HPDBC Chapter 1332 Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce
Chapter 1332 Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce
Chapter 1332 Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce
After eating and drinking, Zhao Jun rode a big motorcycle and rushed home with Wang Qiang and Jie Chen.
When they were almost home, the mountain breeze brought light snow, which stuck to the brim of Zhao Jun's hat.
Snowing!
Zhao Jun stepped on the accelerator and drove home at high speed.
After a while, the sky and the earth were all white.
"Ow ooh..."
"Wang Wang Wang..."
The Zhao family's dogs stood outside their den in the wind and snow, barking toward the sky, with puffs of white air spewing out of their mouths.
Amid the barking of dogs, the motorcycle drove into the yard and stopped next to two earthen stoves.
Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, and Jie Chen all got off the car. Zhao Jun waved his hand and shouted at Black Tiger, Yellow Dragon, and Blue Dragon, "Go back to your nest!"
It would have been better if he hadn't shouted. Zhao Jun's shouting made the hunting dogs even more excited, and they jumped and capered in front of their den.
On a snowy day, Zhao Jun couldn't get close to them and could only follow Wang Qiang and Jie Chen into the house.
As the door closed, the hunting dogs instantly fell silent. They stopped wagging their tails and looked at the closed door with some disappointment.
"mom."
"sister!"
"Aunt."
When the three people entered the house, Wang Meilan came out with a broom and swept the snow off their bodies.
"Hurry up and take off your cotton jackets and get on the kang to warm up." Wang Meilan urged the three of them. They came back on a motorcycle, and the outside of their cotton jackets and cotton jackets were frozen cold.
Zhao Jun took off his hat and used it to pat the snow off his trousers. After entering the house, Zhao Jun took off his cotton jacket and outer trousers and hung them up, then fell on the hot kang in his cotton shirt and cotton trousers.
At this time, Jin Xiaomei came in with a thermos bottle and said to the three of them, "Wait a while before drinking, or your teeth will ache."
Wang Meilan then entered the room and looked carefully at the faces of Wang Qiang and Jie Chen. Their faces were red from the wind and it was hard to tell that they had been drinking.
"Qiangzi, did you drink at noon?" Wang Meilan asked. Wang Qiang smiled and replied, "Yes, sister, I drank with Chen Liangyou. I drank about half a catty."
"But you did drink a lot." Wang Meilan asked again: "When your brother Li and the others come back in the evening, will you still drink?"
“Haha.” Wang Qiang laughed and said, “If you don’t want to drink, then don’t drink. There have been people coming to my house these few days, and I’ve had enough to drink.”
Wang Meilan smiled when she heard this, and sat down beside Zhao Jun. She raised her hand and gestured towards the east room, saying, "They all said that they have been eating too much meat these days, and they all want to have dumpling soup in the evening."
"Okay!" Wang Qiang said, "I can't eat meat anymore. There's too much oil and water these days."
"Don't talk about me." Xie Chen stole a glance at the east room, smiled and whispered, "My mother ate all of it and begged for mercy."
"Hahaha……"
After the laughter died down, Wang Meilan stood up and said, "I'll prepare it in a moment. At noon, Tou Feng'er brought some raw bean sprouts. Let's stir-fry some bean sprouts, mix some candied radish, and prepare some small vegetables. If you want to drink, you can drink."
Wang Meilan walked out to the outer room. When she reached the door, she suddenly remembered something. She turned around and went back to the edge of the kang and said to Zhao Jun, "Son, your father called today."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun sat up from the kang. His first reaction to the news was the same as Wang Meilan's in the morning. They were both wondering if Zhao Youcai was in trouble again?
"Your father told you that..." Wang Meilan blinked and recalled for a moment before saying, "He asked you to dig from the bluestone ledge here to the bluestone top in Yongxing. He said there were three hanging sheep there."
"Three hanging sheep?" Zhao Jun's eyes lit up and he asked, "Mom, what else did my dad say?"
"Nothing else was said." Wang Meilan said, "Your father just told you to go quickly."
"Okay, Mom, I understand." Zhao Jun understood as soon as he heard it. The information provided by Zhao Youcai was obviously not from a good source.
After hearing Zhao Jun's agreement, Wang Meilan turned around and left. She no longer cared about hunting and only cared about dealing with the prey.
"Little brother," Zhao Jun asked Jie Chen, "Are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Oh, my mom!" Xie Chen pointed to the door with some embarrassment and said, "She insisted on going back and asking everyone in the village to come to my house and watch us on TV."
"Then you can go back." Zhao Jun smiled, turned to Wang Qiang and said, "Uncle, then it's our turn, let's knock these three hanging sheep down."
"How do you knock it, nephew?" Wang Qiang said, "You can't hit it with a gun, and you can't hold it with your feet."
Not to mention the Zhao army's simple catching method, even the old-fashioned clumsy catching method couldn't keep the sheep hanging.
"Uncle, I've figured it out." Zhao Jun said, "Let's put a double-leg snare on it, and put a foot clamp outside the catching foot. When it steps on the catching foot and lifts its leg up, 'snap' the clamp will be fastened on it."
"Ah!" Wang Qiang understood as soon as he heard it. Although the foot catcher was alive, the foot clamp of the second trap must be connected to a tree or a pulling stick.
"Brother Jun." Xie Chen also understood, but he asked in confusion: "Then why do you still need to catch the feet? Can't you just use the foot clamps?"
What they call a foot trap is the most common type of open-mouthed animal trap.
"No!" Zhao Jun shook his head and explained to Jie Chen, "The Xuan sheep has a bad temper. If you use the leg clamp to make it bleed, it will easily break its own leg stick when it gets angry."
"That's not it?" Zhao Jun said. Xie Chen was even more confused and asked, "Brother Jun, when you put that foot clamp on, can you not pinch it to bleed?"
"I'll go to the blacksmith's furnace tomorrow and ask Old Hong to make two for me." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "Don't tighten the two clamps so tightly. After buckling them together, leave a gap in the middle. Don't buckle its legs tightly, just block its feet from being caught."
After Zhao Jun said this, Xie Chen understood. But Wang Qiang felt something was wrong and said to Zhao Jun: "Nephew, it seems that cans won't work. They are too fragile."
"Yeah." Zhao Jun nodded first, then raised his chin to the window and said, "I brought back four milk powder cans from my sister's delivery yesterday. We also have a few malted milk cans in our warehouse. I'll use those tomorrow."
"That's fine!" Wang Qiang felt that this was reliable and said with a smile, "I wonder what the hanging mutton tastes like?"
"They said it smelled really bad." Zhao Jun said, "Let's catch it, kill it and eat its meat to taste."
……
The days are short in winter, and when it is cloudy and snowy, it will be dark outside before four o'clock.
Under the snow-capped mountains, the lights in every house in the small village were dim and smoke was coming out of the chimneys.
In the forest area, burning firewood is free. Just by looking at the smoke coming out of the chimney, you can tell how well off a family is.
Like Zhao Jun's family, they burn the scraps from cutting branches and making timber in the forest.
Even so, the Zhao family had to pick out the best ones and bring them back home to burn hard miscellaneous wood such as pine and ash. Therefore, the Zhao family's chimney emitted white smoke.
The hooligans in Xishantun would go up the mountain to pick up rotten wood and wind-broken branches for firewood.
When these things are brought home and burned, smoke of all colors comes out of the chimney.
After opening the door, Wu Dalin quickly jumped into the outer room of his house, turned around and closed the door tightly, for fear that the heat in the house would escape.
"His father." Wu Dalin's wife Lin Wenqin asked Wu Dalin in Shandong dialect, "How did you guys do this afternoon?"
Wu Dalin's face was red from the wind, but he gestured excitedly and said, "Uncle Zhang led us to mend the big net. We will stop working tomorrow after the snow, and we will start working in the forest the day after tomorrow!"
After saying this, Wu Dalin squatted in front of the stove, put his hands forward to warm the fire, then tilted his head towards Lin Wenqin and whispered, "I put four traps in the poplar forest this afternoon."
"Can it be done, his father?" Lin Wenqin said worriedly, "Don't the old people always say that if you can't catch the fox, you'll get into trouble. Don't let it go when you can't sell it. Not only will you work in vain, but the fox will also harm our chickens."
"Wife, you can rest assured." Wu Dalin said, "Do you know what kind of person he is? In the past, he would be a wealthy man in our Guan area! Do you know what kind of cigarettes he gave us when we went there today?"
After saying this, Wu Dalin answered his own question without waiting for Lin Wenqin to ask, "Grapes! Grape cigarettes are 25 cents a pack. Just give them to us if you say so."
Lin Wenqin blinked her eyes twice, then frowned and asked, "His father, what's the main point? Ten yuan for a fox skin, that's too scary."
Hearing Lin Wenqin's words, Wu Dalin was startled, then shook his head and said, "I feel that Master Zhao and Madam Zhao can keep their word!"
"That would be great if it counted." Lin Wenqin said, "We don't need much, just 20 yuan for two fox skins."
“Fuck!” Wu Dalin slapped his knee, stood up, pointed in the direction of the desolate land, and said, “If it really works, I’ll fight them!”
……
The next day, Zhao Jun got up early and with the help of Li Dayong, Li Dazhi and Li Baoyu, cleared the snow in the front yard, back yard and the corridor outside the yard.
Then the four of them split up into two groups, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu went to the old lady's house, Li Dayong and Li Dazhi went to Zhang Yuanmin's house. Zhang Yuanmin was lying on the kang to recuperate, and Yang Yufeng and Xiao Lingdang were unable to clear the snow in the two courtyards.
When Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu arrived at the Jiang and Xie families, Xie Chen and Xie Sun had already cleared half of the snow.
"Mother Jie." Zhao Jun went over and said to Mrs. Jie Sun, "Come in quickly. The three of us brothers will do the remaining work."
"Then I don't care. I'm going to get some dog food." Xie Sun gestured to her yard and said to Zhao Jun, "Xiao Jun, I won't be home for the next two days. You take good care of those injured dogs."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was stunned, then smiled and said, "Okay, Jie Niang. I'll drive over after dinner. I'll give you the yellow-haired tiger that my dad left over, and I'll get you some bear paws after that."
"No, no!" Xie Sun waved her hands repeatedly and said, "My sister saved that bear paw for your wedding banquet."
"Not until then." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "I've become civilized before I get married. My mother said she'll give you four."
"Alas!" Xie Sun sighed and said, "It still depends on my sister!"
After saying that, Xie Sun shook her head and walked into the house.
Xie Chen glanced at his mother's back, curled his lips and whispered to Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu: "I can't bear to go back. I even shed tears last night."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu were stunned. Li Baoyu said, "Didn't you say you would be back after staying at home for two days?"
"Who knows." Xie Chen said, "I don't know what she and Grandma Jiang were talking about last night, but they both started crying."
People have feelings. During the time that Xie Sun and the old lady have been together, the two have developed a deep relationship.
After clearing the snow from the Jiang and Jie families, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu carried their shovels and pickaxes and headed home. On the way, Zhao Jun said to Li Baoyu, "Baoyu, go to the unit today and take a look. If you are not busy tomorrow, you can go up the mountain with me and my uncle."
The Zhao family gang is now facing a shortage of manpower. Zhang Yuanmin is still recovering from his injuries and Jie Chen is about to go home. Fortunately, Wang Qiang turned to the light, otherwise the Zhao army would be left alone.
"Brother." Li Baoyu sighed and said, "I want to work with you in forest protection."
"Hmm?" Zhao Jun was startled when he heard this, and said, "That's great. Why don't you go back and discuss it with my uncle and aunt. If they agree, doesn't our sixth uncle still have a quota?
After you come here, you will still have your position. When we go to the mountains to hunt or something, I will give you some money. Isn't it much more than what you can earn at work?"
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Li Baoyu was very happy and said, "Brother, I really don't care about money. I see you and Xiaochen, I can't go with you to the mountain, I am upset."
"Haha..." Zhao Jun laughed. He knew that working as a forestry security guard had a better future than being a driver in a forest farm. In a few years, the forest area would stop production and the number of forest farm workers would be almost the same as laid-off workers.
"Brother." At this time, Li Baoyu said, "After we went to work yesterday, my aunt gathered my mother and the others together to discuss investing money to buy mountain products. My mother invested all her money. As for my money, my mother told me to do it myself."
After Li Baoyu got married, he would separate from Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei. Since he started working, he kept five yuan of his monthly salary for himself and handed over the rest to Jin Xiaomei.
These wages were used to honor his parents, and the money he had earned from hunting was divided among Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei and given to Li Baoyu separately, so that he could take it away after he got married.
"You also join in!" Zhao Jun said to Li Baoyu, "If you trust me, I guarantee you won't lose anything."
"I believe it!" Li Baoyu said firmly, "My mother and the others all believe it, and they have discussed it very well. They said that we should build another shed in the backyard of our new house.
When we got married, we set up the table in the shed for guests. When we were done, the shed was turned into a warehouse.
"Oh my god!" Zhao Jun laughed and said, "How many sheds do we need to build in our big yard?"
"That would require at least 17 or 18 rooms." Li Baoyu said, "I heard they should all be built with wooden porches, with doors opening from north to south and skylights."
"This is really a big deal." Zhao Jun not only did not object, he also supported Wang Meilan's decision.
When the two brothers got home, Wang Meilan was just coming out of the warehouse carrying a bag of flour. The bag was filled with frozen dumplings, which she was going to have for a simple breakfast today.
"You two little brothers are back?" Wang Meilan greeted Li Baoyu and said, "Baoyu, why don't you eat here?"
"Oh my god, Auntie, my mother should have prepared the meal." Li Baoyu said he would not eat at Zhao's house, but walked into Zhao's yard. When he came to Wang Meilan, he said to her, "Auntie, my money is also invested in our business. I'll ask my mother to bring you a lot."
"Okay." Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Wait until Sunday when Xiaochen comes back. Since you guys are still not at work, let's sit down together and have a meeting to figure out who has how many shares."
"Yes, Auntie." Li Baoyu nodded heavily and said, "In the past, we were the Chamber of Commerce, and you were the president of our Chamber of Commerce!"
Zhao Jun glanced at Li Baoyu and thought to himself that this boy is quite good at coaxing people. How could his mother, who is so vain, be tolerated if he flatters her like this?
Sure enough, Wang Meilan's eyes lit up instantly when she heard this.
(End of this chapter)