sbdcsierra Chapter 1474 Cat Funny Stick
Chapter 1474 Cat Funny Stick
Chapter 1474 Cat Funny Stick
The farce at the market had nothing to do with the Zhao family. The Zhao mother and son and Li Ruhai were chatting leisurely in the house.
Tomorrow is the Little New Year. The forest farms are closed for holiday, logging work is suspended, and even hikers are resting at home, waiting for the New Year.
So there are not as many people selling mountain products today as in the previous two days.
Zhao Jun was happy to have some free time. He sat cross-legged on the kang, holding the little lynx in his arms, listening to Li Ruhai talking incessantly about his views on the leopard-skin quilt.
After going to the Little Redwood Forest Farm with Zhao Jun, Li Ruhai wanted to follow Zhao Jun to Hebei again.
In order to get Zhao Jun to take him with him, Li Ruhai decided to show his worth.
Therefore, he initially conceived a set of marketing concepts targeting those big bosses.
Although it was just a preliminary idea, Wang Meilan's eyes lit up when she heard it.
"Son." Wang Meilan called Zhao Jun who was lost in thought.
"Ah? What's wrong, Mom?" Zhao Jun looked up at Wang Meilan, and heard Wang Meilan say to him: "Listen to what Ruhai said..."
After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Li Ruhai was delighted, thinking that Wang Meilan agreed with what he said.
But then, Wang Meilan continued, "How about that little quilt...let's not sell it."
"What's going on?" Zhao Jun was stunned, and then he heard Wang Meilan say, "Ask mom, leave the small quilt for my eldest grandson later."
Zhao Jun: "..."
Well, before I can fool others, I’ve already brainwashed myself.
Li Ruhai heard this and thought to himself that he was in trouble. If Wang Meilan left the leopard-skin quilt behind, how could he go to Hebei?
So, in the next ten minutes, Li Ruhai explained the script to Wang Meilan.
"Okay, okay, I get it." After hearing this, Wang Meilan interrupted Li Ruhai and said, "You two brothers can discuss it. I don't care anymore."
As she spoke, Wang Meilan stood up and took down the small cotton jacket and headscarf hanging on the wall.
"Mom, where are you going?" Zhao Jun asked. Wang Meilan gestured outside the house and said, "I'm going to the grocery store to see if your uncle Wang has come back from the mountain to buy goods."
"What do you want to buy, Mom?" Zhao Jun said, "Tell me what you want to buy, and I'll go down the mountain to buy it for you tomorrow."
"Doesn't your uncle Wang always buy hawthorns to make candied haws at this time of year?" Wang Meilan said, "I told him yesterday and asked him to buy 20 kilograms for me the day before."
"Twenty kilograms?" Zhao Jun was startled and asked, "Mom, you also make candied haws?"
"Ah!" Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Didn't we say that on the 23rd, the sugar melon is sticky, let's dip it in some too."
"No, Auntie?" Li Ruhai cautiously stopped Wang Meilan and said, "Excuse me for being frank, but the sugar melon on the twenty-third is sticky, so it doesn't look like it's for dipping in candied haws, right?"
The 23rd Tanggua is a kind of stove sugar, also known as maltose. Add glutinous rice or something, cook it until it is sticky, and then cool it into shape.
Zhao Jun's family doesn't have that. They call making candied haws "dipping candied haws", which is named after the hawthorns are dipped into the syrup after boiling it.
"Well, we have this." Wang Meilan said, "Then just dip it in whatever you have!"
"Okay, Mom." Zhao Jun freed one hand, pushed Li Ruhai a little, and then said to Wang Meilan, "Dip it. It won't go bad or melt if left outside. Give it to my sisters to eat."
At this time, Li Ruhai also realized that he had talked too much, and quickly stood up to make amends, saying: "Auntie, then I will go with you? It's 20 kilograms, I will help you carry it."
"You don't need to..." Wang Meilan had just finished speaking when she heard two dogs barking outside the house.
Just these two sounds, he must be an acquaintance.
Sure enough, when Zhao Jun looked out the window, he saw Zhang Yuanmin and his family of three coming.
"Hey, what did your sister-in-law bring?" Wang Meilan took a look and saw Yang Yufeng carrying a bag of flour.
As Wang Meilan spoke, she walked toward the outer room, and Zhao Jun also got up from the kang.
At this time, Zhang Yuanmin had arrived at the door. He opened the door and let Yang Yufeng, who was carrying something, go in first.
"Auntie." Yang Yufeng entered the room, threw the bag of flour on the ground, and said to Wang Meilan, "Is this the hawthorn you asked Wang Fu to bring you?"
They call each other by their own names. Zhao Youcai and Wang Fu call each other brothers, while Wang Fu calls Zhang Yuanmin's father uncle.
"Ah." Wang Meilan said with a smile: "I was thinking of dipping it in some candied haws, um..."
Wang Meilan touched her pocket and asked, "How much are these hawthorns?"
"Auntie, don't give me any more." Zhang Yuanmin, who followed him into the house, waved his hand and said, "It's not much money."
"Yes, old lady." Yang Yufeng stepped forward and held Wang Meilan's hand, saying, "Even if you take it out, I can't take it."
"If you don't want it, forget it." Wang Meilan didn't bother to be polite with the couple. She just said, "Then let's find a big basin and soak the hawthorns. Then wash them out."
"Mom, are you going to do it today?" Zhao Jun asked. Wang Meilan said, "There is no 30th this year. The 29th is the Chinese New Year. Everything has to be moved forward one day."
"What else do you want to do, Mom?" After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Jun felt that his mother could not have a peaceful New Year.
"What can I do?" Wang Meilan said as she went to the bowl rack to get a basin, "Clean up... clean up the house, and cook something. We have a big family and many children, so we can all have a lively and happy New Year."
As she spoke, Wang Meilan turned around, carrying a large basin, and said to Yang Yufeng, "Feng'er, carry the hawthorns and let's go to the west courtyard."
"Hey!" Yang Yufeng really listened to Wang Meilan and picked up the hawthorns again without saying a word.
Seeing this, Xiao Lingdang turned around and opened the door for Yang Yufeng.
When Wang Meilan was walking out, she passed by Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin and said, "You three brothers, stay at home. I'll call you when I'm done making the candied haws."
After saying that, Wang Meilan left, leaving Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai behind.
After sitting on the kang in the east room, Zhang Yuanmin asked Zhao Jun, "Brother, why are you at home today? Didn't you go up the mountain?"
"Let my dad go." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "I think he can't stay at home any longer."
Zhang Yuanmin didn't know how to comment on Zhao Jun's words. He just smiled and asked Zhao Jun, "Brother, why did you take those big leather cages away yesterday?"
"Let's see what happens tomorrow afternoon." Zhao Jun said, "I'll go to the city to do some work tomorrow morning and come back at noon. It'll still be warm to go up the mountain at one or two o'clock in the afternoon."
"Yes." After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Li Ruhai agreed, "The wind on Shitang is too strong. Brother, you have to wear more clothes when you go there next time."
Zhang Yuanmin glanced at Li Ruhai and felt annoyed as if someone had interrupted him.
"Yeah, it's really cold up there." Zhao Jun agreed with Li Ruhai and said, "No matter how thick your clothes are, the wind will blow through you."
"Brother." Zhang Yuanmin organized his words in his mind and said to Zhao Jun, "I remember that I have surrounded twenty cages in total. As long as we can catch a white big skin in these twenty cages, we will be fine."
"Yeah!" Zhang Yuanmin had just finished speaking, and before Zhao Jun could say anything, he heard Li Ruhai say to Zhao Jun: "Brother, just take these three big white skins and take me to Hebei. I can sell them for you for 100,000 or 80,000 yuan."
After hearing what Li Ruhai said, Zhang Yuanmin almost burst into swearing. This kid just interrupted him.
Zhao Jun looked at Li Ruhai and then at Zhang Yuanmin.
If Li Baoyu and Jie Chen acted as thugs and bodyguards, then Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai were the think tanks who gave advice and suggestions.
It is indeed troublesome to take them with me, but it is only troublesome. As long as I can make more money, I don't need tens of thousands, but a few thousand more is also suitable.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun looked up at the two of them again.
Meeting Zhao Jun's gaze, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai straightened their backs.
"Okay then." Zhao Jun smacked his lips and said to Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai, "Then let's drive two cars and I'll take both of you with me."
When Zhao Jun said this, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai's faces were filled with excitement.
"Brother..." Zhang Yuanmin just opened his mouth and heard Li Ruhai say: "Brother, I will do my best until my death to help our Chamber of Commerce make more money and live up to your kindness."
Zhang Yuanmin gritted his teeth when he heard this, and glanced at Li Ruhai before saying to Zhao Jun: "Brother, I will do my best to serve you during this trip to Hebei after the New Year..."
"Okay, okay." Zhao Jun interrupted Zhang Yuanmin and said, "You two can stop talking. You know I don't understand, but you still talk nonsense."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai looked at each other and curled their lips helplessly.
It would be fine if this person was uneducated, but he is not even educated enough to be so self-righteous.
But whether in the hunting gang or in the unit, they are all leaders, and Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai dare not say anything else.
"Brother, I won't say anything." Zhang Yuanmin smiled and finally said, "When we get to Hebei, you can just follow my advice."
"Brother, you can rest assured with me in your care." Li Ruhai said unyieldingly, "I am the best at negotiating business with people. To describe it in four words, I am very good at it."
Zhang Yuanmin: "..."
"Alright, alright." Zhao Jun stopped the two again and said, "That's enough for the two of you."
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai looked at each other and then turned their heads away.
Zhao Jun was an illiterate man after all, and he didn't know how Yuan Shao was defeated. Zhao Jun didn't take Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai's actions seriously, but took out the fox skin that Wang Meilan had just received.
The fox skin was spread on the kang table. The moment the fox tail hung down from the edge of the table, the little lynx in Zhao Jun's arms moved.
Zhao Jun knew that the little fellow was going to move, so he used his arm to block it. However, the little lynx put its front paws on Zhao Jun's forearm and tried to pass over Zhao Jun's arm.
But at this moment, Zhao Jun slapped the little lynx on the nose with his backhand.
The little lynx's eyes suddenly became clear, and it shrank back and hid in Zhao Jun's arms.
"Why is this leather damaged?" Zhang Yuanmin asked Zhao Jun with some regret: "Brother, can it still be sold for money?"
This fox skin is torn from the neck to the back.
"I think it's bad enough." Zhao Jun said so. Zhang Yuanmin asked puzzledly: "Why do you still collect it?"
"That guy is really good at flattering people." Li Ruhai said, but Zhao Jun glared at him and he quickly shut his mouth.
Seeing this, Zhang Yuanmin dared not join in the discussion and just asked Zhao Jun, "Brother, this thing is worthless after it's sewn up, right?"
Fox skin is not comparable to leopard skin. Leopard skin can be sold at a high price after being sewn together. But fox skin nowadays, even if it is good, cannot be sold at a high price.
"No need to sew it." Zhao Jun stretched out his hand, touched the base of the fox skin tail, and said to Zhang Yuanmin, "Brother, you cut it off from here."
"What are you doing?" Zhang Yuanmin asked. Zhao Jun said, "Then find me a stick to connect it to, okay?"
"Find a stick to connect it?" Zhang Yuanmin frowned, and a plan came to his mind instantly. He said, "That's easy. I'll drill a hole in the tailbone and also drill a hole in the other end of the stick. Then put the wire in between and twist it. It will be very strong."
Although he didn't know what Zhao Jun was going to do with that thing, Zhang Yuanmin also considered it to be sturdy and durable.
"Why are you drilling a hole?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhang Yuanmin said, "Brother, don't worry about it. I'll take care of the house for you."
Zhang Yuanmin did what he said and left with the torn fox skin.
As soon as he left, the Chamber of Commerce came with business. After collecting seventeen yellow leaves, there was no work for the morning.
Zhao Jun took a nap on the kang, and it was eleven o'clock when he opened his eyes.
Zhao Jun sat up from the kang, just as Zhang Yuanmin came back with what he had made.
"Brother, here you go." Zhang Yuanmin handed the thing to Zhao Jun and asked, "What do you want to do with this thing?"
Zhao Jun smiled, holding the elm stick that Zhang Yuanmin had polished smooth with coarse sandpaper, and shook it, and the yellow fox's big tail shook open.
Ever since Zhang Yuanmin entered the house, the little lynx lying beside Zhao Jun had been looking up at him.
At this time, the fox swung its tail in the air, and the little lynx jumped into the air.
"Hey?" Zhao Jun raised his arm, and the fox's tail flew up, and the little lynx's claws missed. When it fell from mid-air, Zhao Jun flicked his wrist, and the fox's tail swung repeatedly in the air.
The little lynx jumped up again. When it was halfway into the air, it somersaulted and twisted its body in the air, but missed its target for the second time.
Seeing the fox's tail fall to the other end of the kang table, the little lynx lay on the kang, slowly moved his feet, and moved forward quietly.
But before it got close, Zhao Jun swung his hand, and the fox's tail swept over the little lynx's head. The little lynx jumped up and did a backflip in mid-air.
After a series of actions, the little lynx failed to catch the fox's tail, but it did not give up and ran back and forth chasing the fox's tail.
This little guy has grown a big belly from eating too much at Zhao Jun's house. The comfortable life has worn away his wildness, and coupled with his young and cute appearance, he is almost like a pet cat.
Zhao Jun swung the cat toy, dodging the little lynx's pounce, scratch, jump and run, which made him laugh every time.
Until two dog barks interrupted the interaction between Zhao Jun and the little lynx.
Zhao Jun took the fox's tail and handed it to Zhang Yuanmin, saying, "Brother, if there is a bell, please ring one for me."
Zhang Yuanmin: "..."
At this time, Zhao Jun had stood up and went out to greet them, while the little lynx circled around Zhang Yuanmin, its eyes fixed on the fox tail in Zhang Yuanmin's hand.
Coming out of the house, Zhao Jun looked towards the gate of the courtyard and couldn't help frowning.
"Are we here to call you to task?" Seeing the person coming, Zhao Jun suddenly thought of an idiom.
There will be more tonight
(End of this chapter)