sbdcsierra Chapter 1484 Zhao Jun Arranges Guests
Chapter 1484 Zhao Jun Arranges Guests
Chapter 1484 Zhao Jun Arranges Guests
Nowadays, there are many people who favor sons over daughters, and there are also many people who do not treat their grandchildren as their own family members.
But Wang Meilan and Zhao Youcai are not like that.
After hearing Wang Meilan say that she wanted to dip the candied haws for Zhou Tao, Zhao Youcai asked Xing San and Li Dayong to feed the pigs and dogs, while he helped Wang Meilan make the syrup in the house.
By the time Zhao Jun finished washing up and was wiping his face with a towel, the couple had already been slamming candied haws onto the chopping board.
Zhao Jun came over and heard Wang Meilan ask, "Son, how is it going?"
"It's really good!" Zhao Jun praised it honestly, but then he said, "But, Mom, how can I give it to him if you make it?"
The syrup dipped on the outside of the candied haws will stick together even after it cools and solidifies, when two strings of candied haws are put together.
"It's okay." Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Before dinner last night, I told your sister-in-law Zhang to let your brother Zhang be a straw target."
The straw target is also called a candied haws stick or a candied haws stand. It is made of rice straw or wheat straw. People selling candied haws sticks of candied haws on it for easy carrying and display.
With Zhang Yuanmin taking action, there is no need to worry about it.
This morning the Zhao family ate frozen tofu stewed with cabbage and vermicelli, and the staple food was sticky rice dumplings.
After Zhao Jun had eaten and drunk enough, he took a short rest, and then people came to his house. But today, no one came to sell mountain products, only his own people.
Zhang Yuanmin came with a straw target. The old man was very skillful and made a straw target that was only as long as his elbow, which was enough to hold a dozen strings of candied haws.
Wang Qiang, Lin Xiangshun, Li Baoyu, Jie Chen and Jie Sunshi, each dragged a sack with living things moving in it. They were all live roe deer that were to be given as gifts.
Zhao Jun walked out of the yard and asked several people to throw the roe deer onto the Jiefang car. Then he asked Li Baoyu and Jie Chen to load the live wild boar that Zhao Youcai caught yesterday onto the car.
Zhou Chengguo was promised that he would catch a wild boar for him, and if he failed to catch it, he would be given pork. But now that he had caught it, he would be given the wild boar and a roe deer.
Five roe deer and a 200-pound wild boar are definitely not enough to fit in a jeep.
So, Zhao Jun called out, "Baoyu, Xiaochen, you two drive the big liberation and follow me!"
The Zhao army now has a lot of talented people under its command. Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai are the ones who give advice and suggestions, while Li Baoyu and Jie Chen are also the ones who do the hard work.
Li Baoyu and Jie Chen got on the Jiefang car. Jie Chen, who was sitting on the passenger seat, held a straw target with sixteen strings of candied haws on it.
Zhao Jun was in the front, driving a jeep towards Yongshengtun.
When you enter the village, go to Zhou’s house first.
Li Baoyu and Jie Chen unloaded four sacks of live roe deer and stuffed them into the back of the jeep with great effort.
After finishing these rough chores, the two said goodbye to the Zhou family and got on the Jiefang car, ready to go to Zhou Cheng's country.
Seeing that they were about to leave, Zhao Jun reminded them, "Xiao Chen, when you two are done, go back to the village and let Third Master take over."
Today is the Little New Year, and from today on, the forest area will stop working. The workers will go down the mountain, and the head of the forest area will also have to go home to celebrate the New Year.
After finishing the work in Yongshengtun, Xie Chen would drive to pick up Xie Zhong, and take Xing San with him to pack up the old man's things in the shack in Lengchang.
Moreover, before going to Lengchang, they had to go to Yingbei Mountain and sneak back all the large leather cages that the Zhao army had placed on the mountain.
"I know, Brother Jun." Xie Chen responded, and then he heard Zhao Jun say, "Pick up Uncle Yang as well, and send him home after that."
"Don't worry, brother, we know." Li Baoyu smiled and said, "Ru Hai has been nagging about this several times."
"Okay, let's go." Zhao Jun waved at the two of them. Zhou Chunming and Zhou Jianjun also reminded them to "drive slowly".
At this time, on the other side of the jeep, Zhao Chun was holding a straw target in his hand and looking very happy.
Listening to Zhao Jun talking to Li Baoyu and Jie Chen, Zhao Chun nudged Hu Sanmei with her shoulder and said, "Mom, look at Xiaojun, he is so thoughtful."
"Yes!" Hu Sanmei nodded and said, "I ran into your uncle Yang yesterday. She was still talking about how your uncle Yang came back. I'll tell her later so she doesn't have to worry about him."
"Sister, what are you doing with it?" At this time, Zhao Jun's voice came.
Zhao Chun raised her hand, and heard Zhao Jun say to her, "Take it to the house, you and my aunt, and you can eat."
"Let her mother and daughter eat it." Hu Sanmei heard this and said with a smile, "My mother-in-law got up early to dip it for them, right?"
"Yeah." Zhao Jun laughed and said, "My mother picked hawthorns at around four in the morning, saying that she would dip them into candied haws for her eldest grandson. I told her to wait a day before eating them, but she refused."
"Tsk! Look at this!" Hu Sanmei pushed Zhou Chunming and said, "Look at the heart of our mother-in-law."
"Yeah!" Zhou Chunming nodded and said, "Our in-laws and mother-in-law, what else is there to say?"
After saying this, Zhou Chunming raised his hand towards Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun and said, "Jun, go with your brother-in-law. The two of you should go early and come back early so that you can have a good meal at home."
"Uncle Zhou, we can't eat here today." Zhao Jun waved his hand and said, "Today is the Little New Year, I have to go back."
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhou Chunming did not force him. He just said, "Then come the day after tomorrow. We will kill the pig the day after tomorrow."
Zhao Jun responded with a smile, and after asking Zhou Jianjun to get in the car, Zhao Jun drove out of the village and went down the mountain towards the city.
It is nearly 200 miles from Yongsheng to the city. The road built for war preparation back then has no other problems except that it has many bends.
At 10:30 in the morning, Zhao Jun drove into the Forestry Bureau’s family quarters.
Every year, Zhou Jianjun was the one who came to give gifts. He gave Zhao Jun directions and parked the car in front of Unit 2, Building 1.
Two men got out of the car, unloaded the roe deer, and one of them dragged two sacks into the unit door.
In the past, when Zhou Jianjun came, he had to visit several stores. But this time, visiting only one store was enough.
Chu Anmin once told Zhao Jun that in order to raise a dog, his family didn’t even have a good floor, so he specifically asked for the first floor.
Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun entered the unit door and went up half a flight of five steps. The house on the right was Director Chu's house.
Zhou Jianjun put down the sack, raised his hand and knocked on the door softly.
"Who is it?" Chu Anmin's voice came from the room. Director Chu was also resting today.
When the door opened, Chu Anmin was startled when he saw Zhou Jianjun.
"Director Chu, I am..." Zhou Jianjun was about to introduce himself when he saw Chu Anmin nod at him and say "ah".
Then, Chu Anmin raised his hand and called to Zhou Jianjun behind him, saying, "Zhao Jun, um... hurry up and get into the house!"
Zhou Jianjun: "..."
Now that you've been let in, let's put the self-introduction aside.
At this time, Chu Anmin was still calling: "You two don't need to change your shoes, just go in directly!"
Hearing Chu Anmin's words, Liu Hongmei, who was peeling cabbage leaves in the kitchen, secretly hated: "I will not deal with him if I catch up with him!"
Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun were both particular people. When they saw several pairs of slippers at the door, they were about to change their shoes when they heard Chu Anmin say, "What are you holding? Are you still moving?"
"Roe deer." Zhou Jianjun said with a smile, "Director Chu, these are the roe deer my little brother caught. I'll bring you a few."
"Ah? Ah..." Chu Anmin looked at Zhou Jianjun, then at Zhao Jun, and finally at Zhou Jianjun, and said, "You are the son of Old Zhou, and you are in charge of the logistics, right?"
"Yes, yes, Director Chu." Zhou Jianjun smiled and nodded, saying, "It's me."
As soon as Zhou Jianjun finished speaking, Liu Hongmei came out of the kitchen. After taking a look at Zhou Jianjun, she said to Chu Anmin, "Isn't this Xiao Zhou? The wild boar and roe deer he brought us that time were all alive. Have you forgotten?"
"Haha, Aunt Liu." In the past, when people came to give gifts, Liu Hongmei was always at home, and Zhou Jianjun was familiar with Liu Hongmei.
"Hey, don't stand at the door, come in quickly!" Liu Hongmei greeted the two enthusiastically, but was stopped by Chu Anmin, who said, "Take the good tea leaves that Old Sun gave me and make some tea."
Then, Chu Anmin turned around and raised his hand to gesture to Zhou Jianjun, only to realize that he didn't know his name.
Chu Anmin moved his hand aside and said to Zhao Jun, "Zhao Jun, follow me and take this roe deer outside."
These roe deer are not chickens or ducks, and keeping four big roe deer in the house is not a long-term solution.
"Chu Bureau." But Zhao Jun still asked: "Is there a place outside?"
"Yes!" Chu Anmin said, "There is a warehouse outside."
As he spoke, Chu Anmin took the cotton-padded jacket hanging next to him, took his feet out of his slippers, and stepped into his cotton-padded shoes.
Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun came out of the house first, carrying sacks. They went to the door of the unit and looked at the row of small bungalows opposite, with a door every one meter. That should be the warehouse that Chu Anmin mentioned.
Sure enough, Chu Anmin led the two of them to door number three, unlocked the door with the key, and opened the door.
This warehouse is not big, only about four square meters, but it can store miscellaneous items, and there is a cellar at the door.
"Put it here first." Chu Anmin asked Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun to put the sacks in the warehouse and asked, "They can't run out, right?"
"Don't worry, Chief Chu." Zhao Jun said, "The legs and mouth are all tied up."
There were quite a few miscellaneous items in the warehouse. When the sacks of roe deer were placed on the ground, Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun came out.
Just as Chu Anmin was locking the door, Zhou Jianjun called him, "Director Chu, grandma is out."
"Ah?" Chu Anmin was stunned when he heard it. He turned around and saw that it was his mother!
The old lady came in a hurry without even buttoning her cotton-padded jacket.
"Mom, what are you doing here?" Chu Anmin stopped what he was doing and heard the old lady say, "I heard someone took a roe deer?"
As the old lady spoke, she came over and recognized Zhou Jianjun at a glance.
"Zhou Xiao!" The old lady called Zhou Jianjun, then looked at Zhao Jun and said, "I see this child looks dazed..."
Mianhuang means familiar.
As she spoke, the old lady frowned her sparse eyebrows, looked at Zhao Jun and said, "This child looks so energetic, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Where have I seen him before?"
"Mom, have you forgotten?" Chu Anmin pointed at Zhao Jun and said to the old lady, "We were watching TV the other day, and there was a good guy doing good things!"
"Ah..." The old lady remembered and said to Chu Anmin directly, "You didn't go up that time, but others did."
Zhao Jun, Zhou Jianjun: "..."
Why is it that the old lady's words are so unpleasant to the ear?
If Chu Anmin had a narrow mind, he would be unhappy.
Fortunately, Director Chu was generous and just smiled and said, "Yes, mother, that's him. The young man is quite good."
"Yeah!" The old lady pointed at Zhao Jun's face and said with a smile, "Look at those thick eyebrows and big eyes. You can tell he's real at a glance."
"Haha..." When being praised, Zhao Jun could only respond with a smile.
"No, Mom, what are you doing here?" Chu Anmin straightened the old lady's collar and asked, "Let's go back to the house now!"
"Wait a minute, don't be anxious!" The old lady pointed to the barn and said, "Let me see the roe deer!"
"What are you looking at it for?" Chu Anmin was speechless. He was the director of the Forestry Bureau, and he had more than a dozen forest farms under his command. This year, it would be no problem to harvest a hundred roe deer.
"I haven't seen it before." The old lady said, "Last time Zhou Xiao sent that thing to you, you killed it before I could even look at it."
Chu Anmin curled his lips helplessly, old child, young child. Some old people are more willful than children when they are old.
Chu Anmin had no choice but to open the warehouse.
Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun were both very perceptive. They pulled over a sack and untied the hemp rope that tied the sack.
As the sack was opened, the roe deer's mouth stuck out, and as its head came out, its two ears fluttered and stood up.
"Oh!" the old lady laughed, "It's quite interesting!"
"Okay, mother." Chu Anmin held the old lady's arm and said, "Let's go back to the house."
Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun stuffed the roe deer back in and tied up the sack again. Then they heard the old lady standing at the door ask Chu Anmin, "Minzi, roe deer have intestines, right?"
"Of course there is." Chu Anmin said with a smile: "Without intestines, how can you excrete what you eat?"
"Then can we kill this roe deer to get its blood and make blood sausage?" The old lady's question stumped Chu Anmin.
"Can roe deer blood be eaten?" Chu Anmin looked at Zhao Jun, wanting to hear the opinions of professionals.
"Who knows?" Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "I've never heard of anyone eating roe deer blood."
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Chu Anmin looked at his mother and asked, "What's the matter, Mom? Do you want to eat blood sausage? My second uncle slaughtered a pig last month, aren't we going there?"
Normally in rural areas, people slaughter pigs as soon as the twelfth lunar month begins.
"Hmm." The old lady pursed her lips and said nothing. Zhou Jianjun saw this and stepped forward to Chu Anmin and said, "Director Chu, my family will slaughter a pig the day after tomorrow. Can you bring your grandma to my house to eat pork?"
After hearing what Zhou Jianjun said, the old lady showed a trace of struggle on her face. She probably wanted to go but was too embarrassed to do so.
"Xiao Zhou, thank you." Chu Anmin thanked Zhou Jianjun first, and then said: "We won't go. My son will be back the day after tomorrow in the morning, and then we will go to the village."
After saying this, Chu Anmin paused for a moment and added, "It's the New Year, so I'll go back to my hometown to take a look and bring the old man to his grave."
After hearing what Chu Anmin said, Zhou Jianjun could no longer persuade him. Whether it was tradition or superstition, it was a way to express grief for deceased relatives. For some people, returning to their hometown to visit the graves before the New Year was the most important thing.
But when Chu Anmin finished speaking, he heard Zhao Jun ask him, "Director Chu, what about tomorrow?"
"Huh?" Chu Anmin was startled. Zhao Jun continued, "My family will slaughter a pig tomorrow. It's a 300-pound pig. You can take your family over."
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Chu Anmin turned to look at his mother, then pointed at Zhao Jun and said, "Mom, let's go to his house for dinner tomorrow!"
I will update during the day tomorrow
(End of this chapter)