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Chapter 266 This Is—— Cut Hu?
Seeing that winter has entered, the wheat in the field has just been suppressed for a short time.

Taking advantage of the emptiness of the slack farming, the villagers all carried dung baskets and dung rakes, and went out of the village all the way to pick up dung in the wind and snow.

But Wang Zhong became more leisurely, occasionally going to the county town, or going into the mountains to hunt and collect firewood with a bow, arrow and hatchet.

Maixiang Village is next to Maixiang Ridge, Maixiang Ridge, as the name suggests, is a mountain with a frontage of nearly a hundred miles. Although there are no jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains, there are still some small animals.

There is no shortage of firewood.

Wang Zhong didn't like burning straw, so he went to the mountains to cut firewood from time to time. Over the past few years, Wang Zhong had drilled almost half of the entire Maixiang Ridge.

On the night of the second day of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed all night.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, the villagers came out to sweep the snow and clear the road.

Looking at the whiteness outside, Wang Zhong suddenly thought of going out to the top of the mountain to see the snow scene, and to see if there was any silly game on the way. With a bow and arrow on his back and a hatchet, Wang Zhong went out. .

"Renlian, you're sweeping snow!" The front door was open, and Ma Renlian was sweeping snow on the road with a broom.

"Scan it to make it easier to walk!" Ma Renlian turned around and saw Wang Zhong's attire, and asked with a smile: "Captain Wang, are you planning to go up the mountain?"

Wang Zhong said: "Idle is idle, go to the mountains to collect some firewood and come back, and see if I can run into a wild animal by the way."

"It's a cold day, so it won't snow soon!" Ma Renlian kindly persuaded him.

"It's only in this snowy day that we can see the footprints."

Ma Renlian froze for a moment, "It seems to be true."

"Sweep slowly, I'm leaving."

"Then be careful on your way."

"Do not worry!"

Maixiangling is not a deep mountain and old forest, and there are not many types of wild animals. It is nothing more than ordinary things such as roe deer, raccoon, and pheasant. However, I heard from my second grandfather Niu Zhonggui that there were wolves and foxes many years ago, and in recent decades. disappeared.

Maixiang Ridge is not a large mountain forest, and the vegetation is not too luxuriant. Anyway, there is nothing to do at home. Not long after Wang Zhong left the village, he went up the mountain ridge, first to the top of the mountain, and after seeing the vast snow scene everywhere, he didn't go any further. Go deep, but follow the edges of the mountains, and pick those shrubs that are close to the plains below.

After walking for several hours, it was almost noon. Wang Zhong finally found the footprints of pheasants on the edge of a deserted bush just after crossing a mountain pass.

He put the hatchet back into the space, held the bow in his hand, and took out a feathered arrow from the quiver. This arrow was made by Wang Zhong himself, and the tail was made of wild goose feathers.

Wang Chong lowered his body, adjusted his breathing rate, and carefully walked along the edge of the bushes, trying to keep his voice to a minimum.The qi in the body circulated, enhanced my five senses, and functioned my ears and eyes. Sure enough, I heard a voice behind a bush about 30 meters away.

With such a distance, Wang Zhong might not have been able to hear it if it wasn't for the growing true energy.

At this time, Wang Zhong's heart became quieter. It took 5 minutes for Wang Zhong to adjust his position. At least six pheasants appeared in Wang Zhong's line of sight.

Wang Zhong found the right time, adjusted his posture, and the bow string vibrated continuously, and in an instant he shot three arrows in succession.

The four pheasants fell down upon hearing the sound, and the remaining ones were frightened, croaked and scattered in all directions, and ran away in an instant.

With Wang Zhong's archery skills, it is possible to keep a few more, but Wang Zhong is not that greedy. On the one hand, hunting is to hone the archery skills, and on the other hand, it is simply to kill time.

Although the process of searching for the prey was boring, when the trace of the prey was found, when the position of the prey was found, and when the prey was shot, the joy increased layer by layer, and the feeling became better and better. Wang Zhong enjoyed it a lot.

Three in a row, the first arrow still kills two birds with one stone, and I feel more and more happy in my heart.

It's a pity that there are no wild eggs at this time, otherwise, you can search them out and have a taste.

He strode over to collect the feather arrows, wiped off the blood, and put them back into the quiver. The four pheasants were not too big, the largest one was less than three catties, and the small one was only about one and a half catties.

Randomly stuffed two into the space, tied the remaining two with hemp rope, cut a stick, tied two pheasants to one end of the stick, Wang Zhong went back.

The days are short and the nights are long in winter, and it's almost two o'clock at this moment. Wang Zhong chopped two loads of firewood, hung the pheasant on the firewood, carried it with a wooden stick as a pole, and strode towards Maixiang Village.

After walking down the mountain for a while, there was a figure in front of him carrying a big burden, wearing a shabby gray padded jacket, walking all the way towards the village with a cane.

Wang Zhong was taken aback: "It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"

Walking up quickly, it turned out to be a disheveled woman dressed as a beggar.

"Sister, are you here to visit relatives?"

The woman was just walking forward, but when she heard the voice next to her ear, she couldn't help raising her head, seeing a young and strong man, she said weakly: "Brother, are you calling me?"

The mouth is a Henan accent.

"That's right, big sister, it's cold weather, you brought so many salutes, are you here to visit relatives in Maixiang Village?" Wang Zhong asked.

"Maixiang Village?" The woman froze for a moment.

"Ahead is Maixiang Village." Wang Zhong pointed to the front and said.

"Brother misunderstood!" The woman was a little embarrassed: "I escaped because my hometown was hit by a disaster and I couldn't survive!"

While talking, the woman saw the pheasant and the bow and arrow hanging on Wang Zhong's firewood, she was stunned for a second, and swallowed subconsciously.

This is meat. Jiang Hongguo usually can't even eat a full meal, let alone meat.

Begging all the way from my hometown, I ate sweet potatoes and yellow buns the most. Nowadays, every household is not rich, and most of the time they just pad their stomachs, and the number of times they are full is only a handful.

Wang Chong said: "From your accent, are you from Henan?"

The woman nodded, holding a cane, begging. "Big brother, you can even hunt pheasants, so you are capable. I haven't eaten for several days. Please do me a favor and give me a stutter!"

The loose hair on the forehead covered half of the face, and the remaining half of the face was also dirty, the lips were dry and cracked, and the eyes were a little cloudy, and the speech was weak, it was hungry ah.

If you go hungry for another day or two, something will definitely happen.

"All right! Come with me!" Seeing the woman's appearance, Wang Zhong did not refuse.

"Thank you big brother, thank you big brother!" The woman quickly thanked Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong can slow down his pace so that the woman won't be able to keep up.

Now it was almost time for dinner, and some people in the village had smoke rising from their homes. It was a cold day, and there were not many people on the road. The east of the village was close to the entrance of the village, but there was no one there.

The woman watched as Wang Zhong carried firewood around the back door, walked into the backyard with the firewood, and relieved the burden of temporary sticks. She had just placed the firewood under the eaves of the firewood house, but the woman did not come in.

It turned out that the woman stopped
"Eldest sister, why don't you come in?" Wang Zhong stepped back a few steps, looking at the woman standing at the back door and asked.

The woman stood at the door, hesitating in her heart, but the hunger in her stomach came over again and again, and her body temperature also dropped. Lips, the complexion in his eyes turned into determination, he raised his legs and stepped into the back door, and helped Wang Zhong close the door by the way.

Wang Zhong untied the two pheasants tied to the firewood, raised his bow and arrow and walked along the narrow path, followed by the woman.

Wang Zhong took out an enamel tea mug from the cupboard, poured half a tank of hot water from the thermos bottle, and brought it to the Kang table: "Sister, the water is a bit hot, you can blow it and let it cool before drinking, I'll get you something to eat .”

"Thank you big brother."

"You are welcome, Chinese people are a family, we are all brothers and sisters, please sit down for a while."

Wang Zhong had been out for a whole day, the fire in the stove had been extinguished, and the kang was cold, so Wang Zhong lit the fire first, and poured two and a half scoops of water into the pot.

He turned around and went to the west room to bring in a wooden basin that had just been made not long ago, rinsed it with water, poured half a pot of hot water, mixed with a ladle of cold water, and brought it to the side of the main room.

"Sister, the meal will take a while. It's cold outside. I'll find you a towel. You wash your hands and face, and soak your feet to get rid of the cold."

"Brother, don't bother, I have a towel!" The woman stopped Wang Zhong who was rummaging through things, and took out a piece of cloth from her bag.

"Then wash slowly!"

Wang Zhong sat in front of the low kang, pulled the bellows, and blew the stove vigorously.

After the woman washed her face and soaked her feet, the water on Wang Zhong's side also boiled. He filled a pot with the dumplings made yesterday, covered the pot, and the woman came out with a wooden basin to pour the water out.

Looking at the woman with a clean face, Wang Zhong was a little surprised. This woman's appearance was no worse than Qiao Yue and Yang Deng'er. Even in Wang Zhong's opinion, this oval face was much prettier than Qiao Yue's.

"Sister, there is a place for washing at the back, just pour the water there! You can just put the basin against the wall, and there is a place to hang towels inside." But Wang Zhong was used to seeing all kinds of beauties, so he was just a little surprised. how.

The woman hurriedly went into the back room to pour out the water, came out and walked to Wang Zhong's side, and said, "Brother, let me help you!"

"No, no, there's no reason to let the guests be busy. You can sit on the kang with peace of mind. The kang is warm and just drives away the cold. It's freezing outside, and you're hungry, so you have to be careful." , Don’t catch a cold, what’s the root cause of the disease.”

"Thank you big brother, by the way, what's your name big brother?" The woman couldn't resist Wang Zhong, so she had to sit back on the edge of the kang. The fire had been burning for a while, and the kang was warmed up, so it was very comfortable to sit on.

"My name is Wang Zhong, what's your name for Eldest Sister?" The water in the pot boiled again, Wang Zhong untied the lid, poured a little cold water into it, and put the lid back on again.

"My name is Jiang Hongguo!" the woman said, but she was still a little cautious.

Sure enough, it was the short-lived Jiang Hongguo.

"Where is the elder sister from?"

"I'm from Dengfeng."

"How old is eldest sister?"

"I'm 24 this year." Jiang Hongguo said.

"Oh, that's one year younger than me, so you can't call me elder sister, you have to call me sister." Wang Zhong thought that Jiang Hongguo would have to be 27 or 24 if he didn't say much, but he didn't expect to be [-].

But thinking about it, I have been fleeing famine for half a year, and I don’t know if I will be able to eat a full meal for a few days. I am hungry, exposed to the wind and sun, how can I not be haggard, and the age is naturally not so easy to distinguish.

While speaking, Wang Zhong took out three bowls, one big, two small, from the cupboard,
The big one is more like a bowl than an urn, one foot two inches square and two and a half inches deep, and the two smaller ones are also six inches square and two inches deep.

"Then I'll call you Brother Wang!" Jiang Hongguo said.

"You can shout whatever you want."

"Who else is there in the girl's house?"

Jiang Hongguo hesitated for a moment before saying, "There's no one left!"

……

Wang Zhong poured a little balsamic vinegar, a few drops of soy sauce, and a few drops of sesame oil into two small bowls, sprinkled two clusters of salt, sprinkled with chopped green onions, lifted the lid of the pot, scooped up two spoonfuls of soup and poured it into the bowls. Keep it empty, scoop up seven or eight dumplings in a small bowl, and put them on the kang table first.

"Sister! The dumplings are ready!"

Jiang Hongguo stared straight at the two steaming bowls of dumplings brought by Wang Zhong, and swallowed subconsciously.

Wang Zhong reminded with a smile: "It's very hot just out of the pan, eat it slowly."

Jiang Hongguo picked up the spoon and couldn't wait to scoop up a hot dumpling. As soon as she put it in her mouth, she was so hot that she breathed out. The dumpling was rolling in her mouth, but she was still reluctant to spit it out. She waited until it was a little colder before holding back. After chewing a few times, Tang Dakou was stunned after chewing the ginger red fruit.

Wang Zhong made dumplings with pork and cabbage fillings and leek and egg fillings, and the pork and cabbage fillings contained a lot of pork, and Jiang Hongguo ate pork and cabbage fillings.

The rich meaty fragrance bloomed in the mouth, and Jiang Hongguo's eyes were instantly covered with mist.

I have been starving for half a year, and I can't even eat enough, but now I actually eat meat.

Jiang Hongguo raised her eyes and looked at Wang Zhong who was still busy outside. She was in a very complicated mood. She quickly squinted her eyes and lowered her head to wipe away the tears.

Wang Zhong scooped all the dumplings left in the pot into a large urn and brought them to the kang table.

"I eat a lot, and I ate a little too much, which made my sister laugh."

Jiang Hongguo looked at the urn full of dumplings, and estimated that there were fifty or sixty at least.

"The more you eat, the more strength you have, the better you work." Jiang Hongguo said.

Wang Zhong smiled, turned around and went back, took two pairs of chopsticks and two plates of prepared dipping sauces, one dish of pure vinegar, the other dish of dipping sauces with chili oil, sesame oil, soy sauce and mature vinegar.

"Come on, girl!" Wang Zhong handed the package to Jiang Hongguo: "I like spicy food. I don't know what flavor you like, girl, so I made an extra plate of vinegar."

"This soup is too hot, eat some dry one first, and dip it in."

Jiang Hongguo looked at the plate of sauce on the table and couldn't help but sigh: "Brother, are you living a fairy life?"

"What a fairy day, I just pay attention to food, after all, we can't lose our mouth and belly if we lose anything."

"Haven't you been hungry for several days? Hurry up and fill your stomach first. If you have anything to say, let's talk when we're full."

"Uh-huh!"

Jiang Hongguo immediately buried himself in the food.

First eat a few soup dumplings in the bowl quickly, drink two mouthfuls of soup, then pick up seven or eight dumplings from the big urn, dip them in vinegar and eat them, and then give up after drinking the soup.

Wang Zhong asked: "Are you full?"

Jiang Hongguo nodded and said, "I'm full."

"Brother Wang, eat slowly, I'll boil water and clean up those two pheasants for you!"

"Don't worry, sister, it's getting late today, why don't you stay overnight at my house tonight! It just so happens that my wing room is still vacant." Before Jiang Hongguo could speak, Wang Zhong took the initiative to extend the invitation.

"Brother Wang, thank you!" Jiang Hongguo said emotionally.

"Then let me clean up those two pheasants first, so as not to make it difficult to clean up after a long time." Jiang Hongguo said while wiping her tears with her sleeve.

"What are you packing up? Look at you, you are so tired. If I let you work, am I still human?"

"Sit down and rest for a while, and when the hot water in the pot is ready, take a hot bath and sleep well, don't think about anything."

"Thank you, Brother Wang!" Jiang Hongguo looked at Wang Zhong who was eating dumplings one by one, and a warm current surged in his heart, and said sincerely.

It didn't take a while for Wang Zhong to finish eating. Jiang Hongguo wanted to rush to put away all the bowls and chopsticks, but Wang Zhong pushed her back.

After Wang Zhong cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, the water in the pot was almost boiled.

"The water is ready, sister, hurry up and take a hot bath to get rid of the dust and cold. By the way, come over here and let me tell you something." Wang Zhong led Jiang Hongguo to the bathroom with a kerosene lamp, and put The kerosene lamp hung on a hook on the wall, pointing out everything to her.

"Here is soap, this big basin is for bathing, these two buckets, one is for hot water, the other is for mixing cold water, and the tank next to the wall has cold water, both are full..."

Jiang Hongguo was a little dazed. Just now when she was pouring water, she saw Wang Zhong's elegant bathroom. Even the towel rack on the wall was different from other homes. Everything in the bathroom was neatly arranged. The farmers in Hongguo's impression are completely different.

"By the way, sister, do you want to brush your teeth?" Wang Zhong asked.

"Brush your teeth?" Jiang Hongguo turned to look at Wang Zhong in doubt.

"You wait!" Wang Zhong turned around and went to the locker outside to get a pig hair brush and the enamel jar that Jiang Hongguo drank from just now, handed it to Jiang Hongguo, pointed to the small square box next to the soap box and said: "This is the toothbrush. This box contains tooth powder. Put the tooth powder into the jar, mix some warm water into the jar, stir well, take a sip to rinse your mouth, and then use this toothbrush to brush your teeth inside and out. , This is called cleaning the mouth in medicine."

"Isn't the old saying that diseases come from the mouth! It's because eating unclean things, if you clean your mouth regularly, you can prevent many diseases."

"Brother Wang, you know a lot." Jiang Hongguo listened to Wang Zhong's eloquent talk, her head was a little dizzy, and she felt a little foggy.

"By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that the hut is in the backyard, and there is a toilet in the small next door. It's cold outside. If you want convenience, you can solve it in the toilet." Before Wang Zhong finished speaking, Jiang Hongguo's face turned red.

As he spoke, Wang Zhong carried a wooden bucket to the side of the kang, and scooped the boiling water into the wooden bucket with a wooden ladle.

"Brother, I can do it myself."

"It's okay, I'm fast!" Wang Zhong said that he had already scooped up half of the bucket of hot water, almost four-fifths of it, and moved steadily to the bathroom.

Jiang Hongguo supported the door frame of the bathroom, watching Wang Zhong rushing in and out, her nose was slightly sour, and a layer of water mist appeared in her beautiful eyes.

"Sister, wash slowly, I'll clean up those two pheasants!"

There was still some hot water left on the pot, Wang Zhong put the two pheasants into the wooden basin, scooped out the remaining hot water from the pot and poured it on the pheasants.

Looking at Wang Zhong's busy voice, Jiang Hongguo said without taste in her heart. She pursed her lips and put down the straw curtain in the bathroom. After a while, there was the sound of water in the bathroom.

Wang Zhong kept cleaning up the pheasants, but he couldn't help thinking about it.

Jiang Hongguo took off her clothes and sat in the big tub in the bathroom, with her thighs together and her calves spread out, her hair hanging from one side, draped over her shoulders, covering her chest.

With a handkerchief dipped in the warm water mixed with cold water in a small basin, she raised her head and scrubbed from the neck as white as jasper and as long as a swan. On the blue bricks, there was a crashing sound like rainwater falling from the eaves and hitting the wooden basin with accumulated water in a rainstorm.

The white steam enveloped the entire bathroom like a cloud of smoke, and the dim light of the kerosene lamp was also wrapped in the smoke, turning into a twists and turns dreamy.

The sound of gurgling water, like a catalyst in the world, urged Wang Zhong to spontaneously draw such a beautiful picture in his mind.

Wang Zhong shook his head, chuckled lightly, put aside distracting thoughts in his mind, and carefully picked up the pheasant.

Wang Zhong's movements were swift, the temperature of the water was just right, and it was not difficult to pull out the chicken feathers.

In the bathroom, there was finally so much hot water and such good conditions. Jiang Hongguo first followed the method Wang Zhong said and brushed her teeth clumsily. Immediately after brushing, she felt a difference. Good morning after brushing her teeth. After I finished my mouth, I quickly took the opportunity to wash my messy hair, and finally started to take a bath.

Looking at the clean and tidy bathroom, Jiang Hongguo first wiped her body with hot water, and then covered her whole body with soap. She carefully scrubbed the inside and outside of the bathroom twice. I don’t know how much mud was removed... ···
"Brother Wang, I've finished washing!" Jiang Hongguo walked out of the bathroom with her wet hair and opened the straw curtain.

Wang Zhong was standing in front of the chopping board, open the belly of two pheasants that had been plucked cleanly, and took out the internal organs.

"It's so cold, you should dry your hair quickly, but don't catch a cold."

"Ok!"

Feeling the long-lost care, Jiang Hongguo was a little uncomfortable. He took out a wooden comb from the bag, sat on the small stool in front of the kang, turned his head sideways, and quickly baked his hair with the heat from the stove. , but in a moment, there is water vapor rising.

Wang Zhong wiped his hands, took out a clean towel from the cabinet, and handed it to Jiang Hongguo: "Wipe your hair dry before drying it, and dry it faster."

"Thank you, Brother Wang!" Jiang Hongguo took the towel, hugged her hair and wiped it gently.

"You're welcome!" Wang Zhong grinned, walked back to the chopping board, picked up the kitchen knife again, and began to process two pheasants. The two pheasants, one female and one male, had to be cut into small pieces. The internal organs were in the bowl. After the good ones are finished, put them into bowls separately and put them in the cabinet.

The quality of male and female pheasants is different, so the cooking methods are naturally different. Wang Zhong is a particular person when it comes to eating.

"Brother Wang, are you alone in your family?" Jiang Hongguo, who was wiping her hair sideways, looked at Wang Zhong and asked.

Wang Zhong didn't stop with the kitchen knife in his hand: "Well, it's just me."

(End of this chapter)