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Chapter 147 The prodigal son of Qing'an, Xiao Xu, talks seriously and eats

Xu Ning was really tortured last night, and his whole body felt weak and weak. He could only feel that the pores in his body were opening, and the cold wind was rushing into his body, and his head was dizzy...

Fortunately, he only had a fever and did not have a cold or runny nose. He would be full of energy in a few days.

It's not that his physical condition is too poor, but that he was shivering when he came back to change clothes yesterday. He only wore a sheepskin cotton monkey given to him by Wangxing Chai Liangyu. Naturally, he couldn't bear the cold and heat.

Brother Hu Biao and Xu Feng brought the food into the house and placed it on the kang for him. Xu Ning grabbed the chopsticks and started cooking.

I have to say that Liu Lizhen really feels sorry for her old son. Although this old son is sometimes very annoying, since he has learned well, his mother can't even care enough about him.

Knowing that he had a fever and was feeling weak all over, he specially steamed a bowl of chicken cake, which was filled with the aroma of bear oil along with the rice. However, he had no appetite and only ate one bowl before putting down his chopsticks.

Li Fuqiang opened the can and handed it to him and said with a smile: "After eating this can, it will be ready tomorrow morning. Make it quickly!"

Xu Ning nodded feebly, grabbed the spoon and took a few sips of the soup, chewed the hawthorn and swallowed a few mouthfuls.

He looked at Xu Feng and Wang Biao, feeling quite unhappy, so he put the remaining half of the bottle on the edge of the kang and asked Wang Biao and Xu Feng to pour it into their bowls.

Wang Hu stopped him and said: "Second brother, there is an unopened bottle, let them eat from that bottle."

Wang Biao waved his hands hurriedly, "Second brother, I won't eat it, let Feng'er eat it."

"I won't eat either! I'll drink soda later, or my mother won't give it to me."

Xu Feng whispered.

There is still half of the Arctic Ocean soda gifted by Chai Liangyu. Liu Lizhen usually doesn't let Xu Fengmang drink it. First, she is afraid that she will get sick from drinking it. Second, Jin Yumantang, Wang Biao and Liu Tianen come over, so they have to have something to hand.

In the past, the rice cakes at home were prepared for children. Every child had to eat something, otherwise Liu Lizhen would feel very uncomfortable.

Li Fuqiang saw that Xu Ning had calmed down a bit, and then he discussed with him that he wanted to take Wang Hu to Shuangfeng Ridge to trap some pheasants.

Xu Ning asked him to go to the next room to collect some big ballast to make chicken bait. After hearing this, Wang Biao also wanted to go for a walk. With Han Fengjiao's consent, the three of them went to Shuangfengling.

But Xu Ning's whole body was sore and weak, and it was difficult to walk two steps to the latrine, so he could only lie down in the room.

It wasn't until about three o'clock that Li Fuqiang and the others came back, carrying two colorful pheasants.

Xu Ning determined at a glance that this was not a regular one. When they walked in, Xu Ning frowned and asked, "Where did you three put them? This is not long after they died."

Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Wang Biao laughed twice, and then Li Fuqiang explained: "This is what Huzi and Biaozi used slingshots to hit!"

"Oh shit, those pheasants on the western slope of Shuangfengling are in trouble. They are in swarms! As soon as the three of us finished setting the trap, we were thinking about taking a walk. We didn't want to listen to the pheasants, so we walked over and took a look. There must be thirty tigers, right?"

"Yes!" Wang Hu nodded.

"Then Huzi and Biaozi took out their slingshots and shot at the pheasants. They were about forty meters away. Each of them would hit one. They were sure of it!"

Xu Ning tilted his head and glanced at the two pheasants. One had its neck crooked and bleeding, and the other had its arm drooped.

"You two are quite powerful."

Wang Biao said with a smile: "Hey, you are so awesome. Isn't this what I learned from playing with slingshots behind your butt? But my elder brother's accuracy is slightly worse than mine. I hit the one with the crooked neck. Cheer up."

Wang Hu kicked him and said, "That's not true. You are so powerful."

"You're kicking me? As the most educated person in Lao Wang's family, how can I brag?"

Wang Hu raised his hand to slap him, but Wang Biao ran forward and got behind Xu Ning.

"Second brother, take care of him, he always wants to beat me."

Xu Ning waved his hand, "Okay, hurry up and pack up, we can still make it in time for dinner."

"Got it."

Then Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu carried the pheasant into the house and told Liu Lizhen and others again.

Then he threw it into the aluminum basin and let the boiling water in the thermos scald the hair. Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu squatted on the ground and stretched out their hands to pluck the pheasant's feathers. The hot water was really hot. The two of them blew it while pulling out the hair. .

Liu Lizhen went to the lower room and took out some dried mushrooms from the tank. These mushrooms included hazel mushrooms, pine mushrooms, small yellow mushrooms, tree chicken mushrooms and so on.

These mushrooms were all picked by Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others in the mountains before autumn. When they came back, they just threw them into the pot with water and poured them on the curtain to dry, without distinguishing the mushroom types.

It’s all edible anyway, so why bother with it?

There are many good things in the mountains, including countless wild vegetables, as well as wild fungus, brown tremella, black gold olein, etc...

At about five o'clock, when Xu Laowen came back, he went to the east wing and took a look at Xu Ning. He saw that his face was pale, but he entered the room without saying anything.

Just when the meal was about to begin, Xu Laowen specifically told Wang Shujuan to fill a bowl of chicken soup and set aside some food for Xu Ning to carry to the room, saving him the trouble of going to the ground.

Liu Lizhen looked at Xu Laowen and rolled her eyes, thinking: Now is the time to act like a father.

It's not that Xu Ning was sick and received special treatment, but that Xu Laowei had a series of complicated reasons...

But no matter what the reason is, if the father says this, the son will not be able to find fault.

Xu Ning was drinking chicken soup alone in the east wing, but the east room was bustling with activity.

Xu Laowen took a sip of wine and talked about what happened in the forest farm today. Wang Erli and Xu Long echoed and added the key points.

On the first day of the afternoon, Yang Jun, the leader of 28 Leng Farm, drove to the forest farm. After unloading a large pig weighing more than 600 kilograms in the open space in the middle of the forest farm, the workers all gathered around and almost dropped their jaws when they looked at the big pig.

This 600-pound pig is shocking just by looking at it!

Guo Xingmin stood next to the big pig and talked to the workers about why the big pig died and who was going to die.

He concealed the 80-yuan subsidy from the forest farm, and only talked about the fact that the pig died at the hands of Xu Ning in Qing'an, and that Xu Ning was the old son of Accountant Xu Chunlin!

In short, Xu Ning was praised in public, which made Xu Laowen feel more proud.

Guo Xingmin mentioned Xu Ning's name for two reasons. One was to clear Xu Ning's name, and the other was to pave the way for Xu Ning.

Although there are already two workers in the old Xu family, it is not impossible to recruit Xu Ning into the forest farm. We can do something special.

He saw this word in the news in February this year, and a senior leader said it in the SAR.

The workers at the forestry farm started talking immediately. Many of them had heard of his bad reputation, and they were all a little surprised when they heard that he had learned well.

The workers who lived in Qing'an and Taipingtun had heard about what Xu Ning Wangxing had done because of the big yellow loudspeakers. They only explained it briefly, which made others stunned.

Immediately, Xu Laowen lived in praise all day long, feeling both happy and sad at the same time.

He never thought that one day he would hear good things about Xu Ning from others, let alone that he, a father, would show his face with Xu Ning.

The guard Lao Zheng even made up a jingle: There is a prodigal son in Qing'an, named Xu Ning, Xiao Xu Pao!

Liu Lizhen was really happy to hear that Xu Ning's reputation outside had improved. While looking at the family being happy and lively, I couldn't help but turn around and go to the outhouse and shed a few tears of happiness.

In fact, Liu Lizhen is a very strong woman and doesn't shed tears easily. Isn't this because she is getting emotional? She really can't help it.

That night, Xu Laowen drank too much and was already dizzy when he cleared the table.

He held Liu Lizhen's hand affectionately and kept saying: "Zhen, I'm so happy!" Jane, can you forgive me? Jane...

This made everyone in the room burst into laughter. An angry Liu Lizhen slapped him twice and pushed him onto the kang.

Sometimes, men can only say things that they normally can't say after drinking some wine. As the saying goes, a man who is drunk can make a woman cry...

After Xu Feng told Xu Ning about the matter, he just curled his lips and smiled and said in his heart: Xu Laowen used another trick to beg for forgiveness.

Xu Ning rested at home for three or four days. During these days, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu went to Shuangfengling for two consecutive days. Wang Hu used his slingshot to shoot a few pheasants, and all the traps were harvested. The three families were almost tired of eating together. .

Xu Ning originally wanted to go up the mountain to ride on the roe deer trap that day. It had been almost a week since he set up the trap, and it was still unknown whether he had gained anything.

Who would have thought that as soon as he woke up in the morning, he would see the courtyard covered with white snow, which was half a foot thick. Xu Ning put on his monkey cotton-padded jacket, opened the door and walked out. He happened to meet Xu Laowen and Xu Long, father and son. They were all speechless, silently picking up their brooms and starting to clear the snow.

Sweeping the snow under the outer wall of the courtyard, the three of them walked into the house together and put their hands under the quilt spread on the bed, which was used to cover their feet and warm their hands.

Xu Ning turned around and looked at the calendar. Today happened to be December 1983, 12.

On the fifth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, it snowed heavily.

At this time, Wang Shujuan walked into the room carrying the table. She saw Xu Ning sticking his butt out and kicked him.

Xu Ning turned to look at her and heard her ask: "Are you still going up the mountain today?"

"I'm not going. I'll rest at home for two more days."

Xu Laowen nodded and said: "It's okay if you don't go. Why go there today? The snow in the mountains is thicker than even in our courtyard."

"Dad, I heard someone said it just snowed, and there are quite a lot of livestock in the mountains."

Xu Chunlin nodded: "It's quite dense. It looks like they are all new. But at this time, the animals are also very alert. They mainly come out to draw the territory. Wait for them to be hungry for a few days before they come out to look for food. It will be just right to go there after two or three days." .”

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Dad, you know so much."

"Go away, don't make excuses!"

Liu Lizhen brought the food into the house, glared at Xu Laowen but said nothing, just put the sauerkraut on the table, then turned around and went to the outhouse.

In fact, what Xu Laowen said is a bit biased, mainly because there is half a foot of snow today, and it is basically difficult for people to walk in the mountains. Every step has to be waded through the snow, and it will be very difficult to catch a beast.

Wait for two or three days, and the floating snow will harden. When a person or dog steps on it, it will be a pit, and the snow will not wrap around the calf, so it will be much easier.

"Your Uncle Guo wants to arrange for you to work in the forest farm. What do you think?"

Xu Ning turned to look at Xu Laowen and said, "Why should I go to work in the forest farm? I don't know anything."

"I told you to learn how to measure rulers. This is a technical job with promising future development and the work is quite easy. But the forest farm is full of carrots and pits. If you go again, we will have three workers in our family, and others will definitely gossip..."

"Well, I know about this. Dad, tell Uncle Guo not to make any arrangements for me yet. Isn't the old secretary going to quit? Ask him to work hard, maybe he can get up."

Xu Chunlin was stunned, "How do you know this?"

"Haha, where is my spy? I also heard that there is a second-in-command in the bureau. This is a critical moment. Don't let me, Uncle Guo, make mistakes."

Xu Chunlin nodded, "I told him about this. His idea is to deal with special cases. Since you know how to fight sieges, I will let you go and defend the department for a while."

"Put it down. It's definitely not possible before this year, but I can consider it after this year. It's not that I'm not good at picking jobs. I'm afraid that others will catch my pigtails because of this."

"I'll learn from what you said. Your son Shekong brought some livestock to your Uncle Guo some time ago. He doesn't care about the wild boars and roe deer. It's mainly just a thought."

"I know, I was thinking of sending it away before the year was over."

Liu Lizhen felt a little confused as she listened to the two of them chatting normally. She had never seen the two of them chatting so calmly and peacefully. As long as they chatted a few words, they must be playing some tricks. Such frank and honest chatting was really rare.

Xu Ning put down his chopsticks, glanced at Xu Laowen's trouser pocket, and said with a smile: "Dad, your stone forest is exposed, why did you buy it before?"

Xu Laowang panicked, covering his trouser pocket and said, "Your Uncle Guo gave this to me. I should buy whatever I want. How can I have money?"

Liu Lizhen's happy heart suddenly sank. She patted the table and said, "Can't you two calm down for a while?"

"Jane, I really have no money. This is what Lao Guo gave me."

Xu Ning moved to the edge of the kang and put on her shoes, "Who knows?"

"Get out of here, you're causing trouble! Jane, believe me..."

Liu Lizhen turned her head and ignored him, which made Xu Laowen feel very depressed. He only felt that there was a tiger in his heart, but he did not dare to roar in the forest.

Xu Long kept his head silent, but was kicked by Liu Lizhen, "Mom, what happened to me?"

"You're in my way!"

Xu Long felt aggrieved and moved away, muttering: "Why did I suffer such an unreasonable disaster, eh!"

Wang Shujuan laughed inwardly and patted him on the back, "You don't have any good intentions either."

At this time, Xu Feng suddenly raised her hand and said: "Sister-in-law, I want to tell you secretly that my eldest brother is staying in the West Room..."

When Xu Long heard this, he rushed over and covered Xu Feng's mouth, "Feng'er, can you spare the elder brother? The elder brother is so kind to you, why are you going to your second brother?"

"Ugh..." Xu Feng wanted to speak, but Xu Long covered his mouth and couldn't speak.

Wang Shujuan turned around and pulled Xu Long, "Don't tease Feng'er."

Xu Long suddenly let go of his hand, "Hey, this family, I've been wronged by the boss!"

Xu Laowen felt that he was in the same boat, but he felt quite happy when he saw Xu Long being wronged.

Because his money was confiscated by Liu Lizhen, but Xu Long's money was tightly hidden. He had discussed with Xu Long a few days ago and wanted Xu Long to share some of it, but Xu Long didn't agree at all. After reporting to Wang Shujuan, he confessed to Liu Lizhen and died together.

Xu Laowei was so angry that he puffed his nose and stared, but there was no way he could use any tricks against him.

　It wasn't early in the morning. I went to take a shower. It was already nine o'clock when I came back. I just wrote this chapter. I'm sorry.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)