The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1197: Zhao Youcai, the Wealth That Cannot Be Removed

Zhang Yuanmin’s home in Yong’an Village.

When Yang Yufeng asked where the beef bones came from, the room fell silent. Even children like Zhao Hong and Zhao Na stared at the adults with wide eyes.

"Ahem!" Zhao Jun coughed lightly, winked at Yang Yufeng, and said, "Sister-in-law, well... let's go back first. When the food is ready, I'll bring it to you."

"Don't bother, brother." Yang Yufeng said hurriedly, "I can try it myself at home."

"No, Feng'er, don't worry about it." Wang Meilan said, "Your brother will drive in a while..."

Wang Meilan paused in the middle of her words, as she suddenly remembered that Jie Chen's car broke down on the way here.

Wang Meilan didn't say anything, so Xie Sunshi continued, "We're working on that broken car all day! It breaks down wherever we go!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Sun hit Xie Chen on the back with a stick.

"I..." Xie Chen was almost about to swear after being hit by the sudden blow, but luckily he managed to hold it back in time. At this moment, Liu Lanying hurriedly grabbed Xie Sunshi.

"Sister Sun." Wang Qiang smiled at Jie Sun and said, "Are you not satisfied with beating Xu Meihua?"

"Hahaha..." Amid the laughter of the crowd, Mrs. Xie raised her head slightly. Wang Meilan smiled and patted Mrs. Xie's arm, saying, "Even if you don't have enough fun, you can't hit your son."

Mrs. Xie Sun laughed, and Zhao Weipeng walked out and said to Zhao Jun, "Nephew, if you need a car, isn't it parked outside our door?"

Just now he and Zhao Jun rushed to join the battle, and they had to walk along a mountain road, so Zhao Weipeng was not left behind.

By the time they got here, the battle was over, but the conversation and chatter among these people was quite interesting, and Zhao Weipeng's mouth was grinning from ear to ear.

Yang Yufeng had met Zhao Weipeng at Zhao Jun's house before, but Zhang Yuanmin had never seen this fat man.

"Hey? Uncle." Zhang Yuanmin called Wang Qiang, who was closest to him, and asked, "Who is this?"

"Come here, Brother Zhao!" Wang Qiang heard this and hurriedly called Zhao Weipeng and said, "Let me introduce it to you. Don't you always ask who invented the pig-catching hook?"

"Ouch!" Zhao Weipeng walked to the edge of the kang and saw Zhang Yuanmin holding out his hand to him, saying, "I have to call you uncle, right?"

"Yes!" Wang Qiang said, "This is your Uncle Zhao, the big boss from the city."

Zhao Weipeng smiled and listened to Wang Qiang say, "This is Lingdang's father, Zhang Yuanmin, and he is good brothers with Xiaojun and Xiaochen."

"Uncle Zhao, nice to meet you!" Zhang Yuanmin shook Zhao Weipeng's hand, and Zhao Weipeng said, "I've heard a lot about you!"

When the two first met, they got along very well.

At this time, a train whistle sounded from outside. Wang Meilan looked up at the clock hanging on the wall and said, "Let's go. Let's go back first. After that, the meal will be ready and brought to you!"

Zhang Yuanmin couldn't get up, so Yang Yufeng took the little bell and sent everyone out.

When leaving, Zhao Jun told Yang Yufeng, "Sister-in-law, Xu Meihua and the others should not come again. But if she wants to bring someone, tell her that if not, we can try tomorrow."

Logically speaking, Xu Meihua would not bring people to fight again, but Zhao Jun did it just in case.

After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Meilan grabbed Yang Yufeng's hand and said, "Feng'er, you guys haven't been home for a while. I let your two dogs out in the west yard to look after the goose shed at the back. Bring the dogs back later. We have a dog at home..."

"What's the use of a dog?" Xie Sun suddenly interrupted Wang Meilan, then she grabbed Yang Yufeng and said proudly: "If she dares to come over again, you tell her. You just say what I said. If she continues to show off, her legs will be broken by her and her mother!"

"Woo..."

The sound of the whistle was clearly heard by everyone. Wang Meilan hurriedly said goodbye to Yang Yufeng and left with the diners and thugs.

At the same time, the train stopped at the station outside Yong'antun, and a group of people led by Zhao Youcai got off the train and walked home.

From the main road of Tunzhong, turn south into the small alley. When you reach the fork in the road, turn west and you will reach your home.

At this time, with the faint light coming from the courtyard of Old Sun's house behind him, Zhao Youcai vaguely saw a group of people coming from the east.

"Dad!" As the flashlight flashed, a familiar voice was heard.

Zhao Youcai frowned slightly and was about to respond when someone hit his shoulder hard from behind.

"Brother!" Li Baoyu walked over quickly, and then exclaimed: "Mom, Auntie, what are you doing?"

While Li Baoyu was talking, Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan and others came over. Zhao Youcai frowned and looked at Wang Meilan and said, "What time is it? You're not cooking, so what are you doing?"

As soon as Zhao Youcai said this, a cold wind blew in the winter night, making the surrounding tree branches rustle.

Apart from that, there was silence all around, without a single sound between heaven and earth.

In fact, this is a very normal sentence. The man works all day, and the woman doesn't cook at home. Isn't it okay to ask?
But no one remembered when was the last time Zhao Youcai spoke to Wang Meilan like this.

"Ah..." Wang Meilan gestured to the east and said, "We've gone to Yuanmin's house. The Yuanmin couple are back!"

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was startled, while Li Baoyu shouted in surprise: "My elder brother Zhang is back?"

As Li Baoyu finished speaking, Li Dayong tapped his waist with a finger. Li Baoyu turned around and met Li Dayong's unfriendly gaze.

The smile on Li Baoyu's face disappeared instantly and he quickly retreated behind Li Dayong.

"Then let's go and take a look." Zhao Youcai turned around and looked at Li Dayong, Li Baoyu and Lin Xiangshun, and said, "Let's go and see the aid to the people?"

"Let's go, big brother." Li Dayong responded, "Let's eat when we get back."

"Then let's go!" Zhao Youcai said, and was about to leave with his men. At this time, Wang Meilan thought about it and said, "What?"

Zhao Youcai looked at Wang Meilan and heard her say, "You guys go, don't go empty-handed."

"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was stunned and asked, "You guys are going there empty-handed?"

"No..." Wang Meilan said, "Before they came back, they had a few words with Zhang Shaoji... no, with Zhang Laibao. After that, Xu Meihua started to grumble, and we left."

Wang Meilan didn't mean to embarrass Zhao Youcai. Zhang Yuanmin was still lying on the kang. If they went to see Zhang Yuanmin, they would have to buy two cans of food. Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan's visit was accidental, but Zhao Youcai and his friends couldn't go empty-handed.

"Okay, I got it." After saying that, Zhao Youcai took Li Dayong and the other two away.

When they arrived at the grocery store, the four people and three families each bought two bottles of canned peaches and two bags of snacks for Zhang Yuanmin.

After the four of them came back from visiting Zhang Yuanmin, the Zhao family dinner officially began.

Once they sat down at the dinner table, everyone started talking, and Zhao Youcai realized that so many things had happened in just one day.

Zhang Yuanmin returned to the village, Xie Sun challenged the mother and son of the Zhang family, and the father and son of the Zheng family went into the mountains.

While drinking, the men talked about the relationship between Zheng's father and son and Yang, the painter.

As they chatted, they talked about what Zhao Jun and his men had captured today. After learning that Zhao Jun had captured three wild boars, Zhao Youcai said to Zhao Jun, "Son, sell the wild boar to Zhang Guoqing...one for your uncle Zhang."

"Ah?" Zhao Jun was stunned. When he opened his mouth in surprise, the pork ribs in his mouth fell into the bowl.

This morning, Wang Meilan and Zhao Jun said that they needed to help Zhao Youcai clean up his mess and fulfill the live wild boar he promised to Liu Renshan and Wu Feng.

Today, Zhao Jun and his men caught three wild boars. In addition to the two that had to be given to Xu Baoshan, the remaining one was intended for Liu Renshan first. Liu Renshan happened to live in Yongshengtun, so when he went to Yongshengtun, he could also visit his elder sister and nephew.

But what Zhao Jun didn't expect was that the previous famine had not yet been paid off, and the old man Zhao Youcai was in debt again.

But with so many people at the table, Zhao Jun couldn't say anything, so he just said, "Okay, then Dad... send roe deer and wild boar to our team leader tomorrow, and then send the pig to my uncle Zhang?"

"Yeah!" Seeing his son was so sensible, Zhao Youcai responded calmly, "Okay, you decide."

Zhao Jun twitched the corner of his mouth and secretly gave Zhao Youcai a blank look.

After eating and drinking, the diners went home and the lights in the east and west rooms of the Zhao family were turned off one after another.

Zhao Youcai had just fallen asleep when he heard a long sigh in his ear.

"Ugh!"

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai opened his eyes blankly. He was completely dazed.

"It's not me?" Zhao Youcai clicked his eyes twice. In the past two nights, he kept sighing, "Ah, ah." Today he thought he was in a trance.

Zhao Youcai turned over, from lying flat on his back to lying on his side, facing Wang Meilan.

But just as Zhao Youcai was about to fall asleep, he heard another sigh in his ears.

"Ugh!"

Zhao Youcai opened his eyes instantly. This time he heard clearly that it was Wang Meilan.

"What are you doing?" Since the two girls were asleep, Zhao Youcai tried to keep his voice down and asked, "Why are you sighing all the time?"

"His father." Wang Meilan moved closer to Zhao Youcai and whispered, "Our family is going to be rich."

"What the hell?" Wang Meilan's voice was also low, and Zhao Youcai was confused and didn't hear clearly, so he just said, "What are you talking about?"

"It's not about making dough." Wang Meilan said, "It's about our family getting rich!"

"Get rich?" Zhao Youcai frowned slightly, and then seemed to have figured something out, so he said, "How much money can you make from collecting fungus and mushrooms? You think you can get rich? Go to sleep now!"

"No!" Wang Meilan said: "It's not that, it's the treasure left by our father..."

"The treasures left by our father?" Zhao Youcai interrupted Wang Meilan before she finished speaking, "Aren't they just those two broken boxes?"

"No! He's not your father!" Wang Meilan was a little anxious. She suppressed her anger and said, "It's my father."

"Didn't your father's things get taken away during the house search?" Zhao Youcai said, "I stole a bag and gave it to Qiangzi, so what? Didn't the rest get handed over to the boss?"

"No! Have you forgotten?" Wang Meilan said, "I asked Widow Wang to carry away the firewood."

"Widow Wang?" When he heard these three words, the first person Zhao Youcai thought of was not the former Tou Zi Hu, but the Widow Wang mentioned by the Zheng father and son.

But then Zhao Youcai figured out what was going on, and immediately asked Wang Meilan, "What's going on? Did you find those things?"

"Not yet, but soon." When Wang Meilan said this, Zhao Youcai twitched his lips and said, "Go to bed quickly. How can it be soon? If you know where it is, you and your brother will not be able to sleep at night."

"What are you talking about?" Wang Meilan stretched out her hand from under the quilt, gently patted Zhao Youcai on the forehead, and said, "That day, my son..."

After listening to Wang Meilan's explanation of the direction and clues of Zhao Jun's investigation over the past few days, Zhao Youcai slowly closed his eyes and stopped talking.

"Hey? Hey?" Wang Meilan repeatedly pulled Zhao Youcai and said, "Don't fall asleep. I'm talking to you. Did you hear me?"

"I heard it." Zhao Youcai said unhappily, "What's the use of me hearing it? It's such a big mountain, where can you find it? Besides, it's been so many years, and you just remembered to look for it. Maybe it has been teased away by others!"

"No..." Wang Meilan suddenly remembered what her son said: There must be a man who will take a big reward, so she said to Zhao Youcai: "Well...after the solar year, you can take a few days off."

"What are you doing?" Zhao Youcai refused directly: "I'm not going with them."

"Are you stupid? Why don't you go?" Wang Meilan said, "If we find it, it's all our money."

Zhao Youcai curled his lips and asked, "What if we can't find it?"

"It's impossible not to find it." Wang Meilan said firmly, "How can so many gold things just disappear? It must be like what Old Third Brother Xing said, that Widow Wang hid them all in her cellar."

"It doesn't matter if you want to go to bed or not, I have to go to bed!" Zhao Youcai said, turning over and facing away from Wang Meilan.

"Hey?" Wang Meilan stretched out her hands to grab Zhao Youcai's shoulders and tried to turn him back, while saying, "You can ask for leave, and then you can go with your son. I'll give you two some money and that's it."

"No!" What Wang Meilan didn't expect was that Zhao Youcai actually refused.

Wang Meilan was stunned, and the hand that was holding Zhao Youcai's shoulder slowly slipped away.

……

After a night, the next day was December 1987, 12.

Wang Meilan got up at 4:30. When she carried the small basin out of the house and went to the tofu shop, the big tofu had not been made yet.

It happened that Wang Meilan had just changed the bowl of tofu pudding and when she brought it back home, Zhao Youcai had already gotten up and was putting dog food in the outer room.

"Are you going to change tofu pudding?" Zhao Youcai asked casually, and Wang Meilan said, "Yes, I'll make some dough with dough balls and then make some pancakes."

"Yeah." Zhao Youcai responded simply, but saw Wang Meilan coming over.

"Have you thought about what I told you last night?" Wang Meilan asked Zhao Youcai, "Why don't you go with your son?"

Wang Meilan thought that Zhao Youcai rejected her kindness last night because he was desperate, so she brought up the matter again.

"I'm not going." Zhao Youcai said calmly, "Didn't I tell you? I won't go up the mountain anymore."

"Oh my!" Wang Meilan sighed and frowned, "This is not hunting, this is looking for treasures. This is your own family business, just go."

"No!" Zhao Youcai answered very straightforwardly, and Wang Meilan raised her right hand, raised her index and middle fingers and said, "I won't waste time with you two. Two hundred yuan, do you want to go?"

When Wang Meilan said this, Zhao Youcai, who was stirring the potatoes in the pot with a spoon, was shocked and slowly turned to look at Wang Meilan.

Wang Meilan's eyes lit up, her hand trembled slightly, and she repeated to confirm: "Two hundred!"

But this time, Wang Meilan, who was full of confidence, was met with Zhao Youcai's contempt.

"Don't go!"

Wang Meilan: “…”

Before the New Year in the book, find the treasure first, so that the Zhao family can have a prosperous New Year

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(End of this chapter)