The whole mountain is my hunting ground

The cows mooing, the donkeys howling, and the dogs barking outside had already alarmed Wang Meilan, who was cleaning the dishes in the house.

As soon as she heard the donkey's braying that she had remembered for many days, Wang Meilan quickly threw away the wet rag in her hand, wiped the backs of her hands on her apron, turned her hands over and wiped her palms on the apron, and then ran outside.

People, once they have money, they become more particular about it.

There are no waterproof work gloves these days, so no woman in the rural areas of Northeast China can keep her hands dry in winter.

In the past, Wang Meilan was no different from ordinary rural women. If she had water on her hands, she would just wipe it with a rag and run outside.

When your hands are cracked, dry and painful, you can at most scoop out a little clam oil and apply it on them. Then work should be done, or work should be done.

Things are different now. Wang Meilan uses that colorful moisturizing cream as hand cream every day and is extra careful when going out.

Then there's the apron she's wearing, which Zhao Youcai got back from work. But Wang Meilan had never done this in the past, as it was too troublesome and intrusive.

But now Wang Meilan is always particular about it, especially since Zhao Jun bought a lot of cloth yesterday. Wang Meilan is preparing to make two pairs of cotton jackets and cotton trousers, one thin and one thick, for the whole family, plus the old lady and Xing San.

Wang Meilan came out of the yard and saw a few people chatting. She hurriedly called Zhang Lifu and said, "Brother, why don't you come into the house when you are here?"

"We're not going in, sister-in-law." Zhang Lifu responded: "Just say a few words to my second brother and eldest nephew, and I will go back. Over at home, your brothers and sisters have already cooked."

"Why do you ask me to say that we don't have any cooking at home?" Wang Meilan replied to Zhang Lifu with a smile, and then called Zhao Youcai: "His father, hurry up and lead your brother to the house!"

After talking to Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan called to Li Dayong and said, "Dayong is also coming into the house, and we will stay here to eat for a while."

Wang Meilan greeted Li Dayong and asked him and Zhao Youcai to accompany them. Zhang Lifu was poor, but the Zhao family didn't care about this. After Wang Meilan spoke, Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong dragged Zhang Lifu to the courtyard.

Although Zhang Lifu is poor, he is very courageous. In the past, Zhao Youcai was kind to him. Every time he celebrated the New Year, he would give Zhao Jun's family a roe deer and a wild boar thigh. Although there were few things, he thought of it, and every time Zhang Lifu came, he would put down his things and leave, never eating at Zhao Jun's house.

At this time, he was dragged into the courtyard by Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong. Zhang Lifu still struggled and said: "I don't want to eat. The child's mother is staying at home to eat!"

Having been in the Northeast for a long time, the Shandong people have become a bit of a scumbag.

"I don't have food in my stomach. Isn't it cold to go for a run?" Wang Meilan followed and said, "I don't have anything to do at home, so I can eat whatever I have!"

After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhang Lifu stopped struggling and followed Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong into the Zhao family.

At this time, Wang Meilan turned around and walked out of the hospital, waved to Zhao Jun and said: "Go quickly, go to your brother Zhang's house, help the two women sweep the snow, and let them come together when you are done!"

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was startled and asked: "Mom, they won't go to school today? Besides, what time is it?"

"Oh!" Wang Meilan raised her hand anxiously and said, "Three girls didn't tie flowers last night, why don't they make a fuss when they get up soon?"

For Zhao Hong, Zhao Na and Li Xiaoqiao, yesterday was more joyful than the Chinese New Year. The three little girls were dazzled by the dolls, ribbons, and crayons and couldn't put them down.

It was almost ten o'clock at that time, and the three little girls still insisted on tying their hair with ribbons. But that thing is simple to tie, everyone can do it. But if you want to tie a flower on your braids, let alone how difficult it is, the key is that you don't know how.

Of all the people in the family, Zhao Jun is the only one who has ever seen them. But it would be difficult for Zhao Jun to make up this thing when he was in the gun business. Although I have seen it before, it still doesn’t work in practice.

If he couldn't make it up, the child would get upset, so Wang Meilan asked Zhao Jun to find Xiao Lingdang. The child had seen the teacher Dai Hua at school. She was older than Zhao Hong and Zhao Na, so she should be able to make up.

"Ruhai!" After taking over the task from Wang Meilan, Zhao Jun said to Li Ruhai: "Can you do the remaining work yourself?"

"Okay!" Li Ruhai agreed without thinking. Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu picked up their shovels and brooms and headed to Zhang Yuanmin's house.

Zhang Yuanmin's house now has two yards, and the amount of snow cleared is greater than before.

But when the two passed by the old lady's house, they found Jie Chen clearing snow there.

Only then did Zhao Jun remember that the west courtyard of the old lady's house had been sold by Xie Sun, and Jie Chen was also responsible for the snow clearing work in the two courtyards.

Jie Chen got up at half past four. He didn't call Zhao Jun. He went to the old lady's house, picked up the tools and started working. Now that we have just finished cleaning up the two courtyards, the remaining work outside the courtyard was completed in a short time after Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu joined.

Then, the three of them rushed to Zhang Yuanmin's home.

When they approached Zhang Yuanmin's house, Zhao Jun and the others saw Yang Yufeng and Xiao Lingdang already busy working in the yard.

"Sister-in-law!" Zhao Jun shouted to Yang Yufeng through the fence and tent: "You and Lingdang, go to your two rooms."

"Ouch!" Hearing Zhao Jun's voice, Yang Yufeng looked outside with a shovel in hand, and happily said to the bell: "eldest son, your uncle is here!"

Usually those who clear snow are men, but Yang Yufeng has never done snow clearing work many times. In this regard, she is not even as good as Little Lingdang, who still has to clear snow at school.

At this time, Xiao Lingdang was wearing a new cotton-padded jacket made for her by Yang Yufeng, with sleeves on both arms.

Since the conditions at home have improved, Yang Yufeng has treated her daughter and Zhang Yuanmin well and made them both new clothes. But Xiao Lingdang is a child who has come from hard times and still retains a hard and simple lifestyle. She usually studies writing while lying on the table. She is afraid of wearing out the sleeves of her new cotton-padded jacket, so she often carries sleeves in her pocket.

"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Li, Uncle Xie!" Seeing the three of them entering the hospital, Xiao Lingdang hurriedly greeted Zhao Jun and the others.

"Hey, bell." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Come into the house with your mother."

"Brother, I'm worried!" Yang Yufeng said to Zhao Jun with a smile: "You guys are here, okay, when I'm done, I'll go into the house to cook, and you guys can put it aside for a while."

"No, sister-in-law." When Zhao Jun heard this, he hurriedly stopped him: "Don't cook, just go to my house later. My mother is cooking a pot of soybean tofu. After eating, you can go to work. "

When he said the last sentence, Zhao Jun smiled. Tomorrow is the day for him and Ma Ling to celebrate. What Wang Meilan means is that although there is no need to put up lights and decorations, the house must be tidied up from the inside out.

However, Xu Chunyan had not returned from her parents' home. Zhao Ling's two brothers arrived, and she had to stay at home to accompany them. Therefore, Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, and Yang Yufeng are the main force in today's cleaning.

In addition, Wang Meilan asked Yang Yufeng and Xiao Lingdang to come directly to her home to have breakfast, thus saving the two of them any more work.

"Okay!" Yang Yufeng was not polite and responded immediately: "Brother, I don't care about the outside. I'll go inside and clean up!"

"Well, sister-in-law, you are busy with your business." After Zhao Jun finished speaking to Yang Yufeng, he looked at Little Lingdang and said, "Lingdang, you come in too, it's cold outside."

"It's okay, uncle!" Little Lingdang picked up the shovel and said, "I always sweep snow when I'm at school."

What the child said is true. When it snows at school, teachers and students have to clear it. But children who are too young cannot do it, so the six grades of Yongan Primary School, the first, second and third graders do not need to participate in snow clearing, but the fourth, fifth and sixth graders must participate.

As long as it snows in winter, students do not need to be reminded and they spontaneously bring tools from home to school to participate in voluntary labor.

As the monitor of their class, Xiao Lingdang usually takes the lead. Although she is a girl, she never fails to clear the snow.

"Lingdang, go back." Li Baoyu also advised: "The three of us will finish it in a while."

Jie Chen echoed from the side, but Xiao Lingdang just smiled at the two of them and then joined in the work.

Zhao Jun and the other three were young and strong, and they quickly cleared the snow in the courtyard and pushed them all out of the courtyard.

When they went to the next door, Zhao Jun stopped Xiao Ling Dang, who was about to follow, and said, "Ling Dang, go back, it's so cold!"

It was around six o'clock in the morning, when it was cold, and the little girl's face was red from the cold.

Xiao Lingdang did not refuse when he heard this, but said to Zhao Jun: "Uncle, did I dream yesterday?"

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was startled, but he didn't say anything, but waited for the little girl's next words.

At this time, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen also came over. The three of them listened to the little bell and said, "I dreamed that my dad came back from the mountain and took a wad of money."

"Hahaha..." As soon as Xiao Lingdang finished speaking, Li Baoyu laughed and said, "Lingdang, our dream was right. Someone will get you money soon, but it won't be your dad."

As he spoke, Li Baoyu pointed at Zhao Jun next to him and said, "It's your Uncle Zhao!"

Yang Yufeng was not here yesterday, so the share of the money that should go to her family from selling bear bile was temporarily kept by Wang Meilan for her.

Zhao Jun reached back and grabbed Li Baoyu, then asked Little Lingdang, "What next, Lingdang? What are you dreaming about?"

"Dreaming...dreaming..." Xiao Lingdang hesitated for a moment and said, "Dreaming that the money was earned by my father from killing the black blind man."

This is not a heart-to-heart relationship between father and daughter, nor does it have a fantasy color. It is purely about thinking about it day by day and dreaming about it at night. Ever since Zhang Yuanmin left, Little Lingdang often thought about him wandering around in the mountains.

"Ouch!" Zhao Jun understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. He reached out and patted Xiao Lingdang's little head wearing a cotton hat and said, "My child doesn't have to worry about your dad all the time. Don't worry. I've entrusted you with this for a long time." I’m watching him personally.”

"Yeah!" Little Lingdang sniffed, and the little girl had runny nose from the cold.

"Lingdang, hurry up and go back to the house." Facing the child, Jie Chen said in a very gentle tone, "Don't worry about it now. I'll go up the mountain in a while and see your dad there."

"Huh?" Zhao Jun heard this, looked at Jie Chen and asked, "Are you still going up the mountain today?"

"Ah!" Jie Chen nodded and said: "What... Brother Jun, it just so happens that there is something going on at home these two days, and you are not going up the mountain. I will go to my brother's place to see if there is anything I can do to help him. Busy."

"Okay, then you go ahead." Zhao Jun responded, then looked at the little bell and smiled: "Be obedient to the bell, go to your house. When you're done, tell your mother that your uncle Xie will go up the mountain today, and what will she give you?" Dad brought it, you prepare, prepare."

"Hey!" Xiao Lingdang dragged the shovel backwards and ran towards the yard. Zhao Jun shouted from behind: "You stay in the house, don't come out!"

After sending the children away, Zhao Jun and the other three worked for more than half an hour before clearing the snow inside and outside the east and west courtyards of the Zhang family.

Then Zhao Jun entered the house to greet Yang Yufeng and Xiao Lingdang. When the two came out, Yang Yufeng didn't take anything. After all, Zhang Yuanmin had only been away for a few days, so there was nothing he needed to bring.

When the five returned to Zhao's house, Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, and Zhang Lifu were already eating and drinking on the kang in the west room.

In some places, there is a habit of drinking early in the morning, but to be honest, this is not a custom and has nothing to do with the region. It is simply because the person likes to drink.

In the Northeast, some men wake up early to pick up a piece of tofu and drink two and a half of high-strength liquor while eating the tofu with dipping sauce.

Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong don't have this habit. After all, they have to go to work. But Zhang Lifu does. Today, Zhang Lifu is a guest, and Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong can only accompany him for one vat. Anyway, they can't drink more than two and a half.

The three of them were drinking in that room, and Zhao Jun and the others entered the east room. At this time, Wang Meilan had already taken charge of Zhao Hong and Zhao Na. The two little girls, who were dressed, saw the little bell coming and hurriedly took out strips of hair.

After a while, Li Xiaoqiao got wind from nowhere. Three of the family of five went next door. Jin Xiaomei and Li Ruhai simply came to Zhao's house with food.

Today, the Li family had pickled cabbage stewed potato chips soup, fried peanuts and white flour steamed buns. Wang Meilan took out a small pot of pickled cabbage soup and a plate of peanuts, and Li Ruhai carried them into the west room to serve the three wine mengzi.

When he saw Li Ruhai coming in, Zhang Lifu said "Oh!" and said, "Ruhai, why don't you get on the kang and have something to drink?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" As soon as Zhang Lifu finished speaking, Zhao Youcai stopped him and said, "How about you let the kid who has more children drink?"

"Oh!" Zhang Lifu rarely refuted Zhao Youcai and said, "Second brother, you don't know how promising this child is!"

As he spoke, Zhang Lifu said in a loose tongue, "When we arrived at Futai's house, when I entered the house ahead of others, no one looked at me seriously."

At this point, Zhang Lifu stretched out his hand to Li Dayong and said: "When you go in like Ruhai with your hands behind your back, people will be polite when they see him!"

As soon as Zhang Lifu finished speaking, Zhao Jun came in with a small plate filled with chili oil.

In Zhao Jun's family, whenever you eat sauerkraut, whether it is fried, stewed, or made into dumplings or steamed buns, it must be paired with chili oil.

When Zhao Jun handed the chili oil to the table, Zhang Lifu raised his head and raised his chin to Zhao Jun and said, "Jun, your dad just said that after the snow falls, those pigs will not be allowed to move!"

Zhao Youcai, who had just picked up the wine glass: "..."

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was also stunned, and then he heard Zhang Lifu say: "I don't dare to go to the big killing post. After that, I will go to the four outer circles to wander around, and those pigs will move to their nests. You have to be a pig, and I’ll come back and tell you when it’s over.”

At this time, Zhao Youcai wanted to cut Zhang Lifu's head with a glass.

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