Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

My sister has finally become more cheerful.

Li Xiulian naturally wouldn't refuse.

I just gave them a few extra instructions: never go to dangerous places.

Lu Weiguo nodded in agreement.

This is my last trip up the mountain before the New Year, so I need to be well prepared.

This is similar to fishermen going to sea, businessmen doing business, and artists making movies.

Before and after the ceremony, the ancestral master must be worshipped.

I don't ask the ancestral master to bless me with great wealth and honor.

But it can still ensure safety when going up the mountain.

Freshly steamed white flour buns must be made from wheat flour.

Wheat in Northeast China needs more than 100 days of sunlight to grow.

It is inherently a thing with a particularly strong yang energy.

It is easy for humans to digest and is also considered important when used in sacrificial offerings.

Of course, meat and grain are also needed.

Ideally, both cooked and raw meat should be included, with the cooked meat used for offerings to the mountain god.

The raw meat is left for the small animals in the mountains.

As for grains, corn grits are the best choice.

Corn grits are a favorite of flying animals; corn is ground into a paste, not powder.

It's also convenient for birds to eat.

Everything is ready.

And just like that, the day was over.

Before it got dark, Lu Weiguo took a few steamed buns and strolled over to Li Huifang's house.

The two houses were not far apart, and when we arrived at their doorsteps, the steamed buns in the basin were still steaming hot.

"Oh my, Wei Guo has arrived! This is a rare guest! Please come inside!"

Before he even knocked, Li Huifang carried a bucket of dirty water to the door to pour it out.

I happened to see Lu Weiguo standing at the door.

Calling them rare guests is just a polite way of putting it; we're all from the same village, we see each other all the time.

I encounter them every day.

"Sister-in-law Huifang, what are you saying? What, are you complaining that I haven't come enough?"

Lu Weiguo smiled and didn't seem to care.

I followed Li Huifang, who had just poured out the dirty water, into the house.

At this time, Li Huifang's house was incredibly lively.

Besides Liu Dazhuang, Li Huifang, Widow Liu, and the three Liu sisters, they were all crammed together here.

Rural houses are all pretty much the same, with a kitchen and two rooms, one large and one small.

Perhaps the small house was left to Liu Ermei and her two companions.

Liu Dazhuang's nighttime efforts decreased significantly, as it wasn't good for the children to hear.

As soon as Lu Weiguo entered the door, Liu Ermei and the other two looked up and immediately ran into the house.

When children are young, they tend to hide when they are scared.

Besides, it was a child from the Lu family who went missing.

If this were a child with parents, doing this would inevitably result in a scolding.

But the Liu family had no parents and no one had taught them these things. The three girls, including Liu Dazhuang, relied entirely on their innate simplicity.

Lu Weiguo has never been angry with the three of them.

It's just that the child is stubborn, otherwise we would have taken him back long ago.

"Brother! You're here!! Oh my, these big steamed buns, hehehe, they look delicious."

Liu Dazhuang was squatting by the stove eating. Li Huifang's family now had plenty of grain, many children, and a lot of money.

There are just too few rules.

No one can control Liu Dazhuang, that idiot. He just likes to eat while squatting, and he's never been able to change that habit.

"Dazhuang, eat slowly, don't choke. What's wrong? Don't your two wives make you white steamed buns?"

Lu Weiguo smiled and shook his head, nodded to the widow Liu, and then found a small stool to sit next to Liu Dazhuang.

"Look at what you're saying, how could I not cook for this bully? Besides, we're not short of food at home right now. This isn't the fragrant food you brought; we don't have Xiulian's cooking skills."

Li Huifang joked with a smile, and poured Lu Weiguo a glass of water, adding a little sugar to it.

"Come to my house for meals more often if you like. There are so many people in my family now, it's not easy to cook for everyone."

Lu Weiguo said, looking at the messy kitchen.

"Oh, it's nothing. Dazhuang's girl is my girl too. Now that he has enough to eat and wear, and someone to keep him company, that's already great."

"Even cooking is tiring, but nothing compares to going out to beg for food." Li Huifang is very satisfied with her current life.

She had a smile on her face while cleaning the kitchen.

Contentment is always happy.

Both were widows, but Li Huifang was more open-minded than that widow Sun.

Even this widow Liu, who has no official status, is happier than her.

There are too many people to scheme against; all the scheming and plotting will only end up hurting yourself.

"Alright, just tell me if you have any difficulties. Dazhuang is a bit dim-witted, I'll cover for him."

Upon hearing this, Li Huifang didn't say anything, but she felt a quiet warmth in her heart.

Everyone in the village said that Lu Weiguo had struck it rich and was very lucky.

She, however, believed that Lu Weiguo was a conscientious, kind-hearted, and principled person, and that he deserved to be rich.

Lu Weiguo drank his sweet soup and waited for Liu Dazhuang to eat two large steamed buns before licking the soup in the bowl clean.

Then he said, "Dazhuang, we're going up the mountain tomorrow to worship the mountain god. The year's sun will be setting. Prepare yourself tomorrow morning, and bring everything you need."

My sister-in-law is going too; we need to make sure she's safe.

"Sister-in-law? You mean the one who had such a big divorce?" Li Huifang pricked up her ears, wanting to find out more.

"Sister-in-law Huifang, don't ask such silly questions, or my wife will scratch you," Lu Weiguo said with a laugh as he stood up.

"Oh dear, I was just thinking that if she's single, and from the county, I might know a good young man to introduce her to. Never mind, never mind."

He came all this way just to say these things.

They didn't expect such an unexpected gain. News spreads fast, and in just a few days, even the people in their village knew about it.

. . . . . . .

Meanwhile, on the other side, Zhang Dexing, who had disappeared for a long time, finally reappeared in the county town.

I don't know what I've been through lately, but my once neat hair has become a mess.

The first thing they did upon returning to the county town was to find Wang Defa, who was pursuing his doctorate, and Ma Leizi and a few others.

"What? Lu Weiguo struck it rich? The whole county is hunting him down; he's probably going to get several hundred kilograms of meat?"

"What?! He's become a model rescuer, and the reward is two hundred yuan?"

"Even that idiot's family is living the high life every day?"

As Zhang Dexing listened to what had happened in the village recently, his mouth gaped open wide enough to fit a whole goose egg.

He only went home to study for two or three months, and the whole village has changed completely.

With both the purchasing station and the hunting operation underway, Lu Weiguo, who was the most concerned, was now practically the richest man in the village, after hearing all this.

"Yeah, even the village chief's started showing off. He's always at the village branch meeting, touching hands and putting his arm around those old women."

They've never stopped talking, and they've tightened their control over the whole village, which is why a few of us can only come to the county town to play now.

Besides Wang Defa's gambling skills.

The others lost everything in the past few days, down to their underwear.

That's how it is in the countryside at this time. Before the New Year, when the harvest is finished and they have grain and money in hand, they gamble outside.

Before the New Year, I always have to lose all my money before I'm done.

"Damn it! Wait for me to get back." Zhang Dexing waved his hand and pulled out five ten-yuan bills from his pocket.

Upon seeing Zhang Dexing, the group acted as if they were seeing their father, bowing and scraping before him.

Even someone as ruthless as Ma Leizi changed his demeanor when he saw money.

"When I get back, before I leave again, I'm going to give Lu Weiguo a good beating!"