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Chapter 329: 18 dogs are really the biggest dog gang!
While chatting with Chang Danian in the east room, Xu Ning told him the purpose of his visit. Chang Danian certainly would not refuse, as Heilang and his three dogs had not been in the mountains for a week.

Almost every time Xu Ning came back, he would say: his legs and feet were not strong enough, and the three Black Wolves could not escape after entering the mountains. Sometimes he would not be able to find any livestock and would return home with his head hung, looking very depressed.

Xu Ning could see that Chang Danian actually wanted to give Black Wolf and the three dogs to him.

But I'm really reluctant to give it up as I'm old. After all, I've raised it for so many years, and I'd feel empty if I gave it away suddenly.

He also tactfully advised Chang Danian several times, saying that it was fine the way it was now, and that keeping the three dogs at home would serve as companions. Since Chang Danian didn't go hiking on weekdays, he could just let him lead the way, since they were all in the same village and not far away.

As it was almost time for dinner, the men and women in each household were cooking in the outer rooms, so Xu Ning glanced at the clock and stood up to leave.

"Then go back. I won't keep you here any longer."

Chang Xiaobao was holding a roasted potato in his hand and ate it. He waved and said, "Goodbye, Uncle Xu and Uncle Wang!"

"Okay, bye! Xiaobao, study hard. When you get into college, I'll take you hunting!"

Chang Xiaobao's eyes widened as he exclaimed, "Really?"

Xu Ning rubbed his head, "It must be true. As long as you get into college, uncle will keep his word!"

Chang Danian, Chang Juan and Li Baoquan all knew what Xu Ning meant, so they started to talk to Chang Xiaobao and try to trick him.

"Okay! I'll go to school tomorrow and study hard!"

Xu Ning smiled and nodded to Chang Juan and Li Baoquan, then left the house with Wang Hu and Chang Danian. This time, neither Chang Juan nor Li Baoquan came out to see them off.

Why? Because the relationship is good enough! There is no need to be so polite as usual.

Just like when Li Fuqiang came to Lao Xu's house, he went straight into the house when he came and patted his butt when he left.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Chang Danian walked over to the doghouse and untied the rope. When the Black Wolf, the Second Wolf and the Third Wolf saw Xu Ning, they were so excited that they could not sit still and jumped up and headed straight to Chang Danian's position.

"I'm so happy for you guys. Do you know we're going into the mountains tomorrow? Oh, stop collapsing..."

The black wolf lowered its head, stuck out its tongue, and whimpered. The second and third wolves wagged their tails and shook their heads. Chang Danian saw this and said with a smile, "Take it away quickly. We'll bring it back before you rest."

"It's done!"

Chang Danian handed the three dog ropes to Xu Ning, and the three black wolves circled around Xu Ning and wrapped the ropes around his legs. He walked out while stroking the ropes.

When they reached the door, the two men waved and greeted Chang Danian. Chang Danian smiled and nodded, then turned and went into the house.

"What are you doing tonight?"

Chang Juan said, "There is still a piece of bear meat left from the one Erning sent last time. Let's stew it with pickled cabbage."

"Ah, why haven't you finished eating yet? Haven't you already eaten three meals?"

"I took a lot!"

Ever since he started living with Chang Danian, no matter what kind of animals Xu Ning hunted in the mountains, he would always give some to the Chang family, whether it was the brown bear hunted with snail shells or the leopard hunted by the Fang family in Taiping, he would always give some to the Chang family.

When Chang Danian stepped into the house, he stopped and turned around and said, "Security guard, I just heard Erning say that his family will build a house after the spring. You can go and give them a hand then."

Li Baoquan nodded: "Yeah, I definitely have to go."

"Don't forget it."

"I can't forget it, Dad. How can I forget such a big thing?"

Building a house is a big deal no matter when and where it is. If someone in the village is building a house, people who are familiar with him or have a good relationship with him will often lend a hand and definitely not just stand there and watch.

Even if Chang Danian didn't remind him, Li Baoquan would definitely be there as long as the construction of the new house of the Xu family started. After all, the relationship between Xu Ning and Chang Danian was there.

When I got home, Liu Daming and Dalabao were chatting in the east room, Xu Feng and Jin Yumantang were doing homework in the west room, and my mother and others were making pancakes and cooking.

After tying up Black Wolf and his three dogs in the kennel, Green Wolf grinned and went into Black Wolf's den, but before he could sit firmly, he was chased out by Black Wolf.

Wang Hu said with a smile: "Second brother, did the couple have a fight? Why didn't Black Wolf pay any attention to Green Wolf?"

"If you think they are dirty, go into the mountains and wash them tomorrow."

Giving a dog a bath in winter means rubbing it with snow. After rubbing the dog's hair with snow, it will appear brighter and smoother.

After entering the east room, we started chatting with Da Laoba. The four of us were looking forward to the scene of going into the mountains tomorrow. As my mother said, we were just daydreaming!
Not long after, Xu Chunlin and Wang Erli came into the courtyard and saw the three black wolves lying in the doghouse. They stepped into the house and asked, "Will these little calves go into the mountains tomorrow?"

Liu Lizhen turned around and said, "Ah, Guoxing is in the room, the five of them will go together tomorrow."

Wang Erli was stunned: "Is the old ginger also in the house?"

"No."

"I said he couldn't come..."

When the two men entered the east room, Da Laba stood up and greeted them. Xu Laonian smiled and took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to him.

"I've been thinking about asking you to come over for dinner a few days ago. I finally met you today. We must have a drink tonight."

The loud speaker laughed and said, "Of course! Uncle..."

Wang Erli asked: "How are you these days?"

This question is about going hunting in the mountains with Liu Daming and Lao Jiang.

"Very good! Didn't we get two roe deer yesterday? And two pigs a few days ago."

"Oh, I've done quite a bit of work!"

Xu Laonian said with a smile: "I have been thinking that you three can work together, and now it seems that the effect is immediate!"

"Not good!"

On the side, Xu Ning smiled. Actually, it was Xu Ning who came up with the idea of ​​finding a running companion for his uncle. However, he did get Xu Laonian's nod. After all, without his nod, Liu Daming could not go running in the mountains.

While they were chatting, the food was ready in the outer room.

Wang Hu set the table, Xu Feng and others took the bowls and chopsticks, and Xu Laonian took out the last two bottles of ginseng wine in the cabinet, which was enough to show how much he valued the loudspeaker.

Just as I put the dishes on the table, Li Fuqiang came staggering in. His working time was not fixed. If he and Lao Lin made one more trip, they would get home at six or seven o'clock. If they made two trips, they would be back at around five o'clock.

He usually went home first to check on Yang Shuhua. If Yang Shuhua was cooking, he would eat at home. If no one was home, he would go straight to Old Xu's house...

"Hey, Brother Huang is here, what brought you here?"

"I came here in the afternoon and never left. Why did you come back just today?" asked Da Loudspeaker.

Xu Laonian and the others were also looking at him. Li Fuqiang said, "The car was abandoned on the road. Lao Lin and I tried to fix it for a long time but couldn't. We took someone else's car back. He will find someone to fix the car tomorrow. I can just stay at home and rest for a day."

Wang Hu smiled and said, "That's great. My second brother will tell us to go up the mountain."

Li Fuqiang was delighted when he heard this, and clapped his hands, saying, "Great! I said the car broke down at the right time, brother, why don't you take the dog out tomorrow?"

Xu Ning nodded: "Yeah, we have to lead 18 dogs tomorrow."

"What the hell? Eighteen dogs?" "Oh my god..."

Xu Laonian, Wang Erli, Liu Daming and Li Fuqiang exclaimed in surprise.

"You are really capable. Look at who in Qing'an can get 18 dogs to go hiking? This is really the largest dog gang in Qing'an."

Wang Erli said: "These dogs can kill a whole group of wild boars, right? Even if they encounter black bears, they can fight a few battles..."

If you count carefully, there are 18 dogs in total. There are 10 dogs in Old Xu's family plus Xiao Huang, which makes 11 dogs. There are 4 dogs in Dalabar and 3 dogs in Heilang.

Xu Ning shook his head: "If any dog ​​attacks a black bear, several will be injured, and in serious cases, they will die. I don't want to let dogs fight with black bears, it will hurt the dogs too much. If we have the time, why don't we go and do it? It will be easier with guns in our hands."

"That's for sure."

Xu Ning continued, "Moreover, only a few of these dogs can survive. Our five puppies have only been into the mountains twice. My brother's four dogs can't survive either, and Da Huang and Xiao Huang are almost the same. If you think about it this way, half of the eighteen dogs are ignorant and can't do anything..."

Everyone nodded, thinking that what he said made some sense.

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "That's just natural! Who in Qing'an can find 18 dogs? Take them out and scare them to death!"

"There's nothing wrong with what Qiangzi said!"

Xu Laonian instructed: "You guys have to keep an eye on them when you go into the mountains."

"know."

At this time, the table was already full of food. The staple foods were braised rice and fried pancakes, and the side dishes were fried shredded potatoes, stewed sauerkraut, pickled cabbage, roe deer pork, bacon and pickles.

Liu Lizhen urged Xu Feng and the others to get on the kang quickly, then turned around and said with a smile: "Guoxing, drink more with your uncle."

"Hey, okay."

Xu Laonian handed over the wine glass and said, "The dishes we prepared today are not very strong. You can just make do with them for now. We will prepare the stronger dishes later..."

Dababa took the wine glass and said, "Hey, uncle, this is great! Last time I came over at noon, my aunt prepared a lot of dishes. The standard of this banquet is better than other people's banquets!"

"This is just the beginning. I've been fed up with these people eating during the two days of the New Year. They run away when they see meat but their eyes sparkle when they see cabbage..."

Liu Daming said: "Well, I had a hard time going to the toilet during the New Year, and then I felt better after eating vegetarian food for two days."

After everyone drank the wine, they started chatting about all sorts of things. Xu Ning rolled up two pancakes and made a bowl of rice before he stopped.

Xu Laonian said that he wanted to chat with Da Laba, but in fact he just wanted to make up for not staying home to entertain guests last time at noon, and also because Da Laba had sent a lot of fish, hash ants and loaches to the Xu family, especially two sheep he had brought a while ago.

Although the sheep is not a big horn, the owner really cares about the Xu family and tried every means to get one.

"Brother, when are you going to invite Li Mazi and the others to your house for dinner?"

The loud speaker said, "On the third night after lunch, I prepared four dishes and they all ate them deliciously."

"what."

He was really frugal in his work. He kept some lamb leg meat from the half sheep that Xu Ning gave him, and stewed the rest in the big pot. So, how could Li Mazi, Lan Guodong and others not eat and drink well?
Maybe someone felt that they shouldn't be invited to dinner because it had nothing to do with the loudspeaker, but that's not the way to think about it. The two villages are so close that the news could have spread to the next village by noon if it came out in the morning.

Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei stayed at Lao Fang's house for ten days to hunt cheetahs. If they didn't catch any, it would be fine. But if they did, what would Lan Guodong, Lao Han and others think?

Ah, Xu Erning, you are really a bad guy. We hunted a leopard for a week and didn’t even see its shadow, but you strangled it to death in ten days.

We can't say Xu Ning is judging others by his own standards. Why? Human nature cannot stand the test.

The main reason for letting Da Laba invite Li Mazi and others was to leave a way out for himself. As they were all hunters, who could have predicted what would happen in the future?

What if Xu Ning got into trouble in the mountains and happened to be encountered by Lan Guodong and others? They could intervene, but if they didn't, no one would know...

After dinner, it was already past seven o'clock.

Da Laba, Xu Laonian and others chatted and drank some tea to sober up, and did not leave until after eight o'clock. The families of Li Fuqiang and Liu Daming also left at the same time.

They had to go back to bed early, after all, they had to leave at six o'clock the next morning.

"Have you told Lao Jiang?" Xu Laonian asked while smoking.

"I've already told you that Biao and Tian En are the ones who went."

Liu Lizhen combed her hair and said, "Come back early tomorrow. Don't stay up late with so many dogs."

"know."

The next day, half past five.

Xu Ning opened his eyes, got up, put on his clothes, and walked out of the house without washing his face. Wang Hu had been squatting in front of the doghouse waiting for four or five minutes. As soon as the two of them untied the dog leash, Liu Daming climbed over the fence and entered the yard. Then the three of them took the dog, opened the gate, and walked towards Li Fuqiang's house.

Liu Lizhen had packed the lunch box last night and had Li Fuqiang and Yang Shuhua take it home, so in the morning Yang Shuhua just steamed a pot of egg cake and simmered some sauerkraut.

"Uncle, how is Lao Jiang's appetite?"

Liu Daming looked up and said, "He doesn't eat much. At first, he refused the bread I gave him, but he has continued to do so these past two days."

"Yeah." Xu Ning looked up at the clock and said, "Let's go."

Liu Daming said: "Huzi, you lead Gray Wolf and One-Eye, and I'll lead Big Yellow and Little Yellow. These two dogs don't listen to me and just keep pushing forward..."

"okay."

Xu Ning walked out holding the dog leash and said, "Don't let One-Eye hang out with Gray Wolf. Big brother, you lead One-Eye."

Towing a dog starts with the small details. If some people are careless and don't pay attention, the dog they tow will naturally not be able to work efficiently.

After walking out of the west entrance of the village and going one mile forward, we saw two figures in front of us, and four dogs lying or squatting on the ground. Daba waved and called out twice. The four dogs on the ground also saw the fourteen dogs coming towards them, and at first they raised their necks and barked twice. After the blue wolf and the black wolf took the lead in barking, the four dogs were frightened and shrank their necks. One of them even crawled into Daba's legs.

"What a mess..." Loudspeaker cursed helplessly.

People cannot be compared with each other, and dogs cannot be compared with each other.

Da Laba thought that the three dogs he bought were very powerful, but they were still not as good as Xu Ning's dog.

Xu Ning reminded him, "Brother, hold on! Walk slowly..."

"Hey!" Da Laba walked a few steps forward holding the dog leash. The four dogs followed him, their tails not wagging and their heads not lowering, but their spirits were much worse than before.

"We have to hold on to it and walk slowly. Don't just follow the force of the dog pulling you."

"OK."

There are some skills to joining forces for two gangs of dogs. If the dogs in both gangs are very powerful, it is best to tie the dogs to trees and wait until they are familiar with each other before putting them together.

If there are two groups of dogs and one is smaller and barks less loudly, you should be more careful, because the barking louder group of dogs is more likely to bite violently...

It's the survival of the fittest.

(End of this chapter)