Today is Sunday. Yongan Forest Farm, which has not yet started winter production, has a normal day off.
After such a long time, Zhao Youcai's labor reform has also ended. This morning, Wang Meilan is in charge of cooking.
And Wang Meilan, who is in a good mood recently, even prepared a rich breakfast.
Boil water in a large pot and mash the corn.
This is sticky corn that was first planted in my own garden. It matures earlier than in the ground. The whole stick of corn is boiled in a pot. After it is cooked, the corn grains will be golden yellow.
Moreover, when you eat the overripe and blooming corn, it is sticky, soft, and sweet.
When cooking corn, an iron curtain is placed on top of the corn, and in the middle of the curtain is a large bowl with steamed egg stew.
This is also a home-cooked dish in the Northeast. Unlike steamed chicken cakes, the egg stew does not add water and will be hard when steamed.
But add farmhouse miso and chopped chili to the beaten eggs. After steaming, the egg stew will have layers.
The top layer is wrapped in eggs and chopped chili peppers, the middle layer is pure eggs, and the bottom layer is a mixture of eggs and sauce.
When you pick up a piece with your chopsticks, it contains eggs, chili peppers and sauce. It is salty, fragrant and spicy, and your taste buds will open up instantly.
And around the big bowl of egg stew, there are small eggplants. They are all tender eggplants that are as long as a handful, so tender that they are green and seedless.
Steam the eggplant like this in a pot, tear it into strips, chop it with coriander, and mix it with soy sauce, sesame oil, and minced garlic, and the fragrance will be maximized.
Zhao Hong and Zhao Na are not interested in mixing eggplant, but they like sticky corn and egg stew very much.
It's just that the two little girls couldn't eat spicy food, so Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai ate the top layer of the egg stew with chili, and gave them the bottom two layers without chili.
With the love and care of their father and brother, Zhao Hong and Zhao Na ate the sticky corn with chopsticks in their hands, which was delicious.
This freshly cooked corn is very hot.
The child couldn't hold it directly with his hands. Zhao Jun inserted the thin end of a chopstick through the thick end of the corn, and then asked his sister to hold the part of the chopstick that was left outside the corn stick and gnaw it horizontally in front of his mouth.<
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You know, such a table of farm food, although there is no meat, can make people appetite.
Coupled with the fact that the whole family is having fun, talking and laughing, the meal becomes even more delicious.
The opposite of the Zhao family is Zhu Dashan. Even if he is eating chicken stewed with mushrooms, Zhu Dashan is not happy, especially when the chicken is leftover.
Zhu Dashan took two mouthfuls of food and went out to find an old friend. He stayed at his house for a while and then came to Zhao Jun's house again.
As soon as Zhu Dashan arrived at the door of Zhao Jun's house, the dogs in Zhao Jun's and Li's courtyards began to bark. Zhu Dashan did not dare to enter the courtyard. He stood at the door of the courtyard and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Is there someone in the family?"
Hearing that someone was coming, Zhao Youcai put away his chopsticks, sat on the kang, stretched his neck, and looked outside. Wang Meilan also turned around and looked outside along the window.
"Why is this old man here again?" Seeing that it was Zhu Dashan, Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun doubtfully. When Zhu Dashan came to borrow the dog yesterday morning, Zhao Youcai was not at home, but he knew that something was going on.
"Who knows." Zhao Jun put down his chopsticks and moved to the edge of the kang while saying, "Maybe you want to borrow the dog again, right?"
"Son, don't go." Zhao Youcai grabbed Zhao Jun and said to him: "You eat, I'll go."
Zhao Youcai was not at home yesterday, but today he is at home. Now that an outsider is here, he, the "head of the family," has to step in.
As for Zhao Youcai's attitude towards Zhao Jun today, why is it so good?
That's because the forest farm pays wages on the 10th of every month. As soon as the wages are paid, Zhao Jun will pay him a tribute of five yuan.
Therefore, every first month of the month, Zhao Youcai would show his kind side to Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun accepted the care from his father calmly. But when he saw Zhao Youcai getting off the kang, he turned around and asked Zhao Jun again: "If he wants to borrow a dog, why don't you bring it to him?"
When Zhao Jun heard this, he turned to look at Zhao Youcai and said, "Dad, he wants to borrow the dog, so don't let him hold it. Just tell him that I will take the dog in the evening and help him stay overnight."
Zhao Jun also figured it out. Instead of lending the dog out and worrying about it himself, he might as well take the dog and help Zhu Dashan watch it for a night, which would be considered as giving enough face to his relatives.
And after this night, Zhao Jun will not care about whether he hunted the black bear or not, and no matter what happens in the future.
"Okay, I understand." Zhao Youcai responded and walked out. Wang Meilan thought for a while, put down her chopsticks and followed Zhao Youcai out.
"Go! Go!" Zhao Youcai went out of the house, barked the dog twice, walked toward the door facing Zhu Dashan, and said, "Uncle Zhu, have you eaten yet?"
"Youcai is at home." When Zhu Dashan saw Zhao Youcai, he smiled and said politely: "I've finished eating, have you eaten yet?"
"I'm eating right now." Zhao Youcai said, "Uncle Zhu, let's go inside and have another bite."
"No, no." Upon hearing this, the old man waved his hand and refused.
"Uncle Zhu." At this time, Wang Meilan also came out. When Zhu Dashan came yesterday, she went to help Jin Xiaomei deliver meals to the construction site.
Because at this time, Zhao Jun's house was completed, but Li Baoyu's new house had to wait two more days to be completed.
Wang Meilan came closer, stood next to Zhao Youcai, and called to Zhu Dashan: "Uncle Zhu, if you don't want to eat, why don't you come in and drink some water."
"No more drinking." Zhu Dashan waved his hand and said, "I'm here to do something, and I'll leave after I finish speaking."
As soon as Zhu Dashan finished speaking, Zhao Youcai asked: "Uncle Zhu, do you still want to borrow the dog?"
"No!" As soon as Zhao Youcai said those words, Zhu Dashan's expression suddenly changed and he immediately refused.
He didn’t dare to take Zhao Jun’s dog home.
Such a big reaction from the old man made Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan stunned. They thought to themselves, if you don't lend the dog, what are you doing here?
"I can't control your dog." Zhu Dashan didn't care what Zhao Youcai or Wang Meilan thought, he just said: "I know your family raises sheep. I'm thinking about it and ask if your sheep can be sold. If so,
I want to buy one."
Since the beginning of summer, Wang Meilan has taken her three sheep out every afternoon and driven them to graze in the meadow at Tunxitou.
Now, the two lambs are almost 40 pounds. Wang Meilan is thinking of raising them until next year, when Zhao Jun gets married, she will kill the pigs and sheep, so that Beier can entertain the guests with dignity.
And she herded sheep every day. As time went by, everyone in the village knew that her family raised sheep.
At this time, hearing that Zhu Dashan wanted to buy sheep, Wang Meilan frowned slightly, looked at Zhu Dashan and asked: "Uncle Zhu, what are you going to buy sheep for? Do you also want to hunt leopards?"
As soon as Wang Meilan said these words, Zhao Youcai's expression changed instantly. He couldn't help but think of the big ewe he bought for eighty yuan when he was in Yongsheng Village. The eighty yuan was all for himself.
The hard-earned private money!
"Ah?" Zhu Dashan was a little confused. The old man didn't know why Wang Meilan still brought up the leopard. He just said: "I don't want to fight the leopard, I want to fight the black blind man. Isn't this the black blind man in my corn field? Yesterday, there was a black blind man.
Lend me your dog and..."
At this point, Zhu Dashan felt a little bitter in his heart, and immediately stopped mentioning this sad thing, and just said: "I'm just thinking about two explosives to see if I can kill that black blind man."
"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was stunned when he heard this, and said doubtfully: "Uncle Zhu, you can also make bombs? I have never heard that you can do this?"
There are specialties in the art industry.
Three generations of the Zhao family are famous for fighting sieges, but none of them know how to deal with bombs.
Moreover, he has quite a skill in making deep-fried subs. He can fry black bears with fried subs, not only if they are tender, but also if they are too strong.
"No." Zhu Dashan shook his head and explained to Zhao Youcai: "I just went to Lao Jiang's house. Mr. Jiang has explosives."
The old ghost Jiang mentioned by Zhu Dashan is a person’s nickname.
This man's surname is Jiang and his given name is Hua, and he is already sixty years old this year. And this old man doesn't know anything but playing a pair to smash a badger, and a bomb to destroy a black bear.
He excels in these two crafts once he specializes in them. This old man has made them perfect.
But now that he is old and unable to go up the mountain, these skills have been put on hold.
But today, Zhu Dashan came to see him. When Jiang Hua heard that he was going to make explosives in the corn fields, he refused without hesitation.
Because there are people coming and going in the crop fields, if someone collapses, it will be a big trouble.
But when he heard Zhu Dashan say that his plot of land that attracted gangsters was next to a mountain farm, Jiang Hua immediately agreed.
Moreover, Jiang Hua looked very interested and insisted on following Zhu Dashan. He even told Zhu Dashan that if he could bring down the black bear, two-thirds of the black bear's bile would be sold for money.
The remaining one-third belongs to Zhu Dashan.
Zhu Dashan thought for a while and agreed.
After all, Jiang Hua is the one who makes the explosives and masters the craftsmanship. He can mix one-third of the bear bile along with it, and he can also keep his own food. No matter how you think about it, it is cost-effective.
But to wrap the bomb, you have to wrap the bomb around the bait.
The best bait to lure black bears is suet. Because it has a strong smell, when it blows in the wind, nearby black bears will smell it.
Of course, old cows are also bad, but the cost of killing old cows is too high and no one can afford it.
After Zhu Dashan thought about it, he came to Zhao Jun's house again, a place that could arouse his sadness, to find Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan to buy sheep.
But he wants to buy it, but Wang Meilan doesn't want to sell it at all. A sheep weighing more than thirty kilograms can't be bought for much at all, but it will be a big deal if it is raised until the end of the year.
Moreover, the most important thing is that there is no cost to feed sheep in summer and autumn. Sheep will gain weight by eating grass. How suitable this is.
Therefore, if you sell the lamb now, you will lose a lot of money.
But they were relatives after all, so Wang Meilan did not refuse directly, but just persuaded: "Uncle Zhu, I have to say something that you don't want to hear."
"Ah, I have a wealthy wife, tell me."
Wang Meilan said: "You are such a good lamb, but if you feed it into the belly of a mountain animal, wouldn't it be blinded in vain?"
Wang Meilan said and glanced sideways at Zhao Youcai. Zhao Youcai seemed to feel something and took a step back quietly.
After hearing Wang Meilan's words, Zhu Dashan frowned. He also knew that the cost of doing so was a bit high. Even if the two families were related, they couldn't take the Zhao Jun family's lamb for nothing. They had to throw in twenty yuan anyway.<
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How much did his family pay for this blind man? Another twenty yuan, not to mention Wang Juan, even Zhu Dashan felt a pain in his body.
Seeing that Zhu Dashan was silent, Wang Meilan said again: "Besides, Uncle Zhu, why do you insist on taking the whole sheep? I heard my dad say before that the whole dead cat and rotten dog are left there, and the black blind man smells the stench.
I will definitely come."
The father in Wang Meilan’s mouth refers to Zhao Jun’s father. Moreover, Wang Meilan’s words are not false.
Blind bears eat scavengers and have a keen sense of smell. If they smell the stench of dead cats or rotten dogs nearby, they will definitely come.
When Zhu Dashan heard this, he nodded, but said: "Rich wife, I know what you are talking about, but where can I go to punish that damn cat or rotten dog?"
"Uncle Zhu!" Wang Meilan said with a smile: "If you don't have a dead cat or a dog, you will be a dead chicken or a dead goose. It's so hot today. If you leave it under the sun for a day, won't it stink?"
"Ouch!" When Zhu Dashan heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. He gave Wang Meilan a thumbs up and said, "If you are a wealthy wife, you can do it. Killing a chicken is better than killing a sheep. How can you save both the young and old?"
"That's right." Wang Meilan saw that Zhu Dashan was persuaded by her, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhu, if your family doesn't have chickens, my family does, and I will buy you one."
"No! No need!" Zhu Dashan hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, but he suddenly remembered something, sighed immediately, and muttered as if to himself: "If I had known this earlier, my daughter-in-law would not let the chicken stew."
, that’ll be fine.”
"Uncle Zhu, what are you talking about?" Zhao Youcai on the side asked with some confusion.
"It's nothing." Zhu Dashan raised his head and looked at Zhao Youcai. Wang Meilan smiled and said: "I'm fine. I'll go back right away. You can also come in and eat."
"Uncle Zhu." Wang Meilan continued to speak politely and said, "Why are you leaving in a hurry? Come inside and sit for a while."
"I won't sit down anymore." Zhu Dashan shook his head and said, "Let's go home in a hurry and kill the chicken."
After saying that, the old man waved his hands to the couple, turned around and walked out of the hospital.
"Uncle Zhu, walk slowly!" Zhao Youcai sent him out of the hospital and warned him before returning to his house.
As soon as Zhao Youcai entered the east room, he heard Wang Meilan talking to Zhao Jun about what had just happened.
When he heard that Zhu Dashan had gone to find Mr. Jiang, Zhao Jun was quite relieved. He knew that the old man Jiang Hua, although a ghost, was really good at making explosives.
In his previous life, when Zhao Jun went hunting in the mountains, he saw Jiang Hua's nephew making explosives. It is said that he learned his skill from Jiang Hua.
Seeing Zhao Youcai coming back at this time, Zhao Jun remembered the conversation with Zhu Dashan yesterday, and asked Zhao Youcai curiously, "Dad, Ma Ling's uncle, did you fight with me before?"
"Hit the old girl!" Zhao Youcai was not polite and complained directly: "I heard from your grandma that in the early years, Ma Ling and her uncle drove the sledge for the landlord's house. All year round, he could not make a living. Your father looked at him
Poor thing, what's going on? Just let him drive up on the sledge and pull it out. After pulling it back, give him some meat and that's it."
"Ah!" Zhao Jun suddenly realized that yesterday he heard the old man claiming to be with Pa'er. He thought it was the old man's humor, but he didn't expect that he was just a layman and said that.
After eating, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai went to the Li family's construction site and helped out for a day.
In the evening, the two of them went home to eat and sleep, and spent the whole night in silence.
The next morning, Zhao Jun went to work as usual and studied in the acceptance team. And the same happened on the third day.
But the third day is August 11th.
While studying, Zhao Jun passed Xu Baoshan's inspection very early. Before two o'clock in the afternoon, he left the forest farm and headed home.
Because today is the day when the Li Baoyu family's house is completed, the Li family, according to the rules, has to arrange a meal for the villagers who come to help.
But Li Dayong and Zhao Youcai are very busy at the forest farm, and they have to wait until after get off work to come back.
Therefore, Zhao Jun wanted to go home early and help Jin Xiaomei and Li Baoyu with their work.
He had just left the mountain field and was about to enter the village when he saw Li Ruhai running along the southern path with a schoolbag on his shoulder.
"This child is sensible!" Zhao Jun looked at Li Ruhai who was running and sweating profusely, thinking that this child must have known something was going on at home and wanted to come back to help, so he ran back in a hurry.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun, who had always regarded Li Ruhai as his younger brother, couldn't help but feel a little relieved. Even if he knew that this child had skipped school, he was not prepared to criticize him.
"Jun...Brother Jun..." Li Ruhai came to Zhao Jun, stopped, stretched out his hand to support Zhao Jun's arm, bent down, and gasped for air.
"Slow down, slow down." Zhao Jun gently stroked the back of Li Ruhai's hand and said gently: "Your aunt and Brother Zhang are helping at home, so you don't have to come back in a hurry."
"No, no." Young is good. At this time, Li Ruhai had already calmed down, grabbed Zhao Jun's arm, and said shakingly: "Brother Jun, I heard something in school. After I listened, I didn't even attend class."
Once you get on it, run back."
When Zhao Jun heard this, the smile on his face instantly froze, and his eyes looking at Li Ruhai were full of evil.
Li Ruhai didn't care at all, and only said to Zhao Jun: "Brother Jun, something big has happened! Someone is dead!"