Chapter 413: Helping the Widow and Retreating to the Second Line
Chewing cud, also called rumination.
This is a living habit that only herbivores such as cows and roe deer have. Specifically, after eating for a period of time, they will spit out the undigested food in their stomachs, then chew it before eating it.<
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Zhao Jun said that the black tiger chewed cud because when he ate bear meat in the mountains before, this guy swallowed four pieces of bear meat in a row, then ran to the side, spit out the bear meat in a place where there were no other dogs, and slowly enjoyed it.
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Zhao Jun knew that the black tiger's behavior had nothing to do with chewing cud or ruminating. It just wanted to eat more and occupy more and protect the food.
This is the first time that Zhao Jun has seen such a masterpiece in his two lifetimes.
Unlike the black tigers who eat all the trenches, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu did not eat in the mountains at noon. So after Wang Meilan boiled the water and dipped it in bear bile, she heated up some leftovers for them and asked Zhao Jun to eat the leftovers.
Let's take a break with Li Baoyu. After all, it's three o'clock in the afternoon, and it will be time to have dinner soon.
After dinner, Li Baoyu went home, and Zhao Jun went back to his room to sleep. If nothing else happened, Han Shang should have been invited by Zhao Guofeng to see Mrs. Lao Jiang. If he goes to see Mrs. Lao Jiang now, Han Shang cannot come. Why not wait?
In the evening, ask Han Shang to come and inject these dogs.
Not long after Zhao Jun fell asleep, he was woken up by the sound of a dog barking. He sat up from the kang and looked out the window. Then he heard a noise in the outer room. It was Wang Meilan who had gone out of the house.
As soon as he saw that his mother was gone, Zhao Jun lay down again and continued to sleep while he was still sleepy.
But as soon as Zhao Jun fell asleep, Wang Meilan entered his room, went to the edge of the kang, and whispered: "Son, son!"
"Mom, what happened?"
When Zhao Jun opened his eyes, he saw Wang Meilan looking at him with a smile, and she was holding a stack of unity in her hand, with about forty or fifty sheets.
Zhao Jun reacted immediately and asked: "Uncle Zhao has sent money?"
"Yeah." Wang Meilan smiled and said, "I asked Jinshan to send it to me."
Zhao Jun lifted up the thin quilt covering his belly, got up from the kang, and said to Wang Meilan: "Mom, divide this money among yourself, keep one for our family, give one to my Uncle Li's family, and give the remaining one to me.
I’ll send it to Brother Long.”
"Okay!" When it comes to this, Wang Meilan is good at it. She did the math in her mind, counted sixteen pieces from the pile of money, put it next to Zhao Jun's pillow, and then took out a five-yuan piece from her pocket.
Two pieces of Zhang Yuan, put them together with the sixteen big unity pieces just separated.
Zhao Jun took the money, got off the kang, put on his cloth shirt, pulled on his cloth shoes and left the house.
At this time, it was almost half past four, and in Shanchang Village, the sun was setting and a cool breeze was blowing.
Zhao Jun walked slowly and leisurely towards Wang Dalong's house, but as soon as he turned to the right, he suddenly stopped.
It turned out that there were two people squeezed between the earthen wall of Sun's house and the big willow tree where he turned to the right.
There is a man and a woman. The woman is Jiang Xiaolan, the widow of Sun Dachin, from the family next door. And the man is none other than Wang Dalong, whom Zhao Jun is looking for on this trip.
The corner of the wall formed a right angle, with Zhao Jun on one side and the two men on the other side. Zhao Jun leaned against the wall and listened to their muttering.
"Sister." Wang Dalong said: "Brother, I'm sorry for you, I can't get that black blind man's palm."
"Yo!" When Jiang Xiaolan spoke, the voice made Zhao Jun frown and make a tone. In later words, it was coquettish.
Jiang Xiaolan said: "You promised me yesterday, but why did you change your mind today? Did you give it to some little girl or daughter-in-law?"
"Haha..." Wang Dalong said with a smile: "Look, sister, what are you talking about? How can I have a little wife? Let me tell you, I saw Mrs. Lao Jiang when I was staying in the village today, and I saw how pitiful she was.
I couldn't bear it, so I told Zhao Jun and Baoyu to leave those black blind palms to the old lady."
Okay, Zhao Jun is a good person and good deed, but he has to do it to him.
"Ouch!" Jiang Xiaolan reached out and patted Wang Dalong's chest, and said with a smile: "You are quite clever."
"Haha..." Wang Dalong chuckled and said, "Then look, haven't I always been very nice to you?"
Jiang Xiaolan rolled her eyes at Wang Dalong, rolled her eyes, and said, "Then if you say so, if something happens to me, do you have to help me?"
When Wang Dalong heard this, he leaned against Jiang Xiaolan, shoulder to shoulder, and asked with a wicked smile: "How do you want me to help you?"
Jiang Xiaolan pushed Wang Dalong on her shoulder, and with the force of the rebound, the two of them were further apart. She looked left and right, and when she saw no one there, she said: "My son is going to junior high school. These young men are trying to kill me, but I'm still here."
He’s dead a long time ago. Look, you can help me.”
"What else are you talking about?" Wang Dalong said with a smile: "Your son, isn't he my son? When Big Chin was alive, my brothers were so good. But when he is gone, I have to help him and take care of you two.
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The more Wang Dalong talked, the closer he got to Jiang Xiaolan. This time, Jiang Xiaolan stopped hiding and whispered: "Then if you want to help me, what can your wife do?"
"As an old man, how can I still be afraid of her?" Wang Dalong raised his eyebrows, tilted his lips, and promised: "If I kill this black blind man, the village will give me a reward. Then I will give you fifty
You and our son will spend the money first."
"Oh, that's great."
"Okay?" Wang Dalong smiled mischievously, put his face in front of Jiang Xiaolan, and said, "I'm so good, but you didn't even ask me to come in and drink some water."
"Not today." Jiang Xiaolan said, "My son is at home. You wait until he goes to school tomorrow morning and then come back."
"That's okay, that's okay." Wang Dalong agreed hastily.
At this time, Jiang Xiaolan raised her hand to knock off his outstretched hand, glanced left and right in panic, and then said to Wang Dalong: "Don't worry, wait until tomorrow morning."
Speaking of this, Jiang Xiaolan added another sentence: "When I come here tomorrow morning, bring me fifty yuan too!"
"Got it!"
From what these two people said, there must be no big drama today, and Wang Dalong should be going home soon.
When he thought of this, Zhao Jun hurriedly turned around and walked around, avoiding the door of Jiang Xiaolan's house, and ran straight to Wang Dalong's house.
When Zhao Jun arrived at Wang Dalong's house, Wang Dalong had not returned yet, and only Wei Xiaojuan was at home. At this time, she was busy preparing dinner and picking cucumbers and persimmons in the vegetable garden behind the house.
Zhao Jun entered the front yard of her house. The four dogs tied in the yard had just hunted with Zhao Jun today and were familiar with Zhao Jun. Therefore, when they saw him coming in, they just barked twice and told Wei Xiaojuan in the yard.
Wake up.
Hearing the dog barking, Wei Xiaojuan hurriedly came from the backyard with a vegetable basket. When she saw it was Zhao Jun, Wei Xiaojuan smiled and said: "Xiaojun, have you eaten yet? My sister-in-law is preparing some food, so you can eat here in the evening."
"That's great, sister-in-law." Zhao Jun smiled and took out a wad of money from his pocket, opened the folded part, handed it to Wei Xiaojuan, and said, "Sister-in-law, Brother Long and I are going to kill the black blind man in the village today.
As a reward of five hundred yuan, I, Baoyu, him, and our three brothers will each receive one share. Each share is one hundred and sixty-six yuan and sixty-six cents. I will collect it for you and get one hundred and sixty-seven!
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That's right, Zhao Jun gave their family an extra 40 cents. The 40 cents was nothing to Zhao Jun, but he had to explain it clearly.
"This..." But after Wei Xiaojuan heard Zhao Jun's words, she looked at him blankly and did not dare to reach out to take the money.
Zhao Jun was startled and hurriedly said to Wei Xiaojuan: "Sister-in-law, the black blind man's meat is stored in the mountains. Bring it back tomorrow and ask my brother to carry it back to you. The black blind man's courage is with me. When I sell it for money,
You also have a share."
"No." Seeing that Zhao Jun had misunderstood, Wei Xiaojuan looked at the money in Zhao Jun's hand, frowned and said doubtfully: "Brother Long didn't say he had money, so he said he would go with you to fight the siege and asked you to help drag it out.
Drag the dog."
"Ah, haha." Zhao Jun laughed and didn't say anything. He just took a step forward, stuffed the money into Wei Xiaojuan's hand, and said, "Sister-in-law, you have collected the money." As he said that, he moved his money to the left and right.
Looking at it, he asked: "My Brother Long didn't stay home?"
"Ah... um!" Wei Xiaojuan took the money and looked confused, but after hearing Zhao Jun's question, she still replied: "Brother Long said that these four dogs are all injured, and they need to find Dr. Han to give them an anti-inflammatory injection."
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"I'm looking for Dr. Han." Zhao Jun nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll save you the trouble of making another trip. That's it, sister-in-law. When Dr. Han comes, you tell him and let him start.
When you leave your house, go to my house, and my dog will also need an injection."
"Okay, okay." When Wei Xiaojuan heard this, she nodded in agreement, but when she saw Zhao Jun turning around to leave, she walked to the door and said, "Xiaojun, why don't you leave and eat at home."
Zhao Jun didn't answer, just smiled and shook his head, waved to Wei Xiaojuan, and then left their house.
Wang Dalong has been restless since before he got married. He keeps dragging his young wife and widow from the two villages in the north and south.
And later in the year, he even went to Wynn Village to get some broken shoes, which were chased and beaten back.
How could Wei Xiaojuan not have heard of these things?
But these days, some traditional concepts are still deeply rooted in people's hearts. Especially in rural areas, women take medicine and hang themselves, but there are no divorces.
Although Wei Xiaojuan is quite strong at home, as long as she and Wang Dalong reach the stage of divorce, Wei Xiaojuan will choose to give in.
When Zhao Jun arrived home, he was surprised to find that Zhao Youcai got off work early today and had already returned home and was drinking tea on the kang.
Wang Meilan was rolling out the noodles on the chopping board, presumably because she wanted to make the noodles by hand.
Just as Zhao Jun was about to enter the house to greet Zhao Youcai, he heard a dog barking outside. Zhao Junshun glanced out of the open door, and then shouted into the inner room: "Dad, look, someone is coming!" p>
Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai hurriedly put down the teapot and got off the kang. Zhao Youcai knew that since Zhao Jun called him, the person who came must not be the same person who often travels with his family.
"Who's home?"
Hearing the sound coming from outside, Wang Meilan stopped her rolling pin, frowned and looked outside, and said, "Why do I hear this sound? Why is it so familiar?"
"Jiangzhou." Zhao Jun said from the side: "Lao Jiang, his nephew."
"Ah!" When Wang Meilan heard this, she quickly put down the rolling pin, patted her flour-stained hands, and said to Zhao Jun: "Is this your brother-in-law's logistics department? Then I have to go out and have a look."
"Let's go." Zhao Youcai just came out of the back room and took Wang Meilan out. In the yard, Zhao Youcai scolded the dog twice, and he and Wang Meilan walked to the door and said to Jiangzhou: "Brother, what's going on at home? I'm like this
I’ve been busy for a few days, but I haven’t found time to get there.”
Zhao Youcai's words were all polite words, and they were all words of favor. But the two families were not familiar with each other, so that was all they could do.
Therefore, Wang Meilan did not wait for Jiangzhou's reply and said: "Quick, don't stand outside, go inside and take a drink of water."
"No, sister-in-law." Jiangzhou hurriedly took a step back and refused: "I'm just here to thank you. If it weren't for your Zhao Jun, my aunt wouldn't have allowed my uncle to be buried."
As soon as Jiangzhou said this, Zhao Youcai and his wife looked at each other and said nothing in a tacit understanding.
Because there is no way to say this. The old lady can do whatever she says about the old couple. You in Jiangzhou have no right to make the decision. Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan, these two outsiders, can say anything.
Besides, if you come to thank me, why don’t you take something?
Jiangzhou also felt a little embarrassed. He smiled and said, "Brother, my uncle will be out tomorrow morning."
"Ah, then I understand." When Zhao Youcai heard this, he understood that Jiangzhou was talking about a funeral, so he said, "Your sister-in-law and I will go there early in the morning."
"Yeah." Jiangzhou nodded and said: "Tomorrow morning is too early, you all have to go to work, so when the time comes, I will simply arrange a bite to eat. After that, I will leave it in my uncle's courtyard in the evening.
I’ll set up a few tables and your whole family will come. My aunt said I’d like to thank you very much.”
"Ah, that's okay." Zhao Youcai said, "We'll go there early and help you with your work."
This is also a polite word, but after hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Jiangzhou said: "No, brother, I will pick you up at home when the time comes."
As soon as Jiangzhou said this, Wang Meilan's eyes suddenly lit up.
It is a rule to notify anyone who is doing business in advance. If you have any acquaintance at that time, you can go by yourself.
Moreover, whether it is a red or white matter, as long as it is doing things, the family will definitely be busy.
In Jiangzhou now, as the only person in Lao Jiang's family who can support their appearance, he has to stay at home to entertain guests.
The most important thing is that the two families live in the same village. It's just a few steps away. No one can get lost. Why should they come to pick them up in person?
However, for the Tunli people, this is a great respect.
Zhao Guofeng, the village chief, did not receive such treatment. Even Zhou Chunming, who was the leader of the forest farm, had never received such treatment.
Now, such treatment has come to Wang Meilan, which makes Wang Meilan, who has become increasingly vain over the past year, feel as sweet as honey.
But Zhao Youcai didn't think so. He asked Jiangzhou from the side: "Brother, how many tables do you plan to set up?"
"My aunt said that she and my uncle have lived in this village all their lives. We will entertain old friends and relatives as long as they come to see my uncle off."
"Oh!" Zhao Youcai was shocked when he heard this and said, "Then there can't be more than ten tables?"
"You can't sit down." Jiangzhou smiled bitterly and said, "My aunt told me to prepare twenty tables. I will have to borrow tables and stools later."
These days, banquets are generally held as a family unit, and the whole family goes out with a gift. Like Zhao Jun's family, all five members will go tomorrow.
"Brother!" Zhao Youcai suppressed the excitement in his heart and said to Jiangzhou: "Brother, shall I cook for you? It just so happens that there will be no reception tomorrow. After making a big pot of rice at noon, I will come back and help you with your work!"
As the master chef of the forest farm, Zhao Youcai has always been very popular. If any of the forest farm employees have a wedding or wedding, they always ask him to cook, and then give him some hard-earned money.
The Lao Jiang family has twenty tables at a time. It is not easy to get busy. The Lao Jiang family will definitely not treat Zhao Youcai badly.
"Brother, this is not possible." Jiangzhou shook his head and said, "You are the benefactors of our old Jiang family. Tomorrow your whole family will have to sit at the same table as the old lady. How can I let you take charge?"
The moment Zhao Youcai heard this, his eager heart sank to the bottom.
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After seeing off Jiangzhou, a smiling Wang Meilan patted Zhao Youcai on the shoulder and said, "Let's go home. I'll cut noodles for the four of you."
Zhao Youcai said nothing and walked into the yard with his head lowered. Seeing his appearance, Wang Meilan frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? Why is your head drooping? Our son is getting more and more promising, and our family's life is getting better and better."
, you are becoming more and more lethargic day by day. How can this be possible? You can learn from me, and you can see how happy I am every day."
After Wang Meilan finished speaking, she saw that Zhao Youcai still didn't speak. She immediately felt that her good mood was ruined, and said angrily: "No one cares about you anymore. I found out that if anything happens in this family in the future, my son will have to be blamed. You,
Otherwise, let my son be the head of the family, and you can just take a back seat, as they say!"
"What the hell? Is he in charge?" Zhao Youcai finally couldn't help but feel sad and angry, and shouted in a low voice: "I'm only forty-five! Why should I step back to the second line!"
