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Chapter 347: Xu Long, the Stifling Old Jiang Returns Home

After coming down from Dongshan, Xu Ning and Wang Hu did not go home directly. Instead, they picked up a sled of firewood in the old forest at the foot of Dongshan. After tying it up tightly, the two of them walked home leisurely.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao holding long-handled spoons in their hands, standing in front of the stove built next to the lower house.

There were roe deer and venison in the pot. The two of them thought of boiling them until they were mush and then pressing them into piles of meat. Yang Shuhua had always done it herself before, but after observing several times, my mother also learned how to do it.

"Oh, you two really know how to live. You went to Dongshan and brought back a sledge of firewood."

"Hahaha, isn't this just on the way?" Xu Ning laughed.

Liu Lizhen said, "You should go to Lao Jiang's house and take a look at the three dogs. Your uncle just came back and said that the three dogs were bitten to death by pigs!"

Wang Hu was stunned. "What?"

Xu Ning frowned when he heard that, and ran out of the yard. Wang Hu threw down the sled rope and followed closely behind him.

The two of them didn't say a word on the way, they were only focused on running to Lao Jiang's house.

After entering the courtyard, Wang Hu did not hear any barking of dogs or screaming of pigs, which made him suspicious, "Second brother, are these three dogs just pretending?"

Xu Ning shook his head: "Didn't my uncle say that he was bitten to death by a pig? Now he can't even prepare to eat enough."

Behind the warehouse, Liu Daming heard the noise and called out, "Er Ning?"

"Hey! Uncle! It's me."

Da Laba jumped down the ladder and rushed to the side of the warehouse, bumping into Xu Ning. He clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Brother, look! These three stupid dogs are so fierce. They bit the pig to death and then dug a big hole in the pig's neck!"

After Xu Ning arrived at the warehouse, he nodded and greeted Lao Jiang, then climbed up the ladder and took a look into the warehouse through the ventilation hole.

There was blood all over the ground. The three stupid dogs, after eating and drinking, lay down in the clean corner again. The yellow-haired pig was lying under the wooden wall of the warehouse door. Its neck was bleeding and a large piece of meat was missing.

Looking at the three stupid dogs again, their faces and hair under their necks were all stained with blood, some of which was stained when they ate meat, and some of which they licked themselves...

Wang Hu stood on the ladder, swallowing his saliva, and said in surprise: "Second brother, these three dogs are quite cruel!"

Xu Ning nodded. He was not too surprised because this was the reason why he locked the dogs and wild boars together! If he didn't stimulate the wildness of the three dogs, it would be useless to take them to the mountain later. Just like Ma Liu said, they would not only fail to be helpers, but would become a burden.

Xu Ning jumped down the ladder, and Da Loudspeaker came forward, opened his eyes wide and asked with great interest: "Brother, how are these three dogs?"

"Tell me the details first."

"Okay, that's what happened..."

The loud speaker didn't waste any words, but went straight to the point and told the story of the three dogs eating the wild boar raw.

After Xu Ning heard that it was Dasha who bit the wild boar's blood vessels, he nodded and said, "These three dogs should be able to drag it away. We will go up the mountain in a few days and let them get familiar with the taste of livestock first."

"Okay! Is everything okay now?"

Xu Ning shook his head: "It's okay. I originally wanted to let the three of them eat the yellow-haired pig. After two days of holding it in, maybe they are starving. Otherwise, the three of them definitely can't eat live things."

Lao Jiang asked, "Why did you let them out the other day?"

"Uncle Jiang, we have to wait two more days."

Da Loudspeaker said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, when the time comes, I will clean up the warehouse, so don't do anything, or I will feel uncomfortable."

Lao Jiang waved his hand and said, "Forget it, is that what I meant? I was thinking of giving them something good to eat. If they keep eating raw meat, they won't like to eat anymore."

The loud speaker laughed and said, "I know what you mean, but this warehouse is now full of blood and shit. I must clean it up..."

Lao Jiang waved his hand: "No, I think you can't clean it up properly, I'll clean it up myself."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Dogs are used to eating raw meat, so they really don't like to eat cooked food, but if there is something good, they will definitely eat it. There is no other way now, so let's do this first, we have to let the three of them learn to eat it, and then slowly teach them to go back."

He turned to look at the loud speaker and said, "Brother, these three dogs don't feel safe right now. Come over when you have time these days and chat with them. But don't yell at them, and don't scold them. These three dogs can't understand human language, but they can recognize human tone."

Loudspeaker nodded: "I understand. I will give them some fatherly love? Let them know what the warmth of family is, right?"

"Correct!"

Liu Daming smiled and said, "Guoxing is even more ridiculous. He used to think these three dogs were stupid, but now he wants to be their fathers."

"Hahaha, uncle! I'm so happy. The money was not wasted. Even though it took some effort, there is hope now."

Daba was laughing so hard that his mouth couldn't stop, his emotions were beyond words.

"That's it, let's go home and eat. Uncle Jiang, let's go over and have a drink together."

Lao Jiang waved his hand and said, "I won't go. There are a lot of food left at home. Otherwise, you can eat here. Let's have a drink."

Xu Ning saw his uncle, Da Laba and Wang Hu staring at him, nodded and smiled, "I think it's okay! Then I have to go home and tell them. Hu Zi and I just went down the mountain and pulled a sledge of firewood, which is still piled in the yard. We have to go home and clean it up first."

"Okay, then you two go back first. I haven't cooked rice yet, come back after half past midnight!"

"Eh!"

Xu Ning waved and went out with Wang Hu, while Lao Jiang, Liu Daming and Da Laba went into the house.

These three people are all good at living and don't have any bad habits. Only the big one has a loose mouth, but that's not a disease, it's just a hobby.

While cooking rice, Da Laba would go to the warehouse from time to time to glance at his three beloved dogs and call out their names with a smile - Dasha, Ersha and Sansha. After seeing the dead pig, he couldn't help but squeeze out a laugh from his throat. He really couldn't help it.

After returning home, Xu Ning and Wang Hu unloaded the firewood from the sled, went into the house and said something to their mother.

"Then you two should take some food with you. I'll give you the food in the pot later, and ask your sister-in-law to put it in a lunch box and take it over."

Xu Ning smiled and nodded: "Change me, my mother, and my son have the same idea!"

Liu Lizhen grinned when she heard this: "Where did you learn foreign words?"

"This is not foreign language, this is Cantonese, change it! It means to understand."

Wang Hu was surprised and said, "Oh my god, second brother, when did you learn Cantonese? How come I don't know it?"

"There's a lot you don't know. I can also speak bird language. Do you believe it?"

Wang Hu took out a roe deer whistle from his collar and said, "I can also speak bird language."

"It's not that bird language, it's English! For example, Kamuheer, do you know what it means?"

"What do you mean?"

"I meant for you to come over."

Han Fengjiao turned around and said, "Erning's time outside these years has not been in vain. He can even speak English fluently."

Liu Lizhen laughed and said, "Listening to him talking nonsense, he just said a few words that others couldn't understand. That's what he said. We don't understand it anyway."

Xu Ning was stunned and put his arm around his mother's shoulders: "If you change me, my mother will also..."

"Get lost! You should speak Mandarin instead of Cantonese. I really can't understand you."

"Hahaha..." Five or six minutes later, Wang Shujuan opened the lid of the pot. At the bottom of the pot was sauerkraut stewed with vermicelli, with a few scattered slices of bear meat. On the rice fork in the pot sat a pot of bear pork. It was obvious that the dish was freshly prepared.

"Hey, mom, why are you cooking braised pork again?"

Liu Lizhen said with a straight face: "Why didn't you say you didn't eat well yesterday? Then I'll give you a thumbs up!"

Xu Ning was a little helpless. He felt that he shouldn't say this dish was delicious or that dish was delicious, otherwise his mother would have to make him eat more than one dish until Xu Ning said she was tired of it.

"Mom, I want to drink some dumpling soup tomorrow."

"You look like a dumpling soup to me! Juan'er, quickly put the food in the lunch box and tell them to get lost."

"okay!"

"Sister-in-law, don't put it all in the lunch box, keep some for yourself."

Liu Lizhen waved her hands and said, "What are you going to leave? Just pack it all up for them. They are five old men. They may not even be able to eat this little food."

After Wang Shujuan put the braised pork into the lunch box, Wang Hu carried it and she and Xu Ning went out together. They stopped at Liu Guangmin's shop, went into the house to get five kilograms of wine, and then went straight to Lao Jiang's house.

As soon as he entered the door, Lao Jiang saw what the two were holding, "Hey, why are you two taking things here again!"

"My mother asked me to take it."

Xu Ning shut up Lao Jiang with one sentence. He opened his mouth and said, "Ah, my sister-in-law brought it. Then bring it to the table. You two should wash your hands. The food is not ready yet."

"Eh."

The meal was quite joyful and enjoyable. Lao Jiang, Liu Daming and Da Laba were chatting freely. Lao Jiang, who was usually very serious, started to talk dirty and every word was funny. Xu Ning laughed so hard that his cheeks were numb.

It is enough to show that Lao Jiang is not a hypocrite, he is really a repressed person.

Xu Ning thought to himself that after being widowed for so many years, Lao Jiang had been raising the child alone, so he must have felt very aggrieved and uncomfortable.

"Uncle Jiang, don't you want to find another one?"

"What are you looking for? I'm already this old, how can I look for someone... Forget it, live one day at a time. When Qiu'er gets married and starts a family, I will have no regrets in my life."

Liu Daming said, "Brother, how can you be so talkative! How old are you? You are the same age as my second brother, but you are half a year younger than him."

"That's not good. Niu Baotian is already so old, and he's still looking for a young widow."

Da La Ba knew everything about this matter and said, "Brother Jiang, if you want to find it, I'll look for it for you. No, let your sister-in-law look for it, she doesn't have anything to do at home anyway."

"Don't talk nonsense! Let's drink."

"..."

In the evening, half past five.

The house of Old Xu was a little empty. Old Xu Laonian sat alone on the edge of the kang smoking a pipe. Because Li Fuqiang's family did not come, Liu Daming and his wife also stayed at home for dinner. Han Fengjiao prepared cabbage and pork stewed with vermicelli at home, so Wang Hu and others went home.

In the west room, Xu Feng was lying on the kang doing his homework, while Xu Ning was sitting at the end of the kang, rubbing wolf teeth in his hands. He and Wang Hu had just come back from Lao Jiang's house after dinner, and they had brushed out wolf teeth, pig teeth, lynx teeth, and leopard teeth. But if you want this thing to have a crystal clear effect, in addition to grinding and polishing, you have to rub it by hand.

At this time, a Jeep 212 stopped in front of the gate of Lao Xu's house.

Xu Long pushed the door and got out of the car. He went to the back seat, picked up two bags of things, then turned around and walked into the house.

The yellow dog lying in the nest thought that a stranger had come, so it quickly jumped out of the nest and was about to start working, but when it saw that it was one of its family members, it quickly changed to a flattering posture of wagging its tail.

When Xu Laonian saw the figure outside through the window, he immediately jumped down from the kang, ran to the door in two or three steps, opened the door and grinned, "Hey, isn't this my eldest son who's back?"

In the west room, Xu Ning muttered after hearing this: "Last night he was still calling him Dalong, but today he has become the eldest son."

Xu Feng raised his head, climbed down the kang, and said, "Second brother, our father is a fickle person! Just wait and see how I deal with him later."

"Just forget it."

Xu Long entered the outer room, glanced at Xu Laonian, then turned around and said, "Mom! Can you see what I brought back?"

"What?"

"Beef! Hahahaha... I bought too much beef in the company cafeteria today. I spent five yuan to buy twenty kilograms!"

Liu Lizhen was stunned. "You are quite capable, aren't you? You didn't use your uncle's face to bully other people's canteens, right?"

"Oh, no way, the canteen is public, I bought 20 kilograms, Xiao Li and Xiao Zhao also bought 20 kilograms!"

Xu Ning stood at the door and asked, "Who are Xiao Li and Xiao Zhao?"

"Ah, Xiao Li drives for the top leader, and Xiao Zhao is Sun Jishan's assistant..."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Then do you understand what I mean?"

"Why don't I understand? I'm not the only one buying it. Everyone else has paid for it."

Xu Long placed the cloth bag on the stove, took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to his mother, "Mom, this is what Sun Jishan gave me today. He said it was the money from Erning selling jackal meat."

Liu Lizhen took it and put it in her pocket without counting it, saying, "Hurry up and wash it, we'll eat later."

"Eh."

Xu Laonian stood at the door of the east room, feeling a little aggrieved. He had just greeted his eldest son so enthusiastically, but he just glanced at his biological father and then turned around to look for his biological mother.

Xu Laonian threw away the burning cigarette butt, stomped on it twice as if to vent his anger, looked at Xu Long's big head, and muttered angrily: "I care about you for nothing!"

Xu Ning stood at the door and chatted with Xu Long. He asked, "Did you tell your uncle that you have to bring meat as a gift when you come back?"

"I've said it before. Uncle San has only one thing to say: send gifts to those who should be sent, and don't send gifts to those who shouldn't be sent."

Xu Ning nodded: "I have divided the meat into portions. You can deliver them according to size. The large portions will go to the driver of the top leader and Xiao Zhao, Sun Jishan's assistant. You can deliver the remaining small portions yourself."

"I know, why are you so hesitant now?"

"I'm afraid you won't understand."

Xu Long waved his hand: "Stop talking nonsense. When are you going to the city?"

"What's the matter? Uncle San is looking for me?"

"Before I came back, Third Uncle seemed to have said that we would open four new venues in Qing'an..."

"Ah, there's no rush for that. Wait a little longer."

Xu Long wiped his face and asked, "I made a friend in the city named Xiao He. He is also a driver, but he doesn't drive for the leaders, but for the Propaganda Office. Should I give him a ride?"

"Yes! I have prepared more than ten portions, which is enough for you to give away. If you pass by the supply and marketing cooperative, remember to give one portion to Lao Qian. One portion contains leopard meat and jackal meat..."

"Row!"

(End of this chapter)