Siheyuan: A pioneer of morality

Zhou Jianjun patiently comforted Yulan for a long time, and finally made her stop crying.

Afterwards, the two rode their bicycles and returned to Liujiazhuang together.

As soon as they arrived in the village, they immediately found the village chief Liu and told him in detail about their thrilling experience of encountering a group of wild boars in the mountains and forests.

After that, they made a request, hoping that the village chief Liu could organize people to accompany them into the mountains to transport the wild boars back.

After listening to Zhou Jianjun and Yulan's description, the village chief Liu broke out in a cold sweat and was frightened by their experience.

But when he learned that Zhou Jianjun was able to kill three huge wild boars, the village chief Liu was instantly overjoyed.

He immediately gathered more than a dozen villagers in the village and followed Zhou Jianjun into the mountains and forests.

Seeing that Liu Yulan was also planning to go together, Zhou Jianjun quickly dissuaded her, saying, "Don't go. Stay here and prepare the cooking utensils with others. When we come back, we will immediately light a fire and stew the meat. I want to treat the whole village to a good wild boar feast today."

Village Chief Liu also nodded frequently and echoed, "Yulan, go and inform the villagers in the village to come to the village committee to eat meat in the evening. Tell them that today's meat is Jianjun's treat for everyone."

"Yes." Yulan agreed gently, blushed and looked at Zhou Jianjun, then turned and ran home.

Village Chief Liu caught the subtle exchange of glances between the two with his sharp eyes, and instantly understood the reason, and his mood became more and more joyful.

As everyone marched forward in unison, heading towards the deep mountains, Village Chief Liu quietly approached Zhou Jianjun, leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice, and asked in a whisper: "Jianjun, have you and Yulan...?"

Faced with Village Chief Liu's question, Zhou Jianjun suddenly felt embarrassed, and his limbs were out of coordination. He scratched his head helplessly and responded shyly: "Village Chief, don't worry, I will treat Yulan well."

When Village Chief Liu heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and his eyebrows seemed to fly into the sky. He said happily: "Jianjun, Yulan is a well-behaved and sensible child, and will never be a burden to you, so don't worry."

Seeing Village Chief Liu's happy look, Zhou Jianjun was speechless.

"You let your daughter follow me without any status, and you are still so happy. Strange things happen every year, but this year there are more!"

When everyone came to the place where Zhou Jianjun had shot wild boars before, they saw the three huge and powerful wild boar corpses, and looked at Zhou Jianjun in disbelief.

"This...did you do all this by yourself?" Village Chief Liu pointed at the wild boar corpses on the ground and asked stutteringly.

Zhou Jianjun replied with a playful look: "I killed all the wild boars myself. As for Yulan, she was responsible for creating the atmosphere at the time, and she was watching the show leisurely on the side."

After listening to Zhou Jianjun's answer, everyone showed sincere admiration, with admiration shining in their eyes.

At this time, Village Chief Liu came back to his senses from the shock. He waved his hand heroically and shouted to the crowd: "Everyone, hurry up and move the wild boar to the cart. We will go back to eat pork tonight!"

"Long live!"

The crowd cheered for a while and immediately threw themselves into the busyness. I saw three or four people shouting slogans in unison and working together to lift a wild boar steadily onto the cart.

When they returned to the village, they were surprised to find that many enthusiastic villagers had gathered at the entrance of the village.

When those villagers heard that there would be meat to eat in the evening, they all ran to the entrance of the village impatiently to wait, wanting to see the wild boar's body with their own eyes.

At this moment, a blazing fire had been lit in the courtyard of the village committee, and several large pots were steadily placed on the fire.

The water in the pot was boiling, making a gurgling sound, and the water surface was churning with hot bubbles.

Just as Zhou Jianjun was about to join forces with everyone to decompose the wild boar's body, the wife of the village chief Liu approached the village chief quietly and whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing this, a light flashed in the eyes of the village chief Liu, and then he cast an affirmative look at Liu Yulan.

Sensing the gesture of the village chief Liu, Liu Yulan's face flushed with shyness, and she walked towards Zhou Jianjun and said in a gentle voice: "Jianjun, please come with me."

Hearing Liu Yulan's call, Zhou Jianjun didn't think too much, wiped his hands with a rag, and followed Liu Yulan's footsteps to the village with some doubts.

Liu Yulan shyly led Zhou Jianjun back home and introduced softly: "This is my home."

There was a little nervousness in her words, and Zhou Jianjun looked around curiously at this unfamiliar environment.

"I'll stew the meat later, why are you coming to your house now?" Zhou Jianjun asked doubtfully.

Liu Yulan glanced at Zhou Jianjun shyly and murmured, "My mother said that it's not convenient to be outside. She's afraid you won't...What a delight..."

"What a considerate mother-in-law!" Zhou Jianjun couldn't help but sigh.

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After an hour, Zhou Jianjun and Liu Yulan walked out of the house hand in hand and walked slowly towards the village committee.

At this moment, Zhou Jianjun felt refreshed, as if the whole world was brand new; while Liu Yulan was shy, her ruddy complexion set off her somewhat unstable steps, which made her look cute and a little embarrassed.

When the two returned to the village committee, the people around them didn't seem to notice anything unusual. However, only the village head Liu and his wife showed a gratified smile on their faces when they saw Liu Yulan's slightly unusual pace.

Without waiting for the two to speak, the village head Liu greeted them warmly: "You two are back at the right time, the meat will be ready soon, sit down and eat quickly! "

He hardly gave Zhou Jianjun a chance to speak, and pulled him into the house.

Walking into the house, Zhou Jianjun carefully observed the villagers in the village committee. Everyone's face was filled with brilliant smiles, as if the sun was shining all over the space.

And the children running around were cheering and releasing their innocence and vitality.

At this moment, Zhou Jianjun deeply realized that in this era of relative scarcity of materials, being able to taste a delicious meat meal is undoubtedly an extremely rare thing for rural people.

In the house of the village committee, a table has been properly arranged, with several plates of vegetarian dishes and several bottles of "sweet potato stew" on it.

Around the table, except for two empty seats, the rest have been occupied by white-haired old men.

When everyone saw Village Chief Liu leading Zhou Jianjun in, they all stood up and warmly invited them to take a seat.

Not long after, a pot of steaming wild boar meat was served on the table.

Village Chief Liu first introduced everyone to each other enthusiastically, and then everyone sat down and began to enjoy this sumptuous banquet.

During the banquet, everyone seemed to have a telepathic connection and toasted Zhou Jianjun frequently.

Zhou Jianjun felt uneasy when he saw this. He was embarrassed to let this old man toast him, so he had no choice but to pick up the wine glass and toast them one by one to show his respect.