Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 15 Woohoo, You Bully Me

The jujube wood has a special fragrance that easily attracts insects. Smoking and soaking in lime water can achieve this effect.

But the smoked effect is better.

This is because smoking can not only prevent insect infestation, but also can smoke out all the moisture in the wood, that is, the tree oil.

If the moisture is not smoked out, the finished product will dry naturally, and the object may crack or even deform, ultimately greatly reducing the quality of the finished product.

This method of treating wood has existed since ancient times.

Not only can it process sour jujube wood, but it can also process bamboo boards.

The reason why bamboo was simply called "Hanqing" in ancient times was to smoke out the moisture from the bamboo boards, as if the bamboo boards were sweating.

You can't be impatient about this job; it requires slow and careful work. Yu Qiutang found a small tree stump to sit on, and watched slowly as the smoke was smoked and the cigarettes were turned. A wisp of green smoke rose up and slowly floated into the sky.

His action again aroused Yu Qiushi's curiosity. He came closer in a pretentious manner and squatted beside Yu Qiutang to watch.

This kid was a little stupid when he was young, but not too bad. But he became stupid and bad when he grew up. Although he was Yu Qiutang's only biological brother, the relationship between the two was very ordinary throughout their lives.

Apart from saying a few words when burning paper for my father every year, they basically have no contact with each other on a daily basis.

With the memories of his previous life, he didn't want to pay attention to Yu Qiushi now.

Yu Qiushi didn't have much dislike for Yu Qiutang now. He just heard his mother say not to get too close to his brother, but he didn't understand why.

He is still stuck in the stupid state of thinking, "Although I don't like you and want to take advantage of you everywhere, you can't ignore me."

"Brother, what are you doing?"

"Nothing."

"Then why are you fumigating these pieces of wood?"

"Go to your mother, or she'll beat you up!"

"My mother has gone to visit relatives, and won't be back for a while, hehe~" Yu Qiushi grinned playfully and was about to reach out to touch the branch, but Yu Qiutang hit him on the back of his hand with a stick, and he retracted his hand with a "ah!"

"Yu Qiutang, you dare to hit me?!"

"Get out of here, or I'll punish you if you touch me again."

"Hmph," Yu Qiushi stood up suddenly, and without waiting for Yu Qiutang to react, he kicked the fire over. Three tree branches also fell into the fire. He was still not giving up and was about to step on them.

Just as he stretched out his foot, he felt his body being lifted into the air by a hand. Before he could even shout, he was thrown several meters away and fell flat on his face. He was immediately dizzy.

He hesitated on the ground for a few seconds before he realized what was going on. He opened his mouth and started howling like a ghost.

"Yu Qiutang, you dare to hit me. I'll punish you when my dad comes back. You can expect to be whipped."

Yu Qiushi smiled, set up the kiln again, lay down underneath and blew away, and smoke began to slowly rise out again.

“Yu Qiutang!!”

"Keep lying there. I'll come and beat you again later."

"If you dare, I'll tell my mom!"

"Even if you tell your grandma, I'll count to five and then come over. Just lie still and don't move. Don't move at all~"

"5~"

"I won't get up, I won't get up~"

"3~"

"What about 4? Why did you count to 4 and it went straight to 3?!!"

"2~"

"1~"

Yu Qiutang pretended to stand up, but Yu Qiushi was even faster. He got up and ran to the door of his cave.

"Come on, come on~"

She asked for her butt, made faces, and stuck out her tongue, but Yu Qiutang just smiled and ignored her. "Tangtang, there's not enough water. Can you get us a bucket of water from dad?" Yu Chunmei lifted the door curtain, holding a bucket in her hand.

"Row."

Yu Qiutang took the bucket and walked straight to the new kitchen. This frightened Yu Qiushi, who was standing next to the kitchen. He quickly ran into his cave, slammed the door shut, and shouted from inside: "Yu Qiutang, you are bullying the weak. If you dare to hit me, Dad will not forgive you."

"Then I'll wait at the door and see if you come out. If you dare to come out, I'll tear your stinky mouth apart."

"I won't come out, what can you do? I won't come out, hehe, I won't come out~"

Yu Qiutang went into the kitchen to fill it with water and saw a red enamel basin on the chopping board. Remembering that it was bought by his mother, he threw the water into the bucket and also took the rolling pin and some bowls and dishes that his mother had bought.

After coming out, he knocked hard on Yu Qiushi's door several times, which scared the young man quite a bit.

"I'll be waiting for you at the door~" and then left quietly.

Returning to the old kitchen, he suddenly felt that he was a bit childish. Why bother with such things with a child? After all, he had lived a lifetime.

What can I say? It's quite funny to see that kid trembling with fear.

It was completely dark, and Yu Qiushi was still inside, not daring to come out. However, there was no light inside, and he was timid, so he soon started crying during the meeting.

"Woo woo woo~ You act like a brother to someone else, but you still bully them. I didn't do anything to you. I just kicked your rotten fire."

"Just wait, my dad and mom will come back and will definitely teach you a lesson~"

"Mom, Dad, Sister, why haven't you come back yet~"

The more Yu Qiutang listened, the funnier it became.

"Tangtang, the meat is cooked, but there are no vegetables. I just added some green onions, garlic leaves, and some sparrows. Would you like to come in and try it?"

"Okay, try it~"

When Yu Qiutang stepped into the kitchen, he saw Yu Xiaowei and Yu Xiaoyun staring at the pheasant in the pot, their saliva almost flowing onto the stove.

"Originally we were going to cook yellow rat meat tonight, but now that we have pheasants, we'll eat the pheasants first. The yellow rats have been pickled with salt anyway, so it's fine to keep them for a few days."

"Then let's eat pheasant~enjoy the meat. This pheasant can probably yield two or three pounds of meat."

"Almost. Let's eat the meat tonight and save the chicken soup so we can cook noodles tomorrow."

Yu Chunmei usually cooks for the family and makes all the arrangements very well.

"Let's eat~"

Yu Chunmei then placed the chicken in four bowls, giving each of the two children a chicken leg. She pushed the bowl with the largest piece of chicken breast to Yu Qiutang, leaving only a few small pieces of meat for herself.

Seeing this, Yu Qiutang didn't say much and just forcibly exchanged his bowl with his sister's.

To be honest, he actually has no interest in meat.

Firstly, when he passed away in his previous life, his family conditions were very good and they had long surpassed the point where they could have their own way.

Secondly, he has a dietary mentality similar to that of a middle-aged or elderly person. He only likes to eat light food and does not have too many expectations for meat.

"Hey, why don't you eat, Tangtang? You are the pillar of our family now. You have to worry about everything. You have to take good care of yourself~"

"I'm fine, look how strong I am."

"You are so strong, you look so thin, you must be malnourished. You can eat the big piece, I will just eat whatever I want."

"If you don't eat, I'll be angry," Yu Qiutang pretended to be angry and put the bowl heavily in front of his sister. "It's just a bowl of pheasant meat. We have more delicious food later. This is just the beginning."

"That……"

Just as Yu Chunmei was about to speak, she heard the door creak open and the sound of several people coming in from the door.

"Wow~!!"

Yu Qiushi, who was hiding in the dark cave, was so frightened that he could no longer hold back and burst into tears: "Dad, Mom, Sister, why did you come back just now?!"

(End of this chapter)