There are three or four hunters in Dahe Village who make a living by hunting in the mountains.
There are wild wolves, jackals, and leopards on the mountain. Some pheasants and rabbits are the meals of these large beasts. It is not easy for hunters to survive.
The most diligent one is Hunter Zhao, who can hunt a wild deer, a wild roe deer, etc. every now and then. Some people in the village are hungry for meat and will go to Hunter Zhao’s house to buy some to satisfy their craving.
As soon as Zhao Ergou finished his lunch, he went to Zhao Orion's house to buy game.
However, he was still late. Hunter Zhao was unlucky today. He only hunted one pheasant, which was bought by Li Zheng.
"Uncle Li Zheng said that guests are coming to the house and he wants to buy a pheasant to entertain." Hunter Zhao said sheepishly, "If there is any prey tomorrow, I will keep it for you."
Zhao Ergou asked directly: "How much does it cost per pound to collect wild game in the town?"
Zhao Orion sighed: "When there was no food before, it could be sold for twenty cents. Now the county magistrate has issued a price decree. A pound of game can only be sold for fifteen cents. It has to be packed and sent away, otherwise the people in the town Not even a restaurant."
A wild roe deer weighing more than twenty kilograms was cleaned up, the fur and internal organs were removed, and the blood was bled. Only a dozen kilograms were left. No wonder Hunter Zhao sighed.
Zhao Ergou thought about it and said, "Then please clean it up for me, but I have to keep the offal. The meat is fifteen cents, and the offal is ten cents. How about that?"
Zhao Orion said hurriedly: "I'll give you the offal, no money required."
He always keeps this food for himself or gives it to his next door neighbor. Speaking of which, the offal of wild roe deer and wild deer is more difficult to clean than pig offal. The earthy smell is also stronger, and it is difficult to eat even if it is cooked in different ways. After all, if the pig intestines are fried with more dogwood, it can be used as a good dish.
This food tastes so bad, he definitely can't charge for it.
"I have to ask my uncle to clean the internal organs, and I have to pay for them." Zhao Ergou turned around and walked out, "I'll come back tomorrow to pick up the goods."
Looking at his back, Hunter Zhao didn't know what to say. With this kid here to collect game, he wouldn't have to run to town every now and then, and he wouldn't have to look at the faces of the restaurant chefs. The price is actually He can be suppressed, he is really an honest child.
Then he would leave some of the furs of these beasts for Zhao Ergou, which would be considered a return of favor.
After Zhao Ergou returned home, he helped Cheng Wanwan clean up the wild roe deer. This roe deer was hunted by four wolf dogs together. Xiaodian contributed the most, and the other three little ones also contributed a part.
Cheng Wanwan cut off a roe deer leg with a knife and took it out to Aunt Wang.
Aunt Wang was watering the vegetables in the yard. When she saw her coming in with a roe deer leg, she was startled: "Da Shan Niang, what's going on?"
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said: "Your family Wangcai brought back a wild roe deer with Xiaodian and the others. It weighed twenty-five kilograms. Xiaodian accounted for ten kilograms, and the three small ones each accounted for five kilograms. The legs of this roe deer should be It weighs about four or five pounds."
"That's no good!" Aunt Wang took a step back with the bucket, "Wangcai is just a joke. It has no ability to catch wild roe deer. You even gave me a leg. Isn't this deliberately burying me?" "
"Wangcai really worked hard and helped drag it back." Cheng Wanwan cut off half of the roe deer's legs with a knife, "Then let's take two pounds. If you don't accept it, I won't let Wangcai follow you in the future. Xiaodian went out and ran around blindly."
Aunt Wang then wiped her hands, took the two kilograms of roe deer meat, and said with a smile: "Dad Loach brought back two dumplings at noon. Each of the four children ate half a mouthful, which was not enough. It's ready now. Wait a minute." Let Barley go dig shepherd's purse in the mountains, and eat roe deer meat and shepherd's purse dumplings at night."
The two stood at the door talking, and after finishing talking, they were about to separate and go about their work. At this time, a sound of wailing suddenly came from the other side of the village.
Aunt Wang was a level 10 melon-eating expert. When she heard the cry, she threw the meat into Barley's arms. She pulled Cheng Wanwan and ran to the other side of the village. As she ran, she said, "It seems like Widow Zhang is crying. I don’t know what they are doing again, let’s go and have a look.”
Cheng Wanwan quickly threw the kitchen knife in his hand into his yard and followed it to the field in the middle of the village.
There are already a lot of people gathered there on three floors inside and three outside.
Aunt Wang dragged Cheng Wanwan into the crowd.
In the middle, Widow Zhang was kneeling on the ground, hugging a woman's thigh, crying loudly: "I won't go... I won't go see the doctor... Please, aunt..."
Widow Zhang's surname is Zhang, and her husband's family name is Xu. There are about seven or eight families with the surname Xu in Dahe Village. Widow Zhang's parents-in-law died early, and she only has one son, her husband. Her husband also died a few years ago, and she, a widow and three children, inherits She had more than 20 acres of land that her parents-in-law had worked hard to save for decades. There was a lot of fields, but the family had a small labor force. She relied on her face to fool the men in the village to help with the work. Many women in the village hated Widow Zhang.
If it was said that they were secretly annoying before, then after the incident between Widow Zhang and Zhao Fugui came out, everyone was openly disgusted, and some people even rebuked Widow Zhang for being shameless in person.
The woman that Widow Zhang was holding at this time was the sister-in-law of Widow Zhang's mother-in-law and the eldest daughter-in-law of the head of the Xu family in Dahe Village.
Aunt Xu took Widow Zhang's hand and smiled softly: "When you are sick, you have to see a doctor. I, the aunt, will pay for the consultation. Why don't you want to? Get up and go!" "
"I won't go, I'm not sick!" Widow Zhang knelt on the ground and refused to move, "Auntie, I just want to go back and have a nap. Please let me go, let me go!"
Aunt Xu sneered: "Do you really think that if I don't tell you, everyone won't know what's going on?"
The people in the village were talking about it.
Aunt Wang pulled Cheng Wanwan and whispered: "During the autumn harvest, I heard people say that Widow Zhang was pregnant. I thought it was impossible and didn't take it seriously. From the looks of it, it must be true... ...The widow is pregnant, ah, she can do such a shameless thing! In the past, she would have been immersed in a pond and a pig cage. She knew that the court prohibited private executions in the village, so she dared to get pregnant."
People around him kept talking.
"She got pregnant during the autumn harvest. If she wanted to show off, she should have aborted the child as soon as possible. She has kept the bastard until now."
"You said it lightly. If the child is spanked incorrectly, he will easily bleed. If he dies, her three children will be motherless."
"I think she is pregnant with a bastard. I'm afraid she wants to force Zhao Fugui to marry her. A widow is helpless. Zhao Fugui is a man after all. He can give her some support."
All kinds of remarks poured into Widow Zhang's ears, and her face turned pale.
Aunt Xu sneered: "The widow is pregnant. This is a slap in the face of our Xu family. Mrs. Zhang, you were on our Xu family tree in the first place. If you do such a shameless thing, the Xu family will not be able to keep you." You, the Xu family’s ancestral property should be returned to its original owner!”
Widow Zhang's eyes widened: "You are doing this just to swallow up the more than 20 acres of land left by my parents-in-law, right?"
"Ever since you hooked up with Zhao Fugui, you no longer deserve to be called eldest brother, sister-in-law, in-laws. Previously, the patriarch was thinking of you giving birth to children for the Xu family, so the patriarch just turned a blind eye. Who would have thought that you would actually be pregnant? Bastard!" Aunt Xu said righteously, "Do you want to follow me to find a doctor to prove your innocence now, or do you want to go to the Xu family ancestral hall to plead guilty?"
