Rebirth 1983: The counterattack started from hunting in the mountains

Zhang Yaoyang returned to Zhaojia Village under the scorching sun and saw Chen Ergou and Zhao Dazhui slaughtering pigs.

After a simple operation, the wild boar will become less wild when it grows up and the meat will become better quality.

This is a unique skill that every butcher has.

After Zhao Dazhu finished, he cleaned the tools in his hands and said with a sense of unsatisfaction: "I haven't done this for a long time. My hands are so unfamiliar that I almost couldn't find the right position. Alas..."

There are hardly any families in the village who raise chickens, ducks or geese, let alone pigs.

There is no way, we are poor. Being able to fill our stomach is our biggest wish. We dare not ask for anything else.

This was what Zhang Yaoyang heard when he stepped into the courtyard, and he couldn't help but take over the conversation.

"Don't worry, in less than half a year, I guarantee you'll be taken to be a "pig butcher" every day. I'm just afraid you'll complain of being tired by then, haha..."

Zhao Dazhu chuckled: "If that day really comes, it will be worth it even if I die of exhaustion!"

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was very good, when an old lady was seen hurriedly coming towards the Zhang family with a cane.

There were not many people walking around in the village at this time, mainly because it was too hot and everyone was hiding in the shade to rest.

Some ran to the river and slept on the big rocks under the shade of the trees. There was a cool breeze and it was quite comfortable.

There is still a month left until the Dragon Boat Festival, the hottest festival of the year, but the crops in the fields have begun to dry up, the ground has cracked, and the drought is quite serious.

Logically, summer should be a season with abundant rainfall, and thunderstorms and heavy rains are the norm.

Unfortunately, after the heavy rain in early April that caused floods, there has been no rain at all.

The current high temperatures have affected people’s lives, and there may even be a drought that occurs once in a century.

As far as Zhang Yaoyang knows, Zhaojia Village where he lives is not the area with the highest temperature this year. Some places even reached an unimaginable 44.7 degrees.

There was no air conditioning in that era, the best you could do was use an electric fan.

More people can only endure it, and things like people dying from the heat are still going to happen.

At this time, the old man who came to Zhang's house looked quite strange. Zhang Yongqiang saw him and hurried to meet him.

"Grandma Zhao, what's wrong with you? Why are you so panicked?"

The old lady burst into tears before she could say anything.

"What a sin! Meiling is missing. She said she would come to see you two days ago, but we haven't seen her since. I was not in good spirits yesterday and was sleeping at home the whole time, so I didn't have time to look for her."

"I got up today and saw that the stove was cold and the girl hadn't been in the house for two days. Did you hide her?"

Zhang Yongqiang was shocked.

"Grandma Zhao, don't scare me. How can I hide such a big person?"

"I have been busy repairing the house. I have been working under everyone's noses these days and have never seen Zhao Meiling."

The old lady walked around Zhang's house in disbelief, and then kept glancing at the expensive TVs and electric fans, until she swept her eyes over the food and drinks, all of which the villagers didn't have.

His pair of cloudy eyes were bright at this moment, without any worry on his face. He just wanted to come to Zhang's house and see the real scene under the pretext.

Zhang Yaoyang watched the old lady perform for a while, then left tremblingly, so he said to Zhang Yongqiang: "Brother, which girl do you like, you'd better decide quickly, otherwise if something happens to the girl in the future, you will be blamed."

Zhang Yongqiang scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"I don't have any favorite girls. Stop talking about this. I have a lot of work to do at home. I have to make some mung bean soup. The people who are repairing the house are almost fainting from the heat."

After he said this, he didn't notice that there were two pretty girls standing behind him.

These two girls were not from the village. One of them was the daughter of the second aunt in the town. Her name was Wang Yuzhen, and she was accompanied by one of her playmates.

Zhang Yaoyang used to think that this second aunt was a relative, but he found it strange why his father's family lived a hard life here, while this second aunt's family lived in the town. Although they were not well off, they both had decent jobs and were not so poor as to not help their poor relatives.

After reading the letter in the iron box, I realized that there was no blood relationship between the two.

His father was an orphan and was adopted by his second aunt's grandfather when he was very young.

But the old man was unlucky and died before Zhang Yongshou grew up and returned his gratitude.

There were only two siblings left in the family, relying on each other. In order to take care of his only relative, Zhang Yongshou even worked very hard to save up a considerable dowry for her so that she could marry a good man.

This Wang Yuzhen should be called cousin. Although she had little contact with them since childhood, she has a gentle personality and is a very easy person to get along with.

The playmate he brought with him was named Zhou Xiulan, who was looking at Zhang Yongqiang with great interest, which made Zhang Yongqiang's ears turn red immediately.

"Cousin, why are you here? It's so hot."

Logically, this cousin should be in school. She is different from Zhang Anxin. She is only in the first year of high school, but she has no one to tutor her and she cannot fall behind in her studies.

My second aunt and her husband only have her as their daughter, and they love her very much.

Wang Yuzhen said crisply, "Cousin, it's my mother who's here. It means tomorrow is a big day and she has to go back to the village. She asked me to come and let you know. I'll have to trouble you when the time comes."

What big day is this?

The two Zhang brothers did not know the details, so they called out Zhang Yongshou who was watering and planting vegetables in the backyard.

As soon as he saw Wang Yuzhen, he understood everything. Without saying much, he turned around, went into the house, took out a very new biscuit box and handed it over.

"Yuzhen, take this back to your mother. It's so hot, so don't ask her to make another trip tomorrow. When you have packed everything, just move all your belongings here."

Zhang Yaoyang only needed to scan the iron box to know what was inside.

This is his father's habit. Any valuable items will be put in a box.

Last time, he gave the iron box to Zhang Yaoyang for safekeeping. He found another biscuit box, and this time it was filled with some money.

My second aunt's family came to borrow money. The last time they asked was more than three months ago. They asked for 500 yuan right away. It was for renovating the house in town.

The house they used to live in was too old and looked too shabby in the town, so they wanted to renovate it before the New Year.

It is not as simple as just replacing the roof, but it requires tearing it down and rebuilding it.

In the previous life, their family couldn't afford to help out even a penny, so this house was built with great difficulty using the foreign debts taken out by Second Aunt and her husband.

At that time, I stayed at their home for half a year.

And it was during this six months that some bad things happened, which made the relationship between the two families very tense.