Early the next morning, at dawn, Tang Xingde arrived at the door of Tang Jiancheng's house.
"It's completed, are you up yet?"
Tang Xingde stood under the window and deliberately lowered his voice and shouted.
Tang Jiancheng had gotten up early and was tying his legs. The snow had melted in many places, but there was still a lot of snow in the mountains. He tied his trousers to facilitate walking and running.
Hearing the noise outside, he took a woodcutter and stuck it in his waist, and was ready to go out.
"It's completed. Xiaojiu is one month old today. Remember to come back early." Liu Fangfang warned.
"knew."
Tang Jiancheng went out.
"Jian Jiancheng, where are we going to hunt today?" Tang Xingde asked on the way.
"Brother Xingde, you are an old hunter, you can make the decision."
"Jian Jiancheng, you are mocking me! It's true that I am an old hunter, but my ability to find prey is far behind you. Last time you said you wanted to go to Dachun Mountain, I stopped you, but in the end, you found it there. There’s a large group of wild boars, if it weren’t for the lack of ammunition, you probably could have hunted more wild boars!”
"That's all my luck. I heard what others said when I was drinking Mengjiu in the countryside. Recently, I have been busy taking care of my children every day. It has been a long time since I went to drink Mengjiu. I really don't know where the prey is."
Seeing how sincerely Tang Jiancheng said it, Tang Xingde couldn't help but frown, "That's it... Then why don't we go to Dachun Mountain to give it a try today?"
Tang Jiancheng smiled and said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want."
The two soon arrived at Dachun Mountain.
As expected, there was still thick snow here. After the two entered the mountains, they began to look for traces of prey everywhere.
First, we went to the valley where we saw wild boars before. It was still green as spring, but there were no traces of wild boars. However, there were still some small animals, such as pheasants and hares.
Tang Jiancheng was about to fight, but was stopped by Tang Xingde.
"Don't shoot. It's no fun to shoot these little animals. If you want to shoot, just shoot the wild boar! Or the bison!"
Tang Jiancheng glanced at Tang Xingde.
Has this guy's appetite been enlarged by his last feeding?
You actually look down on pheasants and hares?
However, Tang Jiancheng didn't say anything.
A few hours later, the two found some wild boar footprints, but they couldn't find the wild boar, and they couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
"Brother Xingde, why don't we stop hunting wild boars and just shoot whatever we see, otherwise, this day will be in vain." Tang Jiancheng advised.
"Hey, okay...let's do it!"
Tang Xingde also compromised.
However, he had a problem with Tang Jiancheng in his heart. He felt that the reason why the wild boar was not found this time was because Tang Jiancheng was hiding something.
In the following time, the two continued to search for prey in Dachun Mountain.
After being able to fire at will, Tang Jiancheng once again showed his superb shooting skills. In just half an hour, he shot three hares, two pheasants, and a beautiful white fox.
This was a very good harvest, but Tang Xingde was not happy, and his face remained gloomy.
Tang Jiancheng ignored him and continued to look for prey.
When it was getting dark, the two finally found a nest of wild boars. However, because Tang Jiancheng had fired a shot before, the nest of wild boars had been alerted, so when they found it, they only saw them flying. A running shadow.
"Hurry up!"
Tang Xingde shouted.
Tang Jiancheng did not chase him, but said, "It's getting dark. We have to go home. Otherwise, it will be very unsafe on the road."
"Jian Jiancheng, did you do this on purpose?" Tang Xingde finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked.
"Brother Xingde, what do you mean?" Tang Jiancheng asked.
"You clearly knew that there were wild boars here, why didn't you come here in advance to hunt them? Did you deliberately not want to take me to make a fortune with you? Jiancheng, are you being unreasonable? After I got the ammunition, I went to find you as soon as possible. You treat me like this, how did I offend you?"
Tang Xingde became more and more excited.
Tang Jiancheng didn't speak, just stared at him.
"What are you looking at me for, aren't you? Tang Jiancheng, don't forget, last time, if it weren't for my blunderbuss, you could have killed so many wild boars? Can you steal the show? Don't be ungrateful!" Tang Xingde roared.
Tang Jiancheng said calmly: "You are the one who is ungrateful, right? If it weren't for me, your whole family would be dead!"
This sentence suddenly calmed down Tang Xingde.
Indeed, if Tang Jiancheng hadn't taken away his sons in time on the day of the snowstorm, his whole family would have been crushed to death by the house.
Tang Jiancheng scolded: "You have to tell your conscience that you came to me to hunt. Do you really just want to hunt with me? Do you want to use my luck and skills to make money for you? You have evil intentions. In the end, I will be blamed, Tang Xingde, you are such a fucking talent!"
After saying that, Tang Jiancheng picked up half of the prey, turned around and strode away.
Tang Xingde froze in place for a long time, and finally picked up the remaining half of the prey angrily and limped back to the village.
It didn't take long for the village to know that Tang Xingde and Tang Jiancheng had fallen out.
Some people accused Tang Jiancheng of being unreasonable and should not have left a disabled person in the mountains. What if he was in danger? But most of them accuse Tang Xingde of being ungrateful and greedy for profit!
Tang Jiancheng ignored these rumors.
Justice is in the heart!
Although there are many irresponsible remarks in rural areas, they can never explain a single word of truth!
"Didn't I ask you to come back earlier? Why did you come back at this time?"
As soon as she entered the house, Liu Fangfang complained, but then she said softly, "Go and wash your hands and face quickly, and go by the brazier to get rid of the cold. I've already boiled the mugwort water and boiled the eggs. I'm just waiting." Come back and give Xiaojiu a fetal bath together."
"OK."
Tang Jiancheng washed his hands and face, and sat by the fire for a while. After he felt that his whole body was warm, he came to the room and saw the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister... all the way to the eighth sister. .
Everyone gathered around the basin, smiling and looking at Xiao Jiu who was stripped naked.
Xiao Jiu was also awake. He was made to giggle by his sisters, and was having a great time moving around with his hands and feet.
Liu Fangfang held her head and neck with one hand, and washed her body with mugwort water with the other hand.
This time, I washed a little longer and more carefully.
Tang Jiancheng also stretched out his hand to wash Xiaojiu's lotus-root-like calves and hands.
It’s time to roll the eggs.
All the children thought it was fun and wanted to have a go at it. Liu Fangfang, who was rare, actually agreed.
"Haha, so fun!"
"Xiaojiu, do you feel comfortable rolling the eggs?"
"Mom, turn Xiaojiu over and I'll roll it on her butt."
Several children played for a while, but they were still not satisfied. Suddenly they took the rolled eggs and rolled them on their faces or hands.
"Since you like playing so much, let's all take a bath with mugwort water tonight!"
When Liu Fangfang said it, the children all agreed.
Xiao Ba stared at the egg that had been rolled over but was still white and clean. He swallowed his saliva. In the end, he couldn't hold it back. He grabbed the egg and put it into his mouth.
"Idiot! This egg is poisonous after being rolled over, so you can't eat it!"
Fortunately, Xiao Qi discovered it in time and knocked the egg out of Xiao Ba's hand.
