hunting in 1986

Chapter 36 36 Lamb
The sunshine in the autumn afternoon is no longer so blazing, everything is bleak, and pieces of yellow leaves are swirling and falling.

Seeing Wang Yuan pushing his bicycle into the yard, Ms. Wang, who was doing needlework, came out to welcome her. She felt distressed when she saw her tired son:
"Haven't you had lunch yet? It just so happens that the pot is still warming your meal."

"Oh, good, I also bought cooked mutton back."

Hearing Wang Yuan said that he had bought cooked mutton, the little girl immediately ran over on short legs and stood beside him with a smile all over her face.

"Xiaodie, what do you want to do? You must have had lunch."

"Have you eaten?" The little girl pretended to be stupid: "I forgot, anyway, I am very hungry now."

A Kang table was placed on the kang in the house, and Wang Yuan sat cross-legged beside him. The food consisted of pancakes, fried potato chips and fried tomatoes.

The tomatoes here are also green when they are ripe. The local name is "thieves don't steal", which means that thieves don't know that the tomatoes are ripe so they won't steal them.

Wang Yuan thought—the thief must not be a local thief, otherwise he must know about this kind of tomato.

He bought a few catties of cooked mutton, and planned to give a few catties to the old man Tou Man's house, thanking him for taking him into the mountains, otherwise he would not be able to get two big ginseng.

The remaining few catties of mutton can be eaten at home.

The little girl was eating a piece of mutton, two dimples appeared on her fleshy face: "It's so delicious~"

Wang Yuan laughed instantly, and then took a big mouthful of dry rice, a mouthful of pancakes and delicious mutton, and the rough pancakes seemed not so unpalatable in an instant.

"Mom, don't we still have white flour and rice at home? You don't have to eat such rough pancakes anymore."

"How can you eat white noodles and rice all the time? Then you have to save them for later or during festivals."

"Buy after eating."

"Buy, buy, buy... How much is it? Hurry up and marry you a wife, and then you will live on your own. Then you will know how difficult life is."

After eating nearly a catty of mutton for a meal, he burped full of the smell of mutton, and went out with more than 3 catties of mutton.

Mother Wang felt that there was no need to send mutton to Uncle Man.

It's better to keep this kind of good stuff at home. After all, when I found a four-leaf tree, Uncle Man kept most of the money for himself.

But since Wang Yuan is willing to give it away, she will not object too much. She has a soft personality and has never been in charge of the family. She either relies on her husband or her son.

When I came to Uncle Man's house, Uncle Man was alone at home, and Grandma Man hadn't come back from her girl's house yet.

Uncle Man smoked a pipe and accepted the mutton with a smile: "Xiao Yuan, are you in a hurry? Don't worry, I will definitely introduce you to a beautiful girl. If you are a little bit rough, I won't be able to pass this test."

"Ahem, Man, you misunderstood. The reason why I brought you a few catties of mutton is to thank you for taking me into the mountains to find ginseng."

Wang Yuan blushed in an instant. What Uncle Man said, he seemed to miss a woman very much, well, he really did.

"I understand, I understand, um~ this mutton is delicious." Uncle Man opened the paper bag, squeezed a piece of mutton into his mouth, and chewed, not forgetting to lick his fingers.

He obviously didn't believe Wang Yuan's words, so what was there to be grateful for with Yashan?

Uncle Man stopped teasing Wang Yuan, and changed the subject: "I saw Wang Shuai in the morning, and I felt that the kid was a little out of order, as if he was in trouble, no matter who he looked at, his eyes were dark."

"Huh? Why?"

"I don't know, anyway, you are a little wary when you see him... By the way, your grandma Man should be back today."

Wang Yuan didn't stay any longer, he took his leave and walked outside. Uncle Man took him to the door of the house with a big cigarette bag and his shoes.

After leaving Uncle Man's house, Wang Yuan went directly to Uncle Man's house.

The third aunt was fidgeting and walking up and down the house. She was waiting for Wang Yuan, and she was very happy to see him enter the house. She poured water and fetched pine nuts for him.

Inside the house are Wang Yuan, the third aunt and the third uncle.

Under the watchful eyes of the couple, Wang Yuan directly took out 4 pieces of big unity: "Uncle, Auntie, that roe deer leg sold for 40 yuan, and it's all here."

"40 yuan!? Didn't you say 10 yuan?"

The third aunt looked at the four pictures of great unity, and instantly felt a sense of unreality.

"I said it could be sold for at least 10 yuan, but I didn't say it would be 10 yuan." Sitting on the edge of the kang, Wang Yuan peeled the pine nuts and ate them.

The pine nuts of old pine trees are very delicious, and the more you chew, the more fragrant they become.

"It's really thanks to you, Xiaoyuan. We can't ask for all the 40 yuan, half of it for the family."

The third uncle's expression was very unnatural. He had just quarreled with the third aunt and felt that a roe deer leg should not be sold.

If the last roe deer leg was given to the cousin's family, the sister-in-law, Aunt Hong, would not be so angry.

now-

The third uncle's thoughts have completely changed. He didn't expect a roe deer leg to be so valuable!

He wanted to give Wang Yuan 20 yuan, but Wang Yuan still refused. The financial situation of the third uncle's family is also very poor.

The third uncle's family had helped his family a lot before, such as lending money to his family, paying his elder brother's tuition, helping his family with food, helping with some farm work, and so on.

Although the third uncle and his father are brothers, he feels that the third uncle is not obliged to help his family, but since he helps, there is a kindness in it.

He didn't want to accept this kindness frankly and not give the other party something in return.

Brothers may not always get along well. He has also seen a lot of news in later generations. There are too many brothers fighting, using knives, throwing gasoline, and even going to court.

So he felt that his father was injured, which was unfortunate; but he also had two brothers who got along very well, which seemed to be lucky.

Life seems to be a mixture of luck and misfortune. No one's life is completely lucky, and no one's life is completely unfortunate.

Leaving from the third uncle's house, Wang Yuan was thinking about selling ginseng tomorrow while walking home.

"The state-run store can give up to 2800 yuan, which is the price of the planned economy. If it is sold to private individuals, it is the price of the market economy. It must be much higher, right?

For wood, wine, roe deer meat and many other things, the prices in the market economy are higher than those in the planned economy. "

Wang Yuan was thinking about something, and he didn't wake up until he was about to bump into someone. When he looked up, he found that it was Grandma Man.

"What's the matter with you kid? I haven't heard you after calling you eight hundred times. Are you out of luck?"

"No, I was too involved in thinking about things just now." Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Grandma Man, when did you come back? I didn't see you when I went to your house just now."

"Just arrived home, and came here without even bothering to drink. I feel that you are in a hurry to marry a wife."

"I'm really not in a hurry. Sending mutton is just...wait a minute, you just said that I "also" got into trouble? Who else got into trouble?"

"Wang Shuai, that child is like a lost soul."

Grandma Man followed Wang Yuan into the house. Father Wang came back with a branch and poured water for Grandma Man, while Mother Wang brought fruit.

"Don't worry about it, you're not an outsider." Grandma Man lit up her cigarette pouch, took two puffs, and said, "I've made an agreement with the girl, we will go on a blind date tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)