sbdcsierra Chapter 1472 Grandma Zhao, Happy New Year!
Chapter 1472 Grandma Zhao, Happy New Year!
Chapter 1472 Grandma Zhao, Happy New Year!
When happiness is too much, sorrow comes; when blessings are too much, disaster comes; when happiness is over, sorrow comes...
Zhao Youcai, who was so excited, was suddenly stuck there, catching Zhao Jun and others off guard.
Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan both got off the kang and rushed to Zhao Youcai. They had no first aid knowledge and hurriedly helped Zhao Youcai up.
Fortunately, Zhao Youcai did not suffer a stroke or cerebral congestion. It was just that the laces of his right cotton shoe came undone, and then he stepped on the right laces with his left foot.
"What's going on?" Xing San asked as he came out of the west room. The old man had heard Wang Meilan shouting and came out to take a look. Seeing that nothing was wrong, he went back to sit down. Zhao Youcai had made such a big noise again.
"Dad, where did you hit your head?" Zhao Jun asked Zhao Youcai nervously, and cooperated with Wang Meilan to carry Zhao Youcai back to the east room and helped him sit on the edge of the kang.
"Ouch." Zhao Youcai covered his left elbow with his right hand, grinning with a grim look on his face, as if he was in great pain.
"Does your arm hurt?" Wang Meilan asked with concern, "Can you bend it back?"
Zhao Youcai grinned, nodded, and then stood up from the kang.
"What are you doing?" Wang Meilan asked, "How's your arm?"
"It's okay, no big deal." Zhao Youcai said, putting down his left arm and raising his right foot to step on the edge of the kang.
The shoelaces are undone, you need to tie them up.
Zhao Jun and his men watched him tying his shoelaces, and they felt relieved as both of his hands seemed to be fine.
After tying his shoelaces, Zhao Youcai stood up from the kang and said, "It's okay, you don't have to worry about me."
Wang Meilan curled her lips when she heard this, frowned and said to Zhao Youcai: "What are you doing? Scaring people all day long?"
Zhao Youcai didn't say anything and walked out directly. Seeing that he didn't look like he was in trouble, Xing San went back to the west room to put on his leggings, and Wang Meilan started to pick up the table.
Zhao Youcai walked out of the house and shouted to the west courtyard: "Dayong! Dayong!"
Zhao Youcai shouted twice, and Li Dayong rushed out from the Li family in the west courtyard.
"What's up, big brother?" Li Dayong ran over to the wall between the two houses and heard Zhao Youcai say with a smile, "Dayong, I'll go up the mountain in a while!"
"Oh! Really?" Seeing Zhao Youcai nodding repeatedly, Li Dayong was happy for him and said, "Brother, you go up the mountain. I'll let Ruhai go over there to entertain the guests with Brother Xing."
"No, no." After hearing Li Dayong's question, Zhao Youcai waved his hands and said with a smile, "Your nephew is at home."
When he said this, Zhao Youcai was very happy.
"Brother, hurry up and put on your clothes and leggings." Li Dayong said with a smile, "I'll pack up and go to work. I'll hear good news from you when I come back in the evening. You have to eat more roe deer!"
"Hey! Hey!" Zhao Youcai grinned and answered twice with a smile, then the two brothers turned around and walked towards the house.
Zhao Youcai entered the room, hurriedly changed his clothes and put on his leggings, then stood up and looked out the window, muttering, "Why the hell hasn't he come yet?"
After saying this, Zhao Youcai came out of the east room and went to the door of the west room, where he saw Zhao Jun and Xing San sitting on the edge of the kang and chatting.
Xing San had already packed up by this time. Seeing Zhao Youcai coming over, the old man and the young man stopped talking and looked at Zhao Youcai in unison.
"What did your uncle and his family say?" Zhao Youcai raised his head, pointed his chin at Zhao Jun, and asked, "What time is it? Why haven't you come yet?"
It’s no wonder that Zhao Youcai is anxious. It’s already 8:15, Li Dayong has gone to work, and the people from the Zhao family’s gang haven’t arrived yet.
"They went to my elder brother Zhang's house." Zhao Jun said, "They went to help my elder brother Zhang fix the rack."
"What are you doing?" Zhao Youcai didn't understand, and Zhao Jun continued to answer: "Nail the frame to tie the roe deer. Are the roe deer we caught yesterday still in the cage? We have to fix it."
In the past, Zhang Yuanmin could do this job by himself, but now he can't use much strength, and needs help to lift the poles and support the frame.
"How long will it take?" Zhao Youcai was anxious, but Zhao Jun said, "It will be done soon. My elder brother Zhang said that it is easy to fix."
Just as Zhao Jun finished speaking, there was a sound of a door opening in the outer room. Zhao Youcai turned around quickly and saw Li Ruhai coming in.
Seeing that it wasn't Wang Qiang and the others, Zhao Youcai couldn't help but feel disappointed. Then he stared at Li Ruhai and asked, "Where's your brother?"
"I'm going to my brother Zhang's house." Li Ruhai responded, said hello to Wang Meilan, and walked towards the west room.
Arriving at the door of the west room, Li Ruhai said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, my brother said that he and my uncle will be done soon."
"Hey." Zhao Jun responded, glanced at Zhao Youcai, and then asked Li Ruhai: "Ruhai, are you going to help too?"
"Yeah." Li Ruhai walked over with a smile, and then asked Zhao Jun: "Brother, why don't you wear leg wraps?"
"I'm not going today." Zhao Jun said, motioning towards the door, and said, "Let my dad go up the mountain with them."
"Ah..." Li Ruhai looked back at Zhao Youcai, then said to Zhao Jun, "Okay, brother, I'll go back and change my clothes, and then I'll come over to help you."
After saying that, Li Ruhai turned and left.
When Li Ruhai passed by, Zhao Youcai glared at Li Ruhai. He was so busy at home, but this guy didn't even offer to help him.
Zhao Youcai couldn't stay in the house any longer. He went into the west room, took down the semi-automatic rifle from the wall and slung it over his shoulder, then opened the drawer, took out a pack of bullets and stuffed them into his cotton monkey pocket.
"Brother, I'll wait for you outside!" Zhao Youcai said to Xing San, then walked out.
As soon as Zhao Youcai left the west room, Wang Meilan, who was washing the pot in the outer room, pointed at the bag of flour on the window of the stove and said to him, "Well, that's the supply prepared for you, take it quickly."
These were all Zhao Youcai’s words!
Zhao Youcai twitched the corner of his mouth, went over to take the upper bag and walked out.
When Zhao Youcai went out of the house, the dogs outside saw him dressed as if he was going up the mountain with a gun slung over his shoulder, and they all jumped up, howling.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!" Zhao Youcai waved excitedly to Heihu, Hualong and others, then quickly walked towards the warehouse.
After he said this, the dogs became even more anxious, and they jumped up and down and howled.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun, who was leaning against the window in the house, quickly put on his cotton jacket and left the house.
When the Zhao army came out, Zhao Youcai just came out of the warehouse with a bundle of ropes.
Seeing Zhao Jun coming towards him, Zhao Youcai said to Zhao Jun, "Son, help Dad get all the dogs on the truck."
"What's going on?" Zhao Jun frowned and said, "The Da Jiefang was driven away by Baoyu."
The Zhao and Li families had no place to put the roe deer, so after breakfast, Li Baoyu drove his Liberation truck to take the roe deer and the cages to Wang Qiang's house.
After Zhang Yuanmin had nailed the roe deer frame, he also transported it to Wang Qiang's house.
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhao Youcai frowned and raised his hand to hand the rope to Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun subconsciously raised his hand to take the rope, and saw Zhao Youcai covering his elbow that had just been hit.
"What's wrong, Dad?" Seeing him like this, Zhao Jun asked hurriedly: "Why don't you go into the house, take off your cotton-padded jacket and take a look at your arm. Is it swollen or something?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhao Youcai said it was okay, but he kept moving his arms.
When Zhao Jun saw that his arm could bend back, he knew that there was nothing serious wrong with Zhao Youcai's arm, and that there was no broken bone or anything, so he felt relieved.
But at this moment, Zhao Jun saw the semi-automatic rifle that Zhao Youcai was carrying. Zhao Jun hurriedly reminded Zhao Youcai, "Dad, your arm is not strong. You have to be careful when you shoot. Don't shoot others."
What Zhao Jun meant was that when you shoot, don't let the dog shoot you.
But Zhao Jun's words brought back some bad memories for Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai thought of the big blue bull that had suffered at the hands of his gun.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai thought that Zhao Jun was mocking him and became furious.
"Fuck you! You little bastard!" Zhao Youcai said angrily, "When I was shooting, you weren't there!"
Zhao Jun: "..."
He was the eldest son just now, but now he is a little calf. What kind of person is he?
But before Zhao Jun could say anything, Li Baoyu came back driving a big Liberation truck.
"Hurry up and show your dog!" Zhao Youcai shouted to Zhao Jun, and he walked quickly towards Erhei.
Wang Qiang, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen got out of the car and entered the courtyard. They felt something was wrong the first time they saw Zhao Youcai.
In the past, when Zhao Jun and his men went up the mountain, Zhao Youcai never helped to release the dogs.
Seeing Zhao Youcai carrying a gun, Li Baoyu jumped to Zhao Jun's side and asked, "Brother, where is my uncle going?"
"I'll stay home today." Zhao Jun said, "Let him go up the mountain with you."
When Zhao Jun said this, Wang Qiang and Jie Chen came to Zhao Jun, each carrying a bulging sack.
Seeing the three people surrounding Zhao Jun and mumbling, Zhao Youcai, who was in charge of Bai Long, shouted, "What are you looking at? Let the dogs run!"
"This guy!" Wang Qiang glanced at him and joked, "It's your first day in our hunting gang, and you're so arrogant to the old hand?"
"Don't pull that useless calf! You're so stupid!" Zhao Youcai waved his arms and commanded, "Get the dog in the car, I'll lead you up the mountain!"
Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Wang Qiang curled his lips and said, "Okay, wait for me to put the potatoes in the cellar."
As soon as Wang Qiang finished speaking, Wang Meilan and Xing San came out of the house.
"Qiangzi!" Wang Meilan shouted to Wang Qiang, "Have you brought the potatoes?"
"I got it, sister." Wang Qiang said, "I was just thinking of going down to the cellar."
"I'll go down, I'll go down." Wang Meilan said as she came up to Wang Qiang. She saw two bulging sacks, which, if filled with potatoes, would weigh nearly 200 kilograms.
"Qiangzi, have you brought them all to us?" Wang Meilan asked, "You don't have many left at home?"
"There are ten left." Wang Qiang said, "We don't eat at home very often, so your sister-in-law asked me to bring them over."
After saying this, Wang Qiang paused for a moment and then said, "I'll get you some cabbage tomorrow. I'm in a hurry to go up the mountain today, so I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time."
These days, people in Northeast China, whether in the city or in the countryside, have to stock up on autumn vegetables after October 1st, otherwise they will have nothing to eat in the winter.
Every household has hundreds of kilograms of radishes, cabbages, potatoes, and onions.
Since the beginning of winter, the potatoes stored by the Zhao and Li families have long been eaten up.
Then they ate all the potatoes from Lin Xiangshun, Zhang Yuanmin and the old lady's homes.
Now we start eating Wang Qiang’s food, but Wang Qiang and his wife have two children, so they don’t have much food stored.
Almost all of the 200 kilograms of potatoes stored in the fall are here.
Logically speaking, even if the Zhao family has many people eating, they shouldn't waste so much potatoes.
The main reason is that the Zhao family has more and more dogs.
I put more than ten pounds of potatoes in a bucket of dog food every day, and also added some cornmeal.
"What should I do?" Wang Meilan was a little worried. Zhao Jun said, "Mom, it's okay. I'll go to the city tomorrow and buy you some potatoes if I see any."
"Son, are you going to the city tomorrow?" Wang Meilan said, "Tomorrow is the Little New Year, let's have two meals."
"That's fine." Zhao Jun said, "I came back this morning."
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Zhao Youcai's urging voice interrupted the conversation between the mother and daughter. Zhao Jun asked Wang Qiang, Li Baoyu and others to help Zhao Youcai, while he helped Wang Meilan put potatoes in the cellar.
Zhao Jun tied the sacks of potatoes with ropes and sent them down, while Wang Meilan put them in order below.
By the time the mother and daughter finished their work, the Liberation truck and the jeep had already left.
"Let's go, son." Wang Meilan brushed the dust off her trouser legs and said to Zhao Jun, "Let's go inside."
The mother and daughter walked into the house, while Zhao Hong and Zhao Na walked out. The two sisters knew that someone would soon be home, and it was time for them to go to the Li family next door.
After entering the house, Wang Meilan called Zhao Jun to the east room, then opened the kang cabinet and took out the triangular bag where she kept her money.
The money in this pocket is not public funds.
Wang Meilan took out a wad of money, counted out a thousand and handed it to Zhao Jun, saying, "Son, take it. Buy whatever you see in the city tomorrow."
"Mom." Zhao Jun took the money and asked Wang Meilan, "Can you come with me into the city?"
"I won't go." Wang Meilan shook her head and said, "It's almost the New Year, and there's more work to do at home. Tomorrow we'll prepare a meal, and the day after tomorrow we'll slaughter a pig. The day after tomorrow your uncle and your second brother's family will slaughter a pig, and on the 26th Baoyu's family will slaughter a pig. I'll be busy with them all afternoon, and then come back in the afternoon to take off the quilt."
"Okay, Mom." Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Then think about what you need for the New Year. Tell me and I'll buy you a bunch of them."
"Okay..." Wang Meilan just opened her mouth when she heard the sound of dogs barking outside the house.
Zhao Youcai and his companions took away all the hunting dogs, leaving three red dogs at home, one big and two small.
"Oh my god!" Wang Meilan stretched her neck to look out the window and said, "Son, someone is coming up."
Zhao Jun stood up and looked out the window, and saw two people standing at the gate.
Zhao Jun walked out, and at this time Li Ruhai came over the wall from the next door. As he walked towards the gate, he clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry for not welcoming you from afar. I'm sorry for not welcoming you from afar."
Li Ruhai said he was going back to change clothes because he went to help Zhang Yuanmin in the morning and wore Jin Xiaomei's work clothes. Now he was going to help Zhao Jun entertain guests, so Li Ruhai changed into his cool outfit again.
Seeing Li Ruhai, who was wearing a marmot hat, big leather shoes and a Zhongshan suit, speaking politely to them, Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo, who came from Xishantun, couldn't help feeling a little timid.
People are heroes and money is courage.
Even though the combined age of these two men is equivalent to four or five times that of Li Ruhai, they still feel a head shorter than Li Ruhai dressed like this.
"Come in, come in." Li Ruhai turned sideways, raised his hand toward the front of the house, and smiled at the two of them, "Come in and warm up, drink some hot water, and roll a leaf cigarette."
The two men looked at each other and followed Li Ruhai into the yard. When they were almost at the door, they saw Zhao's door open and Zhao Jun came out of the house.
"Brother, guests are coming!" Li Ruhai said to Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun nodded to Wu Dalin and Wang Jinbo and said with a smile, "Come upstairs."
As soon as Wu Dalin entered the house, he saw Wang Meilan coming out of the east room and immediately shouted to her, "Grandma Zhao, Happy New Year!"
I came back late today, so I will update a little later. I hope it can be posted before 2 o'clock. Brothers, if you are tired, go to bed first and read it tomorrow morning.
(End of this chapter)