HPDBC Chapter 1467: Spreading Dog Food in Front of Brother-in-law
Chapter 1467: Spreading Dog Food in Front of Brother-in-law
Chapter 1467: Spreading Dog Food in Front of Brother-in-law
The night wind blew, and as Zhao Youcai smoked, a red flame suddenly appeared on the cigarette butt.
Zhao Jun curled his lips slightly. How could he not understand what Zhao Youcai meant?
But thinking about how hard Zhao Youcai had been working lately, diligently helping his family feed pigs and collect mountain products, Zhao Jun said, "Dad, well... I'll go to the city the day after tomorrow, and I'll buy you a few more cartons of these cigarettes, enough for you to smoke during the New Year."
Zhao Youcai's smoking fee was because he had many people in his family. For example, if the people who came to sell mountain products were acquaintances, Zhao Youcai would give them grapes; if they were not acquaintances, Zhao Youcai would give them leaf tobacco.
It's mainly Wang Qiang and his friends. Except for Zhao Jun and Li Ruhai, even Li Baoyu and Jie Chen smoke among the men in the family. Zhao Youcai can't just not give cigarettes to them either.
So, after Zhao Youcai opened a pack of cigarettes, he could only smoke for a day at most.
"The day after tomorrow?" Zhao Youcai was startled when he heard that, and said, "The day after tomorrow is the Little New Year, what are you going to do?"
Just as Zhao Jun was about to speak, he heard Zhao Youcai say, "I don't need you to buy it, so don't go out."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned. When he was wondering why Zhao Youcai didn't even ask for money, Zhao Youcai continued, "You spend money as soon as you come to the city. You can't spend money like that even if you have money at home."
Zhao Jun couldn't help but smile when he heard what Zhao Youcai said. His father was a careful person, unlike his mother and him who spent money lavishly. In order to prevent him from going down the mountain to shop, his father even gave up cigarettes.
"Dad, I'm going to the city with my brother-in-law the day after tomorrow." Zhao Jun said to Zhao Youcai, "Didn't you say you'd send a roe deer to Director Chu? If you don't, after the 24th, we'll have to kill pigs every day, so how will we have time?"
"Ah..." Zhao Youcai blinked his eyes after hearing what Zhao Jun said, then said, "Okay, you can go out, but don't buy everything. We have almost everything we need at home, so if you need anything for the New Year, you can just buy it at the store. Don't be like your mom, who buys everything that's good and expensive. How can we live like that?"
"Yes, yes, I'll buy you some cigarettes. We already have other things." In order to stop Zhao Youcai from nagging, Zhao Jun quickly changed the subject and said, "Dad, should I buy you Hongtashan? Or Shilin?"
"Hmm?" Zhao Youcai paused for a moment, then asked, "How much is Hongtashan? Four dollars and fifty cents?"
Nowadays, people living near the forest don’t recognize Hongtashan cigarettes very much. Neither the convenience stores nor the forest farm shops sell this cigarette. Most people recognize Shilin cigarettes more.
But all the cadres at the middle level and above in the forest farm who have some knowledge know Hongta Mountain.
"It won't cost 4.5 yuan." Zhao Jun said, "It seems that the retail price down the mountain is 4.3 yuan or 4.4 yuan. If you buy it in strips... one strip is cheaper than a box."
"Ah...then you..." Zhao Youcai hesitated for a moment and said, "Buy me the stone forest."
"That's fine." Zhao Jun agreed straightforwardly, saying, "The supply and marketing cooperative at the foot of the mountain sells Shilin by the strip, which is cheaper than here. I'm going all out this time and buying you ten strips, which will be enough for you to smoke for a while."
"Okay." Zhao Youcai agreed straightforwardly, and then said, "I'll buy ten Shilins, and then you can buy me two Hongtashans, right?"
"What?" Zhao Jun didn't react for a moment. He saw Zhao Youcai take another puff of his cigarette and said, "Just smoke it together."
Zhao Jun twitched the corner of his mouth, lowered his head and hurried on.
Seeing that Zhao Jun was silent, Zhao Youcai thought for a moment and said, "For wine, just buy Xifeng."
"Why did I say I bought you some wine?" Zhao Jun blurted out.
"Don't we have to have wine when entertaining guests?" Zhao Youcai said so. Zhao Jun said, "Isn't the corn wine I got from my uncle Wang's house good? And the time when Director Chu came over, he brought you Shanhebai. Isn't there a bottle left untouched?"
What kind of person is this? Just now he was saying that Wang Meilan was just living a miserable life, and now he is drinking Shilin cigarettes and Xifeng wine.
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhao Youcai turned his head, glanced at him with his eyelids, but said nothing more.
Because the old Ma family’s house is just ahead.
After entering the yard and reaching the front of the house, Zhao Youcai raised his hand and knocked on the door twice, then pulled it open.
Zhao Youcai is not being rude, on the contrary, he is being polite. In the countryside, there are not so many rules, and people usually don't knock on the door when they come in, they just open it and walk in.
At this time, most normal people should have finished their meals, and Wang Cuihua and Ma Ling should be cleaning up in the outer room.
But when Zhao Youcai opened the door, he saw that the outer room was empty, and there were sounds of cursing coming from the inner room.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun hurriedly tried to grab Zhao Youcai's arm, meaning that it was not convenient for him and they should go first.
But when he grabbed Zhao Youcai's arm, he heard Zhao Youcai shouting, "In-laws? Are you home?"
Zhao Jun curled his lips and loosened his hand on Zhao Youcai's arm. When Zhao Youcai shouted, the curses in the inner room stopped abruptly.
Then Ma Dafu walked out of the west room quickly, followed by Wang Cuihua and Ma Ling.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing them coming out of the west room, it meant that it was not Ma Dafu and his wife who had a fight, but Ma Yang who had gotten into trouble again.
"Oh, relative! Come in quickly, come in quickly." When Ma Dafu saw Zhao Youcai standing at the door, his face lit up with joy. If he wasn't too close to the door, he would have to run a few steps.
When they arrived at the door, Ma Dafu saw Zhao Jun who was blocked outside by Zhao Youcai. He smiled even more and said, "Xiaojun is here too. Come in. What are you looking at?"
Ever since Zhao Jun appeared on TV, Ma Dafu and his wife have been looking at Zhao Jun with increasing admiration.
This has nothing to do with the Zhao family's financial situation. In the Northeast, "benevolence and righteousness" is the highest praise for a person.
In this era, people are simple and honest, and there are good people and good deeds in every village. But once the "Evening News" of Shanhe TV was broadcast that day, Zhao Jun became the most recognized person of justice in Yongan.
Even if a person is extremely vicious, if you ask him to pick a friend from among the crowd, he would be willing to choose a kind and righteous person.
The Ma family is a respectable family, needless to say.
Ma Dafu and his wife are more satisfied with their kind-hearted son-in-law than with his wealth.
"Come in quickly, in-laws." Wang Cuihua, who came with Ma Dafu, did not ask Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun whether they had eaten or not. She directly said, "Go sit on the kang. I'll cook two dishes and you and your brother Ma can have a drink."
The Ma family's stove was cleaned up, and it was obvious that they had finished their dinner. But Wang Cuihua was sincere when she said she wanted to cook.
"Stop working, mother-in-law." Zhao Youcai said with a smile, "I came here after having dinner at home."
"Then make some water." After Ma Dafu gave Wang Cuihua instructions, he ordered, "Girl, go outside and get some Mao Ke for your uncle."
Maoke is melon seeds. There are no plastic bags in the forest area these days, and the fried melon seeds will become damp if left in the house overnight.
So the fried melon seeds are placed outside, where it is minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius and there is no moisture. When eating, just go outside and grab a handful.
The melon seeds of the Ma family were bought by Zhao Jun when he brought Ma Ling to the city. Zhao Jun also bought some at that time, but he ate them all within a few days after he got home.
As for the peanuts, melon seeds and candies from the Ma family, apart from being given to Ma Dafu's grandson, the only person who had eaten them was Zhao Jun when he came as a guest last time.
The mother and daughter started to get busy, and Ma Dafu called Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun into the house.
Ma Dafu let Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun stand in front of him, and he quickly walked to the door of the west room and said, "Your uncle and your brother Zhao Jun are here, don't you know how to come out and say something?"
After saying this, Ma Dafu lowered his voice to a very low level, pointed at Ma Yang and said, "You are so pretty, you are so happy!"
Ma Yang hurriedly got off the bed, went to the east room, bowed and nodded to Zhao Youcai who was sitting on the kang, and said, "Uncle Zhao."
Then, he called Zhao Jun again, "Brother Jun."
"What's wrong with the child?" Although Ma Yang didn't look like he was crying, seeing how timid he was, and the fact that Ma Dafu and his wife had been swearing in the west room before, Zhao Youcai had to ask Ma Dafu before he could get out of the way, otherwise Ma Dafu would have no words to explain.
"He was caught smoking by his sister." When Ma Dafu said this, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai were both stunned. The father and son looked at Ma Yang at the same time.
At this time, Ma Yang felt a little embarrassed. He stepped back and almost bumped into Wang Cuihua who was bringing in water.
"This kid!" Wang Cuihua glared at Ma Yang, then handed two cups of water to Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun.
"Drink some warm water, dear." Wang Cuihua said to Zhao Youcai with a smile, and then said to Zhao Jun, "Jun, drink some water."
"Yes, Auntie." Zhao Jun responded with a smile and reached out to take the cup in his hand.
At this time, Ma Ling came in with a small basket woven from willow branches. The basket was slightly larger than a plate and was filled with melon seeds, peanuts and little pranks.
Wang Cuihua took the small basket, turned around and put it on the kang table. After inviting Zhao Youcai to eat melon seeds and peanuts, Wang Cuihua reached into the small basket and picked up two pieces of candy and stuffed them into Zhao Jun's hand.
When she turned around, Wang Cuihua saw Ma Dafu rummaging through something in the drawer, so she asked, "You're not with your in-laws, so what are you rummaging through?"
"I'll get a pack of cigarettes for my in-laws." Ma Dafu closed the drawer as he spoke, and when he turned around, he had two packs of Shilin cigarettes in his hand.
"My dear relative." Ma Dafu put a box of Shilin next to Zhao Youcai's hand and said, "Take this back and smoke it."
As he spoke, Ma Dafu opened the remaining box of Shilin cigarettes in his hand, took out two cigarettes, and handed one to Zhao Youcai first.
Wang Cuihua saw this and said to Zhao Youcai with a smile, "The other day, the kid's uncle came and gave him two boxes of cigarettes. He said he didn't smoke them, he was just waiting for you to come."
“Hahaha…” Zhao Youcai laughed, lit the cigarette with the lighter handed to him by Ma Dafu, then looked at Ma Yang and said jokingly, “What kind of cigarettes are you smoking, kid? Your dad has good cigarettes.”
Ma Yang lowered his head, then looked up at Zhao Youcai and grinned.
This kid is not smart, but he has been beaten a lot and has a lot of experience. He knows that after Zhao Youcai said this, his parents will follow Zhao Youcai's words and scold him a few words, and the matter will be over.
After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Wang Cuihua reached out and pinched Ma Yang's arm.
After Ma Dafu sat down on the kang, he said to Zhao Youcai, "This kid smokes good cigarettes, too."
"Ah?" Zhao Youcai was startled, then looked at Ma Yang and asked with a smile: "What kind of cigarettes are you smoking?"
At this time, Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai and Ma Dafu were sitting on the kang, while Ma Ling, Wang Cuihua and Ma Yang were sitting on stools under the kang.
When Zhao Youcai asked him the question, Ma Yang didn't say anything, while Ma Ling, who was sitting next to him, whispered, "I smoked Yingchun."
"Ouch." Zhao Youcai blinked his eyes, turned to look at Ma Dafu and said, "Who gave this to our child?"
In any case, Zhao Youcai had to find a way for Ma Yang to save face first. If this kid really stole the family's money, it would be difficult to explain it in front of himself and Zhao Jun.
Ma Dafu is not stupid. Since he mentioned this matter in front of Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai, there must be a reason.
Ma Dafu took a puff of his cigarette, then leaned his head towards Zhao Youcai and said, "Li Ruhai gave it to him."
If this happens thirty or forty years later, not to mention smoking, parents will easily blame their children if they eat other people's food.
But in this day and age, there is no blackmail in war. Although the cigarettes Ma Yang smoked were given by Li Ruhai, Ma Dafu and his wife still put most of the blame on their own child.
As for Li Ruhai, Ma Dafu and his wife had no intention of going to the Li family to complain. They just wanted to wait until tomorrow morning when they met Li Dayong on the commuter bus on their way to work. Ma Dafu would just talk to Li Dayong casually and then leave it at that.
"Ah?" When Ma Dafu said this, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai were both stunned.
"Does Ruhai still smoke?" Zhao Youcai looked at Zhao Jun, who shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Li Ruhai bought cigarettes at the Little Redwood Forest Farm that day, but he didn't smoke in front of Zhao Jun. Zhang Yuanmin saw it, but he didn't dare to tell Zhao Jun or Li Baoyu because he was afraid of Li Ruhai's revenge.
"Smoking." Ma Dafu took over the conversation and said, "My Ma Yang said that Li Ruhai started smoking after he could no longer study."
"Really?" Zhao Youcai looked at Ma Yang and saw Ma Yang nodded heavily.
"Oh!" Zhao Youcai's eyes rolled and the corners of his mouth rose slightly. Seeing this, Zhao Jun next to him hurriedly pulled Zhao Youcai's cotton jacket under the table.
At this time, Wang Cuihua said, "That child is always in the store. He must have been brought there by those scoundrels."
Zhao Youcai did not comment after hearing what Wang Cuihua said. After putting out his cigarette, Zhao Youcai said to Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua, "My dear relatives, my family will slaughter a pig on the 24th. I came here to tell you that you can eat pork at my house that day."
Normally, if Zhao Youcai invited Ma Dafu to his house for dinner, Ma Dafu would definitely decline. But for something like slaughtering a pig and inviting people to dinner, there was no need to be polite.
"Okay." Ma Dafu replied, "Your mother-in-law and I will go there early that day, and we can help you with some work after that."
"That's great." Similarly, when the Ma family wanted to help, Zhao Youcai didn't need to refuse, and immediately said with a smile: "Then you guys come earlier, and call my daughter's elder brother and sister-in-law."
"Hey, hey, OK." Ma Dafu agreed repeatedly, and at this time Zhao Youcai stood up and said, "Then my dear, let's go back."
"Just sit for a while, why are you in such a hurry to leave?" Upon hearing this, Ma Dafu hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay.
Wang Cuihua also said, "Please sit for a while, dear, and eat some melon seeds or something."
"No more, mother-in-law." Zhao Youcai responded, and then said to Ma Yang: "Boy, you can't smoke anymore, you are too young."
"Did you hear that? Your uncle told you!" Wang Cuihua pulled Ma Yang's head back. Ma Yang knew that the matter was over, so he quickly said, "I heard it."
Zhao Youcai smiled and walked out of the house.
Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua followed closely to see Zhao Youcai off, while Zhao Jun, Ma Ling and Ma Yang walked behind.
After leaving the house, Zhao Jun turned around and stuffed the two little pieces of cake that Wang Cuihua had given him, which he had been holding in his hand, into Ma Ling's hands.
Ma Ling's two big eyes turned into crescents when she smiled, and Ma Yang next to her pouted at the sight.
(End of this chapter)