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Chapter 159 Information Exchange Center Ma Liu’s Enthusiasm

The five puppies that Xu Ning brought back have long been able to eat raw meat, so he fed the puppies some bear meat last night, but unexpectedly Erhei vomited after two bites, and then Xu Ning gave the puppies some bear meat. I cleaned up the kennels, put them on the edge of the kang, and waited until about half past ten before lying down to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Erhei took the lead and screamed, waking up Xu Ning from his deep sleep. He was not angry. He crawled over and opened the kennel, touched the puppies' bellies, then got up and heated some dog food for them. After they finished eating, he calmed down.

These puppies are almost two months old and are not very young anymore. However, they have only eaten pork before, not bear meat, so Xu Ning did not feed them too much last night for fear that their stomachs would not be able to bear it.

When Xu Ning woke up early in the morning, she took a look at the doghouse and found that the puppy was not running around, but was quite lively. This made her feel relieved.

At around eight o'clock, Xu Ning finished feeding the dog his midday meal, then put on the cotton-padded jacket and trousers he wore in the mountains, took off his gun and hung it on his shoulder.

Wang Shujuan saw him wearing a hand mask in the room, and asked doubtfully: "Why don't you stay at home and rest, and why do you go for a mountain tour? Is your hand healed?"

"Instead of hunting animals, I'll go to Dongshan to find someone. Sister-in-law, if I don't come back at noon, feed those puppies half a bowl of food. There is a small aluminum basin next to the pot. Divide the bear meat strips in the aluminum basin. , give a little less first, don’t give it all at once, if they come to you and ask for it, you will give the rest.”

Wang Shujuan nodded: "Ah, okay, then you should be more careful when entering the mountain."

"I know, just tell mom."

"OK."

After Xu Chunlin left, my mother and Han Fengjiao took Wang Hu to the cellar of his uncle's house to get cabbage, while Liu Daming and Li Fuqiang went to Nanshan to buy condoms early in the morning.

Liu Lizhen was thinking about making some dumplings stuffed with bear oil and some cabbage stuffing at noon. Li Fuqiang and Xu Ning bought two hundred kilograms of white flour. If they don't eat it anymore, they will be eaten by rats.

Xu Ning particularly admired this aspect of my mother, that is, she was not as domineering (confused) as the elders in other families, and was reluctant to eat or drink when there was anything to do. Liu Lizhen never did such stupid things.

Xu Ning went to the next room, took the bear bacon, which weighed about eighty-nine taels, and walked out of the courtyard with it in his hand, heading towards the store.

If he was just chatting with Ma Liu, then Xu Ning wouldn't take anything at all. Wasn't he looking for Ma Liu to help him and inquire about something, so he had to take something more or less, otherwise why would he open his mouth? .

He walked to the door of the store, and as soon as he raised his hand to grab the door handle, he heard a lot of people chatting in the room, mainly about the bad things the Chang brothers had done since they came to Qing'an Village. At the same time, he also praised Xu Ning for his openness in doing things.

Xu Ning opened the door and walked into the room. When the people in the room saw him, they immediately stopped talking and became silent.

Liu Guangmin raised his smile and said, "Er Ning, you haven't been here for a while. I heard you've been very busy recently?"

"Just work around. Pick up five kilograms of red sorghum and two kilograms of rice cakes for me."

"Got it!"

Liu Guangmin saw that he didn't have a pot in his hand and was carrying a gun, looking like he was running into the mountains, and asked, "Are you going into the mountains?"

"Yes." Xu Ning nodded, glanced at the group of people sitting around the stove, and said, "I can't get the pot back. You can see how much it costs. Let's record it first."

"Then why keep accounts? I'll give it to you first, and I'll bring it back when I have time."

While Liu Guangmin was looking for a pot to catch red sorghum and picking up cakes, the people gathered around the stove to warm themselves up spoke.

"Er Ning, I heard that you have quit smoking and drinking. Are you giving away this drink?"

Xu Ning glanced at the person who spoke. This person was the old Aunt Bai who worked in front of the old Xu family. She was usually willing to talk a little bit. She and a few old ladies did not dare to squeeze out the stepmother of the two brothers from the Lao Niu family. go out.

These old women's mouths are faster than loudspeakers, and they chatter endlessly. If they catch one person, they will keep talking for a week without saying anything different.

Normally, Xu Ning would definitely not be able to talk to them, but now he has to talk to them. After all, these old ladies are staying in Qing'an Village, which is the information exchange center and is very useful.

"Ah, I quit, how did you know?"

Auntie Bai listened to his conversation and said with a smile: "Hey, dear mother, how did I know? There is nothing in this village that I don't know about! It's good to quit drinking. Li Da has nothing to do with you these days." There's a lot of livestock grooming in the mountain, right? Oh, if he can surround you, that's really a blessing."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "My eldest brother is very good to me. It's all mutual. Hey, what have you heard recently? Where were you two bastards when I came in the house just now?"

Aunt Zhao, who was next to Aunt Bai, slapped her hands fiercely, as if striking the table, and said, "That's not what happened! Hey, we all heard about what happened yesterday, these two... Zizhen, what do you say? What about this? It’s too much of a joke, you don’t even need to save them."

"Didn't we meet each other in the mountain? Although his two brothers stole my black blind man, I don't like to hold grudges. I will help if I can. I can't watch them die no matter what."

Aunt Bai clicked her tongue and said, "Zhen Zhen, look at how kind and righteous Er Ning is now."

"Aunt Bai, was I unkind before?"

"Oh my god! I used to be kind and righteous, but... I didn't notice! Haha..."

Aunt Zhao grinned and nodded: "Yeah, look how well you are doing now, you are so open about things."

At this time, Liu Guangmin finished receiving the wine, picked up two kilograms of cakes and placed them on the counter.

Xu Ning carried the wine pot and the cake and said, "Let's settle the account first."

"Okay." Liu Guangmin took out his notebook and asked, "It's a total of 3 yuan and 2, and your dad still has to pay for it?" "Yeah."

Xu Ning smiled, turned around and said hello to Aunt Bai and the others before going out. As soon as he closed the door and walked two steps, he heard Aunt Bai say: "Zizhen, oh my god, Xu Erning can do this." Well, you're doing pretty well, much better than usual."

"Well, he went to visit him a while ago, and he left the name of Xiao Xu Pao. My family is still mumbling about it." Aunt Zhao said.

When Xu Ning heard this, he walked straight to Dongshan, but Liu Guangmin in the store said, "Why are you praising me when everyone is gone? It's almost done."

Aunt Zhao said: "That's wrong. Xu Erning has indeed learned well. Why are you so boastful?"

"Well, compared to the two brothers from the Chang family, what are the things Xu Erning did in the past? Is that even a big deal?"

Liu Guangmin smiled when he heard this, and said to himself: "Well, you used to find faults with Xu Erning behind his back. Why didn't you dare to say it in front of him just now?"

In fact, Liu Guangmin was quite helpless. These old ladies gathered in the shop all day long, which did not affect the business, aside from that. The main reason was that they gossiped all day long, which made Liu Guangmin and his wife a little disgusted.

His wife is so annoyed that she usually doesn't want to stay in the store anymore and only cooks and cooks at home, so she can cover in when Liu Guangmin goes to buy goods or eat.

But Liu Guangmin is open for business and has to entertain everyone who comes. The main thing is to gain popularity. Whoever's family is popular these days means that their family has good connections, so he definitely can't kick people out.

If the person is driven out, then his business will not be able to continue. Not only will he offend these old women, but he will also destroy the information exchange center in the village. On the contrary, it will make the village residents disgusted and they will no longer like to come here over time.

Besides, these old ladies would hang out at the store in the winter, because they had stoves to keep them warm. In the summer, they would go to the village to chat and chat. There were so many people at that time, it was convenient to chat about anything.

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At this moment, Xu Ning was carrying sorghum red, trough cakes, and bear bacon, and had already entered Dongshan, heading towards the underground cellar of Ma Liu.

This Ma Liu is nearly seventy years old, but his life experience is a mystery.

Xu Ning only knew that he was not a local. His family used to be quite wealthy, with a total of seven brothers and sisters, but they all passed away due to various reasons at the time.

Ma Liu came to Qing'an more than 30 years ago. At that time, he had a wife and a son, and lived a comfortable life in Yonghetun. Later, his wife and son fell ill with unknown diseases and died overnight.

Since then, Ma Liu has lived in the mountains and made a living by keeping bees for almost twenty years.

Xu Ning met him twice when he was a child. At that time, Xu Ning was naughty and wanted to eat beeswax, so he smashed the beehive of Ma Liu's beekeeper. Then he was chased by Ma Liu for two or three miles, but he was not caught in the end. There was no trace of him, so he told him to run away, otherwise he would definitely be beaten by Fatty Xu when he returned home.

When Xu Ning came to the vicinity of the underground cellar, he took a special look at the open space where the beehives were placed. He smiled when he saw six or seven wooden beehives there.

The cellar was built in a depression and surrounded by stones. It looked like a rock fortress. There was a chimney smoking on the top. Red peppers, corn ears, roe deer antlers and deer horns were hung on the door frame. Head angle.

Xu Ning stopped when he came closer, about ten meters away from the door, and was about to open his mouth to shout.

However, there was a creaking of the door opening in the cellar, and then an old man wearing a deerskin hat, a bearskin jacket, and Ula shoes wrapped in bearskin opened the door curtain and walked out.

The old man saw Xu Ning stunned, frowned and said, "Are you ghastly?"

Ma Liu walked out of the cellar, waved his hand and grabbed the sharp knife on the top of the cellar.

Xu Ning saw his actions and said with a smile: "Uncle, my name is Xu Ning, the second son of the Xu family in Qing'an Village. I wonder if my little Qianer broke your beehive. I'm here to compensate you this time." .”

After that, he picked up the things in his hands.

Ma Liu waved his hand and frowned, "...In the autumn five years ago, you smashed that beehive?"

"Oh my god, uncle, you have such a good memory! Well, it was me who broke it. I was young and ignorant at the time. Don't be the same as me. I am here to compensate you."

Ma Liu took two steps forward and waved his hand: "Get out of here! Where are you already? I've been keeping bees for so many years, and you are the first one who dares to smash my beehives. Leave it alone."

Xu Ning hurriedly took two steps forward and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't be like me. I will make a few more beehives for you later. Take a look, the sorghum red I finally got is covered with red sorghum." hops."

Ma Liu had already been looking at the wine he was carrying, otherwise he wouldn't be so gentle.

The character of this mountain runner is quite difficult to figure out, let alone Ma Liu, who has lived alone in the mountains for more than ten years.

But they all have one thing in common, that is, they kiss each other while drinking wine!

Ma Liuzhao has lived in the mountains for more than ten years. He can still drink wine on ordinary days, but there are relatively few opportunities to drink. Only in autumn, when his beehives produce beeswax, do people come to give him wine and use it as money to buy beeswax.

But since winter came, his inventory has been almost exhausted. These days, he is holding back his energy, thinking about one day going down the mountain to buy some.

So when he saw Xu Ning carrying a bottle of wine, he immediately laughed.

Ma Liu bared his teeth and smiled: "Ah, what are you still thinking about? Hurry up and enter the house!"

Xu Ning nodded: "Okay."

(End of this chapter)