Chapter 10 Deer Hunting
Three days later, each of the Jiang brothers came back carrying a deer, causing a sensation in the entire village.
One of the three deer was killed and two were injured, one of which was a young deer.
"Jiang San, you are not being honest."
A young villager said sourly: "I went hunting deer and didn't even say hello to my brother."
Jiang Sanlang chuckled and said, "This didn't happen suddenly. Besides, I didn't see you that day."
Knowing that he was perfunctory, the young man put aside the topic and asked, "Where did you go hunting?"
"Beishan, my eldest and second brothers and I chased it for dozens of miles and almost got lost and couldn't come back." Jiang Sanlang put a rope around the neck of the young deer and tied it to the hand of the stone mill handle.
"Beishan, I went to Beishan yesterday to cut hemp. Why didn't I see it?" asked another villager.
"By the time you see it, the deer have already disappeared." The young man choked out in anger, and turned to ask Jiang Sanlang: "You hunted back three deer this time, so the deer herd must be quite small, right?"
Jiang Sanlang: "It's not big, just three or four, three big deer and one small deer."
Actually more than that, but how could he tell the truth to outsiders.
This time he and his eldest and second brothers went to chase deer and found that there were more than a dozen deer in the herd.
If they had hunted one, they would have gotten it back the same day. Because the weather is too hot, dead deer cannot be kept for a long time, so they must be brought back and processed as soon as they are hunted.
But how could such a good opportunity be so hastily let go.
So they kept following, waiting for an opportunity to hunt a few more and bring them back alive.
Sure enough, their hard work paid off and they were able to hunt three deer as they wished.
But on their way back, a deer died due to serious injuries. Fortunately, the dead deer was wrapped with herbs and did not rot much.
When the young man heard that it was just a herd of small deer, his resentment disappeared and he said angrily, "You are really lucky to have hunted all three of them back."
Jiang Sanlang smiled innocently and went to help his elder brother skin the deer.
Ying Bao squatted in front of the stone mill and saw the deer curled up under the stone mill, with its big wet eyes looking at her in horror, and her heart moved slightly.
The fawn seemed to have been injured by an arrow on its hind butt. Some herbal juice was applied on it, but blood was still oozing out.
There were many flies circling around the wound, which didn't look good.
Ying Bao slowly moved over, quietly got some Wuding Zhi from the cave, crushed it and applied it to the deer's wound.
As soon as she finished applying it, she heard Sister Dani call her: "Yingbao, don't touch it, be careful not to dirty your hands."
Ying Bao turned around and smiled: "It's not dirty."
Dani saw that her little cousin's hands were really not dirty, so she picked her up and took her out of the yard: "Let's go see the deer skinned."
Yingbao didn't want to go, she still wanted to see the injured deer.
But I was not strong enough to defeat Sister Dani, so I could only turn around and follow her step by step.
A group of villagers gathered in the woods outside the courtyard, and they were all watching with great interest the three brothers Jiang Dajian and Jiang Dajian skinning the deer.
A few children were walking around in the crowd, touching the antlers and poking the deer's legs, laughing and playing.
Yuanbao was among them. He was like a little wolf guarding food, glaring at this and blocking others, not allowing others to touch his deer.
In the afternoon, the Jiang family cooked venison and invited Chen Fu, the head of the Chen family who lived in Dongchen Village, Chen Sanyou, the village leader, his master from the private school, and several respected village elders to their home for dinner.
After the venison banquet was over and the guests were sent away, Old Man Jiang asked his three sons to sit down and talk.
"There will be a fair over there at Simen tomorrow. You three brothers will take the injured deer and its skin and antlers to sell it. Simen is close to the county seat and there is a big fair, so you can get a good price."
Old Man Jiang took a sip of the bamboo leaf water handed to him by his old wife and said slowly: "The money earned will be divided equally between the three of you. As for the little deer, I will leave it to Sanlang and Dalang Erlang. Do you two have any objections?"
Jiang Da quickly said: "Look at what you said, what do we think? We are all one family, and the deer should have been given to Saburo."
Jiang Er also nodded, "That's right, Dad, you're too outspoken. What do you think of our brothers?"
Old Man Jiang nodded, "That's good."
Turning to his third son, he said: "You can take the fawn back later. I think Ying Bao'er likes it very much. If the fawn can be raised, I will sell the money and leave it to her to make clothes for her. Sanlang, Ying Bao'er is well-behaved, you can It needs to be taken good care of.”
This is to hand over the ownership of the fawn to Yingbao.
Jiang Sanlang smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry, my daughter will have new clothes even if there are no deer."
"As long as you understand." Old Man Jiang snorted, "Boys and girls in our family are equally precious. Yingbao is also my granddaughter. From now on, she must have what others have."
He was reminding his third son not to ignore Ying Bao when his biological children were born.
Jiang Sanlang is not stupid, he naturally knows what his father wants to say.
But how could I treat my daughter badly? The old man looked down upon his son too much.
"Don't worry, Yingbao is my eldest daughter. Her younger brothers and sisters can only respect and love her. When she grows up, I will find a good husband for her." Jiang Sanlang said with a smile.
Mr. Jiang glared at San'er, "She's just saying stupid things. How old is she now? Get out of here."
Jiang Sanlang lost his temper, took the deer home, and tied it to the leg of the table in the main room.
Ying Bao heard the noise in the room and quickly got off the bed and ran over to watch.
"Dad, how did you bring the deer back?"
Although the three Jiang brothers have separated their families, they have not divided their households. Whenever the three of them work together to make a living, the profit sharing is still based on the big house. After all, their parents still live in the old family.
Jiang Sanlang smiled and said: "Your grandfather gave the deer to our family and asked my daughter to raise it. Later, I will sell the money to buy cloth for you to make colorful clothes."
"Really? Hehehe."
Ying Bao was so happy that she touched the deer's head happily and murmured: "I will fatten you up and give you meat to my brother."
Xiaolu:……
Recoil in horror. Stay away from this scary human cub.
That night, Ying Bao dreamed again.
She stood in a thick fog, and the book appeared in front of her again.
The pages of the book automatically turned to the third chapter without any wind.
Ying Bao didn't dare to hesitate and quickly went up to watch.
Unexpectedly, after reading a few chapters, the book turned into paper butterflies and flew away.
This time Yingbao is sure that the characters described in this book are Chen Changping's family in Xichen Village and Aunt Han's family in the county town.
Except for the absence of the name Yingbao, everything else corresponds one to one.
The book says that Chen Changping was the second among three brothers, and he was a child who failed many times.
His wife Han's parents died young, and she has no brothers alive except Han, a younger sister.
The Han family had an eldest daughter, Chen Wan, a second daughter, Chen Zhao, a third daughter, Chen Ying, and a four-year-old son, Chen Xu.
And this third daughter Chen Ying was the name given to Yingbao by Chen Changping in her previous life.
Ying Bao narrowed her eyes.
This book is really interesting.
It is written from the perspective of Chen Tiantian, the second daughter of Aunt Han's family.
The book describes Chen Changping's three daughters. The eldest is timid and timid, the second is sweet-mouthed and bitter-hearted, and the third is gloomy and vicious. They are all women who cannot stand on the stage.
The only son, Chen Xu, is a spoiled little bully, selfish and annoying.
that's the truth.
Chen Changping's three daughters were often beaten or scolded by Mr. Han.
Girls who live in this kind of family atmosphere all year round must have some personality problems.
Ying Bao remembers that she was brought back to Chen's house when she was five years old. As soon as she entered the door, she was beaten severely with a bamboo stick by Han, leaving bruises all over her back, arms and legs.
It is estimated that Mrs. Han felt sorry for the two taels of silver awarded to the Jiang family. Coupled with her previous depression and Ying Bao's crying, she wanted to give her third daughter a blow and vent her anger on herself.
After all, the process of getting my daughter back was quite difficult, and even caused trouble with the government.
The Chen family seemed to have won the lawsuit, but they also lost face in the village.
However, Han got his wish and gave birth to a big fat boy the next year.
Chen Changping was very happy and went through the books to give his son the character "Xu" and his nickname was "Bao'er".
As a tool man, Ying Bao has lived a life of dire straits in the Chen family since then.