PUGPF – Chapter 228

Chapter 228: New Year’s Eve (1)

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Lian Fang Zhou considered it for a while and then smiled: “Ah Jian wouldn’t lie to me, of course I believe you!”

Ah Jian raised an eyebrow and laughed, an inexplicable warmth in his heart.

After Old Zhang and Little Zhang left Lian Fang Zhou’s house, they went to Aunt Zhang’s house and gave her the remaining two pieces of tiger meat and two tiger bones.

Tiger meat was a rare and precious thing, and most were not able to have a bite in a lifetime. Tiger bones were also used for soaking in wine, which was excellent for improving physical fitness.

When Uncle Li saw them, he smiled and said: “Look at that! How big could that tiger by, there are so many people in the village, you were afraid you couldn’t even get two pieces of meat to bring us! And these bones are even more precious!”

Old Zhang laughed: “Brother-in-law has said that but we specially brought this good ones for you! After all, if you had not introduced Ah Jian to us, how could things go so smoothly? It was not easy!”

Then Old Zhang sighed and praised Ah Jian repeatedly. Aunt Zhang and Uncle Li were also very interested and couldn’t help but ask questions. Hearing everything, they all agreed and sighed.

Little Zhang’s expression was a bit unpleasant. Hearing his father say that he only picked the good ones, he sneered and said: “Big Brother Ah Jian and Ah Ze are both good but some of the people in our village are too unreliable! Really speaking, its impressive how terrible they were!”

Old Zhang didn’t expect his son to speak out but it was too late to stop him. He couldn’t help but glare at his son, “You kid, really…”

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Little Zhang glanced at him and said, “Father, there is nothing wrong with saying this. My aunt and uncle are not outsiders! Besides, Brother Ah Jian was invited by them for help! Tell them so they have a clear understand for the future!”

Aunt Zhang and Uncle Li were shocked hearing this. Aunt Zhang hurriedly asked: “Brother, what is going on? You tell me clearly! Otherwise, I will pay you back later. How can I meet Fang Zhou’s family?”

Old Zhang sighed softly.

Little Zhang glared angrily, saying: “My father doesn’t want to say it, so I will! Isn’t it just hunting for tigers? Earlier, Big Brother Ah Jian proposed to set up a pig bait trap and I told my aunt that those people didn’t agree. After hunting the tiger and returning, those people looked at the tiger skin and gave birth to greedy ideas! They lured Big Brother Ah Jian away and wanted to steal it! They said the tiger should belong to the village and as for Big Brother Ah Jian, he had already been paid two taels of silver, so he was not at a loss. But the tiger skin was of excellent color and worth more than ten taels of silver!”

Hearing this, Aunt Zhang blurted out: “How could they do that? How could they change their minds after seeing something good?!”

Thinking that Ah Jian had been introduced by her, Aunt Zhang couldn’t help but stumble and say: “If this is the case, how can I meet others in the future?”

“Who said so?” Little Zhang said angrily: “I gathered a few brothers who admired Big Brother Ah Jian and we persuaded that if this kind of thing spread, our entire village would be laughed at and looked down upon. Finally, those sneaky people had to give in. After saying a lot of unacceptable things, I told people not to let Big Brother Ah Jian know.”

“There is something even more ridiculous!” Xiao Zhang added again: “Those people who had to give up on the tiger skin also started thinking about sending Big Brother Ah Jian and Ah Ze away as soon as daybreak! Who knows who came up with the idea, but they didn’t want to let them share a portion of the tiger meat! They don’t think that if Big Brother Ah Jian didn’t have the ability, would they still be able to eat tiger meat? It would be good just not being eaten by tigers!”

Uncle Li and Aunt Zhang both turned yellow*.

Li Shu sighed: “That is really too much! Don’t talk about such a dangerous and important thing, even if it was a normal thing, people should give a meal, right? To drive people away early in the morning, really…”

After Xiao Zhang finally released what was suffocating in his heart, he felt much better. Hearing his uncle and aunt agree with him, his complexion became much better and he sighed: “The actions of those people are so shameless that I can’t look at them! Later, several of us discussed with Big Brother Ah Jian and invited him and Ah Ze to eat at our house. A few brothers accompanied them during the day so that he would not come into contact with those people, in case there was gossip. After breakfast, our family’s father and son sent them back and came to see uncle and aunt!”

“Nephew is very sensible!” Aunt Zhang heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this and smiled at him: “You are so thoughtful! Hey, this kind of thing, we won’t bring it up to Ah Jian in the future! By the way, that tiger meat, did you give it to them?”

“Gave it!” Little Zhang nodded: “The few of us who followed Big Brother Ah Jian up the mountain insisted on give it to them, even if they were reluctant!”

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Little Zhang still felt a little complicated when he said this. They gave it to them, but they didn’t give them much and it made him feel a little sad.

“Ah.” Aunt Zhang said and sighed slowly. “This really was a lot of trouble! I will give up on helping with this matter in the future!”

Uncle Li glanced at his brother-in-law and nephew and hurried to comfort them: “Don’t think too much! Ah Jian and Ah Ze are not that kind of petty people, nor is Fang Zhou! Fortunately, this matter has been resolved and is finished!”

“Yes, yes, that is what I said!” Aunt Zhang also nodded and smiled.

Old Zhang and his father felt much better in their hearts and nodded, feeling comfortable, before moving on to other gossip.

That night, it snowed again and it was surprisingly cold for the next few days until the New Year. The greetings between villagers changed from ‘where are you going’ and ‘have you eaten’ to ‘it’s so cold!’.

Lian Fang Zhou looked at the newly renovated roof and the windows with thick paper and was especially proud of her foresight.

There was a piece of charcoal vigorously burning in the brazier and the younger siblings were wearing thick, warm clothing. This winter, even if it was cold, was nothing to worry about.

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Lian Fang Zhou had specially bought a big, fat pig of one hundred and fifty to sixty catties to slaughter. She invited Aunt Zhang’s family, Zhang Li Zheng’s family, and her cousin’s family, along with some neighbors, to come to a lively meal after slaughtering the pig.

Keeping half the pork at home, she also sent the other half to the compound for the servants and workers to share. Of course, Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji were unique, so she asked the Li family to set aside some meat and a small stove for them.

Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji would be in charge of the servants and workers in the future, so it was important to show their superiority and difference between them and their subordinates.

In this age, no master should be too approachable. This was the insight Lian Fang Zhou had learned personally.

In a blink of an eye, it was New Year’s Eve and the whole village seemed to be filled with a strong New Year flavor. There was laughter and shouting everywhere! No matter how poor a family was, they would celebrate New Years happily together and would find a way to eat a good meal in order to have better luck in the coming year.