Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 90 It turns out that he is younger than me and shy

It can be said that the bride price has always been a dark cloud that is difficult to dispel over the heads of many young people who are about to enter married life.

If the family conditions are better, the requirements will be lower, and the wife's family does not need to look at the money of the husband's family at all.

But on the contrary, if the girl’s family is poor, especially in a place deep in the mountains and valleys where it takes half a day to walk to the flat land, the bride price will be surprisingly high.

It's really not something that ordinary people can bear.

In economically developed areas, people are becoming more and more tolerant. They know that young people have a hard time. When they have the least money, asking for so much dowry may hollow out their future.

As for Rongcheng, there had been no improvement even forty years later. The bride price had not decreased but had become increasingly higher.

Parents often use up their life savings, which they have dug out from the dirt, and borrow money from everywhere to barely afford their children’s marriage.

Wait until the children get married, and then slowly pay back the money by working like a slave for others.

After hearing what Wang Haofeng said, Yu Qiutang naturally understood his dilemma. An orphan who grew up relying on other people's food could not have any family background.

It was a piece of cake for the people in the team to provide him with food, but it was quite difficult to give him money to marry a wife.

With incomes so low, every household has its own difficulties.

When he was a child, I felt sorry for him. Now that he is a grown man, I subconsciously don’t pay too much attention to him and think that he can support himself. This is also human nature.

"Fengzi, don't worry about the money. I promise you that we will become very rich in the future."

"Really?" Wang Haofeng turned and looked at Yu Qiutang.

"Of course. When have I ever lied to you? Look, we have guns now. When I go back and complete the gun and hunting procedures, we will be legal hunters. There are so many good things in such a big mountain. Don't we have a good life?"

"That's true."

Wang Haofeng's eyes lit up for a moment, but soon dimmed again, "That's because you are strong, not me. I'm not as good as you."

"Haha, what nonsense are you talking about? What's our relationship?" Yu Qiutang stood up, ran to the front of the car, held Wang Haofeng's shoulders, and laughed in the evening breeze: "We are good brothers. If we want to live a good life, then we should live together. If I become rich, you will definitely be rich too."

Wang Haofeng raised his head and looked at Yu Qiutang's high spirits. He couldn't help but ask the question he had wanted to ask recently, "Tangtang, why are you suddenly so motivated now? You weren't like this before."

"Oh, then tell me, what was I like before?"

"Before, I was timid and afraid of getting into trouble. I was slow to do things and was always timid..." Wang Haofeng said this and felt that he was being a little rude and didn't give face to his buddy, so he immediately ended by saying, "Generally speaking, I'm not a very decisive person with big ambitions."

After that, he asked carefully, "You won't be unhappy if I say this to you?"

"What do you say?"

"I don't think so. You're not the stingy type."

"You are wrong then."

"what?"

"Haha, I was just kidding. Actually, you're right. I was like that before. I didn't have much courage or responsibility, so I didn't handle many things well," Yu Qiutang patted Wang Haofeng on the shoulder and said sincerely, "That's why I have to change. If I don't change, I will be like that for the rest of my life."

Wang Haofeng curled his lips, thinking that his buddy's words were a bit light-hearted.

It is not so easy for people to change. If personality could change easily, there wouldn't be so many tragic things.

But he couldn't find any other reason for Yu Qiutang's change. It seemed that the only explanation was that he really had a changed personality, just like he had turned over a new leaf and had his head and heart replaced by the King of Hell.

In the hospital, after Lao Liu was put on the IV drip, his mental state improved a lot. Looking at his daughter who was sitting in a daze beside the bed, he joked, "What's wrong, girl? What's bothering you?"

"Ah?" Liu Chunyan was still immersed in what happened just now. Her father interrupted her thoughts and she said depressedly: "I just ran into Zhao Song in the hospital."

"Yes, but what about others?"

"I didn't tell him about your ward and chased him away." Liu Chunyan was still angry.

"You kid," Old Liu was helpless, "Why are you doing this? He's here to see your dad, not to do anything bad."

"I don't care what he does," Liu Chunyan felt even worse after seeing her father say this. She didn't know why she felt this way, but she just felt inexplicably irritated. "He went into the mountains with you, and now you are like this. He ran away without a trace, and he still became your apprentice. He is worse than a few strangers."

"He had no choice. When the wild boar came, he could only disperse..."

"Dad, let's not talk about this anymore." Liu Chunyan was in no mood to continue talking about Zhao Song. "Anyway, I don't like talking about him, so don't talk about it in front of me."

Old Liu looked at his daughter helplessly. His two children were generally good, but each had their own problems.

The boss' personality is just like his name, fierce as hell, and it feels like there's an iron stick stuck in his head, making him unable to turn around.

As for the daughter, although she is more lively than the eldest, she can be extremely stubborn once she makes up her mind. Moreover, this girl, who was born in the countryside, has always had an uneasy heart.

Logically speaking, his apprentice Zhao Song is an okay person. Although he has no great prospects, he is honest and reliable. He would feel relieved if he could marry his daughter to him.

But for some reason, this daughter just doesn't like Zhao Song.

But if you ask why, they can't explain it clearly. They just say they are not interested and it's not their cup of tea.

This is a bit hard to understand.

Aren't the feelings between people cultivated slowly? No one is born with deep feelings for anyone. Before we got married, we had never met each other. We just lifted the veil and turned off the lights, but we lived a happy life.

Even though she is mute, she is a good person. She keeps the home comfortable and takes good care of the two children.

If it were someone else, I wouldn't be willing to accept it.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything about him, but you should be more polite to Songwa in the future. Look at you, you always act like a rich lady in front of him, talking about him all the time."

"Okay, okay, you can't bear to part with your precious disciple, right? Then you should treat him like a treasure. What kind of person is he? He went into the mountains with the master to collect herbs, and the master suffered so much, but he disappeared at the critical moment and didn't show up afterwards. He only ran away when the person was sent to the hospital. This disciple is too easy to deal with."

Old Liu looked at his daughter's pouting face and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

"You."

"Look at cousin Qiu and his friends. They just met dad by chance in the mountains, but they sewed up your wounds, sent you down the mountain, hired a car to send you back, and sent you to the hospital when they saw that you were seriously ill. They are truly responsible men.

He Zhao Song...I don't even want to talk about him!"

Lao Liu felt that he had finally discovered the problem.

After all, he was an experienced person. He didn't care what his daughter was thinking. But once he paid attention, she would be obvious, just like lice on a bald head. "Girl, tell me, are you interested in Qiu Tang?"

"what……!!!"

Liu Chunyan was just about to take an apple to peel it for her father when she was startled and the apple fell to the ground.

His face instantly turned redder than an apple rolling on the ground.

"What are you talking about, Dad!"

"Haha, I was right, wasn't I?"

"What are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense. If you talk nonsense again, I will ignore you."

"What's the big deal? You two are in your prime, and it's normal for a girl to like a boy. There's no need to hide it. Come on, talk to daddy."

"I think your illness is not serious enough," Liu Chunyan picked up the apple, poured some water from the cup, and wiped the apple with a handkerchief, "Instead of taking good care of your injury, you still have the mind to think about these things."

"Girl, Daddy is not Huang Shiren, why can't I care about your finding a partner? Don't worry, Daddy is not like other people who want to sell you for a lot of money to buy a wife for your brother.

Dad, I don't need a dowry. The only requirement is that the person is a good person, honest and kind, who knows how to manage his life and doesn't bully you. It doesn't matter whether the family is rich or poor.

In the early years, my father was so poor that he could not even afford to eat and almost starved to death. Now that we have everything, we still have to live our lives slowly. No matter how much other people have, they are still other people’s families…”

"Hey, Dad, where were you talking about? Do you still want to take good care of your injuries?"

Liu Chunyan couldn't do anything about her father.

On normal days, she could go into her room and close the door so she wouldn't hear her father's nagging.

But my father is a patient now, we can’t just leave him there.

Besides, as he said, her father rarely interfered in her life. She had more freedom than other girls of the same age. If she didn't even have the right to know, it would be unfair to her father.

"Come on, have a good chat with Daddy. What do you like about Qiu Tang?"

"What are you talking about? I have a boyfriend." Liu Chunyan slammed the fruit knife on the table. "Here, have an apple."

"You said he has a girlfriend?" Old Liu was very surprised.

"Well, I heard it from his own mouth."

"That's impossible," Old Liu thought for a while, "That kid doesn't look old enough to date, where would he get a partner?"

"What do you mean you haven't reached the age limit? Do you know how old I am?"

"Is there any need to know that? He looks like he's about 17 or 18 years old. Even though he's mature in his dealings with others, his face can't lie. Your father has traveled a lot and met a lot of people. He can't be wrong about his age."

"What? You said Qiu Tang... is only seventeen or eighteen years old?!"

"Yeah, what's the matter? How old do you think he is?" Old Liu was confused.

"I...I don't know either!"

Liu Chunyan suddenly remembered that she had always called him "cousin" ever since she met him because he looked very mature. She never thought that Yu Qiutang's real age was less than 18 years old.

The face that had just retreated turned red again.

"Then why are you still interested in him? You haven't even figured out his age after all this time." Old Liu didn't know whether to call her daughter stupid or naive. "But then again, compared to Qiu Tang, if we only talk about being a son-in-law, I think Haofeng is more suitable."

Seeing that his daughter didn't react, he began to analyze the situation. "Look, I just said that when looking for a partner, it's best to have a good person. If the person is good, everything will be good. If the person has problems, then even if he or she is very capable, he or she will cause a lot of trouble and won't be good to you, right?

Oh, of course, I'm not saying Qiutang is bad.

I like this young man Qiu Tang very much and find him very interesting, so I specially gave him my gun. It may seem that he is taking advantage of me, but in fact it is a favor I am doing for you.

There are many kinds of people. Some are suitable to be friends or family members and stay with us, but some are only suitable to have relationships.

This kind of relationship accumulated in daily life can be used by us at the critical moment, and it may be of great help to us. Even if it happens only once in a lifetime, our investment will not be in vain..."

Seeing that his daughter seemed a little impatient, he felt that he had said too much, so he summarized: "Comparatively speaking, Haofeng has a straightforward personality, is simple and honest, and is a good candidate for a husband.

As for Qiu Tang, I can only say that he will definitely have a bright future, but whether he is suitable to be a husband or not is a big question mark. He is not a person who is easy to control. If you really have this idea, you must be mentally prepared in advance. "

Liu Chunyan listened to her father's chattering and felt that his voice was very far away, while her thoughts had drifted to somewhere unknown.

Is he really younger than me?
How come I didn’t see that?
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Yu Qiutang and Wang Haofeng returned to the village. It was just getting dark and they parted at a fork in the road.

Yu Qiutang reminded him out of friendship that he should save the money he earned as he would need to build a new house and get married in the future, and he should not show off just because he has money.

If poor people want to increase their money, there is no better way than to save hard. The more they save, the more they will have.

Wang Haofeng agreed readily.

He just said that he didn't spend much money to begin with, so he could save all this money for his wife.

When he spoke, his eyes were full of brilliance.

After parting with him, Yu Qiutang came to Yu Qiujiang's blacksmith shop again and gave Yu Qiujiang the 100 yuan given by Lao Liu. Yu Qiujiang was very shocked and refused it repeatedly, saying that it was not his place to take.

Yu Qiutang took some effort before he reluctantly accepted it.

He showed Yu Qiujiang his newly acquired five or six and a half, which shocked Yu Qiujiang again.

Yu Qiutang temporarily placed the two guns and bullets at Yu Qiujiang's place, which was secluded and convenient to use. If they were kept at home, they would feel unreliable.

The three and a half roe deer shot yesterday are temporarily placed in Yu Qiujiang’s “reservoir”.

As there happened to be a stream passing nearby, Yu Qiujiang diverted a stream to use as water for his iron work, and dug a hole outside the house, so that water continued to flow in and out.

The water temperature of mountain springs is inherently cold, which is equivalent to a cold storage that maintains a constant temperature. Even in summer, things placed in it can remain fresh for a long time.

Yu Qiutang packed a whole piece into a snakeskin bag, and then put the half that was left in the mountains into another bag. He first went back home to put the half at home, and then took the other whole piece to Team Three.

Zhang Jiashen's home is in the third natural team of Wangjia Village.

(End of this chapter)