Cheng Duo went up the mountain. He accidentally discovered the trail of a group of wild deer yesterday. But because it was too late, he had already hit the rabbit again, so he didn't chase it.
Cheng Duo first came to the place where the wild deer were found drinking water yesterday. There were some scattered footprints near the water source, some large and small. Judging from his experience, it should be a small herd of deer.
This herd of wild deer will generally stay in the same place for two or three days, and will not switch to the next place until the grass and leaves they like have eaten.
Cheng Duo followed the footprints and found traces of deer in the hinterland of a mountain. He carefully hid behind the bushes and bushes, watched a wild deer grazing out of the pack, and came near him eating and eating.
Cheng Duo was a bit unfortunate. At such a long distance, it would be good if there were bows and arrows. The hatchet was too large, and it was easy to startle the prey when thrown.
The deer's hearing is very sensitive, and it runs even more quickly.
Cheng Duo was about to move towards the stray wild deer, when he suddenly heard a low roar of a suppressed beast, followed by a fishy wind -
Cheng Duo quickly rolled to the side and returned his hand at the same time. Slashing with a hatchet, the beast let out a painful howl, and quickly jumped out of Cheng Duo's hunting range.
Cheng Duo could also see clearly at this time, it was a strong, thick-furred wolf. Half of its face was cut by Cheng Duo's hatchet. At the moment, it was baring its teeth and staring fiercely at Cheng with a pair of blood-red eyes. Duo.
The wolf was very smart. Seeing that he was not Cheng Duo's opponent, he roared in the sky and quickly got into the woods. Cheng Duo noticed that several wild wolves jumped out of the shadows of the woods and disappeared quickly following its footsteps.
Obviously, it was an alpha wolf. Cheng Duo suspected that the gray wolf he killed earlier belonged to this wolf group.
The alpha wolf came to him for revenge.
These wolves are really sharp enough, he was a little diligent in going up the mountain in the past two days, and he was followed by them.
Cheng Duo raised his arm and looked at it. Just now, his skin was accidentally cut by the fangs of the alpha wolf, and a blood mark was drawn.
If it was in peacetime, he would definitely have to go to the hospital for rabies or something, but now he doesn't care. He is not even afraid of zombie viruses, and he can eat expired canned stinky meat, so why should he be afraid of these?
It's a pity that the wild deer were also scared away. Cheng Duo couldn't, meaning he caught a bamboo rat and went back.
It may be because of the habit of raising a family in the past, Cheng Duo always felt that he was injured when Brother Yong found out that he was injured, and he didn't catch anything... a little shameless.
"You're back?" Seeing Cheng Duo walking out of the forest with his prey, Brother Yong who was picking wild vegetables by the water unconsciously got up and greeted him, staring curiously at the prey in Cheng Duo's hand.
Cheng Duo held the bamboo rat with the hand with the sleeve intact and showed it to Brother Yong: "A bamboo rat, I will deal with it for you later."
"Okay."
Seeing that Brother Yong was still standing, Cheng Duo looked at it. Duo tried to divert his attention: "Where did the wild vegetables come from?"
"I saw that there were on the ridge next to me, so I picked it up." Brother Yong did not suspect him, and after answering Cheng Duo's question, he went back to pick vegetables obediently. .
However, when Cheng Duo was peeling the bamboo rat, Brother Yong who was watching still found the problem: "Why is your sleeve torn?"
Cheng Duo raised his hand to look at it, pretending to be ignorant: "Maybe he was not careful when he was on the mountain. It's scratched."
"Then you take it off later, and I'll make it up for you." Brother Yong said naturally, and found that something was wrong. Cheng Duo was not his eldest brother, let alone his father. , what did he make up for him!
"Uh... you can fix it yourself, it's a little inconvenient for me to hurt my finger today."
Cheng Duo glanced at him when he heard the words, and sure enough he saw blood on his right thumb, thinking it was a coincidence , they both accidentally saw blood today.
"Chuhulang will be here in two days. I ordered gold sore medicine from him, and I will give you some medicine when the time comes."
"No need." Brother Yong shook his hand and unconsciously hid his hand behind him. In fact, it was normal to go down to the ground and scratch his hand. He didn't take that little injury into his eyes at all. He was just making an excuse for saying that.
The reason why Yong Geer wanted to hide his hand was because Cheng Duo stared at his hand, and he was a little ashamed. His hands were ugly, with not only old scars but calluses and frostbite.
In fact, Cheng Duo's hands are thinner than his. He is a brother and still has a sense of shame.
Cheng Duo nodded when he heard the words, but he didn't care - Brother Yong's injury may have healed when Zhou Huolang delivered the medicine.
Brother Yong was a little disappointed for some reason, maybe it was because it was rare that someone other than his father cared about him, but he refused; or maybe it was because Cheng Duo saw his thick hands, so he changed his mind and didn't give him the medicine for golden sore, because It's useless to wipe it...
But fortunately, Brother Yong is a strong brother, and he quickly put this loss behind him. He even had a problem with getting enough food and clothing, but he didn't have time to think about it.
However, after being reminded by Brother Yong, Cheng Duo remembered that he had bought the cloth and had not yet found anyone to help with sewing.
In fact, there is no need to look for it. Isn't this a ready-made candidate...
Cheng Duo is also worried that Yong Ge'er will run away after planting vegetables, because he doesn't need to pay too much attention to the vegetable field. what is the problem. But in this way, their previously agreed agreement to help with cooking before the house is repaired will end early.
Cheng Duo couldn't bear to be such a cheap and obedient "cook".
Although Brother Yong didn't even want to help to mend the small holes in his clothes in order to avoid suspicion, Cheng Duo knew that this little guy was actually very simple. He looked pitiful in the cave before, so why don't you help him mend it?
Besides, the timing of this request is also very important -
when eating, Brother Yong took a bowl of food and went to eat it as usual. Cheng Duo saw that he only had three pieces of bamboo rat meat, and they were all packed in bamboo tubes. Two wotou also installed one, and only ate the remaining wotou and wild vegetables.
Cheng Duo chewed a piece of bamboo rat meat, and then pretended to say: "Hey, today's bamboo rat meat is a bit old..."
Brother Yong was nervous when he heard that, thinking that Cheng Duo thought he was doing a bad job, which could It is related to his income of two cents per meal: "Did I go too far when I fry it? I will pay attention to it next time!"
"No, it's because the rat meat is a bit old." Cheng Duo couldn't eat a meal. look.
Brother Yong looked at him eagerly, that was still meat, it wasn't that he couldn't eat it. If he had such a bowl of meat, let alone a little old, he wouldn't mind if it was burnt!
Cheng Duo covered his teeth: "I don't know why, my gums are a little swollen today, and eating this rat meat hurts my teeth."
"Oh..." He understands what gums are.
"What should I do, this meat will definitely be older if it's hot again tomorrow. Why don't I bring it back to you? I'll make another chicken tomorrow. The chicken is softer."
"Really, really?" Brother Yong was pleasantly surprised. He didn't know what to say. He ate good food here at Cheng Duo every day. As long as he thought that his father didn't have to eat at home, he felt very sorry.
Although Cheng Duo didn't talk about him, he was also very conscious and occasionally used a bamboo tube to pack a little back.
"Really, when did I lie to you?" Cheng Duo saw that Brother Yong was about to dispatch the bamboo tube, and he simply pointed to one of the two bowls of bamboo rat meat and said, "Take this bowl back, and take it back tomorrow. Just send it back to me."
Brother Yong thought about it too, and happily put away the bowl of bamboo rat meat.
Cheng Duo seemed to talk a lot today, and he sighed while eating: "Today, I accidentally ripped my sleeve, so I only have this dress. I bought cloth and I can't sew it. I really don't know if I will change it next time. When, I'm going to go bad..."
Brother Yong had just benefited from him, and when he was full of gratitude, Wen Yan said without hesitation, "I'll do it for you!"
"Oh? Thank you so much!" Cheng Duo didn't give Brother Yong a chance to go back at all. He hit the snake with the stick, and then he talked about how many clothes and quilts he wanted... If it wasn't for making shoes It was too much, he even wanted his little brother to pack his shoes for him.
At the end, he pretended to hesitate again, pretending to care about others: "I won't cause you trouble, if it's really inconvenient..." He gave money, which was impossible.
"No, I'm doing it in a mountain col, and others won't find out." Brother Yong agreed with his mind as he fooled around.
"That's good." The goal was achieved, Cheng Duo picked up his chopsticks again, and swept away everything on the table, including the bamboo rat meat that had just made him dislike being too old and "difficult to swallow" .
Brother Yong looked at it for a while, but he was just a native country brother, and he didn't know the twists and turns of modern people. Therefore, he didn't understand the routine of being caught by a bowl of bamboo rat meat... Cheng Duo looked at the figure of the little brother obediently cleaning up the bowls and dishes, and still felt sorry for thinking about it: Forget it, when Zhou Huolang comes, he will give it to him. Little brother, buy a can of suet for hand rubbing as a thank you gift.
In fact, Cheng Duo has also seen many poor people in the last days, and Yong Ge'er can't even rank in the top ten. But who told him to be really simple? Cheng Duo sometimes even felt that Brother Yong's pure kindness was just a mirror that reflected his ugliness.
In the last days, Cheng Duo may not be in the company of such people. But in Yang'er Village, where the pace of life is slow and boring, he thinks it's good to keep such a person by his side, at least he doesn't have to worry about being stabbed in the back...
Brother Yong took the bowl of meat home and went with him. His father ate together. He just washed the dishes and hid them deep in the cupboard after eating, and somehow his eldest brother turned them out.
"Where did you get this bowl from?" "I, I..." Brother Yong was very nervous, just at this moment, he suddenly remembered the last time Shanwazi and Datou changed their headbands, so he changed his version in a hurry: " The last time the merchant came to the village to sell something, he was in a hurry and accidentally dropped a bowl, which was picked up by the village children, and I exchanged two cakes for them."
He was gambling, and Cheng Duo lived in a remote place. The villagers didn't know that he was working at Cheng Duo's place until now, and neither did his eldest brother and second brother.
Brother Yong knew that his eldest brother and second brother still remembered the last time he was beaten. If they were told that he was working with Cheng Duo, a beating would definitely be indispensable.
Li Da really believed it. He took the bowl and looked around: "No wonder this bowl is so new."
Brother Yong couldn't help but feel fortunate at this time.
Seeing Li Da and Li Er go to the cupboard to get other bowls again, Brother Yong couldn't help but say, "Brother, we only have these few bowls..."
Li Da pushed him away impatiently: "Don't I know? You need to talk nonsense! Go rolling, I'm annoying when I see you!"
Li Er also scoffed: "What kind of treasure do you think you are with just these broken bowls?"
"You two bastards—" Li Wang heard When the voice came out, he just supported Brother Yong who was pushed down, and was so angry that he wanted to scold the two evil sons.
" Damn old man, don't think you're my father and I won't hit you. If you're too long-winded, I'll hit you!"
"Get out of the way!"
"Bastards, unfilial son, why don't they die outside!" Li Wang covered his chest, his heart throbbing with anger.
Brother Yong quickly supported him: "Dad, forget it, it's just a few bowls, they can take it away..."
As for Cheng Duo's bowl, he could only pay him with the cooking wages. That bowl was different from theirs, it was glazed and patterned, and there were dozens of texts...