Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 58 The Active Wife

I heard Jiang Zhanhua on the other end of the phone talking a lot, praising Ye Bangchui to the sky.

Dai Song knew that there would be no problem finding a good price for this nest of clubs.

At least, he and Xie Shubao didn't have to travel far to the special bangchui market to be ripped off.

When Jiang Zhanhua said he was tired, Dai Song took the opportunity to ask about home appliances.

The result was that Jiang Zhanhua could help him get "second-hand, almost new" items like bicycles, watches, and radios, but for the televisions, washing machines, and sewing machines that he desperately wanted, it depended on fate.

Dai Song also knew that these things were not easy to get. Not only did you need tickets, but you also had to wait and fight for them.

In the end, he had to put it aside for the time being. He exchanged a few more words with Jiang Zhanhua, said he would contact him in advance when he decided which day to go to the town, and then hung up the phone.

After paying the phone bill, Dai Song used the remaining few cents to buy some pineapple, which his daughter and sister both loved to eat.

My daughter's White Rabbit is probably almost finished.
The little girl set a strict rule for herself that no matter how hungry she was, she could only eat one a day.

But my daughter, who is very stingy with herself, shared more than one-third of the White Rabbit cookies with people around her.
Whenever he thought of this, Dai Song felt very uncomfortable. He was still too poor and had wasted too much time before!
"Come on, Song, take it." Just as Dai Song was urging himself on, Xiang Dongfang wrapped the fruit and handed it to him.

"Oh! Thank you, uncle." Dai Song came back to his senses and immediately thought of the badger at home, so he asked Xiang Dongfang,

"Uncle, do you collect badger skins?"

"Badger?!" Xiang Dongfang touched his head.
"A badger skin is very expensive. I, your uncle, only run a small shop. I don't usually go to town, so I can't afford to sell it."

Dai Song sighed. It seemed that he was destined to have no income in the next two days. He sighed that good things come hard.
So he said goodbye to Xiang Dongfang and went home to deal with the badgers.

…………

It is especially warm at Xie Shubao's house tonight.

Because she heard from her son that the mallet should be placed next to the stove to slowly dry, Xie's mother added a lot more firewood into the stove than usual.

Not only that, the meals for the mother and son also changed from a barely adequate one meat and one vegetable to two meat and one vegetable - in addition to the little chicken without a head and butt, there was also a plate of boiled badger meat.

"Mom, you eat the chicken!" Dai Song switched the chicken and the sauerkraut.

"Yeah! If mom wants to eat it, she'll pick it up herself!"

"I just see that you never eat! You should try this, badger meat, it's not bad!"

"Good! Little schoolbag is capable now. Mommy can rest assured now~"

Xie Shubao narrowed his eyes in a smile, and the steamed bun in his mouth seemed to taste much better.
"Mom! Brother Song said that this badger skin is very valuable! One piece is worth seventy or eighty! Brother Song also taught me how to peel the skin. After dinner, I will peel off all the skins, spread them out and hang them up to dry. Then I can sell them for money!"

"Hmm?" Mother Xie raised her head. In the dim candlelight, she noticed the tattered cotton-padded jacket on Xie's body. Her eyes suddenly turned worried. "Little schoolbag, the badger is very fierce, isn't it? Did it bite you?"

“No, no!” Xie Shubao quickly stretched out his hands and turned them over in front of his mother. “I’m fine! Brother Song has a gun, so how could he let the badger hurt me? I was just careless and had no experience at the beginning. The badger just scratched my clothes twice. I’m not hurt at all!”

"Okay, that's good~" The worry in Xie's mother's eyes was reduced a little.

"Mom, I'm fine, don't worry, we're mainly going to the mountain to pick up sticks!
This badger was just a coincidence. Mom, did you see the mallet on the stove? It's only three or two pounds!
Brother Song said that if we can get one or two ounces of it after drying it, it will be worth at least 200 yuan!

What do you mean?

Our hard times are over, and God is sending us money!"

"Mom just wants the little schoolbag to be fine, don't push yourself too hard, okay?"

"I know, I know!" Xie Shubao twisted off two chicken thighs and put them into Xie's mother's bowl, then ate the steamed buns in three or two bites.
"I'm done! I'm going to skin the badger! Mom, please clean up all these vegetables!"

"... um~"

Xie's mother moved the candle and looked at Xie Xuebao, who was squatting on the ground with a knife, peeling the badger skin bit by bit. Her eyes were full of love and pride.

…………

After Dai Song skinned the badger, he started playing with his daughter on the kang.

I don’t know if it’s because she ate too much meat tonight or what, but the little girl was like a little fart pot, puffing non-stop.

After the father and daughter played the game of catching farts for a while, the little girl yawned continuously.

Then she crawled into Dai Song's arms obediently and pestered him to tell stories.

"What story does Yingying want to hear today?"

"I want to listen to monkey~"

what happened?

Why does a little girl like Monkey King so much?!
Dai Song was afraid that his daughter would be led astray by Monkey King, but he didn't want to spoil her interest, so he asked,

"Then Dad, how about telling me the story of the Land of Daughters today?"

"Ai Er Guo, is there a monkey~"

Dai Song scratched his head, "Yes~ Of course!"

As he was talking, he realized that the plot was a bit adult.
The part about Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie getting pregnant after drinking river water was replaced with the part about the two of them getting bloating after drinking raw water.

Yingying didn't know if she was too excited during the game. She was yawning just now, but now she is full of energy again.

She rested her head on Dai Song's arm, holding her legs with both hands. Although she didn't know what flatulence was, she still asked in a baby voice,
"Dad~ why is he... is he bloating?"

“Because they drink cold water.”

"Dad, what should I do if I have bloating?"

"The monkey gave them medicine~"

"Will this medicine help?"

"Yes~!"

"What's up~"

Facing this question, Dai Song frowned, his expression gradually becoming painful...

puff--

As a fart exploded, his expression gradually became relaxed.

"Fart, that's all~"

This made Xiao Yingying very happy. She seemed to understand what bloating was.

I immediately got up from the kang with my butt sticking out, and ran to find my mother, pinching my nose.
"Mom, mom, dad is bloated~"

Nan Chunwan was mending Dai Song's cotton-padded jacket and couldn't help laughing when she heard the conversation between the father and daughter.
"Baby, don't learn from your dad~"

"Hmm!" Xiao Yingying pinched her belly with both hands, "If I don't drink cold water, I won't get bloated~"

Dai Song was immediately attracted by Yingying's innocent appearance.
He held his daughter in his arms, patted her belly, and whispered about monkeys.

These were the correct codes for lulling her to sleep, and soon, Yingying fell into a sound sleep.

"Wife, let's go to bed~" Dai Song looked at Nan Chunwan and raised his eyebrows.

Nan Chunwan pretended not to see it and hurriedly sat down on the kang with her back to him.

Dai Song grinned, and gently covered his daughter with a blanket, replaced the small pillow, and moved to the kang to hug Nan Chunwan's waist.
"Wife, let's do it tomorrow. It's dark now and it's not good for your eyes."

Nan Chunwan shook her head and stubbornly sewed the small hole in her cotton jacket.

Dai Song knew that his wife was worried about him and was upset with him.

"Wife, what's wrong?"

Dai Song silently wrapped his hands around the white bun, and Nan Chunwan's waist suddenly went limp, and she couldn't help but shrink back. She struggled a few times, but found that she couldn't get free, so she had to let Dai Song do it.

"I'm fine, my dear. If you're worried, here, let me show you if I'm injured!"

Dai Song said this and started to take off his clothes and pants.

It's not that he was trying to be a hooligan. The badger had indeed bitten through his cotton trousers, and there were two holes on the thighs of his pink cotton trousers.

"Hey~"

When Dai Song was left with only his underpants, Nan Chunwan hurriedly grabbed the waistband of his pants.

"Don't...don't..."

"What else?" Dai Song held her hot little face in his hands. "Xiao Wan, I will definitely protect myself! If I can't even protect myself, how can I protect you and my daughter?"

Nan Chunwan immediately felt her head buzzing, "Protect you and your daughter..."

It was the first time she heard Dai Song say this directly. At that moment, she felt her whole body tingling as if she had been electrocuted.

"Xiao Wan, you and your daughter... huh?"

Dai Song wanted to say something else, but he felt his waist being hugged tightly.

Nan Chunwan buried her face deeply in his arms, as if she wanted to probe into his chest and see his burning heart.

"young married woman?"

Dai Song was originally half-kneeling on the kang, and when Nan Chunwan pushed him, he fell backwards without any resistance.

Click——

The light bulb went out, and the room was dark...

Early the next morning.

Dai Song opened his eyes and rubbed his neck subconsciously. When he touched a small tooth mark on his shoulder that had not yet subsided in swelling, the corners of his mouth subconsciously curled up.

Nan Chunwan woke up at some point and was sitting on the kang sewing a small cotton jacket in the daylight.

The daughter was facing him, sleeping soundly. This was what it meant to live a peaceful and quiet life.

Dai Song sat up and found that his cotton jacket had been sewn and neatly folded beside his pillow.

Touching the fine stitches, Dai Song's heart was filled with bubbles of happiness.

After breakfast, Dai Song packed up and went to Xie Shubao's house.

The wind was very strong today, and Dai Song, who was forced to change his hairstyle, was not used to it.

"Little Bookbag, was there anything inconvenient for your aunt at home yesterday?"

Xie Shubao shook his head repeatedly, "Brother Song, don't worry, I have almost prepared everything that needs to be prepared for the family, and my mother is doing well at home."

"Okay, did you skin the badger yesterday?"

"Yes! In the house, Brother Song, show me!"

As soon as Dai Song followed Xie Shubao into the house, he felt that the room was no longer as cold and gloomy as it was yesterday.

After greeting Xie's mother, who was kneading dough and making steamed buns on the kang in the main room, Dai Song looked around the main room;

The spiritual mallet was placed on a wooden plate on the edge of the stove.

There were three wooden frames on the ground nearby, each holding a badger skin.

It can be seen that both the wooden tray and the wooden frame are handmade by Xie Shubao.

Dai Song picked up two wooden frames, and rubbed them against the sunlight outside. When he found that no light leaked through, he turned them over.

I saw that the side that should have been just a white membrane was now covered with stepped muscles.

Dai Song was happy.

"You peeled it very late yesterday, didn't you?"

Xie Shubao scratched his face, feeling a little embarrassed.

Dai Song put down the leather and patted Xie Shubao on the shoulder.

"Well done! Let's see if there's anything else we need to take. If not, we'll set off today!"

"Ah? Uh-huh!"

Xie Shubao ran to inform Xie's mother, and when he came out, there was an extra knife on his waist. Then the two of them left the yard together.

It was not until we left the village and walked on the road to Shanggouzi Mountain that Xie Xuebao asked in a hesitant manner,

"Brother Song, if you have something to say, just tell me. When I was peeling the skin last night, I didn't feel comfortable at all. It wasn't as smooth as you did. There must be something wrong."

"Yeah." Dai Song patted Xie Shubao on the shoulder, "In fact, you should have seen it just now, the skin you peeled has meat on the back.

This means that you are using the knife incorrectly. Let me see your knife first."

Dai Song took the knife from Xie Shubao, tested the blade, and returned it to Xie Shubao.
"The blade is a bit thick, but the sharpness is okay. This means that your technique is the problem. You peel the skin..."

Dai Song spoke in detail, and Xie Shubao followed behind him and nodded continuously.

The mountain wind was howling and the snow was knee-deep. The two of them walked along the ridge, one in front and one behind, chatting as they went.

When they were almost at Bangchuiwo, Xie Shubao suddenly bumped into Dai Song in front of him.
"What..."

"Shhh."

Xie Shubao looked in the direction Dai Song pointed, and saw a huge animal (a wild boar) lying under a big pine tree in front of him!

There is one more chapter to be delayed, orz,

After it is put on the shelves, unless there are special circumstances, each chapter will be at least 3000 words.

As a newcomer writing books part-time, I will be satisfied if everyone can read them happily.

Updates will be made from time to time, depending on the plot and status.

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