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Chapter 185: Go home, don’t be nervous

At night, Xu Ning looked at the dark sky and purple clouds covering the bright moon, and felt a little bad. She hoped in her heart that it wouldn't snow heavily tonight, otherwise she would not be able to return to Qing'an the day after tomorrow.

When he woke up the next day, Xu Ning looked at the snow outside the window, as well as Guan Lei, Haitao and Li Fuqiang who were sweeping the snow in the yard, and hurriedly pushed Wang Hu, who had drunk twice in a row yesterday.

The two of them hurriedly put on their cotton jackets and trousers, ran to the yard with their shoes on, picked up big brooms and shovels and joined in clearing the snow.

The snow was not heavy. It was far from the point where the mountain was blocked by heavy snow. It was just barely enough to cover our feet.

Xu Ning looked at the snow and rubbed it with his hands. He knew that the snow had only fallen for less than an hour. Because it was goose-feather snow, the snow was larger and softer. If it snowed all night, it would have to rise up from the ground. Ten centimeters.

After a few people cleared the snow from the courtyard and the entrance of the courtyard, they rubbed their faces and went to Lao Wu's house.

Wu Haiquan and Hai Long came back early, and together with brothers Wu Zhouliang, they piled all the snow under the fence. After Xu Ning and others entered the hospital, Han Fang asked them to come inside and warm themselves up on the kang.

After entering the house and resting for a while, the Wu family started having dinner. No one was drinking this morning. Because they had two drinks yesterday, their fighting strength was in a weak state, not to mention that Wu Zhouliang had to go back to work in the coal mine today.

He is a technical leader in the coal mine, and he is in a position where he can take a day or two off. If he wants to take a long leave, the coal mine leaders will definitely not dare to approve it. After all, the equipment in the coal mine is repaired by him. If there is something wrong with the equipment, he happens to be away. , how much money will the coal mine lose?

Wu Haiquan offered to send him back, just as he was going to the coal mine to extend his leave for two more days, not to mention he had to go out into the street, so just after finishing his morning meal, he dragged Hai Long and greeted Xu Ning and the others, and then walked to the courtyard.

The three of Xu Ning wanted to see them off, but Han Fang stopped them and asked them to stay in the room to drink tea. Wu Zhouquan and Guan Lei went out, and everyone stood at the entrance of the courtyard chatting for two or three minutes before Wu Haiquan, his son, and Hai Long drove away.

In fact, Xu Ning knew what they were going to do. It was just to drop by the supply and marketing cooperative in the street to buy something, because they had to go to Qing'an tomorrow. Not to mention the relationship between Xu Ning and Wu Haiquan, from Wang Hu's point of view For example, as Wu Hailong's brother-in-law and the representative of the Guan family, he also had to buy something and carry it with him.

Xu Ning was like a mirror in his heart, but he did not stop him, because this was a matter of human nature, and when they came to Wanye again in the future, they would have to carry things. How could they communicate without courtesy?

Wu Zhouquan, Wu Haitao and others stayed at home. Xu Ning chatted with them, and then made plans to go to Guan Lei's house. Han Fang did not stop him, but instead asked Guan Hua to stop by and light up the two stove pits at home. .

Burning the kang is just an excuse. Han Fang mainly wants Guan Hua and Wang Hu to have more contact. Because there are too many Wu family members and Guan Hua and Wang Hu are real people, there is no chance to chat alone.

It was much more convenient when we arrived at Guan's house. Xu Ning and others were sitting in the house chatting, while Wang Hu and Guan Hua were boiling water and kang in the outer room. They came closer and whispered something, but no one in the house could hear them. It can even more stimulate the spark of the two people's emotional running-in, just like the firewood burning in the stove pit, crackling and exploding.

After noon, Wu Haiquan drove back and parked the car at the gate of Wu's courtyard. He and Wu Hailong jumped out of the car and walked around to the back of the car. Xu Ning and others were chatting in the room. When they saw it, they ran out to help.

The two brothers bought a lot of things on the street, including rice, flour, oil, tobacco, wine, sugar, tea, cakes, large fruit boxes, cans and other things.

The large fruit box has a better appearance than the trough cake. The box contains a variety of pastries, including peach, crescent moon, oblate, corn and other shapes. It is the top gift box for birthdays and New Years.

Of course, not all of these things were spent by Wu Haiquan, but also by Wu Hailong, his wife, and Guan Lei.

Moreover, as the new year approaches, Wu Haiquan also has to buy something for Wu Zhouquan and Han Fang, mainly rice, flour, oil, tobacco, wine, sugar and tea.

Last year, Wu Haiquan did not leave Wanye to celebrate the New Year. Instead, he took his wife and children to spend the New Year in the family area of ​​​​the coal mine. No matter what, he had to come back this year. After all, Wanye was his root.

In the evening, Wu Haiquan asked Han Fang to stew the goose he bought. He put some dried potatoes, dried radish and vermicelli in the pot. The taste was extremely delicious.

Today's geese are two to three cents more expensive than domestic pork by the pound, but Wu Haiquan didn't worry about the money. He bought five of them directly, thinking of keeping two at home and giving the remaining three to the three people in Xu Ning.

Since they were leaving tomorrow morning, everyone didn't drink too much and just ordered until it was over.

Xu Ning and Wu Haiquan took the time to go to the village headquarters and call Qing'an. Xu Ning had to tell Liu Lizhen in advance, but he did not ask Liu Lizhen to go to the village to answer the phone. Instead, he asked Du Shoucai to help convey the message.

They mainly told Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao that Wang Hu's blind date in Wanye went smoothly. They would lead the woman and her family back tomorrow to prevent a sudden attack and make them panic.

The next day, it was about half past seven.

After Xu Ning and others finished eating at Lao Wu's house, Wu Haiquan and others covered the trunk with two layers of corn stalks and urala grass. Guan Lei came back from home carrying bedding and threw it into the trunk. This time he went to Qing'an New Year He has no plans to come back. Although there is only one month left before the Chinese New Year, it does not prevent him from exercising at the forest farm.

Wu Haiquan and Guan Lei were carrying things into the back compartment, while Xu Ning and Xu Ning were sitting in the room chatting with Wu Zhouquan, Han Fang and Guan Mei.

Xu Ning drank tea and watched Wu Haiquan and the others carrying things to the back compartment, and wanted to go out and stop them.

In fact, he didn't object to Wu Haiquan bringing things to the door, but he couldn't take too much. Although the rice noodles were in small bags, they weighed thirty kilograms. He moved a full six bags into the car and broke them into three parts, just in time for Xu Ning and Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang both had a share.

However, Han Fang stopped him and refused to let him out. Wu Zhouquan smiled and said, "Er Ning, this is what you should do. Hai Quan thanks you three from the bottom of my heart."

After listening to Wu Zhouquan's explanation, Xu Ning stopped moving outwards. After Wu Haiquan and the four of them had finished moving, he went into the house and took a drink of water.

Seeing that the time was approaching eight o'clock, Wu Haiquan called Xu Ning to leave, and then everyone put on their clothes, carried their things, and walked to the courtyard.

Guan Hua was wearing a new floral cotton-padded jacket and new cotton-padded shoes, with two braided braids. She was dressed very carefully. Wang Hu grinned with joy as he watched her blushing as she followed Guan Mei.

Guan Mei rubbed Guan Hua's hand, but didn't give any special instructions, because she had already done all the instructions two days ago, and it would be redundant to talk about this before getting in the car. Wu Zhouquan and Han Fang just told Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu to come home when they were free and write home if they had anything to do, and they did not tell Guan Lei anything.

After chatting for six or seven minutes, Wu Haiquan threw the key to Xu Ning and motioned for him to drive. Wu Haiquan climbed into the trunk with Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei, and Wu Hailong, saying that he had not slept well last night and needed to take a nap. Sleep.

Xu Ning took the key and got into the cab. After Wang Hu helped Guan Hua get into the car and closed the door, Xu Ning and Wu Zhouquan said hello, stepped on the accelerator and drove out.

This trip back to Qing'an is about 200 miles away. Based on the current road conditions, we need to drive three or four points.

Going all the way north through Gongyao Ridge, the road was rugged and difficult to navigate, but thanks to the Dongfeng truck's strong power and strong climbing and gripping, Xu Ning didn't drive to Songbeigou until noon.

Further northeast from Songbeigou is what Ma Liu calls Wanmi Valley, and beyond Gongyaoling is Nantun Beitun, and further ahead is Qing'an Forest Farm.

When Wang Hu saw Qing'an Forest Farm, he said to Guan Hua next to him: "We're almost home, Hua'er, don't be nervous."

Guan Hua looked up and looked ahead, her eyes bright, and nodded heavily: "Yes!"

The Dongfeng truck drove into the east entrance of Qing'an Tun. When passing by Chang's house, Xu Ning glanced at the yard and found that none of the dogs in the yard were left alone. Chang Danian must have taken them for a walk up the mountain.

When he arrived at the door of Xu's courtyard, Xu Ning slowed down. He took a special look into the room and found Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others sitting in the room, so he stepped on the brakes.

"Home!"

After Xu Ning's letter last night, Wang Erli and Xu Chunlin decided to take a leave of absence. After all, this was a major event for the old Wang family. How would it be appropriate to entertain Wang Erli, the 'in-law', if the head of the family didn't leave the family?

Besides, Wang Erli and Han Fengjiao both felt a little uncomfortable and a little guilty. According to the rules, the man went to the woman's house first, so they didn't expect Xu Erning to leave it to the other end to chat.

Wang Erli and Han Fengjiao were both very happy when they heard that Hu Zi and the woman had an eye on each other. Xu Chunlin complained that Xu Ning blindly made the decision, but Wang Erli didn't care. What do you mean by making the decision? At most, it's just a line to secure a matchmaker.

Liu Lizhen didn't say anything. After all, Xu Ning had always had ideas. It was not surprising that he could do such a thing.

If you are against those parents who are very controlling, you will definitely get angry. However, Xu and Wang's parents are quite open-minded. Since their children are attracted by it, what else can they say? The reception is all!

In the outhouse, Yang Shuhua was carrying a long-handled ladle and was pulling bear meat from the large pot, Wang Shujuan was standing in front of the cutting board cutting cabbage hearts, and Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao were busy adding firewood to the stove pit.

It was obvious that Han Fengjiao was a little nervous. Wang Erli went to the east room to chat with Xu Laowen, and looked out from time to time.

Originally, the banquet was supposed to be held at Wang Erli's house, but Han Fengjiao and his wife decided to leave the cooking at Lao Xu's house no matter what. Why? Because this matter was brought about by Xu Ning, and Wu Haiquan was Xu Ning's buddy, there was nothing wrong with leaving the banquet at Xu Ning's house.

In fact, for both parties, it doesn't matter where the banquet is held, and no one will choose this gift.

"It's almost noon, why haven't you come yet?" Wang Erli muttered.

Xu Laowen took out a peony cigarette and said with squinting eyes: "Why can't you calm down?"

"Hey, brother, isn't this my first time?"

"It's just a joke." Xu Laowen smiled.

Han Fengjiao opened the door curtain and entered the room, rubbed her hands and looked in the mirror, then turned around and asked, "Erli, can you take a look at me?"

Wang Erli clapped his hands and said: "Okay, you are so beautiful!"

"I taught you two my experience for nothing last night, have you forgotten it now?" Xu Chunlin puffed out smoke.

"Hey, how could I forget? Brother, your siblings and I stayed at home last night and rehearsed for a long time."

Liu Lizhen leaned against the door and said with a smile: "You two just keep your heart in your stomach and it will be over. Look at you, you are so flustered."

"Sister-in-law...Hey, look, is Er Ning back?" Han Fengjiao opened her eyes and stared out the window blankly.

The three of them looked out the window and saw a Dongfeng truck parked at the entrance of the courtyard.

"Oh mom, yes! Hurry out and greet me."

Wang Erli squinted his eyes and muttered: "Er Ning is a good guy, he can mix with cars wherever he goes."

Xu Laowen grabbed his arm and walked out, "What about my old son? He just wants to make a living!"

　Since the fever, Lao Donkey has been in poor condition. In the past few days, he was forced to write more than 10,000 words, and today he was even better. With an empty mind, he wrote more than 10,000 words, but he was not satisfied with it, so he cut it down to 3,000 words. Wait for Lao Lu to go to the mountains tomorrow to do something, calm down his thoughts, adjust his state, and then continue writing. Lao Lu felt guilty, the update was too slow, and I felt sorry for the friends who were reading this book. I was really embarrassed.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)