70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 220 Inherited Bad Habits
Because Xu Zhongjun and the leader were worried about their group of women and children going up the mountain, on March 3, the two finally stopped working overtime and planned to go up the mountain together.

At eight o'clock in the morning, after the two families got together, Xie Xiaonian led the way to the west mountain.

When asked by someone, Xie Xiaonian said that he went to the west to cut firewood, where there is a lot of firewood and wild vegetables.

People in the compound also know that there are more wild vegetables and mushrooms over there, but because the nearby ones are enough to eat, they don't go that far.

Among the group of people, the two little guys, Guoan and Guoxing, were the happiest. They jumped up and down all the way and were very happy. Even though the road was a long way, they didn't cry tired.

A few people held wooden sticks, Xie Xiaonian guided the way, Xu Zhongjun took the lead, and arrived in the mountain in a short while.

After arriving on the mountain, they first walked to the noose and trap that Xie Xiaonian set yesterday.

But although people don't come here very often, it's not that there are no people here, and they rely on troops, so although there are some animals, they are not as many as on the mountain in Xiezhuang.

Moreover, the place where Xie Xiaonian set the trap was also outside the mountain, not deep, so even if there were 30 nooses and 1 trap, but a total of 3 pheasants and 2 hares were caught.

Although Xie Xiaonian was a bit too small, others didn't think so, especially Wu Shuqin, his jaw almost dropped from shock.

Their family is a double-employee, and they only have more than 2 catties of meat tickets in a month, but this hunting, they caught so many in one day, each of them weighed about 4 catties on average, and the total was nearly 20 catties, which was almost as big as her family's. It's been half a year.

Children, on the other hand, don't have any concept of numbers, they just know that there is meat to eat, so from the time they got the first one, they all circled around the basket.

When Xie Xiaonian taught them, they also listened carefully, for fear that they would not be able to eat meat in the future.

Although Wu Shuqin didn't say anything, she also learned silently from the sidelines. After all, they are the main force.

After viewing all the places and rearranging them again, the few people moved to the other side and began to arrange the noose brought by Guoan.

They made up a total of 23 in the past two days, and by then they will be able to catch up with Xie Xiaonian by digging two more traps.

Xie Xiaonian didn't intervene when Guoan and the others made arrangements. It was all up to the family to find animal traces and remove the noose. Xie Xiaonian only gave them a few hints when they made mistakes.

But there were two big men, and they dug four traps in a short while, and the excited Guoan was still yelling to catch the roe deer.

People here don't hunt very often, even if they make a sign, others may not understand it, so in order to prevent someone from falling into it and getting hurt, they didn't put any sharp weapon in the trap.

After finishing all this, it was past 10 o'clock, and then Wu Shuqin and Xie Xiaonian took the children to dig wild vegetables and pick mushrooms, while Xu Zhongjun and the leader were in charge of chopping firewood, so that they could have a cover when they went back.

Although it is not yet the middle of March, a lot of wild vegetables have grown here. Although they are not big, they are very tender and suitable for eating.

When it was 11:[-], a group of people saw that everything was almost messed up, so they were ready to pack up and go home.

Because the pheasant and the hare were going to be put in the basket and covered with firewood, Xie Xiaonian asked Xu Zhongjun to bring a pheasant and a hare to their home before packing them up.

Wu Shuqin looked at the things Xu Zhongjun brought over, and quickly said: "You only have those few at home, give us anything, take them back quickly."

"Sister-in-law, you can take it. I still have three. You can take this back and make a delicious meal for Guoan and the others." Xu Zhongjun said.

"I can't ask for that, Zhongjun, my house is all arranged, maybe I can catch it tomorrow, I really can't ask for it." Wu Shuqin refused.

"That's right, Zhongjun, the family hasn't finished eating the roe deer meat you gave two days ago!" Wang Gangyi also refused.

Xie Xiaonian saw that neither side would budge, so she put down the firewood in her hand, stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be polite to my family, I can't finish the rest, and maybe tomorrow we will have another harvest." , There are only two people in my family, how can I eat so much, and this is what I gave to Guoan and their three brothers and sisters, not for you, you can't refuse."

Wang Gangyi saw that Xie Xiaonian must give it, and his relationship with Xu Zhongjun was there, so he didn't need to be too polite, so he said to Wu Shuqin: "Go ahead, take it home and give it to the children."

Seeing that her husband agreed, Wu Shuqin was no longer polite, and happily kept it.

On the other hand, the 3 children who were staring at each other couldn't be happier to see their mother continue. Xiaotong also said excitedly: "Mom, can our family eat meat again at noon?"

"Yes, at noon." Wu Shuqin replied with a smile.

Xiaotong received an affirmative answer, and happily chatted with her two older brothers about what they might have for lunch.

After returning home, Xie Xiaonian felt a little tired, and instead of cooking the prey brought back today, she warmed up a few steamed buns and cooked a pot of porridge for the two of them to eat casually.

Because today was the first day for the two families to hunt in the mountains, they were very excited but could not tell others, so after dinner in the evening, Wu Shuqin's family came to Xie Xiaonian's house to visit, happily discussing today's harvest and what to do in the future.

Because Wu Shuqin's family went to school, went to work, there was no one at home all day long, and Xu Zhongjun didn't want Xie Xiaonian to run up the mountain with pancakes every day, so the final two families decided that the nooses and traps on the mountain would be taken from the army by the two men. Collect it after you come back, just in time to get some firewood back home.

However, Guoan and Guoxing can only wait until the rest day to go up the mountain with the adults.

Xie Xiaonian has no objection to this result, anyway, her goal is to have fresh meat to eat, it doesn't matter whether she went up the mountain to hunt it or not.

In the end, under the opposition of Guoan and Guoxing, all the adults amicably decided on the matter of hunting in the future, and Guoan Guoxing's objection was finally suppressed by his mother's threat not to eat meat in the future.

In this way, the day entered the fourth month of the lunar calendar during the hunting of the two families.

During this period, Xie Xiaonian slowly planted all the vegetables at home, because she didn't want to go out and buy urea, and she didn't want to fertilize with manure, so in the end, Xu Zhongjun had to go up the mountain to pick up a few loads of rotten soil to fertilize.

In addition, there is room to mix in the river water when watering, and the vegetables in her vegetable field grow in a special spirit.

The chickens at home have also grown up a bit, but Xie Xiaonian still kept them in cages and put them outside after a while.

It is worth mentioning that she has started raising wild rabbits again now, because the prey caught before could not be eaten up, and almost all of them were alive, so Xie Xiaonian kept the rabbits and put them in a cage on the balcony to raise them up.

Slowly accumulating, she now has nearly 20 rabbits, and some of the dried pheasants and hares are also stored.

Because Wu Shuqin's family doesn't eat at home at noon, and there are always people visiting her house, so her family has more rabbits than Xie Xiaonian's family. For this reason, half of Xiaotong's room was vacated and a rabbit cage was placed to raise rabbits.

So now when Xu Zhongjun and his leaders go up the mountain, they not only have to chop firewood but also cut grass for the rabbits at home.

Because the two are soldiers, Xie Xiaonian discovered their struggle after the conditions at home gradually improved. Maybe it was because his family ate meat all day long, while the other family had to rely on the meat tickets issued by the army, and felt a little uncomfortable. .

But Xie Xiaonian has no way to solve these problems, unless everyone else goes hunting in the mountains, or there is no perfect solution.

At this time, the pancakes have been around for almost 8 months, and there are more and more things to eat, because the vegetables and fruits outside are limited, so Xie Xiaonian always feeds the pancakes with the food in the space before Xu Zhongjun comes back.

Since the little guy was able to eat mashed meat, he really liked all kinds of meat. He didn't even like the mashed potatoes and vegetables that he liked before.

If it wasn't for Xie Xiaonian's pressure, he had to feed him pureed vegetables, he would definitely only eat meat and not vegetables, he really looked exactly like Xu Zhongjun.

"Zhongjun, you see, my son is completely a carnivore, he doesn't like to eat vegetables anymore, it's all your fault, he has passed on any bad habits to his son!" Xie Xiaonian complained while forcing the pancake to eat vegetable puree.

"It's not good to like meat, it means that our pancake is a man, and a man must eat meat, doesn't it!" Xu Zhongjun said casually while teasing the pancake.

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Don't tell me you're not a man if you like to eat vegetables. This kind of partial eclipse is very bad. Do you know that it's a good thing you have me as a mother, otherwise the pancakes must be very nutritionally unbalanced!"

After finishing speaking, Xie Xiaonian felt that what he said was too reasonable, so he went on to say: "If you don't tell me, I forgot. When you usually eat, as long as there are meat dishes, you seem to hardly eat vegetarian dishes. In the future, when you eat, You have to eat at least half a plate of vegetables every meal, otherwise Pancake will be sensible in the future, and you will definitely be taught to spoil it."

"Stop it, daughter-in-law, I'm already an adult, I don't need to grow up, and I don't need any balanced nutrition!" Xu Zhongjun felt that he was really stealing chickens, so why discuss this issue with his daughter-in-law? Follow her!
"Must! That's the decision!" Xie Xiaonian directly decided.

Poor Xu Zhongjun, in order to set a good example for pancakes, from now on, he can only be forced by Xie Xiaonian to wrong his stomach.

And Panbing, who was lazy and unwilling to learn to sit before, can finally sit steadily after taking off her thick clothes and Xie Xiaonian's persistent efforts and teaching, and recently there is a tendency to climb.

Xie Xiaonian is very happy to watch the child's growth, now whenever he has free time, he teaches pancakes to call him mom and dad, and enjoys it every day.

On the third day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, Zhang Fengyu finally went out and returned to the team.

As soon as Xu Zhongjun arrived at the army that day, he saw Zhang Fengyu holding a piece of paper and said to Xu Zhongjun, "Zhongjun, there is a surprise!"

"what?"

"Don't you know it by looking at it? Quickly see who this recruit is, you must know it!"

"What is it? It's mysterious!" Xu Zhongjun took the paper from Zhang Fengyu's hand while speaking.

But after a few glances, Xu Zhongjun frowned deeply.

### Chapter 220 Never Separate
"You didn't do anything, did you?" Xu Zhongjun asked, frowning.

"Of course not. I'm also very principled, okay? And I didn't recruit him, but the people below. I only found out after seeing his profile and thinking about the information of my sister-in-law's family. His qualifications are very suitable, and his physical fitness is also good, you will not drive him back just because he is your brother-in-law to avoid suspicion!"

"I'm not that boring! The army is a place where people rely on their ability to make a living. I won't help, but I won't hinder either! I've assigned materials to our other recruits. Let me have a look!" Xu Zhongjun won't give up because of his relatives. Help Xie Dabao through the back door, but he will not deliberately make things difficult for him because of the Xie family's affairs.

However, Xiao Nian's desire to stay away from those bad things in Xie's family may be shattered again.

"Here, they're all here. There are 5 or 6 people assigned from Qingshan County. Take a good look, don't let some acquaintance suddenly pop up someday." Zhang Fengyu said gloatingly.

Zhang Fengyu knew that Xu Zhongjun hated dealing with such things about acquaintances the most.

Xu Zhongjun flipped through the stack of materials one by one, and felt a little relieved when he saw that there were no familiar names.

But when he turned to the last page and saw a familiar and unfamiliar name and information, his expression became more solemn than before!
"What's the matter, do you know someone? Chen Chu! Oh! I have the impression that he is one of the few high school graduates among the conscripts this time. He was going to be a soldier, but who knew that last year when he was about to have a medical examination, he fell ill, so he missed it. Why, do you know this person?" Zhang Fengyu asked suspiciously.

"I don't know. Your sister-in-law may know. They are from high school." After Xu Zhongjun finished speaking, he quickly changed the subject and said, "These are all good seedlings, cultivate them well, and they will all be talents in the future. It is your first time to take charge of Recruit training, if you have any questions, you can come to me at any time."

"Don't worry, you definitely can't let your experience go to waste, but after the conscription work is over, you will be even busier, so you have to be prepared!" Brother Zhang Fengyu put his arms around Xu Zhongjun's shoulders, and said ruffiantly.

After returning home at noon, Xu Zhongjun saw Xiao Nian who opened the door for him, and immediately went forward and hugged her tightly, and said anxiously, "Xiao Nian, you won't leave me, will you?"

"Of course not. You and Pancake are my most important people. How could I be willing to leave! And even if I leave, I will take you with me! But what happened to you? Suddenly, is something wrong? ?" Xie Xiaonian felt Xu Zhongjun's uneasiness, patted him on the back, and said softly,
"This is what you said, you have to remember, our family of three should never be separated, if you dare to run away, I will catch you back from the ends of the earth!" Xu Zhongjun looked into Xie Xiaonian's eyes and said firmly.

"Well, we will never be separated. If you drive me away, I will not leave. Don't worry! And you and Pancake are here, where can I go, but what's wrong with you?" Xie Xiaonian asked suspiciously.

"It's okay, just ask casually!" Xu Zhongjun didn't intend to assign Chen Chu to them, so he told Xie Xiaonian that their army is so big, maybe they would never meet him at all. She left a mark on her heart.

Although Xiao Nian had told him before that he didn't like Chen Chu, and he also believed in Xie Xiaonian, but his wife was so good, who knew if Chen Chu would have other crooked ideas.

And there is no wind without waves, since Wu Sumei has found Xie Xiaonian, there must be some rumors, so Xu Zhongjun feels that he must take precautions before they happen, and not give others a chance.

"Impossible, you must have something to do, if it's not convenient for you to tell me, fine, but you have to remember one thing, I will never take the initiative to separate from you!" Seeing that Xu Zhongjun refused to say more, Xie Xiaonian did not intend to break the casserole Asked to the end, said directly and seriously.

"Well, I remember." Xu Zhongjun also felt that he was suddenly a little confused, so he talked about other things.

"During the conscription this time, Dabao was recommended by the brigade to join the army, and he has passed the medical examination and review. Now he is assigned to us, and he may join the army in half a month."

"Really? Dabao is not yet 18 years old!" Xie Xiaonian said in surprise.

"Everyone in my hometown loves to be one year old, so Dabao's household registration book is now over 18. Many soldiers from the countryside in the army are like this. And as long as they are 16 years old, the army will not be too strict." Xu Zhongjun explained.

"That's it, then come here, this is an arrangement in the army, we can't drive people away, right, and Dabao has no evil intentions, he is also honest, at least he won't cause trouble for us, even if we may I'm going to get involved with my natal family again, I really can't avoid it." Xie Xiaonian said with emotion.

"Now that Dabao is in the army, father will definitely pay more attention to his reputation, and he will control the family well. There should be no more troubles." Xu Zhongjun analyzed.

"I hope so! But Wu Lihua's tail is going to go up to the sky this time, and she became a soldier without going through our Dabao. I don't know how proud she is!" Xie Xiaonian can now imagine Wu Lihua's proud look.

The next day, Xie Xiaonian cooked the meal and was sitting at home teaching pancakes to speak and practice crawling. While waiting for Xu Zhongjun to come back, he saw Xu Zhongjun walking in with a saddle on his back.

"What's the matter, what's the matter? You look so bad." Xie Xiaonian asked suspiciously.

"The place where we were hunting was discovered, and the leader and I only got back one prey." Xu Zhongjun said with a bad face.

"How do you know that it was discovered and taken away by someone, rather than not being hunted? Recently, the animals have learned to be good, and we are catching less and less." Xie Xiaonian said.

"I used to be a scout. Judging from the chicken feathers on the ground, the traces left around the nooses and traps, it must be man-made. It seems that we have been running up the mountain over there recently. Someone else found out." Xu Zhongjun continued.

"If you find out, you will find out. Anyway, you will be found out sooner or later. You and the leader should report it directly, so that you don't have to worry about it. And I can still see the guilt every time you come back, I just took this opportunity to make it public. It just reminds the army to make good use of this mountain, and it can also make life better for the soldiers in the compound and the army. There are fewer people here and more mountains. If you put in the same effort as a human being, there will definitely be a lot of gains." Xie Xiaonian replied.

Xu Zhongjun thought for a while and said, "Well, I'll discuss this with the leader tomorrow, as long as you don't get any prey in the future, don't be sad."

"It doesn't matter to me, our family has rabbits and chickens, and there is no shortage of meat to eat, and if I can't catch the prey, others can't catch it." Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.

For the rest of the time, Xie Xiaonian went to the mountains early in the morning to help the two families get their prey, so as to save others from taking them away.

And Xu Zhongjun and the leader will go into the mountain again at night. Although they sometimes lose their prey, they can finally gain something every day.

As for reporting to the army, Xie Xiaonian didn't take care of it. Anyway, with Xu Zhongjun and the leader around, her family wouldn't suffer any disadvantages.

After a few days like this, Xu Zhongjun came back at night and said: "The hunting has been reported to the superiors, and the superiors do not object to the people in the compound hunting, but they cannot go to the deep mountains, and they cannot exceed the depth of our usual activities, otherwise Play it safe."

"Then what if someone disobeys and goes deep? Let's start. If something happens, it won't be our fault!" Xie Xiaonian asked worriedly.

"They shouldn't dare to go to the deep mountains, and the troops have clearly stated in advance that they are not allowed to go to the deep mountains. If they are disobedient, we can't blame us for any problems. And the mountains around here have been cleared. There is no danger in a large area outside, otherwise how can the troops rest assured to station here." Xu Zhongjun replied.

"That's good, but do people in this compound know how to hunt?"

"Don't underestimate them. The men from this family didn't learn many skills when they were training in the army, and some people would secretly go up the mountain to get meat to eat. Even if they are not as special as hunters, they are still there. You don't have to worry if you know a little bit about it," Xu Zhongjun said with certainty.

Xie Xiaonian nodded and said, "That's fine, as long as you don't know how to hunt, you can come to our house to bother me."

Because there were too many people going up the mountain, in order to avoid the crowd, Xie Xiaonian didn't go up the mountain until after 9:[-] the next morning. Even so, he met several trap-diggers on the mountain, including Zhao Qiuxiang.

Because the troops don't rest today, Zhao Qiuxiang needs to dig the traps by herself. At this time, she is no longer obsessed with cleanliness. She is holding a shovel and digging vigorously.

After seeing Xie Xiaonian, Zhao Qiuxiang said angrily, "Hey, isn't this Xiao Nian? Your family started hunting so early, did they make a fortune in silence?"

Her voice was a little shrill, and as soon as she uttered it, the people around her looked this way.

After hearing this, Xie Xiaonian said with a sullen face: "If it was so easy to get rich, then the troops would have made it sooner. There were quite a few people in the compound before who went up the mountain to hunt and hold tooth sacrifices. Everyone still doesn't know if they can get rich. Zhongjun and The leader reported to the army is also to make the best use of this mountain, thinking that picking mushrooms, digging wild vegetables, picking wild fruits and nuts can also make every family have more dishes, and every child can eat more snacks. But I never said that you can only hunt. If Qiuxiang’s sister-in-law still thinks that hunting can make a fortune, then I will congratulate her as soon as possible. But I still want to persuade my sister-in-law to do other jobs, such as digging wild vegetables. Hunting, otherwise I'm afraid I'll be hungry every day."

"Hmph, you know how much your family can catch. Your family is the only one big. Is it the same to catch with so many people? Before, I knew exactly how many prey your family could catch in a day." Zhao Qiuxiang replied proudly .

(End of this chapter)