The steaming dumplings were served, and the Zhao family, including Xiao Zhou, sat around the Kang table to eat the dumplings.
Dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage and wild boar are delicious only when they are hot.
"Son." Wang Meilan asked Zhao Jun casually: "Are you still going up the mountain today?"
"Ah?" Zhao Jun looked up at Wang Meilan and asked, "What's wrong, Mom? Are you okay?"
"What's wrong with me?" Wang Meilan said with a smile: "There is a wild boar in the shed behind the house. Take a look and sell it if you need to, and give it as a gift if you need to."
"Not today, Mom." Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Youcai and saw that he was eating dumplings as usual, so Zhao Jun could only say to Wang Meilan, "I have to go to Futai with my minister today."
"Futai?" Wang Meilan frowned and asked, "Where are you going to do it?"
"Ah!" At this time, Zhao Youcai took over the conversation and said, "I'll buy a dog in the village and ask my son to get it back for me."
"Are you buying a dog?" Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Youcai and asked suspiciously, "Did you get money for your son?"
As expected of a family leader, Wang Meilan hit the nail on the head with her words.
"Then what..." Zhao Youcai stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a dumpling, and while dipping the seasoning in the bowl, he said, "The eldest son said he didn't need me."
Zhao Youcai called Zhao Jun his eldest son, and this "eldest son" was the same nickname as Zhang Yuanmin and his wife used to call Xiao Lingdang "eldest son".
Zhao Jun was called this by Zhao Youcai for the first time in his life, which made Zhao Jun feel "flattered" for a moment. While he was biting the dumpling, he glanced sideways at Zhao Youcai.
When she heard that her son was spending the money, Wang Meilan frowned slightly and asked, "How much does it cost? Why buy another dog? How many dogs have been groomed at home?"
"That dog is great." Zhao Youcai said, "Big-headed dog."
"What?" After more than twenty years with Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan understood more or less, and immediately asked: "Big-headed dog? How much does it cost?"
"One hundred yuan." Zhao Youcai said: "It turned out to be one hundred and eighty yuan."
"A hundred yuan isn't money?" Wang Meilan glared and said, "If you have something good to do, don't think about your son. If you spend money, you know how to find your son."
Hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Jun and Zhao Chun were both happy. But Zhao Youcai, as if he had been greatly wronged, said: "Who said that good things will not happen to him? That dog specializes in knocking black blind people, and it will scratch wherever it goes in the mountains.
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At this point, Zhao Youcai raised his chin at Wang Meilan and said, "Didn't you say that? Before my son got married, we had that red-braised black blind man's palm on every table. I just thought... now we have a few missing people in our family.
It’s a tough dog, let’s buy a big-headed one, otherwise it won’t be safe to make a fool of the blind man.”
Wang Meilan was startled when she heard this. She closed her eyes and said, "That's right."
Seeing Wang Meilan agreeing with his statement, Zhao Youcai was overjoyed and felt that his wife was very easy to talk to recently. He didn't care about the money he paid for the cow, and he happily agreed to buy a dog today.
But at this moment, Wang Meilan turned to Zhao Jun and said: "Son, your dad is right. You often go up the mountain, and you can't do it without a good dog. So what... Mom will get you money in a while, and when you're done, kill the black blind man."
If you have the guts, sell and save the money, and mom will buy you a car!"
"Ah..." Suddenly, Zhao Jun's eyes rolled and he took Wang Meilan's words and said: "This dog is my father's, so I will lead it up the mountain. Every time he comes, does it have to be my father's?"
Where’s one share?”
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai's eyes widened and he thought to himself: "Can this be considered like this?"
Zhao Youcai was not stupid. He knew that Zhao Jun had bought the dog so much that he wanted Zhao Jun to pay for it.
Similarly, if Zhao Jun often goes up the mountain, he has a greater chance of hunting bear bile. If he can really get dividends every time, that would be great.
"You can count it as one share." Zhao Chun fed half a dumpling to Xiao Zhouxue, then turned around and smiled at Zhao Jun: "It's our dad's, isn't it yours too? Like my mom said, I saved up and bought it for you.
Car?"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai, who was thinking about good things, suddenly panicked when he heard Zhao Chun's words. He quickly stopped Zhao Jun, who was nodding, and said: "That's not true, then I..."
Halfway through his words, Zhao Youcai couldn't continue.
I think Boss Zhao is also a man of honor. Although Zhao Jun is his son, he can't let Zhao Jun pay for a dog and he can share the money without spending any money, right?
"What's wrong?" Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai and asked, "What's wrong, Dad?"
"I... that..." Zhao Youcai hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head and said, "It's okay, let's eat quickly, the dumplings will get cold in a while."
As soon as Zhao Youcai finished speaking, the dog in the yard outside the house barked twice, and then someone pulled open the door from outside.
It was Li Ruhai. As soon as this boy came in, he nodded to Zhao Youcai with a smile, and then greeted the Zhao family one by one: "Uncle, aunt, eldest sister, eldest brother, Xiaohong, Xiaona, Xiao Zhouwei."
"This kid!" Wang Meilan greeted: "Do you want to eat? If you don't want to eat, go get your chopsticks."
"Eat, ma'am." Li Ruhai said, sitting sideways on the edge of the kang, behind Zhao Jun, and said, "My family also eats dumplings."
After making the dumplings yesterday, Wang Meilan directly distributed them to several families and asked them to take them back. This morning she was making dumplings at her own home.
At this time, Zhao Jun looked back at Li Ruhai and asked, "Ruhai, are you okay?"
Li Ruhai smiled and said: "Brother, you can go to Futai later and give me a lift."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was slightly stunned and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Walking around, strolling around." Li Ruhai said.
"Then let's go." Zhao Jun agreed, and at this time the dog outside the house barked again.
But when the dogs stopped barking twice and then stopped barking, they knew that the visitor was no stranger.
Sure enough, not long after, Jie Chen came in from outside the house.
With the same greeting, Jie Chen sat down next to Li Ruhai and heard Wang Meilan ask: "Minister, how do you like the dumplings?"
"Oh, auntie." Jie Chen smiled and said, "Don't mention it."
"What happened?" Everyone was very curious and asked in unison.
"My mother and I, Jiang Nai, made the dumplings." Jie Chen told everyone, "My mother, Jiang Nai, made the dumplings very well, but when my mother made them, they all leaked out when cooked."
Wang Meilan smiled and said: "That's because she didn't hold it."
"It's not good!" Jie Chen said, "It will turn into a piece of soup as soon as it is boiled."
"Oh, don't pick it!" At this time, Zhao Jun turned around and "scolded" Xie Chen, saying: "You are lucky if you can eat the dumplings made by my aunt Xie!"
After saying this, Zhao Jun added: "You are still picky about this."
"No, no." Jie Chen was amused by Zhao Jun, and then he said with some emotion: "Brother Jun, don't say that. Before the Chinese New Year this year, my elder brother and I will go home and have to pay a good visit to the grave."
"Huh?" Jie Chen said one sentence, which made Zhao Jun confused. The topic was too jumping. The first sentence was nagging, but the second sentence mentioned visiting the grave?
"Haha." Jie Chen chuckled and said: "Before my father was alive, one year and thirty years ago, our family was making dumplings. My eldest sister-in-law and my second sister all made dumplings, but my mother didn't make them. We didn't talk about it much at that time.
, my father said that if my mother could make dumplings, our ancestral graves would be filled with smoke."
"Hahaha……"
Jie Chen's words made everyone laugh. Wang Meilan laughed and said: "This kid can say anything if he can't do it."
"Haha..." Jie Chen, who was laughing and joking, suddenly met Li Ruhai's eyes in front of him, and the laughter in his mouth stopped abruptly.
"Huh?" The smile on Li Ruhai's face faltered, and then Jie Chen said: "Ruhai, you can't go out and talk about my mother."
Jie Chen still wants to talk about his wife here. If everyone in Yong'an Forest District knows the true identity of Jie Sun, then it will not be easy for Jie Chen to find a wife here.
"Brother Chen, I can't!" Li Ruhai said unhappily: "I can say anything..."
As soon as Li Ruhai defended himself, he saw that everyone was looking at him wrongly, so he quickly changed his words and said: "What do I mean by marrying my mother? Besides, no one in the village knows her, so what's the point of me saying that?"
"You can pull him down." Jie Chen rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "Aunt Zhou, do we know each other from the village? You came to our house that time and let the sheep go up, and you still went out to brag.
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When his boss was revealed, Li Ruhai's face fell and he looked at the minister angrily.
"Huh?" Zhao Jun saw this and hurriedly stopped him: "Ruhai, don't forget, we can't talk about our own family's affairs to anyone else!"
This was what Zhao Jun said to Li Ruhai when he stayed at Zhao's house that day.
At this time, Zhao Jun was afraid that Jie Chen would offend Li Ruhai and Li Ruhai made up a story.
You know, this kid is a master who can even trick his own brother if he is unhappy.
Jie Chen also reacted and quickly wooed Li Ruhai, saying: "Ruhai, don't be picky about us, I will buy you something delicious someday."
Li Ruhai rolled his eyes when he heard this. He was no longer the Li Ruhai he was a year ago. Now he can make up to one dollar, sixty or seventy cents every day by sewing by himself.
"Okay!" At this time, Zhao Jun put down his chopsticks, pushed his bowl, reached out and stroked his little nephew's chubby cheeks, and said, "I've finished eating, pack it up, pack it away!"
"Brother Jun!" Jie Chen stood up after hearing this and said, "Then I will drive."
At the same time, Li Ruhai also stood up and said, "I'll get my bag."
Zhao family: "..."
After Xie Chen and Li Ruhai went out together, Zhao Jun got off the kang and went back to his room to get dressed.
As soon as he left, Wang Meilan said "Oh!" and said, "I have to buy dog money for my son!"
After speaking, Wang Meilan also glanced at Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai had an idea, put down his chopsticks, and said while getting off the kang, "I've finished eating, and I'll send him some money."
Then, Zhao Youcai took the ten unity cards handed over by Wang Meilan and hurried straight to the West Room.
"Huh?" In the west room, Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai who was coming over and asked, "Dad, what are you doing?"
"You don't have to pay for the green tiger." Zhao Youcai lowered his voice and said to Zhao Jun: "From now on, you will lead him up the mountain. He will have to work to kill the bear bile. You can give me some of it."
The asking price of the green tiger was only one hundred, but how much was the black blind man's guts? Of course, Zhao Youcai had a clear mind and knew that it was impossible to get a share from Wang Meilan.
But if you divide a piece of bear bile for ten or twenty yuan, it should be fine... right?
"Ah, okay." Zhao Jun agreed happily, then stretched out his hand to Zhao Youcai and said, "Dad, please take the money."
Zhao Youcai: "..."
Zhao Youcai looked at the money in his hand, then at Zhao Jun, and suddenly didn't know what to do.