The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Chapter 693 Meilan sets up a banquet—all in the mountains

Although it was past ten o'clock, the family was still having a lively discussion in the east room of Lao Ma's house.

After deciding to spend a lot of money on the box, the one thousand yuan betrothal gift put less pressure on the Ma family.

So, the family of four then started discussing how to host a banquet. In the first two days before Ma Ling gets married, Lao Ma's family will hold wine and banquets to entertain relatives, friends and relatives.

Lao Ma's family has to calculate in advance how many guests they can have, and then arrange how many tables of meals.

This is easy to do. As long as Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua recall who they have given gifts to in recent years and who still owe their family gifts, they will usually come if they send someone a message.

Then, by counting the relatives at home, you can get a rough idea.

As for what kind of food and drinks to serve, it all depends on the conditions of the individual’s family. Wang Cuihua glanced at Ma Dafu and said, "How about paying ten yuan per table?"

"How much?" Ma Dafu suddenly had a feeling. Why didn't he realize that this girl could spend money so much before?

Ten yuan for a table?

At this time, beef and mutton are sold in the city for just over a dollar a pound. Pork only costs 70 or 80 cents per pound.

The key is that it’s still winter in this forest area, so you can’t buy anything with money!

Ten yuan, what can we eat?

Furthermore, for those who come with gifts and eat together as a family, most of them only pay five yuan.

Moreover, according to the later fashion, this kind of thing with gifts is to collect in small amounts. The gift money received by the Ma family was all Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua's couple had gone out with them over the years. It was all their own money, not to mention they had to treat others to a big meal. The more money they spent on food, the more they would have to pay. how?

"Eat meat!" Wang Cuihua said categorically to Ma Dafu: "See if you can find someone to beat up two yellow men for our family, and we'll give him money then and that's it."

"This..." Ma Dafu felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned this matter. Yong'an Tun is a family area, so there are very few people fighting for siege.

Especially in the past two years, when Lao Xu Pao put away his guns and Qin Qiang retired, the remaining ones who could hunt had something to do with Zhao Jun.

For example, Wang Qiang, what should Ma Dafu say if he goes to find him? Are you going to say, if my daughter marries your nephew and you help hunt two wild boars, how much will it cost? How much will I give you?

Ma Dafu blinked twice and asked Wang Cuihua, "Cuihua, how about we see who has a pig and buy one?"

"Pull them down!" Wang Cuihua waved her hand and said: "The people in our village raise the pigs and cut the grass to feed them. The meat is so sour, it's not as good as yellow-haired pig meat!"

"That's right!" As soon as Wang Cuihua finished speaking, Ma Yang continued: "When my sister Xiao Min goes out, won't the pork we eat at that brother-in-law's house be sour?"

When it comes to wild boar, some people say that wild boar is not as good as domestic pork.

This is generally true, but not absolutely!

It depends on what the pig eats.

As Wang Cuihua said, many people in the countryside are reluctant to feed grain to pigs, and only go out to cut grass and feed the pigs until winter.

If pigs are fed grass, their meat will become sour.

In contrast, wild boars eat a lot of pine nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, and acorns in autumn, and these dried fruits contain a lot of high-quality fat and are very nutritious.

However, regardless of whether it is a domestic pig, a wild boar, a boar, or a sow, as long as it gets older, the meat will lose its strength. As soon as they mate, their flesh becomes irritated.

Therefore, only immature wild boars weighing less than 200 kilograms are delicious. Sow meat and yellow-haired pig meat are no less delicious than those of pigs fed with grain.

"Dad!" Ma Yang was very active today. When he saw Ma Dafu in trouble, he said: "Brother Chen, didn't he and his brother-in-law set a trap in the mountains? Let's let him trap us. "

The elder brother Chen in Ma Yang's mouth is Chen Dalai.

When Ma Dafu heard this, he frowned and said, "His handle is not very good."

"Let him take his time." Wang Cuihua said: "It looks like it's snowing now. If he wants to catch it, send it to our house, and we'll put it in the yard and cover it with snow."

"That's okay!" Ma Dafu said: "It's nearly 200 kilograms to eat two pieces of yellow hair. We have twenty tables at home, and one table of pork alone weighs ten kilograms... Oh my god, can you eat like this? What?"

"There's nothing wrong with it!" Wang Cuihua said decisively: "That's it!"

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Wang Cuihua feels that she is pretty good, but it depends on who she is competing with. If she wants to compare with her sister of the same race and future mother-in-law, Wang Meilan, there is no way she can compare!

At this time, in the east room of the Zhao family, Zhao Hong and Zhao Na were already asleep in bed.

The lights in the room were not turned off yet, and Wang Meilan and Zhao Youcai were also discussing matters.

But at the moment, neither of the couple spoke. Although they were sitting face to face, Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Youcai quietly, with a smile and expectation on her face, as if she was waiting for Zhao Youcai to praise her.

Zhao Youcai, on the other hand, was looking at Wang Meilan's notebook with a frown. He glanced at it twice. Zhao Youcai took the notebook with his right hand and at the same time raised his left hand to wipe his eyes with the back of his hand.

After putting down his hand, Zhao Youcai still frowned, looked up at Wang Meilan who was sitting cross-legged in front of him, and said with difficulty: "Lan Na, do you really want to eat like this?"

Wang Meilan nodded twice and asked Zhao Youcai expectantly, "How is it?"

At this time, Wang Meilan was really waiting for Zhao Youcai to praise her. But Zhao Youcai really couldn't express any praise.

I saw a list of animal names written on the small book.

From top to bottom are wild boar ribs, wild boar knuckles, black blind men, jumping cats, badgers, roe deer, deer, sheep, chickens and fish.

No more, no less, exactly ten dishes.

Seeing that Zhao Youcai was silent, Wang Meilan raised her hand and patted Zhao Youcai's knee and said, "Speak?"

Zhao Youcai closed the notebook, threw it on the mattress, blinked twice, and smashed it in his mouth.

At this time, Wang Meilan was impatient with waiting and asked directly: "Are you squeaking? Do you have a toothache? If anything happens, just tell me."

Zhao Youcai glanced sideways at Wang Meilan and said angrily: "I've lived so long, and I've never seen anyone treat their wedding so well."

Speaking of this, Zhao Youcai added, "How much will this cost?"

"What does this cost?" Wang Meilan grabbed the small book, opened the page of the menu, and tapped it with her hands: "Sheep, we raise them in the backyard. Fish, the aid workers said he would dig it out, as many as you want. How much. That... chickens aren’t enough, I’ll just buy a few chickens and that’s it.”

"It's over?" Zhao Youcai grinned and said, "What about the rest?"

"What are the rest?" Wang Meilan paused slightly, holding a small book in one hand and waving the other hand out of the window, and said: "Aren't they all in the mountains?"

Zhao Youcai: "..."

Zhao Youcai took the small book and picked it from top to bottom, wild boar, black blind man, roe deer, deer, badger, and hare.

Don’t say it, it’s true!

"Oh!" Zhao Youcai's eyes lit up, and when he raised his head, his brows widened, and he smiled at Wang Meilan: "Lan Na, don't say anything, this is really good!"

Wang Meilan, who finally got the recognition, rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai, snatched the book back, and after closing it, she said to Zhao Youcai: "I want to keep a few of the chickens we have. If that doesn't work, I'll buy them twenty or thirty." Only, you can’t even use a hundred yuan, right?”

These days, chickens are more common than pigs.

Especially in forest areas, many people raise chickens. And except for winter, chickens are scattered outside in other seasons and let them go out to look for bugs and wild vegetables to eat. As long as they don't encounter black tigers, the chicken owners will not be able to lose.

At this time, Wang Meilan said to Zhao Youcai very proudly: "How about it? I can host thirty tables for less than one hundred yuan!"

"Awesome!" Zhao Youcai gave a thumbs up. He knew that the matter had come to an end and it was useless to say more. He might as well praise his wife.

Wang Meilan smiled very happily, but she heard Zhao Youcai say: "Lan Na, we don't know when those two boys will come back. Let's not wait for them, turn off the lights and go to bed."

"Nothing else!" Wang Meilan stopped Zhao Youcai who was about to pull the lantern and said, "I haven't finished telling you yet."

"What happened again?" Zhao Youcai asked in surprise: "What else happened?"

"What about cigarettes and alcohol?" Wang Meilan said, "I have been thinking about it for a while, and my son and I will go down to the mountain again to buy some good cigarettes and wine."

"When?" Zhao Youcai's eyes brightened when he heard this. He seemed to have forgotten that he was still guilty, and just asked: "Hold on tight, while that kid Jie Chen still has a car here."

"Ah!" Wang Meilan's eyes widened and she said, "I'm going out, how about you surround me?"

As soon as Wang Meilan said this, Zhao Youcai stayed there for an instant. He looked at Wang Meilan blankly and felt panicked.

"Hmph!" Wang Meilan snorted coldly and said, "I don't care about my daughter, you are really good at it!"

"It's over!" Zhao Youcai was in a daze for a moment, and his heart felt cold.

But at this moment, Wang Meilan said: "I think, we have saved money on food, and we can make arrangements for wine and everything."

"Huh?" Wang Meilan changed her subject, but Zhao Youcai was distracted for a moment. But at this time, he nodded hurriedly and said in agreement: "That's not good, Lan...Lan, that dish is so hard. With such a hard dish, the wine can't be good!"

"That's right!" Wang Meilan nodded and said, "The wine you are drinking tonight is the wine that Jie Zhong brought you. What is it called?"

"Ah!" Zhao Youcai reacted suddenly and said, "Jade Spring Square Vase."

"Yes!" Wang Meilan nodded again and said, "As you said, we also have a car. I will go down the mountain and buy a few boxes of it."

When Zhao Youcai heard this, he curled his lips subconsciously, thinking how much it would cost! But Wang Meilan didn't mention his siege now, and Zhao Youcai didn't dare to raise any opinions anymore.

After talking about wine, Wang Meilan mentioned cigarettes again. She knew what kind of cigarettes were good, so she said directly: "We have relatives in the supply and marketing cooperative in the market. I will go back this time and ask my eldest niece and son-in-law to make some stone forests for me. "

"Put it all in the stone forest?" Zhao Youcai tilted his neck and frowned, and couldn't help but said, "How much will it cost?"

"How much does it cost?" Wang Meilan said: "How much does it cost? One box per table, not five bars?"

"No." Zhao Youcai interjected: "Well, if you have a good relationship or a relative, don't you bring a pack of cigarettes to someone when they come?"

"Give it!" Wang Meilan said nonchalantly: "You have already told me that we are on good terms with each other and have been told by relatives. Do you still want to give me that box of cigarettes?"

Zhao Youcai: "..."

Zhao Youcai was silenced by Wang Meilan. I have to say that what this bitch said was really reasonable.

"Okay, I understand." Zhao Youcai calmed down and then said: "This money is not spent, and you are heartbroken. You don't have to spend money on food, but you have spent it on tobacco and alcohol."

At this point, Zhao Youcai curled his lips and continued: "How much does it cost for this kid to get married?"

Wang Meilan pinched Zhao Youcai with her eyelids and said, "We only have a son like this. If we don't give him flowers, who will we give them to?"

When Wang Meilan said this, Zhao Youcai fell silent again. Because what Wang Meilan said makes perfect sense.

Suddenly, Wang Meilan said something and said to Zhao Youcai: "Then Qian, didn't I tell you? When our son gets married, you, the father, are not allowed to get three to four hundred dollars?"

As soon as Wang Meilan said this, Zhao Youcai's heart trembled again. He knew that this bitch was going to kill him. Moreover, they even decided the number for themselves!

Four hundred dollars!

How Zhao Youcai knew this is because in Zhao Jun's family, the common colloquial saying is three heads and two hundred, or three heads and five hundred.

And Wang Meilan said three dollars and four hundred dollars twice today. This is to tell Zhao Youcai that you can get four hundred dollars.

Even if Zhao Youcai doesn't give it, Wang Meilan has a way.

I just heard her say to Zhao Youcai: "You don't care if your daughter has nothing to eat. You don't care if your son gets married?"

Zhao Youcai: "..."

Zhao Youcai knew that if he didn't agree, he might not get any benefits today. Zhao Youcai didn't know how Wang Meilan came up with the number four hundred. You must know that he just deposited four hundred yuan to Han Daming yesterday!

Zhao Youcai gritted his teeth and squeezed out one word from between his teeth: "Okay!"

With the beginning now, the rest will go much smoother. Zhao Youcai said, "I haven't spent any money you and my son have given me. It's still close to four hundred. I'll find my apprentice tomorrow."

When he said this, Zhao Youcai felt that his heart was bleeding, but he had no choice but to waste money to avoid disasters or spend money to eliminate disasters.

After everything was discussed and the money was sold, Wang Meilan ordered Zhao Youcai to turn on the light and sleep.

At the same time, the lights in Lao Ma's house also went out. But the family of four was lying on the kang, talking and talking.

Ma Yang asked Ma Ling from afar: "Sister, they all say that the old woman and her daughter-in-law don't deal with each other. If you marry into their family, how will Zhao Jun bully you?"

"Hey! Don't scare your sister." Before Ma Ling could say anything, Ma Dafu next to Ma Yang said: "Wang Meilan is not that kind of person. Look at Lin Xiangshun, who is not even related to his family. Look at them. How are things going? She is good to Lin Xiangshun, how can she be bad to your sister?"

"That's right." Wang Cuihua continued: "I know Meilan best. She has been very petty and easy to use. Besides, Zhao Jun's mother is close to Meilan, so the whole village knows that she is the mother-in-law this time. , can I still bully your sister?"

There is an old saying that a daughter-in-law of many years becomes a mother-in-law. Many daughter-in-laws let their mother-in-law take care of them when they enter their mother-in-law's house. After finally sending her mother-in-law away, she became a mother-in-law herself, and then in turn made things difficult for her daughter-in-law.

After listening to what Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua said, Ma Ling felt a little more at ease. At this moment, Ma Dafu said: "But Ling'er, you have to pay more attention to what your mother-in-law says in the future. The Lao Wang family always talks with guns and sticks."

"That's it..." As soon as Ma Dafu finished speaking, Wang Cuihua answered subconsciously, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she realized something was wrong. She turned around and stretched out her hand from the quilt, pointed at Ma Dafu and said, "Who are you talking about?"