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Chapter 163 The smelly sister-in-law wants to change houses

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Ning took a walk and returned home. He saw that Liu Lizhen and others had finished wrapping the dumplings and were hanging wax on the curtains. Wang Hu put more than ten curtains in the courtyard to freeze naturally. .

The pots and cutting boards in the outer room are also piled with cut vegetables, waiting for the masters to come back and stir-fry them again.

Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan were sitting on the edge of the kang, eating hazelnuts and chatting. Since it was a festival for four families, after Xu Chunlin, Xu Feng and others came back, everyone moved the east and west rooms and the outhouse. Filled up.

It was noisy and lively, with hazelnut and pine nut shells all over the floor, fireworks filling the room, and everyone with a smile different from usual on their face.

Although they usually get together often, this one is particularly festive. Even Xu Feng knows that it is a holiday and even goes into the east room to light cigarettes for Xu Laowen, Wang Laoxie and others, which instantly brightens the atmosphere.

Wang Biao and Liu Tianen were playing in the west room with their children, catching stones and cracking stones. Xu Feng went to the east wing to help the little boy clean up the west room. The little boy was very excited when he saw these old people, so he raised his legs and went to the king's house. Biao peeed in the shell of his shoe and immediately set the west room on fire, making a strange cry like a monkey in the sky!

Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao listened carefully in the outer room. Although they felt a little noisy, it was a holiday and they were allowed to make trouble.

In the east room, Xu Laowen narrowed his eyes and chatted with Wang Erli about the forest farm. Finally, they talked about the big orphan pig that Xu Ning had shelled a while ago. This big orphan pig was definitely inedible. It couldn't chew the meat alone, so the forest farm After some research, the leader put the big solitary pig on a wooden frame and set it up next to the door of the canteen as a decoration.

This matter also had a purpose. Guo Xingmin and Xu Laowen told each other that the new second-in-command in the bureau might see this whole thing. When the second-in-command asked a few words, Guo Xingmin would tell Xu Ning about hunting the big orphan pig. , maybe you can get special approval.

Even if the new second-in-command doesn't come to Qing'an Forest Farm, it still looks good when placed next to the door of the canteen. It will be removed after the New Year. How to deal with it is another matter.

After Xu Ning stayed in the east room for a while, he ran outside to get some air. The room was full of smoke and cannons, which made him almost choke with tears.

If the New Year celebrations in later generations don't have much flavor, this year's New Year celebrations are full of flavor. The Winter Solstice alone is lively and exciting.

Because after the winter solstice, the New Year is not far away. Every household is looking forward to the New Year, especially the children. Xu Feng and others are okay. If other people’s children have to ask eight times a day when the New Year will be, they will just wait for a good New Year meal. , Wearing new clothes or something.

Liu Daming specially made a pot of Sanliang wine, which was a few cents more expensive than red sorghum, and wanted to get drunk with Xu Laowen and others in the evening.

Although Xu Ning, the old uncle, did not have a serious job, he spent a lot of time tending livestock in the mountains. Some time ago, he and Xu Laowen went to fight and escape, and they could earn five to seven hundred yuan.

Besides, he doesn't have any bad habits. At most, he is willing to drink some wine. Northeastern gentlemen don't make any mistakes if they drink some wine.

There were still two tables for dinner in the evening, but the kang table was a bit small, so Xu Laowen asked Xu Long to go downstairs to dig out the large round tabletop, wipe it and spread it on the kang table.

The staple food was dumplings with three fillings, two cold dishes and four hot dishes. Xu Laowen and others drank wine, while Xu Feng and the other children drank Arctic soda. This time, they had run out of soda.

Today, Xu Laowen and Xu Ning did not increase the relationship between father and son, they just chatted indifferently, and no one offended anyone. Even if Xu Feng's quarrel caused trouble, Liu Lizhen didn't say anything to her.

In Liu Daming's words, why are you kidding for the Chinese New Year? Just save them first and then cut them together after the Chinese New Year.

Xu Ning looked at her family happily, and felt very complicated. She thought that when she married Meng Ziyan and had two children, they would live together. Wouldn't this little life become a waste of time?

After everyone finished drinking in the evening and their legs and feet were shaking, Liu Lizhen and others finished cleaning up the outhouse, and Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang sent them home one by one.

As soon as I returned home, I saw Wang Shujuan walking out of the east wing and said, "Mom said she won't let you go up the mountain tomorrow and wants you to stay home and rest for two days."

Xu Ning nodded: "I have to rest for two days. I have run out of time these days."

"Why are you running around for free? Why don't you get three pigs back? Why aren't you satisfied?"

"Haha, how can you be content with just running around on the mountain and eating the wealth? Mom, tell me, I'm thinking of building a house after the Chinese New Year. We will all live in new houses by then, but the stove flue in this old house is always blocked. …”

Wang Shujuan smiled and nodded: "I told you, and you also said you wanted to fix the terrazzo floor. My mother kept nagging me about it and kept thinking about it."

"Then the terrazzo needs to be refinished, and the furniture in the house needs to be made new. Can't we build five rooms?"

Wang Shujuan smiled and said: "We have to build five rooms... Hey, Er Ning, can I discuss something with you?"

"You can just say whatever you want. There's nothing to discuss."

Wang Shujuan glanced at the room and said, "I want you to live in the west room, and your elder brother and I will live in this room."

"Is this Gaha? He is my eldest brother, and you are my eldest sister-in-law. How can the elder brother and sister-in-law live in the side room, and the younger brother lives in the main house?"

Wang Shujuan rolled her eyes at him, bit her lip and said, "Hey, sister-in-law, I'm sorry to tell you. Anyway, you can go live in the West Room. I discussed this with mom two days ago, and mom and dad agreed."

Xu Ning looked at Wang Shujuan's appearance and suddenly realized, what else could it be? She wanted to have a child with Xu Long, but she was afraid that there would be too much noise and disturb the sleep quality of her parents in the east room.

"Ah, that's okay...when will we move?"

Wang Shujuan couldn't wait, "Moving tomorrow?"

"Okay, I'll clean it up tomorrow. The roof in this house is wet."

"That's what I think too. I'll wait until later to worry about the main house. Even if we build a new house, don't we have to spend the New Year here?"

"Sounds right!"

After Wang Shujuan left in a good mood, Xu Ning shook her head with a smile. His sister-in-law was indeed a little stressed. She had been married to Lao Xu's family for almost two years, but there was no movement. Her parents usually didn't talk about it, but she felt it herself. I'm not happy because someone else got married about a year ago.

Xu Ning went into the house to tidy up, got into bed and fell asleep with squinted eyes. The next day, he was woken up by the puppies. Five puppies broke open the door of the den and grunted on the ground. Their front feet were on the edge of the kang, and their heads were facing Xu Ning. I tried hard with my head and tried to stick out my tongue to lick it, but it wasn't high enough. He reluctantly opened his eyes, got up and fed the puppies. After feeding them, he stopped and touched their round little bellies. Xu Ning laughed and cursed a few words before going to the outhouse to wash his hands and face. It happened that Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan had already warmed up. Xu Long is setting the table for the food.

The morning meal was still dumplings, which frightened Xu Ning, because during the Chinese New Year, he would have to eat dumplings all day long, from the 30th of the new year to the 15th of the first lunar month, even half a month without a break!

How can this be done...

After finishing the morning meal, Xu Ning was blocked in a small alley by Xu Long as soon as he came out of the hut.

When he saw Xu Long winking and grinning, he knew that Xu Long had no good intentions and was definitely thinking of playing tricks.

"Gaha?"

Xu Long stepped forward with a smile, put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Brother, are we brothers?"

"Don't be too close, talk about what you have to say."

Xu Long paused, smiled again, and said, "Don't change houses with your sister-in-law. After your sister-in-law told me last night, my head was buzzing."

Xu Ning smiled: "Is that possible? I have to change. It's very cold when I leave the house to live. You are still my brother. You don't even know how to feel sorry for me. It's my sister-in-law who knows how to feel sorry for me."

Xu Long was stunned, "No, why don't you understand?"

"My parents are both looking forward to having a grandson, so hurry up, Momojiji. If you don't let them have a grandson, I will suffer the consequences in two years."

After saying that, Xu Ning pulled him away and walked towards the outhouse alone.

As soon as she entered the door, Wang Shujuan smiled and said: "Er Ning, we are not in a hurry, wait for me to clean up."

"It's done!"

Xu Long had a dark face behind him. After seeing Wang Shujuan, he quickly put on a smile and trotted over and got into the west room.

Xian Ying said: "Daughter-in-law! I will help you clean up."

"You go to work quickly."

"Hey, there's not much work to do. Can't you wrap up the bedding in this cabinet? I'll help you tidy it up first."

Xu Ning curled his lips, how could Xu Long be so kind? It was because he was afraid that Wang Shujuan would dig out the money he had hidden, so he was so active.

After Xu Feng and Xu Laowen went to work and school, it didn't take much time for Wang Shujuan to pack up the things in the two rooms. They only had some clothes, bedding, and nothing else.

Xu Ning asked Wang Hu to call Li Fuqiang to come over and help move the things. With Li Fuqiang, Yang Shuhua and others joining in, they could finish moving the things in only half a load, but it would take some time to pack them up.

Liu Lizhen boiled some paste in the large pot in the east wing, and Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang applied the paste to the roof and walls of the shed.

This newspaper was brought back from the forest farm by Xu Chunlin and Xu Long. In addition to being thrown into the latrine, it can also be used as rolling paper for dry cigarettes. It has many uses.

It took half a day just to clean up the house and put up the paper, and it wasn't finished until about three o'clock.

Xu Ning made a new kennel for the five puppies and placed them in the northwest corner of the west room. The five puppies were very lively. They ran out of the kennel and ran towards the outer room and the east room. They bit their trouser legs when they saw people. .

Fortunately, Liu Lizhen guarded the door of the stove pit, otherwise Erhei would definitely have to crawl into the stove pit.

For two consecutive days, Xu Ning asked Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang to paste some paper on the roof and walls of the main house, and even swept away the black ash and cleared the chimney...

As for the Wang, Li, and Liu families, Xu Ningzheng is not needed at all. Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu can just keep busy.

Besides, it’s a bit early to clean up the house at this time, and it’s usually done a few days before the Lunar New Year.

That day, before dawn outside, Xu Ning and Wang Hu went out with guns on their backs, met Li Fuqiang at Tunxikou, and the three of them ran towards Shuangfengling.

This time they prepared dry food for three days when entering the mountains, and carried lead pellets and single-point bullets.

"Brother, is this big speaker accurate? Are you really looking at the roe deer in the dark?"

Xu Ning nodded, "He is accurate in what he says, but he should be looser in his words."

"Second brother, why didn't we look at you when we came back last time?"

"Last time we were just a little bit cautious. The roe deer went out for a walk and didn't come back. This time it just came back. Let's go over and take a look first. If we really caught the roe deer, wouldn't that be better?"

Li Fuqiang nodded: "Then if the roe deer is trapped, should we still go to Baishilizi?"

"go with!"

The three of them had just reached the Shuangfengling fork, and they could reach Dafeng Mountain by walking more than three miles further.

However, at this time, Wang Hu pointed at the two blurry figures in front of him, frowned and said, "Second brother, take a look, are those two people?"

(End of this chapter)