Zhao Jun did not recognize this person at first, but as soon as Wu Dalin called Aunt Zhao, Zhao Jun knew who he was.
"Oh, are you here?" Wang Meilan was deeply impressed by Wu Dalin and recognized him at a glance. After saying hello, Wang Meilan smiled and said to Wu Dalin: "I told you, you can't call him that, that's not good.
,hehehe..."
Hearing Wang Meilan's tone of voice and looking at her cheerful look, Zhao Jun and Li Ruhai both curled their lips.
Wu Dalin was even more powerful, and I don’t know where he learned it. He bowed to Wang Meilan, nodded, and said, “I can’t thank you enough. Thanks to you, my family’s life is getting better day by day.”
"Ouch!" When Wang Meilan heard this, she asked in surprise: "Really?"
Wang Meilan recognized Wu Dalin and knew that Wu Dalin first made some money selling fox skins, and then used the money earned to buy an air rifle at the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce.
With that air gun, Wu Dalin had beaten ten gray skins in the past half month.
A piece of gray leather costs nearly 40 yuan, plus the Wu Dalin family's children made money by digging into fox holes and trapping foxes. A conservative estimate is that the Wu Dalin family earned 400 yuan in the past half month.
Wang Meilan was deeply impressed by Wu Dalin, and she knew all this.
Therefore, when Wang Meilan asked Wu Dalin that "really", she was not asking whether Wu Dalin's family was really getting better? It was asking Wu Dalin, was it really his own fault that his family was getting better?
"Really!" Wu Dalin nodded heavily and said, "The last time I came back from your house, I went to the market to buy stove fruits, candy balls, and frozen pears. Those will make our children happy."
At this point, Wu Dalin pointed back out of the window and said: "Today is not the last episode of the year. I will buy him twenty kilograms of meat in a while, and then I will raise my children to have a prosperous New Year."
"Oh, that's great." Wang Meilan said: "The children are growing taller, so don't be too harsh."
"Yeah." Wu Dalin nodded and said with a smile: "The conditions at home are better now. I'm thinking about sending my children to school next year."
"That would be better." After hearing what Wu Dalin said, Wang Meilan said: "Let the children learn something, it is better than not learning at all."
"Auntie." After Wang Meilan finished speaking, Li Ruhai took over and said to Wang Meilan with a smile: "By setting up this chamber of commerce, you can be considered a blessing."
Hearing Li Ruhai's words, Wang Meilan was startled, then waved her hands and said: "You kid is just talking nonsense, how can you, haha..."
"Why not?" Li Ruhai said with a smile: "What you did for our fellow villagers has already given birth to you and raised you in this land."
Zhao Jun felt awkward hearing Li Ruhai's words, but Wang Meilan laughed without her eyes.
"Cough!" At this time, Zhao Jun coughed lightly and called to Wu Dalin, and Wang Jinbo and the other two said: "Well... let's go up to the house and get warm on the kang."
When Wang Meilan heard this, she immediately realized that she couldn't always have people standing at the door, and quickly called the two of them into the house.
Zhao Jun let the two people into the house, and the three of them got on the kang. Li Ruhai did not sit down on the edge of the kang, but stood close to Zhao Jun.
"Here, drink water." Wang Meilan poured water for the two of them, and then stopped Li Ruhai who was about to pass the leaf cigarettes to the two of them.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Meilan took out a box of Yingchun from the drawer and said, "Why smoke that one? Smoke this one."
Seeing Wang Meilan unpacking the cigarette, Wu Dalin hurriedly said: "Grandma Zhao is not good at it, how can we smoke this? We smoke leaf cigarettes which are good!"
"What kind of leaf cigarettes are you smoking?" Wang Meilan took out two cigarettes and distributed them to the two of them: "Just smoke this!"
"Thank you, Grandma Zhao!" Wu Dalin thanked Wang Meilan. Wang Jinbo on the side was not so flattering and just nodded to Wang Meilan.
But then, Wang Meilan handed the remaining cigarettes to Wu Dalin and said, "Here are you, take them home and smoke them."
"Huh?" Wang Jinbo stared at this scene, thinking to himself, why should I call out to Grandma Zhao now to make the trip?
Wu Dalin took the cigarette and thanked Wang Meilan repeatedly.
Wang Meilan did not sit on the Kang, but pulled the four-cornered eight-pointed stool and sat down.
After sitting down, Wang Meilan asked Wu Dalin: "How are you doing recently?"
Wang Meilan asked, definitely asking about the rewards of going up the mountain.
"Thanks to you." This Wu Dalin must have learned from a powerful person. He talks nicely and talks about you. You know, there is no way to talk like this here.
Wu Dalin said: "It's hard to find food in the mountains these days. Greyhounds are busy. I've hunted four in the past seven days."
In autumn, hazelnuts, pine nuts, and acorns are everywhere in the mountains. From the beginning of winter to the beginning of spring, it becomes more and more difficult to obtain food.
Therefore, every spring is the time when mountain animals are at their thinnest.
In order to save energy and maintain calories, mountain livestock in this season spend most of the day lying in their dens. During the limited time for foraging, they will become more and more active.
Squirrels are like this. They go out to look for food from six or seven o'clock to nine or ten o'clock every morning. Due to the difficulty of finding food, their activity volume and range of activities are larger than before.
In this way, the squirrels have more opportunities to obtain food and give it to hunters.
As Wu Dalin spoke, he opened the triangular bag he brought.
A torn fox skin wrapped in four gray skins. There was also a linen roll wrapped in four frozen white-striped squirrels.
"This fox skin will be broken by the children." Wu Dalin smiled and said to Wang Meilan: "It depends on your wishes. If you like it, I will give it to you two. If you don't, I will pull it down."
"Let me take a look." Wang Meilan stood up, took the fox skin, and then said to Zhao Jun: "Son, take away those gray skins."
What Wang Meilan said was to accept it and let Zhao Jun inspect the goods.
The fox skin in Wang Meilan's hand was torn on the neck and back. Wang Meilan took one look at it, folded it and held it in her hand, waiting for the result from Zhao Jun.
"Two males and two females." Zhao Jun said this. Wang Meilan looked at Wu Dalin and said: "I'll give you five yuan for this leather."
"It's not that much." Wu Dalin shook his head, waved his hand, and said, "You can give me two yuan as a reward."
"No, Master Wu?" Zhao Jun couldn't bear it anymore. He stopped Wu Dalin from talking and asked, "Who did you learn from to talk like this?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Hehe..." Wu Dalin smiled and said: "My son taught me this. After reading the book, he told me that you have to be polite when you come here."
"What kind of book is your son reading?" Li Ruhai was also curious, and when he asked, Wu Dalin said calmly: "It's a book about villains."
Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan: "..."
At this time, Li Ruhai seemed to have met a confidant. He asked Wu Dalin: "What kind of villain book is it? What does it talk about?"
"I can't read." Wu Dalin said with a bitter smile: "I don't know what to say. I just heard from my children that he was the last emperor of our country."
""The Last Emperor"?" Li Ruhai had read the book. He immediately told the title of the book and pointed out Wu Dalin's mistake, saying: "That is not our country, that is the evil old society."
"Ah, yes, yes!" Wu Dalin nodded repeatedly and said, "There is also a female emperor or something?"
"Wu Zetian?" Li Ruhai asked. Wu Dalin shook his head and said, "I think there are four characters on the skin."
The skin Wu Dalin refers to is the cover of the Little Man's Book.
Li Ruhai had "family origins". After hearing Wu Dalin's words, he immediately said: ""Empress Wu's participation in politics"?"
"We don't know whether it's positive or negative." Wu Dalin shook his head and said, "I don't understand it anyway."
Li Ruhai: "..."
Li Ruhai curled his lips slightly and secretly glanced at Zhao Jun beside him. The gangster in front of him was as uneducated as his elder brother. If you talk to him about literature, he will interrupt you.
"Okay, let's forget about the wrong and let's go straight." At this time, Wang Meilan made the final decision and said: "Even with this fox skin and those four squirrel meats, I will give you five yuan. That's how much it is. If you want less,
Just include me a little. If you want more, you can buy meat and have a good New Year with your children."
"Ouch!" Wu Dalin heard this, clasped his fists towards Wang Meilan, and said, "Thank you, Aunt Zhao! Thank you, Aunt Zhao!"
"Okay, okay." Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "Sit down and drink some water. I'll get the money for you."
With that said, Wang Meilan stood up and said to Zhao Jun: "Son, what do you think the master got?"
Zhao Jun responded, and Wang Jinbo opened his triangular pocket and took out four gray leather rolls.
Wang Jinbo didn't take the squirrel meat. He roasted the squirrel meat for his children. His children competed in martial arts. Dalin's children were greedy and didn't know how to make progress. Wang Meilan didn't say anything, so Zhao Jun could only give him the regular price, without missing a penny.
Even if I give it, I won’t give much.
The two of them were in a hurry to go to the market and did not sit at Zhao's house for long. When they were sent to the outhouse, Wang Meilan suddenly remembered something and asked: "What...Master Wu, do you have any potato seeds at home?"
"Ah?" Wu Dalin was stunned and asked: "Grandma Zhao, potato seeds... do you want to accept them too?"
"There is less preparation this year." Wang Meilan smiled and said: "If there are any, if they are not sprouts and are as small as eyeballs, I will pay them three cents a pound."
It is normal for potatoes to sprout. If you store them for a long time, it will become even more normal.
But at this time, as long as it is put in the cellar and managed well, it will not be the time to grow buds.
Upon hearing the price given by Wang Meilan, Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo's eyes lit up.
One place, one price.
There are so many potatoes here, and even thirty or forty years later, when we stock up on autumn vegetables here, the potatoes will only cost three or four cents a pound.
And now here in Yong'an Forest District, every family grows potatoes, and there is no one who buys potatoes in large quantities. In July and August, when the early potatoes come down, there are a few for sale at the market. They are all cheap, only a pound.
Just one point, one point and five.
Therefore, the price given by Wang Meilan is indeed acceptable.
"Sister-in-law Zhao Da..." Wang Jinbo was not as thick-skinned as Wu Dalin after all. After changing his words, he said to Wang Meilan: "My family has two hundred kilograms of potatoes in Hua La, Hua La."
As soon as Wang Jinbo finished speaking, Wu Dalin squeezed past him and said to Wang Meilan: "Grandma Zhao, my family also has two hundred catties."
As soon as Wu Dalin said this, Wang Jinbo's heart suddenly suddenly felt that his family's hope of making money was gone.
For a moment, Wang Jinbo wanted to slap himself in the face. What would he do with that face?
But what Wang Jinbo didn't expect was that Wang Meilan waved her hand and said: "Your two families only have 400 kilograms, and I want both of them. What's next... Master Wu, help me search and find in the countryside.
Add your four hundred catties and give me two thousand catties."
There are more than a dozen dogs and jackals in the east and west courtyards. They have to be fed every day, and the potatoes they buy have to be eaten until the end of July.
The fact that Wang Meilan asked Wu Dalin to help her with arrangements was not a problem for Wu Dalin. It was all a favor to whichever company he helped make money.
Wang Meilan and Wu Dalin made an agreement that Wu Dalin would discuss the matter when he returned to the village. Tomorrow morning, he would go harvest potatoes during the Great Liberation.
Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo came out of Zhao's house, touched the cigarettes in their pockets, and walked happily towards the market.
And the money Wang Meilan gave him was more than three yuan, which could buy several kilograms of meat.
Today is the last episode of the year. Everyone who wants to buy something is here, and everyone who wants to sell something is here.
The market was always lively, with people calling to buy and sell, adults and children wailing and shouting.
"Borrow the light, borrow the light." Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo, who were stroking the two sides, heard someone behind them telling them to make way. Wu and Wang stepped aside, and then they saw a man carrying a sack.
Immediately afterwards, two more men carrying sacks passed by.
The three of them went to the front, put the sacks away, and took out things from inside.
"Dalin." Wang Jinbo pulled Wu Dalin, tilted his chin toward the three of them, and said, "Is that from Yong'an Village? What's going on?"
"Chen Dalai." Wu Dalin said: "Those two are his brothers-in-law."
They have been running around in this area for so many years. Even though they have never interacted with each other, they have not been in contact with each other, and they still look familiar even if they cannot call each other by name.
"Huh? They seem to be selling meat." Wang Jinbo tugged Wu Dalin's arm again and said, "Come on, let's go over and take a look."
When Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo passed by, Chen Dalai, Zheng Guangjun, and Zheng Guangcai were still laying out meat there.
"Wild boar meat?" Wu Dalin came over and asked. Chen Dalai looked up and nodded: "Ah."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Chen Dalai could not name Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo, but he recognized them and knew that they were hooligans.
Although Chen Dalai's family conditions are not good, he still has a sense of superiority in front of the gangsters. In Chen Dalai's view, Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo can buy five kilograms of meat alone, or they may work together to buy it.
Five pounds.
"How much does it cost per pound?" Wang Jinbo asked, and Chen Dalei said, "Thirty-five cents."
"Can it be cheaper?" Wang Jinbo asked again, and Chen Dalei said: "It can't be cheaper, isn't it the same price?"
In the past, wild boar meat cost 50 cents per pound, but now the wild boar meat is not delicious, so the price has dropped to 35 cents.
Wang Jinbo also knows that bargaining is a three-pronged bargain whether there are jujubes or not.
After hearing what Chen Dalai said, Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo squatted in front of the stall.
It was time to buy something. When Chen Dalai saw this, he said: "They are all five pounds per pound. You can take whichever one you like."
"This meat is quite fresh." Wu Dalin muttered, and Chen Dalai asked: "Can the wild boar we shot yesterday afternoon not be fresh?"
When Chen Dalai was talking, he saw Wu Dalin pick up five kilograms of wild boar meat and put it at his feet, and then took another five kilograms.
Seeing Wu Dalin put five doulu, which is five, five and twenty-five kilograms of wild boar meat, in front of his feet, Zheng Guangjun couldn't help but said: "How much do you want?"
"I want thirty catties." Wu Dalin originally wanted to buy twenty catties, but Wang Meilan gave him more money, so he wanted thirty catties.
Don’t think thirty pounds of meat is too much. Eat one meal of meat in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve, one meal of dumplings in the evening, one meal of dumplings in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, one meal of meat in the afternoon, another meal on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and another meal on the second day of the second lunar month.
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"Thirty pounds?" Zheng Guangjun was stunned when he heard this, and blurted out: "Who are you bringing it to?"
"I won't bring it to anyone." As Wu Dalin spoke, he took another five kilograms of meat, and then continued: "I eat it at home."
"Eat it at home?" Zheng Guangcai clicked his eyes, looked at Wu Dalin and asked, "Is your surname Wu?"
"Ah!" Wu Dalin nodded, and while taking money out of his pocket, he said, "What?"
"Don't you live in Xishantun?" Zheng Guangcai asked again. When Wu Dalin nodded, he asked again: "Aren't there any hooligans in your family?"
Wu Dalin, who was taking the money, was startled. He looked up at Zheng Guangcai and said, "No? What happened to me, a gangster?"
"No, no." Chen Dalai saw that something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Brother, he has no intention of being involved."
"Who do you call brother?" Wu Dalin pushed Chen Dalai's hand away, then looked at Zheng Guangcai and asked, "What do you mean? I, a gangster, can't eat meat anymore? Who do you look down on?"
"Brother...Brother, you misunderstood, he really didn't mean that." Chen Dalai grabbed the cigarette pocket on his back and said to Wu Dalin: "Look at my face, don't pay attention to him. What...
Calm down, I'll roll you a cigarette to smoke."
"I'm smoking that J8 thing of yours." Wu Dalin pushed Chen Dalai's hand away again, then took out the Spring Festival cigarettes given by Wang Meilan from his pocket, and said to Chen Dalai and the others: "I have some good cigarettes."
As he said that, Wu Dalin took out another wad of money from his pocket, gestured to Chen Dalai and the others in his hand, and said, "Don't look down on others! Damn it! Who can't afford it?"
The more he talked, the more angry he became. Wu Dalin raised his foot and kicked the six-dulu wild boar meat he picked out, shouting: "I won't buy yours anymore! Pretty, there is a lot of meat in this episode, why do I still have to buy yours?"
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Chen Dalai and the other three swallowed their anger. First, Zheng Guangcai was indeed wrong, and second, he wanted to sell the meat. As a result, Wu Dalin cursed and refused to buy it, and Zheng Guangcai exploded instantly.
Chen Dalai didn't stop anyone. Zheng Guangjun and Zheng Guangcai rushed over, held Wu Dalin down and beat him.
There is little ambiguity in the battle between one village and another.
When Wang Jinbo saw that Wu Dalin was in trouble, he did not go to save Wu Dalin, but went straight to Chen Dalai.
Wang Jinbo was right. Only by killing Chen Dalai first could he help Wu Dalin out of the siege. Otherwise, Chen Dalai would easily attack them from behind.
The five people disagreed and started fighting, making this episode even more lively.