Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 26 The Matchmaker Comes to the Door
There was nothing to say all night. Zhang Peng got up late the next day. The two sisters went out to play early in the morning. Today, Zhao Chunming, who had made an appointment, went for a walk in the mountains to find a suitable place. It was also within the scope of hunting for prey. The meat at home was not available anymore Xiao, in the past few days, I have been making bear meat and pork every day. Although some have been sent out, it has only been a few days and there is still a lot left. I have no choice but to pickle most of them.

Zhang Peng's thoughts on going up the mountain this time were also very Buddhist. If he encountered them, he would hit them. If he didn't encounter them, he would take a walk. It was already late autumn, and the frost would fall in a few days. The animals' summer fur had just finished changing and their winter fur had just grown. The fur is thick, so the quality is the best now. Zhang Peng wants to seize this opportunity to go up the mountain for several days in a row, or find a shelter to live in. After this period, the environment in the forest area will be harsh in winter, and it will not Good to go out hunting.

Before Zhang Peng left home, Dahuang and Heizi in the courtyard started shouting. Wang Xiufen hurriedly opened the door and welcomed her out. She found that it was Malan from the village. She hurriedly walked over with a smile, welcomed Malan into the house and sat down. On the kang.

When Zhang Peng saw Ma Lan entering the house, he quickly said hello: "Third Aunt, you are here."

"Hey, Erxiaoer, I didn't go out today. As expected of a bear hunter in the mountains, I'm getting more and more energetic." Malan said to Zhang Peng with a smile on his face.
"No way, third aunt, you praised me. I'm still the second son in my childhood in front of you," Zhang Peng said politely.
"Haha, that's right. I remember when I was a child, your mother was not at home, and you were still eating at my house. How many years has it passed?" Ma Lan also sighed with emotion.

Zhang Peng was confused by what she said. He just smiled politely and said nothing. He turned around and went to the kitchen to pour a cup of hot water and brought it out.

At this time, Wang Xiufen took over and said: "Yes, time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, I was in trouble at that time, thanks to your help to take care of me."

"Haha, that's it. If one family doesn't talk about two families, you should know that I'm coming over today. It's just that there are clues about what happened last time," Malan said with a smile.
"Ah? It's so fast. You really bothered for the second child," Wang Xiufen said in surprise.
Zhang Peng was even more confused. What were he talking about? What kind of confidential information was this? Why couldn't he understand it?

Seeing the question mark on Zhang Peng's face, Ma Lan asked doubtfully: "What? Sister, didn't you tell Er Xiao'er?"

"No, I haven't believed it yet, and I can't say it in advance," Wang Xiufen explained.
"Son, it's like this. Your third aunt wants to introduce you to someone. The second girl from Lao Li's family in the neighboring village is 19 this year. She graduated from junior high school and has been helping at home. She is a very nice person and looks neat. Do you think we can take a look if you have time?" Wang Xiufen discussed with Zhang Peng.

Zhang Peng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and suddenly remembered that he should have met his wife Li Chunmei at this time, and was introduced by his third aunt. Later, they dated for half a year before they got married.

After getting married, the two of them began to be very affectionate, and slowly worked hard to live a good life, but things went against their expectations, and life was always tepid. However, later Li Chunmei gave birth to a son and a daughter to Zhang Peng, so they were both children.Until she was 47 years old, she was diagnosed with a malignant tumor on her waist. The treatment did not improve for a while and cost a lot of money. Then Li Chunmei decided to go home and receive conservative treatment. She said it was conservative treatment, but in fact she had given up. After treatment, she was reluctant to spend all the money they had worked hard to save on herself. She wanted to leave some savings for her children, so she suffered the pain silently until the end of the year. Due to the serious spread of cancer cells, , coupled with various complications, he passed away unwillingly.

Zhang Peng has always felt guilty towards her. After Li Chunmei's death, Zhang Peng did not remarry. He worked hard to raise his children, which could be considered as an explanation for his late wife.

Zhang Peng was stunned for a moment, but Ma Lan had already introduced the woman's family. Her parents were farmers who worked hard. Her father died early, and she was raised by her mother with all kinds of hard work. She also had a younger brother who was in school, and they were not related to each other. It’s complicated, but in short, it’s a family that lives a good life.

Zhang Peng came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Third aunt, I can do it anytime, you just look at the arrangements." Seeing that Zhang Peng had expressed his stance, Ma Lan also said happily: "Okay, okay, I'll do it when I get back." Reply to the woman, and then make an appointment, let’s meet first, and then we’ll talk about the next step.”

"Okay, just follow your arrangements, sister-in-law." Wang Xiufen took over and answered for Zhang Peng.
"Okay, then I'll go back first. Let's settle this matter early and have a good night. I'm still anxious to drink Er Xiao'er's wedding wine." Malan stood up and prepared to walk out.

How could Zhang Peng and Wang Xiufen let her leave like this? Wang Xiufen pulled Ma Lan and wanted to wait until lunch before leaving. Malan refused repeatedly. Wang Xiufen also felt that it was too early and it was not realistic to wait for lunch, so she quickly ordered Zhang Peng , go to the warehouse to get a piece of fatter bear meat and let Malan take it away.

Zhang Peng got up and went out. He went to the barn and picked out a fatter piece of bear meat. He strung it on a hemp rope and brought it in. The bear meat weighed about ten kilograms, so he handed the rope to Malan and said I made it myself, so she must take it back and try it out.Malan couldn't resist, so she could only carry the bear meat out of the room. Wang Xiufen and Zhang Peng sent her to the entrance of the courtyard. When they saw her slowly walking away with the meat, they returned to the house.

Wang Xiufen looked very excited when she returned to the house. Zhang Peng was already twenty, which is not considered young in rural areas. In the Northeast, people usually get married at eighteen or nineteen, and some even earlier, and Zhang The matter of Peng has always been a stone in her heart. She usually doesn't talk about it, but she has always had such a thing in her heart. When she got this good news today, it was like the stone was finally loose and slowly being lifted. Woke up.

"Son, let's just wait for news from your third aunt in the next few days. I think it will be soon. Let's tidy up in the past two days, trim our hair and shave. When we hear the letter from over there, we will Go ahead." Wang Xiufen excitedly seemed to be talking to herself, or she seemed to be instructing Zhang Peng
Seeing this, Zhang Peng took advantage of her happiness and followed what she said: "Okay, Mom, I'll pack up in the past two days. If I go up the mountain, I won't go hunting for now. I'll find a place first and wait. During this period, I want to go to the mountains to build a cellar, get more skins before winter, and store some meat for the winter."

"Huh? Is it okay to live on the mountain? It's too dangerous. Let's just run back and forth like this." Wang Xiufen said worriedly after hearing this

"Mom, it's such a waste of time to run back and forth like this. I want to call Chunming with me so that we can have company, and get him a gun, so that we won't be in any danger."

Wang Xiufen thought about it and felt that it was reliable and there should be no danger, so she agreed. However, she still had to wait for Zhang Tiejun to come back to talk about it. But at home, as long as she agreed, there would basically be no problem.

After a while, Zhao Chunming opened the door and walked in. When he saw Wang Xiufen, he said hello first, and then followed Zhang Peng to the West Room.

Zhang Peng went over the general plan when he came to the West House. Zhao Chunming jumped for joy when he heard that he also wanted a gun. This was what he had dreamed of. When he heard that Zhang Peng was going to live in the mountains, he also agreed with heartbeats. When he got down, he knew that this was the harvest in autumn.

(End of this chapter)