Chapter 591: My Mom is a Spendthrift on the New House
September 1984, 9, the twelfth day of the eighth lunar month, White Dew.
Suitable for: getting married, traveling, moving, breaking ground, praying...
Taboo: opening a business, opening a warehouse, installing doors...
We drank until after 7 o'clock last night, but no one was in a hurry to leave. The men stayed at Old Xu's house to drink tea and chat, while the women went to Old Wang's house to help pack up things for tomorrow's moving.
Since the winter solstice last year until now, there has been basically no shortage of people coming to the Xu family. Their popularity and reputation are growing. Therefore, many people are willing to listen to the Xu family chat, and firmly believe that they are the guiding light. There are many similar ideas in this era and even in future generations. Everyone is willing to listen to the powerful and wealthy people, thinking that they are knowledgeable and can give advice on the right path in life!
For example, regarding the matter between Yang Jun and his wife, Xu Ning had no intention of bringing it up at the dinner table, as it would have been seen as an embarrassment to Yang Jun. However, Yang Jun, after drinking some wine, muttered it out loud.
No one at the table was speechless at the time, because he was sitting next to Xu Laonian and said this, wanting Xu Laonian to help with advice. Xu Laonian was also a little confused. What should he say?
He could only go along with what Yang Jun said. Xu Laonian was not an idiot. He did not persuade Yang Jun to divorce in front of everyone. He only said that one should weigh the pros and cons when doing things, think more about what to do with the children in the future, and then think about whether they can just make do and whether they can continue to live like this.
Yang Jun opened his triangular eyes in a daze, and understood immediately! He grabbed Xu Laonian's arm, calling him Uncle Xu, and made it clear that he would divorce the spendthrift woman when he got home, and no one could persuade him!
Xu Laonian was a little helpless. Hu Zhiyong and Li Ye pulled him aside and hurriedly apologized to him. In fact, Xu Laonian didn't care at all. What does it have to do with him whether you leave or not?
Xu Ning and Guan Lei knew Yang Jun relatively well. In the past, when he and Guan Lei were drinking together, Yang Jun would often babble and talk about the trivialities of family life. But today, it was really inappropriate for him to embarrass himself in front of everyone, so Hu Zhiyong, Li Ye and others dragged Yang Jun away first.
Sun Jiye and others did not laugh at him. After all, there were too many such awful things and they were used to it.
In the morning, around 6 o'clock.
The outer rooms of the Xu and Wang families were full of people, basically all family members. They were steaming cakes at Wang's end and rolling noodles at Xu's end.
Li Baoquan, Li Feng, Lao Jiang, Lao Wei and others came in one after another. They stood in the yard and chatted. When they noticed that Yang Jun was covering his face with his hands when Hu Zhiyong and Li Ye came in, they teased him a little, making Yang Jun blush.
He walked up to Xu Laonian and said, "Uncle Xu, I was too nervous yesterday and talked nonsense. Don't take it to heart."
"Oh, it's not a big deal. I still say the same thing, you have to weigh the pros and cons and go for a better life!"
"I see! Uncle Xu is really good at chatting. It makes me feel happy."
Xu Ning stood by and laughed: "Hahaha, stop flattering me or you'll make my dad's face red."
Xu Laonian turned his head and glared: "It's none of your business, get lost!"
“Hahahaha…” Everyone at the scene burst into laughter.
After waiting for a while, Han Fengjiao and Zhang Guifang came to Old Xu's house with two pots of steamed cakes. Xu Laonian and Xu Ning invited everyone to come in and take a seat. The twenty or so old men sat at two tables. In addition to the two pots of steamed cakes and boiled noodles, there were also pickled vegetables, stewed peppers and meat, as well as the leftovers from last night.
Liu Lizhen, Yang Shuhua and others were not in a hurry to eat. They were still kneading dough, rolling noodles and making sauce in the outer room. Besides, the old women did not need to do physical work today. They just needed to give orders during the move. In other words, the men had to do whatever they said!
Wang Erli put down his chopsticks and said, "Sister-in-law, eat it while it's hot."
"Don't worry, let's wait for this pot of noodles... When you move later, split up into two groups. Jiao'er and I have put notes on the cloth bags. They say what is in the east room, the outer room, and what is inside."
Liu Daming grinned and said, "Brother-in-law, look at my sister working, she is so upright!"
"Of course, she's my wife." Xu Laonian raised his neck proudly.
The masters put down their chopsticks and left the house, leaving room for the women to come in and eat. Everyone stood in the yard smoking and chatting. Xu Ning pushed open the door of the lower room and took a look inside. There were only the coffin prepared by Xu Laonian and two piles of wooden boards and logs, as well as farm tools and mountain products. However, the mountain products were only dried mushrooms and wild vegetables, and there was no bear bile or skin.
Xu Ning specially set up two hanging poles in the lower room of the new house for drying bear bile and skin. It is a good time to pick mushrooms now, but he doesn't have much time. The two bags of mushrooms hanging in the lower room were picked by Liu Daming when he went into the mountains. I heard from my uncle that the hazel mushrooms are quite promising this year, and promising means a lot.
After all the old women had finished their meal, Liu Lizhen assigned work to them. She asked Zhang Guifang, Chang Juan, Guan Hua, and Yang Shuhua to go to her house to prepare lunch. She and Han Fengjiao, Liu Fenfang, Meng Ziyan, and Sun Lianfang packed up their things in the old and new houses respectively, because some things had not been packed up yet, and the old men also needed to pack up after moving their things to the new house.
At 7:35, Guan Lei carried two whips and laid them out in front of the doors of Xu and Wang's houses, while Xu Ning took the remaining two whips and threw them onto the tractor.
Everyone's face was filled with joy. Wang Erli and Liu Daming flattered Xu Laonian and asked him to shout a few times, but Xu Laonian pushed the job to Lao Wei.
Upon hearing this, Lao Wei agreed immediately. When the time for moving came, he shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has come, let's move to a new house..."
As the sound of firecrackers rang out, everyone who had stopped in the two courtyards started moving, starting with the east room, mainly moving bedding, clothes, pots and pans.
Yang Jun's car was parked in front of Lao Wang's yard, and there were two donkeys parked in the yard. Sun Jieye's car was parked in front of Lao Xu's house, and there was a tractor parked in the yard. They went in and out of the house one by one, taking out packages and placing them in the truck bed. After filling the truck bed, there were still a lot of things left in the house.
Normally it doesn't seem like there are many things in the house, but there are actually quite a lot when it comes to packing up. Liu Lizhen stood in the outer room and watched things being moved out one by one, her head a little dazed. Moving was a good thing, but she and Xu Laonian got married and had children in this house. Now the eldest son is married and the oldest son is about to get married, so she couldn't help feeling a little complicated.
Xu Ning put his arm around his mother's shoulders and said a few words of comfort. Liu Lizhen quickly adjusted herself and pointed to the cover of the cellar and asked what to do with the boxes of wine inside. There were really too many bottles of wine. Chai Bing alone brought more than ten boxes of ginseng wine. Lao Qian and Hu Zhibin also sent ten boxes of Wuliangye, and there were two boxes of Fengcheng Laojiao that Xu Ning bought in the provincial capital.
What else can he do? Just leave it here first, and then take it to the new house when he and Meng Ziyan are doing business, because the cellar of the new house needs to be paved with two layers of wooden boards, and a shelf must be built to place items.
In fact, moving with a car is not difficult. The only thing that is troublesome is the packing. After filling the car in half an hour, everyone drove to the new house.
Xu Ning drove the tractor to stop in front of the new house and placed two strings of firecrackers in front of the doors of Xu and Wang's houses. Old Wei shouted a few times, and after the firecrackers stopped popping, Xu Laonian and Wang Erli pushed open the elm door.
The gate was very wide, enough for a car to drive into the yard. After everyone followed the car into the yard on foot, they saw the vegetables planted in the front yard. They kept saying that Liu Lizhen knew how to manage life, and praised the gate for its grand look and the new house for being well built!
Xu Laonian had a constant smile on his face and he responded to everyone who spoke. Xu Ning opened the door wide, and then everyone carried their things into the house.
Since Liu Lizhen and others had written on the luggage bags in advance what was inside and which room they needed to be placed in, they were able to put their things on the kang or in the outer room very easily.
After seeing the terrazzo floor, wooden ceiling and light yellow putty paint in the house, the well-informed people of Sandaohe were a little envious. The decoration and layout are more eye-catching than some houses in the city!
Yang Jun, Hu Zhiyong and others were also a little confused. They knew that the Xu family was rich, but they didn't expect that even the Wang family was so spacious! They thought that the terrazzo floor alone would cost at least 2000 yuan? The house was filled with brand new furniture. Oh no! Can this house be bought without at least yuan?
Wang Erli waved his hand to indicate that it was not that much. Xu Ning asked his friends to help him with it. The two buildings with five rooms cost just over ten thousand yuan in total. Yang Jun and others grinned and turned around to praise Xu Ning for his ability.
Xu Ning doesn't care much about these compliments. What does it have to do with the compliments of others? You need to know one thing, that is, the iron must be hard to forge!
After moving all the things into the house, Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others came to the new house. As soon as they entered the house, they began to unpack the cloth bags, take out the things inside and put them in order.
"Son! Go back and get the jar of wine from the side room. Don't forget it!" Xu Ning asked, "What kind of wine is that?"
Liu Lizhen rolled her eyes and said, "What other wine could it be? Wine that will allow me to hold my twin grandchildren!"
"Oh my god, why are there still some? Didn't my sister-in-law take them to the city?"
Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "Your brother drinks half, and you drink the remaining half! Don't fight, I'll pour two more bottles of Wuliangye into it."
Xu Ning was a little dumbfounded. His mother was a real spendthrift! Two bottles of Wuliangye cost only over ten yuan, and she was ruined like this?
"……Row."
Everyone worked twice and moved all the items in the old house except the furniture, the things in the cellar, and the wood from the lower house to the new house.
It was already past 9 o'clock. They sat on the platform or steps under the eaves and sighed that they could do anything quickly with a car. Xu Laonian, Xu Ning and others were busy arranging bedding and clothes, but the clothes they folded were not liked by Liu Lizhen. She said that they just rolled up the clothes and threw them in the closet, which was just like taking off their pants to fart, so she drove the father and son out of the house.
Xu Ning placed two tables on the platform. Sun Lianfang brought two thermoses of hot water and brewed four pots of tea.
"I thought we'd move it in the afternoon, but it only took two hours to finish."
"How can it not be fast with so many cars? You are still thinking of carrying everything one by one like before. Besides, there was nothing in the past. Just spreading two sets of bedding on the kang was considered moving."
"Not good."
Xu Ning took a sip of tea, raised his wrist to check his watch, and said, "Shitou, go get Uncle Yu and ask him to help figure out where to build the doghouse."
Xu Laonian frowned and said, "Stop bothering your Uncle Yu. Just call him when we have dinner."
Li Feng interrupted appropriately and said, "Erning, didn't I tell you this morning that Uncle Yu had a fever and couldn't get up from the kang?"
Xu Ning was stunned: "Ah? I didn't hear it this morning. Oh my god, what... Shitou, go into the house and get two cans of food and two bottles of wine. Let's go take a look."
"okay……"
Li Feng hurriedly stopped Guan Lei and said, "My uncle Yu didn't want to let you know because he was afraid you might take the things away."
"It's okay. I'll be back soon. Uncle, can you discuss the doghouse with Uncle Jiang and Uncle Wei? I'll pull the strings when I come back..."
"Okay! I don't have anything to do right now anyway."
Guan Lei went into the house and took out two cans of food and two bottles of Daqu. Why didn't he send Wuliangye? Yu Kaihe didn't want to drink it, but he was happy to drink Daqu.
The two rode their donkeys and drove all the way to the door of Old Yu's house. Aunt Yu came out to greet them. When she saw Xu Ning and Guan Lei, she was so excited that she almost cried. Why? Why else? Their adopted daughter had been living in the provincial capital. The old couple had no relatives in the village, so they must have felt empty inside.
Besides, Yu Kaihe had a high fever last night, which should be quite serious, otherwise how could he not get up from the kang? Ever since Xu Ning changed Yu Kaihe's fate by running in the mountains, his life has become a mystery. If this disease is more serious, it is very likely to take Yu Kaihe's life!
"Auntie, how is my uncle?"
Aunt Yu raised her hand to wipe her wet eye sockets and said, "I was in a lot of trouble last night. Li Feng went to find Zhang Yinshan and took a look. I gave him an injection, but he didn't get better this morning. He's hot and cold..."
Xu Ning frowned and said, "Zhang Yinshan didn't say what the disease was?"
"He just had a high fever. He went to the mountains to pick mushrooms yesterday. He came back and ate his meal and was fine..."
Xu Ning walked into the room and glanced at Yu Kaihe, who was lying on the kang. He was wrapped in a thick quilt, leaning on the pillow and looking at Xu Ning with his head tilted. He forced a smile and said, "Hey, I'm fine."
"Are you still having a fever?"
Aunt Yu said, "It's a low-grade fever."
"Why didn't you ask Zhang Yinshan to come over for another shot?"
Yu Kaihe waved his hands and said, "If you don't fight, the more you fight, the worse it will be. I just feel pain all over my body and bones, but I don't have any other serious problems."
"Tell me if you have anything else in the future. My brother Feng just said he told me this morning, but I may not have heard it..."
"Nothing, have you finished moving?"
"Yes, my mother and the others are in the house cleaning up. Auntie, don't prepare lunch or dinner. I'll bring it to you."
"Hey, your uncle and I thought we wouldn't bother you with your move today. It just so happened that when I went out to look for Zhang Yinshan, I ran into Li Feng. He ran some errands for me and stayed in the house until about 2 . before going home. He even came over this morning."
Guan Lei nodded and said, "In the Li family, only Brother Feng is humane. Those who are inhumane are either Baga or paralyzed."
"Don't talk nonsense..." Xu Ning sat on the edge of the kang and said, "Uncle, you are quite old, why do you always go to the mountains? Didn't I tell you not to go into the mountains before? What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
"I think I can just stroll around wherever I go, so maybe I can pick up some fortune if I wander around in the mountains."
"Don't think so. You and my aunt don't spend much money on a daily basis. How could you pick up such fortune?"
Aunt Yu nodded: "That's right, I don't listen to anything I say. People in our village go to pick mushrooms in groups, but you just go into the mountains by yourself."
"Don't do this again. It makes my aunt worry."
"Well, I know."
Don’t be fooled by the fact that his tone was a bit harsh when he was chatting with Yu Kaihe, but it was precisely because of that harshness that the old couple felt warm in their hearts.
(End of this chapter)
September 1984, 9, the twelfth day of the eighth lunar month, White Dew.
Suitable for: getting married, traveling, moving, breaking ground, praying...
Taboo: opening a business, opening a warehouse, installing doors...
We drank until after 7 o'clock last night, but no one was in a hurry to leave. The men stayed at Old Xu's house to drink tea and chat, while the women went to Old Wang's house to help pack up things for tomorrow's moving.
Since the winter solstice last year until now, there has been basically no shortage of people coming to the Xu family. Their popularity and reputation are growing. Therefore, many people are willing to listen to the Xu family chat, and firmly believe that they are the guiding light. There are many similar ideas in this era and even in future generations. Everyone is willing to listen to the powerful and wealthy people, thinking that they are knowledgeable and can give advice on the right path in life!
For example, regarding the matter between Yang Jun and his wife, Xu Ning had no intention of bringing it up at the dinner table, as it would have been seen as an embarrassment to Yang Jun. However, Yang Jun, after drinking some wine, muttered it out loud.
No one at the table was speechless at the time, because he was sitting next to Xu Laonian and said this, wanting Xu Laonian to help with advice. Xu Laonian was also a little confused. What should he say?
He could only go along with what Yang Jun said. Xu Laonian was not an idiot. He did not persuade Yang Jun to divorce in front of everyone. He only said that one should weigh the pros and cons when doing things, think more about what to do with the children in the future, and then think about whether they can just make do and whether they can continue to live like this.
Yang Jun opened his triangular eyes in a daze, and understood immediately! He grabbed Xu Laonian's arm, calling him Uncle Xu, and made it clear that he would divorce the spendthrift woman when he got home, and no one could persuade him!
Xu Laonian was a little helpless. Hu Zhiyong and Li Ye pulled him aside and hurriedly apologized to him. In fact, Xu Laonian didn't care at all. What does it have to do with him whether you leave or not?
Xu Ning and Guan Lei knew Yang Jun relatively well. In the past, when he and Guan Lei were drinking together, Yang Jun would often babble and talk about the trivialities of family life. But today, it was really inappropriate for him to embarrass himself in front of everyone, so Hu Zhiyong, Li Ye and others dragged Yang Jun away first.
Sun Jiye and others did not laugh at him. After all, there were too many such awful things and they were used to it.
In the morning, around 6 o'clock.
The outer rooms of the Xu and Wang families were full of people, basically all family members. They were steaming cakes at Wang's end and rolling noodles at Xu's end.
Li Baoquan, Li Feng, Lao Jiang, Lao Wei and others came in one after another. They stood in the yard and chatted. When they noticed that Yang Jun was covering his face with his hands when Hu Zhiyong and Li Ye came in, they teased him a little, making Yang Jun blush.
He walked up to Xu Laonian and said, "Uncle Xu, I was too nervous yesterday and talked nonsense. Don't take it to heart."
"Oh, it's not a big deal. I still say the same thing, you have to weigh the pros and cons and go for a better life!"
"I see! Uncle Xu is really good at chatting. It makes me feel happy."
Xu Ning stood by and laughed: "Hahaha, stop flattering me or you'll make my dad's face red."
Xu Laonian turned his head and glared: "It's none of your business, get lost!"
“Hahahaha…” Everyone at the scene burst into laughter.
After waiting for a while, Han Fengjiao and Zhang Guifang came to Old Xu's house with two pots of steamed cakes. Xu Laonian and Xu Ning invited everyone to come in and take a seat. The twenty or so old men sat at two tables. In addition to the two pots of steamed cakes and boiled noodles, there were also pickled vegetables, stewed peppers and meat, as well as the leftovers from last night.
Liu Lizhen, Yang Shuhua and others were not in a hurry to eat. They were still kneading dough, rolling noodles and making sauce in the outer room. Besides, the old women did not need to do physical work today. They just needed to give orders during the move. In other words, the men had to do whatever they said!
Wang Erli put down his chopsticks and said, "Sister-in-law, eat it while it's hot."
"Don't worry, let's wait for this pot of noodles... When you move later, split up into two groups. Jiao'er and I have put notes on the cloth bags. They say what is in the east room, the outer room, and what is inside."
Liu Daming grinned and said, "Brother-in-law, look at my sister working, she is so upright!"
"Of course, she's my wife." Xu Laonian raised his neck proudly.
The masters put down their chopsticks and left the house, leaving room for the women to come in and eat. Everyone stood in the yard smoking and chatting. Xu Ning pushed open the door of the lower room and took a look inside. There were only the coffin prepared by Xu Laonian and two piles of wooden boards and logs, as well as farm tools and mountain products. However, the mountain products were only dried mushrooms and wild vegetables, and there was no bear bile or skin.
Xu Ning specially set up two hanging poles in the lower room of the new house for drying bear bile and skin. It is a good time to pick mushrooms now, but he doesn't have much time. The two bags of mushrooms hanging in the lower room were picked by Liu Daming when he went into the mountains. I heard from my uncle that the hazel mushrooms are quite promising this year, and promising means a lot.
After all the old women had finished their meal, Liu Lizhen assigned work to them. She asked Zhang Guifang, Chang Juan, Guan Hua, and Yang Shuhua to go to her house to prepare lunch. She and Han Fengjiao, Liu Fenfang, Meng Ziyan, and Sun Lianfang packed up their things in the old and new houses respectively, because some things had not been packed up yet, and the old men also needed to pack up after moving their things to the new house.
At 7:35, Guan Lei carried two whips and laid them out in front of the doors of Xu and Wang's houses, while Xu Ning took the remaining two whips and threw them onto the tractor.
Everyone's face was filled with joy. Wang Erli and Liu Daming flattered Xu Laonian and asked him to shout a few times, but Xu Laonian pushed the job to Lao Wei.
Upon hearing this, Lao Wei agreed immediately. When the time for moving came, he shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has come, let's move to a new house..."
As the sound of firecrackers rang out, everyone who had stopped in the two courtyards started moving, starting with the east room, mainly moving bedding, clothes, pots and pans.
Yang Jun's car was parked in front of Lao Wang's yard, and there were two donkeys parked in the yard. Sun Jieye's car was parked in front of Lao Xu's house, and there was a tractor parked in the yard. They went in and out of the house one by one, taking out packages and placing them in the truck bed. After filling the truck bed, there were still a lot of things left in the house.
Normally it doesn't seem like there are many things in the house, but there are actually quite a lot when it comes to packing up. Liu Lizhen stood in the outer room and watched things being moved out one by one, her head a little dazed. Moving was a good thing, but she and Xu Laonian got married and had children in this house. Now the eldest son is married and the oldest son is about to get married, so she couldn't help feeling a little complicated.
Xu Ning put his arm around his mother's shoulders and said a few words of comfort. Liu Lizhen quickly adjusted herself and pointed to the cover of the cellar and asked what to do with the boxes of wine inside. There were really too many bottles of wine. Chai Bing alone brought more than ten boxes of ginseng wine. Lao Qian and Hu Zhibin also sent ten boxes of Wuliangye, and there were two boxes of Fengcheng Laojiao that Xu Ning bought in the provincial capital.
What else can he do? Just leave it here first, and then take it to the new house when he and Meng Ziyan are doing business, because the cellar of the new house needs to be paved with two layers of wooden boards, and a shelf must be built to place items.
In fact, moving with a car is not difficult. The only thing that is troublesome is the packing. After filling the car in half an hour, everyone drove to the new house.
Xu Ning drove the tractor to stop in front of the new house and placed two strings of firecrackers in front of the doors of Xu and Wang's houses. Old Wei shouted a few times, and after the firecrackers stopped popping, Xu Laonian and Wang Erli pushed open the elm door.
The gate was very wide, enough for a car to drive into the yard. After everyone followed the car into the yard on foot, they saw the vegetables planted in the front yard. They kept saying that Liu Lizhen knew how to manage life, and praised the gate for its grand look and the new house for being well built!
Xu Laonian had a constant smile on his face and he responded to everyone who spoke. Xu Ning opened the door wide, and then everyone carried their things into the house.
Since Liu Lizhen and others had written on the luggage bags in advance what was inside and which room they needed to be placed in, they were able to put their things on the kang or in the outer room very easily.
After seeing the terrazzo floor, wooden ceiling and light yellow putty paint in the house, the well-informed people of Sandaohe were a little envious. The decoration and layout are more eye-catching than some houses in the city!
Yang Jun, Hu Zhiyong and others were also a little confused. They knew that the Xu family was rich, but they didn't expect that even the Wang family was so spacious! They thought that the terrazzo floor alone would cost at least 2000 yuan? The house was filled with brand new furniture. Oh no! Can this house be bought without at least yuan?
Wang Erli waved his hand to indicate that it was not that much. Xu Ning asked his friends to help him with it. The two buildings with five rooms cost just over ten thousand yuan in total. Yang Jun and others grinned and turned around to praise Xu Ning for his ability.
Xu Ning doesn't care much about these compliments. What does it have to do with the compliments of others? You need to know one thing, that is, the iron must be hard to forge!
After moving all the things into the house, Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others came to the new house. As soon as they entered the house, they began to unpack the cloth bags, take out the things inside and put them in order.
"Son! Go back and get the jar of wine from the side room. Don't forget it!" Xu Ning asked, "What kind of wine is that?"
Liu Lizhen rolled her eyes and said, "What other wine could it be? Wine that will allow me to hold my twin grandchildren!"
"Oh my god, why are there still some? Didn't my sister-in-law take them to the city?"
Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "Your brother drinks half, and you drink the remaining half! Don't fight, I'll pour two more bottles of Wuliangye into it."
Xu Ning was a little dumbfounded. His mother was a real spendthrift! Two bottles of Wuliangye cost only over ten yuan, and she was ruined like this?
"……Row."
Everyone worked twice and moved all the items in the old house except the furniture, the things in the cellar, and the wood from the lower house to the new house.
It was already past 9 o'clock. They sat on the platform or steps under the eaves and sighed that they could do anything quickly with a car. Xu Laonian, Xu Ning and others were busy arranging bedding and clothes, but the clothes they folded were not liked by Liu Lizhen. She said that they just rolled up the clothes and threw them in the closet, which was just like taking off their pants to fart, so she drove the father and son out of the house.
Xu Ning placed two tables on the platform. Sun Lianfang brought two thermoses of hot water and brewed four pots of tea.
"I thought we'd move it in the afternoon, but it only took two hours to finish."
"How can it not be fast with so many cars? You are still thinking of carrying everything one by one like before. Besides, there was nothing in the past. Just spreading two sets of bedding on the kang was considered moving."
"Not good."
Xu Ning took a sip of tea, raised his wrist to check his watch, and said, "Shitou, go get Uncle Yu and ask him to help figure out where to build the doghouse."
Xu Laonian frowned and said, "Stop bothering your Uncle Yu. Just call him when we have dinner."
Li Feng interrupted appropriately and said, "Erning, didn't I tell you this morning that Uncle Yu had a fever and couldn't get up from the kang?"
Xu Ning was stunned: "Ah? I didn't hear it this morning. Oh my god, what... Shitou, go into the house and get two cans of food and two bottles of wine. Let's go take a look."
"okay……"
Li Feng hurriedly stopped Guan Lei and said, "My uncle Yu didn't want to let you know because he was afraid you might take the things away."
"It's okay. I'll be back soon. Uncle, can you discuss the doghouse with Uncle Jiang and Uncle Wei? I'll pull the strings when I come back..."
"Okay! I don't have anything to do right now anyway."
Guan Lei went into the house and took out two cans of food and two bottles of Daqu. Why didn't he send Wuliangye? Yu Kaihe didn't want to drink it, but he was happy to drink Daqu.
The two rode their donkeys and drove all the way to the door of Old Yu's house. Aunt Yu came out to greet them. When she saw Xu Ning and Guan Lei, she was so excited that she almost cried. Why? Why else? Their adopted daughter had been living in the provincial capital. The old couple had no relatives in the village, so they must have felt empty inside.
Besides, Yu Kaihe had a high fever last night, which should be quite serious, otherwise how could he not get up from the kang? Ever since Xu Ning changed Yu Kaihe's fate by running in the mountains, his life has become a mystery. If this disease is more serious, it is very likely to take Yu Kaihe's life!
"Auntie, how is my uncle?"
Aunt Yu raised her hand to wipe her wet eye sockets and said, "I was in a lot of trouble last night. Li Feng went to find Zhang Yinshan and took a look. I gave him an injection, but he didn't get better this morning. He's hot and cold..."
Xu Ning frowned and said, "Zhang Yinshan didn't say what the disease was?"
"He just had a high fever. He went to the mountains to pick mushrooms yesterday. He came back and ate his meal and was fine..."
Xu Ning walked into the room and glanced at Yu Kaihe, who was lying on the kang. He was wrapped in a thick quilt, leaning on the pillow and looking at Xu Ning with his head tilted. He forced a smile and said, "Hey, I'm fine."
"Are you still having a fever?"
Aunt Yu said, "It's a low-grade fever."
"Why didn't you ask Zhang Yinshan to come over for another shot?"
Yu Kaihe waved his hands and said, "If you don't fight, the more you fight, the worse it will be. I just feel pain all over my body and bones, but I don't have any other serious problems."
"Tell me if you have anything else in the future. My brother Feng just said he told me this morning, but I may not have heard it..."
"Nothing, have you finished moving?"
"Yes, my mother and the others are in the house cleaning up. Auntie, don't prepare lunch or dinner. I'll bring it to you."
"Hey, your uncle and I thought we wouldn't bother you with your move today. It just so happened that when I went out to look for Zhang Yinshan, I ran into Li Feng. He ran some errands for me and stayed in the house until about 2 . before going home. He even came over this morning."
Guan Lei nodded and said, "In the Li family, only Brother Feng is humane. Those who are inhumane are either Baga or paralyzed."
"Don't talk nonsense..." Xu Ning sat on the edge of the kang and said, "Uncle, you are quite old, why do you always go to the mountains? Didn't I tell you not to go into the mountains before? What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
"I think I can just stroll around wherever I go, so maybe I can pick up some fortune if I wander around in the mountains."
"Don't think so. You and my aunt don't spend much money on a daily basis. How could you pick up such fortune?"
Aunt Yu nodded: "That's right, I don't listen to anything I say. People in our village go to pick mushrooms in groups, but you just go into the mountains by yourself."
"Don't do this again. It makes my aunt worry."
"Well, I know."
Don’t be fooled by the fact that his tone was a bit harsh when he was chatting with Yu Kaihe, but it was precisely because of that harshness that the old couple felt warm in their hearts.
(End of this chapter)
