Chapter 84: Hunting Wild Boars in the Mountains

The secretary's wife refused to accept the money and said angrily, "It's just one night's stay. It's not a big deal. Giving money would be too polite."

Liu Yinyin said seriously: "It's more than just staying for one night. Look, we have to eat at your house, right? If you don't want to charge, I'll go ask somewhere else."

If the secretary's wife didn't charge money, she would feel embarrassed to live here.

"......Okay." Liu Yinyin said so, so the secretary's wife had no choice but to accept the money and whispered to her, "If you need anything, just ask."

Liu Yinyin came here in a hurry and didn't expect to stay here for one night, so she didn't pack much. Therefore, she was in need of some change of clothes.

However, let’s talk about these things after dinner.

The secretary and his family had already had lunch in the cafeteria.

The food was only enough for their family of three and Zhao Jianguo.

Liu Yinyin finished cooking, scooped a bowl of chicken stewed with mushrooms, and handed it to the secretary's wife: "Auntie, take it and give it to the children at home to taste."

"Oh, then they are in for a treat." The conditions of the village party secretary's family were actually not bad, but they just had more grain than other families. As for meat, everyone was the same. The family only had access to meat very rarely.

With this bowl of pheasant meat, the grandchildren in the family can eat their fill of meat, and the secretary's wife really can't say no.

Who can resist meat?

The food was placed on the kitchen table and people were called in to eat.

"My sister-in-law is a great cook. The pheasant is so delicious!" Zhao Jianguo couldn't help but praise while chewing big chunks of chicken.

A big pot of chicken stewed with mushrooms. It was really enjoyable to eat so much meat. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he last ate meat like this.

It was so long ago that he couldn't even remember it. Anyway, ever since he got married and had children, all the good things in the house had to be put first for the children.

Gu Cheng was looking after his son who was sitting on his lap and eating egg custard with a spoon. He glanced at him and said jokingly, "If you want to eat meat, just go up the mountain twice more."

Zhao Jianguo groaned and waved his hands, saying, "I'm old, and I don't have your energy anymore."

Going up in the mountains to hunt is also a technical job. Not everyone can be as good as Gu Cheng, who always gets a reward every time he goes up the mountain.

Liu Yinyin has been busy all morning and is now very hungry. She has eaten a lot of chicken.

Several people ate up all the food on the table.

After dinner, the village party secretary happened to gather a group of people over. There were more than 20 of them, all of them were young and strong men in the village.

The village party secretary was already quite old, and he certainly couldn't go to the mountains with the others to hunt wild boars, so he called the village militia captain to help.

After packing up, the group prepared to go up the mountain.

Liu Yinyin warned Gu Cheng: "Be careful. If you can't hunt wild boars, forget it. Don't be stubborn. We don't lack food."

Gu Cheng said solemnly: "Don't worry, if there is real danger, I will definitely not rush up."

He is not a reckless person and he definitely puts safety first. The mother and son are still waiting for him to come back.

Liu Yinyin nodded, and after he left, she took the child and stayed in the secretary's house. There was nothing to do in the orchard anyway.

I forgot to bring a watermelon with me. It's so hot today. If I hang a watermelon in the well to cool it down, eating a piece of it will help me cool down.

The secretary's wife is a capable person and has also gained the favor of Liu Yinyin.

Before long, the rooms of the granddaughters were cleaned up, so that if Liu Yinyin was tired, she could take the children to the room to sleep for a while.

Thinking that she would stay at the village party secretary's house at night, Liu Yinyin asked the party secretary's wife for needle and thread to sew clothes.

It's so hot today and I definitely can't go without a shower. I don't have any spare clothes with me.

Gu Yanyan's clothes and diapers were stuffed into the bag and brought with him. Thinking of this, Liu Yinyin smuggled a piece of cotton cloth from the system.

She planned to sew two pairs of underwear and two vests to change into for the night, and she would just wear whatever else she had.

The secretary's wife also asked Liu Yinyin if she wanted to borrow some clothes to wear in the evening.

Liu Yinyin refused. At that time, people were short of food and clothing, and cloth coupons were needed to buy cloth. To be honest, some families with many people did not have enough clothes for the whole family, and they had to borrow clothes when they went out.

Although the conditions at the secretary's wife's house were better, they probably didn't have any extra clothes, and Liu Yinyin didn't want to cause trouble for others.

Just tell her that you have a piece of new cloth in your bag, and you can borrow the needle and thread to sew some clothes for yourself. Summer clothes are easy to make.

Anyway, she has nothing to do at the moment.

In the afternoon, the village party secretary's wife was the only one at home. The others either went to the mountains to hunt or went to work in the fields.

The children were not at home either.

The secretary's wife is old and doesn't have to work on weekdays. She just stays at home to cook and take care of the children.

After Liu Yinyin finished sewing the clothes, she went under a layer of water to dry them.

The secretary's wife was bored, so she came to chat with her again: "Yinyin, how did you get to know Xiao Zhao?"

Liu Yinyin said: "Gu Cheng and he were comrades-in-arms. They served in the army together before."

"No wonder they are all so tall and strong. Their temperament and the way they walk... are different from ordinary people." The secretary's wife liked them very much and urged, "My grandson is 18 years old this year. Can he also join the army?"

Being a soldier is no worse than being a worker. Moreover, I heard that soldiers can have enough food to eat, which is better than anything else.

Liu Yinyin didn't understand this: "You can ask them later."

The secretary's wife thought about it and thought it made sense: "We should ask carefully."

If they could send their eldest grandson to join the army, then their family would become a military family in the future and would have great face when they go out.

Time passed slowly, and when the sun set, the people who went to the mountains to hunt wild boars had not returned yet.

The people in the party secretary's family went home after work one after another.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the secretary's wife worriedly asked, "Why hasn't he come back yet? Has something happened?"

The second and third brothers in the family also went to the mountains to hunt wild boars.

The village party secretary knocked on the chimney and said in a hoarse voice, "It should be ready soon."

Regardless of whether the wild boar is found or not, we should go down the mountain before dark. Otherwise, it will be even more unsafe on the mountain when we can no longer see the wild boar after dark.

The secretary's family got some food from the canteen, but they hadn't even eaten yet and were waiting for them to come back.

The food in Wangjia Village Canteen is good, and the staple food is also wild vegetable steamed buns, but there is obviously more cornmeal and less wild vegetables.

What’s more, the portion of Wo Wo Tou is quite big, and everyone can eat it until they are 70% full.

The dishes are also quite rich, including braised tofu, cold mixed water spinach, and braised eggplant with beans.

Liu Yinyin also cooked two dishes in the evening, fried tomatoes with pheasant eggs and loofah soup.

The food was placed on the table together with the food from the cafeteria, waiting for everyone to come back and eat together.

As night falls, the evening breeze blows away the heat in the air, but it cannot calm people's restless hearts.

Everyone in the secretary's family was getting anxious waiting, and not just them.