After Zhao Guihua finished teaching her two sons and talking to each other, she gave the two little ones another lesson, repeatedly reminding them that the hunting trip must not be told to anyone, and that the grilled fish, chicken, and mutton skewers must not be told at all.
If you tell anyone, there will be nothing left.
Nothing at all.
Not only did they have nothing to eat, they could only eat grass. They were also beaten on their buttocks, three times a day!
This scared the two kids so much that they both covered their butts and swore to the sky that they were the most well-behaved kids in the world and definitely not nagging kids.
Zhao Guihua: "You guys are talking well now, but if you forget it when you get home, then in the future, don't say that I won't take you out. Even meat, you won't get a single bite! Do you understand? Do you remember it?"
The two children nodded seriously, indicating that they had remembered it in their hearts. They dared not forget it. If they did not remember it in their hearts, they would have no meat to eat in the future. The most delicious thing in the world is meat.
Nothing tastes better than meat!
No!
Zhao Guihua threatened and intimidated the two little ones, and then they came to help. They poured the sheep's blood into the bucket. Zhao Guihua thanked herself for her wisdom again. It must be said that she was the smartest person in the world.
When she went out this morning, she thought about bringing more tools, after all, there were a lot of people.
She still believed that there is strength in numbers, so she prepared a lot of things. Of course, this was also a lesson learned from the last time. So they brought a lot of things, even two buckets, one large and one small.
She thought that if she could only catch the turtle, she could put it in the bucket alone.
Look, look how well planned this is.
Although they didn't catch a turtle, their preparations were not in vain. The sheep's blood could be put in a bucket, and they could go home and make blood tofu. It tasted pretty good. Zhao Guihua was very satisfied. She looked at Mingmei and said with admiration, "You are really lucky. The eldest brother's wife and I have come here so many times, but we have never gotten as much as you. You are really amazing."
Mingmei laughed proudly, and when she had laughed enough, she said honestly: "To be honest, this is indeed something that only I can discover. No one else can do it."
She counted on her fingers and said, "I can climb trees. I climbed up the tree when I heard a little noise and then saw the wild boar. If it were someone else, they might have just walked away or gone over. If they went over, it would be dangerous, and if they walked away, they wouldn't be able to find anything. It was because I climbed the tree that I could see it clearly."
She continued to break off her second finger: "The second point is that I have a very good sense of direction. If it were someone with a poor sense of direction, they might not be able to find the way even if they really went looking for it. I will not get lost, and I remember the surrounding environment accurately, so we almost never take detours."
"Finally, if we hadn't gone that way, we wouldn't have met the wild goats. So, I think the chances of anyone finding them other than me are very, very small."
Zhao Guihua: "That makes sense."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Oh my god, stop being so unreasonable, both of you. Hurry up and cut some meat and grill it. I'm already greedy."
Zhuang Zhixi was anxious. The boy was not active in eating and there was something wrong with his thinking.
"Yes, yes, come on!"
Zhao Guihua found a stone to use as a "cutting board" and began to chop the meat. There were many tree branches on the mountain, so the meat was soon skewered.
Fortunately, I bought a new kitchen knife last time. This kitchen knife has become a special one for going up the mountain. I didn't expect that it would be useful before I even eat. It's really a “sensible” kitchen knife. Zhao Guihua: “Old Three.”
Zhuang Zhixi: “Here I come.”
He quickly lit the fire and started grilling the skewers. Tiger Head and Little Swallow immediately rushed to his uncle's side, drooling like little dogs waiting for him. Zhuang Zhixi: "Don't just watch the fun, come too."
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "Let me do it. They can't control the heat well. If they burn such good meat, I'll go crazy."
This sheep was of average size, but quite fat. The fat was dripping with oil from the roasting. Even adults couldn't resist the aroma. Zhuang Zhixi swallowed his saliva and said, "This is too fragrant. Do you think there is a family like that who can eat meat every day?"
"What good things are you thinking about?" Zhuang Zhiyuan said jokingly, "Before liberation, landlords had never seen such a good thing."
Zhuang Zhixi: "You know it again."
He grilled a skewer and handed it to his mother: "Here, old lady, yours, taste your son's cooking."
Zhao Guihua: "You guys eat first, I'll cut some meat."
Zhuang Laonian: "I'll do it, I'll do it. You eat yours."
Mingmei: "Let me do it."
"Need not!"
Zhao Guihua: "I can do it myself. How can you cut it into fat and lean pieces? Do you think this doesn't require any skills? I can see from your faces that you don't know how to do it. Go away, go and eat first. I won't let myself suffer any loss."
"Okay, let's eat first."
Although Zhao Guihua said so, she also quickened her pace. After a while, they also sat around and several people started cooking. Even Hu Tou and Xiao Yan Zi couldn't help but try. Liang Meifen stared at their heat. If they roasted it too big, it would become hard and the taste would be bad.
It's a rare occasion for the family to get together, and it's a great time to have a picnic.
Mingmei took a bite of the mutton and put it in her mouth. The mutton was only sprinkled with a little salt, nothing else, but it tasted exceptionally good, the meat was fragrant and soft. The mutton had a bit of mutton smell, but it didn't affect the taste at all.
Mingmei: "Mmm, delicious~"
Isn't this delicious? Zhuang Zhixi: "Which do you think is better, pork or mutton?"
Mingmei: "They are all delicious. They are all equally delicious. Why should we compare with each other? As long as there is meat to eat, any meat is good."
Hutou nodded vigorously, thinking that the young aunt was right, they were all delicious, why bother to tell which one was better? He thought that these adults were always weird, such delicious food, why bother to tell which one was better, it was obvious that they were all good, there was no bad taste.
Hutou bit into the mutton skewers with his eyes narrowed with joy. His sister Xiaoyanzi beside him had a face full of grease from eating. Although she was the youngest, she ate faster than the adults with big mouthfuls.
Zhao Guihua: "Chew slowly and don't eat too fast or your stomach will get upset. What's yours is yours, and no one can snatch it from you."
Little Swallow: "Oh oh."
Zhao Guihua: "There will be roast chicken later. If you are full, you won't be able to eat anything else."
Xiaoyanzi: "Yes."
Although mutton skewers are the most delicious thing in the world, roasted chicken is also the most delicious thing in the world. Xiaoyanzi feels that she can't tell which one is better, so she eats both. She leans over and asks, "Is the roasted chicken ready?"
Zhao Guihua: "Almost done, you and your brother can share a chicken drumstick later."
Xiaoyanzi: "Okay~"
Zhao Guihua: "Give me the chicken feet. I love chicken feet."
Zhuang Zhixi looked at my mother suspiciously and said, "How can there be meat in chicken feet? Are you deliberately saving the good ones for us?"
Zhao Guihua: "...You are so sentimental."
She said, "Do I look like a fool to you?"
Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said playfully: "Isn't that what all parents do?"
Zhao Guihua: "Don't even think about it. I just love to eat. I love to eat the belly of a fish. Why don't you say that I saved the good food for you? Don't make things worse for yourself. Just eat your own food."
"Okay."
"Why is it that the days in our house are almost the same as Chinese New Year?" Zhuang Zhixi sighed.
Zhao Guihua: "There's nothing good like this during the Chinese New Year. Do you think mutton is easy to buy? Usually during the Chinese New Year, we only buy two catties of pork, which is enough to last for the whole first month. Today, we have two catties of mutton."
Actually, their family is pretty good. For example, the Zhou family only cut two taels of meat and cooked a dish for Zhou Qun. The two female comrades in the family don't eat meat. I don't know how a female comrades like Jiang Lu, who comes from a well-off family, can bear it. But whether she can bear it or not, she works hard and never complains, which is really amazing.
Zhao Guihua gnawed on the chicken feet and spit out the bones.
Tiger Head looked at it eagerly. Zhao Guihua said, "What are you looking at? I gnawed it cleaner than a dog. Nothing was wasted."
Everyone: “…”
Mingmei scratched her head and said, "Mom, you..."
There seems to be something strange about what you said.
Zhao Guihua also sensed it, and she bluffed: "Eat your food, how can you not shut your mouth when eating?"
Everyone was silent, the little quail just had to be obedient.
Six adults and two children were not a small group, and although they had a lot of food, they only ate until they were 80% full. But if they wanted to eat more meat, they would be reluctant to do so.
Zhuang Zhixi took the lead and grilled fish. Since they found the pond, their family has not been short of fish and has fish to eat every week. However, the taste of stewed fish and grilled fish is different. Zhuang Zhixi sighed: "These days, I feel that our family's food is really good. I have gained weight."
Actually, it's not obvious for Zhuang Zhixi, after all, he is tall. He used to be as thin as a telephone pole, but now he has only gained a little weight and still looks thin. But it's obvious for Hu Tou and Xiao Yan Zi. In the past six months, both children have grown up. It's very obvious. The single clothes they wore last year are too short now.
Zhao Guihua: "I don't really care about you, but your father is old, so he still needs to take good care of himself."
Zhuang Laonian smiled, an exceptionally bright smile, and said that the old woman cared about him the most.
He curled up the corners of his mouth in joy.
Tiger Head said jealously: "Grandma, am I not your most beloved treasure?"
Zhao Guihua: "Yes! You and your sister are better than your father and your uncle."
Zhuang Zhiyuan and Zhuang Zhixi: "..."
For no reason, you first speculated about our character, and now you put us in such a low position. It is true that you forget your son after having a grandson. Life is so hard. Zhuang Zhixi ate the fish viciously, thinking that he had to eat more to relieve his inner depression.
I'm not just greedy.
Zhao Guihua: "You are all good. Grandma will not forget you when she has something delicious. But if you are talkative and disobedient... Hehe, you will not get any good things in the future."
The two little guys immediately nodded seriously and said in unison: "Grandma, we will be obedient and will never go out and talk nonsense."
Don't think that children are stupid, in fact, children are also very smart, especially in times of shortage, even the dumbest children will be smart about food. Hu Tou and Xiao Yan Zi took it to heart.
The two little guys looked at each other with serious expressions.
Zhao Guihua nodded, expressing her satisfaction. She was afraid that the child would not know what was going on, but the child in his family was more or less sensible. Her own child was always the best.
Mingmei ate the grilled fish and asked, "Mom, we can't finish the mutton, how do we preserve it?"
If this is the case, Zhao Guihua is a little worried. They have a lot of things. Pork is made into bacon. Should mutton be made into bacon as well? To be honest, it's not impossible, but the taste is a bit worse. But, in this day and age, it's good to have meat to eat. Who cares about whether it's bacon or not? As long as it's meat, it's the best.
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "We can make it into bacon and store it for later consumption."
"OK."
Zhao Guihua said: "This time the harvest is good, but it can't be this good every time. We should save some food."
Everyone nodded and agreed with this idea. You know, they had really good food this year. They had never had such a good life before. The little tiger even lay on the ground and rubbed his belly comfortably.
"Mom, do you think people in these mountains eat meat all day long?" asked Liang Meifen.
Zhao Guihua rolled her eyes at him and said, "What are you dreaming of? How is that possible? There weren't so many prey in the mountains a few years ago. Even if there are now, do you think anyone can catch them?" She felt that ordinary people could not do it.
He has to be the monitor of the third shift.
Zhao Guihua was not idle while chatting. She processed the fish they caught, gutted them, sprinkled salt on them, and prepared to dry them in the sun. It is said that if people have a plan, things will go much more smoothly. She went up the mountain this time, but she brought salt with her, thinking about the fish.
Sure enough, it was used.
"Mom." Zhuang Zhixi suddenly spoke up and said, "I heard that some people use fish entrails as bait. I don't know if it works. We can give it a try."
Zhao Guihua: "I will save the fish liver and intestines to stew tofu at home. You can try the remaining small pieces."
Zhuang Zhixi: "OK."
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "Give it to me. I'll try it. I've never fished before."
He was still somewhat interested in this. Although it was quite hot at noon, he still went fishing under the sun. Mei-Fun Leung saw this and said, "I'll go with you."
The couple went to the pond. Zhuang Zhixi said, "Let's take a break. We walked too far this morning. Let's walk around in the afternoon."
Zhao Guihua did not raise any objections, but just said: "Don't go too far, otherwise it will be dark when you return to the city."
Zhuang Zhixi and Mingmei both nodded. He grabbed a handful of wild cherries, leaned against the tree and squinted, sighing: "A day like this is like a god."
"Third brother!" Zhuang Zhiyuan called out.
Zhuang Zhixi: “What are you doing!”
He said, "There seem to be eels here. You don't know how to make a basket that can catch eels. Can you make one?"
When they were young, they went out to play together. Well, they brought their burden with them. Although they were not very happy to bring him, he could come up with good ideas sometimes. They made a small trap for making a basket and put it in the water. Yellow eels were the easiest to take the bait and could not get out after getting in.
And they caught a delicious fish.
As soon as he saw the eel, he called for help.
In fact, he could also weave that kind of small mechanical basket, but it has been so long that he has almost forgotten it.
Zhuang Zhixi: "I'll go find some willow branches to get a feel for it. I can't quite remember it. No, why are there eels in this pond..."
He actually didn't quite understand it, and of course, everyone else didn't understand it either.
No one cares too much. Since there are some, just catch some.
They don't need to think too much about how this thing came about. It's useless for them to think too much.
Zhao Guihua watched her son tinkering and said, "You can only make a small basket, but not a big one. Are you being lazy with me?"
Zhuang Zhixi felt very wronged. He shouted, "No, mom, you can't say that to me. I can't stand this injustice. There is no such thing. You can see it. This small one is actually very simple, and it is not strong and can't bear the weight. The kind of backpack you mentioned needs to carry a lot of things, and it requires skills. How can I do that?"
Zhao Guihua: “Oh.”
Zhuang Zhixi: "I feel so wronged."
Both children laughed. Zhuang Zhixi said quietly, "Are you still laughing at me?"
The child immediately shook his head with a cute face.
Zhao Guihua: "My third daughter-in-law, you take a rest for a while. We will go around later."
Mingmei: "Okay."
She didn't care, but Zhuang Zhixi snorted, making it clear that he didn't want to be separated from his wife. He felt that his mother was really too much. Why did she snatch someone away in public?
Liang Meifen heard it from a distance and quickly said, "I'll go with you."
Mingmei is a flatterer. Her mother-in-law is partial to her, so she can't let Mingmei take advantage of her. She is still suffering for the twenty yuan. But she doesn't dare to let her mother-in-law and Mingmei leave together. She has to stick to them.
Even if it's flattery, Mingmei can't be the only one.
Mingmei had no idea what Liang Meifen was thinking. She looked at Zhuang Zhixi's actions and suddenly said, "This thing of yours is not only useful in water, but also can be placed outside. Get me two, and I'll see if I can catch a pheasant or a rabbit or something."
Zhuang Zhixi: "What you said makes sense. I'll give it a try."
He said proudly: "I figured this out myself, isn't it amazing?"
Mingmei looked at Zhuang Zhixi in surprise and said, "Did you figure this out on your own?"
Zhuang Zhixi nodded: "Yes, when I was in my teens, I was really hungry, so I spent the whole day thinking about how to make something delicious. After thinking about it, I found a lot of good ways to make food. For example, I found out which kind of grass seeds sparrows like to eat the most."
Tiger Head immediately sat up and said, "Uncle, we need to pick some grass seeds and go back to catch sparrows."
He remembered this and all the supplies at home were used up.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Okay, I'll tell you when I find it, and then you can pick it up yourself."
"Okay." The child said crisply.
After he finished talking to the child, he saw his wife giving him a thumbs up. Zhuang Zhixi burst out laughing and became even more proud.
They didn't rest for long, and soon they were busy again. Is it a rare trip to the mountain? Although it was a spring outing, if they didn't bring back some good things, it would be a shame for them to come so far.
Zhuang Zhixi helped them to complete the two mechanisms, and Mingmei and Liang Meifen placed them in two places not far away respectively.
Liang Meifen whispered: "Will it be useful to put fish entrails in this?"
She always thought that rabbits and other animals eat grass and don't eat this stuff. It's very puzzling.
However, despite some doubts, Liang Meifen quickly followed the instructions and everyone immediately divided up the work. The three men were fishing by the pond, Zhuang Laonian was in charge of fishing, the two brothers of the Zhuang family were casting the nets, and the little guy found a plant and pulled out seeds to prepare for catching sparrows in the future.
As for the three female comrades, they left with kitchen knives in their hands. This time they changed their direction and went everywhere to get more. Obviously, their luck in the afternoon was not worse than that in the morning.
Although they didn't see any big prey like goats, they did get three rabbits and two pheasants. It's true that there are a lot of prey on this mountain. Not only that, the three of them also got a small grass snake.
Logically speaking, Mingmei would not be happy to get close to such a thing. She hated this kind of wriggling animal the most. It was scary to look at. However, this little grass snake was very bold and actually wrapped around Liang Meifen's feet.
Leung Mei-fun was originally immersed in the joy of having a great harvest. Although Ming-mei was the main force, she also helped.
Besides, they were all family, so she was naturally very happy. Just when she was happy, she suddenly felt a cold and wet breath on her ankle. Liang Meifen was startled, and when she lowered her head, she was almost scared to death.
She screamed, "Mom! Help!"
She is also afraid of snakes!
Although I know this thing is edible, I am still really scared.
Moreover, although it is a small grass snake, it is more than one meter long and as thick as a woman's wrist, which is very scary. Although the snake is not a rare species, it is a common diamondback snake, but it is enough to scare people to death.
She screamed and almost cried.
Mingmei: "Oh, I'll go~"
Zhao Guihua was brave enough. She grabbed the snake and threw it onto the tree. The little grass snake fell on the tree and immediately made an attacking posture. Mingmei saw it and threw out the kitchen knife without hesitation.
Well, no matter how good your kung fu is, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife.
No matter how ferocious this snake is, it will be the same.
A small grass snake died in an instant.
Liang Meifen turned around and hugged Mingmei in fear, saying, "Oh my god, sister-in-law, I'm so scared. It, it, it, if it bites me, I will die, right?"
Mingmei: “I don’t know.”
She also felt annoyed by this thing and her scalp felt tingling.
Zhao Guihua: "This is a small grass snake, not poisonous, but it is right to kill it. It is about to attack people. If we don't kill it, it will suffer if it bites us."
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Liang Meifen still feels very uncomfortable now.
Mingmei pulled her and said, "Let go. I'm feeling really hot from your grip."
Liang Meifen didn't dare to let go. She had no choice. Although she knew that this thing was not poisonous, she was still very scared. Standing next to Mingmei, she felt a little safer.
Zhao Guihua: "Okay, stop shaking, hurry up and pick it up and put it away. Although it's not big, it's not small either, and there's still a lot of meat. This thing tastes good."
Both Priscilla Chan and Ming Mei had indescribable expressions on their faces; they both found it a bit too much to handle.
I would rather die than eat this thing.
I won't eat it unless I kill it.
Anyway, I just don't eat this.
Zhao Guihua looked at the two people's useless appearance and couldn't understand it at all, especially Mingmei. When you killed it, it was as fast as a gust of wind. Not to mention it, even its ancestors, you killed them with one blow, fast, accurate and ruthless!
To the snake, she is a female devil.
Now you are like a shivering little lamb?
She had never seen anyone who was so skillful and yet so afraid.
However, Zhao Guihua did not force others not to be afraid, no matter whether it was Mingmei or Liang Meifen. Even though her family conditions were not very good, Liang Meifen was a girl who grew up in the city, and they had seen little about this kind of thing.
It's not to say that there are none in the city, but they are indeed rare.
Zhao Guihua stepped forward, put the snake in place, and said, "I'll carry it on my back, okay?"
The two useless daughters-in-law nodded.
Zhao Guihua: "Let's take a look around and then go back."
"good."
Their harvest was quite good. Apart from the disgusting feeling, it was generally good. However, after walking around for a while, they didn't see any small animals. Zhao Guihua: "This is already pretty good. Generally speaking, if you can see a rabbit on the mountain, it's already pretty good. And there are so many of them. What a good thing."
"Mom, do you think our cage can hold any animal?"
Mingmei was eager to try, and her expression was very anxious.
"Who knows? I guess it's about the same. I...oh my god!"
Zhao Guihua was speechless before she could finish her sentence. She looked at the basket and said, "It really is there."
There was not only one rabbit in the basket, but two more. The two little rabbits were huddled in the basket pitifully, and the buttons had fallen off. The little rabbits had nowhere to escape.
"Let's go and see another one."
Liang Meifen ran over quickly and was also overjoyed: "There is one too."
Zhao Guihua: "It's sent, it's sent."
She smiled happily, thinking that today was a great. If she could harvest so much harvest every day, she wouldn't have to worry about not having enough to eat. People like them had come through difficult times, so they knew how important it was to eat well.
This is deep in our bones.
The three female comrades had a great harvest, a total of six rabbits, two pheasants, and a small grass snake.
Even an ordinary old hunter wouldn't have such a good harvest, which shows how lucky they are. Zhao Guihua was very proud and said, "Every time we go up the mountain, it's like celebrating the New Year."
"That's right."
The three of them came back happily and saw Hutou and Xiaoyanzi sitting on the ground eating barbecue.
When Hu Tou saw his grandmother come back, he was flustered and a little at a loss.
The status of the head of the family is so clear.
Zhuang Laonian said quickly: "Guihua, the children are hungry, I'll let them eat a little. Anyway, the weather is warm now, and it's hard to store even if they are all pickled."
Zhao Guihua nodded: "Okay."
Hutou and Xiaoyanzi breathed a sigh of relief.
Grandpa is awesome!
Zhao Guihua: "We'll eat on the mountain before going down. We've been busy all afternoon and we're really tired. It'll be a long way back, so eating more will give us strength. Besides, if we eat a little, we don't have to carry so much stuff down the mountain, which saves trouble."
Tiger head poked his head out and saw the pheasant, and quickly called out: "Dad, Dad, look, there's another pheasant, we caught another one."
Zhuang Zhiyuan pretended not to hear.
Although Zhao Guihua and her friends had a good harvest, the three male comrades also did a good job. They caught more than 30 fish by fishing and netting. They were all big, and if you count their harvest in the morning, there were even more. There were also some eels that got into the basket. Zhao Guihua was overjoyed and said, "It would be great if life was always this good."
She took inventory of the supplies and found two baskets of fish, one basket of meat, half a basket of pig heads and pig trotters, and another basket and a half of rabbits, pheasants, etc. These were the real things, in addition to a basket of dried mushrooms and fungus, and a basket of wild cherries.
"There are too many of these things."
Zhao Guihua decisively said: "Roast both chickens."
What she said was true, but no one else in the family was willing to do it. Although everyone wanted to eat meat every day, they had eaten a lot of delicious food at noon, so they felt that it would be too luxurious to eat it again.
Zhuang Laonian also said, "My dear, let's forget about it. It's better to keep things steady and lasting."
Zhao Guihua: "You guys are really..."
"Yes, Mom, let's go home and eat."
Seeing that they were all insisting, Zhao Guihua said, "Okay, then you can put the pig heads in this basket, so that we have one less basket."
She said firmly, "When we get down the mountain, the main group will take the bus home. You men will take the bus and carry the baskets onto the bus. As for the two children... the eldest son's wife, you can also take the bus. You will take care of the two children, and the three grown men will take care of these things. The third son's wife and I will each ride a bike and go back."
"Okay, this arrangement is quite suitable."
Zhao Guihua warned: "No matter how important things are, they are not as important as children. Liang Meifen, don't worry about these things. Just take care of the children. Do you understand?"
Leung Mei-fun nodded quickly.
We didn't stay on the mountain for long and went down quickly.
Zhao Guihua sighed: "It's true that there is strength in numbers. When I came here alone, or when there were only two of us, my eldest brother's wife and I, I never gained so much. But now that there are so many people, it feels like a lot all of a sudden."
"We can have some good food for a few days."
"Of course."
The whole family huffed and puffed their way down the mountain. Even Little Tiger and Little Swallow didn't have the chance to take a ride, so they had to walk. Fortunately, children at that age were relatively rough, and the two children followed others. Although they were tired, they didn't complain or feel tired, and they were very strong.
Mingmei asked the children jokingly, "Are you exhausted today? Do you want to come with me next time?"
The two children said decisively: "Yes."
Tiger Head said: "Let's go on a spring outing together in the future. We can eat lots of meat."
It doesn't matter whether you go on a spring outing or not; what matters is eating meat.
Mingmei smiled: "It's a long way up and down the mountain. It takes a long time to walk. Aren't you afraid of getting tired?"
“Don’t be afraid!”
Xiaoyanzi patted her chest and said, "I'm not afraid either!"
Mingmei laughed, and everyone separated at the station. Everyone got on the bus together. Compared to the last time, there were more people on the bus this time, and many people's eyes were wandering around them. Of course, the focus was on their basketball hoops.
One of the ladies asked: "Where are you from? Why are there so many things?"
Although it is covered, you can still smell the fishy smell.
Fortunately, the fishy smell of water covered up the bloody smell, so it was not obvious.
Before Zhuang Laonian could answer, Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "Auntie, let's go to the countryside to exchange some fish."
He said in a chatty manner, "I'm getting married soon. I have to take care of the family, but there are not many things in the city now." He pretended to sigh and said, "I can only come to the rural relatives to exchange some fish and coarse grains. Otherwise, with one more person in the family, the usual food will not be enough."
"That's right, you are getting married, congratulations, it's a great thing."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled shyly and said, "Actually, my family really wants to get some meat, but meat is so hard to come by. We have no choice but to ask someone to exchange it for fish. Although fish is not as good as meat, it is also considered meat, right?"
“Yes, yes, yes.”
The two of them chatted like this, and Zhuang Laonian felt relieved.
However, his son is really good at making up stories.
I wonder where the old woman and her friends are riding their bikes to?
Zhao Guihua and Mingmei rode their bikes quite fast. They didn't have anything on the bikes, so it was easy. Of course, it wasn't as fast as taking the bus. But the breeze in the evening was quite comfortable. Zhao Guihua hummed a little tune and said, "Xiaomei, go back later and give your grandfather a rabbit."
Mingmei: "Oh, okay."
She is just like that, never pretentious, and never the kind of people who blame each other and fight. She has to be polite for a few times, but she is basically straightforward. Zhao Guihua: "Pick someone older, you two always ask your grandfather to eat for you, it's not good for a long time."
Mingmei: “It’s okay.”
She smiled and said, "That's my grandpa. Although he has a new partner now, it doesn't mean we can't interact with him, right? Besides, my grandpa himself doesn't care."
Mingmei and Zhuang Zhixi often go out to eat with Old Man Lan. This was the case before and after Old Man Lan got married.
Even though it’s only been a few days since we got married.
But Mingmei still got a free meal.
Nowadays, young people tend to keep things simple when they get married, let alone a fifth wedding, so Lan Sihai didn't plan any wedding. He just took his daughter, grandson and granddaughter out for a meal, which was considered a formal meeting.
Mingmei's mother Lan Ling and Luo Xiaohe had little contact, but because they lived in the same courtyard, Mingmei did have some contact with them.
Luo Xiaohe is a person who doesn't talk much. Because she has to go to work, she doesn't get involved in the gossip in the yard. She is a little bit out of touch with the yard. She is not like Mingmei, who runs faster than a rabbit when she hears something exciting.
Mingmei: "Everyone in our family, from top to bottom, is free and easy, don't worry about that. I don't know if my grandfather's new partner is like that, but I don't live with her, so it doesn't matter."
Zhao Guihua: “…”
She glanced at Mingmei and sighed that this family was really open-minded.
The two of them rode back, not knowing how long they had walked, but they finally arrived in the city. It was getting dark, and it looked like it was going to rain. The sky was overcast, and everyone felt depressed. Zhao Guihua: "We have to hurry up, it looks like it's going to rain."
Mingmei looked up and said, "It seems so."
She was riding her bike when she suddenly said, "Mom, look over there, isn't that Aunt Zhou?"
Zhao Guihua followed Mingmei's gaze and said, "Oh, come on, it really is true. Why did she end up here?"
Aunt Zhou was walking alone, sneaking around. To be honest, the more bad a person wants to do, the more open they should be. Hiding things like this will only make it easier for people to notice them. Aunt Zhou was like this. She walked alone into the alley, looking around, as if she was afraid that others would not know that she was not a good person.
But it was obvious that Aunt Zhou's eyesight was not very good. Although she looked around, she didn't see Zhao Guihua and Mingmei, and quickly ran into the alley. Mingmei and Zhao Guihua looked at each other and said, "Should we go and take a look?"
Zhao Guihua thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go and take a look. But be careful and don't let anyone notice."
She added: "Follow me, I know this area well."
Why do I say that?
Before, the place where she avoided gangsters was not far from here. If she walked further ahead, she would reach the factory where she worked. However, she hadn't met Aunt Lian recently, so she didn't know what the situation was over there.
Whether it was a case of gangs robbing each other or something happening in the factory, she had no idea of the follow-up.
But she was somewhat familiar with this area. Zhao Guihua quickly rode to catch up, and Mingmei followed decisively. If it was usual, Zhao Guihua would not be so curious, but now she followed because it was Mingmei who followed her.
I have to say, I do feel somewhat safe.
She said, "Block your face."
Mingmei: “Okay.”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rode their bikes into the alley, only to find that there were many houses further ahead.
The two of them looked around. Mingmei said, "Over there."
Aunt Zhou's clothes were quite decent, and she stood out in this area. They followed her and saw her enter a yard. Mingmei blinked and said, "She's gone in, should we follow her?"
Zhao Guihua was also puzzled: "Why did Aunt Zhou come here? She doesn't have any relatives here."
Aunt Zhou is not a local. She married into the city when she was young. Her parents asked for a high bride price, which was like selling a daughter. Since then, she has no contact with her parents. She has no relatives in the city. The Zhou family is a local, but when Zhou Qun's father died, the Zhou family came to steal his job.
The two families never had any contact with each other again.
At that time, Zhou Qun was still young and could not take over immediately, so the Zhou family wanted to give the job to Zhou Qun's uncle. This cannot be called a family-destroying job, but it is almost the same. Aunt Zhou is a woman with a child and no income, so she is afraid that her life will be miserable. If a woman is a little weak, she will be controlled by her husband's family. If Aunt Zhou lost this job at that time, then it is obvious that she and Zhou Qun would have no way to survive.
At that time, Aunt Zhou worked frantically to turn the tide. The Su family was also facing this situation. The Su family came from the countryside and wanted this job even more urgently. Aunt Su and Aunt Zhou tacitly formed an alliance to fight against the husband's family.
One of them was good at playing the victim and the other was good at making a fuss, but they managed to drive away the two ungrateful relatives who were trying to take advantage of the dead man.
Later, because both of them were widows, they were always compared to each other, but at that time they formed an alliance. It was because of their quarrels that the factory did not dare to let the man's relatives take over the job. If they really did that, the two widows would have hanged themselves at the factory gate with their children.
Anyway, the incident was a big deal back then.
The people in their courtyard, such as Zhao Guihua, firmly supported the two widows. Although they usually had conflicts, at this time, they all had a basic sense of right and wrong. It was precisely because of this that Zhao Guihua knew that whether it was the Su family or the Zhou family, they had no relatives.
Zhao Guihua: "We can't go into the yard either, so forget it."
Mingmei: "I climb the wall?"
Zhao Guihua: “…”
She said, “That’s not necessary.”
She said, "Forget it, let's just go... eh?"
Zhao Guihua suddenly stopped and asked, "Why is it her?"
Zhao Guihua saw a familiar person enter the yard. They stood in the shadow of the corner, so they were not obvious and were not seen by others. However, Zhao Guihua's expression was not very good when she saw the old lady.
Why?
Because she knew this person, not long ago, she was almost robbed by this person.
Although Zhao Guihua didn't see much of the men who followed her at the time, she remembered the appearance of the two aunties who were colluding with others. Although it was dark, she could see them clearly. They didn't look like her, and they wore masks all the way, so they still had obvious characteristics.
The person who entered the yard was one of the two aunts.
When Zhao Guihua saw this, she lost her composure.
Such a small courtyard doesn't look like there are several families living in it. Could it be that Aunt Zhou knows them? Although she didn't know what was going on, Zhao Guihua became serious and said, "Mingmei, can you climb over the wall and get in?"
Mingmei nodded: "Yes."
Zhao Guihua: "How are your skills? Don't try to be brave if you are discovered."
Mingmei: "No problem."
She may not have much confidence in others, but she is very confident in herself.
"Okay, park your car here and go over to see what they are doing. But if there is any problem, leave immediately."
Mingmei saw her mother-in-law's attitude change. Although she didn't know what was going on, she nodded seriously and quietly moved over. She almost quickly climbed up the wall. It was already dark, which was a good place for Mingmei to hide. Mingmei didn't jump into the yard rashly. There were actually several men eating and drinking in the yard. The auntie who just came in was also sitting with them. She stuck to the eaves and listened quietly.
Aunt Zhou was not there. Mingmei raised her eyebrows and was just thinking about what to do when she saw Aunt Zhou's figure. She seemed to be in another room. She groped over and lifted a tile, like a knight on the beam.
Sure enough, it was Aunt Zhou who was in the room. She said excitedly, "Sister, I'm sorry to bother you with this matter. You must help me find a solution."
With her was a middle-aged woman with a long melon face. She narrowed her eyes slightly and said in a sophisticated manner, "Don't worry, I think the one you found before was just not very skilled. As for the female ghost, I don't think that's the case. In fact, it's just that your daughter-in-law can't have children!"
Aunt Zhou: "Ah, I said my daughter-in-law is not good enough, but my in-laws said it was my son's fault. They are really lacking in virtue. Why don't they just die? They are such heartless bastards. They even dared to instigate my daughter to divorce. They deserve to die. Do you think there is any way to put a damper on their arrogance?"
The long-faced lady said: "Yes, there is, but this..."
"You tell me, I'm willing to spend any amount of money."
The long-faced woman laughed and said, "If you are willing to spend money, I can do something to curb his arrogance, but you know, this kind of thing is very harmful to your health. It will cost at least thirty years..."
"Ah!" Aunt Zhou didn't expect to need so much money. She bit her lip and said, "Ah... this is too much."
The long-faced auntie had a blank expression on her face: "Your relative is very lucky. If I want to perform a ritual, it will cost me a lot of energy and it will hurt my body. I don't want to do that either. If you don't want to spend the money, you don't have to spend it. It doesn't matter. I..."
"I'll spend it!!!" Aunt Zhou gritted her teeth and said, "Done!"
She was very upset today. Thinking about the look on her in-laws' faces, how they had been kicked out like garbage without giving her any face at all, Aunt Zhou gnashed her teeth in hatred. If she could bring bad luck to this person, she would be happy to do so.
She said, "I'll do it!"
The long-faced woman nodded slightly and said, "If you don't want to..."
"No, no, no, I really do." She hurriedly took out the money.
"Okay, since you insist, I'll give you this face. After all, we are old acquaintances. Tell me the details of this family, word for word, and then we'll see the result after we go back. Tonight I'll perform a ritual, and within seven days, this person will be in bad luck."
Aunt Zhou: “Okay!”
She sneered: "I don't believe they can still be so arrogant."
Long melon-faced man: "Then your daughter-in-law..."
"You're doing this! I dream of having a grandson. My daughter-in-law is so useless." Aunt Zhou gritted her teeth and said, "I really hate her."
"Okay, follow my prescription. If you want to have a child, and you want a son, you must have boy's urine, rooster's blood, and..." He counted several things in a row and said, "You have to prepare all these. Let your daughter-in-law drink a big sip every night for 49 days in a row, and the child will come."
"good!"
Aunt Zhou was very excited and said, "If I have a child, I will definitely come and thank you."
"I don't ask for your thanks. I just hope that everyone in the world can get what they want. This will be worth my efforts."
Mingmei watched as Aunt Zhou paid out another thirty yuan. Now she saw that sixty yuan had been given out. Mingmei was shocked. Aunt Zhou was too willing to spend money. In the blink of an eye, two months' salary of an average worker was gone.
Mingmei shook her head speechlessly, her head was about to shake like a rattle, she really couldn't understand what Aunt Zhou was doing.
She was such a mean person, she was even frugal with herself, it was said that she only bought two taels of meat, but she was willing to spend a lot of money in such a place, what kind of spirit was that? She scratched her head, her hair was about to go bald, and she felt that she didn't understand a thousand things.
Moreover, it sounds like a lie.
If Jiang Lu drinks that kind of thing, will he really not be poisoned? However, looking at Aunt Zhou's bright eyes, he could tell that she believed it.
Mingmei: Silently lights a candle for Jiang Lu.
And Jiang Lu's father, what good is he to have such a relative, and he actually has to spend money to perform a ritual to deal with him. Although this thing is feudal superstition and cannot be believed, it is too vicious, isn't it?
Mingmei: “…”
It's outrageous! I was shocked.
She watched this scene and felt herself almost stunned.
However, Aunt Zhou believed it very much. She paid the money happily and left finally with satisfaction. Aunt Zhou came out and Mingmei was also ready to leave. However, just as she was about to leave, a man entered the room. Mingmei was afraid of being heard and did not dare to move.
At this time, the people in the room also spoke up. The tall man who came in slumped down on a chair and said, "What kind of work is this time? This old woman is quite rich. She is really willing to spend money."
The old lady with a long melon face smiled smugly and said, "This idiot is easy to fool. Let's follow the old rules. Don't we already know this person's basic route and family situation? Go check out the place and see when the person she mentioned is alone. If he is alone, you guys go over and beat him up. Well, from what this stupid old lady said, her in-laws should be well-off. When the time comes, don't just beat him up, rob him, and take away all the valuables on him. Let's eat double portions."
"That's great, but are you sure the information is accurate?"
The old lady with a long melon face smiled smugly and said, "How could it be false if it was provided by his in-laws? I like this kind of idiot. If I succeed this time, she will definitely get the news. Her in-laws will be in trouble, and she will definitely believe me more."
"Will she suspect that we were the ones who did the robbery? This is pretty obvious."
"That stupid guy."
The two of them burst into laughter.
Mingmei: “…”
This is so fucking!!! (End of this chapter)
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