At night, Jiang Hongguo lay on the kang, listening to the whistling wind outside the window. She tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep. Her heart was always hanging and couldn't fall to the ground. In her mind, there were all the shadows of Wang Zhong and scenes from the past.

, appears in my mind like a movie.

As the saying goes, caring leads to chaos. This saying is absolutely true when applied to Jiang Hongguo now. Thinking about the past few days, during the first few days of the twelfth lunar month, when he was almost frozen to death outside, he would look up from time to time.

Outside the window, I listened for sounds, but unfortunately, there was no result. I stayed up until the middle of the night, and I was really sleepy. I don’t know how many times my eyelids were fighting. I couldn’t hold it anymore, so I fell asleep in the lake.

.

But not long after he fell asleep, when the sky got a little brighter and the light filtered into the room through the window and shone on his body, Jiang Hongguo woke up immediately, opened the quilt, turned over and got off the kang.

But he slept in his clothes all night, without even taking off his clothes.

He didn't even bother to eat breakfast, so he went out and rushed to the entrance of the village. Smoke began to rise one after another in the village, and the cold wind caught him. Jiang Hongguo put his hands in his sleeves, curled up, and walked on the only way into the village.

Walking around, but waiting left and right, there was still no sign of Wang Zhong.

People in the village had breakfast and began to go out one after another.

"Isn't this girl Guo'er! Why are you standing here so early in the morning?" Sister-in-law Jinhua saw Jiang Hongguo wrapped in a scarf and standing curled up on the roadside, and she enthusiastically approached her to chat.

"Sister-in-law Jinhua!" It's a pity that Jiang Hongguo couldn't squeeze out a smile on her face: "Brother Wang said he went into the mountains for hunting yesterday morning, and he never came back after going out. It's been a whole night, and I felt uneasy, thinking about coming to the entrance of the village.

Welcome."

"Hey! What did I think was going on!" Sister-in-law Jin Hua held Jiang Hongguo's hand, smiled and patted it: "My silly girl, the captain is going to the mountains to hunt, not to buy things in the city. Maybe he is in the mountains.

It’s not unusual to be out chasing prey for several days, let alone one night.”

"Really?" Jiang Hongguo's eyes flashed with deep worry.

"Silly sister, look at you like this. Let me tell you, our captain often goes to the mountains during the off-season. Although he usually goes in the morning and comes back in the evening, there are also times when he stays in the mountains for several days. Our Maixiang

Although Ling is not a big place, it is not small either, with a radius of more than a hundred miles. Even if you had four legs, you wouldn't be able to cover it in one day!"

Jiang Hongguo didn't speak, she just raised her eyes and looked at the location outside the village.

Sister-in-law Jin Hua looked at Jiang Hongguo carefully and saw that there was a faint darkness around her eyes, there was still eye mucus in the corners of her eyes that she had not wiped, and there was a bit of fatigue between her worried brows, so she couldn't help but ask: "Sister, when did you

Came here?"

"He came as soon as he woke up in the morning!" Jiang Hongguo said.

"Then you haven't eaten breakfast?"

Jiang Hongguo nodded.

Hearing this, Mrs. Jinhua couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: "Okay, okay, don't stay here in this cold weather. The captain will naturally come back when it's time to come back. If you go too far, it will take a while and a half."

If my son can’t come back, it’s useless even if you wait here for a whole day.”

He couldn't help but drag Jiang Hongguo to his home. He didn't even pick up the excrement. He took out a few hot yellow steamed buns that had been steamed in the morning and gave them to Jiang Hongguo to eat with hot water.

After eating two Jiang Hongguo, Mrs. Jinhua was once again worried about her safety. She was much less worried. She remembered that the chickens at home had not been fed yet, so she hurriedly said goodbye to Mrs. Jinhua and prepared to go back.

Sister-in-law Jinhua felt uneasy when she saw that Jiang Hongguo was a little distracted, so she followed him to Wang Chong's house.

Accompanying Jiang Hongguo, he fed the chickens and cleaned the house. Then the two of them sat on the kang, wearing sweaters and chatting.

Jiang Hongguo would say from time to time: "Sister-in-law, when will Brother Wang come back?"

Mrs. Jinhua was speechless when she asked her question. She didn't know how to answer, so she could only think of ways to change the subject.

Jiang Hongguo asked the same question more than a dozen times in just one morning, and the worry between his brows became increasingly difficult to hide.

Looking at the absent-minded Jiang Hongguo, Mrs. Jinhua could only helplessly shake her head.

"Sister, if you really can't let go of our captain, then you have to hurry up. The captain is already twenty-six this year, so he is quite old." Sister Jinhua advised.

Jiang Hongguo was stunned by these words, and her heart became more and more entangled. The entanglement was full of sorrow and worry. She raised her eyes and looked at Sister-in-law Jinhua. Jiang Hongguo said: "Sister-in-law, I want to go to the entrance of the village and wait!"

Sister-in-law Jinhua looked at the expectation in Jiang Hongguo's eyes and sighed: "Sister-in-law, I'll go with you!"

The two of them put down their work, got off the kang, put on their shoes, and went out arm in arm.

It was cold and windy outside, and all the places along the road where no one had set foot were covered with a layer of white snow.

Most of the folks are staying at home. If they don't move around, they won't be hungry, so they don't need to eat so much.

But there were also those who carried dung rakes and put their hands in their sleeves, hunkered down, and went around picking up dung against the cold wind. There were also those who carried hatchets and walked up the snow-covered paths to collect firewood.

As soon as the two of them reached the entrance of the village, Jiang Hongguo's eyes immediately straightened, and a smile appeared on Sister Jinhua's face.

But it turned out that a tall figure suddenly emerged from the edge of the village entrance. He was wearing an old gray cotton jacket and a felt hat on his head. He carried a bow and an arrow on his back, and a long wooden stick with thick arms was carried on his shoulder as a pole, with both ends holding it.

There were hanging things, and upon closer inspection, there was a pheasant, two tied badgers, and actually two plump hares.

As soon as Jiang Hongguo saw Wang Zhong, she couldn't help but let go of Mrs. Jin Hua and trotted up, stopping in front of Wang Zhong, biting her lower lip, her eyes filled with tears, and she looked up and down at Wang Zhong with concern: "Wang Zhong

Brother, are you okay?"

"What can I do?" Wang Zhong said with a smile: "I was delayed last night and couldn't get back, which made you worry."

"But the harvest is good. You are short of energy, and this badger can replenish your health."

"It'll be good to come back! It'll be good to come back!" Jiang Hongguo burst into tears and smiled.

Sister-in-law Jin Hua also came up to her. She looked at the load full of prey. Her smiling face showed a bit of envy. She took her hand out of her sleeve and gave a thumbs up: "Captain, you are really awesome. Come out now."

I gained so much from one trip!”

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wang Zhong chuckled: "I didn't expect that I would be so lucky. I first encountered a few rabbit holes and tried to dig them out, but I didn't expect it.

There are actually two rabbits spending the winter inside."

"But you, too, didn't tell Sister Guo'er clearly before going into the mountain. You had to worry about you all night. If I hadn't stopped you, Girl Guo'er would have gone into the mountain alone to look for you early this morning.

." Sister-in-law Jinhua looked at the two of them with interest.

Wang Zhong turned to look at Jiang Hongguo and said softly: "Guo'er, I'm sorry. I didn't make it clear and made you worry."

"It's best if everyone is safe!" Jiang Hongguo's big, somewhat bright eyes were flashing with tears, but there was a smile on her face.

"It's freezing outside, so don't work here. Go back and drink some hot water and sit on the kang to warm yourself. I have to go back and serve the two ancestors at home."

"Sister-in-law, you go back later and tell the Three Monkeys, Lao Ganbang, Ma Renli and the others that we will come to my house for dinner together in the evening. Let's talk about spring irrigation and top dressing."

"I'll go tell them right now."

The three of them said goodbye. Sister Jinhua, who was particularly discerning, hurried to her home in the west end of the village, while Wang Zhong and Jiang Hongguo walked to their home in the east end of the village.

When they got home, Jiang Hongguo helped Wang Zhong unload the burden and hung the bow and quiver back to the tool room in the west wing. Wang Zhong took out a few knives and skillfully skinned rabbits and badgers.

The two badgers and rabbits were smoked and then escaped from the hole and were nodded one by one by Wang Zhong with a wooden stick. There were no wounds on their bodies and their furs were well preserved. Wang Zhong was even more skillful in skinning them. After a while,

I peeled off a whole badger skin.

"Guo'er, add some water to the pot later and cut off the fat from the badger and boil it in oil!" Wang Chong said with a smile.

Jiang Hongguo also looked at the two plump badgers with a smile on her face, "Such fat badgers can produce a lot of badger oil!"

Badger oil has extremely high medicinal value. It can be applied externally or taken internally. It can treat various diseases such as insufficient Qi, uterine prolapse, hemoptysis, hemorrhoids, malnutrition, scabies, white baldness, burns, chilblains and other diseases.

"The omentum near the intestines was also taken out and boiled together."

"good!"

Wang Zhong peeled the skin, boiled water with ginger and red fruits, processed and cleaned the internal organs, plucked the pheasant's feathers and removed the internal organs, and also left all the detailed knife work such as removing the omentum and cutting the fat to Wang Zhong.

The two had a reasonable division of labor and handled the matter extremely quickly. In less than half an hour, two badgers and two rabbits were skinned by Wang Zhong.

After disemboweling the rabbit and taking out its internal organs, Wang Zhong used a sharp knife to quickly cut off the fat intestines from the badger, put the rabbit into a pot with cold water, and slowly simmered it.

"Brother Wang, what should we do to entertain everyone tonight?" Jiang Hongguo asked.

"This rabbit is quite fat. Cut one into small pieces later, stir-fry half and braise half. Leave the pheasant for you to replenish your body. The badger meat and the remaining rabbit will be sold at the market tomorrow morning.

Alright."

Jiang Hongguo agreed with all her heart. Ever since she saw Wang Zhong returned safely, the smile on her face had almost never stopped.

On the one hand, it was because of Wang Zhong's great harvest, and on the other hand, it was because Wang Zhong was safe and sound.

"It's a pity that Big Red and Two Red are still small. When they get older, it will be easier to take them into the mountains to find prey. We don't have to run around like now and it all depends on luck."

A dog's sense of smell is 1 million or even 10 million times that of a human, and even its hearing is 16 times that of a human. Not to mention that Wang Zhong's physical fitness in all aspects is more than six times that of a normal human being at its peak, and his sense of smell and hearing can be improved.

Yes, it’s not necessarily as sensitive as someone’s dog.

This is also the reason why Wang Zhong bought two Laizhou red dogs, just to wait until they are a little older. If they are well trained, they can hunt and return home.

"Just in time, Dahong and Erhong can also have a full meal today." Jiang Hongguo said.

Wang Zhong personally cooked two dishes of braised and stir-fried rabbit meat, plus enough yellow steamed buns. Sister Jinhua and others all ate them with round bellies. The men shared a bottle of Baigan and drank until they were tipsy.

After having enough food and having agreed on all the spring irrigation matters, they dispersed.

Early the next morning, before the sky turned white, Wang Zhong had already gotten up as usual. He did a few sets of boxing in the courtyard to loosen his muscles and bones, and revitalize his energy and blood. The sky began to get brighter, but there was no movement in the main room.

Wang Zhong didn't pay attention at first. After washing up, he was about to cook, when he realized that there was no remaining heat in the stove. Looking at this situation, the fire had been out for a while.

He hurriedly walked to the kang, touched the big kang, and found it was cold. He quickly checked Jiang Hongguo's condition, and found that Jiang Hongguo was frowning, her cheeks were slightly red, but her lips were white, and her body was curled up.

Wang Zhong hurriedly reached out and touched Jiang Hongguo's forehead. Sure enough, it was extremely hot. He didn't care anymore and took Jiang Hongguo's hand out of the cup. After taking a pulse for a while, his face changed.
To be continued...