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Chapter 313 I am most willing to do impersonal things

Tai'an and Taihe Tun are located on the west side of Qing'an Tun, separated by a low ridge. Going further west are the four villages with the first word Yong. To the south is Laosou Ridge, which is in line with Xiaoshi River.

These villages were not far away, so Xu Ning stopped and watched for two or three minutes before going to Taiping with Wang Hu, because he knew that the people from the two villages could not fight each other. Why? First, they all have wives and children, second, they all hold guns in their hands, and third, there is someone in the middle to mediate.

Fighting in a war is not a big deal these days, but once a gun is used and someone is killed, it is a major case. A severe crackdown was only completed last year. How many people have eaten peanuts? Who dares to get into trouble now?

In Taiping Tun, Xu Ning and Wang Hu entered the village for the first time from Tunxi. On the way to Da Xiaoxiao's house, they saw six or seven people standing under the wall of Chaoyang. They were discussing indiscriminately the Leopards that entered Lao Fang's house last night. Regarding the incident, two scolded people said: Lao Fang's family committed evil, and the mountain god sent a leopard head down the mountain to punish his family.

The more he talked, the more wrong he was, and he started to talk about how last year, Lao Fang's wife raised three chickens, and they were about to lay eggs, but they were bitten to death by Huang Pizi. At that time, Lao Fang's wife scolded Huang Pizi for three days, and then she got angry. He had a high fever and almost lost half his life.

Xu Ning only smiled when he heard this, but he didn't talk to the people in Taipingtun, because this kind of thing makes sense no matter how you say it, after all, the facts are there.

When he was about to reach the door of Da Xiaoxiao's house, he saw Da Xiaoxiao leaning on the fence and smoking. He saw two people approaching, waved and bared his teeth and said, "Brother Xu!"

"Brother Huang, why are you waiting for us here?"

"It's not good, I'm afraid you can't find it..."

"We had a drink before we came here and went over to do some errands. When we come back we will definitely have to go into the house. Sister-in-law, please go back to the house first..."

"Let's go inside and drink some water."

But Xu Ning frowned as he glanced at the courtyard. First of all, he saw the cleaned courtyard. The haystacks were full of sheep dung, snow was piled on the walls of the lower house, and firewood was piled messily on the right side of the courtyard. …

Xu Ning knew what he was doing. Five or six meters away, the loudspeaker spoke first: "Uncle Fang, this is Xu Ning, our Qing'an little Xu Pao! Don't you want to see him? I brought it to you."

"Is it necessary? It's hard to come here. Is it okay not to go inside and drink some water?"

At this time, Zhang Guifang heard the movement at the door of the courtyard, hurriedly ran to the outhouse, opened the door, and said with a smile: "Oh my god, Brother Xu! This is really the first time I've seen you. Usually your elder brother says you're so good-looking." La Jun, I was thinking about how handsome he is. He looks really handsome at first glance! Is this Brother Huzi? Hey, come in, I’ll make some tea..."

"I went to see Lao Fang when I came back in the early afternoon. I told him that you agreed, and I asked him to clean up the sheepfold and the lower house, but his family should go to work... How to finish cleaning up, whether it is time to bury Tai or bury Tai. If you Make an agreement with Lao Fang, I will ask your sister-in-law to come over and clean up the place..."

The loudspeaker shouted twice, and after a while, Lao Fang rubbed his hands. He was wearing a gray-yellow sheepskin jacket with a red rope tied around his waist, a pipe and pot stuck in it, and a dog-skin hat with a slightly buried brim. I don’t know if it was sheep dung or oil, but it looked shiny and black.

The loudspeaker said: "Let's go inside first and moisten our throats. We might not even be able to drink water in the past."

Hearing this, Xu Ning grinned and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be polite. Let's go to Lao Fang's house first to see what's going on. You can make tea when we get back."

This was after cleaning up. Xu Ning didn't even dare to think about it before cleaning up. These days, people are going through a tough time. Even if they don't stack the firewood neatly, they still have to pile it up neatly in the corner. The haystacks have to be put in the shed to prevent it from getting wet and moldy due to snow and rain.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Your house is easy to find. I came to see Xu Pao before, and he pointed it out to me twice, so I remembered it."

After Xu Ning finished speaking in amusement, Da Xiao Xiao and Zhang Guifang both grinned.

Immediately, the three of them walked towards Lao Fang's house. The two houses were not far apart, with the front and rear streets being sixty or seventy meters apart.

Why didn't Li Mazi, Lan Guodong and others enter Lao Fang's house? It's not that Lao Fang didn't open his mouth. Even if he did, they couldn't go in. There were two little lambs in the lower room. There were daddy eggs all over the floor. There was a strong smell of urine and stinky smell on the kang. It was burned again at night. Kang, the smell can’t be covered at all!

Zhang Guifang smiled and said, "Okay, brother Xu, you two have to go into the house."

Xu Ning turned around and said, "Don't bother my sister-in-law. We can bury Tai wherever we can. If it doesn't work, we can deal with it ourselves."

Big Speaker clapped his hands and said, "Hey, you've never been to his house. That's really no place to start."

After chatting with Big Speaker for a few words, they arrived at the gate of Lao Fang's house. Four or five meters away, Xu Ning smelled a smell of sheep. This was normal, after all, Lao Fang's family raised sheep.

Big Speaker stood at the door and thought for a while, then nodded: "You go back to the house first, the three of us will be back in a while."

The big speaker saw Lao Fang's attire and muttered: "This is a deliberate change of clothes. Before, I wore a tattered cotton-padded jacket."

Lao Fang's face was full of enthusiasm, and he grinned wantonly, saying: "Oh my God, this little Xu Pao is so young and handsome!"

It is said that you should not hit someone with a smiling face, but Xu Ning could not give too many smiles and just waved his hand and said: "Let's make do with it."

Lao Fang saw that he was not very enthusiastic and there seemed to be a gap between them, so he stood inside the door and rubbed his hands and said, "Shall we come in and chat? Let's have some tea on the hour."

Xu Ning shook his head: "I won't go into the house anymore. I heard from Brother Huang that a leopard entered your house last night and killed three sheep?"

Lao Fang clapped his hands and said: "It's not good! Two sheep were killed in the first few days, plus three last night, there are five in total! Our family has lost its eldest son, who can handle it?"

Last night, my eldest grandson was injured by an old leopard. He had three scratches on his left cheek. Our resident Lao Deng came over and gave him five stitches! Oh my god, it hurts my heart to give him milk.

What am I thinking about? You are a good hunter in Qing'an, and Huang'er happens to have a good relationship with you. I'm thinking of asking you to come over and help..."

Xu Ning said: "Well, originally my family was not willing to let me compete with the old leopard. How fierce is this animal? If you are not careful, you will be injured. Otherwise, why did my family stay silent for so long?

This time I came here because of Brother Huang. Otherwise, let alone sending us two sheep, even if you sent all three live sheep in the pen, I wouldn't be able to agree!
After I agreed to this, Brother Huang just left, and the people in my family became angry as soon as he came back, eh... I won’t say this in advance, since I agreed, I must do my best, two dead sheep cannot be in vain receive. "

Lao Fang laughed dryly at the side and said: "I have to! Xiao Xu, then I will leave these three live sheep in my family to you. If the old leopard comes again and bites these three sheep to death, then our whole family will not be able to survive." Dare to live..."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "Well, I'll think about it after I take over your job. You don't have to worry about the life and death of these three sheep. If they are bitten to death by the old leopard again, I will compensate you according to the price, but the price must be determined in advance. "How much does a sheep cost? You give me the number."

Lao Fang was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Xu Ning to think so carefully, and said: "Mutton and live sheep are two prices. Now the retail price of mutton is 1 yuan 8..."

Wang Hu said: "Can you retail for 1 yuan? It's all based on the purchase price."

Lao Fang looked at Wang Hu and said, "I really don't know how much it costs to purchase. My family usually sells goat's milk, and a tea jar of goat's milk costs 20 cents."

Xu Ning waved his hand and said: "That's not the calculation. How much goat milk can be sold for has nothing to do with me. I'm asking how much a goat costs."

Lao Fang frowned, looked at the stones on the outer wall of the sheep pen, and said: "That's not 80 yuan a piece. I have big sheep. There are only three sheep left, and two ewes can give birth." Where’s the milk?”

The loudspeaker said: "A sheep is worth 80 yuan? Uncle Fang, are you kidding? Go to our villages and ask around. Is there any sheep worth 80 yuan? A golden sheep? Why does it have five legs? ?”

Lao Fang squinted and said, "I'm not chatting with you, I'm chatting with Xiao Xu, why are you interrupting? If Xiao Xu is not happy, he won't talk about it himself?" Xu Ning said expressionlessly: " Nowadays, no sheep is worth 80 yuan, and a live sheep is worth more than 60 yuan. If the three remaining sheep in your family are killed by a leopard again, I will compensate you at 65 yuan each. If you think it is okay , I’ll take it, no, I’ll send those two dead sheep back to you later.”

Lao Fang stood there thinking for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay! That's it."

In fact, a big sheep is worth 60 at best, so Xu Ning's extra 5 yuan for Yu is already very fair.

What's more, a lamb only costs 7 or 8 yuan now. If the remaining three sheep all die, I can buy 195 lambs with 25 yuan! And what did Lao Fang pay? It’s nothing more than time and energy. The fodder doesn’t cost anything. If you work hard and go to the mountains to cut it, it will be enough for whatever you want.

Xu Ning nodded and said: "If we torture the old leopard to death, this old leopard has nothing to do with you."

Lao Fang opened his mouth and said, "It killed five of my sheep. I'm still looking for some meat to satisfy my hatred!"

"You bring me two sheep, and I'll cut you two pounds of meat later, how about that?"

"That!"

After discussing the losses and gains, the matter is basically settled.

Xu Ning pointed to the stone on the wall of the sheepfold and asked: "Tear down this stone and clean it up in the yard and the sheepfold. There should be no things in the yard that leopards can rely on, like this stone roller." , it’s best to pile them in the shed, and the haystacks have to be piled in there too..."

Lao Fang frowned and said, "Is there so much to say about how to kill a leopard?"

The loudspeaker urged: "Uncle Fang, just listen to my brother Xu. You don't know how to hunt animals. What do you know about the old leopard's habits?"

Lao Fang waved his hand and said: "Hey, let me ask, why doesn't it work?"

Xu Ning said: "It's not impossible, but it's useless to tell you. I have to stay here tonight. What's in this lower room? You guys hurry up and clear it out, and clean it up when it's time to clean it up."

"The house has been tidied up. My son and the two little lambs used to stay in the house. This afternoon, the little lambs were moved to the west room."

Wang Hu pulled open the door of the room, and as soon as he put his head in, he was hit by a smell of bad smell, "Oh my god! Hurry up and smell it, it's so annoying."

Lao Fang's face was a little dark. Although some people said that his family was very interesting, they never said it to his face. They were just talking behind his back. How could he imagine that these two brats were so shameless that they would kill him in front of him? He was so embarrassed that he panicked.

The loudspeaker answered: "Brother Xu, let your sister-in-law come over and take care of things like this later."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "Don't trouble my sister-in-law, let's put this here to taste first, and clean it up in the courtyard first. The haystacks, stone rollers, and the pile of firewood over there have to be moved aside, otherwise the old leopard will come over. , several of our activities are closed..."

The loudspeaker said: "Okay! Uncle Fang, call out your family members, hurry up, it's going to be dark soon."

Lao Fang nodded and turned around and went into the house to summon Fang Daquan.

Wang Hu rubbed his nose and said, "Second brother, this can't even compare to the donkey shed at Uncle Yu's house."

"Let's make do with it for a few days, and wait until my elder brother and Shitou come back in the evening."

Wang Hu nodded: "Yeah."

Xu Ning turned to the loudspeaker and said: "Brother Huang, thank you this time, otherwise it would be difficult to get this job."

"Why are you so polite? Let's clean it up at the hospital as soon as possible. After that we go home to drink some tea and let your sister-in-law stew two fishes in the evening."

Xu Ning said: "I can drink some tea on the hour, but I can't stay for dinner. I have to go back and tell my family first."

"That's fine. Anyway, I have to go inside for a while."

Wang Hu turned around and looked at the sheepfold and said, "Second brother, this old Fang family is really quite impersonal. We have been here for such a long time, and only the old man came out to talk to us, and the rest of us didn't even look at him."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "This is the best. I am most happy to do impersonal things. Just do it as it should be, without having to talk about feelings. It saves worry when doing things."

"Haha, that's indeed what happened."

After Lao Fang and Fang Daquan came out, Xu Ning directed them to clear up the haystacks and move them all to the shed, until there was no gap left on the roof of the shed.

Wang Hu and Da Xiaoxiao helped clean up the pile of firewood and put it under the wall on the right. These tasks were not much, but they were all piecemeal and leisurely. They were not finished until about 1:30 in the afternoon until 3 o'clock.

Xu Ning pointed to the sheepfold and said: "The sheep dung will be produced, and a layer of glass leaves will be spread on it. The door of the lower room will not be closed yet. Let's heat up the kang at night. This firewood is not paid for. We are not here. You can eat it, but the only requirement is that you don’t come out no matter what noise you hear at night.”

"That's okay!" Lao Fang agreed happily. What he said was not the last sentence, but Xu Ning's statement that he wouldn't eat at his house.

Xu Ning nodded and asked Wang Hu and Da Xiaoxiao to go out the door, "We must clean up the sheepfold and put a layer of glass leaves on it!"

"I know! Then when will you come in the evening?"

Xu Ning turned around and replied: "It's past seven o'clock, don't worry, even if the old leopard comes, it will be late at night."

After leaving Lao Fang's house, the three of them came to Lao Huang's house. Zhang Guifang had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Xu Ning and Wang Hu entering the door, they were very enthusiastic and greeted with smiles on their faces. Xu Ning also called Zhang Guifang one after another. Feeling elated, why? Because the more you shout like this, the closer the relationship becomes.

The tea that Zhang Guifang made was not good, but it contained tea leaves, but Xu Ning didn't find fault with it. After all, Lao Huang's family had such conditions, and it was good to have tea. It was already the highest treatment one could get from Lao Huang's family.

"Brother Huang, I think the four dogs in your yard are fine."

Big Speaker smiled and said: "Yeah! I spent a lot of money to buy it. I feed it with corn noodles and cabbage gangs in the morning. A while ago, I put the fish in the mountains and fed them some. Look at how smooth the hair is. "

"It's really smooth and the hair is pretty shiny."

"But they are definitely incomparable to your green wolf. I think your five puppies are quite nice. They look energetic. They howled when I came in. They have quite a bad temper."

"Yeah, those puppies have quite a temper."

(End of this chapter)