Chapter 1,182. There are over a thousand pigs, over ten thousand cattle, and a pound and a half of corn.
As Wang Meilan lit the beacon tower, diners in the countryside rushed to Zhao's house.
There is strength in numbers, and the women skinned the bears, cut their flesh, and boiled them in oil.
These three steps are all conducted outdoors, otherwise there will be too much oil smoke in the room, making adults and children's hair and bodies smell of oil smoke.
When the oil was boiling, the two earthen stoves in Zhao's courtyard were smoking together. Jin Xiaomei and Xu Chunyan were boiling the oil outside.
In the outhouse, Zhao Ling and Liu Lanying were guarding a cutting board, chopping beef fillings, while Mr. Xie Sun was peeling onions in the corner.
Tonight the Zhao family will have pie, stuffed with beef and green onions baked in bear fat.
When it was getting dark, Jie Chen, who was watching TV in the east room, glanced outside, and without Wang Meilan's explanation, he stood up on his own initiative, went to the cabinet, opened the first drawer on the right, took out two candles, and then walked quickly
Go outside the house.
While Jie Chen was lighting a lantern in the yard, Jin Xiaomei and Xu Chunyan began to pour oil into the jar.
Suddenly, the black tiger roared, causing the dogs of the Zhao and Li families to start barking.
The children from school are back.
When the children entered the hospital, they greeted Jiechen, Jin Xiaomei and Xu Chunyan. At this time, Jin Xiaomei found that Zhao Hong, Zhao Na, Xiao Lingdang, and Wang Tian were all there, but her own Li Xiaoqiao was missing.
"Lingdang." Jin Xiaomei hurriedly asked Xiaolingdang, "Where is my Xiaoqiao?"
As soon as Jin Xiaomei finished speaking, Li Xiaoqiao's voice came from the west wall: "Mom, I'm here."
"Ah?" Jin Xiaomei took a look and vaguely saw a small hand reaching out from the west wall. Jin Xiaomei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You kid! What are you doing at home?"
"I'm going to see my little brother." As soon as Li Xiaoqiao gave the answer, Jin Xiaomei said angrily: "What are he doing?"
Jin Xiaomei just said that, but she did not stop Li Xiaoqiao from going home.
Li Xiaoqiao opened the door and entered her home. She arrived in front of the door of the west room in the dark and called out in a low voice: "Brother, I'm back to see you!"
"Little sister!" Li Ruhai almost cried in the room. Not only did Jin Xiaomei not give him hot meals these days, she also restricted his movements. He could only go to the latrine every day, and there was a time limit.
If you want to untie your small hands, it should not take more than five minutes from the time you leave the house to the time you come home. And if you want to untie your big hands, it should not take more than ten minutes.
With such limited time, Li Ruhai could only solve personal problems in a hut near his home, and had little chance to communicate with outsiders.
This made Li Ruhai very uncomfortable, and sometimes he felt like he couldn't hold on any longer, but thinking about Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei's fierce looks waving the triangle belt, Li Ruhai gritted his teeth and persisted.
After not speaking a few words for a day, Li Ruhai was feeling uncomfortable. At this time, when his little sister came back to find him, how could he not make Li Ruhai happy?
When Li Xiaoqiao came in, Li Ruhai turned on the light in the room and looked at the disheveled Li Ruhai. Li Xiaoqiao paused and said, "Brother, how did you do this?"
"Little sister." Li Ruhai said painfully: "I finally see my relatives!"
"Brother!" Li Xiaoqiao took a few steps forward, but avoided Li Ruhai's outstretched hand.
When Li Ruhai was stunned, the little girl put her hand into her pocket, then looked at Li Ruhai and asked with a smile: "What do you think I bought you?"
"Huh?" Li Ruhai's eyes lit up, then dimmed again, and he said calmly: "You have no money, what can you buy for me?"
"Who said I have no money?" Li Xiaoqiao turned around, glanced at the door furtively, and then said to Li Ruhai: "That day, my dad came back from the uncle's house after drinking too much, and a five-cent steel coin fell out of his pocket.
I picked it up and asked for it, and dad gave it to me."
Li Ruhai twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "It's only five cents. After his heyday, even though he didn't have a penny in his pocket at this time, Li Ruhai didn't like this small amount of money."
"Brother, look!" Li Xiaoqiao said, taking her hands out of her pocket and spreading them in front of Li Ruhai. She saw two candy balls in her palms.
"Is this what you bought for your brother?" Li Ruhai showed a smile on his face, picked up a candy ball and put it into Li Xiaoqiao's mouth first.
The candy ball entered her mouth, Li Xiaoqiao flicked it with the tip of her tongue, and her right cheek puffed up.
Li Xiaoqiao's eyes turned into slits as she smiled, and she stepped forward and put another candy ball in her hand into Li Ruhai's mouth.
Li Ruhai smiled sweetly at each other and his little sister, and the deserted room was instantly filled with warmth.
"Brother, is it sweet?" Li Xiaoqiao asked. Li Ruhai nodded heavily and said, "Sweet, it's so sweet!"
"Hehe." Li Xiaoqiao smiled, took out another handful from his pocket, and then dropped three candy balls on the mattress where Li Ruhai slept.
"Brother, I've given it all to you!" Li Xiaoqiao said, taking out his pocket to tell Li Ruhai that he had nothing left in his pocket.
"It's better for me, my little sister!" Li Ruhai knew that in the past six months, several children had been eating naughty things, and no one liked this candy ball. But this was bought by his sister for himself, and it contained his sister's love for him.
"Hey?" Suddenly Li Ruhai thought of something and asked Li Xiaoqiao: "Little sister, how much are these five candies? How did Uncle Wang Fu charge you?"
These sugar balls are cheap. You can buy half a catty for two cents. These five sugar balls cost two cents? Li Xiaoqiao wants to spend five cents to buy the sugar balls, but Wang Fu still can't find them.
"Aunt Wang didn't ask for my money." Li Xiaoqiao said, "She gave each of us a handful and let us eat them."
Li Ruhai was startled when he heard this, and then smiled and said: "That is also my little sister's intention. Brother is moved."
The brother and sister looked at each other and smiled again, and then heard Li Xiaoqiao ask Li Ruhai: "Brother, you promised to buy me a down jacket that day..."
As soon as Li Xiaoqiao said this, the smile on Li Ruhai's face instantly solidified.
Li Ruhai indeed promised to buy a down jacket for Li Xiaoqiao, just after he was elected as the Women's Director.
But then, all his efforts in the past few months were confiscated by Jin Xiaomei, without leaving him even an IOU.
At the moment, Li Ruhai is not as rich as Li Xiaoqiao. He can't even afford a duck feather. How can he buy a down jacket?
"Um..." Li Ruhai laughed dryly and said, "Little sister, um... don't worry, I'm in a tight financial position recently, you can wait until I make two months' worth of money."
"Ah?" Li Xiaoqiao was stunned and said with wide eyes: "Brother, I have to wait for you for two months. Then winter is over, can I still wear it?"
"Yes! Then why not?" Li Ruhai said: "It's cold in the forest, don't we have to wear cotton-padded jackets in spring?"
Li Xiaoqiao pursed her lips when she heard this, stretched out her little hands and opened them wide, grabbing all three candy balls on the mattress.
Li Ruhai: "..."
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When the brother and sister staged a heartless falling out, a group of people from the Zhao family next door surrounded Wang Tian. Zhao Ling asked Wang Tian loudly: "What's going on? Tell me?"
Today is Xiao Wangtian's first day in kindergarten. Zhao Ling sent it to him in the morning and came back with Zhao Hong and the others in the evening.
After arriving home, Wang Meilan and Zhao Ling both wanted to ask their children how it was on the first day of kindergarten, but when the two women took a look, Wang Tian's face showed signs of evil from top to bottom.
These are the marks left by tears flowing down the cheeks. It can be seen that the child has cried.
Wang Meilan and Zhao Ling had to ask why because Wang Meilan was the only one in the family. But Wang Tian didn't know what his psychology was. The more he asked, the more he said nothing, until Zhao Ling became anxious.
"Old girl!" Wang Meilan suddenly remembered that her eldest nephew was in the same class as her old daughter, so she called Zhao Na and asked, "Why is Wang Tian crying?"
"He's such a bear!" Zhao Na pointed at Wang Tian and said, "He wants to beat Youyou, but Wei Dapeng won't let him, so he just stands aside and cries."
Playing Youyou is like swinging on a swing. Wang Meilan twitched the corner of her mouth, and at this time Wang Qiang asked Zhao Na: "Na, did that kid hit us?"
"No, I didn't beat him." Zhao Na said, "If I didn't beat him, he would cry."
Wang Qiang tilted his head when he heard this, and quickly turned back to look at Wang Tian, shouting: "This guy is worthless! What a bastard!"
"Where are you, Qiangzi?" Wang Meilan pulled Wang Qiang down protectively and said, "Hasn't my eldest nephew never been to a kindergarten? How can he not be frightened when he sees those children suddenly?"
After talking to Wang Qiang, Wang Meilan said to Zhao Na: "Look at you kid, your little brother goes to school on the first day, and you just watch others bully him?"
Wang Tian is older than Zhao Na, but this child is a bit spoiled and went to kindergarten later than other children.
"I'm helping him!" Zhao Na gestured with her hands: "I went up and was pulled down by Wei Dapeng, and he knocked me down as soon as I took it!"
Wang Meilan: "..."
Everyone: "..."
"You little girl!" Wang Meilan, who just complained about her daughter not helping her eldest nephew, grabbed Zhao Na, slapped the little girl on the butt, and said, "Why are you fighting too?"
"I didn't fight." Zhao Na shouted as if she had been wronged, "I was knocked down by him."
In the winter, it's normal for children to fight, fall down and get up. It's not like Zhao Hong just gives people a nose bleed.
"Sister!" This time it was Wang Qiang's turn to protect his shortcomings. He hugged Zhao Na from Wang Meilan and said: "My little niece helps her little brother, how wonderful is this?"
At this point, Wang Qiang paused for a moment and then asked: "Whose child is Wei Dapeng?"
"Our villager's surname is Wei..." Zhao Ling said while thinking, "Wei Jin, Wei Tie..."
"Isn't it?" Xu Chunyan interrupted Zhao Ling and said, "Are all the boys from his family in elementary school?"
"Oh!" Zhao Jun sighed and said, "That's the child of Wei Yongjun's family."
"Wei Yongjun?" Wang Meilan frowned slightly and said, "I haven't seen that man in many years."
"That's not good." Wang Qiang answered, and then asked Zhao Jun: "Nephew, how did you know it was his child? What is he doing in the forest farm now?"
Zhao Jun curled his lips slightly and said, "He put it in the forest farm canteen."
After saying this, Zhao Jun added: "In the second cafeteria, he is Mr. Song's male."
"Ah?" Wang Meilan was stunned and whispered, "What's going on?"
Zhao Jun was also speechless. Yesterday the second sister beat the second brother-in-law, and today the old sister knocked down the old brother-in-law again.
But again, it's not a big deal for children to play around these days, and adults don't care. After Wang Meilan comforted her eldest nephew, she organized people to start pancakes.
The home-ground wheat is really fragrant. Once the cake is fried in oil, the whole house will be filled with fragrance.
As the four people from work came back, the baked pies were piled on a large plate and served on the table, accompanied by sauerkraut and braised wild boar meat. Everyone's mouths were full of oil and sweat was visible on their foreheads.
After eating and drinking, the diners went back to their homes, and the lights in the east and west rooms of the Zhao family were turned out one after another.
As the three little girls became silent, Wang Meilan slowly closed her eyes and prepared to sleep.
But at this moment, a sigh came from the side.
"Alas!" Zhao Youcai was rather bored tonight. He didn't talk much during the meal. After the meal, he only smoked and drank water and seldom communicated with others.
Wang Meilan knew that Zhao Youcai was unlucky again today, but after a busy day, Wang Meilan was also sleepy, so she continued to try to fall asleep.
"well!"
But then, another heavy sigh sounded in his ears.
"What are you doing?" Wang Meilan said angrily: "Every night, if you make trouble with me again, I will throw you out."
"Lan Na!" Zhao Youcai suddenly turned to Wang Meilan and said, "I will never go up the mountain again."
"I think so." Wang Meilan said, "You should have stopped going up the mountain a long time ago."
Zhao Youcai twitched the corner of his mouth and whispered: "The tiger has fallen on the plain..."
"What did you say?" Wang Meilan was not Zhang Guoqing. After hearing Zhao Youcai mutter, she sat up.
"I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything." Zhao Youcai stood up in a hurry, hugged Wang Meilan and lay down again. He pulled the quilt and covered Wang Meilan, and then said: "Lan Na, I said I want to discuss something with you."
"What's the matter?" Wang Meilan said: "Anyway, I'll tell you first, I can't refund you even a penny of the two hundred yuan!"
Although he couldn't see clearly in the darkness, Zhao Youcai still glanced at Wang Meilan, and then said: "I won't go up the mountain anymore, this is still a bit piled up."
"What? Stacked to pieces?" Wang Meilan couldn't lie still after hearing this, and asked Zhao Youcai: "What else did you beat to death?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "No!" Zhao Youcai said angrily: "Can you just listen to what I have to say?"
"I don't want to hear what you say at all." Wang Meilan said: "When someone wants to go to bed, you put them aside and say 'Oh alas'."
Having something to ask for, Zhao Youcai spoke in a slightly calmer tone and said, "I promised to catch wild boars for them, but now that I won't go up the mountain, I won't be able to fulfill my promise."
The frequency of accidents in the past few days has really made Zhao feel exhausted mentally and physically. He really doesn't want to go up the mountain in a short time.
"What a day it is for you!" Wang Meilan said: "If it can't be completed, it won't be completed. Then who can force us to go?"
"No, people want wild boars to give as gifts." Zhao Youcai said, "My end is off the chain, and it's delaying other people's work."
"Oh!" Wang Meilan sighed and asked, "Then what do you mean? Let your son do it for you?"
"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai nodded and said, "Let your son catch you."
Zhao Youcai had already planned to ask Zhao Jun to catch pigs for his father, but he was too embarrassed to tell Zhao Jun, so he decided on Wang Meilan.
"Huh?" Wang Meilan was about to complain, but suddenly her eyes lit up and she asked: "If you catch pigs for them, do they have to pay you, right?"
"Ah..." As soon as Zhao Youcai spoke, Wang Meilan said: "How many pigs do you want?"
"Three..." As soon as Zhao Youcai reported the number, Wang Meilan said: "Okay, then you don't have to worry about it. I will tell my son tomorrow."
"Alas!" After hearing Wang Meilan's words, Zhao Youcai sighed heavily. But then, he was hit by Wang Meilan on his shoulder and head.
"Stop 'ahem'!" Wang Meilan said: "Hurry up and go to bed!"
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The next day was December 23, 1987.
Wang Meilan got up early to make buns. The noodles were made yesterday, and the filling was beef chopped together yesterday. But the difference from the baked pies was that the stuffing of the buns was filled with radish.
At almost six o'clock, Zhao Youcai took the basin and went out to feed the dogs, while Zhao Jun and Zhao Weipeng got dressed and got off the kang.
After getting off the kang, Zhao Weipeng grabbed the toilet paper and ran out to the latrine.
When Zhao Jun came out of the room and was about to pour water to wash his face, Wang Meilan was about to tell Zhao Jun about catching wild boars, but Zhao Jun seemed to remember something and came over to Wang Meilan.
"Mom." Zhao Jun called Wang Meilan and asked: "There is a relative in our family who sells knives on credit. My old uncle said that he has been to our house. My little grandma calls him Uncle Liu. Do you know?
"
"It's on credit..." Wang Meilan's kneading hand suddenly stopped, her eyes widened and she murmured: "There are more than a thousand pigs, more than ten thousand cows, and a pound and a half of corn!"
