After Mai Laosan’s explanation, Mai Sui finally understood the difference between the two.
Hunting without permission is indeed against the regulations.
but!
That's for outsiders.
People from several nearby villages can still go there.
If you hunt small animals like rabbits and pheasants, you can take them home and eat them yourself, and no one will care.
But if it is a larger prey like a wild boar, it must be handed over to the village committee for unified distribution, and everyone in the village will have a share.
Because it is collective property.
Nowadays, everyone is craving for meat, so how could we let go of such a big pig!
If anyone dares to embezzle and is discovered, he can report to the captain.
If the team leader doesn't care, he can report to the commune.
In short, it must be taken out and shared by everyone!
However, some people choose to take risks and conceal the facts for their own personal gain.
This matter can be big or small. It is the kind of thing that will kill the brave ones with too much food, while the timid ones with too much starvation.
Mai Laosan knew that there was a man named Lao Ding in the next village who had been secretly taking prey to the black market in the city to sell for money.
He originally wanted to join, but unfortunately Lao Ding didn't like him.
But Lao Ding said that if he caught any prey, he could sell it to him and guarantee that the price would be fair.
But, is the prey so easy to hunt?
If it were easy, people wouldn't crave meat so much.
Mai Laosan doesn't have this skill and has never hunted anything successfully.
He just said he was going hunting just to stabilize the wheat ears.
In the end, there is a 99% chance that you still have to go to find big brother Mai Xiangdong.
If there is no other choice, I'd better steal one.
Whose did you steal?
Of course, it was stolen from the eldest brother's house.
What if you get caught stealing from someone else?
Mai Xiangdong: .....You are really my good brother!
After hearing what Mai Lao San said, Mai Sui quickly made a decision in his mind.
“You don’t have to go hunting tomorrow, just continue working in the fields while I go hunting.
But I have to remind you of one thing, you must get ten work points tomorrow, and Mai Hongcai too, otherwise I will make you two look bad!"
After saying that, Mai Sui clenched his fists until they creaked.
In the hot summer of July, Mai Laosan only felt a chill on his back.
It’s over, it’s over. My daughter’s illness is getting worse. What should I do?
When Mai Hongcai came back, he saw the dining table was broken into pieces. He was so frightened that he immediately said to Mai Sui:
"Sister, don't get excited. I'll go cook right away. It will be quick!"
He thought Wheat was hungry, so he lost his temper and smashed the table.
Looking at Mai Lao San's expression of despair, Mai Hongcai thought that his sister might have beaten their father just now.
Dad, thank you for your hard work.
Sister, if you hit dad, you can’t hit me.
......
After dinner, Mai Sui sat on her own bamboo chair in the yard with a palm-leaf fan, fanning herself at the stars and rocking comfortably.
Mai Laosan was washing dishes, while Mai Hongcai was washing clothes for Mai Sui. They would also have to clean the house later.
Although they felt that the house was quite clean, Mai Sui said that it had to be cleaned every day.
Our family is so poor that we cannot meet our material needs, so sanitary conditions must be in place!
As for why the wheat ears don’t do it themselves, it’s of course because they are lazy!
Otherwise, why would she spend so much effort to "train" Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai.
I just want to train them so that they can take good care of her food, clothing, housing and transportation.
She carefully controls the strength every day. She can't hit them too hard and kill them, nor can she hit them too lightly and ignore them. It's very tiring!
Fortunately, after half a month of training, they are almost independent.
At least, they are now more active and don't need her to lecture them anymore.
In the world before Wheat Ear, the sky was always gray, the air was filled with radiation and various pollutions, and there was fighting and killing every day.
Now, she lies leisurely on the bamboo chair,
Smelling the extremely fresh air and looking at the quiet and beautiful starry sky,
You can relax your mind and don't have to be on guard against enemies constantly.
It's really comfortable and cozy~
Little did they know that Mai Lao San was conspiring with Mai Hong Cai to exorcise the evil spirit from Mai Sui.
The temperament and personality of the current Mai Sui are completely different from those of the previous ones. Mai Laosan and the others are not fools, so they naturally discovered it.
However, the two did not think much about it, because the two ears of wheat looked exactly the same and it was impossible for someone to fake them.
Besides, there is no benefit in counterfeiting wheat ears. Their family is extremely poor and there is nothing they can gain.
In the end, I can only blame it on the problem with my brain, I was possessed by evil spirits!
They had also heard from the older generation that diseases like wheat ear disease can sometimes cause a drastic change in personality.
But Mai Sui's behavior today was really scary. Mai Lao San didn't have the money to take Mai Sui to a big hospital in the provincial capital for treatment, so he could only exorcise the evil spirits for her first.
Maybe it will be cured by exorcising the evil spirit. Who knows.
"Dad, the government doesn't allow people to practice feudal superstition now. You will be arrested and paraded through the streets."
"You are so stupid, can't we just do it quietly? If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who would know?"
"Then how to exorcise evil spirits?"
"Well, tomorrow you go to work in the fields. Your sister said that you must get ten work points and you are not allowed to be lazy.
As for me, I will take a leave and go to Taihuang Temple to ask for an exorcism talisman for your sister.
When you cook, burn the talisman into ashes and give it to your sister to eat, that's all!"
"Dad, isn't it your turn to cook tomorrow?
Are you afraid that the truth will be exposed and you'll be beaten up by me, so you want to put the blame on me?
Dad, I am your own son, can you really bear to see me being beaten?"
Mai Lao San: Of course I can bear it! Anyway, you have thick skin and flesh, you won’t die from a beating.
But he definitely couldn't say that, so Mai Lao San lied.
"Ahem... Hongcai, how could you think like that? It makes Dad so sad!
This talisman cannot be burned, otherwise it will become ineffective. You are a virgin, so only you can touch it."
"Really?" Mai Hongcai was skeptical.
"Of course, you are my only son, how can I harm you?
You don’t want to be beaten by your sister often in the future, so just do as Dad says!"
......
A good night's sleep.
The next day, the three of them set off after breakfast.
Mai Sui went to the back mountain to hunt.
Mai Hongcai went to the fields to work.
Mai Laosan went to Taihuang Temple to ask for talismans.
Mai Xiangdong had a stern face and didn't want to approve leave for Mai Laosan: "Do you really have to go today?"
After all, Mai Laosan is almost 40 years old, unlike Mai Hongcai who is young and durable.
He was extremely tired yesterday. He really wanted to ask for the talisman, but he also wanted to take the opportunity to be lazy.
Mai Xiangdong is worthy of being the eldest brother. He saw through Mai Laosan’s little thoughts at a glance.
Mai Lao San was not panicked, and said calmly:
"Brother, Mai Sui's condition is getting worse. I only have this one daughter. If you don't feel sorry for her, I will. Anyway, I have to take a day off today!"
Now that things have come to this, Mai Xiangdong can only approve the leave.
However, because Mai Laosan was slacking off and Mai Sui did not come to work today, Mai Xiangdong finally deducted 30 work points from their family as a warning to others.
Mai Lao San was naturally not convinced, but there was nothing he could do.
I complained in my heart: Go ahead and knock back, at worst I can just go to your house and eat!
Mai Xiangdong: You may have eaten less before?