sbdcsierra Chapter 1327: Widow Wang Promoted to Grandma Zhao
Chapter 1327: Widow Wang Promoted to Grandma Zhao
Chapter 1327: Widow Wang Promoted to Grandma Zhao
When the gang of hooligans heard that Zhao Jun's decision to buy the fox fur for ten yuan remained unchanged, they were extremely happy.
Tong Youfeng rubbed his hands on his cotton pants, then grabbed Zhao Jun's hand and said, "Leader Zhao, on behalf of the 58 households and 272 people in Xishan Village, I thank you."
Zhao Jun was startled. Zhang Xinglong, who was standing beside him, pushed Tong Youfeng away with his shoulder. Then he took Zhao Jun's hand and said, "Xiao, I would also like to thank you on behalf of the 58 households and 272 people in Xishan Village."
"Haha..." Zhao Jun was amused by these two people.
Seeing that everyone was happy, Wang Meilan said, "Please sit down. I'll get you some hot water."
"Second sister-in-law, don't bother too much." Zhang Lifu, who felt that he had caused trouble for the Zhao family, chased to the outer room and heard Wang Meilan say, "It's okay, I'll pour them some warm water to warm them up."
Seeing Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei were about to rinse the teacups, Zhang Lifeu waved his hand to stop them, saying, "Just take two large bowls and take turns drinking."
"Will that work?" Wang Meilan disagreed. Her idea was very simple. No matter rich or poor, everyone who came was a guest and had to be treated well.
"It's okay." Zhang Lifeu said, "No matter who we work for, we drink like that."
This is true, people are very kind these days. Generally, when someone builds a house, people from the whole village or town will come to help.
After a busy day, the host arranged a meal, but in those days most people didn't have that many cups at home, so everyone at the table took a large bowl and filled it with wine. No one complained about anyone else's poor taste, and everyone took turns drinking.
"That won't do!" Wang Meilan refused to do anything and just brought together the teacups and water cups, making a total of fourteen. Even Zhang Lifeu drank the hot water from the teacup.
It was a little after six in the morning, the coldest time of the day, and these people had walked all the way from Xishantun, and they were all frozen.
After drinking the hot water, Tong Youfeng felt warmer all over.
At this time, Jin Xiaomei came in with a thermos bottle, placed it on the table against the wall, and said to Ruhai, "Old son, you watch over your uncles and grandfathers and add water."
"Hey." Li Ruhai just responded when he heard Tong Youfeng calling, "Ruhai's mother."
"Huh?" Jin Xiaomei was stunned. It was the first time she heard someone call her like that.
"Ruhai's mother." Tong Youfeng didn't notice that Li Ruhai kept winking at him, and continued to say to Jin Xiaomei: "Why don't you let Ruhai go to our village to collect mountain products?"
Jin Xiaomei twitched the corner of her mouth. Otherwise, since the visitor was a guest, Jin Xiaomei would have to say something to him.
"Ruhai's mother." Zhang Xinglong also called her that, and then said to Jin Xiaomei: "Ruhai came to our village to collect things and helped us a lot. Without him, it would be very difficult for us to make a little money."
"Brother." At this time, Wang Meilan appeared at the door of the west room. She asked Zhang Xinglong, "It's already this late. What else do you have to sell in your village?"
"Oh, Zhao Jun's wife, that's really a long story." Zhang Xinglong counted on his fingers and said, "Just before the snow fell, we killed the chicks and geese. Ru Hai sold a lot of them to us, but there are still a few families who haven't sold any."
"There are still 500 to 600 kilograms of sweet potatoes." Tong Youfeng continued, "The dried fungus, hazel mushrooms, and mushrooms, plus the broken pieces, there are still 180 kilograms."
"Ah..." Wang Meilan blinked, and then asked Zhang Xinglong, "Brother, how many chickens and geese are there in your village?"
"How much is left..." Zhang Xinglong said, raised his hand and pointed at a hooligan sitting under the north window, and asked: "Old Third, how much is left in your family?"
The man replied, "I have ten chickens and six geese left at home."
"How about your family?" Zhang Xinglong pointed at Wu Dalin and asked. Wu Dalin quickly said, "My wife sold a few at the market, and there were still thirteen chickens, two ducks, and eight geese left."
After listening to what the two said, Zhang Xinglong looked at Wang Meilan and said, "There are a few more families in our village. Together with theirs, we can have about 40 to 50 chickens, and about the same number of geese."
"They're all frozen after the killing?" Wang Meilan asked, "Have you put on the wax?"
"It's definitely not bad." Zhang Xinglong said with a smile: "Everyone in my family works, so it must be straight and neat."
"That's all!" Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "One day you can gather all the chickens, ducks, and geese into a pile."
"What is that for?" Zhang Xinglong was confused and had no idea that he had met a kind-hearted rich woman.
"I've bought them all!" Wang Meilan said casually, "Just send me a message when the time comes and I'll send someone to take them away from you!"
"You bought them all?" Zhang Xinglong excitedly looked at Wang Meilan from the edge of the kang with wide eyes and asked, "That's more than fifty chicks and more than fifty geese?"
"Oh!" Wang Meilan smiled faintly, waved her hand gently, and said, "I know, haven't we just finished it?"
All the chickens that the Zhao family raised last year were eaten before the Chinese New Year.
There are still quite a few big geese, but they are all kept to lay eggs during the Chinese New Year.
Wang Meilan was worrying about what to do during the New Year when suddenly a bunch of hooligans showed up and brought her chickens, ducks and geese.
"Zhao...sister-in-law." Seeing that Zhang Xinglong had accomplished a great thing for the villagers, Tong Youfeng couldn't help feeling a little anxious, but he didn't dare to call Wang Meilan "Mother Zhao Jun".
"Hmm?" Wang Meilan looked at Tong Youfeng, who smiled and said, "Sister Zhao, we also have some fungus, mushrooms and so on."
"Then bring them all." Wang Meilan said casually, "But don't fool me. Give me the old ones, and the rotten ones are not acceptable."
"That can't be done." Tong Youfeng waved his hands repeatedly and said, "We can't do that."
As Tong Youfeng finished speaking, a hooligan asked Wang Meilan, "Sister, I have about 20 kilograms of dried pears at home. Do you want some?"
"Yes!" Wang Meilan didn't even hesitate. Dried pears are sour and sweet and delicious, and can also be canned.
"Aunt, I have fifteen or sixteen kilograms of dried pears at home." Another hooligan said, "And seven or eight kilograms of frozen round dates."
The round dates he was talking about are the ones that black blind beetles love to eat in the fall when they are trying to gain weight.
Round dates, like mountain goji berries, become sweeter after being frosted in late autumn.
Some round dates are left on the vines without anyone to pick them or eat them, and they will freeze in winter.
Frozen round dates, like frozen pears and frozen persimmons, are delicious after being cooked and have a unique flavor.
"Yes, I want them all." Wang Meilan said, "But I can't give you much money for the dried pears and jujubes."
"It's okay, auntie." For a hooligan, nothing is better than money, as long as it can be exchanged for money.
"Ruhai." Wang Meilan called Li Ruhai and asked him, "How much do you charge for these?"
"Auntie, I'm helping to sell them." Li Ruhai chuckled and said, "Dried pears are 1.2 cents, and frozen round dates are 3 cents a pound."
After hearing what Li Ruhai said, Wang Meilan looked at the hooligan and asked, "Can we all go with this price?"
"Okay, okay!" The rogue nodded hurriedly and said, "That's great, auntie!"
In his joy, the rogue seemed to remember something and asked Wang Meilan, "Aunt, you won't take our money, right?"
"Huh?" Wang Meilan was startled, then smiled and said, "I'm eating at home, why should I charge you for it?"
At this point, Wang Meilan glanced at Li Ruhai, and then said to the people in Xishantun: "You guys are dealing with those mountain products. I want the good ones, and I don't want the inferior ones. For the good ones, I will give you the same price as Ruhai gives you."
Everyone was delighted to hear this, the price was the same and no one had yet to pay, so this was equivalent to a price increase.
Seeing that the hooligans were all very happy, Wang Meilan smiled and said, "The winter is over. After the New Year and the beginning of spring, our family will start to collect mountain products. No matter what you have, you can collect the genuine ones and bring them to my house to sell, and I will give you money."
When Wang Meilan said this, people started to talk about it. Someone asked, "Auntie, what kind of mountain products do you buy?"
"I'll take anything." Wang Meilan said, "You're wild vegetables, pine nuts, mushrooms, schisandra, bear's gall, big bark, yellow leaves... Anyway, whatever you have, I'll take."
Hearing this, the hooligans became even happier.
"Mother Zhao, we are so grateful to you!" There was a difference between men and women. Zhang Xinglong did not shake Wang Meilan's hand, but clasped his fists to her and said, "You don't know, it's so hard for us hooligans to make a little money."
"Not so good!" Tong Youfeng interrupted, saying, "When I went up the mountain to dig up those things, sometimes they were snatched away by others, and sometimes I even got beaten..."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun frowned and asked, "Why are there still people intercepting the road? And getting beaten?"
"Yeah." Tong Youfeng glanced at Zhao Jun quietly and said, "Those forest rangers, if they want to beat us up, they will beat us up."
Tong Youfeng pointed at Wu Dalin and said, "Last year, Dalin asked them to beat him. His back teeth were loosened. We gave them the pipe bag and pipe bowl."
"Is that so?" Zhao Jun knew that after the forest area stopped production and logging, the forest rangers were quite arrogant, but he didn't know that it was always like this these days.
"Well, Leader Zhao, do we dare to lie to you?" Tong Youfeng finished speaking, and another hooligan said, "Two years ago, I went up the mountain to pick wood ears, and I ran into two forest rangers. They insisted that I had knocked down the fallen tree. How could I have done that?"
"This is bullshit!" Li Dazhi couldn't stand it any longer. The wood that can grow wood ear mushrooms is all rotten wood that has been left for many years. It's like putting the blame on others. Isn't that confusing right and wrong?
"Dazhi." Wang Meilan called Li Dazhi at this time, and Li Dazhi turned around and asked, "Miss, what's the matter?"
"Dazhi, you have to take care of this matter." Wang Meilan said, "This is too bullying."
Li Dazhi nodded heavily, turned to look at Zhao Jun, and said: "Jun, this matter is under your charge. If you are going to the forest area today, you should talk about this matter. If there are seven or eight of them, let them go home!"
Li Dazhi is the director of the forestry farm, and it is up to him to decide whether the forest rangers stay or go.
Like Wang Meilan, Zhao Jun couldn't stand bullying of the disadvantaged. With Li Dazhi's support, he immediately responded, "Okay, Uncle Six, I know."
Tong Youfeng brought up this matter because he wanted Zhao Jun to help them. Now that his goal had been achieved, Tong Youfeng hurriedly thanked Zhao Jun.
Led by Tong Youfeng, thirteen hooligans from Xishantun thanked Zhao Jun together, shouting "Thank you, Leader Zhao".
"No need to thank me, no need to thank me." Zhao Jun waved his hands repeatedly, then introduced Li Dazhi to everyone, saying: "If you guys want to thank someone, thank my sixth uncle. My sixth uncle is the director of the forest farm."
When everyone heard this, they all thanked Li Dazhi and shouted, "Thank you, Director."
"Oh, no need to thank me..." Li Dazhi was a little embarrassed, and quickly gestured to Wang Meilan, saying, "If you want to thank someone, thank my lady. My lady has spoken, and we all have to listen."
Wang Meilan knew that Li Dazhi was joking, but the gangster thanked Wang Meilan excitedly.
Compared with thanking Zhaojun and Li Dazhi, thanking Wang Meilan was a bit confusing.
The main problem is the confusion in addressing. Some say Sister-in-law Xie, some say Aunt Xie, and some say Big Sister Xie.
And Wu Dalin, who was badly bullied by the forest ranger, clasped his hands and said to Wang Meilan: "Thank you, Grandma Zhao! Thank you, Grandma Zhao!"
"Ah?" Wang Meilan was stunned. Zhao Jun even stood up and asked Wu Dalin, "Brother, what do you call my mother?"
"Grandma Zhao!" Wu Dalin said with a simple face, "We all call her that in the Guan area."
"Why are you calling me like that?" Li Dazhi said with a smile, "You think my lady is a landlady, don't you?"
"Haha..." Everyone laughed, and Wang Meilan was also happy.
At this time, a whistle sounded and the forest farm's commuter bus arrived.
Zhang Life put down the teacup in his hand and said to everyone, "Let's go as soon as possible. People still have to go to work."
"Go, go..."
All the hooligans stood up and said goodbye to Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan while walking out.
Coming out of Zhao's house, the hooligans suddenly felt uneasy when the cold wind blew.
When they reached the door, someone asked Zhao Jun, "Leader Zhao, are we really going to go back and hunt the fox?"
"Hit!" Zhao Jun said, "Don't worry, I'll keep my word. A fox skin is ten yuan. If you can hit it with a different color, I'll give you more money."
"Grandma Zhao!" Wu Dalin called out to Wang Meilan, "I'll bring you all my chickens and geese."
"You can't yell like that!" Wang Meilan smiled and pointed at Wu Dalin. Wu Dalin grinned and then heard Wang Meilan say, "You don't have to send it to me."
As she spoke, Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Son, look, when are you going to go get the skins?"
"Then let's go next Sunday." Zhao Jun said, "It's a holiday, and Xiaochen will be back soon. Then we can drive there."
"Did you hear that?" Wang Meilan asked Wu Dalin, "Next Sunday, pack your things in advance. My son will drive over and honk the horn, and you just need to carry your things out."
Upon hearing this, everyone thanked her again. There were even two more people in the crowd shouting "Grandma Zhao". Wang Meilan's feigned anger was of no avail.
"Leader Zhao." Before leaving, Tong Youfeng said to Zhao Jun, "If we catch foxes or tulus, you can't just ignore us."
Zhao Jun blinked his eyes, then said firmly: "Don't worry, if it doesn't work, you can come to my house and send a message. I will go there right away after I know the message."
Only after receiving this guarantee from Zhao Jun did Tong Youfeng and others agree to leave.
After seeing off the hooligans, it was time for Zhao Jun and his colleagues to go to work. Zhao Jun hurriedly got on his motorcycle to find Wang Qiang and Jie Chen, and then rode his motorcycle to catch the commuter bus.
Today Zhao Jun and his two companions will go to the forest farm and then to the third work section.
So Zhao Jun pushed his motorcycle onto the train, thinking that riding a motorcycle would be faster from the forest farm to the third section.
After arriving at the forest farm, Zhao Jun took Wang Qiang and Jie Chen to a security team meeting.
Today is Monday, and almost every team has a morning meeting.
Zhao Jun sat down at the security team and just chatted with his colleagues when someone at the door asked, "Is Zhao Jun here?"
"Ouch!" Zhao Jun looked over and saw that it was Zhou Chunming's secretary Yu Quanjin. He hurried over and asked, "Brother Yu, what's going on?"
"Follow me quickly." Yu Quanjin said, "Secretary Zhou is looking for you!"
"What's going on?" Zhao Jun wondered. He had just sent Zhou Chunming home last night. Nothing happened last night, so what was he doing this morning?
Listening to Zhao Jun's question, Yu Quanjin whispered, "It seems that something happened in Lingnan. The three big claws have gathered together. They should be looking for you."
Zhao Jun was shocked when he heard this: "What?"
(End of this chapter)