Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 280 The plan can’t keep up with the changes and the wife’s leisure time
Outside, heavy snow is falling.

Xu Long and Guan Lei stood the broom under the wall, then took off their hats and patted the snow that fell on them. As soon as they walked into the outhouse, they saw Liu Lizhen giving Xu Laowen a slap in the face. The two slowed down and squeezed sideways. Entered the east room.

Xu Laowen covered his neck and said, "Hit me! Just talk to me if you have something to say."

In fact, dad’s thinking is different from mom’s. What dad wants is to make some money. In today’s world, apart from going to work, doing anything else has certain risks. If there is no risk, there will be certain risks. The money came?

What my mother wants is to keep her son safe. Money should be earned and spent, and that’s what it’s called. Otherwise, if you make money but don’t spend it, what’s the name of money?

"I said I didn't want to go! Are you deaf?" Liu Lizhen said with raised eyebrows.

Xu Laowen nodded in resignation, looked at Xu Ning and said, "Listen, your mother said she doesn't want to go, so just stay at home."

Xu Ning felt helpless and sighed: "I'm going out for a while."

"What are you doing!" Liu Lizhen asked, pinching her waist.

"Go to the hut."

Xu Laowei said with a smile: "I'm playing eagle and catching chickens with him. Third brother, let's go directly to Erli to play mahjong. It's snowing today and we have nothing to do."

There is only a Kang table in Lao Xu's house, which is just enough for seven people to sit down. On the table are the dumplings filled with pickled cabbage that my mother cooked this morning, as well as the stew made by pouring together the leftover vegetables from last night, and Two bowls of pickles and a pot of two-meter porridge made from the remaining two rice.

"Oh shit, you little brat, what's going on? Come on, stand there!"

"Yes, it's all a matter of my words. Let's go?"

Xu Laowen said: "Your mother thinks you guys are making a fuss, so we won't stay at home and let a bunch of old ladies stay at home to get some things done to calm down."

On the first day of the afternoon, the gentlemen and children were all playing at Lao Wang's house, and Liu Lizhen and others prepared Yuanxiao stuffing and made Yuanxiao at home...

"You're willing to eat anything, and there's nothing you wouldn't be happy to eat."

"Can Daming still play with you?" Yang Yusheng's hidden meaning was that you two were so mean to Liu Daming yesterday.

"I saw you and Er Ning playing hawk and catching chickens."

"Get out of here." Xu Laowen waved his hand.

Guan Lei said: "Brother, if it doesn't work out, I'll go back to Lengchang."

Guan Lei asked: "What about going into the mountains? It's so heavy that I can't even walk."

Xu Feng tilted her head and said, "Oh my god, let my sister-in-law fry some more shrimp crackers. I'm happy to eat the shrimp crackers."

Guan Lei grinned when he heard this: "Uncle, I'm tired of eating this. I used to be greedy when I couldn't eat it, but this time I basically eat it every day and I still have enough."

This Yuanxiao is rolled out with a dustpan and rolled into a round ball. When the time comes, it is steamed in a pan and then fried in soybean oil or meat oil. The surface is golden and crispy, and the inside is delicate and sticky.

Liu Lizhen was very happy after hearing this, indicating that the food in her family was tough enough, "You can eat whatever you like. I'll make the Lantern Festival tomorrow, and then I'll let your sister-in-law fry it and eat it in a different way."

"Why, you still want to mess with that brown bear? Stop it now. Because of this thing about you, I got fucked by both your mother and father this morning! Is dad good to you?" Xu Laowen came over and asked.

Xu Ning blinked, "That's it."

It was not until noon that the heavy snow stopped. Everyone went home to clear the snow quickly. After lunch, they returned to Lao Wang's house to continue playing.

"Leizi, eat more dumplings. The pickled cabbage stuffing is full of bear fat." Xu Laowen said.

After the meal, Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan took down the table. Xu Laowen and Xu Ning were not idle either. They put on their hats and went to the courtyard, picked up brooms and continued to sweep the snow.

Xu Ning put the broom on the wall, "When it snows, I have to stay at home for three or four days."

Li Fuqiang came back from his home and said: "The snow in the crop fields outside Tunxi is almost reaching the peaks, and the snow in the mountains is not even light."

It snowed heavily, and in just a few moments, the ground was covered with a layer of snow up to the ankles.

"There is a trick. Before Xu Pao went to the provincial capital, he gave me all the pedals. It will be very convenient for us to wear the pedals and go into the mountains."

After the New Year, people's mouths are full of food. They don't touch the dumplings when they see them, and they don't want to use chopsticks when they see the meat. Just like Xu Ning drank two bowls of two-meter porridge with pickles and stewed vegetables, and then put them down. I took a walk with my shoes on the ground with my chopsticks.

After Liu Lizhen finished speaking, she turned to Xu Ning and said, "If you don't go into the mountains today, go to your second uncle's house to play poker and mahjong. Don't stay at home."

This morning, Wang, Liu, and Li all left their own food to eat, because the gentlemen did not want to go hiking, and the ladies also wanted to get some more sleep under the covers.

Liu Lizhen's tone softened, "Hurry up then, we'll set the table for dinner now."

"Hahaha, then, who dares to say anything?" Xu Laowen said with a smile.

While Xu Laowen was chasing Xu Ningman around the courtyard, Wang Erli, Wang Hu, and Wang Biao were lying on the wall watching the excitement, while Li Fuqiang and Yang Yusheng also stepped into the courtyard gate.

"Can't be prepared."

The snow has not stopped yet. Xu Ning estimated that it was a heavy snowfall. The snow came at such an untimely time that it made Xu Ning's heart pound, feeling sorry for the brown bear's gallbladder.

"why."

"Shouldn't it snow until noon?"

Xu Ning walked to the back garden, came out of the hut and stood at the door, letting the snowflakes fall on his head.

Xu Ning answered: "Your aunt makes the Lantern Festival so delicious, it's so sweet! After eating this meal, I still want the next one, and I don't say a word when I eat it."

"Hey mom, why are you two doing it again?" Yang Yusheng asked with a smile.

"Row!"

Yang Yusheng nodded, and Xu Laowen pointed at Wang Erli, who was leaning against the wall and grinning, and said, "Hurry up and make tea. What are you thinking about?"

"Eh."

Xu Ning frowned: "You go back to Lengchang... Then you go back to work first and give yourself some time to practice."

"OK."

Originally, Xu Ning wanted Guan Lei to stay and follow him to kill the brown bear before going to Lengchang to work, but he didn't expect it would snow so heavily today, and his mother was not willing to let them go to Baishilizi. , it’s too dangerous to go deep into the mountains with this heavy snow.

This means that the plan cannot keep up with the changes, and Xu Ning can only let nature take its course.

Li Fuqiang said: "Then I, sixteen, will go to work in the forest farm."

"Okay, let my brother take you to the transportation team, and get familiar with those people first."

"Yeah, my old uncle is here to bring you two packs of good cigarettes. Then I'll give a share to the drivers, so they become familiar with each other."

No matter what you say, a heavy snowfall will ruin the bear hunting plan, and you will have to look into other ways to make money.

At this time, Liu Lizhen stood under the eaves and waved to Xu Ning. After he ran over, her mother pointed to the two little roe deer legs on the pot table and said, "I'll give it to you, Uncle Meng. You said you would leave home after the Chinese New Year." , or go to the mountains and take a look at Uncle Meng."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Why don't we keep our distance? Do we have enough food at home?"

"It's enough to eat. There's half a big roe deer and deer in the lower room. You can send them over quickly. They'll be fifteen tomorrow. Don't wait any longer."

Xu Ning nodded and picked up the two little roe deer legs and walked out of the courtyard. The roe deer legs were one in front of the other. Mom was very thoughtful. The front and rear legs were all live meat. They were delicious when stir-fried or stewed. .

There was almost no snow on the street. Every household piled snow in front of the fence. The pile was one and a half meters high, just level with the fence.

Xu Ning walked to the door of Lao Meng's house, shouted, and went straight into the courtyard. He was not as polite as before, not to mention he was not a heretic. Now the whole village knew that the eldest daughter of Lao Meng's family was having an affair with Xu Erning. , and there are some more inspiring stories, such as Xu Erning reining in the cliff because of the eldest daughter of the old Meng family...

In the east room, Meng Zizi and Liu Fenfang heard the noise and went out. As soon as they opened the door to the outer room, Xu Ning stood at the door with bared teeth and squeezed sideways into the outer room.

"Uncle Meng, here are the roe deer legs for you."

Xu Ning put the roe deer's legs on the pot, and Liu Fenfang laughed and said, "Why did you go to the mountains again?"

"Yesterday, I went for a walk in Dongshan. I wore a condom."

Meng Laizi laughed and said, "Look at the roe deer, it's not big. You can just keep it to yourself."

"There's a lot left at home. Isn't this a good way to eat something fresh? It'll be delicious when stir-fried."

"Come in quickly! This outhouse is so smoky..." Liu Fenfang grabbed Xu Ning's arm and pulled him toward the east room.

Xu Ning asked: "What are you doing? I can see that the cauldron smells like mushy food."

After chatting, he opened the door curtain and entered the east room. Meng Ziyan and Meng Yinhe were not in the room. They didn't know what they were doing.

Meng Laizi said: "They are in the vegetable cellar in the back garden getting vegetables. They will be back later. You can sit down first."

Liu Fenfang continued Xu Ning's words and said: "I just smoked a pot of sausages. You can take it before you leave. I've packed it up. I didn't expect you to come. I also wanted Yinhe to send it over later. Woolen cloth."

"Ah, that's all right. I won't be polite. Where can I get the casings?"

Liu Fenfang sat next to Xu Ning, while Meng Zizi went to make tea.

"Your Uncle Meng has an apprentice who brought it back from the provincial capital. He gave me the casings and meat. Zi Yan and I just finished filling them in the first afternoon. After that, your Uncle Meng smoked them. The taste is decent and good. I'll get you one now. You try it..."

After saying that, Liu Fenfang was about to get up, but Xu Ning stopped her quickly, "Auntie, I just finished eating. I'm so full that I can't eat at all. I need some tea." Meng Laizi was carrying a thermos and a tea tray. He came over and said with a smile: "This tea is also very good. It is said to be black tea produced in Liao Province. It tastes a bit bitter when I drink it. Please try it."

"Eh."

After Meng Laizi poured the tea, he asked, "It's snowing so heavily today, you can't even enter the mountain."

"Well, a heavy snow has disrupted all my plans. Hey, Uncle Meng, I have something to do..."

"Just say it."

Xu Ning said: "I want to organize a few beehives."

"Beehive...I don't know the size. Do you have one?"

Xu Ning nodded: "Yes, Auntie, please find me a piece of paper and pen, and I will draw it now. Uncle Meng, you don't have to do this yourself, just leave it to your apprentice. Don't you have other work?" You go about your business, and I'll tell him how much it will cost."

Meng Laizi waved his hand: "Is that possible? This beehive is different from the bee bucket. Most beekeepers don't know the size. Can I give it to them?

It's okay, I can do it myself in my spare time. You can use the drawings as wages, and it doesn't take much materials. You can make two beehives with just a few scraps. Do you want it before spring? "

"Yeah!" Xu Ning thought that this was the case, and nodded: "That's okay, Uncle Meng, I'll bother you then."

"Hurry up and be polite to me."

Beehives and bee buckets are two different things. Older people say that bee buckets are easy to use, and some people say that beehives are easy to use because the beeswax produced by the beehive is a square plate. The honey is thrown out with a hand-cranked bellows and the gauze cloth is used. Filter and drink.

Due to the lack of information, few people know the size of the beehive now. However, the old-fashioned round bee barrel is particularly rare among beekeepers.

Liu Fenfang put the paper and pen in front of him, Xu Ning took it and started drawing. While he was drawing the picture and writing the dimensions, two figures flashed outside the window.

Meng Ziyan was holding two cabbages, and Meng Yinhe was carrying two bags. Before the siblings entered the door, they shouted: "Oh my God! Some of the cabbages are almost rotten."

Liu Fenfang hurriedly walked to the outhouse, opened the door and whispered, "Er Ning is here."

"Ah? When did he come?"

Meng Ziyan hurriedly threw the cabbage on the windowsill, and then smoothed her hair with her hands stained with soil.

"Oh my God, you really don't know how to clean yourself. Your hands are covered with dirt. Why are you smearing your face with it? Are you using it as an ointment?"

Meng Yinhe grinned twice, and Meng Ziyan raised her hand to pinch the soft flesh above her elbow, grinning in pain.

"Are you laughing at this?" Meng Ziyan turned around and said, "Did he take these two roe deer legs?"

"Yeah, I just put it on yesterday, and I brought it to you today."

Meng Ziyan washed her hands in the outer room, rubbed the mud in her nails vigorously, and washed them twice in a row before wiping them clean with a towel.

"Sister, why do you wash it twice?"

"None of your business." Meng Ziyan glanced at him.

The reason why she washed her hands twice was simple. Ever since she entered into a relationship with Xu Ning, she had to rub her hands every time she saw Xu Ning...

In the east room, after she entered the room, she saw Xu Ning lowering her head and talking to Meng Laizi about the beehive, and she stood beside him and grinned.

Meng Yinhe leaned against Liu Fenfang and whispered in a low voice: "Mom, you look at my sister, she seems stupid."

"Don't talk nonsense."

After Xu Ning and Meng Zizi finished talking about the size of the beehive, Meng Zizi stood up and said, "What, you put this aside and drink some water. I'll go out and draw it again. There are some parts of what you drew that I don't understand."

"Row."

Liu Fenfang didn't say anything. She got up and dragged Meng Yinhe to the outhouse, saying she wanted to deal with the roe deer's legs.

At this moment, only Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan were left in the east room.

Xu Ning raised her arm, and Meng Ziyan inserted her delicate little hand into it.

"Why is it cold?"

Meng Ziyan sat next to him, turned around and said, "I just finished washing, why are you thinking about coming back in the afternoon?"

Xu Ning said: "We are at home. My eldest brother's third uncle is here. These days he goes to the mountains with us to hunt for sieges. He usually stays at home to eat or something. Isn't it snowing today? I was playing poker in the early afternoon. I just ate. After lunch and clearing the snow, I thought of coming over to take a look at you."

"Yeah, if you don't come, I'll go find you. My mother made a pot of sausages..."

"Yes, my aunt said she would get some for me later."

Meng Ziyan opened her eyes wide and said, "I put it all in my pocket. I thought about it and went to get the food. I didn't expect you to come."

"Aren't you happy that I'm here?"

"I'm so happy! Do you see any changes in me?"

Xu Ning stared at her face carefully and said, "There seems to be a little flesh on her face."

"OK!"

Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan basically chatted about everyday things. Meng Ziyan used to be a bit shy, but now she is open and easy, and she no longer has stage fright when talking about anything.

The two of them were not as coy as others when they were dating. As they let themselves go more and more, the two of them became more and more comfortable with each other. Even if they just sat there and didn't talk, they felt quite comfortable in their hearts and there was no feeling of embarrassment at all.

"My dad gave me the task of building a house. What kind of house do you want to live in?"

Meng Ziyan shook her head: "Anything is fine. Whatever you like, I will like."

Xu Ning smiled and said: "I'm going to prepare a whole big glass house. The room will be bright when you look at it! The floor is made of terrazzo, and all the furniture in the room must be new..."

Meng Ziyan grabbed his hand and said with curiosity: "I just like it bright! The window glass in the house should be big, why do you like it the same as me?"

Xu Ning turned to look at her and smiled, her thoughts going back to that autumn evening in her previous life.

The autumn wind was cool, and the two of them sat under the eaves and talked to each other.

That was one of the few times he and Meng Ziyan had no quarrels in their free time. Of course, Xu Ning was the one making the noise in the past, while Meng Ziyan basically just listened in silence, swallowing any grievances she had.

At that time, Meng Ziyan said that she liked a bright house. She wanted to plant a row of flowers and plants under the west wall of the courtyard and raise a few cats and dogs. It would be best to have two children. Watch the children grow up and spend time with Xu. Ning Ping lived a peaceful life. This was the happiness she said and wanted.

However, at that time, Xu Ning was going in one ear and out the other, and he happily agreed. He turned around to make Meng Ziyan happy, took two hundred yuan from her hand, and went to play.

Xu Ning thought carefully about how she had never changed her mind, and how she hated her former self.

Meng Ziyan is a person who is strong on the inside but weak on the outside. She doesn't want much.

Meng Ziyan saw that he didn't respond for a long time and seemed to be in a daze, so she raised her hand and waved it in front of his eyes.

"Second brother?"

Xu Ning came back to her senses and said with a smile: "I'm thinking of planting some flowers and plants on both sides of the courtyard of my new house. Do you like it?"

Meng Ziyan was shocked: "Oh my god! How do you know I like you?"

"I don't know anything, haha..."

"Then the new house also needs to be built with two lower rooms, and if it has big windows, my dad said it won't be insulated, and it will be very cold in winter."

Xu Ning smiled: "Wouldn't it be solved by building thicker walls? If you add two layers of windows, it will definitely be warm in winter and cool in summer!"

"That will cost a lot of money, second brother, I have some money..."

"Don't worry about money. You haven't even gone through the door yet, and you're just facing me like this. Then my Uncle Meng and Auntie will feel so sad when they find out."

Xu Ning rubbed her hand and raised his right hand to wipe her face. Her face was a little gray.

Meng Ziyan's face paused when she heard this, and she felt happy in her heart, because Xu Ning was already thinking about her and her family before she came through the door.

"The money to build a house will definitely be enough. We should get married in the fall. After the foundation of the house is laid, I will ask my mother to find the engagement date. How about that?"

Meng Ziyan nodded heavily: "Yes!"

In the outer room, Liu Fenfang breathed a sigh of relief, while Meng Yinhe curled his lips.

"Mom, my second brother is really sensible. It will be a good idea for my sister to follow him this time. Our two families will live in harmony."

Liu Fenfang said: "Learn more from your second brother and see how open-minded he is in doing things. He never does anything to take advantage."

Meng Yinhe nodded: "Yeah, my sister's elbows are turned outward..."

"You are still young, but your sister is the one who really has the brains."

(End of this chapter)