Chapter 1458: Uncooperative Zhao Youcai

There were people waiting outside, so Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang couldn't stay for too long. After about five minutes, they stood up and left.

Before leaving, Wang Qiang took out two big unity notes from his pocket and stuffed them into Xiao Zhoudao's cotton-padded jacket.

He should have saved this money on purpose, and it was all brand new.

"His uncle, what are you doing?" Hu Sanmei stepped forward to stop him, but Wang Qiang dodged and said, "It's the New Year, this is the New Year's money for my eldest grandson."

Then Wang Qiang handed Xiao Zhoudao to Hu Sanmei and said, "I won't stay at home on the second day of the New Year, so give it to my eldest grandson first."

The married girls here usually go back to their parents' home on the second day of the New Year, and Wang Qiang also had to accompany Zhao Ling to her parents' home that day, so he wouldn't see Zhao Chun's family of three go back.

Zhao Jun didn't need to give it in advance. He and Wang Qiang walked out, and Zhao Chun and Hu Sanmei, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, sent them out of the house. At this time, Li Ruhai hadn't come back yet.

After Zhao Jun and Hu Sanmei said goodbye, they got into the car. Li Baoyu took the pig, dog and Zhao Jun first, while Xie Chen drove the jeep to wait for Li Ruhai near Yang Shuqiu's house.

The kid did a good job, so no one urged him and waited patiently outside.

Li Ruhai didn't let them wait for long. After about three minutes, an old lady saw Li Ruhai out.

Xie Chen, who was driving the jeep, honked the horn twice. Li Ruhai waved at him, then stopped and said a few words to old lady Yang before running to the jeep.

After pulling Li Ruhai, Xie Chen ran all the way to catch up with Zhao Jun.

When the Liberation car stopped at the door of Zhao's house, it was already past four o'clock.

Li Baoyu opened the door and got out of the car, and heard Zhao Jun in the trunk shouting: "Baoyu, go in and call my mother!"

"Got it, brother!" Li Baoyu responded and ran into the house.

At this time, Zhao Youcai, who had worked hard all day, was sitting on the kang in the east room and smoking with Xing San.

The New Year is approaching, and the old mountain dogs who have homes in the deep mountains and old forests and old dens have all gone down the mountain to prepare for the New Year.

They returned home with spoils and were fully loaded. When they got home, they heard that someone in Yong'an Village was buying hides, and the price was the same as that of the supply and marketing cooperative in the city, so they all ran to Yong'an Village.

Some Zhang Guangcai, who were close to the ridge on the south side of the mountain, even dug and crossed the mountain to Yong'an Village.

Those who built shacks like them were all setting traps and small enclosures, all of them were going for yellow leaves and big hides, and no one was going for gray hides and bear gall.

So in the past two days, Zhao's Chamber of Commerce has been collecting yellow leaves and big hides.

Today, Zhao Youcai started to receive customers after breakfast, and just sent away the last group of people who came to sell yellow leaves five minutes ago.

He was busy all day, except for going to the toilet, he took a break for more than 20 minutes at noon, and rushed to eat a bowl of noodles that Wang Meilan served him.

Zhao Youcai was so tired that he didn't want to say a word after the day, and Xing San was a taciturn person.

So, neither of them spoke, just smoked and drank tea.

"Oh!" Zhao Youcai sighed heavily, which was considered a voice. He was a little depressed at this time. He was so busy yesterday, so busy today, and tomorrow might be the same.

There was a stand on the ground, and there was also a stand on the ground outside.

Wang Meilan sat around the table with the women, spreading the leather received today. The irregular ones were re-rolled into small tubes.

The cooked ones were put aside, the uncooked ones were put in another pile, and the ones that felt a little damp were put together separately.

Hearing Zhao Youcai sigh, Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai quietly.

Wang Meilan also knew that Zhao Youcai had worked hard, but Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang were not at home. Xing San could not do without Li Ruhai's cooperation. Only Zhao Youcai could stand on his own.

In the west room, Zhao Hong, Zhao Na, Li Xiaoqiao and Wang Tian also sighed.

They had already had winter vacation, but Li Tongyun arranged for them to review the last semester and preview the next semester.

Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei and Zhao Ling, the three parents, all agreed with Li Tongyun's approach.

There were Xiao Lingdang, Wang Xue and Lin Xiaobao in the same room, but the three of them were not as bitter as those four.

Xiao Lingdang loved to study. Now that there was a free tutor at home, Xiao Lingdang, who was only in the third grade, planned to finish all the fourth grade courses during this winter vacation.

Wang Xue and Lin Xiaobao were still young, so Li Tongyun did not control them strictly. Every day, she taught them to learn a few pinyin and write two simple Chinese characters. The rest of the time was spent drawing and origami. The two children were quite happy.

The peace in the east room, west room and outer room was broken by a few dog barks. Zhao Youcai was startled and stretched his neck to look out the window.

At this time, it was getting dark outside and there were no lanterns.

Zhao Youcai could see vaguely, but then the door of the outer room was pulled open and Li Baoyu's voice rang out, saying, "Auntie, come out and take a look."

He, Zhao Jun and Jie Chen were responsible for the work of carrying the pig. Wang Meilan didn't need to do the work, but she had to go out to take charge of the situation.

Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, the old lady and Jie Sun were in the room, while Zhao Ling, Yang Yufeng and Xu Chunyan were in the outer room.

As soon as Li Baoyu called, the group of people put down their work, stood up and walked out.

When Li Baoyu turned around to leave, he bumped into someone.

Li Baoyu was so big that he didn't move at all and was knocked over by the person who came.

"Brother Li, what are you doing?" It turned out to be Xie Chen. The boy had just arrived, parked his jeep outside the tent, got out and ran into the house.

"Why are you coming back to me?" Li Baoyu went over and pulled Xie Chen up, saying, "You bumped into me!"

When Xie Chen got up, he saw Wang Meilan and the others walking out. Xie Chen hurriedly called Xie Sunshi, "Mom, go back to the house to get the wax!"

When the women came out, Zhao Jun had already lowered the rear trunk barrier, and the hunting dogs, who had been away from home for many days, jumped out of the car and ran into the yard.

They surrounded Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei, acting coquettishly and happily.

"Tie the dogs first!" Wang Meilan called out, and the women started to tie the dogs.

They were all familiar people, so the dogs would not bite them, and they all cooperated.

Jin Xiaomei blew a whistle and called Xiaohua, Dahua, Erhua, and Heinu to go back to the next door.

When walking out of the Zhao family's yard, Jin Xiaomei looked at the rear trunk and immediately shouted "Oh my God!" and shouted, "Sister-in-law, come quickly!"

"Go back to the nest!" Wang Meilan slapped the naughty Heihu, and after slapping Heihu away, Wang Meilan walked quickly out of the yard.

At this time, Zhao Youcai and Xing San also came out of the house.

Hearing Zhao Youcai's footsteps, Erhei dodged the leather hoop that Li Ruhai put on his neck and ran to Zhao Youcai.

"Erhei!" Zhao Youcai hugged Erhei's dog head, and Erhei rubbed his head against Zhao Youcai's arms.

"What is this?" Wang Meilan, who walked out of the yard, squinted her eyes at the black things in the trunk.

The pigs raised by Yongxing Brigade are all black pigs. It was dark at this time, and the hooves and mouths of the pigs were tied up, and they could not make any sound. It was a large black area, and Wang Meilan really couldn't see it unless she got closer.

Before Wang Meilan came forward, a big lantern was propped up by Xie Chen with a pole.

In the past two days, Xie Chen was not at home, and the Zhao family's lanterns were not lit. It's not that they are reluctant to part with the two candles, but everyone thinks it's troublesome and no one wants to do this.

With the light from the lantern, Wang Meilan saw the things in the car clearly. Her eyes lit up and she said in surprise: "Pig!"

Wang Meilan took two steps forward, looked up at Zhao Jun, and said: "Son, isn't this a wild boar?"

"No, Mom." Zhao Jun smiled and said: "I caught it in their team when I came back to Yongxing."

"Oh, son!" Wang Meilan bent down slightly, slapped her thighs with both hands, and smiled: "Why did you catch so many?"

The tone of the speech, coupled with the smile on Wang Meilan's face, was obviously surprised and happy, not blaming Zhao Jun for catching too many.

"Mom, eat it for the New Year." Zhao Jun said, "Don't you think the wild boar is too thin?"

"Oh!" At this time, Xing San, the old lady, and Xie Sun walked out of the yard and saw the pigs in the trunk. Xing San was surprised and said, "Boy, why did you catch so many pigs?"

"After the Little New Year, my family will treat, Baoyu, and my uncle will treat..." Zhao Jun counted on his fingers and said to Xing San, "Uncle, don't go back to the mountain these days, just stay here and eat the pig-killing dishes."

"That won't work!" Xing San waved his hand and said, "I still have to occupy that big leather nest?"

"Let's talk about it after that, what does it matter whether I occupy it or not." Zhao Jun comforted Xing San, and then asked Wang Meilan, "Mom, how do we arrange these pigs? Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, we have to kill them on the 11th, the day after tomorrow, so we can't kill them now."

In the one-six-nine-one-book-one-bar, there is no wrong version!

It is OK to fast the pigs one day before slaughtering to empty the dirt in their intestines.

Zhao Jun planned to have a banquet on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, and there were still three days between them. During this period, the pigs could not be tied up all the time. They had to be spread out and fed.

"Put it in our backyard." Wang Meilan waved her hand in the direction behind the house and said, "Block the west side of the house."

There was a one-meter-wide road between the Zhao family's house and the west wall, which led to the backyard.

Wang Meilan meant to block this road, so that all the pigs would be separated in the backyard.

The backyard of the Zhao family was half a livestock pen and half a vegetable garden.

Hearing what Wang Meilan said, the old lady asked, "There is also a donkey in the backyard!"

"Donkey..." Wang Meilan hesitated for a moment and said, "Donkey, send it to Yuanmin's shed first. After the pigs are slaughtered, bring it back."

In the past, Zhang Yuanmin's family had no place to put the donkey. But his family now has a separate courtyard, and there is a shed in the courtyard. There is nothing in the shed except a stone mill, so it is just right to arrange for the little donkey to stay there for a few days.

When Wang Meilan was talking, everyone came out, leaving Zhao Youcai holding Erhei in the yard.

"Erhei, go back." Zhao Youcai pushed Erhei away and walked out, muttering as he walked: "Let me see what's going on!"

When Zhao Youcai left the yard, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen had already pulled down a pig.

Men, women, old and young flashed to the sides, just in time for Zhao Youcai to see the pig.

"What is this?" Zhao Youcai knew the pig, he just didn't think that Zhao Jun and his friends would buy a pig.

"Come, his father!" At this time, Wang Meilan waved to Zhao Youcai and said, "You and your son carry one."

In front of so many people, although Zhao Youcai had something to say, he could only suppress it.

In this way, Wang Meilan led the way, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen carried the 300-jin pig, and Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai, father and son, carried a 280-jin pig.

The two pigs were left in the roe deer pen, and they did not let go for the time being. The four people carrying the pigs took sticks and went to the front yard, while Wang Meilan went to untie the donkey's rope.

The little donkey was a little panicked at this moment. What was he going to do in the dark?

When Wang Meilan pulled the rope, the donkey's ears, which were originally erect, drooped to the sides, and he opened his mouth and cried: "Uh...ah."

As soon as the little donkey opened his mouth, he was slapped by Wang Meilan.

The donkey's cry stopped abruptly, and Wang Meilan shouted: "Stop shouting, hurry up."

The little donkey was reluctant and was forced to follow Wang Meilan to the front yard.

Wang Meilan led the donkey out of the yard and tied it to the east tent. At this time, the four Zhao Jun men carried two pigs to the backyard.

There were three pigs in the car. Xing San asked Li Ruhai beside him: "Boy, let's lift one of them, can you do it?"

"Third uncle, I can't lift it." Li Ruhai waved his hands repeatedly, and Xing Sanyi curled his lips and said, "It's finished!"

As soon as Xing San finished speaking, Xie Sun said, "Old Brother Xing, I'll carry it with you!"

"Hurry up and pull him down." The old lady grabbed Xie Sun and said, "How old are you? Just stop squinting."

After talking about Jie Sun, the old lady turned to Xing San again and said, "Don't lift it up, keep your waist and legs crossed."

The old lady was older, so Xing San gave her face and kept silent.

Six pigs were carried in the Zhao family's backyard and kept in a donkey shed and a roe deer pen. Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu led the donkey to Zhang's house, while Wang Qiang lit an earthen stove outside.

Wang Meilan took the food to the warehouse and rolled out corn flour, wheat bran, and bean cakes. Jin Xiaomei went down to the cellar to get a cabbage, brought it into the house and cut it into wide strips.

This is the time to insert pig food.

Zhao Jun took the bag containing the skins and the dough bag containing the money into the east room. He looked at the unfinished yellow leaves and big skins on the side, and the piles of leather rolls on the table against the wall. Zhao Jun smiled at Zhao Youcai and said: " Dad, haven’t you collected anything less these past two days?”

Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun, then turned his head.

Zhao Jun didn't care about the hot face but the cold butt. He put the dough bag containing the money on the table, and then took out the leopard skin quilt he bought from the Little Sequoia Forest Farm.

"Ouch!" As soon as this thing was revealed, Xing San said in surprise: "Boy, what is this thing?"

When Zhao Youcai heard the sound, he quickly turned around.

"Third uncle, take a look." Zhao Jun held the leopard skin quilt in his hands and held it in front of Xing San.

"Leopard skin!"

"This is a small quilt they made from native leopard skin." Zhao Jun explained with a smile, while Zhao Youcai looked on coldly.

"Oh my God!" At this time, the old lady, Xie Sun and others also came over.

I have been dealing with skins every day recently. Even the amateurs now feel that something is wrong with the leopard skin as soon as they get started.

After listening to Zhao Jun explain the origin of this quilt, Jin Xiaomei said: "Fifty years ago? Is it an antique?"

"Auntie, that's not the case." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "It's just that it's rough. I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it at a high price."

When he said this, Zhao Jun glanced to the side.

I saw Zhao Youcai sitting there, holding a cigarette in his hand without raising his eyelids.

"Don't be afraid!" After Zhao Jun finished speaking, Jin Xiaomei said: "It's just that the leather and hair tubes have lost their oiliness over time. Your dad can fix them."

After hearing Jin Xiaomei's words, everyone looked at Zhao Youcai.

At this time, Zhao Youcai raised his face and said, "I can't fix it!"

The wake-up call was a little late, around six o'clock, so the brothers went to bed first if they were sleepy.

I wish my brothers good health and happiness in the new year