In the Zhao family's warehouse, Zhao Jun plucked a bear gallbladder from the beam, stuffed it into a small cloth bag, handed it to Zhao Chun and said, "Sister, please put this away."

"Don't worry." Zhao Chun took the bear bile and carefully stuffed it into the pocket of her cotton-padded jacket. She glanced outside and saw Zhou Jianjun pushing the bicycle out of the courtyard. She turned to Zhao Jun and whispered to Zhao Jun: "Brother, I'm at work.

We are adults, so we need to adjust."

Zhao Jun felt warm in his heart and nodded: "Sister, don't worry."

At this time, Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan dug out a bear paw and four wild boar tenderloins from the snow, and hung them on the handlebars and beams of the car for Zhou Jianjun.

"That sister has gone back. If anything happens here, just ask your brother-in-law."

"Okay." Zhao Jun and Zhao Chun walked out together and said to Zhou Jianjun: "Brother-in-law, ride slower."

After watching Zhao Chun and his wife leave, the five members of the Zhao family returned to the house and simply arranged the house. Wang Meilan asked Zhao Youcai, "Do we have to discuss with the Dayong family to make dumplings with wild boar meat tomorrow night?"

Or venison?"

"Everything is included!" Zhao Youcai waved his hand proudly and said: "This year, if you try your best, we will be lucky enough to include two kinds of stuffing."

Wang Meilan smiled and said: "My son, I have been with you for so many years and I have never eaten two kinds of dumplings during the Chinese New Year."

Zhao Youcai curled his lips and said, "When I knock down that big pig of more than a thousand kilograms for you after the new year, we can make dumplings with the meat!"

"You can pull it down. You can't even chew the meat." Wang Meilan threw aside the rag that she had just wiped the Kang table and said: "I've been getting calluses from listening to your ink in the past two days. You won't stop it anymore.

, just go up the mountain to find the pig during the Chinese New Year."

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On New Year's Eve, Zhao Jun was awakened by the sound of firecrackers early in the morning.

Before he could get out of bed, the door was pushed open.

Zhao Hong and Zhao Na ran in, grabbed Zhao Jun's arm and pulled him out, "Brother, take us to set off firecrackers."

Zhao Jun was pulled up by them in a daze, put on his cotton-padded jacket, cotton trousers, put on his shoes and left the house.

On the day she went to the market, Wang Meilan bought five firecrackers with one hundred rings. One set was set off on the 30th day of the new year, one set off on the first day of the new year, one set off on the fifth day of the lunar month and one set off on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

There is also a hanging, which is broken down into small firecrackers for the two little girls to play with.

As soon as Zhao Jun left the house, he saw Li Ruhai and Li Xiaoqiao picking up small firecrackers at the door. There were several children around who wanted to come forward, but Li Ruhai shouted them back several times.

There are always some firecrackers that have never exploded. As long as they still have some twists, they can be picked up and set aside. Li Ruhai and Li Xiaoqiao are now looking for them in the pile of red confetti and discarded firecrackers.

The children around them probably wanted to follow them, but the hanging whip just now was set by the Li family. How could Li Ruhai let them take advantage of it?

Seeing Zhao Jun coming out with a whole set of firecrackers, Li Ruhai immediately came over. Zhao Jun gave him the firecrackers and told him to take Zhao Hong and Zhao Na to play together.

Li Ruhai agreed immediately. Even though this guy was loose-mouthed, he was still very reliable in his work, especially since he also regarded Zhao Hong and Zhao Na as his sisters. Zhao Jun could rest assured that the little girl was left to him to look after.<

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Li Ruhai hung the firecrackers on the door of Zhao Jun's house, took one end of the charred wooden stick, and blew it. The charred area instantly turned red, revealing a dark fire.

Li Ruhai lit the firecrackers, while Zhao Hong, Zhao Na, and Li Xiaoqiao covered their ears and watched.

A hundred rings soon disappeared. The three little girls moved over to dig through the unexploded firecrackers, while Li Ruhai stood by to intimidate a group of children who wanted to take advantage.

Zhao Jun found it funny when he saw it, shook his head, and walked towards Li's courtyard.

Entering Li's house, Zhao Jun saw Li Baoyu squatting in front of the stove, burning something.

"Brother, you are here."

Zhao Jun patted him on the shoulder, walked to the back room, and wished Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei a happy New Year before coming out to see Li Baoyu.

"Where's the burning Galaha?"

"Well." Li Baoyu said: "Today is the Chinese New Year, so I'll give it to our girls to play with."

Galaha is the knuckle bone that connects the thigh and calf of animals.

This bone is only found on the hind legs, and is found on the hind legs of sheep, pigs, roe deer, and deer.

They all say that the Galaha of sheep is good, it is square, and it is not big, even a child can catch it.

However, there are too few Galaha of sheep. In comparison, Galaha of pigs are more common.

These animals in the mountains, wild boars, roe deer and deer, all come out of Galaha.

Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong have been hunting for many years and once saved a bagful of Galaha.

What’s even more valuable is that the Galaha are all from roe deer, no worse than the Galaha of sheep.

Zhao Jun remembered that when he and Li Baoyu were young, Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei took them to play Galaha together.

Sometimes Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong get off work early and play with them.

Later, the Dougalaha became Zhao Hong and Li Xiaoqiao’s toy.

Until last summer, two relatives came to Li Dayong's family. An old lady took a little boy and stayed at Li's house for half a month, including food and clothing.

During this period, this little boy had sex with the little girls every day.

When it was time to leave, he cried and fussed, insisting on taking away the bag of Galaha left at Li's house.

What to do?

If you don't give me a bag of Galaha, after the old lady goes back, all the relatives of the Li family will know that Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei treat their relatives poorly.

There was no other way, so Li Xiaoqiao watched with tears in her eyes as the bag of Galaha was taken away.

In recent months, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu have been hunting wild boar and roe deer in the mountains, and they have also accumulated more than ten Galaha.

Although this is not enough for a full pocket, not even half a pocket, it is enough for three little girls to play with.

Looking at the cooked Galaha next to him, Zhao Jun took one in his hand, picked up the knife on the stove, and gently scraped the surface of the Galaha.

At this time, Jin Xiaomei came out with a bunch of dried red peppers, put them on the stove and said to Li Baoyu: "Boss, the peppers will be burned in a while. Mom will make some chili oil. Let's dip the dumplings to eat at night."
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"Okay!" Li Baoyu agreed immediately.

That night, the two families got together. Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan, Li Dayong, and Jin Xiaomei played mahjong, and the three little girls played Galaha on the kang.

Li Baoyu, on the other hand, encouraged Zhao Jun to watch small cards with him and Li Ruhai.

Seeing Li Ruhai's eagerness to try, Zhao Jun secretly shook his head and thought: "Silly boy, your brother is just waiting to steal the more than thirty yuan in your pocket."

In the end, Li Baoyu's conspiracy failed because Zhao Jun didn't play with them. Without Zhao Jun, the two brothers couldn't get together.

Zhao Jun's non-participation was not because he felt sorry for Li Ruhai, but because he secretly vowed after his rebirth that he would never touch cards again in his life, regardless of whether he won money or not.

In the next few days, the two families spent time like this, eating and drinking, playing mahjong, playing Galaha, and watching small cards.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Baoyu, Li Ruhai and Jin Xiaomei watched three rounds of cards, and finally ended with Li Baoyu losing fifteen yuan and Li Ruhai losing twenty.

From then on, Li Baoyu became honest.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the Li family went to Jin Xiaomei's parents' house to visit relatives and friends, while Zhao Jun's family had a meal with Wang Qiang's family.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Li Baoyu came back from Shanggou Township. He immediately found Zhao Jun who was wandering in the village and said to him: "Brother, my dad went to Shanggou this time and asked my grandpa what kind of condom can catch a thousand-jin giant."

Pig."

It seems that Zhao Youcai is not the only one who is possessed by the devil.

"Take off the wire rope?" Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "A pig is so big that a finger-thick steel wire rope cannot hold it, and it will break if you pull it."

"My grandpa said the same thing." Li Baoyu said, "It seems that this big pig is not easy to deal with."

Just as Zhao Jun was about to speak, he heard a familiar voice shouting over there: "Brother!"

"Brother." Zhao Jun turned around and saw Zhang Yuanmin running over with a smile.

"Brother Zhang."

"Baoyu."

Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu also exchanged greetings with each other. When Zhang Yuanmin approached Zhao Jun, he said: "Brother, I have good news for you."

Before Zhang Yuanmin could say anything, Zhao Jun asked first, "Is this a dog-related thing?"

"How smart!" Zhang Yuanmin smiled and patted Zhao Jun's arm and said, "I went back to my parents' house with your sister-in-law in the third year of junior high school, and I came here to find you right after I came back. The bitches in the house are really trying to find their babies. After ten

The baby will be born on February 2nd. If you are fine, we will go there after February 2nd."

The puppy has just been born, so it needs to be fed for half a month before it can be picked up. Otherwise, its eyes haven’t opened yet, so it won’t be possible to feed it when it is brought back.

When Zhao Jun heard this, he looked troubled and said, "Brother, not after February 2nd. I have to report to the forest farm on February 3rd."

"Are you going to work?" Zhang Yuanmin said with joy on his face. He was sincerely happy for Zhao Jun.

"Well," Zhao Jun responded, "Brother, would it be okay if we went two days in advance?"

"Okay." Zhang Yuanmin agreed immediately without thinking about it: "Brother, you decide. We will go on the day you say we will go."

"Then go on the first day of February?"

"Appropriate."

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To be continued...