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As soon as they walked out of the woods, they saw a series of moving fires at the foot of the mountain, which stood out against the backdrop of night.
And these fires and expectant eyes, looking at these hunters who have just experienced a life and death, have more warmth in their hearts.
As soon as there was movement on the woods, Gao Mancang's heart tensed again, and his voice trembled and shouted, "Sledgehammer, is it you, are you back?" All back? β
Before Zhang Dazhui could speak, these young men in the crowd spoke up first, "Village Chief, we are all back, all beards and tails are back, there is no one missing, you come over to help, there are too many things to take." β
As soon as Gao Mancang heard this, his heart suddenly relaxed, but at this moment he felt that he had no strength in his body, as if all his strength had been taken away when he heard these words.
"All go over to help, it's getting dark, these people must have no strength, hurry up and ......"
Gao Mancang held his grandson's hand and commanded everyone to hurry up to help bring the prey down the mountain, "Zhang Cui, you two hurry home to get the guy's business, these things have to be peeled quickly, the old ladies of each family hurry back to get some food for the masters, and the big guys will share the meat ...... later."
Hearing the division of meat, the children and women who were waiting in place responded happily one by one.
Bai Xiumei's eyes searched the crowd, and when she saw her daughter coming out, she didn't care about anything, and went up and hugged Yue'er's shoulder.
There was a look of concern on his face, "What's wrong, nothing happened, right?" β
Yue'er happily hugged Bai Xiumei's arm, her voice was happy and delicate, as if she was not alone from killing the wild boar just now.
"Mother, what's the matter, there are a lot of us, you are always worried, don't look at your daughter, I am small, but I can't stand my dexterity, the beast basically doesn't rely on me." I'll ask you to eat big meat when I turn around. β
Bai Xiumei patted her daughter angrily, "Your mother, I'm here for big meat?"
You girl, it's dark, and you haven't come back, my mother is worried. You see that the people in this tun have made you worry about here, hurry up and follow me home for dinner, you are hungry, this snow is estimated that the little thing in the stomach is long gone. β
Bai Xiumei didn't care about what the children hit, but compared to these things. The child's body is the most important, and she still wants to feed the child white and tender, so she can do it like this, when will this wish be realized.
At first, the big guy thought it was just a prey, but seeing so many wild boars and so many big fish, those who were waiting for their relatives to return in the snow were not calm.
"Wenxin, sledgehammer. You big guys have worked hard, go back and eat quickly, I have asked Butcher Zhang and a few of them to go home to pick up the guys' affairs, after eating, the big guys will go to the ancestral hall and share the meat collectively.
There is one point, people who enter the old forest have a lot of points, and it is not that there are no people who go to the house, and some people can share some, and people risk their lives to pass. Don't compare these things, and be considerate of each other......"
Gao Mancang's words were surprisingly consistent with Zhang Dazhui's thoughts, and those who came to see the excitement, and no one at home went up the mountain nodded again and again. It's good enough to give them points, but it's okay if you don't give them no.
You look at the clothes on their bodies are also torn and covered with blood, and I don't know if they are human or animal, obviously the people who went in have experienced a life-and-death struggle, otherwise these wild boars can let them hit obediently?
Compared with the lively and happy love in the tunzi, the old courtyard of the Chen family seemed a little deserted, and when Zhang Dazhui came to find Chen Dajiang in the afternoon, Chen Fanghe and the old man Chen were reluctant to let their son pass.
I was tired all the way, not to mention. The house was full of dust, and the old lady herself was so tired that she didn't have the strength to clean it up, so she instructed her son and granddaughter to scrub the house inside and out, so that the little daughter-in-law and grandson could live in a clean house when they came back.
However, hearing the laughter of the people in the tunzi and the cheerful laughter of the two families next door, the old lady still wondered, because she was tired, she was too lazy to go out to take a look, but it did not delay her gossip.
"Second brother, go and see, what's going on in this tun, why are these people making such a fuss, it is said that Song Lanhua will not talk so loudly at night.
Chen Dajiang went to the yard to inquire, and when he came back, his face was not good, and his mood was also very low: "Mother, you don't let me go, it's okay now, those people went into the old forest to shoot six or seven wild boars and got a lot of fish, I didn't go to our house, but there is really not much to share, if I go with me, the fish and meat of the New Year will all come out." β
"What? Six or seven wild boars, second, you won't be joking with your mother, just those few people, can you have this ability?
If there were, they would have gone into the old forest to hunt prey, and they still had to wait?
You heard it wrong, if you want to say a wild boar, I still believe it, so many old men, you can't even beat a wild boar, and don't go into the woods in the future.
By the way, what's the matter with the fish? They go into the old forest to catch fish? β
Chen Dajiang nodded a little frustratedly, "It seems to be the case, Erya said that the village chief said that each family can share some, mother, I'll go over and get it in a while, it's a cold day, don't freeze when you come." β
Where can the old lady let Chen Dajiang pass, she has to go and see, the fish and meat have to be seen with her own eyes, if she asks the second daughter-in-law to give her some to eat, she will not lose her to death.
"No, I'm with you, my mother is resting now, just wear more clothes when you go out."
Chen Dajiang went back to the house sullenly and talked to his daughter-in-law about this, Lin Qiaoling frowned and thought for a while, "Did Yue'er go to the mountain this time?" β
Chen Dajiang didn't know much about this, but he still wondered why his daughter-in-law asked so.
"Hmph, you, your niece can go over to save you, your Yue'er is really as simple as it looks on the surface, I've been messing with Ye Li and them for so long, I guess I've learned a little skill, and that girl seems to be surprisingly lucky, if she takes the big guy into the mountain, then this matter will be easy to explain."
Alas, you must know this, you go with them, who knows how it will be, and the next time there is your niece, you will follow along, and the child will be much better than the son. Let's get closer to their family, and we will definitely not suffer. β
Of course, Chen Dajiang knew that this niece had some ability, but he didn't expect that she would be so powerful and be able to hit so many prey with people. He used to think it was just luck.
Lin Qiaoling whispered, "If there are more fish, you can leave some for my mother and them, this time people really contributed to our family, although it is my own brother, but we have to say something." Alas, my mother's life is not easy now, and the family is estimated to have almost eaten food. β
Chen Dajiang glanced up at his wife, "Didn't you return the silver to them, you should be able to deal with it for a while with that silver to buy food, and besides, each family has also shared some food, our family doesn't know what to do, don't worry about them first, think about us quickly, how to divide it." How to divide it?
I guess my eldest brother will definitely not take food from home, the family has passed, he can still think of us, hmph, I guess even my father and mother may not be able to take it into account. β
didn't think about it, Lin Qiaoling didn't care, now her main purpose is how to make them get the greatest benefit when they split up.
"You hurry over and take a look, don't go too late, the big ones will be picked away."
Chen Dajiang smiled bitterly, "It's good to have a small one, after all, no one in our family has come out." Alas, our mother also said that we would go over to have a look, I guess it's a little unlikely to leave some for your mother's house. β
Lin Qiaoling glanced at the upper room hatefully, "Look at it, we can't do anything without separation, you are your father and don't let the family split up for our good." That's for their own sake.
They all ran away, and we two fools were left to be cattle and horses by their side, to take care of the old man, I have no opinion on our big guys together, push the old man to us, and do their big dreams in the spring and autumn. β
Before Chen Dajiang got up. Chen Fang's family had already dressed and shouted outside, it was freezing and snowy, she was also worried that she would fall, otherwise she would have gone alone.
"Hurry up, there's nothing good going on if you're late."
Lin Qiaoling pursed her lips, urged her man to go out quickly, and then instructed the eldest daughter beside her, "Lotus, you also go, see how much Yue'er and their family have shared, maybe Yue'er can give us some with her hands open, expect to take something from your grandmother's hand, your grandmother is estimated to be blind." β
The lotus is reluctant to go over, what is the difference between this and grabbing things in people's hands, and besides, they share a lot in the month, that is also what people should do, enter the old forest, how dangerous it is, and they are reluctant to get up.
"Mother, you don't know what Yue'er's temper is, if she doesn't want to open her mouth to you, it's useless, and she won't give anyone face.
If she wants to give it to you, she can send it to you, and besides, the third aunt also has a maiden family, why should she give it to our family if people don't keep it for her mother's family, our family is not indistinguishable.
You'd better stop a little, if you let Yue'er hate us, don't even think about it if you want to get naked in the future, just look at what the result of my milk is now, that is the end of offending Yue'er, she is not what she used to be. β
Lin Qiaoling couldn't refute a word of this, and sighed, "Forget it, you all stay at home." β
Even if it is a black light, but the ancestral hall is already brightly lit, in order to let Zhang Butcher see things, Gao Mancang not only let people set up a cauldron to boil water, but also lit several fires on the ground, which is not only convenient for everyone to watch, but also allows these people who come to help to get some warmth.
It is not impossible to slaughter the pig tomorrow, but the taste is different, and everyone has not eaten a bite of meat for a long time, so even in the middle of the night, Gao Mancang decided to get the meat out.
When Bai Xiumei and her mother passed, the heavy snow was already full of black people, Yue'er was too cold and didn't plan to come to get the meat at night, but if she didn't come, someone would naturally help them keep it or send it over.
However, Bai Xiumei felt that the three of them had to go over to take a look at such a lively thing, so they brought Yue'er and Bao'er together, the three of them were wrapped in thick cotton jackets, and the cotton shoes were also specially made, so even if it was a cold day, it was not much difficult for the three of them.
Bao'er liked this kind of excitement, and they got together with the lock pillar, watching the pork be untied little by little.
Suozhu and Erya still remembered Yue'er's instructions, and told Yue'er about their achievements this afternoon while watching.
"Sister Yue'er, tomorrow I will let these children in the tunzi report to your house, you see what kind of arrangement, anyway, I don't know what to do."
Bai Xiumei saw her daughter muttering to these two children, and she was a little curious and pricked up her ears to eavesdrop, but she didn't know if she didn't listen, and their girl was still playing with the idea of these children in the tun.
"The big guys have paid attention, the family sent two people over, one to lead the fish and one to lead the meat, three fish per family, I saw that the size is basically not much different, no one should pick the problem of how many taels is missing, after all, this fish is not according to our requirements.
Besides, those who fish are hard enough, just think more about other people's good when eating fish and meat.
Okay, let's get in line, we're going to send fishβ"
Gao Mancang waved his hand, and the crowd immediately burst into warm applause, "Village Chief, don't worry, we all know it in our hearts, people don't give it to us, and we can't say anything, after all, it's all things that people got into the forest with great difficulty, and we are not those people who have no conscience......"
The crowd burst out with words of gratitude of one kind or another, and the hearts of these people who listened to them in the forest seemed to flow like a warm current.
If you don't say a good word, a warm winter, and a bad word, a cold June, as long as the big guy understands that it is not easy to go into the old forest to hunt.
Gao Mancang nodded with satisfaction, "That's right, we should be like this, let's continue to let him carry forward this kind of thing in the future, I don't want one of us to have a chicken and goose fight in a tunzi, there is no need for that, they are all neighbors, it is enough for everyone to understand each other." β
The crowd automatically and spontaneously lined up in two columns, Yue'er and Bai Xiumei didn't line up, mainly waiting for the big guys to finish receiving them, and then they were redistributed.
Listening to the sound of children begging adults to come home and cook meat, Yue'er's heart felt a little sour, she seemed to see the shadows of their three sisters and brothers from these children.
bowed her head and discussed with Bai Xiumei, "Mother, when our family divides the meat, in addition to leaving some for grandma's family and our family, let's send some to those two families without men, they have many children, and there is really no place to get money." β
Bai Xiumei didn't have any opinion on this matter, "I think it's okay, remember to leave some for your village chief and grandfather when the time comes, see that you haven't come back yet, he specially summoned the big guys together, just rush to this heart, let's think about him a little more, alas, he is so old, it is not easy to be our village chief." (To be continued.) )