The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1180: Spending Money on Hunting
Tonight, although the Zhao family’s dinner did not have many dishes, it was very rich.

The three main dishes, braised beef with soy sauce, braised ox head with soy sauce, and hand-held steak dipped in chives, were all served on large round plates, and were accompanied by a few stir-fried vegetables and cold dishes, making a total of ten dishes.

In the west room, the men were clinking cups, eating meat and drinking wine.

Huang Gui had been in Yongsheng for a few days and had heard of the nickname of the Bull Slaughter Cannon. But when he first returned to Zhao's house, he was still drunk and only said that he was going to kill a tiger, but he didn't mention this.

Later, he slowly sobered up and chatted with everyone, mainly about fighting tigers. When Song Lixia said that Zhao Youcai had killed a cow again, Huang Gui remembered the cow-killing cannon.

But then Zhao Youcai started to curse, and Wang Qiang and Zhao Weipeng couldn't stop him. Seeing this, Huang Gui, who was always tough, didn't dare to say a word.

At this time, everyone at the dinner table was enjoying their beef, except Zhao Youcai, who didn't eat a single bite. He was eating peanuts and drinking alone.

According to Song Lixia, when Fan Tiangui returned to their village, all the men, women and children in the village were holding a meeting in the village compound.

Seeing Fan Tiangui driving the sled back, old Mrs. Fan asked a question, and then Fan Tiangui told the whole village about Zhao Youcai's slaughter of the cattle.

In other words, the entire Wynn Village knew about it.

"I'm CNM!" Zhao Youcai put down his wine glass and cursed, "Fan Tiangui, who was in trouble."

When everyone heard the noise, they looked at Zhao Youcai and the people around them, but no one dared to say a word.

"Brother." Li Dayong picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Zhao Youcai. Then he drank the wine in the glass without saying anything.

After the meal, the diners dispersed. Zhao Youcai took the opportunity to go to the toilet to meet Li Dayong outside the yard.

"Brother." Li Dayong took out a wad of money from his pocket and stuffed it directly into Zhao Youcai's pocket, saying, "Dachun asked me to give you... 500 yuan."

After Zhao Youcai handed over the money from selling leopard skins, Wang Meilan gave him 1,000 yuan. He had only saved this 1,000 yuan for a few days, and now he took out half of it.

The five hundred yuan had to be returned to Wang Meilan because Wang Meilan had given Zhao Youcai one thousand yuan twice, five hundred of which was used to buy the cow, so the five hundred yuan had to be returned to Wang Meilan.

The final result was that Wang Meilanhua bought the cow for 500 yuan, Zhao Weipeng paid 240 yuan, and Zhao Youcai paid 260 yuan, totaling 1,000 yuan.

"Brother!" Zhao Youcai looked at the night sky and murmured, "Big brother can't turn things around this time."

"Tsk! Oh!" Li Dayong sighed, ignoring the severe cold of more than 30 degrees below zero, and wandered with Zhao Youcai in front of the door.

"I want to go fight tigers with Old Piss." Zhao Youcai suddenly said this, but Li Dayong was stunned, and then heard Zhao Youcai say: "But your sister-in-law can't let me go."

Li Dayong pulled the corner of his mouth and asked in a low voice: "You want to go up the mountain now, my sister-in-law can't let you go, right?"

"Alas!" Zhao Youcai sighed heavily and said, "Even if she asked me to go, I would not have the face to go."

"Huh?" Li Dayong was startled and asked hurriedly, "Why? My sister-in-law asked you to go, so you go."

Zhao Youcai pursed his lips and said nothing. Yesterday morning, when he asked Wang Meilan for money, he personally promised that he would not go up the mountain again. It was only one day ago, and he slapped himself in the face. Even Zhao Youcai, a great leader, felt ashamed.

When Zhao Youcai returned home, Zhao Weipeng was already snoring in the west room.

Boss Zhao ate and drank a lot today. He didn't care about the two hundred yuan he lost. He ate and drank his fill and lay down on the kang to sleep.

"Dad." Seeing Zhao Youcai coming in, Zhao Jun tore off half a piece of toilet paper and handed it to Zhao Youcai, wanting Zhao Youcai to cover his ears like himself.

What Zhao Jun didn't expect was that his efforts were met with a cold reception. Zhao Youcai ignored him, rolled up his bedding, held the blanket roll and left, grabbing the pillow.

Seeing Zhao Youcai go back to the east room to sleep, Zhao Jun didn't care about him and went straight into bed, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

When Zhao Youcai entered the east room, Wang Meilan was educating Zhao Hong.

"Ah? You beat them up because they didn't vote for your mother?" Wang Meilan asked Zhao Hong, "Are you the village boss?"

Zhao Hong puffed her lips and said nothing. Wang Meilan continued to scold her, "The teacher said you didn't listen carefully in class. What did you do? What did you do all day?"

As she spoke, Wang Meilan pointed at the little Lingdang sleeping on the kang, and used her as a positive example to educate Zhao Hong, saying, "You are with Lingdang every day, why don't you learn from Lingdang..."

"Grandma Zhao." Little Bell stood up from her bed and said to Wang Meilan crisply, "I missed you today."

"What is that?" Xiao Lingling's words made Wang Meilan stunned.

Xiao Lingdang was a guest. She slept at the warmest head of the kang. Zhao Na and Zhao Hong were between her and Wang Meilan.

At this time, the little girl sat up and said to Wang Meilan, "Grandma Zhao, when I went there today, Xiaohong and Xiaoqiao had already beaten up that Sun Er kid. I don't think I can beat him up again, right?"

Xiao Lingdang always felt that it was unfair of her not to help Zhao Hong and Li Xiaoqiao when they were fighting.

"What are you talking about?" Wang Meilan couldn't help laughing and said, "Lingling, we can't always fight with others."

Since the gang fight with Chen Dalai's son, these girls have been very powerful. Although violence is rude, it can solve the problem. But once you get used to it, it's really hard to change.

When Xiao Lingdang nodded obediently, Zhao Youcai came in with his bedding. Wang Meilan asked, "Why don't you sleep in that room?"

The kang in this room is large enough for sleeping, but Zhao Youcai had a cold and fever before, and Wang Meilan was afraid that he would infect the child, so she had to let him sleep in the west room.

Later, Zhao Weipeng came, and the two brothers hit it off immediately. They talked all night and slept side by side.

"I won't argue with that brother anymore," Zhao Youcai said, and walked to the corner of the kang, put the blanket roll next to Wang Meilan, and then said to Zhao Hong, "My second daughter, don't hit others directly in the future, that's not good."

Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai with admiration, but heard Zhao Youcai continue to say: "Come after school, beat him up secretly, and knock him down from behind..."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Wang Meilan hit Zhao Youcai with a stick and shouted, "You don't teach your children well!"

Zhao Youcai was just joking. After he finished speaking, he laughed, and the three little girls laughed too. The matter was over.

Five minutes later, the lights in the east room went out and it was dark.

Another five minutes passed and the three little girls were breathing evenly and had fallen asleep.

"Oh!" A sigh was heard from Zhao Youcai in the darkness, and Wang Meilan, who was just about to fall asleep, frowned.

"Ah!" Another sigh completely dispelled Wang Meilan's sleepiness. Wang Meilan turned over suddenly and said to Zhao Youcai in a low voice: "If you keep sighing, you can go to the other room and sleep."

"Lan Na." Zhao Youcai whispered, "You old man are embarrassed."

Wang Meilan pulled the corner of her mouth and said, "It's okay. I was embarrassed yesterday, too."

After Wang Meilan said this, Zhao Youcai paused for a few seconds and said, "That's not the same thing."

"So what?" Wang Meilan asked unhappily, "What else do you want to do?"

"I have to save my face!" Zhao Youcai said, "Otherwise I won't be able to hold my head up for the rest of my life."

"Hmm!" Wang Meilan's gentle voice gave Zhao Youcai hope. He said to Wang Meilan happily, "Lan? Do you also think I'm right?"

"Whether you are right or not, I don't care." Wang Meilan said, "Get up and pack up tomorrow morning. I will take my son and daughter to move to the new house. You can stay here by yourself."

"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was startled by Wang Meilan's words and asked hurriedly, "Lan, what are you doing? Won't the villagers laugh at you for doing this?"

"Let them laugh if they want to." Wang Meilan said, "I won't live with you two anymore."

"Lan, please don't be like this." Zhao Youcai said, "Let's discuss it again."

"What are you discussing?" Wang Meilan said, "You said I won't let you go up the mountain. Our son goes up the mountain to earn money. If you go up the mountain, you will either lose money or risk your life."

"You are the one who said that." Zhao Youcai said unconvincedly, "I sold the leopard skin for about 10,000 yuan. Didn't I give it all to you?"

"So what?" Wang Meilan asked, "You think the compensation is too little? You have to pay the entire 10,000 yuan."

"That's not true." Zhao Youcai said, "Lan, look at me, I'm only in my forties, and you won't let me go up the mountain. How upset would I be?"

"Just get back to work." Wang Meilan said, "Besides, didn't you say yesterday that you would never go up the mountain again?"

"Lan, isn't this embarrassing?" Zhao Youcai said, "Everyone in the village calls me a butcher. I won't be able to go out anymore."

"Oh my!" Wang Meilan also sighed after hearing what Zhao Youcai said. She knew what kind of person Zhao Youcai was. Zhao Youcai was not a cheerful person. He was usually a bit depressed. If there was something on his mind, he would definitely make trouble.

"Lan!" Seeing that Wang Meilan didn't say anything, Zhao Youcai hurriedly moved forward, stretched out his arms to hug Wang Meilan, and said, "I'll give you all the money from selling whatever I catch when I go up the mountain next time, okay?"

"Forget it." Wang Meilan pushed Zhao Youcai away and said, "I'm lucky I don't have to pay for it with you."

"No, Lan..." Zhao Youcai was interrupted by Wang Meilan halfway through his words, and then he heard Wang Meilan say: "Well, if you want to go up the mountain, you have to give me a hundred yuan first."

"One hundred yuan?" Zhao Youcai was anxious. He said, "What can I get? I will give you one hundred yuan."

"If you can't even earn a hundred, why are you still climbing the mountain?" Wang Meilan said, "Go to bed quickly. I have to make dumplings tomorrow morning."

"Lan, Lan!" Zhao Youcai hurriedly stopped Wang Meilan and said, "I can give you a hundred yuan, but if you sell it for the money, it will belong to me."

In the darkness, Wang Meilan couldn't see Zhao Youcai clearly, but she glanced in his direction and said, "Let's talk about it after it's over."

Wang Meilan knew that if she didn't let Zhao Youcai go, he would go secretly. Wang Meilan had no choice. Divorce and separation, as she said, were impossible. If it really got to that point, it would really become a joke in the village, and even Wang Meilan and Zhao Jun would not look good.

Therefore, Wang Meilan wanted to impose some restrictions on Zhao Youcai, so that Zhao Youcai could enjoy hunting in the mountains and at the same time restrain his behavior to a certain extent.

As for the money Zhao Youcai earned, Wang Meilan was confident that she had a way to confiscate it.

"Lan, I'll give you a hundred dollars tomorrow morning." Zhao Youcai said excitedly, "I'm going to play black bear with my son tomorrow."

"Haha, okay." Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Wang Meilan smiled and agreed directly.

Let's not talk about how much money Zhao Youcai can get from killing the black bear's gallbladder. The key point is that the thing is not sold immediately after it is made. By the time the black bear's gallbladder is dried up, Zhao Youcai would have gone bankrupt.

"Okay?" Zhao Youcai was overjoyed when he heard that, but Wang Meilan said, "Give me two hundred tomorrow."

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was stunned and asked, "Why?"

"Why?" Wang Meilan asked, "Were you and Brother Zhao going up the mountain together that day?"

When Wang Meilan asked this, Zhao Youcai kept silent. Then he heard Wang Meilan say, "Two hundred yuan, not a penny less!"

Zhao Youcai pursed his lips and said nothing. At this time, he still had 240 yuan in his hand and was really reluctant to part with it.

At this time, Wang Meilan said again: "You can't go with the old man, you can only stay at our door, do you hear me?"

There was another reason why Wang Meilan let Zhao Youcai hang around near the house, which was that he was afraid that he would run away with Huang Gui secretly.

"Okay." Zhao Youcai nodded in agreement, calculating in his mind how much money he would get when he went bear hunting in the mountains tomorrow.

Silent all night.

The next day, December 1987, 12, was the winter solstice.

Wang Meilan got up early to make dumplings. Normally, these dumplings should be eaten in the evening, but Huang Gui was leaving today, so Wang Meilan wanted to make dumplings to send off his guest.

When Wang Meilan was making dumplings in the outer room, Zhao Youcai came out from the inner room. When he came to Wang Meilan's side, Zhao Youcai whispered in her ear: "Lan, I'll put 700 yuan under your pillow for you."

"Ah?" Wang Meilan was shocked, and then she heard Zhao Youcai say, "Five hundred is cattle money."

Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai without saying anything. Zhao Youcai went out to the toilet, and came back to the cellar to get potatoes and dog food.

When Zhao Youcai returned to the house after feeding the dog, he saw Zhao Jun, who had just got up, whispering with Wang Meilan in the outer room.

Seeing Zhao Youcai coming in, Zhao Jun smiled and asked, "Dad, have you finished feeding the dog?"

"Ah..." Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun, agreed, put down the dog food bowl, and then started to help Wang Meilan make dumplings.

But after a while, Jin Xiaomei came over from the west yard and replaced Zhao Youcai to help Wang Meilan.

At half past six, Xie Chen, the old lady, Xie Sun, Liu Lanying, Huang Gui, Jiang Weifeng, Chen Jinjun, and Chen Jinyong came to the house. The old lady, Xie Sun, and Liu Lanying helped Wang Meilan make dumplings, while the men chatted in the west room.

After dinner, around 7:30, the men sat on the edge of the kang in the west room and tied their legs together.

Li Dayong, deputy head of the dispatching team, said that there was a mosga today. So the plan for today was for the men to ride up the mountain together, lift the eggs onto the liberation vehicle together, and then go to the forest farm together.

When they arrived at the forest farm, those who had to go to work went to work. Huang Gui and four others went to chase away Mosga. Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai, Wang Qiang, Jie Chen, and Zhao Weipeng, the five of them, drove back to Forest Team 27 to kill Heixiazi Cang and Liu Zhuojiao.

After everything was packed up, Huang Gui got up first and walked towards the east room, followed by Jiang Weifeng, Chen Jinjun and Chen Jinyong.

Zhao Jun didn't think much about it when he saw this. It was necessary for Huang Gui and the others to say hello to Wang Meilan before leaving.

Arriving at the east room, Huang Gui nodded to the old lady, then said to Wang Meilan, who was tying Zhao Hong's hair, "Sister-in-law, let's go!"

Wang Meilan let go of Zhao Hong, turned around and stood up and said, "Brother, you finally got here, stay for two more days."

"I can't stay here anymore. Something's going on at home." Huang Gui was full of fighting spirit when he thought about going back to Lingnan to fight tigers. He had not been very lucky in the past year. First, his dog gang was broken, and then his leg was broken.

The most important thing in weaving baskets and mounds is to close the mouth.

As the New Year approaches, Huang Gui also wants to avenge his previous shame.

Everyone saw Huang Gui off. Today they drove two cars up the mountain. Zhao Weipeng drove his big jeep, Zhao Youcai sat in the passenger seat, and Li Dayong sat in the back seat. They also had to pick up Wang Qiang and Lin Xiangshun.

Xie Chen was driving the Liberation. Originally, Zhao Jun wanted Jiang Weifeng and Huang Gui to squeeze into the passenger seat, but Huang Gui seemed to have something to say to him, so he dragged Zhao Jun into the car.

After getting on the bus, Huang Gui took out a wad of money from his pocket and stuffed it into Zhao Jun's hand.

(End of this chapter)