Wang Meilan was a little confused. She had been with Zhao Youcai for twenty-five years, and this was the first time she saw Zhao Youcai like this.
"Keep your voice down." Wang Meilan glanced towards the west room. She thought Zhao Weipeng hadn't gotten up yet. But when she looked at Zhao Youcai again, she saw that he still had his hands clasped in front of his chest. Wang Meilan couldn't help but feel pity and didn't ask any questions immediately.
Why did Zhao Youcai ask for money? He just said to him: "Just wait, I will get it for you."
Zhao Youcai put down his hands and stood there only nodding but saying nothing.
Wang Meilan entered the east room and came out with the money in less than two minutes. When she handed the money to Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan wanted to say something, but saw Zhao Youcai grabbing the money and walking out.
"I..." Wang Meilan chased her to the door and saw the lights of the jeep outside the courtyard were on.
Wang Meilan stopped, guessing that Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng were going up the mountain to pay for the cattle. As for the five hundred yuan she wanted to pay, Wang Meilan thought they would pay half of it each.
Thinking of this, Wang Meilan turned around and ran into the house. She didn't want Zhao Weipeng, who was a guest at home, to lose money.
Zhao Youcai went out and got into the car. The first thing he said while sitting in the passenger seat was: "Why is it so cold in this car?"
"It's cold outside, brother." Zhao Weipeng saw a wad of money in Zhao Youcai's hand, and handed over the money in his hand.
"Brother, this is five hundred. Do you...do you have enough?" Zhao Weipeng asked: "If it's not enough, I still have more than one hundred in my pocket."
"That's enough!" After Zhao Youcai took the money, he put the two piles of money together into his pocket, then raised his hand forward and said, "Let's go quickly, or the two tenants should go down the mountain."
"Yeah!" Zhao Weipeng heard this, started the car and drove away.
These two people, one is Er Gudong and the other is a big boss, they are not ordinary people. However, they were calculated mentally but not intentionally, and Zhao Jun's words deceived them.
When Wang Meilan came out of the house with 500 yuan, she couldn't even see the car's taillights.
Zhao Jun had a really good sleep, and he slept until dawn without plugging his ears. The little lynx also slept well.
When it was past four-thirty, the little lynx got up and teased the little black bear for a while, and then jumped up on Zhao Jun's chest.
When it fell on Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun woke up in a daze. He stretched out his hand to pull the little lynx off his body, and felt the little lynx jump out. Then the little guy started parkour on the kang.
.
"Oh my God!" Zhao Jun was instantly startled. He thought Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng were there. If the little lynx ran like this, wouldn't it be stepped on by them?
But when Zhao Jun got up, he felt something was wrong. He reached out and turned on the light, and sure enough, he was alone on the kang.
Zhao Jun was stunned. It's not surprising that Zhao Youcai started early. Zhao Weipeng shouldn't!
Zhao Jun hurriedly put on his clothes and went to the ground. When he came out of the house, he saw Wang Meilan alone. Zhao Jun quickly asked Wang Meilan, "Mom, where are my father and the others?"
"It seems like we are going up a mountain." Wang Meilan said.
"Going up the mountain?" Zhao Jun said: "Mom, why did you let them go up the mountain?"
"No." Wang Meilan suddenly became happy, and then said: "They seem to have gone up the mountain to pay people and cows."
"Aren't you going to sacrifice the cow?" Zhao Jun subconsciously took two steps towards the door. When he looked out the window, he saw darkness outside.
"Mom, how did you know that they went to pay Lao Niu?" Zhao Jun asked: "Can't they go hunting again?"
"No way." Wang Meilan said with a smile: "Your father left me here and took away five hundred yuan. I guess the two of them and their families will pay half of it."
"Ah..." After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Jun asked: "Mom, my dad told you that he wants money to compensate people?"
"That's not true." Wang Meilan slowed down and murmured, "He just said he wanted five hundred yuan."
"Mom, then you gave it to him?" Zhao Jun asked in surprise.
These days, five hundred yuan is not a small amount. Even for Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan would give it to him every time he went home to get money, but Zhao Jun had to give him a reason.
"Uh..." Wang Meilan clicked her eyes. She couldn't describe to her son how Zhao Youcai cared about the money she asked for, so she only said: "I thought he was compensating others for not being prepared, so I gave it to him.
"
Speaking of this, Wang Meilan asked Zhao Jun, "Why would he go out so early and ask for money?"
"Oh!" Zhao Jun sighed after hearing this and said, "It's useless for them to be together. If they are to be recognized, why should I take the blame for them yesterday?"
"Son, what's going on?" Wang Meilan was busy cooperating with Zhao Jun last night. She still doesn't know what happened, but she believes that her son can handle these things.
Zhao Jun pulled Xiao Mazha to sit down and told Wang Meilan exactly what happened yesterday.
After Wang Meilan heard this, she slapped Zhao Jun on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You kid, why are you so loud?"
"Hahahaha..." Zhao Jun laughed and said: "I was so angry yesterday. How could they be like this? After beating someone else's cow, these two ran away."
"Okay." Wang Meilan smiled and waved her hand, saying: "These two people are quite kind. I saw them yesterday. When you told them to drive them away, your father's little eyes were so clicky that they were not.
I’m thinking about it.”
"Oh, Mom, don't protect him anymore." Zhao Jun grinned and spread his hands: "My uncle Zhao's shooting skills... I dare say, my father killed that old cow alone, and then he staggered
The poles and the garden were all set up by him."
"Haha..." Wang Meilan also laughed, and then said: "My son can't say that. I understand your dad. Your dad can run away, but he will definitely be able to give money to others later."
With that said, Wang Meilan got up from the four-legged and eight-pointed stool and said as she was about to knead the dough: "He stole wild boars from others. They are mountain wealth. Their elders said that they are not particular at most. But he can't be an old cow.
.”
At this point, Wang Meilan gestured to the outside of the house and said with a smile to Zhao Jun: "I asked you to say that last night. They were upset. They got up early to give money to people. They are considered good people."
Bar."
Hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Jun smiled.
At the same time, the two good guys had already arrived outside the 27th square in a jeep.
Although it was only half past four, there were lights everywhere in the farm. There was no electricity in the mountains, but lanterns were hung in front of the shacks and outside the stables. Under the lights, there were still figures walking back and forth.
"Brother!" Zhao Weipeng asked Zhao Youcai in surprise: "Are these people up so early?"
"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai said to Zhao Weipeng as he opened the door and got out of the car: "They have to get up at two o'clock in the morning to feed the animals."
"Oh." Zhao Weipeng sighed after hearing this and said, "It's really hard work."
"Boom! Boom!" After the car door closed twice, Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng walked into Lengchang.
In front of the livestock shed on the east side of Lengchang, the tenant who was feeding the animals saw two strangers coming. He shouted from a distance: "Hey? What are you doing?"
Zhao Youcai didn't answer but asked: "Which one is your boss?"
When Zhao Youcai said this, Fan Tiangui, who was rubbing his buns in the cook's shack to the west, heard the sound. The old man was stunned and murmured: "Who is talking here? Why does it sound so familiar?"
Thinking of this, Fan Tiangui hurriedly opened the door and walked out.
When he went out, Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng were walking towards the shack in the southwest corner with their backs to him.
Fan Tiangui took two steps forward. When Zhao Youcai looked aside, he turned his profile to Fan Tiangui.
Looking at the lantern in front of the shack, Fan Tiangui was frightened and said to himself: "It's over! Er Gudong is here to settle the score with me!"
The old man gave Zhao Jun away the day before yesterday. After Zhao Jun left yesterday, Fan Tiangui went to Tang Xiaomin to ask about the situation.
Tang Xiaomin told Fan Tiangui according to Fan Zhisheng's story. After learning that the cow was not killed by Zhao Jun's gun, Fan Tiangui felt uneasy.
The old man knew that he had offended someone, but there was nothing he could do about it at the beginning. He had to go to whomever he ate. He worked for Tang Xiaomin, so there was nothing he could do.
Looking at Zhao Youcai at this time, Fan Tiangui's first reaction was: Er Gudong is here to seek justice for his son. Seeing that he has a big fat man with him, he must be a thug.
Fan Tiangui turned around and ran to the cook's shack. At this time, Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng had opened the door and entered the head shack.
In the shack at the head, three generations, Tang Xiaomin, Tang Fuxiang, and Tang Yunwei, were eating on a small stove.
The three of them cooked a pot of hot noodle soup on the stove in the shack. Tang Xiaomin had just taken a sip of noodles when he saw the door of the shack opened and a stranger came in.
"Ouch." Tang Fuxiang frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
"Are you the leader?" Zhao Youcai still didn't answer the question. Tang Fuxiang glanced at Tang Xiaomin subconsciously. The old man raised his face and replied, "I am the leader, who are you?"
"Um..." Zhao Youcai said as he walked forward, "We are from Lingnan."
When Zhao Youcai is bad, he is very bad, and when he is innocent, he is really innocent. No matter what Zhao Jun said when he went back yesterday, he would not believe it.
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai's words made all three of the Tang family startled. Tang Fuxiang turned sideways and moved his legs to the ground, asking: "Are you just wandering off to the mountains?"
Zhao Jun's house is called the Eighteen Daogangzi by the Lingnan people. It is a good place for hunting. Many Lingnan people come here to hunt and lay traps. Sometimes they get lost in the mountains and are hungry and cold, so they go to the nearby shacks to rest and eat.
The food is hot in your mouth.
Regardless of whether it is now or twenty or thirty years from now, Chinese people are simple and honest, and anyone will lend a helping hand when encountering such a thing.
"No." Zhao Youcai took out Shilin cigarettes from his pocket, took out two cigarettes together, walked a few steps and handed one to the eldest Tang Xiaomin first.
Tang Xiaomin took the cigarette, took a look at it in his hand, and immediately looked at Zhao Youcai.
At this time, through the weak light in the shack, Tang Xiaomin could clearly see Zhao Youcai's appearance.
Zhao Weipeng doesn't need to look, his big body is obvious.
Two people, a small-eyed Baji, a fat man, and Shi Linyan, don't they match up?
"Ahem!" After clearing the cigarettes for the three people of the Tang family, Zhao Youcai awkwardly pointed at the dead green cow by the fire wall, and then said: "This cow was beaten by our two brothers."
When he said this, Zhao Youcai's face was filled with heat.
Yesterday, Zhao Jun gave instructions to slow down the process of dragging the cows into the shack. The buyer spoke, and Tang Xiaomin did not dare to neglect. As soon as Zhao Jun and others left, he asked his children, grandchildren, and the Lin brothers to drag the cows into the shack.
At first he wanted to drag the cow to the cook's shack, but after thinking about it, Tang Xiaomin was afraid that Fan Tiangui would ask more questions and he didn't want to explain too much to him, so he dragged the cow into the shack where he lived.
After lying under the wall of fire for a day and a night, the big green cow was almost thawed, and a pool of blood under its body soaked into the soil.
"Did you two fight?" After hearing Zhao Youcai's words, Tang Xiaomin and his son Tang Fuxiang looked at each other. They felt something was wrong.
It was said yesterday that the bull-beater was from Lingnan, just to give each other a step down. No matter what it was said in the end, everyone present yesterday believed that the bull-beater was inseparable from Zhao Jun.
It doesn't matter whether the person who beat the cow is one person or two people, if there is nothing to do with Zhao Jun, he will not use his own money to fill it.
That’s not what good people do, right?
But the two people who came today opened their mouths and said that the cow was shot by them and that it came from Lingnan, which gave people a strange feeling.
At this time, Zhao Youcai took out a wad of money from his pocket, put it on the corner of the kang table, and said to the three of them: "This is cow money, that..."
"Ah!" Tang Xiaomin seemed to suddenly realize it, and immediately slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "Technician Zhao asked you to come, right?"
Zhao Jun said yesterday that he didn't bring any money. He also said that he was not free this morning and would have to come over with the money in the afternoon to take the cattle away.
At this time, seeing Zhao Youcai come up and pay without saying a word, Tang Xiaomin thought that these two people were sent by Zhao Jun to deliver money and get cattle. As for them saying that they were from Lingnan, Tang Xiaomin thought that these two people should be following Fan Zhisheng.
That's what I said.
"Huh? Technician Zhao?" Zhao Youcai was startled. He felt something was wrong. He felt that this group of people did not seem to have had a conflict with Zhao Jun.
Seeing that Zhao Youcai was silent, Tang Xiaomin called them: "Come, come, get on the Kang."
At this time, Tang Fuxiang and Tang Yunwei also made room for Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng. Tang Fuxiang even asked: "You came so early and you haven't eaten yet? What about...I'll get you a bowl, you can put it here and take a bite."
As Tang Fuxiang said this, he got up and walked out. The three of them lived in this shack, and they had plenty of bowls and chopsticks. When entertaining guests, they had to go to the cook's shack to get bowls and chopsticks.
Almost at the same time, Tang Xiaomin took the one thousand yuan that Zhao Youcai put on the corner of the table. The old man held the money in his hand, waved his hand to Tang Yunwei, and said: "Eldest grandson, go call Dalong and Erhu.
Come and go.”
Tang Yunwei responded, then smiled at Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng, then pushed his bowl of chopsticks in front of Zhao Weipeng and said: "Please give me this first, I have never used it before."
"Hey!" Zhao Weipeng responded with a smile. As soon as he heard the old man asking Tang Yunwei to find someone, Zhao Weipeng knew that the owner of the cow had not come down from the mountain yet, and the guilt in his heart was instantly reduced by half.
It was a good thing that he didn't have to worry about getting up early. He drove up the mountain and ran all the way. Zhao Weipeng was cold and hungry. When he saw the hot soup noodles, Boss Zhao just waited for Tang Xiaomin to persuade him and he started making them immediately.
But at this moment, Tang Xiaomin pointed to the fire wall and said to the two of them: "Technician Zhao asked us to drag the cattle to the house. I think it's almost done."
"Huh?" At this time, Zhao Youcai knew something was wrong. From what the old man meant, it definitely didn't sound like he had a conflict with his little brat.
"Hey?" Zhao Weipeng glanced at Tang Xiaomin, then looked at Zhao Youcai, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, who is technician Zhao?"
Zhao Youcai twitched the corner of his mouth, and just as he was about to speak, Tang Xiaomin said, "Zhao Jun, don't you know him?"
The old man was a little confused. He had been the squad leader for more than ten years and the brigade secretary for more than ten years. He couldn't figure it out at this time.
"Brother." Zhao Youcai asked Tang Xiaomin: "Yesterday he... what did they say?"
"They..." Tang Xiaomin took a deep look at Zhao Youcai. He probably guessed that Zhao Jun was going to take the blame for these two people. The old man was more thoughtful and wanted to do enough favors for Zhao Jun.
So, Tang Xiaomin told the truth to the two of them, saying: "At the beginning yesterday, technician Zhao said that he shot the cow, and he would pay the thousand yuan. But later, Zhisheng... was the director of the field.
If you don't say that, let's just say it was people from Lingnan who attacked us.
As for the money for the cow, it was Technician Zhao who paid for it. But he didn’t bring that much money when he went up the mountain yesterday, so he said he would come this afternoon and even give money to pull the cow..."
Zhao Youcai: "..."
Zhao Weipeng's fat face was full of shock. He tilted his head and looked at Tang Xiaomin and asked, "Where are the two tenants? It's the owner of the cow."
"They are lying in the shack." Tang Xiaomin said with a smile: "The cow died, these two people will not survive today."
"Then aren't they going down the mountain today?" Zhao Weipeng asked again, and Tang Xiaomin said, "They have to go down the mountain."
With that said, Tang Xiaomin took the money in his hand and said with a smile: "Technician Zhao said he would come in the afternoon to deliver the money, so they have to go back tomorrow. You two have delivered it now, so they can go back today."
After hearing what Tang Xiaomin said, Zhao Weipeng looked at Zhao Youcai, and then heard Tang Xiaomin continue to say: "Let them go back quickly and come back after buying a cow. There is still a lot of work up there."
Zhao Weipeng: "..."
Seeing Zhao Youcai, Zhao Weipeng stopped talking. Tang Xiaomin once again pointed to the cow by the fire wall and asked Zhao Youcai. Zhao Weipeng said: "Will you take that cow away later?"
"No, no." Zhao Weipeng quickly refused. When he came, Zhao Youcai told him that after buying the cow, he would drag it to a hidden place and bury it in the snow. Then he would go back to find Zhang Lifu and ask Zhang Lifu to help sell the beef.
"Brother, that... we can't do it now." Zhao Weipeng said, "Our car can't pull it."
"Ah!" Tang Xiaomin seemed to understand, and he said: "That's okay, I'll find a sledge to send you down."
"No... no need!" At this time, Zhao Youcai was a little anxious, but Tang Xiaomin asked: "It's okay, it's not troublesome. Well... where is your house? Are you in the same village as technician Zhao?"
At this point, Tang Xiaomin raised his hand and pointed outside the shack and said, "By the way, our stove burner Fan Tiangui, do you know him?"
Hearing what Tang Xiaomin said, Zhao Youcai's expression changed, and then he saw the old man getting off the kang and saying, "Don't be outsiders. You two eat first, and I'll call him."
As he said that, Tang Xiaomin went to the ground and murmured: "Why hasn't Fuxiang come back yet?"
Seeing that Tang Xiaomin came out of the shack, Zhao Youcai snatched the bowl and chopsticks from Zhao Weipeng's hand and pulled the cotton monkey on him hard... without pulling.
"Let's go!" Zhao Youcai yelled at Zhao Weipeng: "What are you looking at?"
"Ah..." Zhao Weipeng reacted, got up and ran out following Zhao Youcai.
This chapter has been completed!