Chapter 69 Chapter 69 1st update

It rarely snows in Jiangbei County in winter. It only snows once or twice during the coldest time of the year. So although it is cold in winter, you can still see some things in the mountains. Winter

bamboo shoots are hard to dig but delicious. There are also many wild vegetables and mushrooms. Sometimes you can dig wild yam or gastrodia.

The group walked into the forest, talking and laughing. The Zhao Zhengyang brothers walked in front, with a few elders in the middle, and Shen Moer and the others fell behind.

Wang Qiutong dragged Shen Moer and whispered all the way. Shen Moer finally understood why she and Zheng Jiamin had been quarreling recently.

Strictly speaking, Xu Wei was not from Yangliu Brigade. She was from Dongshan Brigade. Her mother Zhou Chuntao was from Yangliu Brigade and married to Dongshan Brigade. Last year, Zhou Chuntao's husband died of illness, leaving behind three orphans and a widow. Zhou Chuntao's husband spent a lot of money on medical treatment and mortgaged the house to his brothers. After his death, several uncles and brothers drove Zhou Chuntao and her two children out. Zhou

Chuntao had no choice but to take her sixteen-year-old daughter Xu Wei and nine-year-old son Xu Qi back to her mother's home. Zhou Chuntao

's two brothers from her mother's family, one was the militia captain Zhou Qingguo, and the other was Zhou Weiguo. Both of them were honest people. They squeezed out a room for the three of them to live in. Zhou Qingguo also tried to transfer the household registration of the three of them back to Yangliu Brigade.

They had no choice. They had no shelter in Dongshan Brigade, but they lived in Yangliu Brigade. Unless they transferred their household registration, they would not be able to earn work points and eat. The captains on both sides couldn't watch the three of them starve to death, so they all helped go through the formalities.

The three women moved back after the autumn harvest. They happened to share the food with the Dongshan Brigade, and the Yangliu Brigade also subsidized some. With the help of their brothers, they settled down quickly.

They were immigrants, so they were assigned to the 12th Production Team, along with the educated youth.

Zheng Jiamin was a very outgoing person. It didn't take long for him to get close to the mother and daughter. Then, after winter, the mother and daughter began to "borrow" money from Zheng Jiamin. It wasn't much. Today, 20 cents, tomorrow, 50 cents, today, a soap ticket, tomorrow, half a pound of brown sugar ticket. Although it was borrowed, Zheng Jiamin was too embarrassed to ask them to return it.

Besides, their family was very poor, where could they get the money to pay back?

That would have been fine. This girl, Xu Wei, would often approach Zheng Jiamin. Wang Qiutong heard a few educated youths talking behind their backs, asking if they were dating. A few times, Wang Qiutong saw them talking with their heads close together, their heads almost touching.

Wang Qiutong was not someone who could keep things to herself. One time, she could not help but go straight to Zheng Jiamin and tell him that if he really wanted to date someone, he should do it seriously and establish a relationship openly. If he did not want to date someone, he should be careful in his daily life to avoid being misunderstood and reported to be cheating.

This was not impossible. For one thing, Yang Qingqing had been acting strangely since she returned to the team. Occasionally, she would stare at people with a sinister look that was scary.

Zheng Jiamin had a good relationship with Fu Mingze. Yang Qingqing could not stare at Fu Mingze, but she stared at Zheng Jiamin the most. If she really caught any evidence, Wang Qiutong dared to say that Yang Qingqing would report it to Zheng Jiamin immediately.

Also, as the old saying goes, it’s okay to help someone in need but not in poverty once in a while, but don’t be taken advantage of.

Wang Qiutong was kind-hearted, but Zheng Jiamin suddenly blushed and became very angry after hearing what she said. He said that Wang Qiutong looked at people with colored glasses. He and Xu Wei obviously had a pure revolutionary friendship, and Xu Wei was only so old. How could a little girl who didn't understand the world say such things?

As for the financial aid, he just gave it to the mother and daughter because he felt pity for them. He didn't even think about paying it back. How could he say that they took him for granted?

Wang Qiutong was so angry that he was so angry that he said, "Good intentions are worth the trouble of a donkey." After that, he never paid attention to Zheng Jiamin again.

Zheng Jiamin made peace with her the next day. Wang Qiutong thought he was a fool and didn't want to bother with him.

Wang Qiutong also realized that Zheng Jiamin probably felt sorry for Xu Wei so he didn't bother with her. Also, he probably thought Xu Wei was only sixteen years old and still a little girl, so he didn't shy away from getting along with her. But Xu Wei didn't necessarily think so. Wang Qiutong always felt that the look in this girl's eyes didn't show that she was a simple little girl who didn't know anything.

So although she decided to let Zheng Jiamin, the fool, die, she couldn't help but say a few words every time.

"This idiot has been fooled around, and he still feels sorry for others all day long. It's really hilarious." Wang Qiutong said in a low voice, "He even wants to ask Fu Zhiqing to wait for people together. Does he think Fu Zhiqing is as brainless as him?"

Shen Moer thought about it. Xu Wei is indeed not a simple little girl. Her shy and timid look has some charm of a mature woman.

However, seeing Wang Qiutong's angry and indignant look, she just thought it was funny: "If you are fooled, you are fooled. You will learn from your mistakes and you will know it after you have suffered losses."

Wang Qiutong curled her lips: "I am afraid that he will be cheated by the mother and daughter."

The two of them whispered about this matter. Not far behind them, Zheng Jiamin was also whispering to Fu Mingze: "Wang Qiutong is a good person, but she is too straightforward and speaks too directly. She often embarrasses other girls. Comrade Xu Wei's life is already very difficult. I just did my best, but Wang Qiutong said that I was fooled. , and said that I would be cheated by them sooner or later. We are all comrades in the same brigade, how can you make such malicious assumptions about others? I just refuted her twice, and she got angry. She has ignored me recently and called me a fool. "

Zheng Jiamin felt very aggrieved, and said weakly: "How could I, how could I have a relationship with Comrade Xu, really."

Fu Mingze looked at him as if he was a fool: "If you don't want to have a relationship with her, why do you give her money and tickets and interact with her all day long?"

Zheng Jiamin: "... We don't interact much, and we don't have much money and tickets. She asked me to borrow it, and I lent it to her because I thought her family was in financial difficulty."

Fu Mingze said coldly, "Oh, did they pay it back?"

Zheng Jiamin: "...They don't have much income, how can they pay it back, and it's not much, I didn't expect them to pay it back."

Fu Mingze: "Then what's wrong with Wang Qiutong saying you're a sucker?"

Zheng Jiamin: "..."

After hesitating for a long time, he blurted out, "Is it wrong for me to help others?"

Then he angrily defended himself, "She's just a little girl, how can she think so much? I just can't help it ." , I could only speak to me with a thick face. You see, when she saw us going up the mountain today, she wanted to follow us. Although she is burdened by the family, she is still childish at heart and still likes to play. If you were not unwilling to wait for her with me, she would have gone into the mountain with us now. If you get to know her more, you will know how innocent she is, and you will not look at people with such tinted glasses. "

Fu Mingze did not expect Zheng Jiamin to be so self-righteous and helpful. It was difficult to persuade the damned ghost with kind words. He was silent for a few seconds and said, "Well, it's up to you."

Zheng Jiamin felt that all his words were stuck in his throat. He was silent for a long time and sighed: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I have no regrets."

Fu Mingze: "..."

He was a very smart person before, how come he suddenly became so stupid.

The three brothers and sisters of the Zhao family are indeed the ones who jump around in the mountains all day long. While Shen Moer and the others were talking, Zhao Tingting had already run to dig a bunch of wild vegetables and picked a handful of mushrooms, and Zhao Zhengyang had even caught a wild rabbit.

Zhao Tingting jumped happily to Shen Moer's side and handed her some bright red mushrooms like presenting treasures: "Look, cousin, I found some big red mushrooms. They are very delicious when roasted, but they are rare. The last time I found them was several years ago."

Wang Qiutong was surprised: "These bright red mushrooms are really beautiful."

Shen Moer only knew some ordinary mushrooms and had never seen these big red mushrooms. She asked hesitantly: "Is this really edible?"

Zhao Tingting nodded firmly: "Absolutely edible, ask my mom if you don't believe me! It's delicious!"

Shen Moer: "Okay, let's look for it again."

The three of them happily ran to look for mushrooms.

Zheng Jiamin also temporarily forgot his grievances and rushed to Zhao Zhengyang: "Brother Yang, Brother Yang, let me see, this rabbit is really fat!"

Fu Mingze also went to take a look. Sure enough, the rabbit was quite fat. It was well-fed in the winter.

Shen Yinyin looked at this group of young people with a smile: "Oh, you are still young, everything you see is strange."

Shen Shaoyuan smiled, glanced at them, and said, "Huh", and walked quickly to a rock.

He also saw what he was interested in, an orchid with slender and elegant leaves, and a few small flower buds hanging on the thin stem in the middle, ready to bloom.

Shen Yinyin came over: "Hey, it's blooming in this winter?"

Shen Shaoyuan: "This is a winter orchid, the flowering period is in winter, but it will take a few more days for it to bloom."

Shen Yinyin didn't know what winter orchids were, so she just said: "If you like it, just dig it up and take it home to grow."

Although she thought it was not suitable for eating or drinking, there was no point in growing it, but seeing that Lao Qi liked it very much, Shen Yinyin rolled up her sleeves and dug the flower out with the roots and mud in a few seconds.

Before Shen Shaoyuan could react, the orchid was stuffed into his hand.

Looking at the orchid in his hand, Shen Shaoyuan was silent for a few seconds and said, "Let's dig some more soil around and take it back." Shen Yinyin

: "Okay."

They had a harvest here, and Zhao Tingting suddenly shouted over there: "Pheasant eggs!"

When everyone heard it, they all hurried over, and sure enough, they saw seven or eight pheasant eggs where Shen Moer and the others were picking mushrooms.

"Hey, it's true." Zhao Zhengyang laughed, "Awesome, you found all the pheasant eggs."

Zhao Zhenghui looked over and patted Zhao Zhengyang: "Brother, let's look for pheasants."

The two brothers quickly started looking nearby.

There were many people going up the mountain this time, and they walked deeper without realizing it. This forest was not often visited by Shen Moer and the others. Maybe it's because the villagers don't come here often, so we can find a lot of good things around here. Otherwise, how can we catch wild rabbits so easily in this winter?

Zhao Zhengyang and his brother searched for a while, and then walked deeper into the forest. Shen Moer and his friends picked up eggs and followed slowly.

At a certain moment, a strange roar suddenly sounded in the forest. Shen Moer stopped and shouted, "Oh no, there's a wild boar."

Shen Shaoyuan also heard it.

Don't look at him as just a weak scholar. He also participated in the autumn hunt every year when it was very cold. In fact, wild boars are not very common during the autumn hunt, but after participating in so many autumn hunts, he has seen wild boars.

Of course, he participated in the autumn hunt purely for fun. It was good enough if he could shoot a rabbit. If he really encountered other prey, it was the guards who did it. He saw a live wild boar, but it was shot like a big hedgehog not long after it appeared.

The skin of the wild boar was very hard and difficult to shoot, but there were many guards around him, and one arrow from each person could turn it into a hedgehog.

There were quite a few of them today, but they had no fighting power. Shen Shaoyuan shouted at the first moment: "Run back!"

He grabbed Shen Yinyin and Zhao Tingting, and shouted while running: "Mingze, take Zheng Zhiqing and Wang Zhiqing and run!"

Almost at the same time, Shen Moer had already quickly run in the direction where the Zhao Zhengyang brothers went, followed closely by Zhao Xingguo holding the hoe.

Fu Mingze hesitated for two seconds. He wanted to chase Shen Moer, but in a flash, he understood why his father-in-law called him alone... His father-in-law knew that his daughter had the ability to protect herself, so he specifically reminded him to take Zheng Jiamin and Wang Qiutong and run.

Looking in the direction of Shen Moer, Fu Mingze gritted his teeth and said: "Take Wang Qiutong to a safe place first."

If they stayed here, they would only be a hindrance.

On the other side, Shen Moer had already found Zhao Zhengyang and Zhao Zhenghui.

The two brothers were fighting with a wild boar with sharp fangs and a dark body. One of the brothers took turns using a hoe and the other wielded a machete, and they fought vigorously. Unfortunately, the wild boar had thick skin and flesh, and they could not cause much damage to it.

Zhao Xingguo also caught up and broke out in a cold sweat when he saw such a scene: "These two idiots, won't they just run away if they can't win? Is their life more important or eating meat?!"

He thought that the Zhao Zhengyang brothers were excited to hunt wild boars for meat, but Shen Moer saw it: "Zhenghui sprained his ankle."

Zhao Zhenghui stood there and hardly moved, while Zhao Zhengyang kept changing positions, trying to find the wild boar's weakness, but every time Zhao Zhenghui was attacked by the wild boar and had to retreat.

Zhao Xingguo was terrified, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I'll go help them, Moer, you hurry up."

He raised the hoe and was about to rush forward, but Shen Moer reached out and pulled him back: "Don't be impulsive, let's hide in the dark first, and find the right time to strike."

Zhao Xingguo thought, what time is it? Today, the three of them might have to die here, but Shen Moer must not be implicated. However, he struggled for a while and found that he could not break free from Shen Moer's grip.

Shen Moer patted his shoulder: "Uncle, listen to me."

After that, she let go of Zhao Xingguo, took out her homemade bow and arrow from the bamboo basket, and touched it gently.

Zhao Xingguo rubbed his shoulders in a daze, then realized that his niece's strength was much greater than his.

Over there, Zhao Zhengyang and Zhao Zhenghui relied on a long-handled hoe to keep the wild boar from getting close to them. However, in the middle of winter, both of them were sweating profusely and panting heavily, and it was obvious that they could not hold on for long.

Zhao Zhenghui panted: "Brother, let's go. We can't both die here today."

Zhao Zhengyang stared at the wild boar with a green face and fangs: "What nonsense are you talking about? If I leave, will you be left here to die?"

He thought for a while and said, "I'll stop it, and you climb up the tree quickly. Once you climb up, I'll find a way to run and then call for help."

As the two were talking, their hands slowed down unconsciously. The wild boar was also cunning. Seeing that the two were slacking off, it rushed up again with a moo, and even ignored the hoe that was swung in front of it. It was obvious that it wanted to kill the man in front of it first at the risk of getting injured.

Just as the wild boar was about to hit Zhao Zhengyang, suddenly, with a whoosh, a sharp arrow pierced through the air and hit the wild boar's eyes. The

wild boar let out a miserable howl, and Zhao Zhengyang quickly dragged his brother and ran away. The wild boar wanted to chase him again, but another arrow shot it in the other eye, blinding it. The wild boar roared like a headless fly and bumped around, making the surrounding trees bang. Then, another arrow pierced through the most vulnerable part of its forehead. The wild boar screamed and fell to the ground.

At the same time, Zhao Xingguo came out from the bushes on the side, raised the hoe and hit the wild boar's head with it. After a few hits, the wild boar, which was already dying, screamed for life.

Zhao Zhengyang and Zhao Zhenghui were stunned.

Shen Moer came out from behind a big tree and called Zhao Zhengyang: "Cousin Zhengyang, go chase my father and others and ask them to come back to help carry the wild boar."

Zhao Zhengyang looked at Shen Moer in a daze, and only ran away after Zhao Xingguo urged him again, "Go quickly."

Twenty minutes later, a group of people surrounded the wild boar that was beaten to a bloody pulp.

Zheng Jiamin was confused: "Hey, this, this, Comrade Moer, you are too awesome!"

Wang Qiutong was also confused: "Are wild boars so easy to kill? Then why did we run away just now?"

Don't say they were confused, in fact, the Zhao family was also confused.

They were mountain people, and the chances of encountering wild boars were far more than other people. Even every year, the brigade would organize everyone to go into the mountains to hunt wild boars, but they would bring their "friends" with them when they went into the mountains to hunt wild boars, and they were generally a group of strong and sturdy old men. Not to mention using a wooden barn, even if they used a hatchet, they could kill the wild boar with one blow.

Like today, three or four people killed a wild boar with bare hands... Oh, no, to be precise, the wild boar was shot dead by Shen Moer alone, and Zhao Xingguo simply added two more shots later, making the wild boar die a little faster.

There is no one who can kill a wild boar alone like this, even in Beishan'ao.

It's not that the wild boar is easy to kill, it's clearly Shen Moer's archery skills are amazing.

The calmest person at the scene was Shen Shaoyuan. He reminded them, "Don't talk nonsense. Carry this thing down the mountain first. The bloody smell is so strong here. Who knows what else might be attracted here."

Zhao Xingguo was startled by his reminder and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, Lao Qi is right. Don't worry about anything else. Carry this thing away first and evacuate the people as soon as possible."

He hesitated and asked Shen Shaoyuan . Yuan: "Should we carry this thing to the brigade headquarters?"

Shen Shaoyuan glanced at Zheng Jiamin and Wang Qiutong and said, "Let's carry it to the path at the entrance of the village. Everyone is frightened, so we can stew some meat to calm their fear."

Normally, such a big wild boar should be handed over to the public, but except for Zheng Jiamin and Wang Qiutong, everyone present today is family, and no one else saw it, so it's not a big problem to carry it home directly.

In fact, Shen Moer asked Zhao Zhengyang to call them back as soon as possible, and she also had this intention in mind, fearing that they would go down the mountain to call the villagers, and then they would definitely have to hand it over to the public.

Zhao Xingguo understood what he meant and immediately said, "Okay, Zhengyang and I will carry the boar to the entrance of the village, and you can go back the same way."

They went up the mountain with such a large group but didn't come down. If people at the foot of the mountain noticed it, they would definitely find it strange.

Zheng Jiamin volunteered to help carry the wild boar. Zhao Zhengyang looked at his thin arms and legs with disdain, but didn't refuse: "You can explore the way ahead."

The path was not easy to walk on, and not many people usually walked on it, but you never know. If someone explored the way, if anything happened, they could deal with it in time.

Zheng Jiamin happily followed.

The others cleaned up the scene a little. The hoe was ready, and they dug soil to cover the bloodstains on the ground, and then went back the way they came.

Shen Moer and Fu Mingze fell behind. Fu Mingze looked unhappy and held Shen Moer's hand all the way. Wang Qiutong saw this and very consciously walked with Zhao Tingting.

"I know."

Shen Moer pinched Fu Mingze's palm and said softly.

When Zhao Zhengyang went back to call for help, the first person he met was Fu Mingze. Fu Mingze found that the wild boar did not catch up with him, so he asked Zheng Jiamin and Wang Qiutong to hide and turned back.

He didn't say anything, but his face looked unhappy and he was shaking slightly while holding her hand. Shen Moer's heart was soft. Fu Mingze didn't know that she was sure, but knowing is one thing and worrying is another.

Fu Mingze paused slightly, pulled Shen Moer into his arms, buried his head in her neck, and hummed muffledly.

Wang Qiutong turned around and saw it, and was so surprised that an egg could almost fit into her mouth. Shen Moer quickly raised a finger and made a gesture to keep quiet. Wang Qiutong

had a complicated expression and silently stretched out her hand to pull her mouth, making a gesture to close her mouth.

I thought to myself, I never thought that Fu Zhiqing, who looked cold and indifferent, was actually so attached to his wife.