Chapter 224: Sprinkle dog food in front of brother-in-law
The night wind blew by, and as Zhao Youcai smoked, the cigarette butt suddenly appeared red.
Zhao Jun curled his lips slightly, how could he not understand what Zhao Youcai meant?
But thinking that Zhao Youcai had been working very hard recently, helping the family feed pigs and collect mountain products conscientiously, Zhao Jun said: "Dad, what about... I will go to the city the day after tomorrow, and I will buy you a few more cigarettes, which will be enough for you to smoke during the New Year."
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Zhao Youcai paid for smoking because there were many people in his family. For example, if the people who came to sell mountain products were acquaintances, Zhao Youcai would give them grapes; if they were not familiar, Zhao Youcai would give them leaf cigarettes.
Mainly Wang Qiang and the others. Except for Zhao Jun and Li Ruhai, even Li Baoyu and Xie Chen smoked among the men in the family. Zhao Youcai couldn't deny it to them.
Therefore, if Zhao Youcai opens a pack of cigarettes, he can smoke for at most one day.
"The day after tomorrow?" Zhao Youcai was startled when he heard this and said, "It's the New Year's Day the day after tomorrow, what are you going to do?"
Just as Zhao Jun was about to speak, he heard Zhao Youcai say: "I don't need you to buy it, so don't go out."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned. When he was thinking about why Zhao Youcai didn't even take the money, Zhao Youcai continued: "You spend so much money as soon as you enter the city. You can't spend that much even if your family has money."
Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Zhao Jun couldn't help but smile. His father was a careful person, unlike his mother and father who spent money lavishly. In order to prevent him from going down the mountain to go shopping, his father didn't even want to smoke.
"Dad, I'm going to the city with my brother-in-law the day after tomorrow." Zhao Jun said to Zhao Youcai: "Aren't you going to send roe deer to Director Chu? If you don't send it, then after the 24th, our family will kill pigs every day, and there will be no time left.
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"Ah..." After hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhao Youcai closed his eyes and said, "Okay, then you are going out, don't buy everything. We have almost everything we need for the New Year.
Get it from a small store. Don’t be like your mother. You can buy everything that’s good and valuable. How can you live like that?”
"Yes, yes, I will buy you a few cigarettes on the way. I already have all the other things at home." In order to prevent Zhao Youcai from nagging, Zhao Jun quickly changed the subject and said: "Dad, then I will buy them for you."
Hongta Mountain? Or buy Stone Forest?"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai paused for a moment, then asked: "How much does Hongtashan cost? Four and a half yuan?"
These days, people here in Linbian don’t know Hongtashan very well. There are no small shops or forest farm stores that sell this cigarette. Everyone knows Stone Forest more.
But the cadres at the middle level and above in the forest farm, who have some knowledge, all know Hongta Mountain.
"It doesn't cost 4.5 yuan." Zhao Jun said: "It seems that the retail price at the foot of the mountain is 4.3 yuan, 4.4 yuan. If you buy it in strips...a strip is cheaper than a box."
"Ah... Then you..." Zhao Youcai hesitated for a moment and said, "Please buy me a stone forest."
"That's okay." Zhao Jun agreed simply and said: "The supply and marketing cooperative at the foot of the mountain takes the stone forest in strips, which is cheaper than here. I'm going to risk it this time and buy you ten strips, which will be enough for you to smoke for a while.
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"Okay." Zhao Youcai agreed simply, and then said: "Buy ten Stone Forests, and then you can buy me two Hongta Mountains?"
"What?" Zhao Jun didn't react for a moment. Zhao Youcai took another puff of cigarette and said, "Mix it with it."
Zhao Jun twitched the corner of his mouth, lowered his head and hurried on.
Seeing that Zhao Jun stopped talking, Zhao Youcai thought for a while and said, "For wine, just buy Xifeng."
"What did I say before that I would buy you a drink?" Zhao Jun blurted out his question.
"Then shouldn't there be wine for the treat?" Zhao Youcai said, Zhao Jun said: "Wouldn't it be nice to have that corn wine at my uncle Wang's house? And that time Director Chu came over to get you that Shanhe Bai, but one bottle was left untouched.
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Who is this person? Just now he said that Wang Meilan could not live a good life, but now he is in Shilinyan and Xifengjiu.
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhao Youcai turned his head and glanced at him, but said nothing.
Because the front is Lao Ma's house.
After entering the hospital and reaching the room, Zhao Youcai raised his hand and patted the door twice, then pulled the door open.
Zhao Youcai was not rude, on the contrary, he was considered polite. There were not so many rules in rural areas. Generally, you would not knock on the door when you came, but just pull the door open and enter.
At this time, everyone should have finished their meal, while Wang Cuihua and Ma Ling should be cleaning up outside.
But when Zhao Youcai opened the door, he saw that there was no one in the outer room, and there were sounds of cursing coming from the inner room.
When Zhao Jun saw this, he hurriedly grabbed Zhao Youcai's arm, meaning that it was inconvenient for him, so let's leave first.
But when he grabbed Zhao Youcai's arm, he heard Zhao Youcai shout: "In-laws? Do you have any relatives?"
Zhao Jun curled his lips and released his hand on Zhao Youcai's arm. When Zhao Youcai shouted, the cursing in the back room suddenly stopped.
Then I saw Ma Dafu walking out of the west room quickly, followed closely by Wang Cuihua and Ma Ling.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at them coming out of the west room, it means that it was not Ma Dafu and his wife who were fighting, but Ma Yang who got into trouble again.
"Oh, my dear! Come in, come in." When he saw Zhao Youcai standing at the door, Ma Dafu's face lit up with joy. If he hadn't been too close to the door, he would have had to run two steps.
When he arrived in front of the door, he saw Zhao Jun being blocked by Zhao Youcai. Ma Dafu's smile became even brighter and he said, "Xiaojun is here too. Come in, what are you looking at?"
Since Zhao Jun appeared on TV, Ma Dafu and his wife watched Zhao Jun with mixed feelings and curiosity.
This has nothing to do with the conditions of the Zhao family. Here in the Northeast, "benevolence and righteousness" is a very high praise for a person.
The folk customs are simple these days, and there are good people and good deeds in every village. But as soon as Shanhe TV's "Evening News" was broadcast that day, Zhao Jun became recognized as the most benevolent and righteous person in Yong'an.
Even if he is a very evil person, if you ask him to choose someone to be his friend, he will still be willing to choose someone who is kind and righteous.
The Ma family is a serious family, let alone that.
The son-in-law's benevolence and righteousness satisfy Ma Dafu and his wife more than the son-in-law's wealth.
"In-laws, come in quickly." Wang Cuihua, who came with Ma Dafu, didn't ask Zhao Youcai or whether Zhao Jun had eaten or not, and said directly: "Go sit on the kang. After I finish cooking, you and your brother Ma have something to drink."
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Ma family’s pot station is clean, and it looks like they have finished dinner. But Wang Cuihua definitely meant it when she said she wanted to cook.
"Stop working so hard, mother-in-law." Zhao Youcai smiled and said, "I came here after dinner."
"Then make some water." After Ma Dafu directed Wang Cuihua, he also ordered: "My dear, go outside and give your uncle some hair to eat."
The thing you eat is melon seeds. Plastic bags are rare in forest areas these days, and fried melon seeds will become damp if left in the house overnight.
So fried melon seeds are always placed outside, where there is no moisture at -20 to 30 degrees Celsius. When you want to eat them, just go outside and grab a few handfuls.
The Ma family's melon seeds were bought by Zhao Jun when he took Ma Ling into the city. Zhao Jun also bought them at that time, but they were all gone within a few days of taking them home.
As for the Ma family's peanuts, melon seeds, and candies, apart from being given to Ma Dafu's grandson, only Zhao Jun had eaten them once when he was a guest.
The two women got busy, Ma Dafu called Zhao Youcai, and Zhao Jun entered the house.
Ma Dafu put Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun in front of him, and he quickly walked to the door of the west room and said: "Your uncle and your brother Zhao Jun are here, don't you know how to come out and say something?"
After saying this, Ma Dafu lowered his voice to a very low level, pointed at Ma Yang and said, "You're so pretty, you're so happy!"
Ma Yang hurriedly went to the ground, went to the east room and bowed to Zhao Youcai, who was sitting on the kang, nodded and said, "Uncle Zhao."
Then, he called Zhao Jun and said: "Brother Jun."
"What's wrong with the child?" Although Ma Yang didn't look like he was crying, his submissive look, and the fact that Ma Dafu and his wife were scolding each other in the West Room before, Zhao Youcai had to ask Ma Dafu at the foot of the stairs, otherwise Ma Dafu would explain.
None of them talk.
"His sister caught him smoking." As soon as Ma Dafu said this, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai were stunned. The father and son looked at Ma Yang in unison.
At this time, Ma Yang was a little embarrassed. He stepped back and almost bumped into Wang Cuihua who was coming in with water.
"This kid!" Wang Cuihua glared at Ma Yang, and then sent two water glasses to Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun.
"Drink some water, it's warm." Wang Cuihua said to Zhao Youcai with a smile, and then said to Zhao Jun: "Jun, drink some water."
"Yes, ma'am." Zhao Jun responded with a smile and reached out to take the cup in his hand.
At this time, Ma Ling came in with a small basket woven from wicker sticks. The basket was larger than the plate and contained melon seeds, peanuts and little naughty things.
Wang Cuihua took the small basket, turned around and put it on the Kang table, and asked Zhao Youcai to eat melon seeds. After eating the peanuts, Wang Cuihua reached out and picked out two pieces of candy from the small basket and stuffed them into Zhao Jun's hands.
When she turned around, Wang Cuihua saw Ma Dafu rummaging through something in the drawer and said, "If you're not with your in-laws, what are you rummaging over there?"
"I'm getting a box of cigarettes for my in-laws." Ma Dafu closed the drawer as he spoke, and when he turned around, he had two boxes of Shilin cigarettes in his hand.
"In-laws." Ma Dafu put a box of stone forest next to Zhao Youcai's hand and said, "Take this back for you to smoke."
With that said, Ma Dafu opened the remaining box of Shilin cigarettes in his hand, then took out two cigarettes and handed one to Zhao Youcai first.
Seeing this, Wang Cuihua smiled and said to Zhao Youcai: "That day, my third uncle came and brought him these two boxes of cigarettes. He said he didn't smoke anything and was just waiting for you to come."
"Hahaha..." Zhao Youcai smiled, lit the cigarette with the fire Ma Dafu handed him, then looked at Ma Yang and said with a smile: "What are you smoking? Your dad has good cigarettes."
Ma Yang, who lowered his head, looked up at Zhao Youcai and grinned.
This kid is not smart, but he has been beaten a lot and has a lot of experience. He knew that when Zhao Youcai said this, his parents would scold him according to Zhao Youcai's words, and the matter would be over.
After listening to Zhao Youcai's words, Wang Cuihua reached out and pinched Ma Yang's arm.
After Ma Dafu got on the kang and sat down, he said to Zhao Youcai: "This guy smokes very well."
"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was startled, then looked at Ma Yang and asked with a smile: "What are you smoking?"
At this time, Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai and Ma Dafu were sitting on the kang, while Ma Ling, Wang Cuihua and Ma Yang were sitting on stools under the kang.
When asked by Zhao Youcai, Ma Yang said nothing, while Ma Ling, who was sitting next to him, whispered: "It's good to welcome the spring."
"Ouch." Zhao Youcai clicked his eyes, turned to look at Ma Dafu and said, "Who gave it to our child?"
In any case, Zhao Youcai first found a place for Ma Yang to step down. If the child stole the family's money, it would be difficult to tell him in front of himself and Zhao Jun.
Ma Dafu is not stupid. Since he mentioned this matter in front of Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai, there is a reason.
Ma Dafu took a puff of his cigarette, then leaned his head towards Zhao Youcai and said, "Li Ruhai gave it to him."
If this happens thirty or forty years from now, let alone smoking, if their children eat other people's food, parents will easily find someone else to do it.
But these days, there is no blackmail in the war. Although the cigarettes Ma Yang smoked were given by Li Ruhai, Ma Dafu and his wife still put most of the blame on their children.
As for Li Ruhai, Ma Dafu and his wife didn't want to go to the Li family to complain. They just wanted to wait until they met Li Dayong on the commuter car when they went to work tomorrow morning. Ma Dafu said it to Li Dayong as if they were chatting.
Just pull it down.
"Ah?" As soon as Ma Dafu said this, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai were stunned.
"Does Ruhai still smoke?" Zhao Youcai looked at Zhao Jun, who shook his head and said, "I don't know."
That day, Li Ruhai bought cigarettes at the Little Sequoia Forest Farm, but he did not smoke in front of Zhao Jun. Zhang Yuanmin saw it, but he did not dare to tell Zhao Jun because he was afraid of Li Ruhai's revenge, Li Baoyu said.
"Smoking." Ma Dafu took over the conversation and said, "My Ma Yang said that Li Ruhai started smoking since he stopped smoking."
"Really?" Zhao Youcai looked at Ma Yang and saw Ma Yang nodding heavily.
"Oops!" Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Zhao Jun next to him saw this and hurriedly grabbed Zhao Youcai's cotton-padded jacket under the table.
At this time, Wang Cuihua said: "That kid spends time in the small shop every day. It must have been brought to him by those second-rate guys."
Hearing what Wang Cuihua said, Zhao Youcai did not comment. After putting out the cigarette butt, Zhao Youcai said to Ma Dafu. Wang Cuihua said: "My in-laws, my in-laws' mother, my family will kill pigs on the 24th. I came here to tell you that you can go to my house to eat pork that day."
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Normally, if Zhao Youcai invited Ma Dafu to his house for dinner, Ma Dafu would definitely refuse. But when it comes to killing pigs and entertaining guests, there is no need to be polite.
"Okay." Ma Dafu responded: "Your mother-in-law and I will go early that day, and we can help you with your work after we finish."
"That's great." Similarly, if the Ma family wanted to help at this time, Zhao Youcai didn't need to refuse, and immediately smiled and said: "Then you guys come early, and when you're done, give it to your daughter, her elder brother, and your sister-in-law is also calling."
"Hey, hey, okay." Ma Dafu responded repeatedly, and at this moment Zhao Youcai stood up and said, "Then, let's go back, then."
"Sit down for a while, why are you leaving in a hurry?" Ma Dafu heard this and quickly tried to persuade him to stay.
Wang Cuihua also said: "The in-laws will sit here for a while and eat a few handfuls of melon seeds or something."
"No smoking, mother-in-law." Zhao Youcai responded, and then specifically said to Ma Yang: "Boy, you can't smoke anymore, you are too young."
"Did you hear that? Your uncle told you!" Wang Cuihua reached back and pulled Ma Yang's head. Ma Yang knew that the matter was over and he quickly said: "I heard it."
Zhao Youcai smiled and walked outside the house.
Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua followed closely to see off Zhao Youcai, while Zhao Jun, Ma Ling and Ma Yang walked behind.
After leaving the house, Zhao Jun turned around and gave Ma Ling the two naughty pieces that Wang Cuihua had given him.
Ma Ling's big eyes turned into crescent moons when she saw this scene, which made Ma Yang next to her curl her lips.