sbdcsierra Chapter 1395 The Account Is Not Right
Chapter 1395 The Account Is Not Right
Chapter 1395 The Account Is Not Right
Zhao Youcai made no secret of his dislike for Tao Sansheng. When Tao Sansheng said goodbye and left, Zhao Youcai stood up slightly and pretended to get off the kang.
At that time, Tao Sansheng said something polite as usual: "Uncle Zhao, please stay in your room and don't come out."
"Then go slower." Zhao Youcai agreed without thinking, which made Tao Sansheng stunned.
When the guest said goodbye and left, the host didn't even bother to see him off, which clearly showed that he looked down on him.
As soon as Tao Sansheng went out, the hunting dogs on both sides of the yard howled at him. Tao Sansheng secretly hated him and walked out of the yard quickly.
As the barking of the dog died down, Zhao Youcai knew that Tao Sansheng had gone far away. He reached out and took the small basket of tobacco leaves, ready to roll one for himself.
It’s not that Zhao Baotou can’t afford to smoke Shilin, but he has been busy all day and feels a little tired physically and mentally. He wants to smoke a strong leaf cigarette to refresh himself.
But Zhao Youcai had just put the rolled cigarette into his mouth and had not yet had time to strike a match to light it when he heard the sound of dogs barking outside the house again.
"What a day!" Zhao Youcai put down the cigarette he had not had time to light, stood up and walked out of the house.
"Uncle Xu." Zhao Youcai went out and saw Xu Changlin standing at the door with someone else. He hurriedly trotted over to greet them.
"Youcai." Xu Changlin introduced the person next to Zhao Youcai and said, "This is your Aunt Xu's nephew from her mother's side."
"Ouch!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai hurriedly shook hands with the man and greeted him.
Then he welcomed the two men into the house, sat them on the kang, poured them tea and rolled cigarettes. Then Zhao Youcai and the man brought by Xu Changlin exchanged their names.
This man is the child of Mrs. Xu’s uncle’s brother, and his name is Pang Yongliang.
"Brother Pang, you are not from our area, right?" Zhao Youcai looked at Pang Yongliang, shook his head slightly, and said, "I don't think I have seen you before."
"Brother Zhao, I'm from Lingnan." Pang Yongliang said with a smile, "My family is from Yiqigangzi, Jiaohe."
"Yiqigangzi..." Zhao Youcai narrowed his eyes when he heard the place name.
"Haven't you been there?" At this time, Xu Changlin raised his hand and gestured to Zhao Youcai, saying, "I remember what year it was. Your father took you there to hunt roe deer for someone."
"Yeah." Zhao Youcai smiled faintly. How could he forget that place? It was at Yiqigang that Zhao Youcai learned from an old gunner how to dig meat from the inner thigh of a roe deer.
After a few pleasantries, Pang Yongliang took the bag beside him and took out a few leather rolls from it.
"Oh, gray-skinned!" Zhao Youcai knew at a glance that Pang Yongliang was a gray-skinned guy.
Normally, when you go up the mountain, you just shoot whatever you see.
However, due to different hunting methods, the main hunting prey is also different.
For example, the dog hunting method mainly targets wild boars and bears. For the roaming hunting method, there are people like Wang Qiang who carry a gun and wander into the mountains during the day, mainly hunting wild boars and roe deer. And people like Pang Yongliang get up early and go into the mountains to hunt squirrels and sand chickens.
Small prey and small targets require certain marksmanship from hunters. Being able to shoot gray-skinned and sand-half-chickens shows that Pang Yongliang's marksmanship is good.
As for Zhao Youcai, he hunts with dogs because he likes dogs and enjoys the process of taking them to the mountains to hunt.
When it comes to marksmanship, even Zhao Youcai a year ago was ranked among the top five in the entire Yong'an Forest District.
In the past, Zhao Youcai would do anything for money. He also knew the gray skins. He would unfold a piece of skin, wipe it back and forth along and against the hair with his hands, and then turn it over inside and outside and take a look. If there was any defect, it would definitely not escape Zhao Youcai's eyes.
Fifteen gray skins, seven males and eight females, Zhao Youcai paid directly to Pang Yongliang.
Now that the women are not at home, the accountant acts as a tutor in the west courtyard. Wang Meilan handed over the financial power to Zhao Youcai, who is in charge of both accounting and cashiering.
As for whether Zhao Youcai would embezzle, Wang Meilan knew him very well. If it was his own family's money, Zhao Youcai would definitely find a chance to pocket it. But if it was money pooled from several families, Zhao Youcai would rather suffer a loss than miss a single cent.
After Pang Yongliang took the money from Zhao Youcai, he didn't rush to put it away. Instead, he said to Zhao Youcai, "Brother Zhao, my third uncle told me that your family also sells air guns?"
"Ah, sell it." Zhao Youcai nodded in response, and saw Pang Yongliang take out seven big unity from the money from selling the gray skin and put them on the table, saying, "Give me one."
It’s a good time these days, buying a gun is as easy as asking for a cigarette.
"Okay, Brother Pang." Zhao Youcai didn't rush to collect the money. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed out the window, saying, "You follow my Uncle Xu. You sit down. I'll go to the warehouse and get it for you."
"Yongliang." As soon as Zhao Youcai finished speaking, Xu Changlin said to Pang Yongliang, "Come on, pick one for yourself."
Xu Changlin didn't know where Zhao Jun got the batch of air guns, but the old man heard from others that the quality of those guns was very poor and they were all new.
Since it's a new gun, what else is there to choose from?
Xu Changlin said this just to get Pang Yongliang to go out with him. Because on the table against the wall were the yellow leaves that Zhao Youcai had collected that afternoon.
There was a pile of yellow leaf tubes piled there. Zhao Youcai went out of the house and left the two of them in the house. If the Zhao family couldn't match the number later, it would easily lead to misunderstanding.
After hearing Xu Changlin's words, Pang Yongliang stood up subconsciously, and his eyes had been fixed on the two semi-automatic rifles hanging on the wall of the Zhao family.
Who among hunters doesn’t love guns?
What's more, they were two new guns, hanging there so clearly. Not to mention Pang Yongliang, even Xu Changlin took a few more glances at them.
The three of them came out of the house and went to the warehouse. Zhao Youcai opened a box containing air guns, and then called Pang Yongliang, "Brother Pang, choose one yourself."
This box of guns is almost sold out, and there are still four air guns in it.
Airsoft guns are also guns.
Pang Yongliang and Xu Changlin both took action, each holding an air gun and fiddling with it in their hands.
"Great!" Xu Changlin raised his gun slightly and said to Zhao Youcai, "If I had this gun when I was young, I could have killed that gray dog in the mountains."
"Haha..." Zhao Youcai and Pang Yongliang laughed. What Xu Changlin just said was the unique way of bragging for hunters.
"Oh, I'm old!" Xu Changlin shook his head, bent down and gently put the gun back into the box, then stood up and said to Zhao Youcai and Pang Yongliang: "You guys, while you are young and can walk, you still need to go up the mountain more often. Otherwise, when you are old, let others do it."
Pang Yongliang responded with a smile, but Zhao Youcai kept Xu Changlin's words in his heart.
After Pang Yongliang chose an air gun, he left with Xu Changlin.
Zhao Youcai returned to the house, took the teacups that the two had used, and went to the outer room to pour the remaining tea into the泔水桶.
After doing all this, Zhao Youcai sighed heavily.
"Wang Wang Wang..."
"Ow ooh..."
Suddenly, a burst of fierce dog barking came into Zhao Youcai's ears, which made Zhao Youcai startled.
It wasn't that he was startled out of nowhere, but Zhao Youcai was exhausted from entertaining guests all day.
The dog outside is barking like this, so it must be a stranger. If it is a stranger, then he is here to sell something.
So Zhao Youcai had to go and receive them again.
"Oh!" With a heavy sigh, Zhao Youcai put down the teacup and pushed the door open.
But as soon as he left the house, Zhao Youcai's face instantly turned gloomy.
The people who came were not strangers, but people who were very familiar to me.
It's Wang Qiang.
But at this time, Wang Qiang was dragging two roe deer. He grabbed one roe deer by its legs, and the other roe deer rode on its head, and then tied the two roe deer together with a rope.
"Brother-in-law." Wang Qiang greeted Zhao Youcai, and saw Zhao Youcai staring at him with a gloomy face and asked, "Where have you been?"
"I'll buy two roe deer." Wang Qiang said with a smile, "We'll pick up the small one and eat it, and then give the big one to Xiaochen's family."
The Zhao army will set out tomorrow and first stop at Xie Zhong's house. I've brought something for Zhao Weipeng, and I also have to bring something for Xie Chen.
"Where did you buy it?" Zhao Youcai asked him, "Who did you buy it from?"
"I'm at the market..." Wang Qiang just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by Zhao Youcai, who pointed at the roe deer and said, "Who the hell are you kidding? This roe deer isn't even frozen."
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai stepped forward and pulled up a roe deer leg. He glanced at the incision, threw the roe deer leg away, and said unhappily, "It's not frozen! Are you not going up the mountain?"
“Hehehehe…” Wang Qiang smiled and said, “Brother-in-law, you’ve caught up with Sun Wukong, with his flaming eyes and golden pupils. I sent the gun home on the way, and I didn’t hide it from you!”
"Get lost!" Although Zhao Youcai cursed Wang Qiang like this, what he was thinking in his heart was: If he can go, I can go too.
"Don't scold me, brother-in-law." Although Wang Qiang was scolded by Zhao Youcai, he was not angry at all. If it weren't for Zhao Youcai, how could he have the opportunity to go up the mountain?
Wang Qiang pointed at the roe deer behind him and said, "I stuffed the roe deer heart and liver with snow. Feed the intestines to the dogs, and we'll eat the stomach."
Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes at Wang Qiang and turned to go into the house.
"Brother-in-law, this..." Wang Qiang called Zhao Youcai. The big roe deer was to be given away and could not be peeled. The little roe deer was to be eaten in the evening, so it had to be peeled now.
Wang Qiang untied the two roe deer, pulled out the icy intestines from the chests of the smaller roe deer, cut them into small pieces with a knife, and distributed them to the hunting dogs in the yard.
Then, Wang Qiang dragged the roe deer to the backyard and buried it with a shovel of snow.
Only after returning to the Zhao family's front yard did Wang Qiang drag the little roe deer into the house.
When he entered the house, Li Dayong, Li Dazhi and Lin Xiangshun had all gotten up. When the three of them opened the door and came out, they just happened to see Wang Qiang dragging the roe deer into the house.
"Qiangzi, are you hunting roe deer?" Li Dayong asked. Wang Qiang smiled and answered. Looking at the three people's stunned looks, Wang Qiang asked back, "Are you three asleep?"
"Oh my!" Li Dazhi sighed and said, "I can't sleep well. The dog outside keeps barking."
"That's good!" Wang Qiang said with a smile, "That's because our business is good and we're making money. Aren't you happy?"
In the east room, Zhao Youcai, who was sitting on the kang, glared at the door.
"Come, come!" Wang Qiang called Li Dayong and the others, saying, "Let's chop the roe deer and have a meal tonight. We can make dumplings with the rest. My eldest nephew and his friends will be leaving tomorrow morning. We'll have dumplings for when they get on the horse and noodles for when they get off the horse!"
After hearing what Wang Qiang said, Li Dayong, Lin Xiangshun and Jie Chen rolled up their sleeves and started to skin the roe deer.
Li Dazhi had never done this before, but he also watched the fun from the side. Only Zhao Youcai sat on the kang in the east room, resting with his back against the kang cabinet.
The four men worked on it and soon skinned the roe deer. Then, they used knives to remove the meat and bones.
The roe deer weighed 43-4 jin when alive, and 20 jin of meat came out after cleaning. The bones were removed very cleanly and fed directly to the dog.
Then, the five of them looked at each other in the outer room. Finally, Wang Qiang mustered up the courage to walk into the east room, came to Zhao Youcai, whose eyes were closed, and asked, "Brother-in-law, are you asleep?"
Zhao Youcai slowly opened his eyes and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I was thinking..." Wang Qiang hesitated for a moment, then changed his words: "If you want to sleep, how comfortable would it be to lie down and sleep?"
"Why are you sleeping?" Zhao Youcai said unhappily, "Look at the watch. What time is it?"
It was three thirty-five and it was getting dark outside.
"Brother-in-law, then...then why don't you sleep..." Wang Qiang spoke intermittently: "Just get up and cook dinner."
"What?" Zhao Youcai sat up instantly, his eyes wide open, and questioned Wang Qiang, "I cook? I'm exhausted all day, and I still have to cook for you?"
"Brother-in-law, what do you mean by cooking for me?" Wang Qiang coaxed Zhao Youcai, "I'm the only one eating. You're cooking for everyone."
At this point, Wang Qiang paused for a moment, then whispered, "Besides, last night... you said so. You come back to help us, and you have to do everything. Help us collect the skins and bear gallbladders, and then take care of the logistics and cook for me."
"Get out!" Zhao Youcai yelled and waved his hand towards the door.
Wang Qiang hurriedly left the house. Although he often criticized Zhao Youcai out of the blue, he grew up following Zhao Youcai. When Zhao Youcai got angry, Wang Qiang hurriedly slipped away.
Seeing Wang Qiang being scolded, Li Dayong and others fell silent.
At this time, Zhao Youcai in the room sighed and said, "What a day!"
After saying that, Zhao Youcai got off the kang and walked out of the house in his slippers.
After going outside, Zhao Youcai took a look at the roe deer meat that the others had collected, and then said, "Hurry up and boil some water."
"Hey! Hey!" Upon hearing this, everyone quickly responded.
"Brother, where are you going?" Li Dayong asked when he saw Zhao Youcai was about to go out.
"Let's go to the toilet." Zhao Youcai said, pushed the door and went out.
As soon as he walked out of the house, the black tiger under the east window let out a roar, and Zhao Youcai stopped in his tracks.
Immediately afterwards, the dogs of the Zhao and Li families began barking, but judging from the dogs' anxious looks, they must be their family members returning.
Sure enough, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu appeared at the door. At noon today, Li Baoyu was also invited by the Liu family to have a meal.
After dinner, Li Baoyu also took Liu Mei out for a walk. When they came back, they ran into Zhao Jun who was sending Ma Ling home.
Night falls over the mountain village, with big red lanterns hung high.
The east and west rooms of the Zhao family were as lively as usual.
After having enough food and drink, the guests went back to their homes. After a busy day, everyone was tired.
"His father!" Wang Meilan poured the water for washing feet, and then called Zhao Youcai, "Come, wash your feet."
His wife prepared water for him to wash his feet, which was such a great treatment, but Zhao Youcai got up from the kang listlessly.
"Thank you for your hard work today, old man!" Wang Meilan put the foot towel aside, then held Zhao Youcai and said, "He is both the housekeeper and the cook, this guy..."
"What if I don't care?" Zhao Youcai said unhappily, "Look at your brother. He has nothing to do all day. Even when the house is so busy, he still runs up the mountain in a boastful way."
Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Wang Meilan secretly and fiercely glared at Zhao Youcai. How could Wang Meilan be happy when someone talked about her brother?
But when you stroke a donkey, you have to stroke it in the direction of its fur.
"You are always good at judging people." Wang Meilan smiled at Zhao Youcai and said, "You said it yourself that his uncle is unstable. Otherwise, why didn't you quit your job in the cafeteria and come back to help us?"
"I..." Zhao Youcai just opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Wang Meilan, who said, "Speaking of this family, it really can't be done without you."
"No..." Zhao Youcai opened his mouth again, but was interrupted by the sound of the door opening.
Zhao Jun came in with the account book and said directly to Wang Meilan: "Mom, this account is wrong!"
"Huh?" Wang Meilan widened her eyes and stared at Zhao Youcai.
“Little Calf…” Zhao Youcai raised his hand and pointed, but saw Zhao Jun handing the account book to him and asked, “Dad, this man comes and sells a yellow leaf.”
"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai nodded and said, "Why, you don't want to take one?"
"No, Dad." Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "There's probably something wrong with this guy. We have to be careful!"
There is still one chapter left. I will get up tomorrow morning to write it and will definitely make up for it tomorrow.
My chest has been feeling uncomfortable these past two days, and I feel stuffy and short of breath. Most importantly, I can't sleep at night. Today I went to the community hospital to measure my blood pressure and asked them to listen to my heart, and they said there was nothing wrong with me. Then the doctor said it was due to the change of seasons and prescribed some medicine for me.
(End of this chapter)