sbdcsierra Chapter 1335 Golden Grapes
Chapter 1335 Golden Grapes
Chapter 1335 Golden Grapes
Wang Ershao, born in 63, can already remember things, but he is still a child.
Besides, there was only one male in the family, and Wang Meilan didn't dare to let him take on any responsibilities.
At this time, Wang Meilan proudly raised her hands in front of her, gesturing that they were as big as a child's head, and then said, "I remember there was a golden watermelon this big, it was made very well, with leaves and vines, all golden."
Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang looked at Wang Meilan in amazement. Wang Meilan gestured so big, how much gold would it cost? You have such a good thing, but you don't talk about it. You talk about the copper watermelon knife every day.
"And there are grapes, all made of gold." Wang Meilan gestured with her hands, which were as big as a child's head, and said, "They are made very well. The bunch of grapes are big and small, and they have leaves and vines."
After saying that, Wang Meilan put down her hand.
"Sister." Wang Qiang was no longer calm and asked Wang Meilan, "What else?"
"There's nothing else." Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "There are just some odds and ends. I can't remember them all."
"That doesn't seem to be the case..." Xing San said uncertainly, "You said these things can't fill a sack."
As Xing San looked at the food box, the old man gestured with his hands and said, "You said that it's so big that it can't fit in here."
"Brother." Wang Meilan called Xing San softly, then raised her head and said, "I have ten bunches of grapes at home."
Xing San: “…”
Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang: "..."
"No, Mom?" Zhao Jun got up from the stool, walked up to Wang Meilan, and asked, "Why didn't you tell me about these good things earlier? You blame my uncle for saying that you just keep using machetes all day."
Wang Meilan pursed her lips, then said loudly: "What can I say? Such a good thing is lost, isn't it annoying to talk about it?"
Zhao Jun's mouth twitched, and he put his hands on his waist, speechless.
When Zhao Jun dug up Widow Wang's treasure house, he felt something was wrong.
Although those things were worth a lot of money, they could not support his old Pang family in his previous life to buy many buildings.
After hearing what Xing San said today, Zhao Jun was sure that the Pang family must have gotten hold of everything his grandfather had hidden.
When Zhao Jun thought of this, he felt suffocated. His things were taken away by others. He didn't enjoy them at home, but others enjoyed them.
Zhao Jun didn't say anything else, but Wang Meilan got excited. She slapped her thigh and said, "Isn't it better for me to be upset alone than for all of you to be upset?"
"That's enough, sister!" Wang Qiang grabbed Wang Meilan's hand that was patting her thigh and asked, "We found nothing that day, such as golden pumpkins and golden grapes. Why didn't you tell us?"
"They're not even close." Wang Meilan pulled her hand back and said, "It was a long time ago that Widow Wang took those things away. As for the golden watermelon and golden grapes I just mentioned, they were still in our house in the first few years after liberation."
"Sister, why haven't I seen it before?" Wang Qiang asked. Wang Meilan glanced at him and said, "You didn't stop drinking milk before, so I just remembered it..."
Wang Meilan recalled the conversation with a smile on her face, saying, "At night, my father would light the candlesticks and then take out the grapes."
At this point, Wang Meilan raised her hands above her head and gestured several times in the air, saying, "Hang a string here, a string there, it's fun."
When saying this, Wang Meilan's eyes were dazed. She must be thinking of the good things in her home and her loving old father.
Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, Xing San: "..."
The three of them looked at Wang Meilan speechlessly, especially Zhao Jun.
If you, Wang Meilan, had told us earlier that some treasures in your family were missing, everyone would have tried every possible means to find them.
If Xing San hadn't brought this food box today, you wouldn't have said anything.
"Ahem!" Wang Qiang cleared his throat and changed the subject: "Then... the sack that my father dragged that year was filled with treasures, right?"
"Of course it is!" Wang Meilan answered. After Wang Qiang finished speaking, she said to Xing San, "Brother, you should remember that in the spring of 59, it didn't rain for a long time here. Then it didn't rain for three consecutive years."
Xing San looked at Wang Meilan in confusion, wondering why this person jumped so much on the topic.
Suddenly, Wang Meilan changed the subject and said, "But the harvest was huge in 58!"
Xing San was stunned, and he seemed to understand what Wang Meilan meant.
At this time, Wang Meilan continued: "I remember 57 well. Our mountainous production was not high, but there was so much grain in those two years that the collective couldn't harvest it all in the last autumn."
"Yes." Xing San echoed, and then revealed the hidden meaning in Wang Meilan's words, saying: "During those two years, I didn't see anyone begging for food."
"Yes." Wang Meilan nodded and said, "I'm in the village, and I haven't heard of any beggar dying in a well."
"Then why do we need to hear it?" Xing San said, "If that happened, would your father not tell you when he got home?"
"Not bad!" Wang Qiang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This time they are all right!"
"Hey?" Xing San asked Wang Meilan curiously, "Sister-in-law, in the years before liberation, your father was away from home for a year. What kind of business did he do? How could he make so much money?"
Xing San asked this question out of pure curiosity. But he was not the only one who was curious. Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang also looked at Wang Meilan.
Wang Meilan was startled, her eyes wandering, and she said vaguely: "Then...then who knows, I was young at that time, and I didn't ask."
Seeing his mother's attitude, Zhao Jun felt that his grandpa was unusual. But Wang Meilan obviously didn't want to say it, so Zhao Jun changed the subject and asked her, "Mom, uncle, didn't my great grandma say anything to you when she passed away?"
"No." Wang Meilan frowned and shook her head slightly, while Wang Qiang looked confused.
Zhao Jun believed that his uncle didn't know, otherwise the old Wang Qiang in his previous life wouldn't have been so difficult.
Looking at Wang Meilan again, she didn't seem to know either.
"Sister." Wang Qiang blinked his eyes. Recalling the past, he asked Wang Meilan, "I don't think I was with my father before he passed away."
"You went to the river bank to catch fish." Wang Meilan said, "Our father couldn't eat the other day, so you said you would catch some fish and make soup for him."
"Ah..." Wang Qiang nodded and asked, "Sister, what about you and our mother?"
"Tsk." Wang Meilan smacked her lips and said, "Dad suddenly said he wanted to eat watermelon, so mom and I went to the production team in the north to buy some watermelon."
"Then let our dad go home alone?" Wang Qiang asked. Wang Meilan said, "Your brother-in-law is at home."
At this point, Wang Meilan's frown relaxed and she said, "When our father passed away, he was the only one who stayed by our side."
"Did my brother-in-law say anything to you afterwards?" Wang Qiang asked again. Wang Meilan shook her head and said, "No."
No one suspected Zhao Youcai, because even if Mr. Wang had said something to Zhao Youcai, Zhao Youcai would not have kept it secret for so many years, and there was no need for him to keep it secret.
"Is Zhao Jun's father not working?" Xing San said, "Just wait until he comes back and ask him. It doesn't matter if it's like last time. We know to look for pine trees and there are signs. How else can we find them?"
"Uncle." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "My father went to Yongxing."
"Ah?" Xing San asked in surprise, "What did he do there?"
"I went to play with friends." Zhao Jun didn't say that his father went hunting, because even he couldn't understand Zhao Youcai's behavior.
Yong'an is such a large mountain area, and there are plenty of wild animals there, so why would you run so far to hunt?
The four of them discussed it and decided to wait for Zhao Youcai to come back, first ask Wang Dabazhang whether he had left any last words, and then start looking for the treasure.
"Brother, don't go back today." Wang Meilan said to Xing San, "Let's chop the stuffing and make dumplings."
"Well..." Xing San was about to refuse when he heard Wang Qiang say, "Don't leave, brother. Let's drink tonight."
"Then I won't leave today..." Xing San hesitated. Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Uncle San, don't leave. Stay at home tonight."
After that, Zhao Jun looked at Wang Meilan and asked, "Mom, is there any meat left for the dumplings?"
Five sacks of meat were taken away today, and the landlord has no food left.
There was some leftover meat in the big vat outside, but Wang Meilan said to Zhao Jun, "Son, go to Xishantun and buy a live roe deer."
In the past, Zhao Jun caught live roe deer and sold them, but now he buys them live.
But Zhao Jun agreed without saying a word. The four of them returned to Zhao's house. Wang Meilan and Wang Qiang accompanied Xing San into the house, while Zhao Jun rode his motorcycle straight to Xishantun.
When the snow started yesterday, the foxes went back to their dens. Today, when the snow stopped, the foxes did not come out to parade.
Logically speaking, the fox problem should be solved.
But faced with the temptation of ten yuan for a fox skin, the people of Xishantun decided to get rid of the foxes once and for all.
They united, and under the leadership of Zhang Xinglong, one group of people gathered together to repair the big net, while another group, led by Tong Youfeng, collected steel wires from all over the village and made a set of covers.
According to their plan, they will set up a net in front of the birch forest early tomorrow morning to prevent the foxes from breaking through and escaping there.
In the direction of Xishantun, everyone set up a defense line, blocking the foxes without attacking and driving them towards the poplar forest.
If the foxes enter the poplar forest, they will be doomed, because there are countless traps set in the poplar forest.
The two groups worked hard and acted together, but what they didn't expect was that someone actually acted on their own.
Wu Dalin secretly set two traps in the poplar forest yesterday morning. The foxes, which had been hungry all night due to the heavy snow, got up before dawn to look for food.
These foxes are used to a comfortable life and never thought that anyone would dare to catch them.
So, two foxes came out of their den and dived into the trap.
Wu Dalin knew the habits of those foxes, so at around nine o'clock, Wu Dalin called his brother-in-law to go walk the foxes together.
Seeing a fox enter the trap, the two of them were very happy and took the fox back home.
There are no secrets in the village. When entering the village, someone saw Wu Dalin carrying a dead fox and told Zhang Xinglong about it.
The whole village agreed to act together, but Wu Dalin went to set the trap in advance.
When Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng arrived at Wu Dalin's house together, the two fox skins had already been peeled off.
Before Zhang and Tong could criticize Wu Dalin, a fox's sharp howl was heard from the West Hill.
At the same time, Zhao Jun rode a motorcycle into Xishantun.
This chapter is short of a thousand words. If I keep filling it up every day, I will be unable to open my eyes...
(End of this chapter)