Chapter 7: The Father and the Son
No matter what other people's dreams are, anyway, my dream of becoming an absolute powerhouse is now unshakable, and the fundamental difference between me and Brother Rundong, these mountain children, is that I was already an adult after all, so in addition to dreaming, I will also put my dream into action now, and I am continuing to practice hard and fight hard.
"Bang!bang!bang......"
The sound of me chopping wood while practicing can be heard in my home.
While I was training hard, I suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the mountain behind me, and the voice shouted in an extremely joyful tone: "Ling Feng, see what did Dad call you?"
This is Dad's voice, he went up the mountain three days ago, and came back today, it should be the prey, in fact, for hunters, sometimes go into the mountain for four or five days at a time, and sometimes even go into the mountain for half a month, after all, the prey is not easy to fight now, sometimes the mountain is empty for half a month, and today Dad only came back after three days on the mountain, and he must have come back after some harvest.
"Meat again!"
The children in the mountains are also real now, full of food and clothing, this is the big plan, I threw the firewood knife to the ground, scattered my legs and ran to the back mountain, far away, I saw my father sweating profusely carrying a huge animal walked back, the animal on his back is a yellow back and white belly, the skin on the back has a lot of green and gold spots, and this animal has a very exaggerated branch-like giant horn, this is actually a Miyu deer!
"Dad, you're so great!" I jumped up with joy.
Of course happy, this deer is very difficult to catch, I have lived in this village for more than a year, this is the second time I have seen someone catch this kind of deer, and more importantly, it has a lot of meat, enough for our family to eat for half a month, poor children, so it is normal to always consider eating, and this is not only to solve the problem of food and clothing, it is said that this deer belongs to the second-order demonic beast, eating its flesh is also good for cultivation, so it must be eaten, I can't wait to go up and take a bite now.
"Hehe, today's luck is really good, this guy ran out of the forest for some reason, and ran around like he was dizzy, just hit the place where I was hiding, let me sneak attack and kill it, if it is usual, no one will want to catch it. Hahaha!" Dad was still immersed in the great joy of capturing the Miyu Hummer, and kept saying aloud.
Hearing his father's laughter, neighbors from afar came out to watch.
"Ling's family, I won the jackpot today!"
"What a big deer! It's almost as big as a cow!"
"It's really good luck! This deer is going to run, and even the fighters can't catch up, so you actually hit it. β
"This is an adult deer, this time the Ling family can eat and drink without worrying about it for a year!"
"Brother Ling, I have a treat today. β
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The life of a hunter is like this, usually more often is to catch a hare to feed the family, maybe there is no big harvest for a few years up the mountain, after all, large animals are difficult to catch, but occasionally a big harvest can make their family rich for a year or two, so if a family occasionally has a harvest, it will be envied by the neighbors.
"No problem! Everyone came to our house tonight to drink deer head soup, and everyone was happy. Dad didn't feel tired carrying the huge deer, and responded to everyone with a joyful voice.
Deer head soup, I have drunk this before, that is, the last time a hunter hit the Miyu deer, I also went to that house, and for the first time I ate something more delicious than the legs of the demon rabbit. This seems to be the customary rule of the hunters in the mountains, the family has a big harvest, everyone comes to share a bowl of soup to drink, which is already a bowl of delicious for the poor family, so my father invited everyone to drink the soup.
"Haha, everyone has broth to drink tonight!"
I heard that there was deer head soup to drink, everyone smiled, this is also a major event in the village, everyone happily discussed, just waiting to come to my house in the evening to be happy.
At this moment, my mother also got the news of my father's return from hunting, and ran back with joy on her face to help my father carry the big deer home.
When they arrived at home, the family happily began to skin and shave the deer.
"Dad, this deer is a second-level demonic beast, why doesn't it have a magic core?" I asked anxiously on the side, seeing that my father had shaved off the deer's head, but he didn't find the magic core, which made me feel a little disappointed.
"Demon cores are only available on very few magic beasts, which is very rare, and if magic cores were so common, their price would not be so expensive. My father explained with a smile on his hands.
My mother was peeling the deer, her face was full of joy, and she smiled and said to my father: "In charge, keep this deer skin, and when Ling Feng goes to school in the future, I will give him the school expenses." β
"That's what I thought, too. Father said with a happy smile.
Deer skins and antlers are very valuable, and the neighbors around me say that my family does not have to worry about eating and drinking for a year, which means that these things can be sold for a lot of money.
At the end of the work, my father said to my mother again: "it, I plan it this way, we still owe three pounds of cereal flour to Runyuan's family, and during this time, Rundong and Mrs. Run's family have also helped our family, today we have a big harvest, we simply send a deer hind leg to Runyuan's family, so as to not only pay off the debt, but also repay Mrs. Run's and Rundong's favor." β
"Cheng, I listen to you. Of course, my mother agreed, but at the beginning, people gave me charcoal when they needed food the most, so how much favor they have now is not much.
"Dad, I'm going with you, I'm going to see Brother Rundong. "I also like to join in the excitement, and I have been here for so long, and I have not been to Runyuanwai's house, so I just took this opportunity to go over and have a look today.
"Good. β
My father smiled and nodded, cut off a deer's hind foot, and led me to Brother Rundong's house.
Runyuanwai's family is at the west end of the village, close to the side of the farmland, because there are many fields in Runyuanwai's family, and it is convenient for them to take care of the farmland.
It is said that Runyuan Wai used to be a farmer, but he was shrewd, so after several years of accumulation and management, the family not only has more than 20 acres of land, but also raised four cows, seven or eight pigs, poultry and a small mill at home, in the village This is the richest family in addition to the village chief, so the people in the village, occasionally when the turnover is not open, will go to Runyuanwai's house to borrow some food, drink and money, but, this Runren is not lent to everyone in vain, he will charge interest, it is said that the interest is not low, so everyone will think that he is too shrewd and very meanγ In fact, the people in the village do not have a good impression of Runyuanwai, mainly because his interest rate is too high, but because Mrs. Rundong and Rundong often give everyone some care, everyone also maintains polite exchanges with Runyuanwai.
In the distance, I saw four tall and spacious houses at the head of the village, which were naturally much more magnificent than our house.
Runren is usually not enthusiastic, so few people usually come to their house as guests, and if they don't borrow or return things, they rarely walk into this door.
Today we are here to pay off the debts we owed before, to pay off a deer thigh, so it is reasonable to come.
My father and I walked quickly to the door of Runyuanwai's house, but before my father could knock on the door, we heard a very stern shouting from a person in the courtyard of Runyuanwai's house: "You are still reading! If you don't feed the pigs, you know how to read, can you eat enough to eat by reading?"
- "I've already fed the pigs!"
"Feed! There's no fodder in that pig's dregs again, can't you see it? You can't do it well if you are asked to do such a little thing, this pig is getting thinner and thinner, and soon this pig is going to be sold on the market, can it still be sold for a good price? Go and feed the pigs!"
- "Oh!"
"Can't you put the book down? Holding the book, it looks like a worker!"
- "Oh!"
Standing outside the door, my father and I glanced at each other, and when we heard the voice inside, we knew that it was Runren scolding Brother Rundong outside.
If we go in now, it will definitely make Brother Rundong very embarrassed. Yes, no matter who makes my father scold, I don't want to be seen by others, but fortunately, after the scolding just now, the courtyard calmed down again, it seems that Brother Rundong, as usual, calmly accepted the discipline outside Runren, this situation between the son and the father is a common thing, and the way people in the mountains express it is even more direct.
Dad thought about it, didn't knock on the door in a hurry, waited for a while, and after seeing that the courtyard was calm, he took two steps back and shouted loudly outside the courtyard far away from the courtyard wall: "Are you at home outside the courtyard?"
Seeing my dad do this, I immediately understood what my dad meant, and he shouted out, hoping to let the people in the yard know that outsiders were coming, so that the family would naturally behave relatively politely, so that the host and guests would not feel embarrassed.
However, the staff in the courtyard seemed to be still angry, and after he heard his father's shout, the door didn't open, so he shouted in the courtyard: "Ling Qiang, you are here to borrow cereal flour again, right? The cereal flour borrowed last time has not been paid off, so I won't borrow it this time!"
looked at me, my father looked embarrassed, it seems that he is a poor man who can't turn over in the eyes of Runyuanwai, but my dad has a good temper, and the people in the mountains are simple, he didn't argue anything, he directly stepped forward and pushed the door open, entered the yard, and said to Runyuanwai with the big deer leg: "This time it's not to borrow something, it's to return something, today I went up the mountain and had good luck, I hit a deer, I thought about borrowing the grain flour from Runyuanwai's family for too long, so I used this deer leg to pay off the previous debt." β
This deer leg is thicker than a cow's leg, and he really rolled his eyes when he saw Runyuanwai, obviously he was very embarrassed by what he said just now, and the price of this deer leg can be worth a hundred pounds of grain flour, so Runyuanwai was embarrassed and entangled there. In fact, Runren is not vicious, not insatiable, just shrewd and mean, and suddenly someone wants to give him a big deer leg, which makes him feel a lot of pressure, and his face is also a little feverish.
At this time, Brother Rundong, who was feeding the pigs, saw us coming, and immediately quickly added the forage to the pig trough, and then turned around and came to us with a smile, obviously he also thought that he should come to greet us like a master, and said with a smile: "Uncle Ling, Ling Feng, you are here." β
"Well, Young Master Run. β
"Brother Rundong. "My father and I greeted Brother Rundong.
However, when Runren saw that Brother Rundong was not going to feed the pigs, and he was struggling with what he had just said, he was embarrassed, and he became angry when he saw that Brother Rundong was not going to work, so he immediately sprinkled his anger on Rundong, ignoring our presence, he immediately yelled at Brother Rundong: "You still don't go to feed the pigs, why are you here to make a scene?"