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

"The fourth one is really fierce! He grabbed the fox with one hand and slapped it across the face with the other!"

"The fox kept breathing fire, trying to burn the fourth brother, but the fourth brother, like a god descending to earth, extinguished the will-o'-the-wisps with a wave of his hand!"

"And these two minks, the fourth brother just waved his hand, and they acted like they'd seen their own father, constantly trying to burrow into his pockets~~"

Lu Baojia sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), gesturing wildly. In the dim light of the oil lamp, his words left Lu Dewang and Liu Yuqin completely bewildered.

Even Shu Ruizhi looked at Lu Weiguo with a shocked expression.

I remembered what he had said before, that he could bring back some wild game every time he went down the mountain.

Could this fourth brother really be the grandson of the "Mountain God Grandpa"?

Was the lack of reaction before because they had never been to the mountains?

"Hahaha! No wonder he's my son, Lu Dewang! I'm awesome, even the offspring I produce are different!" Lu Dewang sat on the kang and slapped Lu Weiguo across the face.

I almost slapped Lu Weiguo to the ground.

"Old man, be gentle! Didn't you say yesterday that you regretted not throwing the fourth son into the latrine?"

Liu Yuqin teased her husband as she went back to the kitchen and brought out two bowls of steaming hot cornmeal porridge.

This time the porridge was very thick, unlike the clear porridge I had yesterday.

"Come and have some hot porridge, my two silly sons. They would give their lives for their father."

Catching foxes in a desolate graveyard late at night—with his old arms and legs, he probably can't raise them well, so be it.

When a father sees his son's success, he feels proud.

A mother only feels sorry for how tired her son is.

"Hehe, Mom, I'll take it back, dilute it with some water, and drink it with Ruizhi. She's four or five months pregnant."

"That works too... cough cough, the fourth one can stay here with Mom and Dad!"

Lu Baojia, carrying the porridge and in his excitement, pulled the blushing Shu Ruizhi back to his house.

As Lu Weiguo drank his corn porridge, all he could think about was Li Xiulian.

There's not much entertainment these days, so I think about those things before going to bed at night.

Moreover, Lu Weiguo was in his prime, and after sitting for a while, he would become as hard as a club.

"Dad, I'm not going to Old Mrs. Chang's house with you tomorrow. I want to go to the county town to see Xiulian."

"You've forgotten your parents now that you have a wife!" Upon hearing this, Lu Dewang punched Lu Weiguo and continued, "Didn't you just come back from your father-in-law's house?"

"I brought things last time, so I'm going empty-handed this time!"

The first sentence was a joke, but the second sentence was actually the father teaching his son how to get along with his in-laws.

Lu Weiguo nodded while rubbing his shoulder.

"Well then, your in-laws are from the county town; they live well and don't lack seasonings. I'll take your older brother over tomorrow, and you can go catch a few fish from the river."

We used to coax and cajole those things, but you should send them to your in-laws; they'll consider them a valuable commodity!

While Liu Yuqin was making the bed, she turned around and said, "It's like this, get some more loaches or something. I heard that his third son hasn't been able to have a child."

It's probably because that son-in-law's...things aren't up to par. He should eat more loach to improve his performance; then he'll be just like a loach when he's working, putting in a lot of effort!

"Pfft!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Weiguo almost spat out his porridge.

Old ginger is indeed spicier!

There are so many old folk remedies; no wonder so many children are born these days.

Early the next morning.

Lu Baojia pushed a wooden wheelbarrow, pulling Lu Dewang and the still-alive fox, and boasted all the way to Old Mrs. Chang's house in the next village.

And you know what? Lu Baojia was just bragging about this one thing.

Lu Weiguo's reputation is indeed showing signs of improvement.

Almost everyone in the village knew that Lu Weiguo didn't gamble; he was willing to fight the almost-spirited fox for his parents' sake.

Lu Weiguo ate breakfast, swept the yard of his parents' house, tidied up the house, and then went out with a soil basket and an iron basin.

There are two rivers near Fendou Village.

This is an upper reaches of the Mudanjiang River, with large and turbid waters. Many anglers of this era would choose to fish in this river.

The other one is formed by the convergence of mountains and rivers.

The river is only about two meters long and less than half a meter deep.

It's the place where Lu Weiguo and his friends grew up playing.

To catch big fish, you have to go to a river with plenty of water, but Lu Weiguo doesn't have the right equipment. He'll wait until he saves up enough money to buy a net and make a fish trap.

Catching fish is much easier with less effort.

This time, we need to catch some loaches; we can do that in that little river.

Anyone who has lived in the countryside knows this.

Catching fish in a small river is very easy.

As long as you go against the current, once you see a large rock, place the soil basket behind it.

Then just turn the stone over forcefully.

The small fish and shrimp under the rocks, once startled, all manage to burrow into the earthen basket.

At this time of year, the river is clear, teeming with fish and clams.

However, as Lu Dewang said, if you want the fish to not have a fishy smell, you need to use more ingredients when cooking it.

Those seasonings are very precious in the countryside.

Who would be willing to use so much seasoning on a fish that barely has two ounces of meat?

So apart from some young people who put fish in the composting tanks, very few people catch fish like Lu Weiguo does.

It's not only hard work, but there's also not much to eat.

Lu Weiguo started catching fish early in the morning, going upstream along the river. When he had filled a large basin with fish, he reached the wooden bridge.

A car was driving right in front of us!

The car was going extremely fast, kicking up a large cloud of mud!

"Damn! That's so rude! Just because you drive a car doesn't mean you can be so great. I'll let my wife ride in one next year!"

Lu Weiguo, whose face was covered in dust, cursed.

He bent down, scooped up some river water, and began to wash his face.

The car had already driven past when it suddenly reversed.

Lu Weiguo, who had just washed himself clean, had mud soup smeared all over his face again.

"Holy crap, you did this on purpose, didn't you! Has your conscience run away from home like you?!"

The traffic law doesn't tell you to respect working people!

"Traffic law? You, a nobody from the mountains, know nothing about the law?"

A quirky voice rang out, and Lu Weiguo, who was washing his face with his eyes closed, recognized it very well.

But I just can't remember where I've heard it before.

"You really weren't lying, you really are from Fendou Village, but your mouth is really filthy, it has nothing to do with working people."

oops?

They're quite good at making fun of people.

Upon hearing this, Lu Weiguo hurriedly washed his face twice and wiped it with his clothes.

He didn't care if women saw his eight-pack abs.

When he opened his eyes, he immediately recognized the little girl with the ponytail.

"What are you doing here? Looking for me? Just because I... fucked you?"

Lu Weiguo grinned mischievously.

"Pah! You scoundrel! Shameless! I'll report you for indecent assault; you cut in line!"

No, I didn't mean to insert it! Ugh, you pervert!

Yes!

The little girl with the ponytail was Lu Weiguo's first time selling mushrooms.

The little girl who got cut in line.

The little girl was still wearing that dark green school uniform.

However, the leather cord used to tie the braids was no longer the simplest black leather cord.

It was replaced with a red leather cord embroidered with flowers.

"It's just cutting in line, is it really necessary to come all the way to me?"

"You're shameless! Who came all this way to find you? I came to buy crucian carp. Everyone says the crucian carp raised in your mountain spring water are the best."

My sister is in her postpartum period and needs to drink crucian carp soup to help with lactation, so my dad asked me to come and buy some.

The little girl squatted on the bridge, looking down at the fish in Lu Weiguo's iron basin.

And then there's that sable, jumping endlessly by the basin, yet unable to catch the fish... Or is it a weasel?

"Crucian carp?" Upon hearing this, Lu Weiguo glanced at the black sedan and his mind raced.

"How about these few crucian carp? You can take them if you want; they're not worth much."

We old farmers are just honest; if you want it, we'll install it for you.

"Pah! Farmers are honest, but you mountain rascal are anything but!" The little girl was mischievous.

Looking at Lu Weiguo's earthen basket for catching fish.

"You caught fish with this thing? If you take me fishing, I'll buy your crucian carp, how about that? That won't count as you profiteering."