made Wang Meilan feel good, so he brought a lot of things to Ma Ling.

As for the folk remedy Zhao Hong mentioned, he knew without asking that it must be wild boar belly steamed millet. Zhao Youcai guessed that it was Ma Ling who persuaded Wang Meilan to eat this.

Thinking of this, the corners of Zhao Youcai's mouth slightly raised, making Zhao Hong stunned.

"Old girl." Zhao Youcai gently pushed Zhao Na towards Zhao Hong, and then said, "You and your second sister will play here while dad goes back to help your mom cook."

After saying that, Zhao Youcai picked up the cabbage and walked quickly to his house.

At this time, Zhao Youcai was a little impatient!

He was like a poor student who got the exam answers by chance the day before the big exam.

So that night, he couldn't sleep. Anxious, anxious, just want to express myself to the fullest as soon as possible!

With such a mood, Zhao Youcai rushed into the house, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw Wang Meilan raising her head towards him and looking at Zhao Youcai with an evil look.

"Uh-huh." Zhao Youcai cleared his throat, handed the cabbage in his hand to Wang Meilan, and said with a smile: "Lan, here it is."

Normally, when one person hands something to another person, if it's just a piece of cabbage, the person receiving it just needs to extend his hand, hold it, and wait for the other person to let go.

But Wang Meilan reached out and grabbed the cabbage. She pushed back and pulled the cabbage out of Zhao Youcai's hand!

If there is one more pull, the call will not be picked up.

This is called seizing!

Zhao Youcai was startled and felt that Wang Meilan was not very friendly to him, but he was still confident, so he just smiled and walked into the house.

Zhao Youcai didn't know that when he passed behind Wang Meilan, Wang Meilan suddenly turned her head back. Although she didn't see Zhao Youcai, a cold light flashed in Wang Meilan's eyes.

At this time, Zhao Youcai, who was walking to the door of the east room, suddenly stopped. He saw two bottles of canned hawthorn and two paper packets of butter placed on the kang table.

Zhao Youcai thought about it and knew that Ma Ling had come to buy it after seeing Wang Meilan. At the same time, he felt happy that he finally had an entry point to the topic!

"Lan Na!" Zhao Youcai turned around, smiled at Wang Meilan, pointed to the room and asked: "Is that what my daughter-in-law bought for you?"

In Zhao Youcai's plan, Wang Meilan should ask herself at this time, "How did you know?"

But to Zhao Youcai's surprise, Wang Meilan slowly raised her head expressionlessly, stood up slowly and put the cabbage with the roots cut off on the stove. She held a kitchen knife in one hand and said, "Yes, what's going on?"

Three simple words, each word was filled with great emotion. Zhao Youcai still smiled confidently and said: "Lan Na, if you finish eating that recipe this time, you can eat the canned food and squeeze it down."

If he hadn't said this, Wang Meilan might not have been that angry. As soon as Zhao Youcai said this, Wang Meilan couldn't suppress the fire in her heart.

It's been several days since I couldn't swallow the steamed millet from wild boar belly, but I couldn't even eat a can of it. My future daughter-in-law had to buy it for me before I could eat it!

What kind of life was this?

Wang Meilan raised the kitchen knife in her hand, slammed it on the cutting board, and shouted to Zhao Youcai: "You cook!"

"Hey." Wang Meilan suddenly roared, which startled Zhao Youcai, but at this time he thought Wang Meilan was feeling unwell, so he hurriedly stepped forward to hold the handle of the kitchen knife, turned the knife to his side, and then said: " Lan, come in quickly and get on the bed to rest. I’ll finish cooking. I told you just now that I’m going to do it but you don’t want to do it.”

Wang Meilan let out a sigh of relief. She was still angry, but she didn't want to say that she was angry because of a can, because it would make her look stingy.

At this time, Zhao Youcai didn't realize the seriousness of the problem, so he just took Wang Meilan's peeled potatoes from the basin and asked Wang Meilan, who had gone into the back room to sit on the Kang, "Lan Na, should we eat stir-fry or stew tonight?" "

Cabbage and potatoes can be stewed together or fried together. Each family has its own way of eating. According to Zhao Jun's family's custom, if it is cabbage stewed with potatoes, then the cabbage should be shredded and the potatoes cut into strips. If it is fried, the cabbage and potatoes must be sliced.

That's why Zhao Youcai asked, otherwise the potatoes stewed into slices would fall into pieces when stewed.

"Stew!" Wang Meilan said: "Stew the dry food left over from yesterday."

A large pot with stewed vegetables on the bottom and dry food on the top. The food is good, and the dry food on top is also chewy.

"Hey..." Zhao Youcai responded in a long voice, which sounded like he had a good attitude at this time.

But Wang Meilan didn't buy it at all. She just snorted and stopped talking.

Seeing that Wang Meilan was silent and had already cut the potatoes into thick slices, Zhao Youcai, who was about to change his knife to cut into strips, said to the back room: "Let's talk about it, Ma Ling is still a young girl. If you want to buy two bottles of canned food, buy a bottle of peach." Ah, that looks so beautiful."

Zhao Youcai was cutting vegetables and talking, but he didn't see Wang Meilan in the room staring at his back, chest rising and falling.

After all, my kid bought it for me! You didn’t buy me anything, and you’re still making noises!

After ordering some in front, Zhao Youcai quickly got to the point and said, "Lan Na, have you eaten the wild boar belly today? How do you feel after eating it these days? If not, let's increase the amount tomorrow."

Wang Meilan couldn't help but change her face when she heard this. At this time, when she heard the words "boar belly", she could think of that smelly and smelly thing.

Wang Meilan took a deep breath and did not answer Zhao Youcai's words. She only looked at the door coldly.

Although he could only see Zhao Youcai's back, he couldn't hide the look in his eyes.

After saying two words, Wang Meilan didn't answer. Zhao Youcai stopped the knife, took a step back, turned to look at Wang Meilan in the room, and asked: "Lan, I'm talking to you, why don't you say anything?"

"Ha!" Wang Meilan sneered, suppressing the anger in her heart, gritted her teeth and said: "We have spent a lot of money to build a house this year. Our son will get married after the year, and money and other things are also very tight. After the wedding, the young couple will To give us a grandson, the expenses cannot be too small. How about this, I will give you two yuan every month from now on, but you don’t have anything to spend a day anyway?"

"What?" Zhao Youcai was shocked when he heard this and was stunned on the spot!