Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 63: Free food, got beaten badly

Yu Chunmei lifted the door curtain, holding a small bowl in her hand, and said as she walked, "Tangtang, try this stewed squirrel meat... Dad is here too."

"Yeah." Yu Dejin nodded, turned and left.

"Dad is here, why don't you say anything?" Yu Chunmei saw that Yu Qiutang had his hands busy, so she fed the piece of meat directly into his mouth, "I feel embarrassed."

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We are separating, not severing our relationship. Just come if you want."

The children in the Yu family were all very afraid of Yu Dejin. Yu Qiutang had no taboos only because he had the mentality of rebirth.

But Yu Chunmei can't do that.

Even though the family has split up, she is temporarily following Yu Qiutang, but her father is like a mountain, blocking out the sky and the sun. It is not an issue that can be resolved overnight if she wants to escape from his influence over the years.

We can only hope for gradual improvement.

If the influence of parents on their children is warm, it may make the children gentle, tolerant and secure throughout their lives.

On the contrary, the child will need to spend his entire life to resolve and heal.

"How is the meat? Is it cooked? This is my first time cooking squirrel meat, so I don't know how well it is done."

"Almost. Just cook it for another ten minutes and use a little less salt."

"Then I'll cook some more. You clean up and get ready to wash your hands and eat. I've steamed the buns, so we can eat once the meat is cooked."

"Row."

Yu Qiutang was also finishing up, and within a few minutes he had completed the final process, embedding the crossbow mechanism into the crossbow arm, making it fit perfectly.

This crossbow is half finished. What remains is to prepare the crossbow bow, crossbow string, and crossbow arrows.
The crossbow string needs to be made of beef tendons or deer tendons. Some people also use twisted nylon ropes instead of tendons, but Yu Qiutang believes that the effect is not good.

The crossbow must be stable and have a long range.

If you want to hit a target within 50 meters, you must have a range of at least 60 meters.

The crossbow and crossbow arrow shafts need to be brought back into the mountains.

I have marked it today, and will call two people to go with me tomorrow to get some oak.

If he had a gun, he could go to and from the low-altitude area like the oak forest by himself, but today he encountered a jackal there, so he had to be cautious.

He always felt that if jackals would move around at the foot of the mountain, it must be because there must be new changes at a higher altitude or deeper in the forest.

The jackal's territory was affected.

They had to start expanding their territory, which affected other animals that originally lived in the area.

It is better to be cautious.

Because the temperature was very high today, the kitchen was too hot after cooking, so Yu Qiutang suggested moving the food out and eating on the small stone table at the door.

The small stone table was originally a platform for a stone mill. Now that we have an automated grinding mill, the stone mill has been retired and the platform has become vacant.

The table top is more than one meter square, just right for four people to sit around and eat. Originally, a leg was missing, so Yu Qiutang made a wooden block underneath to correct it, and now it can be used perfectly.

Yu Xiaowei was in charge of serving the meal. He was very efficient and quickly placed everything on the stone table.

There was a plate of squirrel stewed with morels, a plate of steamed rabbit meat, a dish of cold shredded radish, a plate of white flour steamed buns, and a bowl of leek and egg soup in front of each person.

The eggs were exchanged for the magic tofu at the market two days ago. Yu Chunmei was reluctant to cook them at first, saying that she would save them for Yu Qiutang to cook when he went into the mountains, but Yu Qiutang let her use them as she pleased.

Just like squirrels, rabbits and other wild animals, Yu Qiutang’s principle is to keep the alive ones as much as possible to sell them, and eat the dead ones directly.

The children at home, including myself and Yu Chunmei, are not getting enough nutrition and need to be well supplemented.

“Can I eat now?”

Yu Xiaowei stared at the rabbit meat in the basin with his mouth watering. Yu Xiaoyun was a little reserved but also full of anticipation.

But the two children just watched and didn't pick up their chopsticks.

Yu Dejin was like a local emperor at home. Every time he started eating, if he didn't move his chopsticks, no one else could move. Anyone who moved would be criticized.

Call it a rule.

After the family split up, Yu Qiutang tried to give his children more freedom and not to be too restricted, but they had already formed habits and could not let go.

Just as Yu Qiutang was about to ask everyone to start eating, he saw Yu Qiushi approaching him with a sly look on his face, looking at the pile of delicious food on the table with envy on his face. "Brother, what kind of meat are you eating?"

"Why, do you want to eat?" Yu Qiutang asked jokingly.

"I want to eat. I want to eat." Yu Qiushi nodded quickly and swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

"Ask your mother to do it for you."

"We don't have meat at home. What will my mother cook?" Yu Qiushi pursed his lips. He looked more childish than his actual age.

"Then don't eat, go back."

Yu Qiushi let out an "oh" and looked back every few steps, unable to move for a long time.

"Stop teasing him," Yu Chunmei felt a little reluctant. Yu Qiushi was a little naughty, but he was also a younger brother. She couldn't stand seeing him look so pitiful.

Yu Qiutang turned around and saw Yu Qiushi looking at him eagerly. He couldn't help but laugh, "Come and eat if you want. Go back and get your own bowl. We don't have any extra bowls here."

"Okay." Yu Qiushi rushed back to his kitchen to get a bowl like a wild donkey that had broken free from its reins. When Wang Chunhua followed him out, he had already returned to the stone table with a small bowl in his hand.

"After dinner, you have to take some time to help Third Sister with work, okay?"

"I know. I'll do my best."

"There aren't enough stools. There's a stool under the windowsill. Bring it over here yourself."

"Okay~" With the aroma of meat as a call, Yu Qiu was extremely motivated to carry out the task.

He had just joined the group eating here and put a piece of meat into his bowl. Before he could eat, he saw Chen Meidi being pulled out by Wang Chunhua, standing at the door and shouting, "Yu Qiushi, come back!"

"Ooooh…wait…wait a minute!"

Yu Qiushi agreed while stuffing the meat into his mouth, chewing and making vague responses.

"Come back quickly!"

"I know...I know."

He agreed very well, but his butt was stuck to the stool and he couldn't leave.

"Didn't you hear me?" Chen Meidi took a few steps forward. "Are you waiting for me to beat you?"

"Don't be impatient, Mom. I'll be back after eating a few bites of meat." Yu Qiushi was racing against time, his cheeks puffed up like a squirrel.

"I told you not to listen!!!"

Chen Meidi was already feeling ashamed seeing her son being a loser who was just eating and drinking for free. She didn't expect that even shouting at him wouldn't work. She was so angry that she rushed over with a rolling pin in her hand.

The yard is not big to begin with, so it only takes a few seconds to get across.

Yu Qiushi knew this very well, so he quickly stood up, picked up a piece of meat and put it in the bowl, then turned around and ran away with the bowl in his hand.

He was still chewing the meat while running.

Chen Meidi wanted to stop him, but she was not as agile as a teenager. She ran until she was out of breath, but still couldn't touch a single hair of Yu Qiushi.

It's really tiring.

She had no choice but to walk back to the stone table and said angrily, "Qiu Tang, since we have separated, you should stop calling your brother to come over for dinner and let him develop the bad habit of being lazy and greedy."

"You see, I didn't shout. I can't let him come over and I chase him away. You also said that he is my brother. How can a brother do such a thing?"

"Who knows what you are thinking!" Chen Meidi glared at Yu Qiutang, turned away angrily, and was too lazy to continue caring about Yu Qiushi.

Yu Qiutang smiled. He asked Yu Qiushi to have dinner just to give face to his sister, but when he saw Chen Meidi like this, he suddenly had a new idea.

This kid likes to hang out with me, so I'll just follow him.

Chen Meidi must be very angry when she sees her son's failure, which is quite interesting.

Even if we can successfully straighten out Yu Qiushi, this crooked tree, it will be considered a good deed.

But when it was getting dark and Yu Qiushi had nowhere to hide, he could immediately hear the screams of ghosts and wolves from inside.

It seems that he was beaten badly by Chen Meidi.

(End of this chapter)