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Chapter 392: Can the two of them succeed after their partner comes back?
At 12:45, Dongfeng 140 slowly approached the gate of Lao Xu's house.

Guan Lei stepped on the brakes and the car stopped at the door. Without the roar of the car engine, he could hear Da Huang and the dogs in the yard barking loudly in a very rhythmic manner.

He did not get off the car immediately. He pointed at the small cloth bag on Sun Lianfang's lap and said, "Is it full of cigarettes?"

"Yeah!" Sun Lianfang nodded.

"Then take it and give it to me later..."

Sun Lianfang waved her hands and said firmly: "No! This is my compliment to you. Besides, I have already prepared the things for the uncle and aunt! Take a look..."

She picked up another cloth bag from the passenger side. "Here are four jasmines and six boxes of our Northeastern ginseng cream."

Guan Lei relaxed his brows and asked, "Have you prepared everything?"

"Ah! I knew I'd come to see you a long time ago. You would definitely take me here, but I didn't think of coming here that evening."

Guan Lei nodded and waved: "Get out of the car!"

After he jumped out of the car, he glanced at Sun Lianfang who had just landed. She was carrying a cloth bag, had two pigtails, was not wearing a deerskin hat, and had two plastic red flowers tied at the ends of her pigtails. She looked quite pure.

Guan Lei knocked on the door twice, and the dogs inside started barking even louder.

In the east room, a yellow light bulb was lit. Xu Laonian rubbed his eyes, opened the curtain and looked out the window. He saw a beam of light passing by and the sound of a car engine humming could be heard from the street.

Liu Lizhen was lying on her side. She raised herself up with one hand and looked out the window. She asked, "Did you see anyone?"

"No, there was the sound of a car outside, but now it's gone... I'll go out and take a look, you can continue to sleep."

Liu Lizhen frowned and said, "Call Erning, and you two get out."

At this time, Xu Ning in the west room had been awakened by the barking of dogs. He hurriedly put on his clothes, ran to the outer room in slippers, and picked up the fire stick standing at the foot of the wall.

"Erning? Let your dad go out with you!"

Xu Ning said, "No need. I'll go out and take a look. If anything happens, I'll shout and let my dad get the gun."

Xu Laonian said, "You go ahead."

Xu Ning pushed open the door with a fire poker in hand, raised the fire poker and pointed it at the barking dogs. Immediately, the dogs shrank their necks and crawled into the doghouse.

"Brother! It's me!"

"Stone?"

"Yeah! It's me!"

Xu Ning walked forward quickly, threw the fire stick under the eaves of the lower house, pulled out the bolt on the door, and said, "What happened?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he opened the gate and saw Sun Lianfang standing next to Guan Lei.

"…How did she get here?"

Sun Lianfang was quite familiar with him and said, "Brother, I drove here and just arrived a while ago."

Xu Ning glanced at Guan Lei, frowned suspiciously, and made way for him, "Come in first."

"Eh."

Guan Lei and Sun Lianfang walked into the courtyard. Xu Ning closed the gate without locking it. He turned around and asked, "What's going on?"

Guan Lei told the truth: "She ran away from home secretly, and came to Lengchang to find me around 12 o'clock, and then I brought her here."

Xu Ning nodded: "Okay, got it, let's go inside first."

Sun Lianfang saw that Xu Ning's expression was very calm. He was not panicked at all, nor was he surprised by her sudden arrival.

When the three were about to enter, Wang Shujuan, who was sleeping in the east wing, pushed open the door in her cotton-padded jacket and asked, "Erning, what's wrong with this dog... Hey? Leizi, is this Lianfang?"

Sun Lianfang smiled and said, "Yes, sister-in-law, I am Sun Lianfang."

Xu Ning turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, Shitou has brought his girlfriend down the mountain. You should go back to the house and get dressed, and prepare some food for them to eat."

"Hey, I'll go change my clothes now."

Wang Shujuan stepped back and closed the door. Xu Ning opened the door and saw Xu Laonian holding a gun and pulling the light cord, and the floor outside the room became bright.

After Xu Laonian saw Sun Lianfang and Guan Lei, his head was a little stiff, but he naturally handed the old gun to the door curtain, and Liu Lizhen took the gun.

"Master! This is Sun Lianfang..."

Sun Lianfang smiled and bowed to greet him, "Hello, uncle."

"Ah, okay! This... this, what, what, come into the house quickly."

For the first time, Xu Laonian felt that he was old and his brain was not enough to use. He nodded stiffly and said.

At this time, Liu Lizhen walked out of the east room, lifting the curtain. She had heard the conversation in the room, so she was mentally prepared. When she saw Sun Lianfang, she smiled and said, "Lianfang is here, go in first..."

"Hey, Auntie! These are for you, my uncle, my second uncle, and my second aunt. They're not good things, just a few packs of cigarettes and a few boxes of vanishing cream."

Liu Lizhen said politely, "Hey, look at this kid, come here if you want, and bring so many old things. I'll accept it. Go sit inside, you came here by yourself?"

"Yeah, I drove here."

Liu Lizhen said: "Oh my god, you are so brave..."

After sending Sun Lianfang to the west room, Xu Ning rolled up the bedding on the kang and said, "Mom, you and my sister-in-law can prepare some food for them."

"Okay! Lianfang, sit on the kang. We'll have dinner soon."

"Thank you, ma'am."

Originally Sun Lianfang was quite polite, but she used to act in a rush and seemed extremely unstable. But in Liu Lizhen's words: She is a good girl, but she has this personality, she looks a little fierce.

Xu Laonian glanced at Guan Lei, coughed twice, and said, "Leizi, did Lianfang go to Lengchang specifically to look for you?"

"Yeah, it was before 12 o'clock when I went to Lengchang, and then I drove down the mountain. Uncle, well... she ran away secretly, and her family didn't know."

Xu Laonian frowned and looked at Xu Ning, and then heard Xu Ning say, "It's okay. I'll go to the garrison and call Sandaohe to report that I'm safe."

"Then why are you waiting? Go now!"

"Alright, then the three of us will go there first."

Xu Ning stood up and was about to go out. Guan Lei and Sun Lianfang followed behind him. Xu Laonian asked, "Should I tell your Second Aunt?"

"No need. Let her sleep in the same room with my sister-in-law tonight. We can tell her tomorrow morning to save ourselves the trouble."

"Well, then you go quickly." Xu Laonian waved his hand.

Why should I tell Han Fengjiao? Because Guan Lei is Wang Hu's elder brother-in-law, he is a real relative. Now Guan Lei is bringing his "girlfriend" here in the evening, so he should tell them. But Xu Ning thought that he would go to the village to make a phone call, come back and let them sleep after dinner. What's the point of going through all this trouble? It's better to call them tomorrow morning when everyone is gathered.

After the three of them walked out of the courtyard, Xu Laonian narrowed his eyes and laughed: "This Leizi is usually sullen, and he still finds a wife for himself!"

Liu Lizhen added firewood to the stove and said, "I really didn't expect this girl to come to see Lei Zi. Now that I see her, she really has a crush on our Lei Zi."

"Well...she ran away secretly. I don't know how worried her family is now."

Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "This is indeed something she can do."

"Why aren't you surprised at all?" "What's there to be surprised about? Last time I was burning a fire here, and this girl was standing behind me rubbing Lei Zi's head."

"Oh my god! This girl is really...really amazing."

After thinking for a while, Xu Laonian couldn't find any words to evaluate the matter properly, so he could only praise it as amazing.

Wang Shujuan said, "She's staying with me tonight? Then I'll go and cover her with the quilt."

"Juan'er, why don't you just sleep in the west room and let Erning and Leizi go to the side room."

"No, the room isn't cold. We burned a lot of firewood at night."

Then, Wang Shujuan went to the east wing to cover herself with the quilt. Liu Lizhen said, "Just now I saw four Yingchun sticks and six boxes of ginseng cream in the cloth bag. They are not cheap... This girl is really willing to spend money. I don't know if she can succeed with Leizi."

Xu Laonian said, "I think this girl is not bad looking and is quite capable. I can tell from the fact that her family is not short of money."

"That's for sure. Her third uncle is the accountant of Dahe Village in Sandaohe, and her grandfather is the director of the Municipal Forestry Bureau..."

"I know. Didn't you tell me before? If Lei Zi can succeed with her, Lei Zi will feel a lot more relaxed."

Liu Lizhen curled her lips and said, "What's so relaxing about that? If he has a father-in-law who is particularly difficult to get along with, Lei Zi will have to endure the humiliation! I don't want Lei Zi to find someone with a very good family background. Just find someone with a similar family background. Then he can earn money and spend it himself, and he doesn't have to care about other people's faces."

"Why think so much? Let's just take it one step at a time... If Lei Zi settles down in Qing'an in the future, we can take care of him. If he goes back to Wanye, we can't do anything even if we want to."

"Last time Qiangzi went to Lengchang and asked him if he wanted to buy a house in the village. Leizi said it was fine, and it would be just right for use when Huaer gets married. It was just like what I thought."

"Then you and Jiao'er can find it."

"..."

It was a long night. On the way to the village headquarters, there were many dark shadows on both sides, which were firewood piles or fences. Sun Lianfang grabbed Guan Lei's arm and leaned against him.

Guan Lei did not push her away. Now that things had developed to this point, it would be too unmanly to push her away and refuse her.

He told him in detail about how Sun Lianfang came to see him. Xu Ning said, "I'm going to the city tomorrow. Isn't her uncle in the city forestry bureau? I can send her there when the time comes."

"No, brother. Please let me stay here for two days." Sun Lianfang said, sticking her head out.

Xu Ning frowned, and Guan Lei turned around and scolded him, "My brother says whatever he says! Why are you so stubborn?"

Sun Lianfang pouted and said, "I'm just discussing this with you, okay? Brother."

"No! If you sneak away from home, your family will be very worried. I asked you to go to the city to find your uncle just to show your face. How much say does your uncle have in the family?"

Sun Lianfang said: "Basically, I have the final say. Only I dare to get angry with my uncle..."

"That's fine. Let your uncle take a look. If you want to come back, then come back. If your uncle doesn't want you to come back, then just go home."

"Oh, that's fine! As long as I give him some temper, my uncle will definitely let me come back."

Sun Lianfang was very confident because from childhood to adulthood, as long as she wanted something, her uncle would find ways to give it to her, and the only thing she would ask was: Is that enough?

Arriving at the door of Old Du's house, Xu Ning knocked on the door. Within three seconds, the light in the east room came on. After standing outside the door and waiting for a while, Du Shoucai came out with a flashlight.

"Master, it's me!"

"Erning? Hey, what happened?" When Du Shoucai heard that it was Xu Ning, he hurriedly ran two steps, put his hand on the door bolt and asked anxiously.

"Nothing happened. He's at home now. I was thinking of making a phone call."

After Du Shoucai opened the door, he saw Sun Lianfang and Guan Lei. He had never met Sun Lianfang, but he was very familiar with Guan Lei.

"Uncle." Sun Lianfang also called out.

Xu Ning said with a smile, "This is Shitou's girlfriend. She just came here today. I saw that it was too late, so I thought of telling her family to let her stay at my house with my sister-in-law tonight. Otherwise, she would have to go through all this trouble in the middle of the night."

Du Shoucai nodded: "Oh, that's what happened... Let's go, the key is with me."

"Okay, sir, why didn't you go to bed so late?"

Du Shoucai said with a smile: "I have been listening to storytelling these days. The more I listen, the more energetic I feel. I can't sleep at all. Your elder brother has told me about it several times. But this is addictive. I feel itchy when I can't listen for a while."

Sun Lianfang said: "Yes, uncle, my dad is the same. He listens to the radio all day long. The last time he heard "Xue Rengui's Eastern Expedition", he clapped his hands!"

"Ah, your dad is staying at home too?"

"Yeah, he doesn't have much to do normally, except listening to the radio and watching the news."

Du Shoucai was stunned when he heard this. "Watching the news" should mean watching TV. Nowadays, only a few families have TVs, and Sun Lianfang's family has one, which means her family conditions are quite good. Then he looked at Guan Lei and said with a smile, "Leizi, find a good wife."

This made Sun Lianfang shy. Guan Lei smiled and said, "Uncle, we don't know if this will work out."

"If it works out, won't you invite me to the wedding?"

"That must happen!"

At the village headquarters, after Du Shoucai opened the door, Xu Ning walked into the house and pulled down the light cord as if he was familiar with the place. Then he walked to the phone and dialed a number to Sandaohe. After a transfer, he made the call to Dahe Village.

At this moment, it was already past 1 o'clock. In the village office of Dahe Village, Sun Jiye was sitting in front of the phone, and the floor was littered with cigarette butts.

His eldest niece ran away secretly, and he was indeed worried, otherwise he would not have sat in the village office with a sad face waiting for a call.

When Sun Jiye heard the phone ringing, he suddenly came to life, picked up the phone quickly and said, "This is the village office of Dahe Village in Sandaohe. I'm Sun Jiye."

"Uncle Sun, I'm Xu Ning."

"Xu Ning? Haha...Lian Fang really went to Qing'an. Is she staying nearby?"

Xu Ning smiled when he heard this: "She's on the side. Is Uncle Sun chatting with her?"

Sun Jiye said: "I won't talk to her! Please tell her that I let her parents scold me for a while today, let her think about it carefully and decide whether she did the right thing..."

"Just tell her yourself."

"I won't tell you... Now that I know she's with you, I feel relieved. I'll send someone to pick her up tomorrow."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Send someone over tomorrow. I have to go to the city tomorrow, so I can send her to her uncle. Can you give her uncle a call?"

"Okay! Erning, thank you for this."

"Why are you being so polite, Uncle Sun? She and my little brother are getting along well now. What does your side mean?"

"Well, that's what I meant." Sun Jiye sighed and said, "Her father said a few days ago that she was not allowed to marry far away and wanted to find a good family for her nearby, and then she ran away secretly."

"I was wondering why she came here so late at night, Uncle Sun, were you mentally prepared?"

Sun Jiye was stunned and said with a smile: "How can I be mentally prepared? I just forgot to take out the car key."

"Haha, okay, then I'll go to the city tomorrow. You really don't want to chat with her?"

Sun Jiye shook his head: "No! I'm easily fooled when she acts like a spoiled child to me. Let her go to the city to find her uncle. I don't want to suffer anymore."

"Okay, then go tell her parents."

"Well, I'll come over when you call me."

(End of this chapter)