The whole mountain is my hunting ground

To pick at the leather is to pick at the wallet. To put it bluntly, it is to steal the wallet. To put it bluntly, it is a thief.

Since ancient times, most of the sky has been covered by government offices, and the remaining half cannot see the sun.

The first time Zhao Jun went down the mountain to sell leather, he encountered a robbery. But this time, the value of the things he carried was higher, so he did not go to Shanhe Town, but came to Shahezi.

But after thinking about it here, Zhao Jun simply stepped on the accelerator and headed straight for Daohua County. Wang Meilan has a niece-in-law who works as a manager at Daohua Supply and Marketing Cooperative, so it can be considered her own territory.

…

"Brother, I'm leaving!" Li Baoyu had just said goodbye to Zhang Yuanmin when someone shouted: "Baoyu is here?"

Li Baoyu followed the sound, only to see Zhong rushing towards him in a hurry, shouting: "Come, come, come to my shack to warm, warm."

"That's terrible, Brother Jie!" Li Baoyu pointed to the west and said, "I still have to go to that prison over there."

"Ah..." As soon as he heard that Li Baoyu had work, Xie Zhong stopped asking anyone, but said, "Then I will prepare some food for noon. Can you come here to eat at noon?"

"No, no need." Li Baoyu smiled and said, "We can arrange meals over there..."

Speaking of this, Li Baoyu remembered something and said: "Brother Xie, you can go to Lengchang tomorrow, and those who return to Lengchang will come tomorrow."

"That's great." Xie Zhong said happily when he heard this: "Let them come quickly, and they will all be stunned, otherwise there will be no room."

Li Baoyu got into the car as soon as he spoke. Xie Zhong and Zhang Yuanmin waved to see him off and left Lengchang, heading west along the mountain road.

After Li Baoyu left, Xie Zhong's eyes finally fell on the two dogs. He looked at the dogs, then looked at Zhang Yuanmin and asked, "Brother, did you recuperate this dog?"

"Ah, I bought it from above." Zhang Yuanmin answered with a smile, and then heard Xie Zhong say: "Brother, what do you want to buy a dog for?"

"What do I mean..." As soon as Zhang Yuanmin opened his mouth, before he could finish his words, Jianzhong greeted him and said, "Come on, brother, let's go to the shack. Big brother has something to tell you."

In this way, Xie Zhong brought Zhang Yuanmin to the shack of Touhou. The two sat down on the kang and lit a cigarette. Xie Zhongcai said to Zhang Yuanmin: "Brother, you have been here these past few days and you have helped me a lot. Brother, I have it in my heart."

"Hi!" Zhang Yuanmin responded with a smile: "Brother Xie, we brothers don't say this."

After Zhang Yuanmin finished speaking, he raised his hand and said, "Brother, I'm not being polite to you. I just want to ask you, why did you buy those two dogs?"

"I..." Zhang Yuanmin just puffed out smoke when he heard Xie Zhong continue: "I don't care what you do. Anyway, brother, if you want to fight a siege, that's not allowed."

Zhang Yuanmin: "..."

At this time, Zhang Yuanmin was a little confused. He couldn't understand why Jie Zhong still restricted himself from attacking.

Xie Zhong frowned and took a puff of cigarette, and then said: "So the eldest brother just told you that you come to help me, and I thank you. Now that's over, the eldest brother has to ensure your safety. Our brother Zhao Jun said that we can't let you You leave it in the mountains and poke fun at it."

Upon hearing that this was Zhao Jun's order, Zhang Yuanmin was instantly discouraged. At this time, Xie Zhong continued: "My eldest niece also told me to keep an eye on you..."

"No?" Zhang Yuanmin tilted his head and looked at Xie Zhong and asked, "Who is your eldest niece?"

Zhang Yuanmin certainly knew that his daughter called Jie Zhong uncle, but he never imagined that Xiao Lingdang would go to Jie Zhong and ask him to take good care of his father.

Jie Zhong was amused by Zhang Yuanmin's question. He smiled and said, "Who else could it be? It's your bell."

"My family..." Zhang Yuanmin's eyes suddenly widened, and then he shouted loudly: "What did that girl tell you before?"

When Xie Zhong was asked by Zhang Yuanmin, he couldn't help but think of the little girl waiting for him outside Jiang's house that morning. She was the most sensible child he had seen in the past forty years of his life.

"Okay, brother, just leave it alone." Xie Zhong said directly to Zhang Yuanmin: "I see you like this, you probably didn't hold it in well."

Zhang Yuanmin: "..."

Xie Zhong was a straightforward person in both his work and his speech. Seeing that Zhang Yuanmin remained silent, he said, "Brother, I'm responsible for this farm, but you have the final say here. But the only thing is that you can't do it." Fight the siege. If you have to fight..."

Having said this, Xie Zhong paused for a moment, then gestured towards the door with the hand he was holding out his cigarette, and said, "I will go down the mountain to find my younger brother and sister, and ask her to take them back to you."

Zhang Yuanmin: "..."

Zhang Yuanmin knew without asking that this damaging move must have been taught by Zhao Jun.

When Zhang Yuanmin became famous in 77 Lengchang, he was taken home by Yang Yufeng by force.

I have seen people picking up children, some picking up old people, and some couples fighting to pick up their wives, but who has ever seen someone picking up an old man?

That incident caused great damage to Zhang Yuanmin's reputation, and it still makes Zhang Yuanmin upset when he thinks about it.

Seeing that Zhang Yuanmin was silent, Jie Zhong sighed softly. He got off the kang, patted Zhang Yuanmin on the shoulder, and walked out of the shack.

When he heard the shack door slamming shut, Zhang Yuanmin sighed heavily and said, "How little the heavens have for the people who need help!"

…

At 11:30 p.m., Zhao Jun drove a Jiefang brand car and parked in the central square of Daohua County.

Today, Daohua and Shulan counties have not yet changed into cities, but they are much more prosperous than other surrounding counties.

When they got off the car, Ma Ling and Ma Yang looked around, a little stunned.

No way, I really haven’t seen the world.

Zhao Jun got out of the car with his triangular bag, tucked the gunnysack roll under his arm, and walked slowly behind the siblings.

"Let's go?" Zhao Jun asked softly, and Ma Yang turned around and said, "Where are we going?"

"Follow me!" After Zhao Jun finished speaking, he walked in front with his pocket and gun. Ma Ling and Ma Yang followed quickly. After just two steps, the two sisters couldn't help but look around. Zhao Jun fell behind as they looked around, and then the two sisters trotted to catch up.

Zhao Jun was not in a hurry to take them shopping, nor was he in a hurry to sell bear bile. Instead, he walked outside a restaurant first.

The plaque on the door of this restaurant reads "Popular Snacks", and two red banners are hung on the horizontal bar under the plaque.

Looking at these two pretenses, Zhao Jun knew that this company was good.

At this time, Ma Ling came over to take a look, and hurriedly said to Zhao Jun: "We won't eat here, I will bring big pancakes."

As she spoke, Ma Ling also mentioned the shoulder bag at her waist.

"Let's go in and have a hot meal." Zhao Jun said with a smile: "It's been freezing in the car for a long time. Let's go up to the house to warm it up. When we're done, let the boss pour some hot water into the bottle."

Fifteen years passed in their previous lives, and Zhao Jun had never taken Ma Ling down the mountain, let alone to a restaurant.

"This..." But Ma Ling didn't know these things, and she was still hesitant at this time.

At this time, Zhao Jun reached out and grabbed Ma Ling's shoulder strap, gently pulled her forward, and said with a smile: "Let's go, I'll take you to eat something good."

"Let's go, sister." Ma Yang pushed Ma Ling from behind, but received an elbow from Ma Ling.

After quarreling with Ma Yang, Ma Ling said to Zhao Jun: "That's okay."

After saying that, she followed Zhao Jun into the restaurant, followed by Ma Yang.

The fact that this restaurant has two guises proves that it is not a fly restaurant, let alone a dog food shack.

The room is very spacious, with about ten rectangular tables that can seat four people, and there seems to be a single room inside.

There is no heating in this room, there is a stove in front of the counter, and the stove tube connected to the stove leads to the outside.

This long stove tube is suspended over the center of the restaurant and can be used as a radiator.

The two men at the table that happened to be near the stove finished their meal and paid their bills and left. Zhao Jun quickly took Ma Ling and Ma Yang over and asked the siblings to sit down with their backs to the stove.

"What can we have something to eat?" The proprietress was probably in her forties, wearing a white hat on her head. She had seen many people when she opened her business, and she could tell that the two siblings who were at a loss what to do were definitely leopard.

But the young man who came with them was not an ordinary person just by his temperament.

Zhao Jun raised his chin towards Ma Ling and asked, "Ling'er, what do you two want to eat?"

"I..." Ma Yang was about to speak when he was pulled by Ma Ling. Then Ma Ling said to Zhao Jun: "Let's take a bite and it will be enough."

Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this, turned to look at the small blackboard hanging on the wall, and then asked the proprietress: "How long does it take to make Guobao Pork?"

"That's slow!" said the proprietress, "You have to slow down the oil when frying that thing, so it has to be delicious."

Zhao Jun looked back and saw that there were people at seven or eight tables in the room, so he turned back and asked the landlady: "What are the hard dishes that they have ordered and are about to be cooked?"

The proprietress understood what Zhao Jun meant as soon as she heard it. She turned the page in her book forward and said to Zhao Jun: "There is a piece of meat with braised dried tomato and a braised hairtail fish."

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was startled when he heard this and said, "Why bring fish here so early this year?"

"It's getting late." The landlady said, "It's already November, and we'll be giving gifts for the holidays in just over a month."

Then, the landlady asked again: "Want one, brother?"

Everything is on a first-come, first-served basis. If Zhao Jun wants to order other dishes, he has to wait until the other tables are almost ready before they can be cooked for him. But if he wanted to order the same thing as others, the chef would make it together.

"Yes!" Zhao Jun said: "I also want one with meat and dried eggplant."

In addition to pot-wrapped pork, there is also a pork-stuffed dish in Northeast China. And compared to the sweet and sour taste of Guobao Pork, the salty and fresh taste of Sliced ​​Pork is more easily accepted by northerners.

However, supplies were scarce in the past few years, and not many people could afford to eat pork belly. Therefore, the chef developed the meat-roasted eggplant based on pork belly.

It’s just that there are no fresh eggplants this winter, so I use dried eggplants in autumn.

"Do you also want meat slices and dried tomatoes?" the proprietress asked. The tables in her shop didn't even have four hard dishes. When most men come to drink, they just order vegetables, such as fried bean sprouts and pickled cabbage powder. For people like Zhao Jun, they only serve braised saury, meat slices and dried tomato, and it’s hard enough to encounter one in a day.

"Yes!" Zhao Jun replied resolutely, and then asked: "What kind of dried eggplants are they? Does the dried vegetables smell too much?"

In winter here in the Northeast, there are very few fresh vegetables except radishes and cabbage. Therefore, dried vegetables are essential.

Northeastern people have countless ways to dry vegetables. Just drying an eggplant can be shredded, sliced, or a whole eggplant can be cut into long strips.

In addition to different styles, there are also direct drying, ripe drying, and drying wrapped in plant ash.

Most of the dried vegetables have a weird taste like dried vegetables, and you have to press them down with soup stock when cooking.

"We dried it after it was done." The landlady said, "There's no evil smell at all."

"Come one!" After Zhao Jun said that, he saw the proprietress hurriedly walked to the kitchen.

If Zhao Jun thinks that both of these are queue jumping, he must tell the chef quickly, otherwise he will be in trouble if he misses them.

"Is it almost done?" Seeing that the landlady left, Ma Ling moved forward slightly, poked her head towards Zhao Jun, and whispered: "That's enough for ordering two dishes."

"It's okay." Zhao Jun said with a smile: "If you finally come out, I will give you a good rub."

As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, the proprietress came back and said to Zhao Jun: "Brother, you want to add those two dishes. What do you want to have as the staple food?"

"Staple food, no need for staple food!" As soon as the boss lady finished speaking, Ma Ling rushed to speak in front of Zhao Jun. The girl slapped her shoulder bag and said, "I have big pancakes in my pocket."

After saying that she had big pancakes, Ma Ling looked back at the stove and said, "Put it on the stove cover and bake it. It will be hot."

The girl was confused by what she said to the landlady. It’s not like she has never seen someone who knows how to live. The key is that you have ordered the braised saury and meat cuts, but you want to bake big pancakes for the main dish. What kind of method are you doing?

"No!" Zhao Jun hurriedly reached out to stop Ma Ling, and then said to the proprietress: "What are the staple foods?"

"Oh!" said the proprietress, "Normally, we have everything, but we can't make pancakes when we're in a hurry, so we just have rice and steamed dumplings."

"What's the filling for the steamed dumplings?" Zhao Jun asked.

"Beef." The landlady replied, "Beef and radish, three yuan a pound."

Their steamed dumplings are sold by the pound, regardless of the drawer!

"How long will it take to wait?" Zhao Jun asked, and the proprietress said: "This is quick, there is steam on the stove, I will steam it for you."

"Okay, one pound of steamed dumplings and three bowls of rice." Zhao Jun ordered the staple food. It wasn't that he couldn't bear to order all the steamed dumplings, but the braised saury with rice was a must-have.

Especially Zhao Jun remembered that Ma Ling liked this bite the most in her previous life.

"Okay!" The proprietress closed her notebook and was about to go to the kitchen when she was stopped by Zhao Jun again.

Zhao Jun pointed to the counter and asked, "What is that?"

On the counter, there was a row of large square plates with white porcelain and blue edges. Each plate contained something but was covered with gauze.

"That's all those messy things." The landlady replied, "There's everything."

"Let me take a look!" Zhao Jun stood up as he said this, but at this moment the proprietress stopped him: "Brother, what you ordered is enough."

Northeastern dishes are big, and the two dishes Zhao Jun just ordered are enough for four people.

"It's enough to eat, so I won't order anymore." Upon hearing this, Ma Ling hurriedly reached out and tugged on Zhao Jun's sleeve.

"It's okay, let me take a look." Zhao Jun walked over with a smile, and the proprietress lifted the gauze covering the things for him.

On the plate were sauced fat sausage, bitter sausage, pig heart, pork belly, and cubed pork.

Square pork is to cut the pork into large cubes and add it to the pot for sauce. But these things in small restaurants should be made in one pot.

Zhao Jun took a look at a piece of meat with three layers of meat, pointed at it and asked the proprietress: "Is this a bad thing?"

"Is it necessary?" The proprietress took the wooden clamp next to her, picked up the piece of meat horizontally, and asked, "Do you want this too?"

"I want it!" Zhao Jun said, "I'll give you some minced garlic when you're done."

The proprietress weighed the meat and put it on the tray next to her, then said to Zhao Jun: "Brother, it's a little more than four taels, I'll give you four taels."

"Okay!" Zhao Jun agreed, bent down and took out three bottles of soda from the box in front of the counter, and opened them all with the bottle opener on the counter.

At this time, the proprietress took the meat and went to the kitchen, while Zhao Jun gave the soda to Ma Ling and Ma Yang.

Soon, the hot square pork slices, large steamed dumplings, rice, and braised saury were served almost at the same time.

Looking at the dishes on the table, Ma Yang swallowed, looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "Brother Jun, how much does this cost?"

Zhao Jun smiled and was about to speak when Ma Ling tapped Ma Yang with her elbow and said, "You don't have to worry about it."

Then, Ma Ling said to Zhao Jun: "I'll pay for it later, and I'll treat you to this meal."

Brothers, let me ask you something, have you remembered what the colors of Zhang Laibao’s dogs are?

Before, he had two dogs and Qin Qiang had two. Later, in order to raise bears, he exchanged dogs with Qin Qiang.