Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 341 This matter is too mysterious.

Guan Lei lowered his head and looked directly at Sun Lianfang. He felt that it was better not to take this step. Regardless of his family conditions, just by hearing that she was the only daughter of the old Sun family in Sandaohe, he knew clearly that there was no possibility for the two of them.

Even if Sun Lianfang was his love, Guan Lei still had no confidence. After all, marriage was a matter for parents. How many people were like Xu Ning these days? How many parents were so open-minded? Very few.

Why was he so sure? Although he was only twenty and had never been in a relationship, he could understand some things after spending a long time with Xu Ning.

When Wang Hu and Guan Hua read their palms, didn’t that mean they were in love with each other? If Guan Hua didn’t like Wang Hu, would she have let him read her palms?
Guan Lei was aware of this, so when Sun Lianfang washed his head just now, he understood what was going on.

Guan Lei silently put the towel on the hook and turned to go into the west room, but Sun Lianfang blinked her round eyes and stared at his back until he disappeared. Then she lowered her head and rubbed her hands in the water he had used.

Liu Lizhen added some more fire to the stove, and when she turned around, she noticed Sun Lianfang's movements and her focused state. She smiled and said, "Lianfang, let me get you a new basin of water. This water is so dirty."

Sun Lianfang came back to her senses and said with a smile, "It's okay, Auntie, I'll just rub my hands."

Seeing that she was determined, Liu Lizhen stopped trying to persuade her. She had just seen Sun Lianfang's initiative from the corner of her eye. She was shocked and puzzled, and muttered to herself: Why do I feel that this girl has taken a fancy to my Lei Zi? Otherwise, why would she wash his head? This should be the first time they have seen each other face to face, right?
Huh… This girl is really brave. She is not bad looking and is a head shorter than Lei Zi in height. They are a good match when standing together. But she is too crazy and annoying…

Wang Shujuan walked out of the east wing and stood at the door, waving at Sun Lianfang, "Lianfang, come here, sister-in-law will find you some clothes to change into first."

Sun Lianfang wiped her hands, glanced at the door curtain of the west room, and finally nodded and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law!"

"What are you being polite about?"

After the two of them left, Han Fengjiao came close to Liu Lizhen and whispered, "Sister-in-law, this girl has fallen in love with Lei Zi, right?"

Liu Lizhen smiled, "I think that's what happened. Didn't you see this kid washing Lei Zi's head just now?"

Han Fengjiao opened her eyes wide, covered her mouth and said in surprise: "Oh my god, she washed Leizi's head? Huh, she must love our Leizi, otherwise why would she wash his head? Shuhua, do you think it's right?"

"Yeah, I saw it just now. This girl is quite proactive. I wouldn't dare to..."

Yang Shuhua really didn't dare. Her marriage with Li Fuqiang was a hasty one. They just met once and nodded their heads in and the marriage was settled.

At this time, men and women are very tactful in expressing their feelings. Sometimes they are afraid to speak out, and after they stutter out their feelings, they blush and feel embarrassed...

"This girl is really good-looking. Lei Zi is already grown up. Hu Zi and Hua Er are getting married soon. Hu Zi's brother-in-law can't be left alone."

Liu Lizhen nodded when she heard that. Coincidentally, at this moment Guan Lei changed into clean clothes, lifted the door curtain and walked out. Liu Lizhen turned around and pulled him over.

"Leizi, what do you think of Lianfang?"

Guan Lei said stubbornly: "Auntie, I don't think she looks like a normal person."

"What is this kid talking about! Do you like her? I think she's quite interested in you and even gave you a brainwash."

Guan Lei's face froze, and he raised his hand to scratch his face in embarrassment.

On the side, Han Fengjiao said anxiously: "Leizi, if you like her, ask your brother to ask."

"Second Aunt, I don't really want to get married."

Liu Lizhen patted his shoulder and frowned, "How can you not want to get married? Even if you don't want to get married now, you will have to get married in the future. It will be so difficult to meet the right person now."

Yang Shuhua opened her mouth and said, "Aunt, Leizi must have his own difficulties. Otherwise, why don't you call my brother out?"

Liu Lizhen thought so too. Guan Lei could tell her son anything. Just as she was about to nod, Guan Lei said, "Sister-in-law, no need. Why bother with that twice? I'll just say it straight. I just think our family conditions are not that good..."

Before he could finish his words, Liu Lizhen interrupted him. She frowned and said, "How can you think like that! Do you know how much money you made these two times? Just today, they came to buy jackal meat and leopard bones, and they got at least 800 yuan! How much did you get? The bear gall and leopard skin haven't been sold yet, how can you think like that? What do you mean by bad conditions?"

"Yeah, no matter how rich the Sun family is, can't we earn money on our own?"

Guan Lei looked up at Sun Lianfang who was walking into the house and said, "Auntie, it's not that I don't want to get married, it's just that this matter is too mysterious, I have to take it slow."

Liu Lizhen turned around and said, "Okay, I'll ask your brother later."

"Well, I'll go inside first."

"Go."

Guan Lei rushed into the room. At this moment, he was a little reluctant to be alone with Sun Lianfang. It was not because he rejected her, but because he had an avoidance mentality.

After entering the house, Guan Lei greeted everyone with a smile. He had been doing well in the training ground recently and had become much more cheerful and able to chat.

He picked up the cigarette on the edge of the kang and handed it to Chang Danian, Sun Jiye and others. Since everyone in the room, except Li Baoquan, was willing to go hunting in the mountains, the topic naturally revolved around hunting black bears, deer and roe deer.

"Don't look at my brother's unsightly physique, he is actually quite strong. He used a snail shell to swing an axe to kill a jackal that rushed close to me. Oh, if it weren't for him, I would have been injured."

Sun Jiye nodded: "Yeah, I saw the jackal that was chopped by the axe, it's really powerful!"

At this time, Sun Lianfang came into the room and saw Guan Lei standing on the ground. She did not sit down, but just leaned on the edge of the kang and listened to several people chatting.

After Guan Lei sat down at the end of the kang, she hurried over, sat next to him, and smiled at him with her face turned away.

Sun Lianjun leaned closer to Sun Jiye and whispered, "Uncle, look at my sister, what is she doing?"

Sun Jiye smiled but didn't answer. Sun Liansheng leaned over and stared at Guan Lei for a while, then straightened up and chatted with Wang Hu.

After a while, Sun Jiye put out his cigarette and asked, "What kind of work does Leizi do in the field?"

Guan Lei looked up and said, "Sometimes we cut down trees, and sometimes we return to the desert."

"Ah, this job is tiring, isn't it?"

"It's OK, it's a good way to exercise your physique."

"Ah." Seeing that Guan Lei was a little reluctant to talk, he turned around and talked to Xu Ning, "Hey, Erning, have you ever beaten a tiger cub?"

"Yes, I did. I was hunting one before. It was hiding in a grass nest and was about to pounce on me, so I turned around and shot it twice."

"This thing is not easy to hunt. Although its skin is not as valuable as leopard skin, it is still worth a lot of money."

Xu Ning waved his hand and smiled: "What's the value of it? The whole good leather was torn into pieces by the green leather."

"Broken? Oh, that's a waste."

"It's not good..."

"..."

Noon, 11:34.

Liu Lizhen lifted the door curtain and poked her head out to signal for the table to be put away. Wang Hu and Guan Lei then took action. Chang Danian dragged Sun Jiye to the table and sat down. Xu Ning walked to the cabinet, opened it and took out two bottles of Yuchun wine. He had finished all the bottled wine scattered around the house, so he could only drink the wine sent by Xu Laonian's apprentice.

"Brother Sheng, Lian Jun, please sit down! Hu Zi, go get the wine glasses."

Xu Ning put two bottles of wine on the table and greeted a few people with a smile. Sun Jiye said, "Er Ning, I won't drink anymore. I have to drive later."

Xu Ning said: "It's okay to drink less. Can't Lian Jun drive?"

Sun Lianjun nodded: "Yes..."

At this time, Sun Lianfang walked behind the old uncle and said, "Uncle, it's okay for you to drink a little. I'll drive when we get back!"

"Can you drive?" "Why not? I drive very steadily."

Sun Jiye thought for a while and said, "Okay, you open the door before we go back, and I'll have a drink with your brother Erning."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Uncle Sun, I don't smoke or drink alcohol now. How about letting my uncle, brother-in-law and these two brothers accompany you?"

"You don't drink? This is the first time I heard that mountain hikers don't drink or smoke..."

Chang Danian waved his hand and said, "Stop letting him drink. He has finally learned well. If he drinks again, he will have to go back to his old ways!"

"Hahaha, brother, from what you said, Erning was a bit of a jerk in the past? No way, I think he was pretty good at chatting and doing things."

"There's nothing wrong with talking while getting things done, but before... Erning, I'm going to expose your past."

Xu Ning took the wine glass handed over by Wang Hu, put it next to the others, and said with a smile: "Uncle, just tell us, everyone has a story."

"Ha ha……"

Then, Chang Danian started talking about what Xu Ning had done in the past. Several people with the surname Sun listened carefully nearby. At the same time, Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and Wang Shujuan began to serve dishes to the table.

"Was Er Ning so muddy before?"

Sun Jiye's face was full of disbelief and he was extremely shocked. He never expected that this young man who was efficient and easy to talk to had actually done so many stupid things in the past.

Sun Liansheng slapped his legs suddenly, stood up and stretched out his hand to Xu Ning, saying: "Qing'an Prodigal Son, I have heard of you for a long time..."

Xu Ning smiled and stretched out his hand to shake his hand, saying, "I haven't heard this nickname in many years, haha."

Sun Lianjun said excitedly: "Oh my god, Brother Erning, you are the Qing'an Prodigal Son? I often heard your stories when I was a child! You were very famous in our school, the big scar! Do you remember, I let you go in, his family is from Sandaohe, he used to be in our school, three years older than me..."

"Hahaha, I didn't sneak in there with Big Scar, he was caught in the act. Sit down quickly, my sister-in-law is serving the food."

"Hey! Brother Erning, if I had known you were the Qing'an Prodigal Son, I would have learned from you."

Sun Jiye smiled and asked, "What are you learning?"

"Learn how to play tricks! Uncle, you don't know, after the big scarred brother came home, he played with us. When he mentioned Qing'an the prodigal, he gnashed his teeth and said that he had a black heart and was happy to play dirty..."

Sun Liansheng pulled him and said with a frown, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Inside the room, Chang Danian, Wang Hu, Guan Lei, as well as Wang Shujuan who brought in the dishes, all couldn't help laughing. Regardless of whether Sun Lianjun was being presumptuous or not, what he said was certainly right, that Xu Erning was just cunning.

After laughing, Xu Ning waved his hands and said, "It's okay, just think of it as a memory of my childhood. I stopped myself from doing this since the beginning of winter last year..."

Sun Jiye asked: "Then you shouldn't quit smoking or drinking."

Xu Ning held the bottle and poured wine for everyone, then replied, “Uncle Sun, this is what I think.

My previous image was too bad and too much of a jerk. It was irreparable among my family and friends. So I thought about making a clean break and letting them know my determination! I really wanted to learn well, not just talk about it..."

This is just one of the points. In addition, after his tendons in his legs and hands were broken in his previous life, his life was very difficult. Under that condition, it was impossible for him to have fun or smoke or drink! So he had already given up most of his bad habits at that time.

"Ah, so that's what's going on. Erning, do what you have to do. You're really tough to be able to quit smoking and drinking!" Sun Jiye commented.

Liu Lizhen brought the braised pork into the room and said with a smile, "Jiye, stop praising him. If you keep praising him, his tail will be up in the air."

"Sister, Erning is really amazing. I'm not exaggerating. He has been studying hard for a while now. Sister and brother-in-law should be relieved, right?"

Liu Lizhen smiled and nodded: "That's really worry-free. I don't have to worry about anything happening outside."

"Then you can wait to enjoy your life!"

"Hahaha, yeah."

After Han Fengjiao and Yang Shujuan brought the dishes into the room, Liu Lizhen called them, "Brother, Jiye, start eating. The dishes are ready. Let Lianfang eat with us on the kang."

Xu Ning replied, "Uncle Sun, we don't like to be polite!"

"Hey, let me drink with my brother, how much can Leizi drink?"

Guan Lei stretched out a finger, and Sun Jiye was stunned. "One pound?"

“Keep drinking!”

"Hahaha……"

Everyone in the room burst into laughter, as if a usually serious person suddenly made a joke.

Sun Lianfang was sitting on the kang, laughing so hard that she almost fell on the kang, and she squeezed out two tears from laughing.

Naturally, he learned this kind of pretentious words from Xu Ning. He didn't expect that it would have such a good effect when it came out of his mouth. It immediately livened up the atmosphere.

"Hurry up and pick up your chopsticks. Let's eat and chat at the same time."

"Okay! Then I'll have to go alone with Lei Zi later."

Today's dishes are home-cooked meals of the Xu family. They are definitely not as sumptuous as usual because we were in such a hurry today that we only managed to prepare six dishes.

There are cured bear meat, braised bear meat, braised carp, spicy fried leopard meat, red sausage platter, and roe deer meat.

The Sun family in Sandaohe was a wealthy family after all, and they had eaten all kinds of meat. So Sun Jiye and the others were not too surprised when they saw the table full of dishes.

However, when Sun Jiye picked up the bacon Xiong Bai and put it into his mouth, his eyes lit up.

"Hey, this meat...what kind of meat is this?" Sun Jiye asked in surprise.

Xu Ning said, "Bear meat, this is called bacon bear white, it's what old Kangxi ate in the past, how is it, Uncle Sun?"

"It's delicious! How did you make this? None of the chefs in our village can make it..."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "My sister-in-law made it. She is also the chef of our Qing'an, but most families can't afford her."

"Oh, then it's great that I stay here today! Shuhua, thank you!"

Liu Lizhen took over the conversation and said, "Jieye, don't be polite. My Shuhua is shy, so just praise her."

"Haha, big sister, I'm not exaggerating, this dish is really delicious! You don't know, I usually like to eat wild game, I'm almost tired of bear meat, but this meat is really good."

Sun Lianfang chewed on a piece of bacon and nodded, "Yeah, it's delicious, sister-in-law, how come your cooking is so delicious?"

Yang Shuhua said: "I learned this from my family. If you like, eat as much as you can and eat until you are full."

"OK!"

At the table, Chang Danian pulled Sun Jiye over and had a round of drinking. Then, except for Xu Ning, everyone else at the table picked up their glasses and drank half of them.

After taking a sip of wine, they immediately perked up. Chang Danian, Sun Jiye and Xu Ning continued with the topic they had before dinner, chatting about hiking and hunting.

(End of this chapter)