Out of curiosity, Zhou Yuanyuan extended her spiritual sense again.
Finally, she saw Zhao Guohui busy at work among the family at the foot of the mountain, and Zhou Yuanyuan smiled happily. She knew that her uncle looked cold and hard on the surface, but in fact he was a very soft-hearted person.
Zhao Guohui had been feeling down for the past few days, but after a run around Daqing Mountain with everyone else, his mood gradually brightened.
The lush greenery of Daqing Mountain, the bright, high blue sky, and the endless pine trees on Daqing Mountain dispelled the gloom in Zhao Guohui's heart. After many twists and turns, when he finally caught his first pheasant with his own hands, Zhao Guohui laughed out loud.
With this smile, Zhao Guohui seemed to have driven out the frustration within him. Zhao Guohui was always a sunny person. These past few days, he'd simply gotten stuck in a rut, leaving himself feeling completely drained of energy.
Life is full of setbacks and disappointments. Looking back on them years later, they are all valuable experiences. He is still young, and the conflict between him and Xu Liqin has always existed. It is better for him to discover Xu Liqin's feelings now than to have her abandon him for her family ten or twenty years later.
After letting go of his worries, Zhao Guohui's smile returned to his face. Among the group, Zhao Guohui laughed the loudest. Every time he caught a pheasant, Zhao Guohui would lift up his nephew Zhou Jiasheng to cheer him on.
The best at hunting pheasants was Wen Ziqing. He held a handful of small stones in his hand, and when a pheasant appeared, he would flick the stones, hitting the bird's head accurately and knocking it unconscious.
Of the seven pheasants caught today, Zhou Zhixin and Zhao Guohui each caught one, the others were knocked down by Wen Ziqing's "Fingertip Magic".
The happiest person was Zhou Jiasheng. Children naturally enjoy being in a crowd, and being able to join the others in hunting pheasants on Daqing Mountain was a rare experience for Zhou Jiasheng. Whenever Wen Ziqing knocked a pheasant unconscious, Zhou Jiasheng would rush to the front, shouting to retrieve the unconscious bird.
However, Zhou Jiasheng was still a child, unaware that the pheasants were still alive, and after picking them up, he simply piled them around Zhao Yunxiang. A few minutes later, one of the pheasants woke up and flapped its wings, trying to escape. If Zhao Yunxiang hadn't been quick, it would have successfully escaped. For a moment, Zhou Jiasheng's exclamations and Zhao Yunxiang's laughter blended together, and Zhou Zhixin, Zhao Guohui, and Wen Ziqing couldn't help but smile.
Later, Zhou Zhixin came up with a solution and brought back a small bundle of rattan. Zhao Yunxiang used the rattan to tie the pheasants' two feet together, thus putting an end to the pheasants' "escape plan."
Zhou Zhixin couldn't help but look up to Wen Ziqing. While Zhou Zhixin could hit a pheasant with a stone, he couldn't control the force as well as Wen Ziqing, and his accuracy was far worse. When a pheasant escapes, it flaps its wings wildly. It's truly not easy to hit a pheasant's head with such steady, powerful, and accurate force as Wen Ziqing.
The most accomplished pheasant nest finder was Zhou Zhixin. A skilled scout in the army, Zhou Zhixin's vigilance was at its highest level after entering Daqing Mountain. Using the tracking skills he'd learned in the army, Zhou Zhixin followed the pheasant's footprints and droppings, and soon located a pheasant nest.
Honestly, if Wen Ziqing really wanted to rush in and find pheasants, Zhou Zhixin wouldn't have had much of a chance. With the knowledge Wen Ziqing had acquired in his previous life in the special training team, finding pheasants wouldn't be as difficult as Zhou Zhixin's. However, Wen Ziqing wasn't a fool. Showing off his pheasant hunting skills would be fine, but if he also took over the job of finding pheasants, wouldn't Zhou Zhixin have no chance to show off in front of his wife and children?
With Wen Ziqing's deliberate leniency, Zhou Zhixin felt elated. Every time he found a pheasant, he'd glance at Zhao Yunxiang. Seeing her happy smile and her son Zhou Jiasheng's admiring eyes, Zhou Zhixin felt his heart, broken a few days ago, instantly heal.
Look! Yunxiang and the children can't live without me! Zhou Zhixin consoled himself.
Zhao Yunxiang always thought Zhou Zhixin was very capable, and even if he couldn't find the pheasant, she wouldn't complain. Every time she saw Zhou Zhixin's eyes seeking praise after finding a pheasant, Zhao Yunxiang would respond with a big smile. After all, it was Chinese New Year, and everyone should be happy. As for whether to divorce or not, it wouldn't be too late to discuss it after the New Year.
After serving three pheasant nests in a row, Wen Ziqing suggested going home to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. It was New Year's Eve, and being kicked out by Zhao Qingshan on some pretext was fine, but if they didn't even have time to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, this New Year wouldn't be so perfect.
Wen Ziqing was worried about the little girl at home. The little girl was a playful person. More than a month ago, when Wen Ziqing first met Zhou Yuanyuan, Zhou Yuanyuan and Xiaocao from Aunt Gu's family were good friends. The two of them went to Daqing Mountain together to pick pine cones and even caught a pheasant.
Although the pheasant was ultimately stunned by the stone in Wen Ziqing's hand before Zhou Yuanyuan pounced on it, the sight of Zhou Yuanyuan chasing the pheasant swiftly struck Wen Ziqing's heart that day. If Zhao Qingshan hadn't held the little girl captive, Wen Ziqing would have wanted to bring her along to catch pheasants. Every time he heard the little girl's giggles, he felt a surge of happiness.
The Spring Festival is a major holiday. Chinese people attach great importance to it. In Yuyuan County, starting on the 25th day of the lunar year, every household prepares dishes for the New Year and prepares for a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.
Housewives usually start busying themselves around the house early in the morning on New Year's Eve, frying meatballs, stewing chicken, and boiling meat. Zhao Yunxiang is probably the only woman in Yuyuan County who would venture out to the mountains to catch pheasants on New Year's Eve.
A few days ago, while Zhao Yunxiang was staying in Sanhe Town, while waiting for Zhao Qingshan to return, she also took the time to prepare a lot of food. She made a lot of fish balls, fried meatballs, fried tofu, rice candy, rice cakes, etc.
When Zhao Yunxiang returned to Zhaojiagou yesterday, she bought two big grass carps in the town, cut about ten pounds of pork, bought a chicken, and brought the food she had made at Zhao Guohui's house, filling up Zhao Qingshan's kitchen.
Zhao Yunxiang also agreed that everyone should hurry back. Although most of the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner were already prepared, as the hostess, she was still anxiously waiting until it was finished. Besides, we had already caught so many pheasants, so Dad couldn't say there was no chicken to eat during the New Year, right?
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