In mid-October, autumn begins in the Northeast. During the day, the room is colder than outside.
Wang Meilan felt sorry for her son and burned the kang for Zhao Jun three times every morning, noon and night. It can be said that as long as Zhao Jun was at home, the kang in his house would be hot.
At this time, Jin Xiaomei took Li Ruhai home to change clothes. Zhao Jun took his old cotton-padded jacket and wrapped the little guy on the kang.
There is no way, Zhao Jun doesn’t have a hair dryer at home, so he can’t dry the little lynx.
At this time, Wang Meilan came in from the outhouse carrying a large bowl and placed it on the edge of the Kang for Zhao Jun.
This bowl contains eggs that Wang Meilan has mixed with dumpling soup. It is still steaming when placed on the edge of the kang.
The little lynx had been separated from its mother for several days, so it must have been hungry. At this time, smelling the aroma, how could it be endured? It struggled to get out of the cotton-padded jacket, but its legs were still too short, and it was directly trapped.
The sleeve of the cotton-padded jacket tripped over. If I hadn't been lucky enough to hit my head on the cotton-padded jacket, I might have followed its miserable mother.
When Zhao Jun saw this, he smiled and stuffed the little lynx back in, but the little thing was really hungry and struggled to get out of the cotton-padded jacket again.
Zhao Jun knew that the little lynx was hungry, but the egg soup was still quite hot. Moreover, the mouth of the bowl was bigger than the little lynx's head, so it would risk its life if it plunged into it.
So Zhao Jun stopped it again and waited for Wang Meilan to bring a porcelain spoon. Zhao Jun filled a small spoon with a little egg soup, raised it to his mouth and blew on it before moving to the eager little lynx.
The little lynx, which was struggling desperately, saw the food coming, and immediately calmed down, stretched out its tongue and licked the spoon.
A subtle licking sound sounded in the room. Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan looked at the little lynx and smiled involuntarily on their faces.
Needless to say, this little thing is quite cute. When licking the egg soup, the pink little tongue goes in and out, which is very fun.
After feeding the little lynx five spoons in a row, Zhao Jun put the spoon into the bowl, opened his right hand and grabbed the mouth of the bowl, handed it to Wang Meilan and said, "Mom, put this on the window sill of the outer room."<
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Wang Meilan stretched out her hand to hold the bottom of the bowl and asked Zhao Jun: "Don't feed it? It doesn't seem to be full?"
"We can't feed it anymore." Zhao Jun held down the little lynx that was about to run out with one hand and said, "It hasn't eaten for several days. You can't feed it too much at once, or it will easily die."
"That's true." Wang Meilan responded, carrying the bowl and walking out. Seeing that there was no more food, the little lynx stuck its head out of the cotton-padded jacket and howled.
At this time, Li Ruhai and Jin Xiaomei came back, and they came to the west room together to see the little lynx.
As for the little lynx, when it saw that there was nothing to eat, it shrank its head into the cotton-padded jacket and couldn't come out.
At this time, Zhao Jun raised his head and said to Jin Xiaomei: "Auntie, I will keep this thing. When it grows up, it will be for our family."
Hearing this, Jin Xiaomei smiled and waved her hand, saying: "Xiaojun, these things don't matter to me, they are your brothers' business."
After saying that, Jin Xiaomei and Wang Meilan went to the east room to make dumplings for Li Ruhai.
But what Jin Xiaomei said made Zhao Jun feel relieved. Seeing them leaving, Zhao Jun waved his hand to Li Ruhai. Li Ruhai immediately understood and quickly walked to the door and closed it.
Then, Li Ruhai turned around and rushed to the Kang, sat sideways on the edge of the Kang, and sat across from Zhao Jun across the Kang table.
Zhao Jun turned around, pushed open the sliding door of the kang cabinet, and took out a wad of money.
Since starting work, Zhao Jun has collected his salary himself. Apart from giving Zhao Youcai five yuan a month, he really has no additional expenses.
The key is that he doesn't go to work every month and still gets his salary every month. This money is earned through hard work.
Zhao Jun took out two pieces of unity and slapped them directly on the Kang table in front of Li Ruhai.
Li Ruhai once again widened his eyes, looked at Zhao Jun and said in surprise: "Brother!"
As soon as he called out "big brother", Li Ruhai immediately noticed something was wrong. He subconsciously looked behind him, then quickly turned his head, lowered his voice, and asked Zhao Jun in a low voice: "Is this for me?"
Zhao Jun waved his hand and whispered: "Put it up quickly!"
Li Ruhai's little hands were as fast as lightning, and he put away the two banknotes on the table. Then he straightened up, stood up from the kang, and then stepped on the edge of the kang and rushed towards Zhao Jun.
"Ouch!" Zhao Jun hurriedly pushed away Li Ruhai who was pouting in his face.
This is another person who has never seen money.
"Brother!" Li Ruhai sat in front of Zhao Jun, holding Zhao Jun's arm with a pair of small hands, and said excitedly: "How about I give you two kisses?"
"What?" Zhao Jun was stunned. Just when he was stunned, he saw Li Ruhai turning his legs to kneel down. Zhao Jun quickly held Li Ruhai down.
But before Zhao Jun could say anything, Li Ruhai said: "I remember that when I was a child, I went back to her parents' house with my mother. My brother and I kowtowed to my eldest grandma, and my eldest grandma only gave me two cents.
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The eldest grandma in Li Ruhai's mouth is not a big brother in the world, but his grandpa. This is the name in the rural areas of Northeast China. Grandpa is called eldest grandma, and grandma is called xiaolao.
Zhao Jun didn't dare to let go. He kept pressing Li Ruhai and said, "That's not necessary."
"Brother!" Li Ruhai looked at Zhao Jun and said sincerely: "You are the best to me. When I get off work again, I will go up the mountain with you to fight. I will be loyal to you. I will lead your horse and put the stirrup on you."
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"You can pull me down." Zhao Jun waved his hand and said, "I don't dare to lead you."
With that said, Zhao Jun raised his hand and pointed at the cotton-padded jacket, and continued to say to Li Ruhai: "If you pick up this gadget for me, it will be better than anything else."
This is what Zhao Jun said in his heart. How can jackals compare with lynx? Those who can raise jackals for siege are all legends. But those who raise lynx for siege have existed since ancient times.
Zhao Jun remembered what he had seen when he was browsing his mobile phone in his last life. In the past, the ancients led lynxes on horseback to fight sieges. The person sat upright on the saddle and let the lynx lie behind the person's body.
While galloping in pursuit of prey, the lynx jumped off the horse to harvest the lives of hares, deer, deer, and roe deer.
Zhao Jun may not be able to ride a horse in this life, but he plans to buy a motorcycle. From now on, he will ride a motorcycle into the mountains when he has nothing to do. When the time comes, he will drive in front with a gun on his back and let the lynx lie behind. This is so fun.<
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Moreover, this lynx is easier to use than a jackal for siege training. Not to mention that the combat effectiveness of a single lynx is far better than that of a jackal. Even the speed of a jackal that is better than that of a hunting dog is not enough in front of a lynx.<
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Also, although this little guy is not big, he is still valuable. That’s why Zhao Jun said that Li Ruhai has made another great contribution.
As for Li Ruhai, he has never been able to earn more than two yuan in pocket money throughout the year since he was a child.
Now he is at work, but Li Ruhai works three shifts and only works ten days a month. He has no seniority yet, and his current monthly salary is only ten yuan and eighty cents.
Because he was young, he was paid a monthly salary, of which ten yuan had to be handed over to Jin Xiaomei. The remaining eight cents, Li Ruhai kept as pocket money for himself.
But today, Zhao Jun gave Li Ruhai forty-three and a half yuan. In all his life, Li Ruhai has never received such money?
"Like the sea!" At this time, Wang Meilan's voice came from outside the house: "It's time to wash your hands and eat."
"Hey!" Li Ruhai responded with a smile, got up and opened the door to eat dumplings in the east room.
After Li Ruhai left, Zhao Jun reached out and took off his cotton-padded jacket, but the little lynx huddled in the cotton-padded jacket instantly raised its little head and stared at Zhao Jun intently.
Zhao Jun couldn't help but reached out and patted its head. The little lynx twitched its ears, but did not move away. Although it was small, after experiencing hunger and cold, it understood somewhat and knew that the person in front of it was.
It can be fed and clothed.
Zhao Jun tucked up his cotton-padded jacket, then got off the kang and went to the warehouse to move out a pine box.
This pine box is said to be the dowry of Zhao Jun's grandmother. Zhao Jun moved it into the house, dipped a rag in water and wiped the dust inside and outside.
Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei worked separately to find all the mattresses used by the children at home in those years and spread them layer by layer in the box.
When they were laying it out, Wang Meilan also muttered that these quilts were in vain, otherwise they would all be reserved for Zhao Jun's children.
Jin Xiaomei said the same thing, and then Li Ruhai testified at the side that these jackets were used by his brother and passed to him, and he passed them to his sister. If a little lynx hadn't appeared out of thin air, these jackets should have been left to
Used by his nephew and niece.
In this regard, Zhao Jun did not express any opinions. He spread the mats in the pine box and prepared to make a nest for the little lynx.
In this way, Zhao Jun moved the box to his kang, pulled open the cotton-padded jacket and moved the sleeping lynx into the box. Then, he covered the mouth of the box with the cotton-padded jacket.
In the east room, Li Ruhai finished eating the dumplings, put down his chopsticks and ran out. Why should he not publicize such a big thing as picking up a tiger cub in the village?
Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei were not idle either. They made a fire in the yard and burned the pig heads, trotters and tails left over from the pig slaughter yesterday.
After burning them black, Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei brushed them with brushes and washed them with water. After they were washed, Jin Xiaomei took the pig trotters and pig tails back to her house, while Wang Meilan took the pig head into the house and prepared the pig head for sauce.
Originally, Wang Meilan said that she wanted to make stewed pig's head for Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun refused. Zhao Jun said that he would just cook it, and called Lao Li's family to come over in the evening, so that the two families could eat and drink together. p>
As for Zhao Jun, he led the little bear out of the house, went all the way to Zhang Yuanmin's house, woke up Zhang Yuanmin from his sleep, and asked him to go out with him.
In this way, each of them led a dog from Yong'an Village and ended up at Yong'an Middle School.
Then, Zhao Jun held the little bear, and Zhang Yuanmin held the big fat one. They split up, walked around to the back of the school, and then walked into the forest together.
This is because if a lynx has a litter, there will usually be at least two. Now that Li Ruhai has picked up one, there may be more.
But the two searched for nearly two hours in the back mountain, but no lynx was found.
Since they couldn't find them, Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin returned to Yong'an Village. After entering the village, the two parted ways and went back to their respective homes.
Zhao Jun held the little bear by himself, and the fat man arrived home. As soon as he entered the yard, he smelled the aroma of meat coming from the two houses.
Not only Zhao Jun can smell this fragrance, but also anyone passing by from left to right can smell it.
It is impossible for these folks to say that they are not envious. Some even say that if they had known that Zhao Jun was so promising, they would have married their daughter to him no matter what.
After Zhao Jun tied up the dog, he entered the house, said hello to Wang Meilan, and then returned to his room.
After a while, Wang Meilan quietly opened Zhao Jun's door.
Wang Meilan looked along the crack in the door and saw Zhao Jun sitting against the kang cabinet, flipping through the booklet left by Jiang Hua.
Seeing Wang Meilan, Zhao Jun smiled and said: "Mom, what's wrong? Come in."
"Mom, I'm afraid you'll fall asleep." Wang Meilan opened the door with a smile, walked into the room to Zhao Jun, and asked in a low voice: "Son, when are you and your dad going to plant ginseng again?"
When Zhao Jun heard this, he frowned and said, "Mom, it's going to be cold after this rain, and it won't be easy to lift the mallet."
In fact, now is not the season for planting in the mountains. The red hammer is gone, and the broom head is gone. Zhao Jun relied on luck and experience to get a few ginseng seedlings in the mountains, but as soon as it rains, the forest area will be frosty. p>
After the frost, the vegetation in the mountains becomes even more withered, making it impossible to find ginseng.
Therefore, Zhao Jun does not plan to dig into the old fort anymore. Anyway, the old fort has been owned by the two of them in the past few years, so he will go there again next spring.
When Zhao Jun mentioned this idea to Wang Meilan, Wang Meilan was a little disappointed. But that's how it is when looking for food in the mountains. It's not up to one's will.
"Mom." Seeing that my mother was a little disappointed, Zhao Jun said to Wang Meilan: "Brother Zhang and I will go up the mountain to fight tomorrow, and see if my dad can rest the day after tomorrow. If so, we will go down the mountain to the town and give those few seedlings a hammer."
Sold."
When Wang Meilan heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she whispered to Zhao Jun: "Son, can those mallets really sell for as much as you said?"
Zhao Jun nodded with a smile and said to Wang Meilan: "Just a little more."
When Wang Meilan heard this, she smiled all over her face.
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When the small train commuting to the forest farm stopped outside Yong'an Tun, the workers got off the train one after another.
Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, and Lin Xiangshun followed the crowd into the village. As soon as they entered the village, the four of them saw Li Ruhai running towards them.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Youcai made a rare joke with Li Dayong and said: "Dayong, there must be something new in the village!"
When Li Dayong heard this, he twitched the corner of his mouth and shook his head helplessly.
"Dad! Brother! Uncle!" Still three to five meters away, Li Ruhai shouted to the four of them: "Brother Shunzi!"
But until Li Ruhai came up to him, no one among the four people spoke to him.
But who is Li Ruhai?
He smiled to himself, turned to Li Baoyu and said, "Brother, I picked up a tiger cub today."
"What?" As soon as Li Ruhai said this, the four of them all stopped. Li Baoyu stared at Li Ruhai and asked, "Is he dead?"
Li Baoyu also thought who killed the lynx and let Li Ruhai pick it up.
"What's dead?" Li Ruhai rolled his eyes at Li Baoyu and said, "Alive!"
"Alive?"
Li Ruhai gestured with his hands and said: "It's so big, it's just growing teeth."
As soon as Li Ruhai said this, Zhao Youcai stepped in front of him, grabbed Li Ruhai's small arm, and said, "Where is it?"
"I'm at home." Li Ruhai smiled and said, "I gave it to my elder brother to raise!"
As soon as Li Ruhai finished speaking, he saw Zhao Youcai let go of him and ran home.