The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1198: Re-establishing the Character of Zhao Youcai and Hammering Wang Meilan Again

Wang Meilan stared blankly at the man she had been with for more than 20 years. She suddenly felt that Zhao Youcai in front of her was very unfamiliar.

Feeling that Wang Meilan was looking at him, Zhao Youcai calmly used a big spoon to stir the potatoes in the pot.

"You..." When Wang Meilan wanted to say something else, the door of the west room was suddenly pulled open and Zhao Jun walked out of the room.

"Mom, Dad." Zhao Jun closed the door and whispered to Wang Meilan and Zhao Youcai, "Are you guys up?"

Zhao Youcai didn't say a word, and didn't even look at Zhao Jun, as if what was cooked in the pot was not dog food, but something extraordinary.

"Ah..." Wang Meilan responded in a daze.

Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai, then at Wang Meilan. Zhao Jun felt that there was something strange about the two of them, but he just thought it was just another argument between the old couple.

Zhao Jun then went out with the toilet paper in his hand, ready to go to the toilet. As soon as he came out of the room, Wang Meilan caught up with him.

"Son!" Wang Meilan caught up with Zhao Jun and said, "Your father is not going!"

"What?" Zhao Jun was stunned by Wang Meilan's incoherent words, and then he heard Wang Meilan add: "Your father won't go with you to find the treasure."

"Why?" Zhao Jun asked in confusion, "Mom, didn't I tell you? There will always be a man who will do something if there is a big reward."

As he spoke, Zhao Jun raised his right hand and clenched it slightly, rubbing his thumb against the tip of his index finger, making a gesture of counting money, and said, "Give him some money!"

"Go ahead!" Wang Meilan frowned and said, "I don't want it!"

"What?" Zhao Jun's eyes widened when he heard that. At this time, Wang Meilan added: "I just said I would give him 200 yuan, but he refused to do it!"

Hearing Wang Meilan's words, Zhao Jun was as shocked as Wang Meilan was last night.

It's not that I look down on Zhao Youcai. Normally, Zhao Youcai is the kind of person who can change his face over two or three dollars. Now he is indifferent to two hundred yuan?

"Son." Wang Meilan tilted her head and said to Zhao Jun while thinking, "Watch him for the next two days. I feel like something is wrong with him."

"Hmm?" Zhao Jun complained to Wang Meilan with an inquiring look, and then heard Wang Meilan say, "Look, he is so stubborn and depressed when talking to us now, just like before."

Wang Meilan's unintentional addition made Zhao Jun fall into deep thought. When he was just reborn, Zhao Youcai was cold and serious.

At that time, Zhao Youcai would lie down on the kang after get off work and wait for dinner. He would not get up even if he woke up in the morning. He would lie there until after six o'clock, when Wang Meilan would prepare dinner and call him.

Zhao Youcai didn't care about the housework, and he didn't even feed the dog. Zhao Youcai didn't care much about the big and small things at home, but as long as he spoke, everyone in the family had to listen to him.

So when did all this change?
Zhao Jun recalled that it was after he and Xu Changlin went up the mountain to hunt lynx, he and Baoyu went down the mountain to sell skins and discovered that Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong had embezzled money.

Then, Zhao Youcai's secret fund was seized, several thousand yuan of stolen money was confiscated, and he was forced to undergo labor reform at home.

From then on, Zhao Youcai's aloof personality collapsed. After that, Zhao Youcai's head seemed to fall into the eyes of money. He was afraid of talking about money and always wanted to prove his strength.

It must be said that Zhao Jun had to admit that Zhao Youcai's marksmanship was better than his, but luck was never on Zhao Youcai's side.

In fact, Zhao Youcai can be regarded as a man of strong will. Killing two cows in two months would be unbearable for Zhao Jun.

But Zhao Youcai was so strong that after slaughtering the cow for the second time, he fought a black bear hanging from a tree in his first battle.

This was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Zhao Youcai went to work in anger and announced that he would no longer hunt.

It would be fine if he didn't go hunting, but in the past two days he showed signs of rebuilding his personality.

This is not a good thing for the Zhao army. The aloof Zhao Youcai does not cause trouble, does not go up the mountain, does not seek wealth, and is not easy to deal with.

The way parents and children get along with each other is different in different generations. Nowadays, it is normal for parents to beat and scold their children, especially fathers. Many old men in their seventies and eighties still beat their sons.

Children are really afraid of their parents. After all, no matter how successful they are, they cannot beat their parents or scold them. They have to endure the beatings and scolding.

When Zhao Jun was reborn, he was beaten up twice by Zhao Youcai, so if Zhao Youcai became serious, Zhao Jun would be really afraid of him.

When Zhao Jun came back from the toilet and walked to the door, he met Zhao Youcai coming out of the house carrying a basin.

"Dad, let me do it!" Zhao Jun reached out to take the basin, but Zhao Youcai dodged to the side and said, "We don't need you today."

"I'll feed them with you two." Zhao Jun followed happily and moved the dog food bowls of Heihu and the others together.

As Zhao Youcai scooped food into the dog bowls, he casually said to Zhao Jun, "You can feed these dogs yourself from now on."

"Ah?" Zhao Jun was stunned. Before he could say anything, Zhao Youcai said, "I won't go up the mountain anymore. You can take care of the dogs and guns yourself."

"No, Dad?" Zhao Jun said, "Next year we'll move over there, and this yard will be empty. Don't you still want to keep a dog?"

"No more." Zhao Youcai said, "I'll use this yard to collect mountain products for your mother."

"Dad." Zhao Jun, who had urged Zhao Youcai not to go up the mountain a few days ago, changed his words today and said, "You are not too old. If you like to hunt, you can hunt for another ten years without any problem."

"That's terrible." Zhao Youcai knocked the spoon against the basin and said, "There's no point in thinking about it."

Zhao Jun blinked his eyes, knowing that he couldn't force him to do anything, so he tried to test him in a roundabout way: "Dad, if you don't want to go up the mountain, then it's okay not to go. It's the end of the month now, and when I have enough money next month, I'll give you an extra five dollars..."

"No need." Zhao Youcai tapped his spoon outside the basin, signaling Zhao Jun to give the food to the dog. At the same time, he said, "You drive those two bastards and still honor me? I make about a hundred yuan a month, don't I spend it all on you?"

"I..." Zhao Jun was speechless, but saw Zhao Youcai carrying a large basin and walking towards Erhei.

……

This morning, Zhao Jun's family ate fried dough cakes with tofu pudding.

People in rural areas and forest areas are not as particular about eating tofu pudding as in cities. In cities, people use black fungus and day lily to make the sauce, and some even sprinkle dried shrimps.

Zhao Jun’s family eats tofu pudding with freshly fried egg sauce.

Wang Meilan fried two kinds of egg sauce, one without chili peppers, for the two little girls. The other was made by dicing the soaked chili peppers and adding them to the sauce.

The fried egg sauce is slightly spicy and has the fragrance of green pepper. This sauce is added to the tofu pudding, and a spoonful of chili oil is added. The two spicy flavors are clearly layered. The fragrance and burnt aroma of the two spicy flavors blend together, and the aroma of tofu pudding is even more delicious.

Zhao Weipeng took big bites of the fried cake, chewed it twice, then picked up the bowl and slurped a mouthful of tofu pudding.

Watching him eat, it smells delicious.

"Come on, brother!" At this time, Wang Meilan came in with an enamel plate with five fried cakes stacked on it.

Wang Meilan used a spatula to place five oil cakes on the empty plate on the table and said, "Eat these while they're hot."

"Hey!" Zhao Weipeng smiled at Wang Meilan, holding the big bowl in his left hand and tapping the edge of the bowl with chopsticks in his right hand, saying, "This tastes so delicious!"

"If it smells good, eat more!" Wang Meilan said with a smile, "The Yuanmin couple are back too. We'll grind tofu tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

As she spoke, Wang Meilan picked up the spatula and gestured, saying, "When the time comes, we'll just wait by the pot. When the soy milk comes out, drink the soy milk, and eat the tofu pudding and small tofu!"

"Yeah!" Zhao Weipeng nodded heavily with a smile. He looked so heartless, it didn't look like he had been cheated out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Just then, the dog outside the house barked a few times. Wang Meilan looked out the window and quickly turned around and walked out.

Zhao Jun stretched his neck to take a look, and said to Zhao Youcai, "Dad, my second brother and Xiaochen are here."

Lin Xiangshun and Jie Chen came so early to get their car repaired. Wang Meilan went out to invite them to come in for dinner, but both Lin Xiangshun and Jie Chen said they had finished their meals.

When Zhao Jun finished eating, the two of them had already repaired the car. When Zhao Jun came out, Li Baoyu was also outside the house. The four of them worked together to lift the three wild boars behind the house onto the back of the Jiefang car.

Since there were enough people, Zhao Youcai and Zhao Weipeng did not reach out, but they and Wang Meilan all came out of the house.

The three of them stood in front of the house. Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Jun who had returned from the yard and asked, "Son, how many of those roe deer did you take?"

"Take two." Zhao Jun said, "My team leader wants two."

Then Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai and asked, "Dad, do you want wild boars too?"

"Well..." Zhao Youcai just had some ideas when he heard Wang Meilan say, "Well, your dad wants four wild boars."

"It's still a big job." Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this, looked at Zhao Youcai and asked, "Dad, why don't you go up the mountain with us to catch them?"

A few words from the mother and daughter interrupted Zhao Youcai's plan. Facing Zhao Jun's invitation, Zhao Youcai shook his head and said, "I won't go. I'm going to work."

Hearing him say this, Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan looked at each other secretly.

"We can't have that roe deer..." Zhao Youcai had just said halfway when Wang Meilan said, "I'll kill the roe deer later and we'll have hotpot to eat tonight."

Zhao Youcai: "..."

"Okay, Mom." Zhao Jun didn't have any objections. Instead, he supported it and said, "Boil the tripe first, and then rinse it in when it's mushy."

"Yes!" Wang Meilan said with a smile, "Before dinner tonight, you can bring it to your brother Zhang, and then send it back to him after dinner."

Wang Meilan arranged hot pot to celebrate Zhang Yuanmin's discharge from the hospital. Hearing what she said, Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Okay, then, Mom, I have to go up the mountain when I come back. After I finish the family affairs, I will not take care of it."

"No need for you..." Wang Meilan waved her hand. Before she could finish her words, Zhao Weipeng said, "Nephew, let's kill the roe deer before we leave."

When Zhao Weipeng said this, everyone turned to look at him.

Zhao Weipeng felt something was wrong, but he still explained to Zhao Jun: "Your mother and the others are all lesbians, how dare they kill roe deer?"

The size and weight of roe deer are similar to those of sheep. Sheep are not considered large animals, but roe deer are wild beasts. Most women can kill chickens, ducks, and geese, but not sheep.

Zhao Weipeng had good intentions, but when Zhao Jun looked at Wang Meilan, he saw Wang Meilan waved at Zhao Weipeng and said, "It's okay, brother, you guys go do your thing, I...if I can't do it, I'll find someone to kill."

……

Half an hour later, the men got into the car.

Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, Lin Xiangshun and Zhao Weipeng went to the forest farm together in a jeep. The other four went to work, but Zhao Weipeng went to find Zhou Chunming.

Although Boss Zhao doesn't care about the tens of thousands of dollars, he still has to catch the person who cheated him.

Zhao Jun and Xie Chen took the wild boars and roe deer first to Yongfu and then to Yongli, and sent them to the homes of Xu Baoshan and Zhang Guoqing.

After everyone left, Wang Meilan, who was washing a large basin on the stove, heard two dogs barking outside the house.

"Huh?" Wang Meilan looked outside and saw Xiao Lingling coming over with her schoolbag on her back.

Little Lingdang was very happy when her parents came back. Although the Zhao family treated her very well and her own food was not as good as the Zhao family's, for Little Lingdang, being with her parents was more important than anything else.

"Second daughter, oldest daughter!" Wang Meilan shouted towards the east room, "It's time to go to school!"

Zhao Hong and Zhao Na didn't like going to school very much. The two girls squeaking and twisting their way out of the house were taken out by Wang Meilan.

At the same time, Jin Xiaomei from next door also brought Li Xiaoqiao out.

The two men sent their daughter to the outside of the courtyard and asked Xiao Lingdang in unison: "Lingdang, how is your father?"

"He's fine." Little Bell's smile was full of sunshine. She grinned and said, "He just got a little irritated from lying on the kang."

"That's normal." Jin Xiaomei said, "Who can bear lying like that?"

"That's right." Wang Meilan continued, "Take good care of him. Did your mother make bone soup for him?"

"Yes." Xiao Lingling nodded with a smile and said, "My mother got up at around three o'clock in the morning to make it for him."

"Oh my?" Wang Meilan said with emotion after hearing this: "He has done a great job today!"

This was somewhat sarcastic, and Xiao Lingdang laughed and said, "Grandma Zhao, my mother said the same thing."

Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei laughed, and Xiao Lingdang took her three aunts and said goodbye to Wang and Jin.

"Slow down!" Wang Meilan waved her hand and said with a smile, "Lingdang, come here for lunch at noon. Grandma Zhao will make delicious food for you."

"Okay, Grandma Zhao!" When Xiao Lingdang agreed, the smile on Wang Meilan's face froze instantly. A cold light flashed in her eyes. She turned to Jin Xiaomei and said, "Xiaomei, come with me."

"Ah?" Jin Xiaomei was stunned and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you going to do?"

Wang Meilan raised her hand and gestured to the back, saying, "Let's go to the back and kill the roe deer."

"Hmm?" Jin Xiaomei was surprised and asked, "The two of us?"

"Yes!" Wang Meilan pulled out a sleeve from her pocket and put it on her arm while saying to Jin Xiaomei, "I'll ask them to bring the aid worker here tonight. He hasn't been home for such a long time. Now that he's back, we should at least have a good meal."

"That's not..." Jin Xiaomei hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, this roe deer has no injuries on its legs, how are we going to kill it?"

Wang Meilan once killed a roe deer with a hammer. Jin Xiaomei was also present at the time, but the roe deer stepped on her foot and injured its leg, so it couldn't stand up.

But the roe deer left in the Zhao family’s backyard is different. It has healthy limbs and can flutter.

"Just come with me." After saying that, Wang Meilan walked to the warehouse. After four or five seconds, she came out holding the eight-pound sledgehammer.

After coming out, Wang Meilan shook her hand and threw a rope to Jin Xiaomei. Jin Xiaomei caught it randomly and followed Wang Meilan to the front of the house. She saw Wang Meilan put the hammer at the door, walked in and called Jin Xiaomei forward, and then handed the basin she had just washed to Jin Xiaomei.

Wang Meilan came out of the house, and just as her hand touched the sledgehammer, she heard a scream coming from behind the room.

"Sister-in-law, did you not feed the donkey?" Jin Xiaomei asked.

The Zhao family's donkey was quite human-like, and knew that Wang Meilan would feed it at eight o'clock every morning after sending the children away. So every day at this time, the donkey would bray twice, and it was unclear whether it was to greet Wang Meilan or to urge her to serve it quickly.

"Don't worry about it for now." Wang Meilan picked up the hammer and walked from the house to the back, saying as she walked, "There's a lot of food left in the roe deer trough. We can just move it to the donkey later."

The three roe deer had only been home for two days, and the newly arrived wild animals did not eat at all. Wang Meilan carefully mixed the food, and Boss Zhao personally sprinkled it in the trough, but the three roe deer did not eat a single bite.

Upon hearing this, Jin Xiaomei quickly caught up with Wang Meilan.

"Uh...ah..." The little donkey in the backyard pen heard footsteps while turning its ears, and stretched its neck and shouted to urge the pace.

But when Wang Meilan came around the corner with a sledgehammer in her hand, the donkey opened its mouth wide, but the sound of its cry suddenly stopped. Its eyes, which were clearly black and white, were wide open, and its whole body was shaking as if it had been electrocuted.

(End of this chapter)