Chapter 145: Dividing the Deer Meat

Xia Juanjuan glared at him, then took one and took a bite.

Mm, it’s delicious indeed.

Even though she doesn't like eating sauerkraut very much, she thinks that sauerkraut with minced meat is really refreshing in the midsummer.

Xiaowen has returned from school, and the three little ones are each holding one and eating happily.

Xia Juanjuan thought it was a pity that she didn't fill the kimchi vat two days earlier, so that when Lizhan came back, she could eat more.

Now, the food we pickled today can only be eaten after two or three days. Lizhan has to leave early tomorrow morning, so how can he catch up with him?

Lin Yuru and Xia Juanjuan started to prepare dinner, and Li Zhan delivered braised pork to every household. Li Jie sent a hind leg as promised. Li Zhan also sent five pounds of meat to Li Qiang and Liu Lan.

Wang Guixiang saw that it was deer meat. A deer must weigh several dozen pounds, so she only gave them five pounds of meat. She was too stingy.

Moreover, she now knows that Li Zhan only has five dollars left for Liu Lan in a month. If Liu Lan lives with them, doesn't that mean he only has five dollars left for her?

She looked unhappy and kicked Liu Lan, indicating that she should ask her son for more meat.

Liu Lan was feeling somewhat miserable now, and she did not dare to offend her second daughter-in-law, so she said, "Zhan'er, what kind of dough did you make? The dough looks quite fat, it must weigh at least 10 or 100 kilograms, right? Even though your daughter-in-law is pregnant, she can't eat much in this hot weather, so isn't it a bargain for her parents? Look, your second brother and his wife have to support me, and there are two little ones at home, and these five kilograms of meat... can't even last a few days..."

Wang Guixiang was so anxious when she saw Liu Lan was being so reserved that she quickly spoke up, "Yes, fourth brother. You don't know that your wife, under the pretext of being pregnant, has long since taken her parents from her natal family to eat with her. Now she eats three meals a day at your house! You keep so much meat at home, isn't it just giving it away to outsiders? Fourth brother, you can't just think about your mother-in-law after you get married. You should at least send 20 or 30 kilograms of this 100 kilograms of big bran to our mother, right?"

Li Zhan was so angry that he laughed after hearing this.

Fortunately, his wife had foresight and divided the family on the second day after their wedding. Otherwise, he was not at home. His wife is now pregnant with twins and has difficulty moving. If she lived with them, she might not even have a full meal!

However, Li Zhan did not show his anger, he just smiled lightly and said: "Mom, second sister-in-law, Juanjuan is pregnant now. Her parents eat three meals a day with us, but that is to help us. A pregnant woman at home provides three meals a day for three children, the children's clothes are washed and mended, and even the farm work assigned by our family. How can the old couple not help? After helping so much, eating three meals a day at my house is not too much, right?"

If you guys want to compete with me for only thinking about my mother-in-law and not caring about my own mother, then my monthly allowance of five yuan is just for nothing? Should I just stop giving it from this month? Otherwise, even if I give it, I will still be labeled as someone who doesn't care about my own mother. Why should I bother?"

The family there panicked when they heard Li Zhan mention the five dollars a month.

Not only did I not get any more meat, but I also lost the five dollars I get every month!

Li Qiang glared at Wang Guixiang, a woman who was good at making trouble but not good at doing things, and said hurriedly: "Fourth brother, don't bother with them, they are all women with long hair and short knowledge, they know nothing! Thank you for the deer meat, fourth brother. If your sister-in-law has any problems in the future, we will definitely help. Fourth brother, it's almost time for dinner, you should hurry up and cook, our fourth brother rarely comes back, you can eat with us tonight."

Wang Guixiang got anxious when she heard this, and said in a sarcastic tone: "You are so generous! The flour bags at home are all empty!"

Li Zhan smiled and said, "No. Dinner is being prepared at home. I want to eat here, and there will be leftovers at home."

Why did he stay for dinner? The meal wasn't even ready yet, why did he stay for dinner?

Li Qiang glared at Wang Guixiang, who was so stupid that she couldn't even hear his polite words and even tried to rip him off, and said, "Okay. Then Second Brother won't keep you."

When Lizhan came back, dinner was already ready at home.

Lin Yuru rolled out the mixed-grain noodles, and Li Zhan saved some of the meat stuffing he had chopped in the afternoon to make fried noodles with soybean paste.

After eating, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru wanted to go back, so Li Zhan gave them a deer hind leg and asked them to take it back.

The two of them refused, saying that they ate three meals a day here. Although they brought their own food here, every meal had meat and eggs. Wasn't it because of the allowance from Lizhan? How could they have the nerve to accept this little bit of food?

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "That's right. Although it can be eaten next year after being made into ham, there's no one at home all day, and hanging it on the eaves will probably attract thieves. If you don't want to take it back, then don't take it back. You can eat it here anyway."

Li Zhan thought about it and it made sense. There was no need to be so concerned about this etiquette.

After Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru returned, Li Zhan looked at the sky and said with a smile, "I'll go into the mountain again."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment. Doesn't this person know what tiredness is? Where does he get the energy every day?

"Why are you going into a mountain so late at night?"

Li Zhan said: "The deer meat has been distributed to the villagers. I will go to the mountain to kill a wild boar."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Can you kill a wild boar just because you want to?

Li Zhan laughed and said, "I had already scouted the area before entering the mountain in the morning. I know where the wild boar's nest is. But I was afraid that I would drag a big wild boar back during the day. I would definitely share it with the villagers. We can't keep much at home. I would kill it and drag it back at night, and no one would know..."

Xia Juanjuan didn't wait for him to finish and said directly: "No! I won't let you go!"

Even if we know where the wild boar's den is, is the mountain at night the same as the mountain during the day? What if we get hurt by a wild boar?

Besides, no material resources can compare to the time she and Li Zhan spent together...

"We don't lack meat at home. We have so many allowances and meat coupons that I can't spend them all on buying meat every day! If you want to go, I won't eat the meat even if you come back!" Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but swear.

Seeing that his wife was angry, Li Zhan had to give up the plan: "Why are you still angry? Isn't it okay for me not to go?"

He naturally knew that the money and tickets he sent back were enough to buy meat, but now supplies were scarce, and sometimes even with money and tickets, he couldn't buy meat, so he thought about hunting another wild boar, at least to have food until the winter, just in case.

But who can stop the daughter-in-law from doing so?

"Then I'll go get you some water, wash up and go to bed."

Seeing this, Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Wash the kids first. I'll wash them after they fall asleep."

Li Zhan glared at her and said, "I don't know yet?"

Xia Juanjuan sat down and watched Xiaowen do his homework.

They were all simple addition and subtraction questions and Chinese character dictation. She had taught Xiaowen some of them before he went to school, so he made almost no mistakes.

When Xiaowen saw her coming over, he raised his head and said proudly, "Mom, our teacher praised me today! We got first place in the exam!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Really? First place? That's pretty impressive. But it would be even better if you got first place in the final exam. You guys are going to take the final exam soon, right?"

Xiao Wen nodded and said, "Yes! There is still one week left. After the exam, it will be summer vacation!"

Thinking that summer vacation is coming soon, Xiaowen couldn't help but light up.

Being confined in the classroom every day, even if he likes to study and has good grades, the child's nature of loving to play is still very strong.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and couldn't help but pour cold water on him in a playful way: "It's summer vacation and there are homework. It's too good to think about having fun."

When Xiaowen heard this, her face immediately wrinkled into a bitter gourd: "Mom, you can just let me be happy for a while, and you don't have to remind me right away..."

Xiaowu and Beibei were looking forward to going to school. They thought their older brother was very cool as he carried his little schoolbag to town every day, acting like an adult.

"Mom, didn't you tell me last time that I could go to school this fall?" Xiao Wu asked excitedly.

"Mom, Mom, what about me? Can I go to school with my second brother?" Beibei asked quickly, fearing that she would be forgotten.

Xia Juanjuan glanced at him and smiled, "Yes. Xiaowu will go this autumn. Beibei is still young, so he will go next autumn."

As he said this, he smiled, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. Now they are clamoring to go to school, but they will cry when they go to school.

While the noise was going on, Lizhan boiled some water, then washed the three kids one by one and threw them onto the bed.

Then he went to cook another pot, and it was Xia Juanjuan's turn.

Xia Juanjuan thought of the embarrassment of last night and couldn't help but said, "Tonight, I'll do it myself."

Of course Lizhan didn't agree.

After finally washing, the two of them went to sleep on the bamboo bed.

Li Zhan calculated the days, and couldn't help but look at her with burning eyes. He suddenly leaned over to Xia Juanjuan's ear and whispered softly, "Wife, you are five months pregnant now, so it shouldn't have any impact..."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a moment: "What do you mean it has no effect?"

Li Zhan blinked his eyes, then suddenly opened his mouth and bit her earlobe, his voice becoming more and more magnetic and deep: "It is between the third and sixth months of pregnancy, you can... that..."