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

"I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill him!!"

"Dazhuang, wake up, wake up, you're having another nightmare!"

That night.

Li Huifang and Widow Liu didn't sleep all night, just watching over Liu Dazhuang who kept talking in his sleep.

Ever since Mrs. Wang left, Liu Dazhuang has been staring at the ceiling.

He neither eats nor drinks water.

The two of them stripped naked and wanted to get intimate with him, but Liu Dazhuang didn't react at all.

After finally managing to coax him to sleep, he started talking in his sleep a short while later.

The two were so frightened that they dared not leave for a moment.

"Huifang, why don't we go find Weiguo and talk to him? Dazhuang will listen to him."

Widow Liu rubbed her eyes, her face pale, despite having experienced so much with her in-laws.

But... but... I've never experienced killing or anything like that.

And this is all because...

"It's better not to go. Don't cause trouble for Weiguo. Dazhuang is just stubborn; he'll change his mind soon enough."

Wei Guo... You know him too, when he really goes crazy he's way scarier than Da Zhuang.

Dazhuang doesn't remember things very well. Let's spend more time with him these few days, keep an eye on him, and prevent him from causing trouble. He'll forget everything in a few days.

Li Huifang sighed, knowing that some things could not be contained.

But she wanted to wait until Li Xiulian went to university before discussing it with Lu Weiguo.

Who would have thought that Mrs. Wang would suddenly talk to her about this?

She knew that Mrs. Wang meant well, but some things shouldn't be said in front of Dazhuang.

"Okay, let's take turns watching them, otherwise our bodies won't be able to handle it."

. . . . .

the other side.

Lu Weiguo held his two children in his arms, his mind filled with the findings of the day's investigation.

He wanted to get some local specialties, pickle them, and send them to Xiulian.

Although the family is not short of money, the tastes in the South are completely different from those in the North.

What Li Xiulian disliked most was the cloyingly sweet taste.

Moreover, people in Northeast China prefer strong flavors, while people in the South prefer milder flavors, so making meat sauce or dried meat is the best choice.

However, in the sweltering summer heat, it's really not easy to catch a bear or anything like that.

After walking along the river for a day, he and Wangcai found no trace of any large animals.

"We still need to go up the mountain. If all else fails, we can get some beef."

Lu Weiguo said quietly.

"Honey, why don't we just stop making it? Beef is fine too. The sauce will mask the beef flavor, and I can eat it."

Li Xiulian doesn't eat beef, saying it has a gamey smell.

This is directly related to the fact that I never ate it when I was a child.

When cooking other meats, you need to use a lot of seasonings to mask the meaty smell.

She doesn't mind the strong smell of meat, like rabbit or pheasant.

"I brought these kinds of meats so you could eat something familiar. If I used beef, I was afraid you would feel unwell after eating it."

"Honey, I love you. You're the best to me, but it's hard on you."

The two talked sweetly for a while before each of them hugged one of the babies and fell asleep.

The next morning, Lu Weiguo, dressed in long sleeves and trousers and wearing dark green work shoes, took Wangcai up the mountain.

He brought his hunting rifle, hunting knife, and even the pistol.

There were two large sacks in the basket on his back; at this time of year, there was plenty of good food in the mountains.

If you can't hunt any animals, it's not a bad idea to get some wild crabapples or other wild fruits to eat.

In the deep mountains during summer, mosquitoes would swarm around him as soon as he stepped inside.

The mosquitoes seem to follow a navigation system; they come as soon as they smell the scent.

It can't be chased away, it can't be stopped, and its buzzing is really annoying.

He also wanted to go up the mountain with Liu Dazhuang.

However, it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, so I thought it best to let him rest at home.

A man and a lynx went up the mountain, and after walking a few steps, they came across a grove of wild apple trees.

What is a mountain apple?

Many people may not know this.

But you've probably eaten crabapples before, and if you haven't eaten crabapples, you've surely eaten apples.

These apples and such are cultivated by grafting wild apple trees.

You can also think of wild apples as apples about the size of your thumb. At this stage, the wild apples are not fully grown and taste sour and astringent.

The children secretly went up the mountain to get a basketful, washed it clean, and then boiled it with white sugar.

These are the snacks that kids love to eat these days.

However, adults usually don't eat it at this time, for no other reason than that white sugar is expensive.

Once autumn arrives and the first frost falls, a layer of white frost will coat the crabapple berries, making them soft, chewy, and sweet without being cloying.

It has the purest taste of nature.

And no medicine was used.

"Come on, Wangcai, eat some of this to perk yourself up. Are you in heat? You've been so listless all the time." Lu Weiguo picked out a bag of these.

Just treat it as a snack to chew on when you have nothing else to do.

Wangcai stopped jumping around on the tree and looked up at the small red and green fruits.

He kept his head down and followed behind Lu Weiguo.

Lu Weiguo stopped it and it lay down for a while.

Lu Weiguo walked, and it followed, looking listless, much like the oxen and horses of later generations going to work.

"Oh dear, my ancestor, it's the middle of summer, and all my skills are useless. Could you please help me find some prey, my little ancestor?"

Seeing this, Lu Weiguo almost knelt down and begged him.

But you can't blame them for that.

Lynxes are animals that live in the mountains. In winter, things are alright, and Lu Weiguo's family has a steady supply of meat.

It's all mountain produce like bear meat, roe deer meat, and wild boar meat.

Humans dislike the strong smell of that stuff, but animals love it.

It's just that Wangcai likes to eat cooked food.

Earlier, when spring had just arrived, there was so much meat at home that he gave it all to Li Xiuhe to make roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).

As a result, all the pork they eat now is bought in the county town or the commune.

That pork was full of fat and had no meaty flavor at all.

Wangcai refused to eat a single bite.

Even wild rabbits that you catch from the mountains sometimes, when cooked, don't taste as good as bear meat.

There's no hope in this life, how can I have any energy?

"Ancestor, I don't ask for anything else, just a bear will do. If you want me to fight you, we won't split the meat; I'll keep half for you."

Hearing this, Wangcai perked up a bit.

After giving him a disdainful look, he leaped and ran into the depths of the forest.

On Lu Weiguo's side, they were all groveling before Wangcai, their ancestor.

A bicycle stopped in front of the Lu family's house.

Li Xiuhe packed a bicycle full of bags and packages, and when she saw Lu Jiacheng and Lu Jiahuan, she was incredibly affectionate.

"Sis, what brings you here so early at the shop..."

"We'll be closed for two days. We heard from Hu Guangfa that there's some kind of trade fair in the city these days, so we went there yesterday."

It was full of the hottest denim clothes and stuff from big cities, they were so stylish! Since you're going to study in a big city, we couldn't let ourselves be poor.

I bought you a little extra. Try them on; take the ones you can wear, and I'll keep the ones you can't.

The entire bicycle was filled with clothes bought at the trade fair.

Now that Li Xiuhe has money, she is most grateful to her younger sister and brother-in-law.

They never hesitate to spend money.