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Chapter 402 The tractor goes home to show off
At four o'clock, the sky in the west was dark.

Seeing that it was about to rain, Xu Ning stepped on the accelerator and drove the Dongfeng 140 carrying the tractor and trailer into the east end of Qing'antun. Due to the bumpy and windy ride, the tarpaulin covering the tractor flew in the wind, revealing the front of the tractor and the front wheels. Wang Hu and Sun Liansheng, who were sitting in the back compartment, couldn't hold the tractor back no matter how hard they tried. In the end, they could only sit down obediently, otherwise the bumpy road would break their buttocks in half!

At this moment, people who were strolling around, pulling firewood, and chatting outside were returning home to light the fire and cook. Most of these people came out of the convenience store. They walked home while shaking their heads from side to side and chattering non-stop.

At this time, a Dongfeng 140 came towards them. They stopped to one side and looked up at the driver. After the Dongfeng 140 passed by them, raising a cloud of dust, they looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

Aunt Zhao was a little confused and asked, "What's behind this car?"

"Didn't you see it? Four wheels! They look quite new..."

"Oh my god, this second kid from the Xu family is really awesome. Where did he get this four-wheeler? Is this the first four-wheeler in our village?"

"Yes! It must be the first one. I have never heard of anyone in our village or Taiping having one before..."

"Oh my god, ever since Xu Erning became a good student, I feel like the Xu family is getting better and better off."

"So what do you think? It's just getting better and better!"

Auntie Lao Bai asked, "These four wheels must be worth a lot of money, right?"

An old man said: "That's not great, it's worth a lot of money! Last month my eldest son went to the street and heard that a new four-wheeler cost more than 10,000 yuan!"

"What? Ten thousand?! Oh my god! It's enough to buy my life." Aunt Zhao clapped her hands and said exaggeratedly.

"The Xu family is the richest in our village now, right? They've bought four-wheelers, so I guess they must have bought a few."

"Of course! If you don't take advantage of a few, how dare you spend so much money on four wheels?"

"Hey, isn't the Xu family going to build a house this year? How come they still have spare money to buy a four-wheeler?"

"What do you care? I have too much money to spend."

Aunt Zhao said, "The Xu family is getting better and better. Xu Long hasn't been home recently. He said he went to the city to drive for his boss after the New Year. He only comes back once every ten days or so. I guess he must have been kept in the city by his boss."

"That's what I was thinking. Xu Long always drives a jeep home. If he doesn't have a good relationship with his boss, how can he drive his boss's car home?"

"Just showing off."

As soon as the words fell, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Bai, and several other old ladies all looked at the person who was speaking.

"Haha, Brother Pan is really good at chatting."

"Old Pan, don't talk nonsense. We are all living in the same village. You may need to use others in the future."

"This guy smells sour. Did he soak in the pickle jar?"

Old Pan's face flushed red, and he said, "Look at you guys. I just said it casually, but you are exaggerating it so much."

"Come on, I'm not going to talk nonsense with you anymore."

"..."

After that, everyone walked quickly towards the door of their home.

After being seen by this group of people, Xu Ning had a premonition that the news of the four-wheeled vehicle would spread throughout the village that night.

The dark clouds in the west were moving towards this side. Xu Ning stepped on the brakes and stopped at the door of his house. Then everyone got out of the car one after another.

Wang Hu and Sun Liansheng's legs were numb, so they stood at the rear of the car to relax for a while. At this time, Sun Lianfang was already standing under the passenger door and took the things that Guan Lei handed to her.

When Liu Lizhen, Wang Shujuan, Yang Shuhua and others who were burning firewood in the outer room saw this, they put down their work and came out, because they saw Sun Lianfang and Sun Liansheng, and they were guests, so they had to go out to greet them no matter what.

Their gathering at Old Xu's house was premeditated. When my mother saw that Xu Ning didn't come back yesterday, she knew that he must have stayed in the city. So she asked Wang Shujuan to find Yang Shuhua this afternoon and asked her to come over in the evening to prepare a few more dishes. It happened that Liu Daming, Da Laba and Lao Jiang had picked up a lot of wild vegetables in the mountains, so they could dry them and eat them.

"Lian Sheng! Lian Fang! Come in quickly."

As Liu Lizhen walked out, she said with a smile, "Hey, how can I carry these old things?"

Xu Ning was doing stretching exercises at the front of the car. He was quite tired from driving and was unable to move for a long time. After getting out of the car, he felt numb legs and sore arms.

Sun Liansheng and Sun Lianfang hurriedly greeted them, and Liu Lizhen and others responded.

Xu Ning walked over slowly, took the bag of clothes from Guan Lei, and said, "This is the clothes my third uncle bought for us. Hu Zi, Shi Tou, my brother, and Lian Sheng each have a shirt, and my eldest brother and Lian Fang have a set."

Liu Lizhen took the bag, glanced at it, and said, "Your Third Uncle has spent a lot of money, right?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "My third uncle said that if we don't go over, he won't have any money to spend. This is a good opportunity to help him out."

"Come on, you're the only one who can say that Lianfang picked out the clothes herself?"

Sun Lianfang nodded: "Yes! We went to the big mall together, Auntie, these are the snacks I bought for Feng and the others."

"What snacks should I buy for them..."

Liu Lizhen was a little unhappy, not because she was afraid of owing favors to others, nor because she was afraid that Xu Feng and the others would be greedy, but because she was afraid that Sun Lianfang would spend money indiscriminately.

But she didn't come to her senses. You have to know that Sun Lianfang has been spoiled since childhood and has formed the habit of spending money lavishly. For Liu Lizhen, it was spending money in vain, but for Sun Lianfang, it was spending money in the right place.

Xu Ning interrupted and said, "Mom, my brother and sister-in-law have already bought it, why are you still talking about that?"

Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others were stunned when they heard this. The term "sister-in-law" was not a random call.

"Oh my god! Lianfang, your family promised to be with my Leizi..."

"Yeah!" Sun Lianfang jumped up to them, raised her hands to grab Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao's hands, grinned and said, "Auntie, Second Aunt, my uncle promised himself, and my parents don't object either. Anyway, we are dating now!"

"Hahaha, oh my god! This guy... Lei Zi is quietly doing something important."

Guan Lei touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed, and said, "Auntie, I didn't expect her family to agree."

Sun Lianfang was quite shameless. She walked over, put her arm around Guan Lei's arm, tilted her head and said, "Auntie, Second Auntie, do you think we are a good match?"

Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others were all stunned. This girl is really unique.

"They are a perfect match! How can they not be a perfect match? Lian Fang's performance is really amazing."

Although Liu Lizhen said something against her will, it is also true.

It must be said that Sun Lianfang is sometimes likable in her words and deeds, but she is the same as Xu Feng, and sometimes makes people grit their teeth, love and hate her...

"Hey, behind this car..."

Xu Ning put his arm around his mother's shoulders, pointed at the tractor in the back of the car, and said with a smile, "Mom, guess what this is?"

"tractor?"

"That's right! The Dongfanghong 28 tractor, produced in 81 in Northeast China. Look at the tires, they are brand new! There are almost no signs of use..."

Han Fengjiao said, "Erning, this tractor cost a lot of money, didn't it?"

Wang Hu said while carrying his things: "Mom, how much money can my second brother spend when he goes out to do things? Hu Zhibin and Brother Bin from Taiping found the person for me."

Wang Shujuan said: "How can it not cost money? I heard that a new four-wheeler costs more than 10,000 yuan. Even if this one has been used, it must be worth a lot of money."

At this time, raindrops fell from the sky.

Xu Ning looked up at the sky and said, "Let's go inside and talk. It's raining."

Liu Lizhen turned around and looked at the four wheels reluctantly, and said, "Aren't these four wheels afraid of rain? Don't break them." "Hahaha, it won't break! This thing is not afraid of rain..."

Hearing this, Liu Lizhen finally felt relieved. As she walked into the house, she asked, "How much does it cost? Is this little money enough for us..."

After entering the outer room, Xu Ning stepped aside and let Wang Hu, Guan Lei and others who were carrying things enter the east room first. Xu Ning put his hands into the wash basin, rubbed his hands and said, "Mom, I spent more than 150 yuan on this trip. In addition to buying cigarettes, alcohol, and seeds, I spent yuan to rent this four-wheeler."

"Rent? How do you rent it?"

Then, Xu Ning explained the whole process of how Hu Zhibin and Yang Liguo helped him.

After hearing this, Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao, Wang Shujuan, Yang Shuhua and Wu Qiuxia in the room all shook their heads and looked at each other.

"This... this is a big debt of gratitude. We can't let anything go wrong, right?"

"No! I pay the rent on time, it's only 480 yuan a year. With this four-wheeler, we can earn back our investment in two or three years. After paying the rent for 16 years, this four-wheeler will be ours."

Liu Lizhen wondered: "16 years? Will it still be open by then?"

"Of course it can be driven. This thing should be durable. As long as we are careful, it will not break down."

If it is lying down, it is completely scrapped.

"Hu Zhibin has been a great help. Even if this is a free tractor, how are you going to thank him when the time comes?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "The more favors we have, the better. Otherwise, how can we interact with each other in the future? Isn't this a reason? We can interact with each other more often in the future. The more we interact, the deeper our relationship will be."

"You guys do it, I don't understand these things anyway."

The mother understood, she just didn't want to care. Now that her two sons have grown up and can take care of themselves, she really doesn't want to worry about too many things, because she has discovered recently that Xu Ning and Xu Long know about the things she worries about. She doesn't want to become an annoying old woman, so it's better for her to stay at home and focus on food and drink, without having to worry about anything.

Han Fengjiao asked, "Erning, the boss of the brick factory said that we can only pay by the truckload of bricks? How much does a truckload cost?"

"A truckload of more than five tons only costs me fifty yuan, Second Aunt, that's a pretty cheap price."

"Oh! That's pretty cheap. I heard from people outside that a ton of bricks costs twenty dollars, and one brick seems to be four cents."

Wang Hu said: "Brother Liguo and Brother Bin helped research this matter, so the brick factory owner must give them face."

"Well, Second Aunt, you don't have to worry about the bricks and cement needed to build the house. I'll ask the brick factory owner to deliver them directly, and we can split them in half. But I think we'll need ten carts of bricks, not only for the main house and the front yard, but also for the two wing rooms. There's no fence around our homestead, so we'll have to build a wall and so on."

Liu Lizhen asked: "Do you also use bricks to build the courtyard wall?"

"Yes! I've already done the favor, so this little bit won't make any difference."

Han Fengjiao pulled her sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, ten truckloads of bricks only cost 500 yuan, which is more than 600 yuan less than what we calculated before! And with cement, steel bars and so on, we will save nearly 2,000 yuan this time."

Liu Lizhen nodded when she heard this, and Wu Qiuxia asked, "When are you going to build it?"

"Uncle, to build a house you need to lay the foundation first. We can build it as long as the land is dug up! I have to go to the homestead in a couple of days to take a look and make some plans."

"Erning, then you take Hu Zi with you and make plans for my family."

"Of course! Second Aunt, are our two houses built the same?"

"It's fine to build the same one, but I'm afraid I don't have enough money..."

"What's not enough? Bricks cost 600 yuan, cement, sand, glass and steel bars cost 2000 yuan, terrazzo flooring costs 1400 yuan, wood is free, and miscellaneous items cost 1000 yuan. The total is only yuan. We can build a good house."

This was an overestimation. Xu Ning had calculated carefully before that just building the main house, not counting the wing rooms and the courtyard wall, would cost more than 5,000 yuan. Now, after finding someone, five rooms, two wing rooms, a front yard, and a courtyard wall, all added up to just over 4,500 yuan, which really saved him 2,000 to 3,000 yuan.

Han Fengjiao listened to Xu Ning's calculations, thought for a moment, nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! Then build the same one, you study it."

"to make."

Afterwards, Liu Lizhen and the other old ladies went out to light the fire and cook.

Sun Lianfang sat at the end of the kang and played cat's tangle with Guan Lei. Sun Liansheng, Wang Hu and Xu Ning sat at the head of the kang, drinking tea and chatting.

After a while, the timid Xu Feng came back. She, Jin Yu Man Tang, Wang Biao, and Liu Tian En covered their heads and ran into the house because it was drizzling outside. Although the rain was not heavy, it was cold and gloomy when it rained. If the raindrops fell on the body and the wind blew, it would be easy to catch a cold and have a fever...

"Hahaha! Second brother!"

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Feng let out a strange laugh.

Liu Lizhen was so angry that she tried to hit her with her backhand, but Xu Feng reacted too quickly and dodged by jumping to the left. At the same time, Wang Biao and Liu Tianen entered the outer room.

They both laughed strangely and shouted, "Second brother! Where can you find four wheels?"

"There are people at home, don't act weird!" Liu Lizhen reminded.

Xu Feng turned a deaf ear to her mother's words. She turned back to look at Wang Biao unhappily and pouted, "Why are you interrupting me? It's annoying."

After she finished speaking, she quickly squeezed into the east room. After seeing Sun Liansheng and Sun Lianfang playing twirling rope with Guan Lei, she quickly said, "Oh my god, Sister Fang! When did you come back?"

While speaking, he looked at Sun Liansheng.

She had just met Sun Lianfang yesterday morning, but had never seen Sun Liansheng. Although they had had lunch at Old Xu's house before, Xu Feng and the other children were in school at that time, so she had only heard of their names but had never seen them in person.

"We just got home! Feng'er, Jinyu... come here quickly. Sister-in-law bought some snacks for you."

Xu Feng, Li Jinyu and others were stunned when they heard this. Wang Biao and Liu Tianen also turned to look at Xu Ning, as if asking: Second brother, what's going on?

Xu Ning grinned and said, "This is Sun Liansheng, our Brother Sheng..."

Wang Biao, Liu Tianen and others greeted them one after another, but Li Jinyu and Li Mantang called Sun Liansheng "Uncle". Xu Ning even explained to him that they were his eldest brother's two children, and Sun Liansheng finally understood what he meant.

Then, Xu Ning looked at the children and said, "Your sister Fang and brother Lei are dating now, so it's not wrong to say that she is your sister-in-law."

Hearing this, Xu Feng clapped her hands excitedly: "Oh my god, that's what I told you! Sister Fang, you and Brother Lei are a perfect match. I saw you two flirting with each other yesterday morning, but my mom wouldn't let me say anything..."

"Hahaha, I just enjoy listening to Feng'er chat! It's nice!" Sun Lianfang laughed.

Xu Feng turned around and said, "Brother Sheng, come and stay for a few more days, so that Sister Fang and Brother Lei can spend more time together..."

Xu Ning pulled him over, rubbed his face and said, "Don't worry about it."

"Hey, brother, where can you find four wheels?"

Wang Hu asked: "How do you know Silunzi?"

Wang Biao curled his lips and said, "Hey, you haven't seen a pig run, but you haven't eaten pork yet? We often see four-wheeled vehicles coming to deliver firewood at school."

Xu Feng put his hands on his hips and said shamelessly: "Brother Hu, what era is this? Is there anything I haven't seen?"

Xu Ning smiled and teased: "Have you ever seen an airplane?"

"Flying... does a paper airplane count?" Xu Feng said with blinking eyes and a cute and silly look.

"Hahaha……"

There was laughter in the house.

Sun Lianfang was so amused that she fell backwards. She had discovered before that Xu Feng should be the same type of person as her, but she didn't expect that Xu Feng was better than her because Xu Feng's flattery was specially taught by Xu Ning, while Sun Lianfang learned it on her own, so the two were slightly different.

It can be seen here that what is explored by oneself is a bit stiff and incoherent, while what is specially taught is quite natural and will not make people feel embarrassed. Instead, it will make people feel comfortable and relaxed.

(End of this chapter)