Chapter 590 Why did you kiss me? Do you have any tricks?
After a few days of quiet time, the Xu family's house became lively again. In the outer room, Chang Juan, Liu Fenfang, Zhang Guifang and others were washing vegetables and cutting meat. In fact, Liu Lizhen didn't need to do anything. Although she felt upset and hot from time to time, she felt a sense of joy in her heart when she saw so many people gathered at home because of Xu Ning.
The oldest son who used to be the most noisy, the most tormented, and the most difficult to discipline now has a good reputation in the whole Qing'an. Everyone can't help but praise the second son of the Xu family for his ability? This feeling is probably only experienced by parents, and the pride in their hearts is almost revealed by their crooked mouths. However, Liu Lizhen understands the ways of the world and is modest. When others praise Xu Ning, she can't take it seriously, and can only tease that he often makes her angry at home...
It was noon and the old ladies were all busy preparing meals. Xu Ning was not idle after he got home. He, Guan Lei and Meng Yinhe moved the luggage bags of his mother and others to the east wing, and put the scattered items in the wing into cloth bags, wooden boxes or sacks.
The mattress and cover board in the doghouse were also taken out to dry. There were lice in the torn mattress where the dog had lived. There was no way to get rid of it. Make a new mattress for the dog? That wouldn't work either. Lice are transmitted from dogs. As long as there are dogs, lice can't be completely eliminated!
Before, Xu Ning thought about going to the street or city to buy some anthelmintics, but after asking at the pharmacy, the doctor said that the current anthelmintics are very strong and if not handled properly, it is easy to kill the dog. Xu Ning gave up and decided to go to the provincial capital when he has time to ask if there are any internal anthelmintics.
There are almost no people who are as careful as Xu Ning in raising dogs in the countryside. Other people just feed their dogs twice a day. If a dog is sick... can a dog be sick? Untie the dog leash and let it go into the mountains to find medicine. If it survives, it survives. If not, just get a new one. What do you raise if not to guard the house?
Don't blame them for having no feelings for dogs. In fact, they do have feelings for them. But life is not easy these days. When they earn some money, they can only take care of their families and people first. No matter how much affection they have for dogs, they cannot be compared with people.
Originally, Wang Erli and Han Fengjiao had not planned to move tomorrow. They thought that if the two families moved together, they would definitely be in a hurry and forget things. Besides, there would be so many people, so it would be better to pick two days to avoid each other.
But this morning Xu Ning suggested that we move together. We have enough people, donkeys, tractors, and cars. We only need two trips to move the goods. As for what to eat at noon? Let's go to Li Fuqiang's house...
Not long after Xu Ning came back from Lao Meng's house, Liu Daming and Wu Qiuxia came back riding donkeys upside down. The cart was loaded with two pig hind legs, six smoked chickens, and eight pounds of pork belly.
You still need a ticket to buy meat now, but when Liu Daming got home, he started talking a lot, saying that Liu Xuemin helped him buy the meat and that there was no need for a ticket at all. In the end, he argued with Liu Xuemin for two or three minutes before Liu Xuemin accepted the money.
Liu Daming and his wife went to the street clinic to buy medicine for Wu Qiuxia, but he also wanted to visit Li Baotou from No. 28 Field, so they bought two cans of food, biscuits and a basket of apples. When they arrived at the hospital, they found out that Li Baotou had cirrhosis of the liver. The doctor didn't say whether it could be cured or not, but just told him to go to a big hospital in the city or provincial capital for further check-up.
The two sons of Li Baotou did propose to treat their father's illness, but they did not tell Liu Daming about selling the 28 Lengchang. Therefore, Xu Ning mentioned it to his uncle. He had to mention it. When Yang Jun and Hu Zhiyong came over later, they would definitely exchange information after drinking some wine and talk about the partnership with Xu Ning. It would be inappropriate to hide it from his uncle.
Liu Daming's face changed when he heard this, and he said, "Why are these two kids so disobedient? Their dad wants to leave them a living, otherwise how are they going to live in the future?"
"Uncle, you can't think like that. If my father is sick, can I not treat him? Not to mention spending 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, I'll treat him even if it means bankrupting the whole family!"
Xu Ning was just saying this. His real thought was that it depends on the disease. If the disease can be cured, it must be cured. If the disease cannot be cured, how can it be cured? People should be filial when they are alive, but when reason controls the brain, he can make a decision. I believe many elderly people also understand the reason.
"He knew what disease he had and that it couldn't be cured, so he didn't want his two sons to spend more money. He would rather buy them two more bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes with that money."
"You're quite open-minded! He has a liver disease, and you still let him drink and smoke? What are you thinking?" Liu Lizhen said unhappily when she heard it.
"Sister, this is what I think. If my disease cannot be cured, then no one should treat me. Why waste useless money?"
"Hey, stop talking. What do you think about Yang Jun looking for Er Ning to take over the 28 Lengchang together? Do you need to tell Uncle Li?"
Liu Daming shook his head decisively: "Why tell him? I won't get involved in his family affairs. I'll just pretend I don't know about it."
Although he sometimes speaks without emotional intelligence, he knows the importance of doing things. In Xu Ning's heart, his uncle is a good uncle. He helps his relatives but not his friends. In his heart, family is the most important thing in everything.
When Xu Ning, Guan Lei and others were collecting the scattered items, a car horn sounded outside the door. When they turned around, they saw Sun Lianfang sitting in the passenger seat and waving her hands vigorously.
People inside and outside the house hurried out to greet them. Sun Jiye jumped out of the car and greeted Lian Jun, Liu Zhu and others who were sitting in the back car. They were all holding things in their hands, such as cigarettes, alcohol, canned food, etc.
Liu Lizhen welcomed them warmly and asked them to go into the house and rest for a while. After getting out of the car, Sun Lianfang rolled her eyes at Guan Lei and pouted her lips to show that she was unhappy. Guan Lei, who had been influenced by Xu Ning, immediately came forward, took her arm, and whispered something in her ear. Then Sun Lianfang smiled.
Including Sun Jiye, Lian Jun, Lian Xu and Liu Zhu, there are two more people. These two people are good at hunting in the mountains in Sandaohe. They have met Xu Ning several times before and even spent one night with him. That was when they went to Hamagou to avenge Wang Ye.
Liu Zhu had seen Liu Lizhen before, so when he called her Grandma Liu, Liu Lizhen was not surprised. Instead, Yang Shuhua and others showed surprised expressions. After Liu Lizhen explained, they were relieved.
"Uncle San, you all go stay at Shitou's place at night, and let Lianfang and Hua stay in the west room of my second aunt's house."
"Okay! Have Lei Zi's bedding been stuffed into the closet? We all took our own luggage."
Two days before Sun Jiye left, Sun Jiwei told him that they would have to stay at Guan Lei's place when they went to Qing'an to protect farmers, but Guan Lei's house was new, and apart from his set of bedding, there was no extra luggage, so Sun Jiye and others had to get their own bedding.
"Okay, if you don't have enough bedding, I have some at home. You guys came just in time, I'm moving to a new house tomorrow, and I can use the car!"
"I know! I came here by the day..."
He and Sun Lianfang came from Sandaohe. They did stay at Sun Jishan's home in the city for the first few days, but seeing that the child's excitement had passed, they had to feed and change diapers every two or three hours, which was really a bit torturous. Sun Lianfang couldn't stand it anymore, so they returned to Sandaohe, leaving Aunt San in the city to accompany Yang Yanqiu and Jin Xiaoxia.
I heard that Jin Xiaoxia's mother sometimes came to take care of the child for two days, but her mother was not in good health and would get a headache after coaxing the child for a while.
"Is everything over at Lei Zi's place finished?"
Guan Lei nodded: "Yeah, everything is done."
Sun Jiye said, "Before Erning gets married, I'll ask Liansheng to bring all the electrical appliances and other things over. The bedding prepared for Lianfang is all in the city."
"Okay, we're getting married soon, and I'm still a little nervous..."
Sun Lianfang patted his shoulder and said, "Why are you so nervous? Are you afraid that I will undermine you after we get married?"
"Are you good enough? Hide!" Guan Lei raised his shoulders and struggled.
"Hey, little brat! Can't I do anything to you? Look, I'm going to prick your nerves."
Sun Lianfang pulled the hairpin out of her hair and poked Guan Lei's elbow. Just as Guan Lei was concentrating on staring at the hairpin, Sun Lianfang suddenly stood on tiptoe and put her face close to his mouth. Then she widened her eyes and took a half step to the side. She raised her hands to cover her face and shouted, "Oh my God! Why are you kissing me again? Hey! Third uncle, did you see? Brother, did you see... Little Stone, he kissed me secretly!"
Guan Lei stood there in a daze. The people around him were stunned when they saw this scene, and then they looked up and laughed wildly.
"Hahaha..." Sun Lianfang pointed at him shamelessly and said, "What are you doing? We haven't seen each other for just a few days, why are you kissing me secretly? How can you not be ashamed? Oh my God, this guy made my face red!"
Guan Lei's face turned from white to red very quickly, gradually rising from his neck to his forehead. When he came to his senses, he quickly stepped forward to cover Sun Lianfang's mouth, gritting his teeth and saying, "Stop making noise! Keep your voice down!"
"Hahaha……"
The house was full of gentlemen, mostly from Sandaohe, so they naturally knew what kind of person Sun Lianfang was. The rest were all family members, so they didn't find it strange.
Sun Jiye said with a smile: "You two go out and play!"
Xu Ning said, "You two should go back and heat up the kang, clean the teapot and teacup, and boil some hot water so that you can soak your feet when Uncle San and his family come back in the evening."
"Okay! Let's go, little stone..."
"I'm not going!" Guan Lei said with his neck stiff.
"Hey, let's go, let's go..."
After Sun Lianfang's repeated persuasion, Guan Lei reluctantly walked out the door.
Before they left, Liu Lizhen reminded them, "Don't go crazy on the street. People will laugh at you!"
"OK!"
Then, everyone continued chatting in the house. The topics ranged from all over the world, and there was nothing that these people could not catch up with.
Not long after, Yang Jun and Hu Zhiyong drove to the gate of the courtyard and led five people out of the car. Xu Ning and others naturally went out to greet them. They were not empty-handed either, they were carrying cigarettes and alcohol.
It was the first time that Yang Jun came to Old Xu's house. He was a face-conscious man, so he brought two packs of Shilin cigarettes and two bottles of Wuliangye, as well as a bag of eggs and a bag of black tea. Xu Ning introduced him to Sun Jieye, Meng Quezi and others. After the people in the house exchanged their names, the east room was crowded with people. Most of them smoked, so the house was filled with smoke after a while. They opened the windows to smoke for a while, and then gathered in groups of three or five, chatting alone in the courtyard or under the eaves.
"Brother Yong, don't worry about the workers in Lengchang. I called a friend after I came down the mountain. There are less than 20 people there. There are two friends I haven't called yet. When they come over after I get married, I'll tell them then."
"Then I'm relieved. You can make the arrangements. Also, I haven't paid the money to the forest farm yet. When will you pay it? I'll go with you."
Xu Ning said, "Before the opening of the mountain, have you cleared the 25-2 field? How many yellow pineapple and walnut trees are there?"
"There are less than 20 yellow pineapples and not many walnut trees. The field over there is full of oaks and lindens. But there is a patch of elm trees in the field. We're counting on it to make money next year!"
Xu Ning pondered for a moment and decided to negotiate with Hu Zhiyong in advance. He said, "Brother Yong, you keep the yellow pineapples. We can collect them together and sell them directly to the city to make furniture. The price will be slightly higher than what the forest farm offers, but still lower than the market price."
Hu Zhiyong's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward and whispered, "Do you have any tricks?"
"Well, my father-in-law's apprentice runs a furniture workshop in the city. It's quite large, but it hasn't opened yet."
Hu Zhiyong clapped his hands and cheered: "Great! It doesn't matter what you sell. Who doesn't want to earn more? You want yellow pineapple? You don't want walnuts and elm?"
"I think so. I haven't asked in detail yet."
"Then ask yourself, the three of us...including Brother Jun, that's five people, how can we supply his furniture workshop?"
Xu Ning smiled knowingly. How should I put it? It was a bit unfair because he skipped the forest farm and put the money he earned directly into his own pocket...
But everyone does this now. To put it bluntly, some people sell all the axes distributed by the venue and then report them lost to the venue.
Xu Ning and Zhang Jinbao talked about this, and both felt that there was no problem. Furniture workshops need wood, and the mountain field produces wood. However, there is a flaw, that is, the wood is too new and must be dried in the shade before use, otherwise the furniture made will definitely have cracks!
At 2 o'clock, three tables were set up in Old Xu's house. The dishes on the two tables in the east room were the same, but the old woman's table in the west room was missing a stewed fish. There was no way to solve this problem because it was impossible to split the two fish.
Yang Jun and Liu Daming had a good chat. They had met several times and this time, with the matter of Li Baotou as the lead, they quickly found a common topic. Xu Ning stood up and toasted at the two tables. Although Meng Quezi was his father-in-law, they were not married yet. Even if they were married, the father-in-law would still be considered a guest in their family. This was a fact that had to be acknowledged.
After two drinks, Sun Jiye told Xu Ning the purpose of his trip. He wanted to take Liu Zhu and others to wander around the forest farm and let the people in the forest farm know that people from Sandaohe have come to protect the farmers.
Xu Ning understood what he meant. He just wanted to ease the relationship with Qing'an, but using the matter of protecting farmers to improve the relationship was a bit formal...
Because there are not many farmlands around Qing'an, unlike Wangxing which has large ginseng fields, and there are many fruit trees in Dongshan and Nanshan, livestock rarely go down the mountain to damage the crops.
But since they are here, I can't say these words. After all, this is just Sun Jishan's little thought, who can expose it?
Guan Lei and Xu Ning discussed this matter. Although the Sun family did things with a purpose, it might not be a bad thing for Qing'an or the Xu family!
Besides, Xu Ning also has a purpose in doing things. The purpose is the goal. Only with a goal can there be motivation to do things. It’s just that the purpose of the Sun family is a bit obvious, while Xu Ning hides it better. Therefore, in the eyes of others, Xu Ning is kind and particular...
At around 5 o'clock, Xu Laonian and Wang Erli came back. When they entered the room and saw so many people drinking, they hurriedly washed their hands and faces, then sat down and started drinking with everyone. Liu Lizhen and others reheated the dishes.
"The move will start at 7:40 tomorrow morning. Anyone who wants to help can come early for dinner. Jane? What's for dinner tomorrow morning?"
"Noodles and steamed cakes."
Noodles symbolize smooth sailing, while steamed cakes symbolize prosperity and great success!
(End of this chapter)
After a few days of quiet time, the Xu family's house became lively again. In the outer room, Chang Juan, Liu Fenfang, Zhang Guifang and others were washing vegetables and cutting meat. In fact, Liu Lizhen didn't need to do anything. Although she felt upset and hot from time to time, she felt a sense of joy in her heart when she saw so many people gathered at home because of Xu Ning.
The oldest son who used to be the most noisy, the most tormented, and the most difficult to discipline now has a good reputation in the whole Qing'an. Everyone can't help but praise the second son of the Xu family for his ability? This feeling is probably only experienced by parents, and the pride in their hearts is almost revealed by their crooked mouths. However, Liu Lizhen understands the ways of the world and is modest. When others praise Xu Ning, she can't take it seriously, and can only tease that he often makes her angry at home...
It was noon and the old ladies were all busy preparing meals. Xu Ning was not idle after he got home. He, Guan Lei and Meng Yinhe moved the luggage bags of his mother and others to the east wing, and put the scattered items in the wing into cloth bags, wooden boxes or sacks.
The mattress and cover board in the doghouse were also taken out to dry. There were lice in the torn mattress where the dog had lived. There was no way to get rid of it. Make a new mattress for the dog? That wouldn't work either. Lice are transmitted from dogs. As long as there are dogs, lice can't be completely eliminated!
Before, Xu Ning thought about going to the street or city to buy some anthelmintics, but after asking at the pharmacy, the doctor said that the current anthelmintics are very strong and if not handled properly, it is easy to kill the dog. Xu Ning gave up and decided to go to the provincial capital when he has time to ask if there are any internal anthelmintics.
There are almost no people who are as careful as Xu Ning in raising dogs in the countryside. Other people just feed their dogs twice a day. If a dog is sick... can a dog be sick? Untie the dog leash and let it go into the mountains to find medicine. If it survives, it survives. If not, just get a new one. What do you raise if not to guard the house?
Don't blame them for having no feelings for dogs. In fact, they do have feelings for them. But life is not easy these days. When they earn some money, they can only take care of their families and people first. No matter how much affection they have for dogs, they cannot be compared with people.
Originally, Wang Erli and Han Fengjiao had not planned to move tomorrow. They thought that if the two families moved together, they would definitely be in a hurry and forget things. Besides, there would be so many people, so it would be better to pick two days to avoid each other.
But this morning Xu Ning suggested that we move together. We have enough people, donkeys, tractors, and cars. We only need two trips to move the goods. As for what to eat at noon? Let's go to Li Fuqiang's house...
Not long after Xu Ning came back from Lao Meng's house, Liu Daming and Wu Qiuxia came back riding donkeys upside down. The cart was loaded with two pig hind legs, six smoked chickens, and eight pounds of pork belly.
You still need a ticket to buy meat now, but when Liu Daming got home, he started talking a lot, saying that Liu Xuemin helped him buy the meat and that there was no need for a ticket at all. In the end, he argued with Liu Xuemin for two or three minutes before Liu Xuemin accepted the money.
Liu Daming and his wife went to the street clinic to buy medicine for Wu Qiuxia, but he also wanted to visit Li Baotou from No. 28 Field, so they bought two cans of food, biscuits and a basket of apples. When they arrived at the hospital, they found out that Li Baotou had cirrhosis of the liver. The doctor didn't say whether it could be cured or not, but just told him to go to a big hospital in the city or provincial capital for further check-up.
The two sons of Li Baotou did propose to treat their father's illness, but they did not tell Liu Daming about selling the 28 Lengchang. Therefore, Xu Ning mentioned it to his uncle. He had to mention it. When Yang Jun and Hu Zhiyong came over later, they would definitely exchange information after drinking some wine and talk about the partnership with Xu Ning. It would be inappropriate to hide it from his uncle.
Liu Daming's face changed when he heard this, and he said, "Why are these two kids so disobedient? Their dad wants to leave them a living, otherwise how are they going to live in the future?"
"Uncle, you can't think like that. If my father is sick, can I not treat him? Not to mention spending 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, I'll treat him even if it means bankrupting the whole family!"
Xu Ning was just saying this. His real thought was that it depends on the disease. If the disease can be cured, it must be cured. If the disease cannot be cured, how can it be cured? People should be filial when they are alive, but when reason controls the brain, he can make a decision. I believe many elderly people also understand the reason.
"He knew what disease he had and that it couldn't be cured, so he didn't want his two sons to spend more money. He would rather buy them two more bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes with that money."
"You're quite open-minded! He has a liver disease, and you still let him drink and smoke? What are you thinking?" Liu Lizhen said unhappily when she heard it.
"Sister, this is what I think. If my disease cannot be cured, then no one should treat me. Why waste useless money?"
"Hey, stop talking. What do you think about Yang Jun looking for Er Ning to take over the 28 Lengchang together? Do you need to tell Uncle Li?"
Liu Daming shook his head decisively: "Why tell him? I won't get involved in his family affairs. I'll just pretend I don't know about it."
Although he sometimes speaks without emotional intelligence, he knows the importance of doing things. In Xu Ning's heart, his uncle is a good uncle. He helps his relatives but not his friends. In his heart, family is the most important thing in everything.
When Xu Ning, Guan Lei and others were collecting the scattered items, a car horn sounded outside the door. When they turned around, they saw Sun Lianfang sitting in the passenger seat and waving her hands vigorously.
People inside and outside the house hurried out to greet them. Sun Jiye jumped out of the car and greeted Lian Jun, Liu Zhu and others who were sitting in the back car. They were all holding things in their hands, such as cigarettes, alcohol, canned food, etc.
Liu Lizhen welcomed them warmly and asked them to go into the house and rest for a while. After getting out of the car, Sun Lianfang rolled her eyes at Guan Lei and pouted her lips to show that she was unhappy. Guan Lei, who had been influenced by Xu Ning, immediately came forward, took her arm, and whispered something in her ear. Then Sun Lianfang smiled.
Including Sun Jiye, Lian Jun, Lian Xu and Liu Zhu, there are two more people. These two people are good at hunting in the mountains in Sandaohe. They have met Xu Ning several times before and even spent one night with him. That was when they went to Hamagou to avenge Wang Ye.
Liu Zhu had seen Liu Lizhen before, so when he called her Grandma Liu, Liu Lizhen was not surprised. Instead, Yang Shuhua and others showed surprised expressions. After Liu Lizhen explained, they were relieved.
"Uncle San, you all go stay at Shitou's place at night, and let Lianfang and Hua stay in the west room of my second aunt's house."
"Okay! Have Lei Zi's bedding been stuffed into the closet? We all took our own luggage."
Two days before Sun Jiye left, Sun Jiwei told him that they would have to stay at Guan Lei's place when they went to Qing'an to protect farmers, but Guan Lei's house was new, and apart from his set of bedding, there was no extra luggage, so Sun Jiye and others had to get their own bedding.
"Okay, if you don't have enough bedding, I have some at home. You guys came just in time, I'm moving to a new house tomorrow, and I can use the car!"
"I know! I came here by the day..."
He and Sun Lianfang came from Sandaohe. They did stay at Sun Jishan's home in the city for the first few days, but seeing that the child's excitement had passed, they had to feed and change diapers every two or three hours, which was really a bit torturous. Sun Lianfang couldn't stand it anymore, so they returned to Sandaohe, leaving Aunt San in the city to accompany Yang Yanqiu and Jin Xiaoxia.
I heard that Jin Xiaoxia's mother sometimes came to take care of the child for two days, but her mother was not in good health and would get a headache after coaxing the child for a while.
"Is everything over at Lei Zi's place finished?"
Guan Lei nodded: "Yeah, everything is done."
Sun Jiye said, "Before Erning gets married, I'll ask Liansheng to bring all the electrical appliances and other things over. The bedding prepared for Lianfang is all in the city."
"Okay, we're getting married soon, and I'm still a little nervous..."
Sun Lianfang patted his shoulder and said, "Why are you so nervous? Are you afraid that I will undermine you after we get married?"
"Are you good enough? Hide!" Guan Lei raised his shoulders and struggled.
"Hey, little brat! Can't I do anything to you? Look, I'm going to prick your nerves."
Sun Lianfang pulled the hairpin out of her hair and poked Guan Lei's elbow. Just as Guan Lei was concentrating on staring at the hairpin, Sun Lianfang suddenly stood on tiptoe and put her face close to his mouth. Then she widened her eyes and took a half step to the side. She raised her hands to cover her face and shouted, "Oh my God! Why are you kissing me again? Hey! Third uncle, did you see? Brother, did you see... Little Stone, he kissed me secretly!"
Guan Lei stood there in a daze. The people around him were stunned when they saw this scene, and then they looked up and laughed wildly.
"Hahaha..." Sun Lianfang pointed at him shamelessly and said, "What are you doing? We haven't seen each other for just a few days, why are you kissing me secretly? How can you not be ashamed? Oh my God, this guy made my face red!"
Guan Lei's face turned from white to red very quickly, gradually rising from his neck to his forehead. When he came to his senses, he quickly stepped forward to cover Sun Lianfang's mouth, gritting his teeth and saying, "Stop making noise! Keep your voice down!"
"Hahaha……"
The house was full of gentlemen, mostly from Sandaohe, so they naturally knew what kind of person Sun Lianfang was. The rest were all family members, so they didn't find it strange.
Sun Jiye said with a smile: "You two go out and play!"
Xu Ning said, "You two should go back and heat up the kang, clean the teapot and teacup, and boil some hot water so that you can soak your feet when Uncle San and his family come back in the evening."
"Okay! Let's go, little stone..."
"I'm not going!" Guan Lei said with his neck stiff.
"Hey, let's go, let's go..."
After Sun Lianfang's repeated persuasion, Guan Lei reluctantly walked out the door.
Before they left, Liu Lizhen reminded them, "Don't go crazy on the street. People will laugh at you!"
"OK!"
Then, everyone continued chatting in the house. The topics ranged from all over the world, and there was nothing that these people could not catch up with.
Not long after, Yang Jun and Hu Zhiyong drove to the gate of the courtyard and led five people out of the car. Xu Ning and others naturally went out to greet them. They were not empty-handed either, they were carrying cigarettes and alcohol.
It was the first time that Yang Jun came to Old Xu's house. He was a face-conscious man, so he brought two packs of Shilin cigarettes and two bottles of Wuliangye, as well as a bag of eggs and a bag of black tea. Xu Ning introduced him to Sun Jieye, Meng Quezi and others. After the people in the house exchanged their names, the east room was crowded with people. Most of them smoked, so the house was filled with smoke after a while. They opened the windows to smoke for a while, and then gathered in groups of three or five, chatting alone in the courtyard or under the eaves.
"Brother Yong, don't worry about the workers in Lengchang. I called a friend after I came down the mountain. There are less than 20 people there. There are two friends I haven't called yet. When they come over after I get married, I'll tell them then."
"Then I'm relieved. You can make the arrangements. Also, I haven't paid the money to the forest farm yet. When will you pay it? I'll go with you."
Xu Ning said, "Before the opening of the mountain, have you cleared the 25-2 field? How many yellow pineapple and walnut trees are there?"
"There are less than 20 yellow pineapples and not many walnut trees. The field over there is full of oaks and lindens. But there is a patch of elm trees in the field. We're counting on it to make money next year!"
Xu Ning pondered for a moment and decided to negotiate with Hu Zhiyong in advance. He said, "Brother Yong, you keep the yellow pineapples. We can collect them together and sell them directly to the city to make furniture. The price will be slightly higher than what the forest farm offers, but still lower than the market price."
Hu Zhiyong's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward and whispered, "Do you have any tricks?"
"Well, my father-in-law's apprentice runs a furniture workshop in the city. It's quite large, but it hasn't opened yet."
Hu Zhiyong clapped his hands and cheered: "Great! It doesn't matter what you sell. Who doesn't want to earn more? You want yellow pineapple? You don't want walnuts and elm?"
"I think so. I haven't asked in detail yet."
"Then ask yourself, the three of us...including Brother Jun, that's five people, how can we supply his furniture workshop?"
Xu Ning smiled knowingly. How should I put it? It was a bit unfair because he skipped the forest farm and put the money he earned directly into his own pocket...
But everyone does this now. To put it bluntly, some people sell all the axes distributed by the venue and then report them lost to the venue.
Xu Ning and Zhang Jinbao talked about this, and both felt that there was no problem. Furniture workshops need wood, and the mountain field produces wood. However, there is a flaw, that is, the wood is too new and must be dried in the shade before use, otherwise the furniture made will definitely have cracks!
At 2 o'clock, three tables were set up in Old Xu's house. The dishes on the two tables in the east room were the same, but the old woman's table in the west room was missing a stewed fish. There was no way to solve this problem because it was impossible to split the two fish.
Yang Jun and Liu Daming had a good chat. They had met several times and this time, with the matter of Li Baotou as the lead, they quickly found a common topic. Xu Ning stood up and toasted at the two tables. Although Meng Quezi was his father-in-law, they were not married yet. Even if they were married, the father-in-law would still be considered a guest in their family. This was a fact that had to be acknowledged.
After two drinks, Sun Jiye told Xu Ning the purpose of his trip. He wanted to take Liu Zhu and others to wander around the forest farm and let the people in the forest farm know that people from Sandaohe have come to protect the farmers.
Xu Ning understood what he meant. He just wanted to ease the relationship with Qing'an, but using the matter of protecting farmers to improve the relationship was a bit formal...
Because there are not many farmlands around Qing'an, unlike Wangxing which has large ginseng fields, and there are many fruit trees in Dongshan and Nanshan, livestock rarely go down the mountain to damage the crops.
But since they are here, I can't say these words. After all, this is just Sun Jishan's little thought, who can expose it?
Guan Lei and Xu Ning discussed this matter. Although the Sun family did things with a purpose, it might not be a bad thing for Qing'an or the Xu family!
Besides, Xu Ning also has a purpose in doing things. The purpose is the goal. Only with a goal can there be motivation to do things. It’s just that the purpose of the Sun family is a bit obvious, while Xu Ning hides it better. Therefore, in the eyes of others, Xu Ning is kind and particular...
At around 5 o'clock, Xu Laonian and Wang Erli came back. When they entered the room and saw so many people drinking, they hurriedly washed their hands and faces, then sat down and started drinking with everyone. Liu Lizhen and others reheated the dishes.
"The move will start at 7:40 tomorrow morning. Anyone who wants to help can come early for dinner. Jane? What's for dinner tomorrow morning?"
"Noodles and steamed cakes."
Noodles symbolize smooth sailing, while steamed cakes symbolize prosperity and great success!
(End of this chapter)
