Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 418: Looking for parents to ask for help
People go to high places and water flows to low places. There is nothing wrong with this saying for ordinary people, but what we are afraid of is that we do not have the perseverance to climb to higher places and the courage to look down on all the other mountains. Currently, many families with good connections and vision are driving their children to big cities because the economy in Northeast China is indeed not as good as before.

Although the slogan of revitalizing the Northeast has not yet been shouted, many people are already hoping that the Northeast can maintain its status quo. However, as various factories continue to disappear, a wave of layoffs is quietly heating up.

Therefore, those with clear vision have long left a way for their descendants to have enough food and drink, while those who are blindfolded and their descendants can only crawl in the mud...

The next day, after breakfast.

Xu Ning sent the helpers to the north construction site and hurried back home. When he entered the house, Xu Long had already driven back to the city. His mother pointed at the new clothes on the kang in the west room and said, "If I don't find them for you, you won't know how to change them yourself?"

Xu Ning grinned and said, "Isn't this a child with a mother like a treasure?"

"They would just put on a smug look and say, 'Change it quickly.'"

Liu Lizhen forgot to find clean clothes for him last night, and Xu Erning, the lazy guy, didn't even think about finding some for himself, and was still wearing the dirty clothes he had worn from work the previous two days...

After Xu Ning changed his clothes, Xu Feng, Wang Biao and others left home for school. Before leaving, they secretly told Xu Ning not to forget to go to school, because Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao, Liu Fenfang and others didn't know about this.

Li Fuqiang walked into the room and saw Xu Ning cleaning his gun. He asked, "What are you going to take with you to Sandaohe?"

"Hold some, this road is full of mountains, if there are robbers, we will be in trouble without any weapons."

In the outer room, Liu Lizhen stuffed two hundred yuan into Guan Lei's pocket and said, "Take it first! Don't go there empty-handed. They are the elders and may not pay much attention to what they say. Just let it go in one ear and out the other. Remember?"

Guan Lei grinned and said, "Yes! I'll remember it, Auntie."

At this time, Sun Lianfang packed clothes from the east wing. She didn't bring any clothes before she came here. The clothes for changing were bought by Yang Yusheng in the city. She walked into the outer room and said with a smile: "Auntie, I will definitely be back in two days! Anyway, I have nothing to do at home. When I come back, I can plow the fields and learn to cook from my sister-in-law Qiang!"

Liu Lizhen smiled and said, "Sure, I welcome you with open arms."

After Wang Hu, Guan Lei, Sun Liansheng, Sun Lianfang, Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang had packed up, they all walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

Guan Hua followed behind silently. In fact, she was a little nervous because she had heard about the strength of the Sun family in Sandaohe. Then she looked at her own family and saw that they had nothing. The economic conditions of the two families were not equal. She was afraid that Guan Lei would suffer a loss if he went to Sandaohe...

Sun Liansheng sat in the driver's seat, Guan Lei, Sun Lianfang and Xu Ning sat in the passenger seat, Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang sat in the straw pile in the back compartment. After waving to Liu Lizhen and others, Sun Liansheng drove away from Old Xu's house and headed towards Tundong.

Seeing the rear of the car disappear, Liu Lizhen and the others turned around and walked into the house. Since Xu Ning, Guan Lei and the others had left, Guan Hua had to come and live with Han Fengjiao, while Liu Daming slept in the shack at the north end. Wu Qiuxia happened to go to keep Yang Shuhua and her family company. As for Liu Tianen? He had been living at Lao Wang's house and hadn't been home for a few days since the New Year.

The Dongfeng 140 went straight up from the Qingli fork and stopped at the school gate. At this moment, the students were already in class.

Xu Ning jumped out of the car and looked at the school gate. The doorplate was a little mottled with traces of time. This school has existed for many years, so the conditions are naturally not as good as those of a newly built school. On the left is a large playground with the five-star red flag fluttering in the wind, and on the right are classrooms, teachers' offices, and utility rooms.

The school has five rows of houses. Each row has eight classrooms, a classroom office, and two separate rooms at the back, which are teachers' dormitories. Next to them is the woodshed.

There is a round iron chimney on the glass above the door of each classroom, which is now emitting white smoke. Fortunately, the chimney is protruding a little, otherwise the eaves would have been blackened by the smoke.

When Xu Ning was studying, there was a flower bed made of stones in front of the classroom, but now it has become a vegetable garden, because many teachers came from the provincial capital and the city to teach. The transportation is not very good these days, and they can't go home usually, so they can only cook for themselves at school. Of course, the forest farm will send some vegetables every week, in winter it is cabbage, potatoes, radishes...

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu jumped out of the car and followed Xu Ning, while Guan Lei, Sun Lianfang and Sun Liansheng did not move. They came here to solve the problem, not to fight. In fact, Xu Ning wanted to go in alone, but Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang insisted on following him.

The three of them walked to the door, and a man came out of the gatehouse, looked at them in surprise, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Ning turned around and saw that the person under the eaves looked familiar, so he asked tentatively, "Teacher Zhang?"

"Hmm? You are...Xu Ning?"

"That's me! Oh my god, it's been so many years since I graduated. Is Teacher Zhang doing well recently?"

Teacher Zhang is a middle-aged man in his forties. He wears round-framed glasses. He walks to the iron gate and says, "Very good! How come you have time to come to school?"

"My little brother got into some trouble, and my family was busy, so I just happened to be going out, so they sent me here. Hey, Teacher Zhang, before I graduated, I was told that you were going to be promoted to director, so why are you assigned to the janitor position?"

Teacher Zhang smiled and opened the iron gate, letting the three people in. He said, "Is this your little brother Wang Biao? This guy is just like you, always so mean! Can't I stay at the gatehouse? It's a job anywhere. My hair has turned white since I taught your class. After that, the school leaders felt sorry for me and transferred me to the teaching department. I usually stay at the gatehouse and do nothing, and occasionally take on teaching work. How are you now? I heard that you are doing well now? Qing'an Xiao Xu Pao, right?"

Xu Ning laughed heartily upon hearing this: "Haha, Teacher Zhang, please stop insulting me. What Qing'an Xiao Xu Pao? That's just a name given by others. So now I have to call Director Zhang?"

“I was just promoted to vice-president last semester, but the job is the same, nothing has changed.”

"Oh my god, Principal Zhang! Look at me...what did I say? Your career will be smooth sailing!"

Principal Zhang smiled and said, "I do remember that before you graduated, you and Zheng Le gave me a small paper boat that you folded yourself. That was the first time I received something from a student. It was very memorable. The paper boat is still on my dresser at home."

"Hey, Principal Zhang! I'm not trying to steal the credit. Zheng Le and I deserve at least half of the credit for your smooth career!"

"Hahaha, that's for sure!" Principal Zhang is a very easy-going person and is also willing to joke. When he was teaching Xu Ning, he often mingled with students.

Principal Zhang stopped laughing and said, "Before the final exam last year, your father came to deliver two loads of pork, saying that you had caught it in the mountains. So, are you mainly running in the mountains now?"

Xu Ning was stunned when he heard this, because he had never asked Xu Laonian to deliver pork to the school. However, he reacted quickly and said, "Yes, he usually runs in the mountains when he has nothing to do. It has been a long time since he ran. His family is busy building a house."

"I know! Your little sister told me about this."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Feng is such a badass. She never tells me anything at home. Now that you are the principal, she still keeps it from me."

"I'm not hiding anything. Look at our school. How many teachers are there in total? I'm just showing off to you. In the eyes of students, I'm still Teacher Zhang, right?"

Xu Ning grinned and said, "You will always be Teacher Zhang in my eyes!"

"Hahaha, that's a very frank statement!" Principal Zhang waved his hand and pointed to the office in front, saying, "The other party's parents have been here for a while, three of them in total. Before you drove in, did you see the old Jiefang parked at the foot of the mountain?"

"Ah, that's their car?"

"Well, he's also here to haul timber from our forest farm, so just be patient."

"Understood. I'm here to settle things, not to start a fight."

Principal Zhang glanced at Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang behind him. The two men wore leather belts on their waists. Although they did not carry swords and axes, they were full of single-headed bullets. At first, Xu Ning did not pay much attention, but as Principal Zhang looked at them, he held his forehead and said, "Brother Huzi, you two can stay outside for a while. It's nothing."

"Row."

Xu Ning followed Principal Zhang into the office and saw four people sitting there, including a fat boy, two old men, and an old woman. The old woman was big and strong with a fierce look, and she looked like someone who was not someone to be trifled with.

The three of them saw Principal Zhang and Xu Ning enter the room and stood up in a hurry. The two old men looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw Xu Ning, but the old woman didn't think much about it. She pointed at Xu Ning and shouted, "Look at the way your child beat my son! There are footprints all over his body! I'm telling you, if you don't give me an explanation today, I'll go to the city to make a scene!"

Xu Ning frowned and stared at the old woman, saying, "What the hell can you do if you go to the city to make trouble?"

"Hey, hey! Xu Ning, Xu Ning, let's have a good chat. Didn't you say you were here to solve the problem?"

Xu Ning tilted his head and said, "I'm here to solve the problem, but the other party is not here to solve the problem. Listen to what you say? We just walked in, and before I could introduce myself, she pointed at my forehead and yelled, 'What's wrong? I owe her this?'
Come on, tell me, what the hell can you do if you go to the city? If your son wasn't such a jerk and stepped on my brother-in-law's clothes first, how could my brothers step on your son's clothes? Let me tell you, it's good enough that they didn't do anything. If it were me, I would have kicked your son out long ago, understand?"

The old woman glared at him and was about to shout, but was pulled back by the two old men behind her. Then one of the older men stood up and said, "What did you mean? Your little brother stepped on my son's clothes, but didn't beat him?" Xu Ning smiled and ignored him, just sitting on the bench next to him. Principal Zhang said, "According to my understanding, Wang Biao, Meng Yinhe, Liu Tianen and other kids didn't fight with Fatty Li, they just made him take off his clothes and stepped on them a few times."

The old woman yelled at the top of her lungs: "That won't work either..."

The young man behind her pulled her and whispered, "Sister, don't make trouble! Let my brother-in-law take care of it. The more you meddle, the more trouble you'll cause."

The old man grabbed Fatty Li by the back of his neck, lifted him up, and asked, "Tell me the truth, did they hit you? If you don't tell me the truth, I'll beat you to death, even your mother can't stop me! Tell me!"

After being picked up by his father, Fatty Li felt a chill on the back of his neck and shouted, "I've told you the truth. It's you..."

"Stop talking nonsense! I'll kick you to death..."

The old man grabbed him by the back of the neck and kicked Li Xiaopang two meters away. Li Xiaopang's back hit the desk. He curled up and cried, "Hit me! Hit me... What's wrong with me? Just hit me..."

"Shut up!"

Principal Zhang said helplessly: "Don't hit the child, what's the point! If you have something to say, just talk about it."

The old man said, "It's okay. This child just needs to be educated! I always teach him at home that he must be polite, but I never thought he would become such a jerk. Well, this matter is indeed our fault, so let's just let it go?"

Xu Ning frowned and said, "You said you would let it go? You made me go through all this trouble, but is it for nothing?"

"...Then I'll apologize to you. I was wrong, okay?" the old man said, hunching over.

Xu Ning smiled when he heard this, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, let's just go."

The old woman frowned and curled her lips, muttering, "What a coward! All he can do is pull the horse basket!"

The young man behind her twitched his lips but said nothing.

Xu Ning turned around and said, "Principal Zhang, now that this matter has been resolved, we will go back first."

"Go back. It's not a big deal. I'll go talk to their teacher."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

"It's my duty. Why are you so hard-working? Are you going out later?"

"Yeah, I have to go out for two or three days, but my dad and the others are at home, so if you have any questions, just go find him."

Principal Zhang nodded, and Li Xiaopang's parents and uncle also walked out. Li Xiaopang was still crying loudly in the office. Principal Zhang looked at the three of them speechless.

Father Li said with a smile: "Principal Zhang, I'm so sorry. We were a little worried when we heard that our child was beaten. We came here without waiting to understand the whole story. We were mainly confused by the anger."

Principal Zhang said with a straight face, "It's fine as long as the problem is solved... If you don't go after them, they'll be gone soon."

"Hey! Hey! Principal Zhang, I'm sorry!"

Father Li clasped his hands together and bowed, then chased after Xu Ning with a smile on his face. Mother Li and Uncle Li also jogged behind him.

Principal Zhang looked at the three people's backs, shook his head slowly and sighed: "It's not a good thing to be eager for quick success and instant benefits. If your heart is crooked, everything you do will be crooked."

At the school gate, Father Li caught up with Xu Ning and shouted, "Brother Xu! Brother Xu!"

Xu Ning frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Father Li bowed with his hands and said, "Brother Xu, I have something I want to ask you to do. Can you give me a chance?"

Xu Ning waved his hand and got on the passenger seat, saying, "I can't do anything. Find someone else."

"Brother Xu! I really have no other options, so I did this! If there was any way, I would not do this." Father Li explained hurriedly.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "I don't care what kind of person you are. You are too purposeful, even a fool can see it, understand? You can find whoever you want, there is no point in finding me."

After that, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu got into the back of the car, and Sun Liansheng stepped on the accelerator to drive the car forward, leaving Li's father and the other two standing there dumbfounded.

"Look! I told you this trick wouldn't work, but people weren't even bothered to listen!" Aunt Li clapped her hands anxiously.

Father Li rubbed his face and said, "This time it's all over."

The young man said, "I told you before, if you need help, just go find him! Why did you have to do this..."

Father Li said with red eyes: "Isn't that what you said about the little hooligans being loyal? I thought we could have a fight to make friends!"

"Come on, stop it. You thought it was Accountant Xu who came here, right? You didn't expect Xu Er to come here in person."

The young man said, "It wasn't a big deal, but you made it so complicated. Now you've offended so many people."

"What should we do now? People say that Xu Er is a righteous man. Let's just chase him and tell the truth." Aunt Li said.

The young man said, "Brother-in-law, whether my sister can go home or not, we need to talk to someone in society, and the person in society we can contact is Xu Er."

"Well, otherwise just do as my brother said and report it to the police."

Father Li said, "Can reporting the case solve the problem? It was your sister who ran off with someone, and that person didn't break any law! You are an idiot."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Let's get in the car first and go directly to Sandaohe to find Lao Ba. If that doesn't work, just spend some money..."

"Can money solve this problem?"

Father Li waved his hands: "Stop wasting my time, my head is hurting! Your sister is so stupid, she ran away with someone less than three months after getting married. Your parents will never be able to hold their heads up in the village..."

"Stop talking nonsense! If you hadn't done this stupid thing, you could have just gone to Xu Er. Maybe he would have agreed..."

The young man said, "Stop arguing, both of you, and drive quickly."

After the old Jiefang drove for fifty or sixty meters, Father Li frowned and said, "Hey, the Dongfeng parked in front of the school just now seems to be a Sandaohe brand."

"Really? Then they are also going to Sandaohe?"

"should be……"

(End of this chapter)