"Uncle, you are so lucky. Many people went to Wild Dog Ridge to try their luck today."
"Oh, did they find the persimmons?"
"No, how could they have that kind of luck?" Zheng Chunmei scoffed. "They all came back empty-handed. You're the best!"
"It was also a fluke." Zhao Zheng narrowed his eyes and found a suitable position for his hand.
Zheng Chunmei's body stiffened, then quickly softened. "Yesterday's persimmons were so sweet! No wonder Uncle Zhao was able to exchange so many things at the market! Everyone in the village says you're amazing!"
Zhao Zheng laughed in his heart, was he scolding him for being unlucky?
Seeing that Zhao Zheng remained silent, Zheng Chunmei started talking about the Wang family again. "The Wang family is really a piece of shit. They took advantage of the situation and still acted ungratefully, looking for trouble with Uncle Zhao. They deserve to be enemies with the Liu family!"
Zhao Zheng laughed. Zheng Chunmei was quite gossipy and knew everything about the village.
It's okay to treat it as a pastime, but if you really follow her words, she will definitely make you do something terrible.
"This is my bad luck. I shouldn't have gone out to dig wild vegetables. The wild vegetables I had were not enough to fill my stomach, and I got myself into trouble."
Zhao Zheng sighed, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Chunmei, I've been feeling much better these past few days. You don't have to come tomorrow."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiao'e was delighted. That's great, Widow Zheng finally doesn't have to come anymore.
Yang Zhaodi also laughed. She didn't like Zheng Chunmei very much either.
But Zheng Chunmei was anxious, "Uncle Zhao, did I not press it properly?"
If her mother-in-law knew about this, she would definitely scold her for being useless.
The most important thing is that she will never be able to eat rice crust again.
Moreover, she was sure that the Zhao family had eaten the meat.
The aspic of grease on the table said it all.
This shows that the Zhao family is living a much better life than she imagined.
If she came more often, she might be able to get a piece of meat.
At this moment, all shame was thrown behind her mind. She just wanted to eat her fill and raise her child.
"You pressed it well and your attitude was very good. Old Zhao is not the kind of person who will not let you go even if you are right."
Zhao Zheng said righteously, "So, don't come tomorrow, and I won't cause any more trouble for your family."
Zheng Chunmei was extremely anxious. "Uncle Zhao, it's my fault for not teaching you well that you got hurt. If I can't see you recover, I won't feel at ease."
"Really, there's no need." Zhao Zheng said.
"No, I won't be at ease until you're fully recovered." Zheng Chunmei said this, but in her heart she thought, "Even if I leave, I have to wait until I can eat some meat."
Zhao Zheng laughed in his heart. Did Zheng Chunmei taste the sweetness and was reluctant to leave?
Zhang Xiao'e said angrily, "My father-in-law said we don't need it, so why don't you understand?"
Zheng Chunmei said, "Xiao'e, it's my family's fault. I must take full responsibility. My Li family is not as heartless as the Wang family."
Zhang Xiao'e was not good at speaking and was so angry that she couldn't speak.
"So, I have to wait until Uncle Zhao is completely well before I can rest assured."
"Alright, since you're so filial, I'll keep you there for two more days." Zhao Zheng smiled. "But if the villagers ask, you can't say I forced you to do it."
"I volunteered. It has nothing to do with Uncle Zhao."
"That's good."
The smile in Zhao Zheng's eyes grew even brighter, and he thought to himself, "It's rare for me to be kind. Since you took the initiative to deliver it to me, you can't blame me."
This time, Zheng Chunmei pressed harder and was sweating all over.
I thought Zhao Zheng would give her the jelly on the plate, but Zhao Zheng said, "Chunmei, it's getting late. Go back. I won't see you off."
Zheng Chunmei was stunned. She worked so hard, but in the end, she got nothing?
"Uncle Zhao, that..." She pointed at the plate on the low table.
Before Zhao Zheng could speak, Zhang Xiao'e angrily said, "That's the oil we worked so hard to get, and you still have the nerve to ask for it? How can you be so shameless?"
Zheng Chunmei felt particularly aggrieved, but then she thought that Zhao Zheng had not agreed to send her off, and she was embarrassed for a moment and picked her feet.
"I, I..."
"Chunmei, our family is not rich, so please bear with us. We have eaten all the rice and have no more rice crust. If you don't mind, we still have two rotten persimmons left..."
Zhao Zheng would not let her enjoy the sweetness every day, otherwise, she would think it was her due.
These days, people can get a meal just by giving her a massage. It's too cheap for her.
"No, thanks." Zheng Chunmei was angry and annoyed. This old Zhao was so stingy that he took advantage of her but didn't give her any benefits.
But Zhang Xiao'e's words made her wake up.
What is this about her?
Betray?
She felt extremely humble.
For a little food, he even lost his face.
She was ashamed and sad, and fled from the warm Zhao family.
Tears instantly welled up in my eyes.
But at this moment, Zhao Zheng's voice came, "Zhao Di, dig some yellow soil tomorrow and make the duck eggs into salted duck eggs..."
She couldn't help but slow down her pace, turned her head and looked at the flickering lights in the house, gritting her teeth in anger, "This stingy old Zhao is really trying to piss me off on purpose. Not only does he have meat at home, he also has extra eggs to make salted eggs!"
"I can't let him take advantage of me, but I can't have him come here every day, otherwise, he will think I'm easy to bully!"
...
The next day, Zhao Zheng got up before dawn.
After breakfast, I took the egg pancakes made by Yang Zhaodi and went out into the morning dew.
There are still sparse stars in the sky.
I have to go to Jinji Mountain today to see the clamps and bring back some firewood.
Before noon, Zhao Zheng arrived at his destination.
He held the axe in his hand, kept his eyes and ears open, and only went over after making sure there was no problem.
But when he came to the place where the clamps were placed, his heart sank.
There were bloodstains and pheasant feathers on the No. 1 clip.
Judging from the traces, they were probably left by a large beast.
Blind bear!
Zhao Zheng's hair stood on end.
The trap on the ground was already broken, so Zhao Zheng put it directly into the warehouse. "It ate my pheasant, so it shouldn't come over, right?"
Thinking of this, he plucked up the courage to find a second clamp.
"Nothing."
The third trap also contained no prey.
But the fourth trap made Zhao Zheng happy, "Hare!"
And it was a gray hare that was still fluttering around!
The rabbit is not small and looks fat.
He was overjoyed, "It was not a wasted trip!"
[Ding, caught wild rabbit, weighs six pounds, worth three hundred coins, store/sell?]
Zhao Zheng grinned and twisted the rabbit's head off.
"Deposit!"
In the mall, rabbit skin is not valuable, but rabbit meat is very valuable.
The word "wild" is what we eat.
"The head can be made into spicy rabbit head, and the rabbit meat can be roasted or made into hand-shredded rabbit meat." Zhao Zheng put away the clamp and planned to leave. There were bears in Jinji Mountain, and he didn't plan to come back in the short term.
But at this moment, a big, round and fat black bear climbed down the mountain with three little black bears following behind it.
At that moment, Zhao Zheng's heart almost stopped!