sbdcsierra Chapter 1857 Zhao Jun, who knows how to praise his wife
Chapter 1857 Zhao Jun, who knows how to praise his wife
Chapter 1857 Zhao Jun, who knows how to praise his wife
Sometimes dreams are like wisps of smoke that you can't grasp; when you wake up, all that's left is a blurry shadow.
But Zhao Jun still remembered his dream very clearly after he woke up.
Because the blind man in his dream was too miserable.
"Honey, what chores do we have today?" Zhao Jun asked Ma Ling casually. Ma Ling replied, "Mom said we should go to the South Field to weed while it's cool in the morning."
As she said this, Ma Ling had already put on her socks. She bent down to pick up her shoes, and while kicking them off, she added, "The grass grows so fast, it can only last for three to five days after you cut it once."
As she spoke, Ma Ling turned back and tossed another sentence to Zhao Jun: "Why don't you take a nap a little longer? You don't need to get up so early."
Hearing Ma Ling's words, Zhao Jun softly hummed in agreement, then lay down on his pillow, closed his eyes, and tried to process the dream from the perspective of observing and interpreting the scene.
"Heavy rain...under the tree...water..." Zhao Jun thought of several pieces of information, but none of them felt right.
“Blind Pang…” Zhao Jun then thought of Pang Zhendong, the protagonist of his dream.
Zhao Jun and Pang Zhendong had a grudge against each other, and this grudge was indeed related to rafting.
But when he thought of those two secrets of the ginseng gang, Zhao Jun couldn't help but frown.
The grass and trees shimmer like moonlight, and the mother and child, husband and wife, stand in pairs.
The secrets of the ginseng cult may sound like doggerel, but upon closer examination, you'll realize that every word in each secret is well-deserved.
After obtaining this secret, Zhao Jun pondered it carefully. He even considered using this secret to find the conjoined ginseng that had stirred up the storm in Yong'an in the previous life.
But after thinking it over, Zhao Jun felt something was amiss. The second half of the secret, "mother and husband, paired together," indicated that the secret applied to rare ginseng found in pairs.
Zhao Jun clearly remembered that the conjoined ginseng that Bai Sanzhi had brought out in his previous life was a conjoined set of three ginsengs, a husband and wife with a son. The husband and wife ginsengs had a son ginseng in the middle, and their appearance was very lifelike. Moreover, all three ginsengs were over a hundred years old, which is why they were worth so much.
However, if there are three ginsengs, then the "mother and child, husband and wife, paired up" arrangement wouldn't be suitable. Therefore, Zhao Jun didn't consider using the secret formula to determine the location of the conjoined ginsengs.
But from a perspective of observation, last night's dream was a prompt for Zhao Jun to use the Pang family's secret technique to find the conjoined ginseng.
"Let's give it a try today," Zhao Jun thought to himself. Just then, he heard a clanging sound outside the north window. Zhao Jun's lips twitched, knowing that his father had gone out to feed the dogs again.
Zhao Jun sat up, grabbed his clothes and pants, got up and went out to help Zhao Youcai feed the dogs.
When Zhao Jun came out of the house, he saw Li Baoyu climbing over the wall from next door.
No matter how much trouble Zhao Youcai caused, it didn't reach the Li family. But Liu Mei left with Wang Meilan and Ma Ling, leaving Li Baoyu unable to sleep, so he came to find Zhao Jun.
"Brother!" Li Baoyu, perched on the wall, exclaimed excitedly upon seeing Zhao Jun, "I saw the scenery yesterday!"
Upon hearing Li Baoyu's words, Zhao Jun hurriedly asked, "Baoyu, tell me quickly, what scenery did you see?"
The ability to determine the view requires an experienced leader, but the ability to observe the view is not limited to the leader.
According to the ginseng community, those who can see wild ginseng are truly blessed. However, it's not just the head of the ginseng community who is fortunate.
Normally, when the ginsengers are out in the mountains, they would get up early every day to get their meals. The leader would ask everyone who had gone sightseeing the day before and what they had seen. Everyone would answer, and then the leader would analyze their observations.
"Brother!" Li Baoyu, who had climbed over the wall, quickly came to Zhao Jun and said with a happy face, "I dreamed yesterday that we carried out the Ginseng King."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was pleasantly surprised upon hearing this, because that conjoined ginseng could be called the "King of Ginseng".
Zhao Jun thought Li Baoyu had dreamt of crucial information, so he hurriedly asked, "Baoyu, look at that scene... does it show where we carried the ginseng king?"
When Zhao Jun asked him this, Li Baoyu's smile froze, and he frowned and said, "Brother, I dreamt that we were carried out of my family's cornfield in the south."
Zhao Jun: "..."
The cornfield in Nantou that Li Baoyu mentioned is the Nan Dadi, and what was dug out there... was probably mostly big radishes.
At this moment, Li Baoyu became excited again, raising his hand to gesture, "That eldest ginseng king is a head taller than me."
Zhao Jun glanced at Li Baoyu, utterly speechless.
Seeing Zhao Jun walk towards the back of the house, Li Baoyu hurriedly followed, saying to Zhao Jun as they walked, "Brother, after observing this scene, I can figure it out myself."
Upon hearing Li Baoyu's words, Zhao Jun paused, turned around, and asked, "Baoyu, what... what did you deduce?"
“I’ve deduced that we can carry the Ginseng King,” Li Baoyu said with a determined look. “Brother, what a wonderful dream!”
After saying this, Li Baoyu paused briefly, then added, "A good omen!"
Seeing Zhao Jun's expressionless face, Li Baoyu pressed on, "Brother, you don't believe me?"
"I believe you." Zhao Jun smiled and nodded, "We're sure we can bring out the King of Ginseng from that spot."
“Right, hehe…” Li Baoyu grinned and chuckled as he heard Zhao Jun agree with his point of view.
The two walked to the backyard while they were talking, and Zhao Youcai was already putting out dog food.
The Zhao family's dog gang is eating really well; there are no potatoes this season, so it's all cornmeal.
Zhao Youcai dried the dog food out completely, even more so than the porridge that many families drink.
Moreover, Zhao Youcai also put cooked oil and salt in the dog food.
The dog food is scooped out with a ladle and placed in a large bowl to cool.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai took out a cigarette and gave one to Li Baoyu.
Li Baoyu took the cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it with a match, and handed it to Zhao Youcai, saying, "Grandpa, did you go sightseeing yesterday?"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "No."
Zhao Youcai lied; he had a dream last night. In the dream, his Zhao Family Hunting Gang swallowed up the Zhao Family Gang, and Zhao Jun and others were at his beck and call.
Then, in his dream, Zhao Youcai slaughtered everyone, even killing a winged tiger with his gun.
Zhao Youcai could never tell anyone about this dream; he could only savor it in his own memory.
After lighting Zhao Youcai's cigarette, Li Baoyu lit the one in his own mouth. He took a satisfying drag, and just as he was about to say something to Zhao Jun, he heard the Green Tiger roar twice.
Before the green tiger's roar had even faded, Erhei and Huanglong added two more roars in succession.
The three turned around and saw Li Ruhai jogging towards them.
"What's wrong, Ru Hai?" Zhao Jun asked. "Why are you running away?"
No sooner had Zhao Jun finished speaking than Zhao Youcai asked, "What's wrong, Ru Hai? Did the mule get out there?"
"Huh?" Li Ruhai, who had stopped walking, was taken aback by Zhao Youcai's question. After regaining his senses, he smiled at Zhao Youcai and said, "How can it be so fast, sir? I haven't gone out since I came back yesterday. I haven't even started to take care of that matter yet."
"Then why did you run away?" Li Baoyu asked. Li Ruhai looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, I was sightseeing yesterday!"
"What scenery did you see?" Zhao Jun asked hurriedly. Li Ruhai was mainly in charge of the Zhao family's sightseeing work.
Ever since Li Ruhai could remember, this child had been dreaming every day. Whether it was day or night, he dreamed whenever he slept. His dreams were all sorts of things, completely chaotic.
But this is perfect for sightseeing.
"Brother, I dreamt that we brought out a treasure." Li Ruhai seemed afraid of being overheard, so he lowered his voice and said mysteriously and excitedly, "After we bring it out, that club will sell for a lot of money. Then all of our families will tear down our houses."
"What?" Zhao Youcai's small eyes widened upon hearing this, and he said, "Making money is fine, but why are you tearing down houses?"
"We're building houses!" Li Ruhai exclaimed happily. "Every family is building four or five-story houses, and we're all buying Santanas!"
"Like the sea, like the sea." Seeing Li Ruhai getting further and further off-topic, Zhao Jun nudged his arm and asked, "When you were sightseeing, where did we carry that club out from?"
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's question, Li Ruhai's face tightened, and he shook his head blankly, saying, "Then I didn't dream... just observe."
Zhao Jun smirked. The sights the Li brothers were watching and hearing were quite exciting, but none of it was of any use.
Both of the Li brothers took their fantasies as reality. At this moment, Li Ruhai said to Li Baoyu with an excited expression, "Brother, when there's nothing else to do, you can teach me how to drive."
At this point, Li Ruhai laughed and said, "Even if we hadn't bought a Santana, I wouldn't have driven it. It would have just been sitting in our yard collecting dust."
"Alright!" Li Baoyu, unusually, didn't argue with Li Ruhai. He readily agreed and then asked Li Ruhai, "Ruhai, do you think that treasure we're carrying is quite big?"
Seeing Li Ruhai shake his head, Li Baoyu raised his right hand above his head and said, "I think that ginseng king is really tall!"
"Oh my god, how much money would that cost!" Li Ruhai couldn't stop smiling.
Seeing the two brothers' daydreaming expressions, Zhao Jun was even more speechless. Zhao Youcai glanced at the Li brothers and then called to the three of them, "Alright, the food's almost cold. Hurry up and feed the dog."
After saying this, Zhao Youcai asked Zhao Jun, "Which dogs did you take up the mountain today?"
Previously, the Zhao family gang had discussed and concluded that a strange beast guarded the side of the Ginseng King. Although yesterday was calm, based on the previous experience, Zhao Jun, who was afraid of snakes, still decided to bring two dogs up the mountain.
As soon as Zhao Youcai said this, all the Zhao family's henchmen turned their attention to him upon hearing the words "go up the mountain".
It's not a good time to hunt dogs in the mountains at this time of year, and the Zhao family's dog gang hasn't been up the mountain for a long time.
Hunting dogs love to go up the mountain. If they are not allowed to go up the mountain, these dogs will howl from being cooped up at home.
Although Zhao Jun and his men had taken the dogs out of the village for a walk in a Liberation truck these past two days, this was not what the hunting dogs wanted most.
"Bring Hu Zi and the tiger." Zhao Jun immediately named Black Tiger and Green Tiger, one with strong individual combat ability and the other with rich experience.
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhao Youcai readily added, "Give Erhei some too."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was taken aback and blurted out, "Dad, you're going too?"
Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun with his eyelids, then said nothing, simply taking the ladle to scoop dog food from the bowl.
Although Zhao Youcai was unwilling to go up the mountain to be a lone commander, it was better for him to go up the mountain than to stay at home and have his old man look after him.
To Zhao Youcai's surprise, he still had to be accompanied by an old man on his way up the mountain today.
At the dinner table, Xing San expressed his desire to go mountain hunting with Zhao Jun. Old Mountain Dog's intention was not to curry favor with Zhao Youcai, but rather to lend a helping hand to Zhao Jun.
He went along, and whether it was carrying a sixth-grade leaf or a second-grade leaf, he would definitely get a share. Xing San thought that giving the money to Zhao Jun would be a fair exchange for the jacket and cigarettes he was wearing.
If it were a hunting expedition, Zhao Jun would definitely not take Xing San along. But if it were a mountain rafting expedition, he could go if he wanted.
After all, Xing San was in good health and his legs were nimble. Although his lungs were not very good, the Zhao family had a car that could take him to his destination, and he could walk a short distance after getting out of the car.
After finishing his meal, Xing San hurriedly went back to change his clothes; he couldn't be running in completely naked clothes.
Li Baoyu and Liu Mei went back next door to tidy up, while Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai also started changing their clothes.
At this moment, Ma Ling approached Zhao Jun and said, "Don't you need to bring some food when you go up the mountain? I haven't made any pancakes these past few days."
"Why bother setting up a stall?" Zhao Jun pulled Ma Ling's hand, frowning. "If you want to eat, just buy some. Why bother with all that trouble?"
These days, there aren't many men who would say something like that to their wives, but Ma Ling shook her head after hearing it and said, "Buying that would be like taking over my stall, wouldn't it?"
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was taken aback. The old couple who ran the pancake stall had been doing it every day for thirty years. He really couldn't understand where Ma Ling's confidence came from.
Immediately afterwards, Ma Ling gave her answer, saying, "My dad said that the pancakes I make are sweet and the more you chew them, the better they taste."
Hearing Ma Ling's words, Zhao Jun instinctively wanted to sneer, but remembering that it was his father who was fooling his wife, Zhao Jun finally just smiled and said, "Wife, come on, you've got enough to do all day..."
"What's so tiring about it?" Ma Ling interrupted Zhao Jun, saying, "Since I married you, how could I not do any work?"
As she said this, Ma Ling took off the thread from Zhao Jun's sleeve and said, "You guys buy something to eat today, and I'll grind some flour later and make you pancakes tomorrow morning."
Ma Ling has already said all that, what else can Zhao Jun say?
He raised his hand and gently pushed Ma Ling's smooth face, praising her as he had heard it on TV yesterday: "My wife is truly a virtuous mother and a good wife."
You can't sleep in the same bed with two kinds of people. Ma Ling didn't think there was anything wrong with what Zhao Jun said. She just took it as Zhao Jun praising her, and suddenly felt full of energy.
After getting dressed, Zhao Jun went to the yard and lit a firecracker.
As the firecrackers died down, the whimpering of the hunting dogs echoed from the backyard.
Zhao Jun turned around and saw Zhao Youcai leading Erhei, and Li Baoyu leading Heihu and Qinghuhu coming from the backyard.
The three men and three dogs left the Zhao family compound. After they got into the car, Zhao Jun drove the jeep and Li Baoyu drove the Liberation truck, picking up other members of the Zhao family gang along the way.
When they stopped at a convenience store along the way, Zhao Jun got off the bus to buy some dry food.
I bought 20 jin of bald-headed pancakes at once, plus ten cans of luncheon meat.
When Zhao Jun came out of the convenience store, Li Ruhai, the manager of the Zhao family business who was promoting the livestock trade in the store, followed behind him.
There was one more Xing San today than yesterday, but the two cars could still squeeze in.
Zhao Jun drove the jeep, with Zhao Jinhui sitting alone in the passenger seat, and Zhao Youcai, Wang Qiang, Xing San, and Zhang Yuanmin squeezed into the back.
Li Baoyu drove a large Jiefang truck, with Jie Chen and Li Ruhai in the passenger seat, and Black Tiger, Erhei, and Green Tiger in the trunk.
Just as they were about to leave Yong'an Village, the two cars passed through a relatively narrow alley.
To avoid hitting the firewood piled up outside someone's house, Li Baoyu slowed down the car very low.
Just then, a military green satchel suddenly flew into the trunk. The green tiger, who was licking its paws, was startled, and then a person climbed up by clinging to the railing.
If it were a stranger, the three dogs would definitely attack him, but looking at Ma Yang with a silly grin on his face, the three dogs not only didn't make a sound, but also wagged their tails at him.