The two practiced on the mountain for half an hour, and Gu Mingtai demonstrated to her all the ghost-catching skills in the book.
Zhang Meng did not dare to be careless and watched carefully. Occasionally, if there was something she did not understand, she would ask him questions.
Time passed like this as the two of them practiced slowly for an entire afternoon.
When he was about to go back, Gu Mingtai saw a few noisy pheasants on the roadside. He picked up two or three stones and threw them into the pheasant bush. There were a few "quack" sounds. When he went over to look for them and came back, he found two fainted pheasants in his hands.
"We can ask grandma to give us a snack tonight." Gu Mingtai shook the two pheasants in his hand.
Looking at the man walking towards her with two chickens in his arms, Zhang Meng raised the corner of her mouth. She felt that this rebirth was right to meet him after her rebirth.
When the two reached the foot of the mountain, it was already dark outside and there were few people on the road, so they were not seen when they were carrying the pheasants back to the village.
Seeing the two pheasants, Grandma Zhang was filled with joy. "These two pheasants are great. I'll stew one for you tonight, and we'll keep the other one."
Gu Mingtai responded sweetly, "Okay, I'll follow grandma's arrangements."
Seeing that her future grandson-in-law listened to her so much, Grandma Zhang's smile became even brighter.
The two grandparents and grandchildren were busy in the kitchen together, killing a chicken, stewing a chicken, and finally stir-frying a few home-cooked dishes. Dinner for the family of four was ready.
Only after closing the doors and windows did Grandma Zhang dare to open the lid of the pot where the chicken was stewing. After a while, the delicious aroma of chicken soup immediately filled the room.
"It's very chaotic outside right now. We must not let anyone know that our family is eating meat. It would be bad if some jealous people found out and reported us. Let's eat the chicken quickly. Xiao Meng, you take the bones to the back of the house and bury them later." Grandma Zhang was serving the soup while giving instructions for the rest of the meal.
"Grandma, don't be so nervous. If anyone asks, just say that I got it from the military allowance. No matter how powerful those people are, they wouldn't dare to use this to embarrass you." Seeing that Grandma Zhang was so scared, Gu Mingtai comforted her with heartache.
"Little Gu, grandma knows you are filial, but you'd better be careful about this kind of thing. It must not be easy for you in the military camp now, and grandma can't cause you any trouble." Gu Mingtai smiled, he knew that this was the old man's good intentions.
After dinner, Zhang Meng buried the chicken bones in his own vegetable garden overnight according to Grandma Zhang's instructions.
Gu Mingtai stayed at Zhang's house until after eight o'clock in the evening before leaving.
Everyone in the village knew his status in the Zhang family, so when he left so late, the villagers didn't gossip too much.
In the next few days, since there were no tasks to take on, Zhang Meng helped Grandma Zhang with some housework at home within her ability.
As for the work points in the fields, she had not gone there since she joined that mysterious organization.
That is to say, during the Chinese New Year, her family could not get any food from the team.
Ever since she was able to make money, Zhang Meng no longer controls the amount of food at home. She cooks as much as her family wants to eat.
This phenomenon was naturally remembered by the caring villagers.
Nowadays, every household cannot get enough to eat. Why can the Zhang family, with only three elderly and weak people, live so much better than theirs, where every family has a male labor force?
So the Zhang family was reported by someone, saying that someone in their family was cutting off the tail of socialism.
Early that morning, a large group of Red Guards rushed into the Zhang family's house.
The three generations of the Zhang family, a family of four, who were having dinner, were startled by the people who rushed in. Little Zhang Tao was so frightened that he hid directly in Grandma Zhang's arms.
"Zhang Meng, someone reported your family for cutting off the tail of socialism. Please come with us."
After finishing the last mouthful of porridge, he wiped his mouth and said, "Who reported my family for cutting off the socialist tail? Look at what we are eating now! If my family cut off the socialist tail, would we still need to eat these things?"
The leading young man walked up to the table and took a look. He saw that the Zhang family members were eating thin sweet potato porridge, which contained more water than porridge.
The young man's face was embarrassed for a moment, but who were they? They were used to doing this kind of wrongful accusation, so he quickly continued calmly, "Regardless of whether this matter was a mistake or not, you should go back with us and investigate the matter first."
"Wait a minute." When they sent people to arrest him, Zhang Meng spoke again.
"Is there anything else?" The young man looked at her unhappily.
Zhang Meng approached him and asked, "Comrade, has anyone in your family been sick recently and hasn't been able to get a cure?"
The young man looked at her in surprise. After a moment, he immediately waved his hand towards Zhang Meng who was about to grab her. "Wait a moment, I have something to ask her."
The two young men who had just come up immediately retreated again.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Meng knew that her bet was right. The young man in front of her was indeed the leader of this group of Red Guards.
"Come here."
The leader of the Red Guards was called Wang Qingliu. He lived in the county town. His parents were both public officials in the county town. However, no one knew what had happened in his family recently. His grandparents fell ill one after another, and even his mother fell ill yesterday. The worst thing was that his family sent him to the hospital for examination, but they could not find the cause of the illness.
Because of this, his family is now in chaos.
The reason why he didn't let anyone arrest Zhang Meng now was that he was curious about how this woman knew about his family affairs.
Logically speaking, these things in his family have been kept secret by his father, and no one else could have known about them.
When Zhang Meng walked up to Wang Qingliu, she saw that he didn't say anything. She knew in her heart that the young man was wondering how she knew about his family affairs.
"How do you know about my family situation? Did you hear it from someone?" Jiang Qingliu asked with a gloomy face.
Zhang Meng smiled and said, "Do you think a person like me who lives in the countryside would know about your family's affairs?"
Wang Qingliu stared at her with a frown, "Then how did you know that?"
Zhang Meng smiled, "If I tell you I saw it from your face, would you believe me?"
Gu Mingtai had just taught her how to read a person's face two days ago, but she didn't expect that her first customer would be the young man in front of her.
"You can tell from my face. You are lying. You are practicing feudal superstition. Do you know that?" Wang Qingliu glared at her angrily.
"If you don't believe me, then there's nothing I can do. It's just that your grandparents have been ill for so long. If you don't find a way to treat them in time, they will soon die." She could see from his face that there would be a funeral in the young man's family during this period of time.
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