The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1193 The fight started again

Yong'an Village Zhaojia.

Wang Meilan sat cross-legged on the kang, leaning her elbows on the kang table, and wrote down the accounts in a small notebook.

The family didn’t have much money before, and Wang Meilan had no habit of keeping accounts.

Since her family became rich, Wang Meilan has developed this hobby of recording the family's income and expenditure.

"Five hundred yuan to buy a cow" and "Two hundred yuan to buy money for Zhao Er to go up the mountain" are recorded in the expenditure and income columns respectively.

As expected of the eldest daughter whose family has hired a teacher, Wang Meilan wrote all the amounts in her accounts in capital letters.

Suddenly, the barking of Red Dog and his three children was heard outside the house. Wang Meilan was slightly startled, and then she heard the sound of a car horn.

"Are you back?" Wang Meilan straightened her body, stretched her neck and glanced out the window. Seeing the Jiefang truck parked steadily in front of her yard, Wang Meilan hurriedly put away the account book, got off the kang and ran out of the house.

When Wang Meilan came out of the house, a group of hunting dogs ran in from outside the yard.

Seeing Wang Meilan, the dogs all ran towards her.

Dogs are very smart. No matter how far they go up the mountain with Jie Chen, they know who their family members are.

This is also the reason why even though Zhao Youcai doesn't like dogs, he still takes the dogs out hunting.

"Ouch!" Wang Meilan paused and dodged the big black fat man who was rushing towards her.

It was quite scary for such a big dog to pounce on her. Although Wang Meilan knew that Hu Zi would not hurt her, it was still painful to be knocked down by it. Should she beat it? Or not?

But she dodged the black tiger but couldn't avoid the flower dragon and the yellow dragon. These two dogs intercepted Wang Meilan just as they did when they went up the mountain to intercept prey.

A pair of ghosts stopped Wang Meilan, and then the two dogs raised their bodies together and used their front paws to scratch Wang Meilan's pants.

Gray marks instantly appeared on Wang Meilan's black pants. She pulled away the flower dragon and the yellow dragon and said, "Go! Go back to your nest!"

After finally getting through the pack of dogs, Wang Meilan arrived at the gate of the courtyard when Jin Xiaomei from next door also came out of the house.

Seeing Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, Jie Chen, and Zhao Weipeng carrying wild boars under the car in pairs, Wang Meilan happily called Jin Xiaomei and said, "Xiaomei, set up the pine torch and call everyone over!"

"Hey..." Jin Xiaomei just opened her mouth to agree when she heard Jie Chen, who was carrying the wild boar, shout, "Aunt Zhao, Aunt Li, I'll light the beacon tower!"

"Hmm?" Jin Xiaomei was startled when she heard that, then smiled and said, "Okay, then order quickly."

Although stacking firewood and lighting a fire is not tiring, it is not an easy job. There was a silly boy who was willing to do it, and Jin Xiaomei agreed without thinking.

Xie Chen didn't think so. A man stays young until he dies. He felt that lighting the beacon tower and the big lanterns every day were both interesting.

Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang carried a wild boar in front, Jie Chen and Zhao Weipeng carried another one behind, and the four of them carried two wild boars towards the backyard of Zhao's house.

Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei walked to the side of the carriage and saw a live wild boar and half a pig's worth of pork inside. Wang Meilan turned around and said happily to Jin Xiaomei, "Xiaomei, hurry up and get the pickled cabbage!"

"Hey!" Jin Xiaomei agreed, and went forward with Wang Meilan to pull the majority of the wild boar down from the car, and then carried it into the house.

Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei were not in a hurry to unload the meat. They cooked for Zhao Jun and his friends first. Just like yesterday, Jin Xiaomei went home to cut pickled cabbage, stir-fry and cook noodles.

Wang Meilan scooped two scoops of water into her big pot and prepared to boil eggs.

A poached egg is not a poached egg. A poached egg is made by beating it directly into water. For a poached egg, a little chopped green onion is placed on a plate, and then some soy sauce, sesame oil and soybean paste are added and mixed together.

Use this as the base, and then beat the eggs on the plate. For example, when Zhao Jun and his four men were having dinner, Wang Meilan beat eight eggs. These eight eggs were not stirred, but steamed in the pot.

After steaming, eight eggs are on the plate, some are clear, some are yellow. If you use chopsticks to cut it, you will find that the steamed eggs are solid on top, while the juice under the eggs has not solidified.

Then use split eggs to mix the soup below, it has a different taste.

While Zhao Jun and his friends were eating, diners arrived one after another. The women were busy chopping pickled cabbage, chopped pork ribs, minced pork, sliced ​​meat, and shredded meat. The sound of knives hitting chopping boards could be heard one after another.

"Come here, Yan." Wang Meilan called softly as she passed by Xu Chunyan. Xu Chunyan, who was chopping stuffing, leaned forward as far as she could, with her belly pressed against the edge of the table, making way for Wang Meilan.

Wang Meilan carried the basin and passed through the gap sideways, then smiled and said, "It's a bit hard to turn around in this hut."

Before Zhao Youcai married Miss Wang, Zhao Dazhu and his wife scraped together money to build two large rooms with a usable area of ​​323 square meters. The east and west rooms are slightly larger, and the kitchen in the middle, which is called the outer room in the northeast, is only 67 square meters.

It was fine before, but ever since Wang Meilan started inviting diners and hosting banquets at home, the kitchen is no longer big enough.

There is no way around it. After all, Zhao Jun's grandparents would never have thought that one day their family would have so many people.

"Sister-in-law, this is big enough." Jin Xiaomei said, "Can the outbuilding of my house be half as big as yours?"

"Hey?" Wang Meilan stood still holding the basin, smiled and waved her hands, saying, "After the New Year, we can move over there. The outer room has more space."

This is true. Zhao Jun's new house is five rooms in size, with an outer room of 18 square meters. The door faces south, with windows on the north and south. There is a row of large cabinets on the west wall, an earthen stove on the south side of the east wall, and a boiler on the north side.

The earthen stove has two stove eyes, and there is a small window on the wall between the stove and the east room, which is used for serving food.

When a dish comes out of the pot, the small window on the wall is opened and the dish is placed on the windowsill. The people in the east room take it and turn around to set the table.

Wang Meilan couldn't help but feel a little excited when she thought of her new house. But at this moment, she heard Jin Xiaomei sigh and said, "Alas! My Baoyu's house is too small."

Recently, Jin Xiaomei has been regretting that she didn't build a large five-room house for Li Baoyu.

To be precise, she did not want to separate from Li Baoyu, but wanted to separate from Li Ruhai.

"Oh my!" After hearing what Jin Xiaomei said, Wang Meilan freed her hand and gently patted Jin Xiaomei's arm, saying, "What's the matter, sister-in-law? Can't you get over that little thing?"

"Yes, sister-in-law." Zhao Ling also advised Jin Xiaomei, "He is just a child. He may act like an adult for a day, but he is still a child after all."

Despite being persuaded by Wang Meilan and Zhao Ling, Jin Xiaomei still sighed and said, "You say he is a child, right? He doesn't do what a child should do. You say he is an adult, right? What he does is not something an adult can do."

Jin Xiaomei said this as if it were a tongue twister, and Wang Meilan and the others didn't quite understand it. At this time, Xie Sun, who was unpacking the cabbage leaves, spoke.

"Sister, you can't separate from Ru Hai." Xie Sun said to Jin Xiao Mei, "Think about it? With you and his father, this child is so capable. If there is no one to take care of him after the separation, then won't this child be doomed?"

After Xie Sun said this, Jin Xiaomei pursed her lips and said nothing. She was heartbroken by Li Ruhai recently, so she wanted to wait for Li Ruhai to get married and then separate from him.

But he was his own son after all, and what Xie Sun said was right. Even if Li Ruhai got married, he would not be able to settle down. If there were no elders to look after him at home, wouldn't he be in despair?

At this moment, the dog outside the house suddenly barked. Wang Meilan thought someone was coming, so she looked out the window.

Wang Meilan looked around and saw that there was no one in front of her house. Wang Meilan looked back and saw Erhei and Bailong were barking at the neighbors.

A good dog protects his neighbors.

Moreover, smart hunting dogs also know that the people next door are their own people.

"Xiaomei." Wang Meilan turned around and called Jin Xiaomei, "Someone is coming to your house."

"Ah? Someone's coming to my house?" Upon hearing this, Jin Xiaomei quickly put down the knife she was using to cut meat and walked towards the door, muttering, "Who could this be?"

"I don't know." Wang Meilan replied, "You can't see it here."

"I'll go out and take a look." Jin Xiaomei took her cotton jacket, put it on, pushed the door and left the Zhao family.

After coming out of Zhao's house, Jin Xiaomei looked to the west and saw the boys standing at the door of her house carrying a bunch of things.

"Ouch!" Jin Xiaomei said, "Isn't this Ma Xiao?"

The man who came was Ma Yang. He was holding two pheasants and three rabbits in his hands. The five prey were tied one by one with hemp rope.

"Aunt Li." Ma Yang saw that it was Jin Xiaomei and greeted her quickly.

"Come on, come in!" Jin Xiaomei didn't react for a moment and called Ma Yang to Zhao's house.

"No, Aunt Li." But Ma Yang shook his head and said, "I'll go find Ru Hai."

“Hmm?” Jin Xiaomei was stunned for a moment, then she thought of something and walked up to Ma Yang and said with a smile, “Are you here to see Ru Hai?”

"Ah?" Ma Yang was startled, then nodded and said, "Ah..."

"Come on, go upstairs quickly." Upon hearing this, Jin Xiaomei hurriedly invited Ma Yang to the yard.

As she walked into the house, Jin Xiaomei opened the big flower and the second flower. When she reached the door, she opened it.

When letting Ma Yang walk into the house, Jin Xiaomei said with a smile: "Look at you kid, do you two need to carry things when you move around?"

"Ah?" Ma Yang felt something was wrong, and then he heard Jin Xiaomei shouting, "Ruhai, Ma Xiao is here to see you!"

There was a noise in the room, and then the door to the west room opened. Li Ruhai looked at Ma Yang excitedly.

No one talked to him these days, but Li Ruhai was feeling very depressed.

"Huh?" Ma Yang looked at Li Ruhai with a look of disbelief in his eyes, and subconsciously blurted out, "Why are you dressed like this?"

Today, Li Ruhai no longer has his cool outfit, and even his new cotton-padded jacket and trousers have been stripped off.

The cotton-padded jacket and trousers he was wearing were patched, his marmot hat and army boots were gone, his hair was messy, and he was wearing old cotton-padded shoes on his feet.

"Ah..." Li Ruhai glanced at Jin Xiaomei and saw that his mother had no expression on her face, so he said, "Let my mother wash the clothes."

Hearing what Li Ruhai said, Jin Xiaomei's eyes flashed with coldness. This kid is still not behaving himself.

"Ma Xiao, come in quickly!" But when facing Ma Yang, Jin Xiaomei's attitude was very nice. After inviting Ma Yang into the house, Jin Xiaomei made a bowl of sugar water for Ma Yang, and took out two small naughty pieces from the drawer of the east room and gave them to Ma Yang.

After giving the candy to Ma Yang, Jin Xiaomei smiled and said to him, "You two guys, sit down. I'm going to go out for a while."

After saying that, Jin Xiaomei came out of the house.

After leaving the house, Jin Xiaomei went to the large vat at the foot of the wall, opened the lid and wanted to take something out.

The child brought gifts to visit Li Ruhai, no matter how valuable the pheasants and rabbits were, their kindness was priceless. Jin Xiaomei certainly couldn't let the child go back empty-handed, but when she looked through the jar, she found that there were only two left of the bag of frozen pears she bought the day before.

Jin Xiaomei closed the lid of the jar and walked quickly out of the courtyard. She wanted to buy some things from Wang Fu's house before Ma Yang left, so that she could bring them back to the child while she was with Ma Yang.

But as soon as Jin Xiaomei walked out of the yard, she met Zhao Jun coming out of the toilet.

Seeing Jin Xiaomei, Zhao Jun casually asked, "Aunt, what are you doing?"

Jin Xiaomei just needed to climb over the wall to go to Zhao's house, and she must have something else to do when she came out of the door.

"Ah, Jun!" Jin Xiaomei walked up to Zhao Jun, pointed in front of her house, and said, "Ma Yang is here."

"Ma Yang?" Zhao Jun looked in the direction Jin Xiaomei pointed and asked in confusion, "Why is he at your house?"

"I came to see Ru Hai." Jin Xiaomei smiled and praised Ma Yang, "That kid is very nice. He even came to get something for us."

"Ah?" Zhao Jun asked in surprise, "What did you take?"

"Take three jumping cats and two pheasants." Jin Xiaomei smiled and waved her hands while speaking, "It doesn't matter what you take. Anyway, the children have such a kind heart. I don't want them to go back empty-handed. I'll... go to the store and buy some food for the children."

"No, no!" Zhao Jun hurriedly stopped Jin Xiaomei after hearing that. It was true that Ma Yang came with things, but he wanted to exchange those things for money from Li Ruhai.

"Well..." Zhao Jun stopped Jin Xiaomei and said to her, "Aunt, why are we spending that money? I'll get the pig today and give him a front leg and a hind leg later."

The meat of the pig that Zhao Jun killed was used to feed the dog the next year, but all the good meat was kept. In particular, all four pig legs were there, so Zhao Jun took one front leg and one hind leg back to Ma Yang as a subsidy for his wife.

"Is that okay?" Jin Xiaomei refused to do it. She just said, "Jun, give it to your father-in-law. It's yours. I can't let the child go back empty-handed!"

"Aunt, listen to me!" Zhao Jun held Jin Xiaomei's arm and pushed her into his yard, saying, "Don't worry about this. You don't know what's going on."

"Hmm?" Jin Xiaomei blinked twice when she heard Zhao Jun say that, but when she saw Zhao Jun nodded at her, she didn't ask any more questions.

After the two returned to Zhao's house, Jin Xiaomei continued to work, while Zhao Jun took two wild boar legs out of the house.

As soon as he turned around and closed the door, he heard the sound of dogs barking in the yard next door.

Zhao Jun recognized it as Xiaohua's voice. He went to the wall and saw Xiaohua shouting towards the west window of Li's house.

Zhao Jun hurriedly climbed over the wall, opened the door, and heard the sound of quarreling coming from inside.

Zhao Jun stepped inside and outside the door, and heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and teacups colliding.

Li Ruhai and Ma Yang, the two kids started fighting in the house!
(End of this chapter)