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Chapter 250 Three melons and two dates bring huge wealth
A red sun hangs on the top of the mountain. It emits a dazzling red light, dyeing the white clouds in the sky a burning red; dyeing the layer of white snow on the surface of the mountain into orange; The saplings reflect the slender shadows of the trees, like ink paintings...

Xu Ning stood on the roof, holding on to the chimney, looking at the scenery to the west, watching the red sun hiding behind the mountain. He also heard the voices of Xu Laowen, Wang Laoxie and Xu Long.

The three of them walked into the courtyard with brisk steps, talking about Li San and Li Shan. Apparently they had heard about Li Shan just after entering the village.

Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang came down the wooden ladder. Xu Laowen looked at their hairstyles and was slightly startled.

"What the fuck? Who designed this hair style? It looks very fashionable."

Li Fuqiang grinned and said: "My brother designed it, and he used a hand clipper to twist it. How do you think, old man? You look a lot younger, don't you?"

"Yeah, you're a lot more serious and young. Er Ning, after dinner is over, you can also twist it for dad..."

Xu Ning drooped his eyes and pretended, "Let me see if I have time."

"You little brat! Come here, I'll kick you to the ground." Xu Laowen stared.

Xu Ning dodged into the outer room, turned around and said, "Why are you so anxious? Let's wait until after dinner. You are not allowed to write couplets tonight?"

Who did he learn it from? He definitely didn't figure it out on his own, but learned it from his father's old comrade-in-arms. It's just that this old comrade-in-arms has passed away for many years and has no relatives in the world.

"Very good. Is this a little rabbit being hanged?"

Before Xu Ning could say anything, Xu Laowen drooped his eyelids and said, "If he could have been with me for a while, he would have already entered college."

"What's the deal? No, you gave her Gaha? You borrowed the money from me."

Xu Ning shouted again: "Why don't I borrow fifty from you? Why don't I... um..."

Xu Long pinched Xu Ning's tail and followed him to the west room.

In the east room, Xu Laowen spread red paper on the edge of the kang, Xu Feng held the inkstone and studied ink vigorously, and the brush was soaked in the can.

After saying that, he turned around and opened the door curtain and went to the outhouse, leaving Xu Long in the west room, angry and dull, gritting his teeth and muttering in his heart: Wait until you get married, watch what I do to you!

"want!"

"Ah? What money!" Xu Ning shouted towards the outhouse.

"I'll lend you money later!"

"Don't shout! Don't shout... make some noise. Last time you said you would borrow fifty from me and pay me back sixty at the end of the year. Have you forgotten?"

Wang Erli said with a smile: "Er Ning, look at the word "father", why don't you learn from it?"

Xu Laowen asked as he walked into the house.

"Okay, this little brat, I begged him to do something, and even brought it up with his father."

Xu Ning said shamelessly: "Then I'm not married, so you're not allowed to give me new year's money? Then I'll be considered married at fifty, and you can give me a gift."

"Haha, you can go find her wherever you want, she listens to me anyway. Besides, I gave your fifty yuan to my sister-in-law a long time ago..."

"Then what, I'm going to kneel down for you? Please pay me back quickly, I'm still thinking about how to give my children lucky money."

"Should I let you know what I want to do? Just tell me whether you want it or not."

Xu Feng stamped her feet and said displeasedly: "Hey, this is obviously a waste!"

This Xu Laowen has not gone to school seriously for a few days, but his cultural level is quite high. Not only does he pull an abacus, but he can also do calligraphy, paper-cutting, etc...

Xu Ning smiled and said, "You don't want these ten dollars either? I'll tell my sister-in-law to go."

"She didn't say anything. She just secretly gave me twenty yuan yesterday. Why don't we just split it in half? After that, you can say that I gave you the ten yuan and my sister-in-law can't ask for it from you. ”

Xu Ning shook his head wildly, broke away from Xu Long's grasp, and said, "Are you just begging for help like this?"

"Haha, Dad knows, isn't this just teasing you?" Xu Laowen smiled.

When they entered the room, the three of them saw that Wang Hu, Wang Biao, Liu Tianen, Liu Daming, and Li Mantang all had the same hairstyle. This novel hairstyle looked very energetic.

Wang Erli said with a smile: "Brother, I'll write a couplet later. Let Erning hang it for me first."

Xu Ning looked at his sincere attitude and waved his hand: "I'll give you three melons and two dates."

In the room, Xu Feng showed the window grilles on her chest and bared her teeth: "Dad, what do you think of these window grilles? I'll twist them!"

Xu Laowen picked up the brush, dipped it twice in ink, and wrote on the red paper: Just then, the fat pig brought wealth to his house, and the golden rat came to his house, and the wealth rolled in.

"You...can you show some respect! You owe me money, and you have to make me kneel down to beg you? How can you be like this! Pay me back quickly, or I'll ask Meng Ziyan for money!"

"Hey, come on... I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Then what, I won't give you any money during the Chinese New Year..."

Xu Long's little naught made Xu Ning laugh. Xu Long was indeed his brother, even his shamelessness was passed down from generation to generation.

He grabbed Xu Ning's arm and said with a flattering face: "Er Ning, tomorrow is the end of the year. I lent you the fifty last time, do you have to pay me back?"

"I'll write the cash coupon tomorrow morning... Hey, I have to write it out first. Are the two couplets for your eldest brother and all the window grilles twisted out?"

Xu Long was a little confused by being fooled, and stammered: "Then what did your sister-in-law say?"

Xu Ning was stunned. He didn't expect that Xu Long still remembered this matter. He would have forgotten it if he didn't say it.

Xu Long glared, gritted his teeth, covered his mouth, and squeezed out a sound from his throat, "Am I your brother? I only have so little money, why do you still want to leave... pay me back quickly, forget it. Brother, please."

Xu Long frowned: "I stayed at home yesterday! Why didn't I know to give you money?"

Xu Ning blinked, "Have you forgotten? Last time you told me that my sister-in-law already knew that you had money. If I didn't give it to her, you would have to sleep on the street at night. Do you understand?"

Xu Long reached out his hand decisively, and when he held the ten-dollar ticket in his hand, his heart seemed to be bleeding.

"It's not that good. I'm not as good as my dad." Xu Ning said.

Xu Feng said: "Second brother, I think you are the most powerful!"

"Just say a few words less and we will know it ourselves. Your words will make my father very angry."

"Haha..." Everyone in the room laughed.

Xu Laowen ignored him and just engrossed himself in writing quickly. He was a little queasy at the end, because in previous years he would have finished writing a few pairs, but this year Xu Ning prepared a lot of red paper and arranged two for each family. Second pair.

Xu Ning saw that he couldn't hold back his words, so he came to the side and said with a smile: "The golden pig brings great wealth, the red rat brings good things, and good luck! What do you think?"

Xu Laowen glanced at him and said, "Put the table down. Do you know how to write?" "Haha, just take your time."

When Xu Ning turned around, the floor table and Kang table had been placed. Wang Shujuan, Han Fengjiao, Xu Feng and others went into the room to get bowls and chopsticks, while Wang Hu, Wang Biao and others went to the outhouse to carry rice bowls and vegetables. plate……

Li Fuqiang came over and took a look, and saw that Xu Laowen had already written eight pairs of pairs and placed them aside to dry. At this moment, he was writing the word "Fu" in a flying way.

"My old uncle does have a lot of trouble."

Xu Laowen straightened up and twisted to relieve the stiffness caused by standing in a posture for a long time, and said with a smile: "Is it necessary? You pick two pairs, and then pick a few with the word "Fu" to take home."

"Okay, I think these two are good. They are full of wealth, and I am very rare in wealth."

Xu Ning curled his lips and said: "Brother, these pairs are all money, because your uncle can write these."

"Go away! Are you speechless? Are you looking for a beating..."

Wang Erli pulled Xu Laowen and said: "Hey, brother, what Er Ning said is not wrong. You should really learn from it later. It has been the same for several years. Others think that our family has not changed. ”

Xu Laowen cursed angrily: "You are so stupid, why don't you thank me for my efforts?"

At this time, Xu Ning took out a stack of one-cent banknotes from his pocket and stuffed them into Xu Laowen's hand. There were more than two yuan in total.

"Dad, thank you for your hard work."

Xu Laowen rubbed the banknotes and looked at Liu Lizhen who had just entered the house. He hurriedly put the money into his pocket and immediately greeted him with a smile: "Why is it so hard? How hard is it to write a few pairs? I just feel happy! Erli "What are you looking at? Go and get some wine from the cupboard. I'm very happy today. We must drink some."

Wang Erli rolled his eyelids and turned to look for wine.

When Xu Long saw this scene, he felt a little unhappy. He thought that all the money he took out of Xu Ning's pocket belonged to him.

There are six dishes on the table, mainly cabbage, sauerkraut, and radish. According to Liu Lizhen, you must eat something light before the New Year, otherwise you will easily get tired of it during the New Year...

During the Chinese New Year last year, Lao Xu's family also made dumplings and ate meat, but the conditions were much worse than this year. After all, Xu Laowan and others went for a mountain run and often came back empty-handed. They suddenly killed a wild boar and had to be divided among the three families.

This year, Xu Ning led Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu, and basically harvested the mountains. Even if they couldn't catch the wild boars, they could still pick up two pheasants and jump cats.

As the conditions get better and better, Liu Lizhen feels more and more comfortable. She used to have endless worries with Xu Laowen, Xu Ning, Xu Long and Xu Feng, but now she has nothing to worry about.

Why? Just because my family is rich!

If you have money in your hands, you will have a head start in life and life will be interesting.

If you are poor, how can you live a happy life? In addition to thinking about the next meal all day long, I didn't even dare to think about making clothes, let alone building a house and marrying a wife.

Don't look at Xu Laowen being picky about Xu Ning, but he is actually quite beautiful in his heart.

The eldest son Xu Long has a serious job, a fixed monthly salary, and has already started a family.

The younger son has also changed his ways and has embarked on the right path. Although he does not have a serious job, he has sent money to the family in the past four months. Moreover, the younger son talks and does things, which makes him quite satisfied. He does not have to worry about the world of people. , the younger son got it done.

Not to mention the little girl, she seems so rare.

Since they had a half-day shift tomorrow, Xu Laowen and others didn't drink too much. They just had a few drinks to join in the fun, chatting about Li Shan being beaten to death by a blind man in Heishitang, as if they were talking about what happened in the latrine. The flies seemed to be dead, but this was not adding insult to injury, they were just chattering and chatting in a lively manner.

"It's the Chinese New Year tomorrow. If something like this happens to Li Shan, Li San might not know what's going on." Han Fengjiao said.

Wang Erli raised his head and said, "What's wrong with him? I didn't listen to what Er Ning said. When the black blind man chased Li San and Li Feng, Li San directly threw Li Feng away and ran away. How could my elder brother and I do this?" ah?"

Liu Daming nodded: "Yeah, second brother, there's nothing wrong with that. What Li San is doing is not personnel matters!"

Xu Laowen took a sip from his wine cup and said: "With Li San's character, I think he is destined to be a demon, so he won't be able to watch a big show."

Xu Ning laughed and said, "My dad still understands Li Sanha."

Liu Lizhen curled her lips and smiled: "That's not true. Your father and Li San are among the best in our village, and they are famous demon makers. They belong to the same group!"

"Hahaha." Everyone looked up and laughed.

Xu Laowen said unhappily: "And this Gada, Li San is worthy of being compared with me? He is just a bird."

"That's right, if we talk about being a monster in our village, it has to be my dad!" Xu Ning said with a smile.

Liu Daming bared his teeth and said: "Brother-in-law, you can play Diao Chan again. I want to see what Diao Chan looks like..."

"Get out of here! You're not doing the right thing."

After the meal, Liu Lizhen and others removed the table, and Xu Ning finished cutting the hair of Wang Erli, Xu Long and Xu Laowen.

Xu Laowen sat on the edge of the kang and rolled a cigarette. Xu Ning lay on the edge of the kang and rested but frowned. He had given Xu Laowen a lot of pocket money these days. Why didn't he smoke a cigarette? Instead, he rolled the cigarette with great difficulty. What about dry cigarette smoking?
"Are you going for a mountain run on the tenth day of the first lunar month? By then, the black blind man will have already eaten it in people's stomachs, and you can't even keep up with the hot shit."

Xu Ning raised his head and replied: "My mother said that you can't move until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, don't you know? Besides, that is a bear that weighs more than 800 kilograms. Who dares to compare it easily?"

Xu Laowen held the cigarette in his mouth, lit the match, took a puff and exhaled the smoke, then held the cigarette between his two fingers and spit the cigarette powder in his mouth onto the ground.

"That's money! Brown bear gall is cheaper than black bear, but if you encounter a copper gall, isn't it much more expensive than grass gall? And that bear skin..."

While Xu Laowen was talking, Liu Lizhen happened to lift the door curtain and enter the room. When she heard what he said, she was filled with anger. She ran over angrily, grabbed Xu Laowen's arm and punched her twice on the shoulder.

"How dare you try to get hold of my son, huh? I'll beat you to death! You don't have a long memory..."

Xu Laowen was punched so hard that he fell onto the kang. He stopped Liu Lizhen with both hands and said, "Zhen! Nacha, Nacha! I didn't move away..."

When Wang Erli and Liu Daming saw this scene, they got up and walked to the outhouse. Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu followed closely behind and went to the west room to summon Wang Biao and Liu Tianen. They hugged their wives, holding the couplet and the word "Fu", Went home.

Liu Lizhen gritted her teeth and pointed at Xu Laowen angrily, "If you keep quarreling, I won't let you stop even during the New Year. Do you believe it?"

Xu Laowen grabbed Liu Lizhen's hand with both hands and bared his teeth: "Xin, I'm really chatting with him. Jane, don't you know who I am? Don't I also want to make the family more relaxed? How much pressure is it on you? Yeah, I work in the forest farm all day long, and I also want to share the burden for you. Jane, please touch my heart..."

Xu Ning sat on the edge of the kang and couldn't stand watching anymore. He felt that he was so coquettish that he just followed Xu Lao's wilting roots. Moreover, Xu Long is not a fun person. He flirts with Wang Shujuan all day long, and he is just a boring person.

Sure enough, Xu Laowen immediately made Liu Lizhen lose her temper. Xu Ning coughed twice and said, "Mom, my dad just discussed with me and said he would give me twenty yuan as a gift during the New Year."

Liu Lizhen raised her hand and slapped Xu Laowei's chest, rolled her eyes and said, "This is a bit like being a father, so you can give it to me. You can give it to all the children in the family."

Xu Laowen was stunned for a moment, watching Xu Ning grinding his teeth, and turned around and begged: "Zhen, how can I have any money? I didn't say I would give him twenty just now. He designated him as a footman."

"Then I don't care. Hey, Shuhua and the others have left? I still have something to tell her..."

After saying that, Liu Lizhen ran out of the house and caught up with Yang Shuhua and others who had just walked to the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)