"How is your father?" After a moment of silence, Li Ernian couldn't help but ask Lan Yuchu.
Lan Yuchu was silent for a moment, then shook her head and said, "My father has developed a chronic illness, with a bad stomach! He often works for more than ten hours at a stretch. I've been home for quite some time, but I've only seen him once."
After hearing Lan Yuchu's words, they fell silent.
A silent sigh!
After chatting for a while, they each went home to shower and rest.
After Uncle Li and his family finished showering, Lin Qiyue went to take a shower. When she came back, she found Lan Yuchu washing clothes, including the clothes she had changed out of.
"Go take a shower, I'll do the laundry." Over the years, Lan Yuchu has always been the one making the sacrifices, and she feels a little embarrassed.
Lan Yuchu ignored Lin Qiyue's words and said, "It's okay, I'll be fine soon. You should go in and rest first."
Lin Qiyue was thinking of washing her clothes first, and then helping him wash his clothes.
He must be very tired after doing so much work today.
"Go wash! I'll wash, it's the same." Lin Qiyue reached out to help, but Lan Yuchu pushed her away with her arm and said, "It's okay, I've already taken a shower. Washing clothes is too hot and I'll sweat later. Go back and rest."
Seeing that he wouldn't let her wash, Lin Qiyue could only slink back to her room.
After closing the door, Lin Qiyue changed into her pajamas and climbed into bed. Feeling extremely bored, she borrowed a book from Li Qu to read.
With the oil lamp lit, the flickering light was warm. Lin Qiyue opened the book, read a few pages, and then felt extremely sleepy.
In a daze, she fell asleep holding the book.
When Lan Yuchu came in after taking a shower, he saw his wife asleep and was unusually docile this time.
I carefully took the blanket and covered her stomach, afraid that she would catch a cold.
I gently gave her a goodnight kiss.
He extinguished the oil lamp and then left the room.
He didn't want to take a shower; instead, he grabbed his tools and looked at Li Qu and Li Shuan, who were already waiting for him at the door.
Let's go!
The three of them looked at each other and then went into the mountains together.
On the way there, Li Qu asked Lan Yuchu, "Brother Yuchu, do I want to join the army?"
He really wanted to be a soldier, and now that he has graduated and is fulfilling his dream, he wants to hear Lan Yuchu's thoughts.
“Being a soldier is tough!” Lan Yuchu replied calmly.
“I’m not afraid of hardship or death. I want to join the army. There’s a recruitment drive in the city tomorrow. My teacher told me that.”
Li Shuan looked at his younger brother with concern, his brows furrowed but he remained silent.
Joining the army is a dream in the hearts of every boy. He had this idea back then. If he hadn't been disabled, he might have had the opportunity to join the army.
“This is faith, a faith worthy of our respect, and I want to go,” Li Qu said, becoming more and more excited.
Lan Yuchu saw her past self, secretly leaving home and joining the army despite her family's objections.
"You want me to persuade Uncle Li, right?" The kid didn't say it earlier because he knew Uncle Li wouldn't agree.
They wanted him to be their advocate, so he could directly join the army.
"I wanted to go even if you didn't say it, but I was thinking that if you, Brother Yuchu, put in a good word for me, maybe Dad would agree to let me go." Li Qu didn't hide anything and stated his opinion directly.
Li Shuan walked behind, seeing that his younger brother really wanted to join the army, and he agreed, saying, "I agree with that too, but the family is in a tough situation. After you graduate from high school, your family is waiting for you to work and earn an income to help the family. Besides, didn't the school say there are some spots for college? Why don't you wait?"
Mentioning this, Li Qu said dejectedly, "How could these things possibly happen to me!"
Lan Yuchu and Li Shuanmei spoke, and they both knew very well why.
“Okay, you can register tomorrow. I can talk to Uncle Li.” He didn’t want Li Qu to miss this opportunity and was willing to help him persuade Uncle Li.
Li Qu excitedly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Brother Yu Chu."
The three men went into the valley, set up a trap, and waited for nearly an hour before the wild boar appeared.
After a fierce battle, they finally knocked the wild boar unconscious and tied it up.
Originally, the plan was to catch only one, but three were caught in the end: two big and one small.
The smaller ones fell into the trap first and died long ago; otherwise, they could have released them and caught them again when they were older.
"I didn't expect this pig to be so big. What if the three of us can't carry it back?" Just as they were worrying about this, Lan Yuchu said, "Li Qu, go back and call Brother Youquan. Bring the tools."
Such fine black wild boar meat should definitely be handed over to the team when we take it back.
After some discussion, they decided to hand over the sow to the village so they could earn work points directly, and the two families would definitely get a larger share of the wages.
They disposed of the rest overnight, and before dawn, the three of them secretly took them to the black market to resell.
Lan Yuchu was only responsible for making the arrests; he did not participate in the process.
However, ordinary people still need to live, and if they don't have money, they will definitely try to find ways to make it.
Before Li Bo's wife passed away, she fell ill and incurred a lot of debt. They went hunting only to try to pay it off as quickly as possible.
Lan Yuchu brought several wild rabbits and pheasants home so that his wife could have some nourishment.
After they dealt with the wild boar, they found an oxcart to take it to town. Lan Yuchu then went back to inform Uncle Liang, Uncle Li, and the brigade leader to bring the remaining wild boar back.
Lin Qiyue was so tired that she had a good night's sleep.
When she woke up, she found that Lan Yuchu was not at home. She could already hear Xiaoxiao singing in the yard, so she changed her clothes and went out.
"Li Xia, Xiao Xiao, good morning!" It's barely dawn, these kids are up way too early.
When Xiao Xiao saw Lin Qiyue get up, she smiled and greeted her, "Sister, we're having rabbit meat, pork, and pheasant for lunch."
Seeing that Li Xia was already plucking feathers, Lin Qiyue, who had never eaten wild game before, rubbed her eyes and excitedly squatted down.
"Did Brother Li bring this back?" She had read many novels, and nowadays, people go into the mountains to hunt for money.
She had never eaten wild game before, and her eyes were glued to the food.
While plucking the hairs, Li Xia replied with a smile, "Our two families went together. Brother Lan brought them back, gave one to Uncle Liang's family, and we ate the remaining three. Brother Lan is really amazing; he even hunted a very big wild boar, and he's slaughtering it in the village now."
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiyue realized why he hadn't come up so early; he was nowhere to be found.
"Then this pork...?" Lin Qiyue had already noticed a large piece on the kitchen basin, weighing at least four or five pounds.
Li Xia glanced at the doorway and, seeing no one else around, whispered to Lin Qiyue, "Yesterday, my brothers went into the mountains and hunted more than one wild boar—three of them. We kept one for the village, and we'll kill the other two tonight and sell them on the black market as soon as possible to make money! This is meat from the smaller black pig; they say the meat tastes better than the larger ones. We'll keep these, and Uncle Liang's family also took some back with them."
"So we didn't sleep all night?" Lin Qiyue realized from her surprise that Lan Yuchu hadn't slept with them all night.
Li Xia nodded and said, "Yes, the brothers didn't sleep. Uncle Liang and Uncle Li were woken up by Second Brother Lan in the early morning."
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