sbdcsierra Chapter 1385 The Zhao Family members who compete with dogs for food
Chapter 1385 The Zhao Family members who compete with dogs for food
Chapter 1385 The Zhao Family members who compete with dogs for food
Relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to draft water.
Since ancient times, countless mountain people have made a living in this primeval forest.
But starting from the late Qing Dynasty, warlords were fighting each other, society was in turmoil, and people were living in poverty, making it extremely difficult for the mountain people to make a living.
At that time, the bird gun was definitely considered a magical weapon, and anyone who had a bow and arrow at home was considered very powerful.
Without the right tools, there is no way to fight wild boars or blind bears.
Therefore, Zhao Jun’s great-grandfather and the mountain herders before him, if they could kill 200 wild boars, they would be the leaders.
Since Zhao Jun's grandfather's generation, many mountain hikers have had old foreign guns in their hands. Experienced and capable people can use the old foreign guns in their hands to hunt bears and gun eggs.
But the old foreign cannon was difficult to load, and if one shot failed to knock down the prey, one might end up in a bloody disaster.
Therefore, before Zhao Jun, the highest weight of wild boar hunted by gunners in Yong'an Forest District was 580 kilograms.
The record holder is Xu Changlin, and this record was set four years ago when Xu Changlin led the Blue Wolf to kill the wolf.
As for the record holder for hunting wild boars, it has always been Zhao Jun's grandfather, Zhao Dazhu. The old man once hunted a wild boar weighing more than 390 kilograms in the Sow Forest.
Today, the top two records for hunting wild boars in Yong'an Forest District are held by an uncle and nephew. The first is the Pig God hunted by Zhao Jun, and the second is the Wild Boar King weighing nearly a thousand kilograms hunted by Wang Qiang.
Today, the record for hunting female wild boars in Yong'an Forest District was broken by Li Baoyu.
A canteen, in front of a small warehouse.
Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, Jie Chen and Han Daming lifted the large weighing pole, under which hung the huge wild boar.
They lifted the scale, and Zhang Guoqing moved the weight hanging on the beam, but the weight was bent up at the end.
Seeing this, Zhou Jianjun, who was watching the excitement, hurriedly called out, "Put it down quickly, put it down quickly."
This was obviously the weight of a wild boar, which exceeded the measurement range of the large scale.
"Oh my god!" Zhang Guoqing, the canteen director, looked down at the wild boar in surprise and said, "Is this really an old sow? How come it's so big?"
"Didn't you hear Baoyu say that?" Han Daming said with a smile, "This is called the Pig Queen."
"That's too big." Zhang Guoqing muttered, then looked up and asked Zhao Jun: "Nephew, how about I give you 600 kilograms?"
Based on Zhang Guoqing's eyesight and experience, he judged that the wild boar after being gutted must have weighed more than 500 kilograms, but definitely no more than 600 kilograms.
It was just that in front of Zhou Jianjun, Zhang Guoqing wanted to do him a favor without spending any money.
"Uncle Zhang, anything else." After Zhao Jun refused, he quickly explained, "This pig was killed by Baoyu. We predicted it accurately. Let Baoyu be happy, happy."
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Li Baoyu smiled innocently. Killing this wild boar was something Li Baoyu could brag about for the rest of his life.
Since you are going to brag about it for the rest of your life, you have to figure out how many pounds it weighs.
"Okay." Zhang Guoqing heard this and waved his hand towards the warehouse, saying, "Then go to the warehouse and pull out the scale."
Han Daming led the way and took Zhao Jun's three men into the warehouse.
Zhou Jianjun, who was waiting outside, took out Shilin cigarettes from his pocket. These were given to him by his mother-in-law this morning.
Zhou Jianjun first took out two cigarettes, gave them to Zhao Youcai and Zhang Guoqing, and then he took one himself.
When Zhao Jun and his four companions were pushing the scale out of the warehouse, Zhang Guoqing said to Zhao Youcai while smoking, "Hey, Youcai?"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was startled, and then he saw Zhang Guoqing laughing and said, "Look, these kids are so successful now, do you think we can stay young?"
What Zhang Guoqing said was pure idle chat. A normal person would just smile and say "not so great" at this time, and then a few people would reminisce about the past, and this was a good chat.
But after hearing this, Zhao Youcai snorted, turned around and went back to the cafeteria.
"Hey?" Zhang Guoqing was stunned, and then he heard Zhou Jianjun next to him say to Zhao Youcai's back: "Dad, you're cold, go back to the house and warm up."
Zhou Jianjun's words were meant to give Zhao Youcai and Zhang Guoqing a way out and save face.
Zhang Guoqing knew that this was Zhou Jianjun's good intention, but he smiled at Zhou Jianjun and said, "Your father-in-law is in a bad mood recently."
"Ah?" Zhou Jianjun, the filial son-in-law, was simply concerned about Zhao Youcai and asked hurriedly, "Uncle Zhang, what happened to my dad?"
"I don't want to work in our cafeteria anymore." Zhang Guoqing said to Zhou Jianjun, "I haven't worked properly for more than a month, and I'm tired of it."
Zhang Guoqing's words were somewhat like a complaint. Zhou Jianjun blinked his eyes but said nothing.
How could he have any say in his father-in-law's affairs?
At this time, the four Zhao soldiers had already dragged out the scale. It was the scale they used to weigh the Pig God last year.
When the big wild boar was weighed on the scale, it weighed a full 575 kilograms. If it had not been gutted and bled, had its legs not been cut off to feed the dogs, and had its thighs not been cut off to leave for the trappers, the wild boar would have weighed around 660-70 kilograms when it was alive.
Seeing this number, Li Baoyu was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
"That Baoyu... Zhao Jun." After hearing that the wild boar was killed by Li Baoyu, Zhang Guoqing wanted to settle accounts with Li Baoyu. But when he thought that the leader of their small group was Zhao Jun, Zhang Guoqing called Zhao Jun's name again and said, "Let's still calculate it based on 600 kilograms, 20 cents per kilogram."
"Okay." Zhao Jun responded without hesitation: "Uncle Zhang, whatever you say is fine."
The Zhao family can accept this price.
This big wild boar has no meat to eat. After it is transported home, the skin is removed and the meat is removed. After the 575-jin wild boar is gutted, about 320 jin of meat can be obtained.
Normally, wild boar meat can be sold at 50 cents per pound at the market. But the meat from this old sow was very thick, and you could tell at a glance that it would not be easy to stew. If you were to sell it, you would not be able to get more than 50 cents per pound.
Sold at 40 cents per pound, more than 320 pounds of meat sold for more than 120 yuan.
Is the Zhao family still short of a few dollars? They are so busy all day long. Who has time to sell meat?
So, Zhao Jun and his two companions happily sold the wild boar for 120 yuan.
The three brothers who got the money divided it up immediately, giving 40 yuan to each, as pocket money.
After leaving the canteen, I drove the Jiefang car with Zhou Jianjun to the logistics warehouse. A few days ago, I heard that they were going to Hebei, so Zhou Jianjun specially found the material custodian and filled six large barrels of gasoline.
Each barrel of gasoline weighs 200 kilograms, which is enough for Zhao Jun and his men to make a round trip with some extra.
The four men loaded the gasoline into the truck and covered it with tarpaulin. After saying goodbye to Zhou Jianjun, Zhao Jun and the other two drove back home with the gasoline and the dog.
When they got home, it was already past five o'clock.
When the Jiefang car stopped at the door, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu got out and walked the dog, while Jie Chen ran into the yard.
When Xie Chen ran to the front of the house, he just saw Wang Meilan pushing open the door.
"My dear minister." Wang Meilan asked Jie Chen, "What have you done?"
"I got it, auntie." Xie Chen said, "I got it a wild boar."
As he spoke, Xie Chen walked into the house. He was not in a hurry to go to the toilet and forgot to bring toilet paper, but because he saw that the big lanterns outside were not lit.
"Xiaomei." Upon hearing that a wild boar had been hunted, Wang Meilan hurriedly called Jin Xiaomei, "Hurry up and get ready. Let's dig up the wild boar."
For a long time, the family had not received any food from the mountains. Without it, there would be no meat at home.
"Aunt, we can't peel it anymore." At this time, Xie Chen came out of the house with a candle and said to Wang Meilan, "Do you want us to sell the pig?"
"Sold it?" Wang Meilan was startled, then she heard Jie Chen say, "It's too big, didn't you forbid us to bring it home?"
"How big is it?" Wang Qiang, who was teasing Xiao Zhou in the inner room, became curious when he heard it.
"After gutting it, it weighed over 570 kilograms." Xie Chen said this, and Wang Qiang didn't think much of it, but Xie Chen then added, "It's still an old sow."
"Ah?" Wang Qiang was startled by Xie Chen's words. He got off the kang and walked to the door, asking in surprise, "Such a big old sow?"
"Yeah." Xie Chen nodded and said, "Then she's called the Pig Queen, right, uncle?"
After saying this, the anxious Xie Chen didn't wait for Wang Qiang to reply. He pushed the door open and ran out, hurriedly lighting the lantern.
Hearing that Zhao Jun and his three men had sold the wild boar, Wang Meilan sighed and said, "What are we going to eat tonight?"
I originally thought that no matter what the Zhao army brought back, it would not be the right time to stew or braise it, but it would be fine to cut a piece of meat into thin slices and stir-fry it.
"Oh, sister." Wang Qiang said with a smile, "We can eat whatever we have. If there is no meat, we still have several other dishes."
At this time, there were several large plates standing on the side of the ground outside the room, containing prepared dishes.
But they are all vegetarian dishes, like cabbage, black fungus, dried green peppers, dried tofu, garlic sprouts, shredded beans and the like.
At this moment, the door was pulled open, and Zhao Jun did not enter the house but threw a sack in.
"What is this?" Wang Meilan pulled the sack over, opened it, and her face immediately lit up with joy.
The sack was filled with pig hearts, livers, and heart meat.
"Mom, this is good." Zhao Chun said with a smile, "We have meat dishes now."
"Not so good." Wang Meilan bent sideways, holding the edge of the sack with one hand and reaching into the sack with the other to take something out.
The pork is tough, but it does not affect the internal organs. It has some effect on the heart meat, but not much.
For a normal 200-pound pig, the heart and heart meat only weigh about half a pound.
This wild boar weighed over 600 kilograms, with two kilograms of heart, two and a half kilograms of heart meat, and nearly 15 kilograms of liver.
Wang Meilan had a hard time pulling such a large pig liver with one hand, but she kept saying, "That's great, it's really great!"
"Look how happy my sister-in-law is." Jin Xiaomei took a large basin filled with pork liver and prepared to take it back to her home to stew it.
After hearing what Jin Xiaomei said, Wang Qiang laughed and said, "These delicious foods were all snatched from the dog's mouth."
As soon as Wang Qiang said this, Wang Meilan slapped him on the arm.
Everyone laughed. Zhao Hong, who was doing homework on the kang in the west room, glanced at the door.
"Pah!" The stick hit Zhao Hong's homework book, and then Li Tongyun's voice came into Zhao Hong's ears: "What are you looking at? Don't be like the adults, you want to get involved in the fun!"
Zhao Hong curled her lips and continued to do her homework.
After scolding Zhao Hong, Li Tongyun glanced at the door and then turned his head towards the window.
Outside the house, Zhao Jun tied up Heihu with a chain, while Xie Chen tied up Xiaohua in the next yard.
At this time, Li Baoyu came over from the backyard next door and heard Zhao Jun ask, "Have you tied up the little bitch?"
The little bitch Zhao Jun was talking about was Hua Niuniu's. When other dogs came home, they would go to their own kennels, but Hua Niuniu would go to other dogs' kennels.
"It's tied up." Li Baoyu said with a smile, "That guy is always unhappy and keeps making noises."
"He deserves a beating." Zhao Jun muttered, and suddenly the black tiger beside him barked twice towards the outside of the yard.
"Woof woof..." With a few scattered dog barkings, Li Ruhai came back.
Because of his recent success in business, Jin Xiaomei has relaxed her control over Li Ruhai, and this kid can move around from one company to another again.
"Ah!" Seeing his brother coming back, Li Baoyu climbed over the wall of his own yard and rushed straight towards Li Ruhai.
His action scared Li Ruhai. Just as Li Ruhai was about to run away, he was grabbed by Li Baoyu.
"What are you doing?" Li Ruhai shouted, "I didn't provoke you or offend you... huh?"
Suddenly, Li Ruhai noticed that Li Baoyu took out a wad of money from his pocket.
"My dear brother!" Li Baoyu handed the money to Li Ruhai with a smile.
"What are you doing?" Li Ruhai looked at Li Baoyu warily.
As the saying goes: If someone shows you kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.
"Haha..." Li Baoyu laughed and said, "Brother has something to do and I want your help."
"Ah..." Hearing Li Baoyu say this, Li Ruhai smiled and reached out to take the money handed over by Li Baoyu.
Li Ruhai twisted the money and his expression changed immediately. He stuffed it back into Li Baoyu's hand and said unhappily, "Are you sending away a beggar? Who are you looking down on?"
Zhao Jun was laughing secretly on the side. On the way back, Li Baoyu took out all the Mao Zedong notes and banknotes in his pocket, preparing to use the money to bribe Li Ruhai.
"Fuck..." Li Baoyu waved his hand holding the money, and Li Ruhai was so scared that he tried to hide quickly.
Li Baoyu raised his hand high, but then gently dropped it. He smiled and patted Li Ruhai on the shoulder, saying, "Don't think it's too little. This is the money I'm giving you to buy popsicles. Well... I also have big bills."
As he spoke, Li Baoyu took out four big unity notes from his trouser pocket.
This was the money from selling the wild boar. When they were in the car, Zhao Jun said that it was impossible to bribe Li Ruhai with that little change.
"Is this okay?" Li Baoyu took out a card and handed it to Li Ruhai.
Li Ruhai still didn't take the money. He looked at Li Baoyu seriously and asked, "Did my sister-in-law find out about your affair?"
"I'm pretty..." Li Baoyu was about to curse subconsciously, but was stopped by Zhao Jun.
Li Baoyu reacted and quickly changed his words and scolded Li Ruhai, saying, "What are you talking about? Are you a tiger?"
Hearing the noise, Xie Chen hurried over from Li's courtyard to see what was going on.
At this time, Li Ruhai still looked serious and asked Li Baoyu, "Did you go up the mountain to shoot a gun and get knocked to death by an old cow?"
Zhao Jun: "..."
Now, Zhao Jun understood what was going on.
"What are you talking about?" Li Baoyu said to Li Ruhai unhappily, "Can't you just hope for your brother to be okay? Your brother got bit by a wild boar today."
"Big wild boar?" Li Ruhai asked, "How big is it?"
"An old sow weighing more than 600 kilograms is called the Queen Pig..." Li Baoyu babble a lot with Li Ruhai, and finally slapped the big unity into Li Ruhai's hand and said, "Hurry up and write a paragraph. After the New Year's party, you have to go on stage and give a good speech."
Li Ruhai pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "Last time you chased me around the yard with a stick and said if I hit you again, you would break my legs."
"Which time?" Li Baoyu asked. Li Ruhai said, "The time when I told you about Little Bajie."
"Pa!" As soon as Li Ruhai finished speaking, he hit Li Baoyu on the back.
"Remember this!" Li Baoyu pointed at the Great Unity in Li Ruhai's hand and said, "Your brother is nicknamed the Bear Catcher King Kong!"
The reason why I updated late yesterday and the day before yesterday was because of kidney stones. The day before yesterday I said that the second chapter would be updated later, and I thought that I would finish it by two o'clock at most.
Unexpectedly, at 1:30, my left waist started to hurt, and then my stomach also hurt, and my clothes were soaked with pain.
I couldn't ask for leave anymore, so I just lay on the kang and wrote with my phone. The pain from kidney stones comes in waves, with each wave being different. One wave is extremely painful and unbearable.
When I was young, I traveled all over the Far East, subdued bears and killed leopards. I was definitely a tough guy. I took two painkillers at first, but I couldn't hold on. Then I took two more, and I felt better. Then I wrote until the next morning.
I endured it all day yesterday, and felt a little better in the afternoon. Then I slept from 4pm to 11:30pm, and I didn't want to get up. But I thought it was not going to work, as I had just taken a day off the day before yesterday.
I got up and finished the remaining half chapter, writing until 2 o'clock. As soon as I finished writing and lay down, I felt the pain immediately, and I couldn't stand it.
I thought about not disturbing the old man’s rest, so I held on until four o’clock and took a taxi to the hospital.
I took a taxi for two hours to the city hospital. The doctor gave me two injections of painkillers but they didn't work. The doctor said that I had to stop the pain. The stone crushing didn't hurt, but I had to lie there, and he was afraid that I couldn't stand it. I said it was okay, I just crushed the stone like that.
A lot of the stones were broken into pieces, 12mm in size. They said I would go back in a few days.
(End of this chapter)