Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 85 Famous

Zhang Peng walked slowly. The weather was really nice. He saw many uncles and uncles walking along the way, all of them smiled and nodded in greeting.

"Second son, it's okay. We captured so many things yesterday, and now you have a name in the village."

The villagers he met on the road laughed and teased Zhang Peng. In fact, they did not mean any harm. Most of the people in the village had received meat. Zhang Peng specially took out a cannon egg to share the wild boar that he brought back to the village yesterday. So Zhang Peng's reputation was still very good at this time.

However, this has also led to the three Zhang Peng becoming famous. In the front is Zhang Peng and his grandfather "Zhang Dabao", and in the back is Zhang Peng, "Xiao Zhangpao". They can be regarded as inheriting the career of their predecessors.

Zhang Peng greeted the villagers he met with a smile on his face. It is very important to have a good reputation in the village. When Zhang Peng wants to get some side jobs, no one can bear it if he reports every day. Ah, just start now, handle the relationship in the village well, and even if you do some side business later, no one will make irresponsible remarks.

Moreover, Zhang Peng is getting married soon and has a good reputation in the village. After Li Chunmei gets married, she will also be a high-profile person in the village.

When he reached the door of Zhao Laowen's courtyard, Zhang Peng's mouth almost froze with laughter. He rubbed his face, then opened the courtyard door and walked in. The two families were familiar with each other, so they didn't have to pay so much attention. When he saw Zhang Peng, he yelled twice symbolically, and then he lay down and ignored Zhang Peng. Well, he was really cold.

The puppy in the kennel looked curiously at the stranger outside. He wanted to move forward but was a little scared, so he could only shrink and watch secretly at the door of the kennel.

Zhang Peng opened the door and walked in, and saw Zhao Laowen already sitting on the kang smoking a pipe. He smiled when he saw Zhang Peng coming over, and then asked Zhang Peng to sit down.

"Uncle, how are you? Yesterday, you had a lot of stamina."

"Haha, you kid, with my drinking capacity, is it okay to drink just a little bit yesterday?"

Zhang Peng curled his lips secretly, and he didn't know who it was. He was helped onto the kang last night, and then he was put on the kang again and didn't see you wake up.

"Okay, uncle, just be okay. My mother asked me to come over and give you a pair of cotton shoes. Please put them on quickly and try them on. Those shoes are almost the same."

Zhang Peng was speechless as he looked at the cotton shoes on the ground. They were already in tatters, and they were stuffed with urad grass. This is the way of the older generation. After filling, the urad grass has a very good thermal insulation effect.

There are three treasures in the Northeast: ginseng, mink fur, and urad grass. Ginseng and mink fur are high-end goods. Only this urad grass was life-saving in the early years. In the early years, few people who came to make a living were rich people. , all suffered from disasters, so they rushed over one after another.

As soon as they arrived in the Northeast, the weather in the Northeast taught them a lesson first. The winter in the Northeast was really too cold. They accidentally discovered that the Ula grass wadding was very effective in keeping warm when inserted into thin clothes. Therefore, the Ula grass can be regarded as a lifesaver. Such a generation of people.

Zhao Laowen's eyes turned red when he looked at the pair of cotton shoes in front of him. Because of his personality, he had always been alone. Few people could think of him, such as the most basic greetings of whether he was full or not and whether he was wearing warm clothes. Now Zhang Peng's heartwarming gesture hit the soft part of his heart.

"Oh... I'm sorry that my nephew-in-law is still worried about this matter. Thank you."

Zhao Laowen took the cotton shoes and felt good on his feet. After putting them on, he walked around the house twice. The cotton shoes were a little big, but they did not affect his walking.

"Er Xiaoer, now you have a reputation in the village. What do you want to do in the future?"

After Zhao Laowen tried on his shoes, he sat on the kang, turned around and picked up the tobacco pouch, knocked it on the edge of the kang, and then filled the pot with shredded tobacco. "Uncle, I want to go to the mountains for a few years to save a fortune, and then when the time is up, I will do some side work. I think raising a wife and children will not be a problem."

"Well, it's good. It's good if you don't have a high-spirited mentality. I thought you had to straighten your wings." Zhao Laowen lit the pipe and pot and said with a smile.
"How can I do that? I wouldn't dare to do it in front of you."

"Haha, you brat, you know how to say nice things, but your idea is good. I think your grandfather also mentioned this to us back then. It turned out that the time was not right at that time, and the world was too chaotic. But now it seems that it should have been It’s over now, I can make some and try it out a little bit.”

"Well, uncle, I think so too. It's just something that's not easy to work with. I just got lucky and got two yellow-haired roe deer. I don't want to get roe deer or anything like that. Those things are not valuable, like deer or something." I still don’t know how to do it.”

Zhang Peng's idea is to get some live animals from the mountains and raise them, and then slowly reproduce them to expand the scale. However, the people on this mountain are very smart. Only the roe deer are stupid enough to get live ones, but the value of the roe deer is a bit small. , raising a few of them is just for their meat, but the price of roe deer meat is not yet high, and the purchase price of roe deer skin is still low, so it is not worthwhile to raise them.

"Well, that's the truth. Let's get two deer and raise them. When spring comes, we'll get some deer back together," Zhao Laowen said in a rather grand voice.

Zhang Peng was also stunned when he heard this. This guy was going to use more tricks. He knew it. Zhao Laowen also had a unique skill. People of his generation would have been unable to survive long ago if they didn't have unique skills. His grandfather was just a walker. There are all kinds of traps that Zhao Laowen can't catch, especially catching roe deer, deer and red deer. He has the most experience. He said it in his previous life. Later, when Zhao Laowen got old, his head was broken. I was confused, so I didn’t give it to Zhang Peng.

"Okay, uncle, that's a good thing. Let's raise them. We don't need to have too many. We'll just wait until they breed."

"Haha, that's right. The companies we are familiar with all raise a few. This is an income, right? They were not allowed to do it in the past few years. It is also good to do less in the past few years to supplement the family."

Zhao Laowen is very sure about this, and he has many methods. It is relatively easy to get some deer and other things. To be more generous, it depends on how much is needed.

After the matter was settled, Zhang Peng chatted with Zhao Laowen for a while, and then got ready to leave. He had to go back to pack up and find Li Chunmei. He hadn't seen her for such a long time, so he was really worried about her.

Before leaving, he shamelessly wanted to take the puppy away, but Zhao Laowen did not agree. He was still a little small now, and he would wait until he was stronger and able to eat before taking him away.

Zhang Peng returned home empty-handed, saw Wang Xiufen, brought Zhao Laowen's thanks, and then went to the west room, preparing to pack himself up and go to Li Chunmei's house tomorrow morning.

At this time, Zhao Chunming opened the door and walked in. After saying hello to Wang Xiufen, he came to the west room. When he saw Zhang Peng cleaning himself up, he knew that he was going to his sister-in-law's house again.

"Second brother, are you going to your sister-in-law's house?"

"Well, I'll go over there early tomorrow morning and see what's going on? Are you okay?"

"I originally thought that we would go to the river tomorrow to have a look. Last night, I asked Wang Xiaoli to go get some fish. It's easy to store now and we can also add dishes to the meal. If you don't go tomorrow, then we'll have to go the day after tomorrow."

Zhao Chunming sat on the kang, kneading and watching Zhang Peng busy on the ground. He found it very interesting. The fact that the second brother paid so much attention meant that the matter was stable and he would probably get married soon.

(End of this chapter)