In the hall, there are still a lot of people, and the uncle and uncle of the Zhang family plus a few cousins are all here. The men were happily chatting. The three brothers of Zhang's father and Zhou Xiaozheng recalled their youth and frivolity, and they were exposing and joking with each other from time to time. provoked a few small ones to steal fun on the side. A large table full of meat and dishes, and he didn't move much, just drank and chatted.

Seeing Lin Lishan and Zhang's mother coming in, everyone invited them to take a seat, and after repeated delays, Lin Lishan and the two returned to the house.

Uncle Zhang just finished talking about the grand hunting in the village in previous years, talking about drinking flying dragon soup and roasting venison in winter, and everyone here was itching.

Uncle Zhang's eldest son, Zhang Qingshan, shouted, "Dad, don't patronize it." Eat first, the dishes of the second aunt's house are more fragrant than those roasted in your field. ”

Uncle Zhang glanced at him with disdain, "You didn't drink wine around the barbecue on a snowy day, that's fun, understand?" Cultured people are happy to see plum blossoms in the wilderness in the winter, drinking water boiled by snow. People have fun. ”

The crowd laughed. Is it really that those scholars in ancient times walked on the snow to find poetry, cooked tea and watched the snow, chanted poems and had fun, and had fun with it? And now in the winter, every family also gathers around the stove to brush pots and gather together.

Daddy Zhang looked at everyone happily and said to Zhou Xiaozheng: "The day after tomorrow is going to enter the mountain, do you want to go?" Hunting skills won't be forgotten, right? ”

Zhou Xiaozheng was drinking, glanced at him, and said sneeringly: "I couldn't compare to you at the beginning, but now you are not as good as me." Count me as one the day after tomorrow, I will give my daughter a headhunter tiger, and get a tiger skin for her to play with. ”

Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhang laughed when they heard this, and they both took up the wine to toast him, "Whether you hit the tiger or not, we will make this bowl of wine first." This year, the four of us will see if the tiger comes out, and if we hit the tiger skin, we will give your daughter to play. ”

Zhang's second brother Zhang Qingfeng is the eldest son of Uncle Zhang's family in the third room, he loves to play, so he joked to Zhang Guoqing, "Little Wu, your father-in-law plays tiger skin for your little daughter-in-law, what are you going to play with your little daughter-in-law?" ”

Several cousins all looked at Qinghe and teased Xiao Wu, and they didn't interject, and they all watched happily.

Zhang Guoqing looked at these people and said with a smile: "I won't rob my father-in-law, I plan to hunt a beautiful bird for my son to play." ”

Everyone burst into laughter, Daddy Zhang, they didn't notice a few juniors, they heard laughter, and asked curiously what was going on, and Zhang Guofu next to him explained with a smile.

Father Zhang laughed and scolded: "Stinky boy, you are the ghost, I thought you would fight a leopard, your daughter-in-law must like the leopard fur." ”

"Yes, just shoot a leopard, and the fur can be compared to the skin of a tiger. You hunt a bird and go up the mountain, be careful that your father-in-law is angry and drags your little daughter-in-law back to her parents' house. ”

Everyone next to him quipped: "Little Wu, you give your son sable, and it's better to make a diaper from that fur than your white diaper." It's warm and nice. ”

"Hey, Xiao Wu, I heard your sister-in-law Chunlan say that your son's diapers are whiter than towels, and it's rare for little dolls to hang in the yard one by one, you tell me if it's really not a red fart/share."

"I don't need to ask Xiao Wu, I know everything. It really doesn't have a rash, you see that the doctors in the city all use that white gauze to wrap the wound. I saw that the diaper was thicker and denser than white gauze. ”

Zhang Qingfeng squeezed his eyebrows and said to him: "Third brother, you can do it, you have studied it, then can you tell me whether the third sister-in-law weaves a thick homespun cloth?" After speaking, the voice just fell.

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this, and all of them came up and beat Zhang Qingfeng hard, especially Zhang Sange, who even picked up wine and poured it into his mouth.

Uncle Zhang looked at Zhou Xiaozheng in a daze, and explained to him with a smile: "My third daughter-in-law knows everything, so she can't weave." I tried to weave a homespun cloth before, and at first I tried it to be okay, so I hurriedly made a pair of pants. It just so happened that I didn't go to the ground that day when I put on my new pants, and I went with a few of them to pay the public grain. Before he reached the township, the cart fell into a hole halfway, so he squatted down and moved forward vigorously, and by accident, the pants exploded at that time. These bad boys remember. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng laughed when he heard it, and the quality was indeed too bad, this rural woman would wash the cloth well, and she knew at that time that the cloth was good or not. It is estimated that the daughter-in-law is also anxious, so let him put it on after doing it, and he didn't make any effort to pull the homespun cloth. Squatting and pushing the cart hard, even a lot of thin fabrics in the world can't hold it, not to mention that novices weave homespun cloth.

"Brothers, you're retaliating. Why am I telling the truth? ”

Zhang Qingshan looked at him funny, seeing that he still wanted to flirt with the third child, don't mess with the third child, he insisted on changing the topic, "Dad, is this year to unite a few villages or just go up the mountain in our village?" This time, if it is only from our village, you can't go into the mountains. In the autumn, those people in Laohugou were injured when they encountered wolves when they went up the mountain to hunt. ”

Uncle Zhang was also stunned when he heard this, "This time, the three surrounding villages went up the mountain together, and how many hits were returned to their respective villages." As for how much we hit, it depends on the arrangement in the village. We don't go deep into the mountains, but we go up a little closer to the halfway up the mountain. It's all hard work to go in again, and now it's not that you can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes a few years ago, so there's no need to work hard. ”

Father Zhang nodded straightly, he didn't want to have an accident, and his family was not short of money. The sons are all promising, plus the in-laws are going to go, in case they encounter wolves, he and Xiao Wu father and son can't take care of them.

"In the past two years, wolves have often howled in winter, and there are fewer hunters, and there are many more big beasts, so we should be careful. There are wild boars and deer halfway up the mountainside, and there are many wild things there. How can you enter the deep mountains, you need hundreds of veterans to carry wooden warehouses. ”

Zhang Guoqing was anxious when he heard this. He saw a lot of wild deer in the creek. The day after tomorrow, the men from the three villages went into the forest one by one, and they were all scared away. He had observed the terrain, and it was very safe, and he had only been on the mountain for the past few days, but now he was busy and neglected.

"Dad, do you remember the stream I talked about last time? It's a good place, let's go there early, or we will rush up and not scare away the wild creatures. ”

Uncle Zhang asked with great interest, "Xiao Wu, is it the stream next to the black forest?" It's all close to Linxiang, and no one goes there. What footprints do you see? ”

Zhang Guoqing said triumphantly: "It's that black forest, that place is by the township, I think that the place near the countryside is not willing to go far, we are used to going to the west, this time has been a long time, there are more wild things in that place, and it is far away from the mountains." I went to explore the road several times, and the place was safe, and there were many footprints of wild deer, roe deer, and wild boar on the side of the stream. There are also mushrooms in the black forest in winter, and there are many wild fruits in them. ”

Uncle Zhang sighed very much: "You have learned your grandfather's craft, and you know how to find places." Good boy, there is probably no place in the mountains that you are not familiar with, you tell me, you started running up the mountains when you were 5 years old, and there is still a piece of land that you have not been to. ”

Zhang Guoqing spared his head, "I have followed my grandfather to the west to the tiger ditch, and they have gone to the deep mountains and a line of heaven with Mr. Wang, and I am now looking for the north, and this mountain range has basically been there." ”

Everyone took a breath of cold air, and even Father Zhang didn't know that his son had run away. No wonder he sells wild things from time to time, and the pheasants and hares are often dried at home.

Uncle Zhang knows in his heart, the old man often goes to the mountains to hunt in the world, Xiao Wu followed him at the age of 10 and learned ninety percent, how can the old man take him into the mountains to practice his courage.

"Did you encounter a pack of wolves? The old man said that the wolf king in the mountains can't be beaten. ”

"The wolf king that Grandpa said has been beaten to death by Old Man Wang. The old man is low-key, has kung fu in his hands, and is an ancestral gossip. Once when I got drunk, I secretly told my grandfather that the Siberian tiger who beat the head of the male has a very beautiful fur and wants to be a family heirloom. The wolf king's skin replied to me with a dead face, and I came to find it and sent it to Grandpa Lin. Hehe, the tiger skin in his house is not shot. I heard my grandfather say that his family has the thickest background and the most private collections. ”

Uncle Zhang nodded excitedly, "That's right, this piece is also a rare fur hidden in his house." Not only is the old man Wang powerful, but his eldest son has obtained the true inheritance. I heard that gossip is not spreading. When Old Man Wang was young, he could kill a tiger with one punch, and even the county town Wang Million personally invited him to be a guard, but he postponed it. Little five, your grandfather often takes you to his house, have you learned two tricks? ”

Zhang Guoqing shook his head and nodded again, "I didn't learn the gossip palm handed down by other families." When I was 8 years old, he improved my grandfather's tricks and taught me. I don't think it's going to work. The key is that I have a lot of strength, and his eldest son dropped some powder when he punched the stone, and I broke the stone with one punch. The old man was angry and said to his grandfather, I can carry a thousand catties with one force, as long as I don't want to die, there is no need to learn martial arts to hurt my body. ”

Everyone laughed, they were really in divine power, and they slapped them in the past, and those who have martial arts should be careful. It is estimated that Old Man Wang is angry that his son has been practicing hard for many years, and he is not as good as a hairy child.

Zhang Qingshan looked at Zhang Guoqing's arms and palms curiously, "How much weight can you move at most now?" 10 strong laborers against you, have you been able to fight? ”

Zhang Qingfeng slapped his legs and jumped on the ground, hehe Zhile, "Brother, he fought with six second-rate people, and was knocked on the back of the head, did you forget?" He's just stupid. ”

Seeing that everyone laughed when they heard this, Zhang Guoqing raised his eyebrows helplessly, "This is a failure in my life, can you mention it?" Who knew that those bastards were engaged in sneak attacks. I haven't met anyone who dares to raid me, and I've been accidentally hit. ”

Zhang Qingfeng squinted with disdain, "In the past, everyone was small, so you were the king of children." How many people are waiting to put you in a sack and beat you with a stick? I hate you for robbing the golden doll, you kid is not kind, how many people wait for the golden doll to grow up. Fortunately, when the golden doll has just grown up, you kid will hurriedly take it home, who will you hit if you don't sneak attack? ”

Zhang Guoqiang clapped his hands and said, "Brother Qinghe, don't you know, this kid was still strange at the time, how could anyone dare to beat him with a stick." I said that I was afraid that someone would put a sack on him and beat him with a stick, so he reacted. He was embarrassed to say that Jiaojiao was originally his little daughter-in-law, this thick-skinned, just Uncle Zhou was there, and he tore his skin, so he was so young that he was worried about other people's daughters. ”

Zhang Guofu retorted: "Don't say this, Xiao Wu and Jiaojiao are hand in hand, when I meet some people, they don't all say that they are little father-in-law and little daughter-in-law, the two of them are so affectionate, a handful of wild fruits, Xiao Wu will wipe his clothes and stuff them into Jiaojiao's mouth, and he will beat him when there is a child next to him, and the player will be Jiaojiao as a bride."

Do you guys remember? Every time I run out, I either go up the mountain to catch pheasants and hares, or I look for Jiaojiao and pull Jiaojiao's hands. The two of them often muttered at the bridgehead of the village hand in hand, and Xiao Wu ran out to find Jiaojiao when he had delicious food, but he was not in pain when his daughter-in-law was in pain. ”

Zhang Qingshan smiled happily and nodded again and again, "I still remember that every time another child wants to be a bride, he will come forward and beat him." Domineering, at that time, grandpa said that Xiao Wu was domineering. Xiao Wu didn't wear open crotch pants at the age of 3, and when he was 4 or 5 years old, he begged the second aunt to help Jiaojiao sew the pants to death at the entrance of the village, and those old ladies laughed when they heard it. Jiaojiao will still be held by Aunt Zhou in her hands, and she will just be able to walk. ”

Zhang Qingyan also immediately said, "This is not uncommon, I still remember that time, Xiao Wu caught a pheasant at the age of 5, and his grandfather helped him kill it, and he took the chicken leg and put it on the fire to roast." Roasted black, wrapped in leaves, sneaking to the bridge and running away, sent to Jiaojiao, now think about it is quite fun. If you're a 5-year-old, you know how to give something to a 4-year-old girl. , Xiao Wu, did you know that this was your daughter-in-law at that time? ”

Zhang Guoqing was very helpless in the face of everyone's jokes. This topic deviated too far, and I didn't look at the four old people who were laughing and watching, and they couldn't even close their mouths.

He stiffly changed the subject, "Brothers, how about we go to Xiaoxi in advance the day after tomorrow?" There are wild deer and goats there, and if you are lucky, you can sell a few more or keep them for the New Year. ”

Zhang Qingfeng nodded excitedly when he heard this, "I really have to go there first, there are a lot of people in these three villages, all of them are scattered, and it is estimated that those wild things are scared into the mountains." We haven't had anything to do these days. Little Five counts me as one. ”

"I'll go too, go early the day after tomorrow, and come back early."

"I'm going with you, I'm short of meat, and I'll take the guy with me the day after tomorrow."

"Needless to say, you're all gone, and I'm sure to follow. By the way, see if there are any good herbs. ”

Zhang Qingshan, as the boss, saw that everyone wanted to go, and when they finished speaking, he proposed, "We will gather at the second uncle's place at 6 o'clock the day after tomorrow and come back close to dark, so as not to be conspicuous." Don't talk about it to outsiders. Prepare more dry food, bring a small pot over, and you prepare a small pot for Xiao Wu. We have seven brothers here, and the remaining brothers in the family will go together the day after tomorrow. The impact of too many people on leave in our three families is not good, and you can also tell me by the way, it is not good to go if there are too many people. This matter is settled, is there anything to add? ”

Zhang Guofu thought about it and shook his head, "I see that the eldest brother has been arranged, there is nothing to add, just let my mother prepare more dry food." ”

Zhang Qingfeng and Zhang Qingyan both shook their heads and said that they had nothing to add.