Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 53

The courtyard door of Zhao Laowen's house was pushed open. Zhao Laowen heard the movement outside and knew that Zhang Peng was coming. He quickly comforted Hei Hu and then went up to him. Zhang Peng smiled and handed the things to Zhao Laowen, and then followed him. Go inside the house.

"Boy, that's great. I'd like to thank you on behalf of my old friend. It's all thanks to you. Tell me how much it is, and I'll give it to you," Zhao Laowen said happily.

"Uncle, aren't you slapping me in the face? You still ask for money for such a small thing. This is my filial piety to you."

"You kid, there's no point in taking your things for free. I'll give you 30 yuan. Don't think it's too little."

"Uncle, if you do this, I will leave immediately. Okay, don't mention this. I also want to see the puppies." Zhang Peng pretended to be angry and wanted to leave, then said
"Oh. Okay, I'll take you to see it." Zhao Laowen saw that Zhang Peng really didn't want the money, so he didn't give it in. Zhao Laowen changed his mind and thought about it. It's okay for the two of them to get along comfortably. We can make up for it later. , being free and easy is better than anything else.

The two walked to the kennel. Zhao Laowen held the black tiger, and then asked Zhang Peng to take a look across the kennel. Newly born puppies cannot see the wind and are prone to illness.Zhang Peng looked outside the kennel and found that there were only four puppies. None of them had opened their eyes yet. They were leaning against each other and sleeping soundly.

Zhang Peng seemed to like it. Two of them had already been reserved. He didn't know if the other two could also be taken together. Zhang Peng tentatively asked Zhao Laowen who had reserved the other two. Zhao Laowen glanced at Zhang Peng after hearing this. , and then answered very simply: Don't bother with them. I keep these two myself and won't give them to anyone.Well, it seems that ginger is still spicy, and the test failed!

Zhang Peng went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the village when he came back from Zhao Laowen's house. The supply and marketing cooperative happened to bring in a new batch of cans. Zhang Peng used the money Wang Xiufen gave him to buy four bottles of canned fruits. Two bottles were kept at home and the other two bottles were taken with him. Go to Li Chunmei’s house.

When Zhang Tiejun came back in the evening, Zhang Peng told him about going to Zhao Laowen's house to give him Xiong Boleng Gai today, but Zhao Tiejun didn't say anything because he also knew that since Zhang Peng decided to give the thing to Zhao Laowen, it meant that they There are some things they don't know. Zhang Peng has grown up, and he has to let him do some things. He is about to start a family. The family is short-term, and the relationship in the village must learn to manage the relationship on its own. They chatted for a while and knew that Zhang Peng was going to Lao Li's house tomorrow, so they didn't chat for a while and urged Zhang Peng to take a rest early.

When Zhang Peng gets up in the morning, the meal is already ready. There is not much meat in the house now, so the food will be a little meaty. Today it is fried eggs with Xiong oil, which is fragrant and delicious, plus steamed buns with Erhe noodles. The homemade pickles are very suitable for Zhang Peng.

After eating, he took the canned food and a piece of roe deer leg meat and set off to Yongsheng Village. By the time Li Chunmei's house arrived, it was already past ten in the morning. Zhang Peng was not in a hurry and walked slowly in the village, looking at the village that had hardly changed. I also have a lot of emotions. Yongsheng Village is too poor. It has been a poor village since the founding of the People's Republic of China. At the beginning, it can be said that it was poor and had nothing. It was not until the reform and opening up that some people came out, and the village slowly began to improve. There is life, but the process is too slow.

Zhang Peng walked slowly to Li Chunmei's house and shouted twice through the courtyard door. At this moment, he opened the door and walked out of the house. A tall and thin child, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a smug look on his face. Looks like malnutrition.

Zhang Peng recognized at a glance that this was Li Chunmei's younger brother, his brother-in-law Li Chaoyang. This boy was still in high school. It was actually quite good to be able to go to high school, but he was destined to miss college.

"Who are you?" Li Chaoyang looked at the person in front of him doubtfully, feeling very energetic and holding something in his hand. Is this a visiting relative?But in his memory, there are no such relatives in his family.

"Are you Chaoyang? I heard your sister mentioned you. I am Zhang Peng," Zhang Peng said with a smile.
"Zhang Peng? Oh, are you the Zhang Peng from Kaoshan Village?" "There should be no one with the same name as me in Kaoshan Village, so you should be talking about me," Zhang Peng said jokingly
"Haha, Brother Zhang, I heard my mother said that you were introduced to my sister by someone else. Come in quickly, my sister is at home." Li Chaoyang quickly stepped aside and led Zhang Peng into the house.

The two walked into the house. Lan Guihua was not at home. Only Li Chunmei and the two of them were at home. Li Chunmei was mending Li Chaoyang's clothes. She was surprised to see Zhang Peng come in and quickly put down her clothes and stood up.

"Why are you here?" Li Chunmei asked shyly

"I just came down from the mountain and I just wanted to come over and see you," Zhang Peng replied naturally.
Li Chunmei's face immediately turned red when she heard this. She was very embarrassed to say this in front of Li Chaoyang, but Zhang Peng was very natural. It was not against the law for his wife to tell the truth. What's wrong?
Li Chaoyang hid aside and laughed. He had a good impression of Zhang Peng. He was energetic and honest when he spoke. He was not a glib person. This made him at least not dislike Zhang Peng.

"Brother Zhang, I heard that you are very good at climbing mountains?" Li Chaoyang saw that the atmosphere was a bit delicate and quickly spoke to resolve it.

"Ah, no, I just have better luck. I can get three melons and two dates, which is enough to live on." Zhang Peng turned to Li Chaoyang and said

"Awesome, I heard that you also killed a blind bear. Can you tell me about it?" Li Chaoyang said curiously.

"Brother, let's talk later. Pour a glass of water first and let Zhang Peng sit for a while. You must be tired after walking all the way," Li Chunmei said understandingly.

"Oh, yes, I forgot about it. Wait a minute, Brother Zhang, I'll pour you some water." As he said this, Li Chaoyang took a kettle and poured some water for Zhang Peng.
"Okay, don't bother me. I'm used to it. I usually exercise when I climb mountains."

Then Li Chaoyang sat next to Zhang Peng, waiting for Zhang Peng to tell him how to hunt the blind bear. He was also very curious.So Zhang Peng vividly told how to hunt a bear, and of course the thrilling parts were consciously eliminated. Li Chunmei and Li Chaoyang listened carefully and felt that what Zhang Peng said was very novel and interesting.

By the time Zhang Peng finished speaking, it was almost noon before they knew it. The two of them still felt that they were not enjoying themselves enough and wanted to listen more, but then Lan Guihua came back.

Lan Guihua was also very happy to see Zhang Peng at home. How could she not entertain her soon-to-be uncle when he came in? She quickly called Li Chaoyang over and asked him to light a fire. She was going to cook to entertain Zhang Peng. Lan Guihua went to the neighbor's house first. I borrowed eggs and prepared to scramble them. Then I took out the bacon left at home and gave Li Chaoyang some money to buy canned meat from the supply and marketing cooperative. This kind of dish made sense.

(End of this chapter)