"Erwa, I heard that you shot a wild boar in the mountains?"
A tall and thin man in his twenties stopped Li Shiqiang with a cigarette in his hand.
Li Shiqiang was stunned and quickly greeted: "Brother Chen Dong, why are you here?"
In every village, there are a few old hunters anyway, and Brother Chen Dong in front of him is the son of one of the old hunters in their Jinsha Village.
"I heard that you have become more capable recently. Not only did you kill a yellow tiger, but you also built a house on top of the house. Today you also killed a few wild boars in the mountains. What do you say? Why don't you go into the mountains with me tomorrow to have a look? ?" Brother Chen Dong shook the cigarette ashes on his hand and said with a somewhat contented tone.
As mentioned before, there are several old hunters in every village.
These hunters are also familiar with each other, and they act together every time they go into the mountains.
As the saying goes, it's an encirclement.
There is division of labor and organization, and the prey is divided according to their respective contributions each time.
Jinsha Village is a village with the surname Chen, and the old hunters in the village are basically hunters with the surname Chen.
Brother Chen Dong's words were equivalent to inviting Li Shiqiang to join the hunting gang in this village.
After all, the previous fight against the yellow tiger still earned Li Shiqiang a lot of fame.
Li Shiqiang was about to speak when Xu Sheng, who had been watching for a long time, slapped him on the shoulder and said, "Second son, why are you still standing there? With Mr. Chen taking us, we can fight whatever we want, right?" ?”
Mr. Chen Sanye is Brother Chen Dong’s father, and he can be regarded as the most powerful hunter in the village.
It is said that twenty years ago, Li Shiqiang was not even born.
Mr. Chen Sanye came back from the mountain alone and shot a tiger.
That battle was so exciting.
The commune also specially awarded certificates and bonuses.
The hanging-eyed tiger was even carried around the village several times, allowing everyone in the village to see it.
Even Li Shiqiang's old man and mother had seen it with their own eyes.
When I was a kid, I told them several times about the appearance of the tiger.
Upon hearing that he could follow the legendary Mr. Chen into the mountains, Li Shiqiang quickly nodded to Brother Chen Dong and said, "Brother Dong, when will we come tomorrow?"
"Hahaha...."
Chen Dong laughed twice, waved his hands quickly and said, "No, no, no, you and I will go tomorrow, just the two of us, do you understand?"
After saying that, Chen Dong turned his head and glanced at Xu Sheng who was standing aside: "Sheng Wa, you should help Er Wa's family tomorrow. When we come back tomorrow, we will share the meat with you."
"Ah... this... I need it! I need it!" Xu Sheng nodded awkwardly and responded quickly.
Li Shiqiang didn't know what to say when he saw this.
After all, Brother Chen Dong is taking the lead this time, and everything has to go according to his orders.
"Then I'm leaving. Erwa, come to my house and call me tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Brother Dong."
After Chen Dong left, Li Shiqiang also comforted Xu Sheng: "It's okay. I'll take you into the mountains later. Come on, follow me into the house to get some meat."
Those wild boar meats will still be given to Xu Sheng as usual.
But Xu Sheng finally pushed back some.
"I'll just take a small half. Your family needs a lot of meat to build a house!"
After Xu Sheng left, Li Shiqiang found Chen Xianglan who was cooking and handed her the purse given by her grandmother.
"Mom, my grandparents called me to give this to you, saying it was to apologize to you."
After hearing this, Chen Xianglan's face suddenly froze, and she took the purse and opened it silently.
Seeing this, tears couldn't stop flowing from my eyes.
Li Shiqiang quickly put his arms around his mother's shoulders and comforted him: "Mom, why are you crying!"
"Mom is not crying, she was just smoked by cigarette smoke while cooking."
Chen Xianglan lowered her head and wiped her tears with her hands while her voice was choked.
Li Shiqiang hurriedly patted her shoulder and continued: "Mom, they are still your mother and old man, and they are also my grandpa and grandma. Although they have not been in contact with each other these years, they must have been thinking of you. of."
"It just so happens that our family is getting better and better, and they also realize that they were wrong. Next time, you can follow me to visit my grandparents. They are getting older and their health is getting worse. Today I call grandma. At that time, I shouted several times but she couldn’t hear me.”
"Woo... I want it! I want it!"
Hearing that her grandparents were getting worse and worse, Chen Xianglan's sobs became louder, and she quickly nodded in Li Shiqiang's arms and agreed.
After she wiped the tears on her face, she raised her head, looked at Li Shiqiang with tears and joy, and said, "My dear, it's because you found so much money for the house that your grandparents knew about it. They are wrong. You are really a good son of Mom. Finally, Mom didn’t raise you so big in vain!”
Seeing his mother so pleased with him, Li Shiqiang couldn't help but smile and said, "Mom, isn't this what I should do? Hurry up and get the food ready, it's time to get off work outside."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Chen Xianglan wiped the tears on her face again and started cooking happily.
That night, whether she was cooking or eating, her mother Chen Xianglan always had a smile on her face, which made her family think she was out picking up money.
When he was resting in the evening, Li Nongchang finally asked: "What's wrong with you today? Why are you so happy? When the third child saw you smiling so happily, they thought there was another happy event in our house."
"What's a happy event but not a happy one!"
Chen Xianglan rolled her eyes at him, quickly lit the kerosene lamp, took out the money in her wallet and started counting.
"Where did you get so much money? Didn't our family's money go to buying materials and construction costs?"
Li Nongchang on the side saw such a thick wad of banknotes and quickly sat up from the bed.
Chen Xianglan smiled cheerfully and said while counting the money: "Today the second baby went to my mother and the old man to deliver meat. They asked the second baby to give this to me."
"A total of one hundred and twenty-three dollars, eighty-six cents!"
"That's quite a lot!"
Chen Xianglan smiled and handed the wad of banknotes to Li Nongchang and said, "Here, use it to build a house. My family has made up for your dowry."
"Ah!"
Li Nongchang, who was sitting on the bed, waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Just take what your mother gave you, the old man. There is no dowry. After so many years, who can still count this? And this More than a hundred dollars, it’s probably your mother’s coffin book, and only you can spend it.”
"Coffin book?"
Chen Xianglan looked shocked, quickly stuffed the money into her purse and blew out the kerosene lamp.
"Forget it, let's leave the money to them. I'll return the money to them in two days.
Anyway, the money to build a house is pretty much the same, and you and Erwa are not short of money either. "
Li Nongchang said cheerfully: "Okay, you have the final say. You are the one who calls the shots in our family anyway!"
