1940s: I supported my wife and sister-in-law by hunting.

Sha Qiang is honest and kind-hearted, and has always treated him like a brother.

A ten-year-old's mind is actually quite capable; they can eat, drink, and dress themselves, and do simple chores. What's most remarkable is that they don't learn the adults' tricks and scheming.

When he was with him, Chen Gaoshan felt truly relaxed and didn't have to think before he spoke.

For the past two years, Qiangzi has been repeating the same sentence over and over again.

He wants to find a wife.

Especially in the summer, just like when I was a child, I always loved to run to the river, take off my clothes and go swimming in the water, wandering around the river with my big bare bottom.

He's no longer an immature child; he often gets scolded by young wives and girls washing clothes by the river.

That idiot has a donkey-like thing.

However, everyone knows he's not very bright, so after a few insults he'll just find another place to vent, and nobody really takes him seriously.

From afar, Da Shaqiang's eyes lit up, staring intently at the wolf on his shoulder, and he shouted in a gruff voice.

"Brother Shanzi! Where have you been? Green-skinned bastard! It's Green-skinned bastard!"

"Qiangzi, what are you wandering around outside for? Aren't you going home? Pull your pants up properly, it's freezing cold, aren't you afraid they'll freeze off?"

Big Fool Qiang chuckled, raised his sleeve and wiped his nose, wiping away a big snot, not caring at all.

"Don't be afraid, Qiangzi! Mother said I'm strong, I can work, and I'm obedient. Mother said if I'm obedient, she'll help me get a wife!"

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Chen Gaoshan's arm, shook it, and looked at him with admiration.

"Brother Shanzi, you're awesome at hunting!"

After saying that, he gave a thumbs-up and grinned foolishly.

Chen Gaoshan freed one hand and patted his good brother's broad shoulder.

"Come on, come home with me. We'll share a piece when we meet. After I've dealt with this wolf, I'll get you a front leg so your mother can stew it until it's very tender."

Big Fool Qiang's eyes widened instantly, and he laughed even harder.

"Brother Shanzi, you're so good! After I get married, we'll sleep together!"

Chen Gaoshan almost choked on his breath and waved his hands, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"Brother, you don't need that, you can sleep by yourself. Don't say that to anyone else later, it's not a nice thing to say, understand?"

Big Fool Qiang tossed his head back, his expression serious.

"Brother Shanzi is good to me, and I'm only telling you this. Everyone else says I'm stupid, but I'm not stupid at all, they're the stupid ones! Whenever Sanpangzi goes out, his wife is always fighting with other people, yelling and screaming inside. Even though his wife is being beaten up, he's still laughing happily. He's the stupidest one!"

Chen Gaoshan was stunned. Good heavens, this kid's habit of eavesdropping, which he developed since childhood, was locked in his ten-year-old memory without being lost at all.

"And there's Widow Zhao in my backyard, she always picks on me and gives me big steamed buns to eat. I told her I didn't want any, but she kept stuffing them into my mouth."

"Hahaha, Qiangzi, you're something else! Don't let your naivety fool you, you're quite the ladies' man. Okay, you're not naive at all."

Chen Gaoshan patted his arm with a smile.

"But you can say this to me, but if you say it to Fatty San or anyone else, they'll all beat you up with sticks. Remember, talk less and do more."

Big Fool Qiang followed behind Brother Shanzi, seemingly understanding but not quite, nodding vigorously.

"Yeah, talk more, do less!"

"Bullshit! It's about talking less and doing more!"

"Okay! Get more work done!"

He took two steps forward, then looked back at the heavy wolf on Chen Gaoshan's shoulder and immediately became enthusiastic.

"Brother Shanzi, are you tired? Let me carry it for you, you can rest for a while!"

Putting everything else aside, Sha Qiangzi is truly sincere towards Chen Gaoshan.

Everyone in the family would share half of their food with him. When he was a child, he even took a beating from Sanpangzi for him when they got into a fight.

Chen Gaoshan always kept this friendship in his heart.

"Okay, then you carry it."

Big Fool Qiang took the wolf from him and hoisted it onto his shoulder, instantly standing tall.

With the eighty-odd pounds of green leopards weighing him down, he didn't feel the weight at all. Instead, he walked ahead with his head held high and chest out, looking incredibly majestic and smug, as if he wanted the whole village to know that he and Brother Shanzi had hunted down a wolf.

Before they even reached their front door, Da Shaqiang's loud voice boomed over the courtyard wall.

"Uncle! Aunt! Come out quickly! Help! We're back! Brother Shanzi is fighting the thugs!"

Inside the house, Chen Liu was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) sewing shoe soles.

Lotus and Apricot Blossom were taking apart the old quilt cover, stuffing it with new cotton, and preparing to wash it.

Upon hearing the shout, the three men immediately exchanged a glance, their hearts tightening.

Chen Liu threw her work onto the kang (a heated brick bed), didn't even have time to put on her shoes, and hurried out after lifting the curtain.

"Isn't that Da Sha Qiang's voice? Why is he shouting so urgently?"

As soon as she left the hospital, she saw Sha Qiangzi carrying a big, dusty thing, and she was immediately stunned.

"Big Fool Qiang? Oh my god, why are you carrying back a shrew? What's going on?!"

She couldn't get any serious questions out of a fool, and her heart was pounding. She quickly ran two more steps towards the intersection and saw her son, Chen Gaoshan, following behind her, smiling as they walked home.

"Sanzi! What's going on? Where did this wolf come from?"

Apricot Blossom and Lotus Flower followed closely behind, immediately flanking him from both sides and scrutinizing him from head to toe.

Xinghua reached out and touched his arm, then tugged at his clothes, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, it's all intact, not a single piece of skin or flesh missing. How did it run into a wolf in broad daylight? Tell me the truth, did it run deeper into the forest again?"

Lotus didn't speak, but looked at him with a worried expression, her eyes full of unease.

Seeing how much his wife and mother cared about him, Chen Gaoshan's hands couldn't stay still. He habitually patted Xinghua and Lianhua's buttocks and grinned.

"It's alright, it's alright, come inside, let's talk inside."

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw his father, Chen Laonian, rushing over from the direction of the cellar with a knife in his hand.

The old man was squatting in the cellar carrying cabbages out when he heard a commotion outside, with wolves howling and shouting. He thought something had happened at home, so he grabbed a knife and rushed out.

As soon as he stood up, he saw Big Fool Qiang throw the stubble on his shoulder onto the yard.

The two yellow dogs in the house immediately bristled, baring their teeth and growling at the wolf carcass.

Chen Gaoshan stood to the side and gestured with his chin towards his father.

"Dad, there's work to be done. Hurry up and get it done. Once it's done, chop off a front leg for Qiangzi and take it back."

Old Chen frowned, squatted down, and rummaged through the wolf carcass.

"What exactly happened? Didn't I tell you not to go deep into the mountains if you don't want to? Did the wolf come down from the mountain and into the village on its own, or did you provoke it?"

"I just went to the back mountain to chop some firewood. I didn't expect to run into wolves. They look like they're starving. They can't find anything to eat in the dead of winter, so they dare to wander around during the day. Dad, could you tell the villagers not to go to that back mountain area for a while, and to try to stay home as much as possible at night?"

Old Man Chen knew that his youngest son was steady and reliable, not the kind of reckless person who would risk his life. Hearing what he said, he nodded in agreement.

"Are you alright?"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. With my physique, I can handle both without any problem."

Old Chen didn't ask any more questions; it was better that no one was hurt.

If a wolf is left out for too long, its internal organs will easily become smelly.

Without further ado, he crouched down, pressed down on the wolf's head, and flipped the knife in his hand, preparing to gut and kill it on the spot.

The intestines and other parts were given directly to Dahuang and Erhuang.

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