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"Here you are! Here you are! You're so lucky, girl."
Da Shan and his three die-hard fans rushed over and saw Zhang Hongmei waving to them.
"Hurry up, it's good that the four of you are here. Can you get this big guy up here? It's so hot outside, I don't know if it's broken or not?"
"Alright, let's go all out for the meat, the four of us brothers."
"We'll have meat and vegetables tonight! Hongmei, you're the lucky goddess!"
"I'm not some kind of lucky goddess, I just saw it first."
It took the five men quite a bit of effort to get the wild boar up the mountain. Four of them each chopped down a small tree about the thickness of an arm, and carried it down the mountain.
Zhang Hongmei wondered if her luck was a little too good. Then she shook her head and laughed, thinking she was overthinking it.
After restoring the trap, they started cutting grass. The old oxen are much stronger than before. During the day, they are fed soybeans on the mountain, and at night they eat the grass they cut during the day. Wang Qingshan now admires this little girl very much.
We cut a basketful, and there are still six bags of grass left. We'll dry the rest to feed them in the winter.
We made our way back slowly, and sometimes we were lucky enough to find some wild vegetables. After the festival, we would take some time to deliver some fresh wild vegetables to the principal.
Everyone envies the city dwellers' lives, but Zhang Hongmei feels stifled, unable to even find wild vegetables to eat. There are pros and cons to it all.
As soon as I got back to the village, I smelled the aroma of meat. These guys are really efficient. I wonder who slaughtered the pig after Er Lengzi left?
Originally, Wang Hongxi had planned to eat dinner by himself, but since there was meat, he decided to stew it and divide it among the people, leaving ten jin of ribs for Zhang Hongmei.
Everyone knows Zhang Hongmei likes rib-cutting, and today the master hunter is in charge. He used to rarely do it because he was getting old and Er Lengzi had graduated. Now that Er Lengzi has joined the army, he has no choice but to step in. But he is also teaching a disciple. Dashan was chosen because Dashan is strong and has a lot of strength.
Zhang Hongmei locked up the cattle and sheep and went home. She estimated the meat would take a while to prepare.
Seeing that there were quite a few eggplants, green beans, cucumbers, and other vegetables, I picked them all. I chopped them up and dried them before letting the sheep graze tomorrow morning.
Now I don't have to worry about getting wet in the rain. If it really rains, I'd be willing to get soaked.
Erlinzi brought the meat to Zhang Hongmei, saying, "Hongmei, you can take the big bowl and collect the meat in a little while. Everyone is grateful to you now. It's all thanks to you that we have no meat except for eggs if it weren't for the festival."
"It should be your credit, right? I couldn't have done it all by myself."
"Hehe, are you going to marinate the ribs?"
"Okay, I'll have my third aunt help me pickle it tomorrow, and then I'll send it to Uncle Zhang."
"I'm leaving now. Remember to come over in a bit."
"knew."
I washed my face and took my usual bowl to the cafeteria.
Everyone, young and old, greeted Zhang Hongmei with smiles. No one was a fool; they all knew this child had a kind heart, and naturally, they wanted to be close to her.
When it was Zhang Hongmei's turn to chop the meat, Li Cuihua glared at her when she saw her bowl and then filled it to the brim.
Zhang Hongmei smiled ingratiatingly, thinking to herself, "I don't like wild boar meat. I want to eat domestic pork. I still have a lot of meat that I bought last year for Chinese New Year in my space, but I haven't had the chance to eat it since I left."
As soon as Zhang Hongmei entered the house, Shitou came over and said, "Sister Hongmei, my parents want you to come to my house for dinner."
"Stone, tell your parents I'm not going. You should also go back and eat quickly, and tell them that I meant I wasn't going anywhere and would just stay home."
No sooner had Shi Tou left than Liu Jingze came over. "Hongmei, your great-grandmother wants you to come over for dumplings."
"I'm not going. I'll stay home. Tell my great-grandmother I won't go to anyone's house for the holiday."
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Zhang Hongmei, Liu Jingze went home. Afterwards, he brought Zhang Hongmei a bowl of dumplings and two mooncakes that Liu Changhai had brought.
"Since you're not going, then forget it. But you still have to eat the dumplings. Otherwise, you'll have to make them yourself."
"OK."
I sat alone in the yard for a while tonight, feeding the mosquitoes. The sadness I had just been building up disappeared. I should go online.
These mosquitoes are really something else. I'll look up some information about what mosquito-repellent plants look like, and if I see any in the mountains, I'll dig them up and plant them in my yard.
I ate dumplings in the space, and to be honest, they weren't very good. There was too little oil and egg, and the dough was rough. But I'm grateful that someone delivered them to me.
The old lady's family was eating dumplings when Liu Changhai came over by himself. He didn't bring his wife; the old lady wouldn't even look at her. He must have been blinded by greed to marry someone who didn't get along with his mother. Now he's a grandfather, so he'll just have to make do.
After dinner, everyone sat in the courtyard, admiring the moon and chatting. Liu Aimin sighed, "Only our village still has the mindset for celebrating festivals. Other people can barely even afford porridge."
"Yes, Mom, our village is really lucky. We have mooncakes and meat. People in the city can't live like this now."
"Thanks to Hongmei's cleverness, otherwise we would have starved. We've been living like this for half our lives, and we still don't have a young girl who can do something. I feel ashamed."
"This girl used to be so quiet, but suddenly she's become so clever."
"If you win, you know it in your heart, and that's enough." The old lady's words stopped the conversation, and they started talking about the second son in Haishi.
Actually, Liu Aimin and his wife just missed their daughter and son. They hadn't been back for five years, and they were already starting to disown their parents.
The old lady sighed, "Aimin's wife, I'm so sorry. As a mother, I can't even see my child."
Liu Aimin's wife was wiping away tears. They were her own flesh and blood, and she missed them every day, but they were too far away to see them.
“You’ve won. Don’t upset Grandma. If it’s allowed this year, I’ll take you to Haishi to see them.” Liu Aimin was also helpless. Of course, her children wanted to go, but the situation was unstable at the time, and it was for their future that she made them leave.
Liu Jingze, standing nearby, didn't dare tell the truth. His younger brother and sister-in-law were no longer the lively and adorable children they used to be. They had been raised by a mistress and were now vain and lacked ambition.
When he went to see them, they looked down on his unfashionable clothes, calling him a peasant. The girl was only three years younger than him, but now all she saw were high-end clothes and fancy restaurants. She was no longer the little girl who used to call him "brother"; she was even less affectionate than Hongmei.
The younger brother was better off; he had been living with his second uncle for a long time, so his mistress didn't have much of an influence on him.
Logically speaking, since the second uncle and his wife don't have any children of their own, and the three children in their family are all grandchildren of the second uncle's family, this should be good for them. However, this kind of "goodness" is actually harming them.
The old lady was shrewd and experienced. Seeing Liu Jingze's complicated expression, and considering that he was the only one who had been to Haishi and the character of her second son's wife, she guessed that her two great-grandsons might be ruined.
I've regretted it more than once. Why did I let this troublemaker into the house? I also hate my second son so much. He's a complete idiot who's good for nothing.
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