When Liu Qingshan came to the second grandfather's house with more than a dozen rice balls, there were only the second grandmother and a few little dolls in the house.

"Your second grandfather and second uncle went into the mountains to work, and your eldest aunt went to the vegetable garden. The second grandmother said while washing the dishes.

"What about my uncle?"

The second grandmother paused and sighed: "I don't know, I went out early in the morning as soon as I had a full meal, and I guess I was looking for someone to play cards." ”

Zihui Zixuan and Zijun are still young, and they don't know that grandma's sigh is sad and helpless.

They sat on the stone threshold at the entrance of the hall and lined up in a row, playing with the great fruit that their brother had brought them.

"Brother, how do you eat this. Although Zihui is the oldest of the three siblings, he has never eaten such a strange-looking fruit so far.

Not only has he never eaten this kind of big fruit that he has never seen before, but in fact, he has not eaten many common fruits and snacks either.

Their mom can't speak, so there's no way to communicate. Dad always went out every morning and came home in the evening. Grandpa works very hard every day, the second uncle works very hard, and grandma takes the three of them naughty alone, which is also very hard.

Although he often craves delicious fruits, delicious biscuits, and all delicious things, as the elder brother of his younger siblings, he should be sensible, so he never asks his grandparents for anything.

Sometimes, when the younger brothers and sisters are disobedient, crying and arguing for candy and snacks, he will patiently coax them like a little adult: "Sister, you are the elder sister, you can't be unreasonable like the younger brother, you know? And the younger brother, you see, so many people in our family eat, just grandpa and the second uncle work, they are very hard, very hard, we can't always eat sugar and sugar, otherwise grandpa will be tired." If you're tired of grandpa, we won't have grandpa, and grandpa won't let you ride a big horse, do you know? Do you like grandpa?"

The little brother is not very good at talking, but he can understand the elder brother's words.

He nodded and said the three phrases he often said: "Like grandpa, the army is so smart, don't want sugar." ”

At this time, Zihui will hurriedly strike while the iron is hot and say: "If you like grandpa, then you have to listen to grandpa, you can't always quarrel with grandpa, you can't let grandpa work too hard, you know?"

"Don't make noise grandpa, don't make noise grandpa. The little one muttered a few words, and forgot about the candy he had to eat before.

This trick, Zihui tried again and again.

However, there are times when he feels so pitiful for his brother.

The younger brother is so young, but he has to be forced to accept the truth that only these older children should understand.

He is not even very good at talking, but he must understand that he is not noisy with grandpa, and he must understand that grandpa is very hard. Every now and then, he would always feel sad and uncomfortable, and then secretly swore that he would make a lot of money in the future and let his younger brother eat whatever he wanted.

Holding the huge fruit at this time, Zihui was very happy in his heart.

Such a large fruit is enough for them to eat.

My sister and brother were also very happy, and they danced for several rounds with the big fruit before sitting back.

Liu Qingshan also sat down on the threshold, took the rice ball from the youngest Zijun, and said, "Look, in this way, grab this red ass hard, and then pull it hard, and this fruit will come out." ”

Zihui and Zixuan hurriedly followed their brother's example, and sure enough, the little fruit was pulled out at once.

Then, put the small one in your mouth, pinch the big ass with your fingers, pinch it hard, and pinch the flesh out hard. Liu Qingshan pinched out a piece of flesh and put it in his palm, and handed it to Zijun, who was looking at him.

Zijun's little hand grasped his big palm, stuffed the flesh bigger than his thumb into his mouth, and ate it with a chirp, so that the juice splashed everywhere and his mouth rattled.

Seeing that his brother's mouth was full of juice, Zihui and Zixuan laughed.

Liu Qingshan also smiled: "You eat slowly, I will also go to work." ”

"Brother, I want to go with you too. Zihui suddenly stood up and said.

Liu Qingshan turned around and looked at the little guy, and said with a smile: "I'm going into the mountains to work, what are you going to do with me?"

"Grandpa said that my brother made a lot of money, and I want to go with my brother to make money. Zihui said with a serious face.

These words amused Liu Qingshan, and also amused the second grandmother.

The second grandmother straightened her waist, looked at Zihui and smiled: "What kind of money do you make as a child." You're stupid. If you can take a bath and wash your own clothes, I will be Amitabha, and I will make money, it's so simple. ”

"Haha, Zihui, you're still young, making money is an adult's business. Liu Qingshan said with a smile, "You just take good care of your younger brothers and sisters at home, and when the Chinese New Year comes, my brother will definitely give you a big red envelope to reward you." ”

Big red envelopes?

These three words were like a tight spell, which instantly made Zihui freeze his body, and watched his brother's tall back gradually drift away from a distance.

When Liu Qingshan arrived at Old Man Tan's house, Old Man Tan was cleaning the house.

Seeing Liu Qingshan coming, Old Man Tan was a little curious: "Qingshan, is there something wrong?"

Liu Qingshan looked at the house that had been cleaned by Old Man Tan, and said happily: "Grandpa Tan, you are too hygienic, you actually sweep so clean." ”

"Hehe, you kid don't wear a top hat for me, you can just say something. ”

"Hey, hey. Liu Qingshan smiled embarrassedly, "Actually, that's the case, Grandpa Tan, I came today, and I still want to ask you to go into the mountains to hunt wild boars." ”

"Hunting wild boars?" Old Man Tan was slightly stunned, looked at Liu Qingshan and said, "Didn't I tell you last time? ”

"Grandpa Tan, why are you so stubborn?" Liu Qingshan said, "Now that the wild boars have gone down the mountain to harm the crops, let's go into the mountains to fight wild boars, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people." And, you see, pork is so expensive now that we ordinary people can't afford it. But if we shoot wild boars, then one person can have 180 catties of wild boar. A pound of wild boar meat costs 100 yuan, and a person has almost 10,000 yuan. ”

100 pounds of pork, 10,000 yuan?

Old man Tan was tempted.

Liu Qingshan saw that Old Man Tan didn't speak, and his expression changed slightly, so he knew that he might be a little tempted, so he hurriedly said: "And, Grandpa Tan, you see, even if you come back from hunting wild boar and don't sell it for money, you can eat it for more than half a year if you keep it for yourself." When the time comes, it will be made into bacon and eaten until next summer. ”

Old Man Tan was completely shaken.

It's not because he thought that the bacon could be eaten until next year, but he suddenly remembered that Xiaofang came to the house a few days ago to deliver the cow eggs.

At that time, the girl was standing here, frowning and complaining that this year's pork was too expensive, saying that she would not make potbelly dumplings on the winter solstice this year, and that she would make dumplings without meat.

If you come back from hunting a wild boar and give half to Xiao Fang, Xiao Fang will be able to make a big belly.

Old Man Tan's idea is as simple as that.

He nodded: "Okay, just go this time, I'll make an exception this time." ”

Although he had vowed never to touch the shotgun again, life would not allow him to let it go.

Increasing age already makes life extremely difficult, and today's skyrocketing prices make life even more overwhelming.

Lowering a shotgun will spare countless living beings, but it will starve you to death.

He finally compromised with life.

Oh no, he's compromised with the sky-high price of pork.