Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 15
After having dinner and resting for a while, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening. At this time, Zhao Decai's family of three opened the door and walked in. When Wang Xiufen saw it, she quickly got off the kang and greeted them. She took Li Cuihua and sat on the head of the kang, while Zhao Decai and Zhao Chunming Then sit on the kang.

Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan also said hello and said hello.
Zhang Tiejun sat up on the kang and asked with a smile: "Brother, what's wrong? What's the matter?"

Zhao Decai was a little confused when he heard this, and asked Zhang Tiejun: "Brother, didn't you say you had something to do with us and asked us to come over?"

Hearing this, the two people looked at each other and saw that each other was confused. Zhao Decai turned to look at Zhao Chunming: "Didn't you say that your uncle has something to do with us? Are you tight-lipped again?"

After hearing this, Zhao Chunming quickly got down from the kang and said to Zhao Decai: "There is something wrong. It is my second brother who wants to talk to us."

After saying that, he quickly ran to the west room and asked Zhang Peng to come over. Zhang Peng actually heard them when they entered the room, but he was dividing glutinous rice sticks and candy balls at that time and did not go out immediately, waiting for Zhao Chunming to run into the west room. , Zhang Peng just finished dividing it.

"Don't worry, take these glutinous rice sticks and candy balls with you when you go back later. Each of our families will get half of them," Zhang Peng said and handed them to Zhao Chunming.

"Second brother, you don't need so much, just take less." Zhao Chunming said to Zhang Peng without taking it.
"Don't be ink-stained. That's what our two families said. Come and get it later. Now let's go to the east room first." Zhang Peng said and put the things aside, carrying his satchel and arriving with Zhao Chunming one after another. East room.

The two families were chatting and chatting. When they saw them coming in, they all stopped in unison, wanting to see what Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming were up to.

Zhang Peng didn't waste any time. He stepped forward, opened his satchel, and poured the money inside onto the kang. When he saw the three large piles of unity and dozens of loose tickets poured out, the room was silent for a moment, as if he couldn't even breathe. It just stopped.

The first person to react was Zhang Tiejun. He thought the money came from something shady, so he yelled, "You little brat, where did you get so much money? Did you do something bad?"

"Son, where did you get it? Don't be stupid," Wang Xiufen said anxiously next to her.
Before Zhang Peng could speak, Zhao Chunming said anxiously: "Uncle, aunt, my brother didn't do anything bad. This is the money we paid for selling things today."

Hearing this, Zhao Decai also asked curiously: "What did you sell?"

"We sell mallets," Zhao Chunming said with a smile.

The two families looked at each other and Zhao Peng together, waiting for his explanation.

"Dad, Mom, Uncle Zhao, and Auntie, this money is indeed from selling mallets. Yesterday we were lucky. We found this mallet at Erdaokan, so we took it out. This morning we went to the state-owned store to sell it. Total We sold it for 200 yuan, and we bought some things for [-] yuan, and the rest is all here," Zhang Peng explained.
Hearing what Zhang Peng said, the two families were not only shocked but also confused. Zhang Tiejun asked in confusion: "How many leaves are you carrying?"

"The fifth-grade leaves are in very good condition, so the store charges them at a high price," Zhang Peng replied.

Hearing what Zhang Peng said, it should be true, and the two families were relieved. They just kept repeating that Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming were really lucky, and such good things could happen to them.

After being shocked and looking at the piles of unity on the kang, no one said anything, but Wang Xiufen said: "Son, since this is the money you two brought up to sell it, you two can discuss how to divide it. We won't "Meet in"

Then he added: "Don't hurt the friendship between your two brothers."

Zhang Peng looked at Wang Xiufen and then at the others. There was nothing strange in their eyes, they were very peaceful and natural.Zhang Peng suddenly felt that this era is really good. People's hearts today are still so kind, and the friendship between people is so simple and unpretentious. Unlike later generations, there is not so much utilitarianism and hostility.

"Okay, thank you, Mom," Zhang Peng said sincerely to Wang Xiufen
Then he turned to Zhao Chunming and said: "Chunming, second brother, you also know, let me tell you straight away, we brought this mallet together, so we should share the money equally."

Zhao Chunming was shocked after hearing this and said hurriedly: "Second brother, you found this mallet and you brought it out. I didn't even help, so how can it be divided in half?"

"Okay, as your second brother said, our friendship is far beyond what can be measured by money. From now on, whenever we go out and get something, we will split it half and half," Zhang Peng said.

Hearing what Zhang Peng said, Zhao Chunming had tears in his eyes, not because of the money, but because of what Zhang Peng said was touching. He knew the importance of money. Now both families are not rich, and they need money everywhere.

"Okay, second brother, I listen to you," Zhao Chunming said in a low voice.
The two families smiled happily when they saw the two brothers like this. It didn't matter whether they had money or not. They knew that their friendship would never be broken in the future.

Then Wang Xiufen came forward and counted out the money, 590 and [-] yuan, handed it to Li Cuihua, then put away the rest, and then chatted excitedly with Li Cuihua.

Zhang Peng silently looked at Wang Xiufen and Li Cuihua who were excitedly chatting about what they could add to their family with the money, Zhang Tiejun and Zhao Decai who were clamoring for some drinks, and Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan who were surrounding Wang Xiufen and listening to the adults talking. , I felt peaceful inside, this is what home feels like, and I secretly vowed to work harder to make my family live a better life.

The two families chatted excitedly until midnight. Suddenly, such a large amount of money came into their account. Both families were planning. They both felt that the two children should get married in two years, and this money was just reserved for the wedding.Then Zhao Decai and his family went back after seeing how late the weather was. Before leaving, Zhang Peng handed the candy balls and glutinous rice sticks to Zhao Chunming and told him to go up the mountain again tomorrow morning.

The two families are destined to have a sleepless night tonight.

It was already past eight o'clock when he got up the next day. Zhang Peng had a good sleep last night, thinking about his future life. He slowly fell asleep in the middle of the night. He had a very sweet sleep.

Today he and Zhao Chunming were going to go up the mountain to get some meat to eat. There wasn't much meat at home. He wanted to reserve more meat this autumn. He would pickle the meat that he couldn't eat. In the winter, he would sell the harvested skins and it would be another day. an income.

Zhang Peng is not going to go deep into the mountains until winter, so he just hangs some clamps on the nearby mountains and occasionally gets fresh ones. The winter environment in the Northeast is too harsh. The cold will make you unbearable. There is heavy snow in the forest areas in winter. The shell is so deep in it that it’s hard for the legs to pull it out. They say it’s easy to track down in winter, just follow the footprints of the prey, but it does suffer. If it weren’t for the lack of meat, who would suffer in the winter?

By the time Zhang Peng washed up and finished eating, it was already nine o'clock. Knowing that they were going to take the dogs up the mountain, Wang Xiufen got up in the morning and fed the dogs. At this time, Zhao Chunming also opened the door and walked in. When he went to the west room, he saw Zhang Pengxiao. Then he said: "Second brother, why did you get up so late today? I got up long ago."

Zhang Peng rolled his eyes at Zhao Chunming and said while cleaning up: "I slept a little late yesterday. Today we are going out to try our luck. There is no need to go too early."

At this time, Wang Xiufen came over from the east room and said with a smile: "Chunming is here. Please pay attention to safety when you go out today. Don't just focus on hunting. There is no shortage of meat at home now."

"Well, aunt, don't worry, we are all paying attention. Besides, there are rhubarb and sunspot warnings, it's okay," Zhao Chunming said with a smile.
At this time, Zhang Peng also finished packing. He put his gun on his back and his bag across his body. He and Zhao Chunming said hello to Wang Xiufen and pushed the door open together.

Dahuang and Heizi in the yard were very happy to see the two coming out. They knew they were going up the mountain again by looking at their costumes.

(End of this chapter)