The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1229: The Zhao Family Gang's Opportunity to Take Off

This was the first time Zhao Jun was so angry since his rebirth.

But in fact, there was not much direct conflict between Zhao Jun and Cui Yulan in his previous life.

After Wang Meilan passed away in the previous life, the father and daughter were left with two little girls. Although Jin Xiaomei from next door helped take care of them, things didn't go as planned after a while.

So, less than half a year after Wang Meilan left, Zhao Youcai married Cui Yulan.

This was hard for Zhao Jun to accept, and what made Zhao Jun most angry was that Cui Yulan's name also contained the word "Lan". Zhao Youcai used to call Wang Meilan "Lan Na, Lan Na", and when Cui Yulan came, Zhao Youcai also called her that, and it was smooth.

Zhao Jun quarreled with Zhao Youcai several times over this. After Zhao Youcai slapped him, Zhao Jun ran away. The Li family next door was too close, so Zhao Jun ran to Wang Qiang or Lin Xiangshun's house.

Zhao Youcai had only one son, so he should not have divided the family, but left Zhao Jun to take care of him in his old age. However, the family conflicts were irreconcilable, so Zhao Youcai had no choice but to build a house for Zhao Jun and marry him off.

In fact, Cui Yulan performed well during this period.

But since Zhao Jun moved out, the two little girls have suffered. Cui Yulan seems to be doing a good job on the surface, but she is actually a shady woman behind the scenes.

She really didn't abuse Zhao Hong and Zhao Na. She cooked for the two little girls on time and did the housework well. But she would say very ugly things to Zhao Hong and Zhao Na.

How bad is it?
Zhao Hong once told Zhao Jun that if she and her sister did anything wrong, Cui Yulan would say to them, "They are just like your damn mother."

In a normal family, it is normal for a mother to sometimes say to her child, “You are just like your father,” or “You take after that bastard from your family.” There is nothing wrong with that.

But can a biological mother and a stepmother be the same?

After Cui Yulan said that, the two little girls thought of their dead mother again and felt even more aggrieved.

When Zhao Hong and Zhao Jun talked about this, Zhao Hong was already forty years old, but she burst into tears when she talked about it.

But in those days, people didn’t know what PUA was. There were many children in the family, and it was good enough to have food and drink and no illness or disaster.

Therefore, everyone thinks that as a stepmother, Cui Yulan does a pretty good job as she does not abuse the two girls and also cooks and washes for them on time.

The whole village thought so, and Zhao Youcai was no exception. Zhao Hong and Zhao Na complained to him several times, but Zhao Youcai didn't take it seriously. In his opinion, it was normal for children to be scolded by adults when they made mistakes.

Today, Wang Meilan is in good health and can swing a sledgehammer with great speed; her two younger sisters are growing strong and healthy and like to fight with little boys. Although the family is not rich, it is definitely the richest in the entire Yongan Forest District.

Zhao Jun felt that this was great, living a carefree and comfortable life.

But what Zhao Jun didn't expect was that Zhao Youcai was hooking up with that evil woman again.

Zhao Youcai explained it just now. His story was reasonable and he had Li Dayong and Xing San to testify, but Zhao Jun was still angry.

The Zhao army was so angry that they laughed. The sparrows were startled and flew away, and Zhao Youcai was stunned.

"You're so silly, what are you so happy about?" Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes at Zhao Jun, then walked past him and said, "Okay, you guys go back, I'm leaving."

Just now, Zhao Youcai told Cui Yulan that his son was here to pick him up, but he just said that and wanted to get rid of the widow as soon as possible.

After all, people's gossip is scary. If a married man sends gifts to a widow, people will gossip about it. This is also the reason why Zhao Youcai asked Cui Yulan to deliver meat outside the village.

"Woof woof..." Seeing Zhao Youcai, Erhei climbed onto the fence and wagged his tail at Zhao Youcai.

"Good dog!" Zhao Youcai touched Erhei happily, and suddenly he felt like a thorn in his back.

Zhao Youcai turned around and saw Zhao Jun, who was looking at him, grinning.

Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun, turned around and walked towards Yongli Village.

After Zhao Youcai left, Zhao Jun got into the car silently with Wang Qiang and Jie Chen. On the way home, Wang Qiang, who was sitting in the passenger seat with Zhao Jun, noticed that Zhao Jun was shaking.

When the car arrived at the village, there was no time to eat, so we had to go back to Zhao's house to take care of the dog first.

As soon as the thirteen dogs got off the car, they went back to their dens. After running in the mountains for a whole morning, the dogs had had enough walks and had eaten their fill, so it was time for them to go back to their dens and sleep.

But there was an exception among these dogs. Hua Niuniu was still very energetic and moved towards Dahua with her little butt sticking out.

"Ah...ah..." The next second, Hua Niuniu was grabbed by the back of the neck by Zhao Jun and dragged to the backyard of Li's house.

"Uncle, I'm going to the toilet." Jie Chen and Wang Qiang greeted him, and then he ran to the toilet.

"Hey!" Wang Qiang responded and immediately went to chase Zhao Jun.

When Wang Qiang saw Zhao Jun tying up Hua Niuniu in the backyard of Li's house, he came over and whispered to Zhao Jun, "Nephew, your father... my brother-in-law, he is not the kind of person who runs around."

The words may be blunt, but the truth is there. Zhao Youcai has many faults, but he has always been very well-behaved when it comes to men and women.

But after Wang Qiang finished speaking, Zhao Jun took a long time to respond: "Yes, uncle, I know."

Wang Qiang was slightly startled and felt that his eldest nephew was not as calm as he appeared.

But Wang Qiang couldn't say anything else. After all, no matter how close his brother-in-law was, he was not as close as his sister and nephew.

After tying up Hua Niuniu, Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang walked out of Li's house, met up with Jie Chen, and went to Zhang Yuanmin's house together.

When the three of them passed by the fence of the Zhang family's villa, they saw Zhao Ling and Jie Sun, each holding a large basin, walking out of the yard in small steps.

"Oh, you're back!" Zhao Ling greeted the three people when she saw them, and Wang Qiang hurried forward to take the basin.

The large basin that one person could hug was not filled too full for fear of spilling, but it was still filled with two-thirds of the hot soy milk.

Grinding tofu is different from grinding flour. Tofu requires continuous addition of water and grinding, and the result is soy milk with bean dregs.

They couldn't stand the cold during this process, so they kept a fire going in the shed. Since the simple boiler made from a large iron barrel was already on fire, they cooked soy milk in a large pot.

The cooked soy milk is sent to Zhang’s house to make tofu pudding and tofu.

Wang Qiang took the basin from Zhao Ling's hand. Seeing this, Xie Chen went over to help his mother, but was rejected by Xie Sun.

Xie Sun was really strong. She walked quickly with the big basin in her arms and was not left behind by Wang Qiang at all.

When he arrived at Zhang's house, Zhao Jun saw that a plate of tofu had been placed under the window.

Cut the pressed tofu into pieces and freeze them directly outside.

When everyone entered the house, Zhang Yuanmin was reading on the kang in the west room. Recently, he couldn't get out of bed, so he read the "military book" at home from beginning to end to reorganize what he had learned.

"Brother!" Zhang Yuanmin was very happy to see Zhao Jun and quickly put the picture book aside.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Zhao Jun walked to Zhang Yuanmin's pillow, lifted up the bottom of his cotton-padded jacket, and sat sideways on the edge of the kang.

"Very good, brother." Zhang Yuanmin smiled, and then asked: "How are you today?"

"It fell down..." Zhao Jun just opened his mouth when he heard Wang Meilan's voice coming from the outer room.

"You're back, Qiangzi." Wang Meilan said, "Drink a bowl of freshly brewed soy milk while it's still hot. After that, I'll make you some pancakes."

"Hey!" Wang Qiang responded, and Zhao Ling took out three large bowls from the bowl rack, and then took out the sugar jar.

When Zhao Jun first came to Zhang Yuanmin's house last year, Yang Yufeng made some sweet soup for Zhao Jun. At that time, Zhao Jun only took a sip and then left the cup of sweet soup to Xiao Lingdang.

Times have changed. Nowadays, Xiao Lingdang hardly even drinks canned soup, and the Zhang family no longer lacks sugar.

Use a spoon to scoop two spoonfuls of sugar into the bottom of the bowl, then scoop a scoop of soy milk into the bowl, and the soy fragrance will instantly fill the air.

The soy milk was too hot at this time, and Zhao Jun and his men had just come back from outside, so their bodies and even their teeth were cold. If they were to drink the hot soy milk at this time, their teeth would definitely fry.

The soy milk cooled down a little and a layer of bean skin formed on the top. Zhao Jun pinched the bean skin with his thumb and index finger, held it high up, tilted his head back, opened his mouth and ate the bean skin, then drank a sip of the soy milk from the edge of the bowl.

There was plenty of soy milk, but Zhao Jun and his friends just wanted to drink it for fun. The remaining soy milk was placed outside the room, and when the temperature dropped, they could make tofu.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Meilan made pancakes for the three Zhao Jun members.

The aroma of bear fat pancakes fills the house.

Zhao Ling and Jie Sun continued to chat and work in the shed, while Yang Yufeng, the host, came back.

She fished out the pickled cucumbers, cut them into cubes and put them on a plate. In the past two days, relatives and friends from the Zhang and Yang families came to visit Zhang Yuanmin who had just been discharged from the hospital. In order to entertain the guests at home, Yang Yufeng went to the grocery store and bought a lot of canned fish and luncheon meat.

Yang Yufeng opened the can and put it on a plate. Over there, Wang Meilan made a large pancake and threw it on the panel. Yang Yufeng then took a kitchen knife and cut the pancake into small fan-shaped pieces.

As soon as the staple food is ready, we start eating.

Small tofu with egg sauce, tofu pudding with wild boar stew.

Spicy in the east, sour in the west, sweet in the south, salty in the north.

The tofu pudding in Zhao Jun's family tastes salty, so Wang Meilan soaked chicken leg mushrooms and black fungus in advance and made a stew with diced wild boar meat.

Zhao Jun and his companions ate and drank, chatting with Zhang Yuanmin. When they talked about the lynx hunting in Shitang today, Wang Qiang couldn't help but tease Zhang Yuanmin, saying, "You are so unlucky. You hunted a black bear, and the black bear fell into a big pit."

"Oh my!" Zhang Yuanmin sighed and shook his head, "My fame in this life."

"Forget it." At this time, Yang Yufeng came in with the cut oil cakes and complained to Zhang Yuanmin, "What a great reputation you have."

"You woman..." Zhang Yuanmin glanced at Yang Yufeng indignantly, raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Jun, and said, "Our brothers are here, ask our brothers, who knocked the 700-pound black bear to death?"

Zhang Yuanmin was talking about the black bear monster that fought the tiger. They also hunted the black bear in Shitang. If it weren't for Zhang Yuanmin, the Zhao army would have been unable to return.

"Yes, big brother." Zhao Jun bit the oil cake and echoed: "You died from knocking your head against it."

"Yeah." Zhang Yuanmin raised his head slightly and said, "There are still three of us brothers in Yongxing, knocking down the 1,300-jin big bear. Was it also my trick?"

"Yes, yes." Zhao Jun responded vaguely while slurping his tofu pudding.

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Zhao Jun suddenly said to Wang Qiang: "My brother Zhang mentioned Yongxing, and I remembered it now."

"What happened?" Wang Qiang asked. Zhao Jun laughed and said, "The other day, Baoyu, Xiaochen and I went to Yongli to deliver the black bear to the Xing family. When we came out, we ran into that... Tang Daquan."

Tang Daquan is a well-known figure in Yongan Forest District. After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Qiang hurriedly asked, "What happened if you ran into him?"

"He asked me if we could also have spring hunting in our forest area." While eating, Zhao Jun repeated the key points of his conversation with Tang Daquan that day.

Zhao Jun talked for fun, and Wang Qiang listened for fun. When family members have a meal, they just chat.

The uncle and nephew, along with Jie Chen, didn't take the matter seriously. But when Zhao Jun finished speaking, Zhang Yuanmin, who was lying on the kang, suddenly laughed three times: "Ha! Ha! Ha!"

This smile seems a bit deliberate.

The suddenness startled Zhao Jun and the other two. Wang Qiang asked unhappily, "What are you doing?"

"Aunt! Aunt!" Zhang Yuanmin ignored Wang Qiang and shouted to Wang Meilan from the outer room.

As soon as he finished shouting, Yang Yufeng appeared at the door and asked, "Why are you calling Auntie? Our Auntie is making pancakes."

"You!" Zhang Yuanmin shouted, "Let the old lady come upstairs!"

Yang Yufeng had asked Wang Meilan to take a rest, but Wang Meilan refused. After hearing what Zhang Yuanmin said, Yang Yufeng took over the shovel in Wang Meilan's hand and replaced her work.

"Wait for me to wash my hands!" Wang Meilan washed her hands in front of the washbasin, wiped her hands with a towel, and walked into the east room and asked Zhang Yuanmin: "Yuanmin, what do you want me to do?"

At this time, Zhao Jun, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, moved his butt inward and let Wang Meilan sit next to him.

"Aunt! Brother!" Zhang Yuanmin's eyes lit up as he called out to Wang Meilan and Zhao Jun with joy, saying, "The opportunity for our Zhao Family to take off is right before our eyes!"

"What?" The three people eating the cakes and Wang Meilan were all stunned. Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang in surprise, wondering if the news about the treasure had leaked.

"Brother." After Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan exchanged glances, he looked at Zhang Yuanmin and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Auntie." Zhang Yuanmin did not answer Zhao Jun's question, but asked Wang Meilan, "Aren't you going to collect mountain products next year?"

"Ah!" Wang Meilan nodded, and then she heard Zhang Yuanmin continue, "Isn't this spring hunt an opportunity to make money?"

When Zhang Yuanmin said this, the four people's eyes lit up.

Zhang Yuanmin continued, "Gather all the villages in the surrounding area. Those who can do it can do it. Those who can't do it can do it. Let them hunt for greyhounds and yellow leaves. Can't we collect all these?"

As he spoke, Zhang Yuanmin pointed at Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, don't you still have one air rifle that you haven't sold yet? Take this opportunity to sell it!"

"Not so good!" Zhao Jun slapped his thigh. The 500 air guns had been stored in his warehouse. Zhao Jun was waiting for an opportunity to let everyone know that squirrel hunting was profitable, so that he could sell the air guns at a high price.

As Zhang Yuanmin said, if Yong'an also held a spring hunt, it would undoubtedly be the best opportunity. At that time, you can make money by selling guns, and you can also make money by collecting ash skins and reselling them. Isn't that perfect?

"What about the big hunting teams?" Wang Qiang asked, "Aren't they going for the bonus? Our forest area is not like the production team. We don't have those guns."

The reason why Yongxing Spring Hunt has so many participants is because there are hunter teams and militias. The guns used by these people are all taken from the brigade.

"If they don't have guns, let them borrow them." Zhang Yuanmin said, "Let them borrow the No. 16 gun for a few days. A group of people can have one gun. When they get the prize money, can't they share it among themselves?"

"In our villages, there are many forestry workers but few hunters." At this time, Wang Meilan said, "There are many hooligans who run to the mountains, but they have no weapons, so they just do small things."

"Let them all get motivated!" Zhang Yuanmin suggested, "Let them borrow guns from outside, and let them buy gunpowder and gunpowder from us."

Gun sand is lead beans. Nine lead beans are filled in a bullet shell. When fired, the nine lead beans fly out in a fan shape. It is used to shoot roe deer and the like.

If you want to hunt large animals such as wild boars, red deer, and bears, you have to install a clamp peg in the bullet shell.

This kind of bullet also needs to be fired with gunpowder, so people who keep guns have to buy gunpowder and lead cakes in addition to having a gun press.

"You want to buy it from us?" Zhao Jun frowned and asked, "Where can we get that stuff?"

"Tsk!" Zhang Yuanmin pointed his chin towards Jie Chen and said, "Doesn't my second brother-in-law know anyone from the confidential factory? That stuff doesn't cost much. I heard that if you buy more, a ton of gunpowder only costs three or four hundred yuan."

Zhao Jun: “One ton…”

Well, the 500 air rifles ordered earlier have not been sold yet, and now they need to import another ton of gunpowder. Is this to collect mountain products, or what else?

　Brothers, I'll take a break today and update again tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)