Chapter 874. Half of the sky west of the mountain is stained with blood
November 13, 1987.
When Zhao Jun got up, he smelled the aroma coming from the outer room.
Wang Meilan shared the leftover noodles and fillings from making dumplings yesterday among several families. She didn't care how other families ate them. Anyway, Zhao Jun's family was eating pies this morning.
The dough of the beef pie was golden brown, and the meat was fragrant after taking a bite. Zhao Jun felt that something was missing after chewing twice, so he moved his legs off the kang to the outhouse, and pulled a head of garlic from the garlic braid hanging on the window frame.
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Zhao Jun broke off the garlic as he walked into the house. When he returned to the Kang table and sat down, Zhao Jun placed two cloves of garlic next to Zhao Youcai's bowl, but Zhao Youcai shook his head and said, "I won't eat it. I'll go to work soon!"
Zhao Youcai is quite particular about not eating onions and garlic before going to work, so as not to offend others.
"Huh?" Hearing Zhao Youcai say that he was going to work, Zhao Jun was stunned and asked in surprise: "Dad, didn't you ask me, Uncle Li, to take a few days off for you?"
When Zhao Jun asked this question, Zhao Youcai was putting pie in his mouth and did not have time to answer.
So, Zhao Jun followed up and asked: "Dad, why didn't you tell me yesterday? Why don't you follow me up the mountain to catch pigs today?"
Zhao Jun was right. Zhao Youcai asked Li Dayong to ask for leave for him. Yesterday he also said that he would go up the mountain to catch wild boars with Zhao Jun, but the plan could not keep up with the changes!
"No!" Zhao Youcai said, "I'll have to take a look at it in class today!"
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai dipped his pie into the vinegar and chili oil in the bowl, then raised his head and continued: "Can I do it without the canteen?"
Zhao Jun frowned and looked at Zhao Youcai. It seemed that his father didn't mean what he said. But at this moment, Wang Meilan came in with a plate and chopsticks, and put the freshly baked pies on the plate one by one into the basin on the Kang table.
"Eat, son!" Wang Meilan greeted Zhao Jun and said, "Eat more!"
"Ah!" Zhao Jun responded, glanced at the pie on the table, and hurriedly called to Wang Meilan: "Mom, sit here and eat with me. This is enough for the three of us. The two children haven't gotten up yet.
What?"
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai, who was busy working over there, and then said: "What did your dad say, bake a few more cakes and give them to Ruhai when you're done?"
Zhao Jun opened his eyes and instantly understood what was going on.
"Son!" At this moment, Wang Meilan suddenly remembered something and said to Zhao Jun: "You have to go up the mountain in a while, how about mom bake some pies for you to carry?"
"No!" Zhao Jun waved his hand and said, "I'm tired enough to go today."
"What's going on?" Wang Meilan asked curiously, and Zhao Youcai, who was biting the pie, also raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Jun.
"Haha." Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Youcai, then smiled faintly, and said: "Brother Zhang is going to Lengchang today, and my old uncle is going to follow me, but we are the only two who have to deal with these old dogs. Who can we accept?
No one is happy to abandon his family to whomever he belongs to. I'll think about it and pull him down. Then I'll let the little bear go and take him around the farm. He can wander around!"
Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes at him and thought to himself: "Why did this boy ask me to go up the mountain with him? We have been working for a long time and we are short of people!"
"If you don't want to go, then don't go." Wang Meilan said: "You are staying at home to rest today, and there will be a conference tomorrow. Don't you have to go too?"
"Isn't that right!" Zhao Jun nodded and said, "After the conference, I will still have to work for a few days."
After Zhao Jun finished speaking, he received another look from Zhao Youcai, but in fact Zhao Youcai was very envious that his son did not have to go to work and could go to the mountains to fight sieges every day.
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After breakfast, Zhao Jun lay leisurely on his side on the kang, holding his head with his right hand and feeding malted milk to the little black bear in front of him with his left hand.
The little lynx was now standing in the hollow of Zhao Jun's knees, with its front paws resting on Zhao Jun's legs, staring at the little black bear.
After "ouch" twice to no avail, the little lynx changed to chirping. In the past, when it was hungry and wanted to drink malted milk, it would chirp at Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun glanced at it, raised the spoon in his hand, and asked, "Are you going to drink it?"
When the little lynx heard this, it jumped up instantly, but Zhao Jun raised his legs and blocked it again.
Zhao Jun knew that this little guy had bad intentions, so he smiled and said: "I'll give it to you. If you don't drink it, see if I don't strangle you to death!"
The little lynx couldn't understand such complicated human language, but when it saw Zhao Jun's evil smile, it guessed that the words were not good, so it quickly retracted its front paws and got off Zhao Jun's legs.
Zhao Jun chuckled and brought another spoonful of malted milk to the little black bear's mouth. When the edge of the spoon touched the black bear's mouth, the little black bear stuck out its tongue in cooperation and licked the malted milk from the spoon.
At this time, Wang Meilan came in holding a thermos bottle and was startled when she saw the little lynx lying behind Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun is currently lying on his side. If he turns over, the little lynx will be severely disabled even if it does not die.
Wang Meilan put down the kettle and reached out to pick up the little lynx. This little guy has a really good personality, and he might not be happy if he were replaced by a puppy. But when Wang Meilan picked up the little lynx, he opened his mouth and yawned.
At this time, Zhao Jun had just finished feeding the little black bear the last spoonful, then took a washed and dried drawer cloth, first wiped the little black bear's mouth, and then tied the little black bear's crotch.
After cleaning up, Zhao Jun put the little black bear back into the pine box and wrapped it in a quilt.
With such a small thing, apart from eating, I also need to sleep.
"Come!" Zhao Jun turned around and reached out to Wang Meilan, took the little lynx over, hugged it with one hand, and stroked the little lynx's head twice with the other hand.
While stroking, Zhao Jun lamented that the little guy's hand was getting better and better.
"Son, can I bring it here and there for you?" Wang Meilan asked. Others really didn't know what the two of them were talking about.
"Bring it, Mom." After Zhao Jun said this, Wang Meilan turned around and went out, and soon came in with an aluminum lunch box.
When Zhao Jun put down the little lynx and took the lunch box, the little lynx stood on his lap again.
"This little thing." Zhao Jun held the lunch box in one hand and touched the little lynx's back with the other.
This little guy, if he didn't tell anyone, no one would know that this is the third most ferocious cat in Northeast China.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Jun opened the lunch box, and the little lynx's small tail swayed at a very high frequency.
It turns out that this lunch box contains some leftovers collected after cutting up the beef yesterday.
These were all raw meat. Zhao Jun poured some of them on the lid of the lunch box. The moment he put the lid of the lunch box on the kang, the little lynx jumped over with a "swoosh" and pierced its head with the melon to eat.
"Ah wow..." This little guy didn't look very good at eating. He wolfed down the food and even made a sound.
"Shut up and chew." Wang Meilan smiled and stretched out her hand to flick the little lynx's ball-like tail. She was just teasing the little guy, but the little lynx ignored her and continued to gobble it up.
"Hahaha..." Zhao Jun laughed and said: "Mom, look at it, it doesn't even chew."
"Haha, that's not good." Wang Meilan tilted her head and glanced, smiling: "Looking at what it eats, it seems to be very harsh."
After the little lynx finished eating, it looked up at Zhao Jun eagerly. It had no habit of licking the plate.
"Okay!" Zhao Jun picked up the lid of the lunch box and fastened it again, then pushed the little lynx away from him. But seeing the little lynx trying to run towards the pine box, Zhao Jun quickly took it into his arms.
"Give it to me." Wang Meilan took the lunch box from Zhao Jun. She seemed to have remembered something. After glancing out the window, she smiled at Zhao Jun and said, "If the tiger sees you feeding the kitten meat,
It has to be unhappy."
Zhao Jun also laughed and said to Wang Meilan: "Oh my god, why don't you give it to them? Our family is not short of this meat, but we just can't give it to them!"
After saying this, Zhao Jun added with a smile: "You've already done this to the old cows. After that, you feed them beef. Then the next time you see the old cows, why don't they moan?"
Yes, isn’t dragging dogs just to let them taste the sweetness of eating meat? Dogs that didn’t recognize wild boar before became familiar with wild boar after eating wild boar and became popular. After eating black bear meat, they got to know black bears again.
If the fed dogs recognized the old cows, how many old cows would be driving the sledges in this huge forest area?
Especially during the winter production season, there are tens of thousands of acres of forest in the entire mountainous area, and there are more than 200 large forest teams. Each forest team has an average of 40 to 50 sets, which is half cows and half horses, which is more than 5,000 cows.
The richest man Wang is confident that he can afford to pay for all the cattle in Yong'an Village, but she really can't afford to pay for the cattle in the mountains!
Therefore, Zhao Jun didn’t even give the dog a tiny bit of beef dregs to eat!
While the two women were talking, someone came from outside. Li Dayong, Li Baoyu and his son came in and divided their forces into two groups. Li Dayong went to the east room to look for Zhao Youcai, and Li Baoyu went to the west room to look for Zhao Jun.
"Auntie!" Li Baoyu came in and said hello to Wang Meilan first, then took the little lynx from Zhao Jun's hand and chatted with Zhao Jun while stroking it.
After finishing petting the little lynx, Li Baoyu wanted to pet the little black bear again. When Zhao Jun took the little black bear out of the pine box, the little lynx's eyes followed the little black bear and moved to Li Baoyu's arms.
This little black bear probably only recognized Zhao Jun's scent, but when Li Baoyu hugged it, it kept squeaking.
Li Baoyu had no choice but to return it to Zhao Jun. When Zhao Jun took the little black bear over, the little lynx ran towards the little black bear, but Li Baoyu caught it again.
Li Baoyu stroked the little lynx's head twice. Seeing Zhao Jun stuff the little black bear into his arms, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Brother, why are you acting like you are raising a child?"
"Let's take this..." Zhao Jun pulled Li Baoyu to sit next to him, reached out to push away the little lynx's head, and then said to Li Baoyu: "I don't plan to sell it, I want to keep it."
"Feed?" Li Baoyu was startled, and Wang Meilan next to him exclaimed, "Son, how do I feed this?"
Although we already have a lot of livestock and poultry at home, the combined size of all those things may not consume as much food as a black bear.
Zhao Jun laughed, stretched out his hand and pulled Wang Meilan to sit on the other side of him, and said to her: "Oh my god, can't Ruhai sit in the cafeteria and play with corn navels? Let's just leave that thing."
"Ah..." Wang Meilan clicked her eyes twice and said, "That's OK."
There are two canteens in Yongan Forest Farm, each of which can produce two to three hundred kilograms of corn navels every month.
But in the canteen under Zhao Youcai's jurisdiction, everyone has always divided these things up. Once they are divided, they can do whatever they want to do with them.
Zhao Youcai used to raise sheep behind the canteen, so he used these corn navels.
It wasn't until last year, when Zhao Jun bought back the puppies and picked up the black bear, that the sheep raised by Zhao Youcai were "returned to the public".
As for the Second Canteen, the rule set by Zhang Zhanshan has always been followed, which is to sell the corn navel that is ground out every month, and then the money is saved together and divided among everyone at the end of the year.
But these days, corn noodles only cost a pound more, and corn navels are even less valuable. Three hundred kilograms of corn navels cost only 3.5 yuan at most, which is only 50 yuan a year.
For Wang Meilan, this amount of money is the price of a cow's hoof.
"Brother! That's great!" Li Baoyu's eyes lit up and he said, "When you raise it, take it up the mountain to fuck the cannon's eggs!"
"Haha." Zhao Jun chuckled and didn't say anything.
Wang Meilan and Li Baoyu still knew little about bears. They felt that the 300 kilograms of corn in the second cafeteria had a lot of navels. However, Zhao Jun had traveled to the Far East in his previous life and had seen the so-called fighting nations raising bears.
Normally, a 200-pound black bear needs to eat about 20 kilograms of food a day, both dry and thin, and both raw and cooked.
These days are not like twenty or thirty years later. There is no feed at this time, and it is really difficult to raise bears, so Zhao Jun decided to sell the two little black bears to Zhang Laibao.
After this year of living, Zhao Jun felt that he could raise the bear well. When he took the bear up the mountain to hunt in the future, with a lynx and several dogs following him, he would really have nothing to fear.
"What a bullshit!" Zhao Youcai appeared at the door out of nowhere. He rolled his eyes at Zhao Jun, said something to throw cold water on him, and then walked out with an aluminum lunch box in his back.
"Sister-in-law, we're going to work." Li Dayong greeted Wang Meilan, then waved to Li Baoyu, and the two hurriedly chased Zhao Youcai.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Meilan peeked out of the window, turned to Zhao Jun and smiled: "Your dad is in trouble again."
"Yeah!" Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this. He also didn't expect that Li Ruhai had grown to such an extent in just a few months and would be able to give Zhao Youcai peace of mind.
Now that I think about it, it was a right decision to let Li Ruhai go to the forest farm to tell stories. Not only does this kid have a job now, but he can also work everywhere, but he is much better than the small village kid in his previous life.
Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, and Li Baoyu walked all the way outside the village. Not far away, they saw Han Dachun hurriedly leaving home.
"Yeah!" Han Dachun paused, looked at Zhao Youcai in surprise, and said, "Why are you at work? Lao Zhang even asked me to cook for you today!"
Yesterday, Li Dayong went to the canteen director Zhang Guoqing to ask for three days' leave for Zhao Youcai.
"Ah, I'm back." Zhao Youcai agreed twice and then settled the matter.
But before he had taken two steps, he met Song Tiemin from the Guileng Group. He had worked with Zhao Jun in Xinlangchang, and he was also Li Dayong's apprentice.
This was definitely no stranger, so of course he had to say hello when he saw him. But when Song Tiemin saw Zhao Youcai, he was stunned and asked, "Uncle Zhao, why are you at work?"
"Ah..." Zhao Youcai was stunned. Han Dachun knew that it was reasonable for him to ask for leave. After all, they were all colleagues in the same cafeteria. Besides, if Zhao Youcai didn't go, Zhang Guoqing would definitely have to inform Han Dachun and ask him to help with the kitchen duties.
Work.
But this Song Tiemin, isn't he from the cafeteria?
Zhao Youcai glanced at Li Dayong and saw that Li Dayong was also a little confused.
Zhao Youcai managed to cope with it, but after walking a few steps, Lin Xiangshun came along the side road to join them. When the group approached the village entrance, they saw Ma Dafu passing through the west alley.
"Ah! You have wealth!" Seeing Zhao Youcai, Ma Dafu was also very surprised and asked, "Why are you at work?"
Zhao Youcai: "..."
If Zhao Youcai remembered correctly, when he ran away from home that day, everyone who saw him would ask, "Why don't you go to work?" But today, everyone asked him, "Why did you go to work?"
The key is, how did Ma Dafu know that he had asked for leave?
When we got on the commuter train, more people asked questions. Zhao Youcai was confused as soon as he came and went.
Zhao Youcai sat at a loss in the last row and looked around subconsciously. When he saw Li Dayong on the right with his head bowed and silent, Zhao Youcai hurriedly raised his elbow to slap him and asked: "Dayong, what's going on?"
Li Dayong pursed his lips and said with difficulty: "Didn't I tell Ruhai the night before yesterday that he would promote you at the venue?"
"Yes!" Han Dachun, who was sitting in the front, turned around and said, "My kid said that you asked for leave yesterday and that you were going to go up to the mountain to fight. What kind of killing... bloody... something like that?"
"What?" Zhao Youcai was startled, and Lin Xiangshun next to him continued: "Well, there is also a jingle."
"What?" Zhao Youcai asked hurriedly: "What kind of jingle?"
"What kind of jingle..." Lin Xiangshun clicked his eyes twice, but he was not very educated, so he touched Li Baoyu next to him and said, "What kind of jingle is that?"
"Ah!" Li Baoyu said: "Zhao Dabaotou went up the mountain now, and blood stained the west of the mountain... half of the sky!"
