Chapter 726. The fifth treasure among beasts - pig sand
This year, the Zhao family's living standard is getting higher and higher, the Zhao family's savings are increasing, and the smiles on the faces of Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan and the two little girls are getting brighter and brighter.
Only Zhao Youcai, over the past year, his personal savings have become less and less, and the number of times he beats his son has become less and less.
All this makes Zhao Youcai very troubled.
At this time, he couldn't help but pick up the wine glass, tilted his neck and drank the wine in one gulp.
Then Zhao Youcai put the wine glass down on the table and reached for the rice spoon to prepare the rice.
But the moment his hand touched the rice spoon, Wang Meilan on the side called him: "You have money."
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai turned to look at Wang Meilan, and saw Wang Meilan crossed her legs, smiled at him and said, "I want to discuss something with you."
"I have no money! I'll give it all to you!" With one sentence blurted out, Zhao Youcai let go of his hand holding the rice spoon.
If you don’t eat this meal, you can’t take out any more money.
"Serve the rice, let's eat!" Wang Meilan reached out and took the rice spoon, and took the rice bowl from Zhao Youcai's hand with the other hand.
Wang Meilan turned over the rice spoon, put the rice in the bowl, then pressed the rice spoon twice, and then gave Zhao Youcai another spoonful.
"Eat." Wang Meilan brought the rice bowl to Zhao Youcai and said with a smile: "Eat, eat more vegetables."
Zhao Youcai did not dare to move his chopsticks, but said to Wang Meilan: "If you have anything to do, please tell me quickly."
Just as Wang Meilan was about to speak, two little girls came over from the west room. Zhao Na held the little lynx in her arms and stood under the kang and said to Wang Meilan: "Mom, I'm sleepy."
"Old girl." Zhao Youcai looked at Zhao Na and said, "Dad only has this mouthful of food. I'll finish it in two mouthfuls. After I finish it, I'll warm you up."
"Nothing else." Wang Meilan stretched out her hand to stop it, and said to Zhao Youcai: "You move the table to that room, you eat slowly, and we will talk about something later."
Zhao Youcai: "..."
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More than ten minutes later, Zhao Youcai was smoking leaf cigarettes on the kang in the west room of Zhao Jun's house, not knowing what he was thinking.
At this time, Wang Meilan came in from the door, walked quickly to the edge of the kang and sat down. She smiled and reached out to pat Zhao Youcai's knee.
When Zhao Youcai looked at her, Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Let me tell you something."
"Say." Zhao Youcai put out the cigarette butt with a serious expression, as if he was generous and willing to sacrifice himself!
At this time, Wang Meilan said: "Go to class tomorrow and ask who has pigs and lambs. Let's buy two."
"What?" Zhao Youcai, who thought Wang Meilan was trying to extort his money again, was stunned and asked in disbelief: "What do you want to buy?"
Zhao Youcai couldn't believe his ears. Even if Wang Meilan said that he wanted to buy a donkey, Zhao Youcai would not do this.
But there's something wrong with buying pigs. Your family sells wild boars every day. What's going on with you buying pigs now?
"Pig lamb (gào)!" Wang Meilan thought that Zhao Youcai didn't hear clearly, so she immediately repeated it again and explained: "Just buy two, both male or female."
"Why did you buy that thing..." Zhao Youcai said halfway when he suddenly rolled his eyes and said, "Where should we spend the money? If you want to raise pigs, I will go up the mountain and catch them for you."
Hearing Zhao Youcai's words, Wang Meilan was slightly startled, and then said: "Don't say anything, this is okay!"
As soon as Wang Meilan let go, Zhao Youcai's eyes lit up, he moved his butt in front of Wang Meilan, raised his hand and said to Wang Meilan: "Lan, just those dogs in our family can catch about 400 kilograms of cannon eggs, and they all have a handful of them."
Just tell me how big you want it to be, and I will lead the dog up the mountain to catch it for you."
Zhao Youcai's inner abacus was pinging, but what he didn't expect was that Wang Meilan said: "Don't be so big, you have to be able to catch them. It will cost you a stick to catch them for me."
"What?" When Zhao Youcai heard this, he was stunned on the spot.
The flower stick that Wang Meilan mentioned is the state when the wild boar's fur is light brown and has black stripes when it is young.
After this kind of little wild boar grows to more than three months old, the stripes on its body will fade and the coat color will gradually become even. So the Huabangzi that Wang Meilan mentioned is a little wild boar that is less than four months old.
Wild boars of this size can often be picked up by mountaineers. Just this spring, Zhao Youcai's good brother Zhang Lifu also picked up two, but they were fed soybeans and cold water to kill them.
Just like Zhang Lifu picking up little flowers in the spring, there are no such big wild boars now!
Wild boars circle before and after the light snow of the 24 solar terms, and then the female wild boar gestates for four months and gives birth.
Therefore, only at the beginning of spring every year can you see the little flowers on sticks.
But now, even if Zhao Youcai had 800 dogs and scoured the mountain, he still wouldn't be able to find a small flower stick.
But Wang Meilan was not in a hurry. After she finished speaking, she got up from the kang and said, "Let's wait until spring comes. Then, no matter whether you go up the mountain to catch them or how to fix them, you just need to bring them back to me."
After saying that, Wang Meilan waved her hand and said: "Don't sit here anymore. The kang is not burning well today. If it doesn't get warm anymore, let's go back to the house and sleep."
Zhao Jun was not at home today, and no one lived in the west room. At noon, Wang Meilan burned a bunch of firewood on the kang in this room, and then let two little girls play on the kang.
At this point, the heat has almost dissipated, and it’s time to pull the person out when the kang cools down again.
"Lan!" Wang Meilan was not in a hurry, but Zhao Youcai was in a hurry. Seeing that Wang Meilan was about to leave, he hurriedly called to Wang Meilan and said, "Why do you have to spend a stick on it? Can't Huang Maozi do it?"
Recently, Zhao Youcai's office has received two orders, and they have to deliver the goods before New Year's Day. It would be great if I could take this opportunity to go up the mountain and complete the orders.
But if you can't go up the mountain until you catch the little flower stick, Zhao Youcai can wait, and Liu Renshan and Hong Yuntao can't do it either!
Moreover, Zhao Youcai wants to complete those two orders as soon as possible, strive to get his reputation out in the shortest time, and then take orders to fill the shortfall in his small coffers as soon as possible.
"No!" Faced with Zhao Youcai's question, Wang Meilan replied simply: "Just a small flower stick, preferably one that has not been weaned! You take it back and raise it for me since childhood."
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Zhao Youcai was confused when he heard Wang Meilan's words. He frowned and looked at Wang Meilan and asked, "No? What are you going to do?"
No wonder Zhao Youcai muttered in his heart, you Wang Meilan are willing to kill pigs, so it would be better to catch small yellow hairs or sink them every other year. Why do you have to catch small flower sticks? Roast suckling pigs, and I have never heard of roasting small wild boars.<
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When asked by Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan smiled and said, "My son is not at home, so I told you."
Zhao Youcai: "..."
Zhao Youcai felt so angry after hearing these words!
Wang Meilan thought to herself and said: "Today I went to Aunt Jiang's house. I was thinking about giving her some cotton pants before I buy cotton in a few days."
"I don't care about that." Zhao Youcai stretched out his hand, patted Wang Meilan in front of her twice, and said, "Tell me what is useful."
"Hey!" Wang Meilan responded, and then continued: "The old lady saw me and handed me a piece of paper!"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai suddenly became excited. The old lady gave Zhao Jun a pamphlet and asked Zhao Jun to find the old village and made a lot of money from it. Zhao Youcai also made a fortune.
Although Zhao Youcai couldn't keep that money, wouldn't he still be able to make a fortune in the old village next year?
At this time, Zhao Youcai suddenly became interested when he heard from Wang Meilan that the old lady had given him something again!
Wang Meilan said: "Let me open it and take a look. There is a square written on it."
"Fang'er..." Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai let out a sigh of relief.
They say that folk remedies can cure all diseases.
But these days, there are so many folk remedies in the countryside!
Zhao Youcai thought that Wang Meilan had received some prescription for medical treatment, and that it needed something related to Xiaohuabangzi to be used as medicine.
But Zhao Youcai then thought about it and realized that what Wang Meilan said was that if she caught the little flower stick, she would still keep it.
At this time, Zhao Youcai was a little puzzled. Is it possible that this place needs wild boar excrement? The reason for choosing Xiaohuabangzi is simply that small pigs are easy to manage, but big pigs are difficult to take care of.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Youcai thought of something. He remembered hearing from the elders that children's urine can ward off evil spirits. Could it be that children's pig urine can be used as medicine?
Just when Zhao Youcai was thinking wildly, Wang Meilan lowered her voice and said to Zhao Youcai mysteriously: "Let me open it and take a look..."
Speaking of this, Wang Meilan lengthened her voice to create suspense, and then continued: "The words written on it are all traditional Chinese characters."
Zhao Youcai twitched the corner of his mouth and said angrily: "Aren't those left by the older generation all in traditional Chinese characters?"
"Listen to me!" Wang Meilan was a little unhappy that Mr. Zhao Youcai interrupted her. She threw her hand and said, "I didn't even understand it. When it's over, the old lady will explain it to us. This recipe is for the pigs to eat."
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"For pigs to eat?" Zhao Youcai couldn't hold back even if he didn't want to interrupt, and directly said: "Can pigs talk after eating?"
"After eating... you go to the other side!" Wang Meilan was furious. She threw her hand and twisted her body to get off the bed. She also said: "I won't tell you anything from now on!"
"Hey! Hey!" Zhao Youcai had a bad heart and quickly stopped Wang Meilan and said: "Lan, don't be angry. I won't disturb you. You say it, you say it."
"Look at you like that!" Wang Meilan rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai and said angrily: "Who did you learn this from? How can you speak so darkly?"
After Wang Meilan finished speaking, she saw Zhao Youcai looking directly at her.
Wang Meilan clicked her eyes, stretched out her hand to gesture to Zhao Youcai, and changed the subject directly, saying: "Aunt Jiang, tell me, if you feed the pigs in which direction, will the pigs grow pig sand?"
"Cinnabar?" Zhao Youcai was startled and blurted out, "Is it what the old man uses?"
"Who are you?" Wang Meilan glared at Zhao Youcai and said, "You mountain cannon, you don't understand anything. Pig grits grow in the pig belly (du), and the red and fresh ones are medicinal materials."
As soon as Wang Meilan said this, Zhao Youcai's eyes immediately straightened. He knew what Wang Meilan was talking about!
Wang Meilan didn't know what was going on. When she saw Zhao Youcai, she was stunned. She just thought that Zhao Youcai didn't know what pig sand was and was in a daze.
So, Wang Meilan raised her hand and slapped Zhao Youcai twice on the face.
"Pah! Pah!"
Two crisp sounds made Zhao Youcai jump out of his wits, and he felt numb on his face.
He glanced at Wang Meilan, but before Zhao Youcai could say anything, Wang Meilan said: "That thing is worth my money!"
"Ah!" Zhao Youcai seemed to be thinking about something. He blinked a few times unconsciously, and then asked Wang Meilan: "What's wrong? If you feed pigs, can you feed pig sand?"
"Yes!" Wang Meilan said without hesitation: "Aunt Jiang won't give me Fang'er?"
When she said this, Wang Meilan tilted her chin outwards, gave Zhao Youcai a confident look with a sideways glance, and then continued: "Aunt Jiang told me that her father stepped in backwards, and her grandma's family is rich."
Then, Wang Meilan added another sentence, saying: "Just like my Qianer!"
"Ah..." Zhao Youcai stopped interrupting this time and listened carefully to Wang Meilan's words: "At that time, her grandma's family only raised two big fat pigs, both weighing four to five hundred pounds!"
Wang Meilan unknowingly swore. The grandma's house she was talking about was her grandma's house. So how old is Jiang Liu? When was her grandma's time?
At that time, people couldn't afford to eat, but what kind of family could raise pigs weighing four to five hundred pounds?
Wang Meilan continued: "Don't we villagers work until dark and the moon rises? Aunt Jiang said, before next night, give the pigs the evening meal, and her father will feed the pigs, so Aunt Jiang will
Follow her father and watch her father put his hands down and rub the pig."
As she said that, Wang Meilan couldn't help but reach out her hand and touch Zhao Youcai's shoulders and head downwards.
When Wang Meilan touched his elbow, Zhao Youcai reacted. He raised his arm and shook off Wang Meilan's hand.
But at this time, Wang Meilan said: "The pig was crackling and sparks were coming out!"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai felt confused when he heard this, but suddenly remembered something and said, "Isn't that the electricity?"
"Listen to me!" Wang Meilan raised her hand, hit Zhao Youcai lightly, and then said: "Aunt Jiang said that the pig stopped eating at that time, and even gnawed on tiles and bowl crumbs. Later.
Once a pig is killed, the pig's belly will be filled with pig grit!"
"Ah!" Zhao Youcai came to his senses. He widened his eyes and asked Wang Meilan: "Their family feeds pigs just to produce pig sand?"
Hearing Zhao Youcai's question, Wang Meilan curled her lips, nodded twice, and then said: "What if her family is rich? But let me tell you, his family is not as good as my old man. Then it's up to my dad.
...Every year, with all the hard work, all the horses are sold out, and it’s time to collect grain.”
"Yes, yes." Zhao Youcai didn't dare to make any mistakes when he mentioned his father-in-law's strength, and repeatedly echoed: "How powerful is your old man? That's the famous Wang Slap!"
"I'll give you a slap!" Wang Meilan heard this and raised her hand to hit Zhao Youcai. Zhao Youcai hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "Lan Na, I didn't say anything. I said our father is good!"
The old man of Wang Meilan's family is a kind man. Everyone calls him Wang Dapashang, which means that this old man is loose-handed, that is, he is good at giving and likes to give things to others.
Zhao Youcai coaxed Wang Meilan, and then asked: "Lan, where's Fang'er? Show me."
"What are you showing me?" Wang Meilan smiled and raised her chin at Zhao Youcai, saying: "You don't have to worry about anything else. Just catch the pigs when the time comes. Our family has made money, can we still lose to you?" p>
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Just when the couple was discussing their plan to make a fortune, they were far away at Huang Gui's home in Qiaotou Village, Lingnan.
There are also a bunch of drunkards in this room!
At this time, Huang Gui, Jiang Weifeng, Zhang Yuanmin, and Jie Chen were still drinking. Zhao Jun, who had already finished eating, was biting the grape skin and playing with his teeth.
The four people chatted with Che Zulu for a while, and finally talked about the battle this morning.
Speaking of today's battle, Huang Gui praised Zhao Jun's dogs. Zhang Yuanmin echoed his words and began to regret that he should have brought the pig hook with him.
Huang Gui and Jiang Weifeng had never caught a live wild boar, so they had no idea what Zhang Yuanmin said. At this time, Huang Gui looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, I saw the hoof scab marks on that cannon egg today!"
"I saw it too!" Zhao Jun responded and said: "Before I went down the mountain, I found it and laid it down under the roots of the pine tree!"
Although there are dog gangs and pigs wading through the snow, Zhao Jun and Huang Gui are both gunner-level hunters, and their siege experience is even more abundant.
Before even watching the hunting dogs deliver the goods, the two of them knew what kind of prey was in front of them, how much it was, and they could roughly estimate the weight of a single individual.
"I feel it weighs seven hundred pounds!" Huang Gui pinched it with both hands and gestured: "The hoof scab must be this big."
"Brother!" Jiang Weifeng took a look and said, "You're trying to figure this out, isn't it seven hundred pounds?"
"Xue Xuanhu." Huang Gui glanced at Jiang Weifeng, replied simply, and then looked at Zhao Jun.
The snow is noisy and soft, and the hoof prints left by wild animals on the snow are relatively small.
"Yeah!" Zhao Jun nodded and agreed: "It must be seven hundred kilograms. I see it lying in that nest, so it must be there."
Hearing that Zhao Jun agreed with his statement, Huang Gui breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Brother, I can probably guess where this wild boar is going. How about we fight again tomorrow?" p>
"Brother Huang!" Zhang Yuanmin suddenly interrupted and said, "Why do we have to knock those cannon eggs? It's so coaxing that no one can even eat the meat! Let me tell you, let's catch a yellow man tomorrow, mother.
Pigs, come back and kill pigs and eat pig-killing vegetables!"
As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said this, Jiang Weifeng and Song Lan, who were listening to the excitement in the outer room. The country was rich and the people were strong, and they all licked their lips involuntarily.
But Huang Gui said: "Brother Zhang, such a big cannon egg might be able to produce pig sand!"
"Yo!" Hearing this, Zhang Yuanmin was startled, but Jie Chen looked blank. Zhao Jun, on the other hand, raised his eyebrows and his eyes lit up!
