Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 427 Let's talk about this first. This family is not wrong.
Years ago, Xu Ning came to Wangxing to hunt livestock with high spirits. At that time, he went straight into the depths of Sandaoling in a very arrogant manner. After encountering three big cats, Xu Ning changed his careless mentality and took a steady approach.

At that time, the three men headed straight east for seventy or eighty miles. Although Wangxing and Sandaohe were separated by Sandao Ridge, the straight-line distance between them was only more than 140 miles. Therefore, it was very likely that the group of wild boars ran to the vicinity of Lao Miao Dadonggou and were then captured by the hunting gang of Sandaohe.

In the east room of Old Sun's house, everyone was chatting happily. Sun Jiye found that Xu Ning had his own opinions on whatever hunting method he was in. For example, when hunting wild boars, Xu Ning advocated using the dog gang as the vanguard.

For example, when hunting a black bear, Xu Ning does not recommend using dogs to find the black bear, but rather to track it and hunt it by following its trail. Why?
Hunters who like dogs are afraid that their dogs will be injured by black bears, which easily distracts them. When dogs encounter black bears, they are almost useless and seem a bit cumbersome to hunters. It is better to leave the dogs at home and let the hunters be the main force...

"When I strangled the old leopard, I was improvising. I didn't think about strangling it to death. Originally, we were planning to use a spear to stab the old leopard's mouth, so that we could leave a good piece of skin. But after the old leopard was hung up by the net, I saw the rope on the ground. Fortunately, the four of us reacted quickly..."

Li Fuqiang took over the conversation: "It was not good. The net was not strong enough and it fell apart. When the old leopard fell down, we were all stunned. Lei Zi threw away the gun in his hand and rushed over to hold down the lower body of the old leopard..."

From the relaxed conversations of several people, Sun Jiye could imagine how intense the scene was at that time. If they were not careful, not only would the old leopard run away and their work would be in vain, but the four of them might also get injured.

Sun Jiwei said with a smile: "I didn't expect Lei Zi, who is so thin, to be so strong."

Guan Lei said shyly: "I learned this by chopping trees in the mountains and swinging a big axe. I was not in good physical condition before."

"Eat more and exercise more! People can't be lazy, and they can't be afraid of hardship, but they can't overexert themselves and hurt their bodies, understand?"

"know."

Sun Jiwei's disease is not tuberculosis, which is also known as pulmonary tuberculosis, but he has a fatigue syndrome, which is mainly manifested by frequent low-grade fever, fatigue, joint pain, muscle pain, and in severe cases, headache, chest tightness, shortness of breath, weakness in the limbs and other symptoms.

Xu Ning chatted with him yesterday, and he said that his condition has improved a lot recently. At least he can walk around and fetch water and firewood.

Is it related to eating jackal meat and leopard bone soup? This cannot be confirmed, anyway, Sun Jiwei was able to move after eating jackal meat and drinking leopard bone soup.

At this time, Sun Lianfang lifted the door curtain and came into the room, grinning and saying, "It's time to eat!"

Then everyone got up and went to the west room. At this moment, ten dishes were already placed on the big round table, including sweet and sour fennel fish, big rooster stewed with hazel mushrooms, fried pork with garlic sprouts, boiled pork, braised pork head, scrambled eggs with red sausage, cold beef slices, sauerkraut stewed with pork ribs, stir-fried lamb, and sugar-coated peanuts.

This grayling is a cold-water fish, a typical fish that lives in mountain streams. It has a very small swimming range and lives in streams all year round, not entering large rivers or lakes...

But this kind of fish is relatively small, basically only about 8 taels, and the largest is just over one jin, so there are two fish on the fish-shaped plate on the table.

Fang's mother smiled and picked up a piece of fish and handed it to Xu Ning: "Come, Er Ning, try this fish, your third aunt made it sweet and sour."

"Hey!" Xu Ning stood up with the bowl in his hand and took it. He asked, "Just now there were two tractors pulling a group of people outside the door. Are they going to farm?"

"No, there is a new road being built at the north end of our village. They are repairing it."

Sun Jiwei explained: "Last year, the village organized an effort, and every family contributed some money. After the road is built, it will lead directly to the Songhua River. Our village now has an extra road to travel. Otherwise, we had to go around to the town first, and then take a long detour. This will save us 50 to 60 miles of land."

It was said that it was organized by the village, but in fact it was the Sun family who organized the repair of the road. In Dahe Village, only his family had such appeal.

"This is a good project that benefits the people. If we build a wharf downstream, the river will be more stable."

Sun Jiye said with a smile while holding up his wine glass: "Erning is really insightful! This river is of little use now, but it will be very useful for ships in the future."

"Yes, at the beginning many people in the village were not happy about it. My brother and I went door to door to talk to them and finally we figured it out. It took a lot of effort."

This is unavoidable. People have different ideas and do different things. For example, for the same thing, he can do it very quickly, but others will encounter many setbacks...

Since they sat down and picked up their chopsticks, everyone has been talking non-stop, and the sound of swallowing and chewing food is mixed in with laughter and chatter.

The meal was not over until nearly six o'clock. Fang's mother, Third Aunt and others cleared the table. Sun Jiwei dragged Xu Ning to the east room. Sun Lianfang came in with a tea tray, smiling, and pointed at Sun Lianjun and said, "Hurry up and pour tea for my brother. Don't you have to flatter him? My brother has gone through so much trouble for you!"

Sun Lianjun got up quickly after hearing this, ran to the edge of the kang, picked up the teapot and poured water...

"Haha, Lianfang is such a good kid!"

Sun Jiye said with a smile: "Erning, I'll have to trouble you with Lian Jun's matter."

"It's a small matter! I am just a middleman, helping them to talk things over, but whether it can be accomplished depends on their own willingness, right?"

Sun Jiwei nodded and said, "That's right, there's nothing wrong with that. Then let's talk about it first. Where is the best place for them to meet? Should we go to Wangxing, or should they come to Sandaohe?"

Sun Jiye took a sip of tea and shook his head: "Second brother, I think we should go to Qing'an for this matter. We have to meet under the matchmaker's nose, otherwise it will be very awkward for the two families to meet for the first time."

At this time, Sun Lianjun brought two cups of tea, first handed them to Xu Ning, then to Li Fuqiang, then turned around and poured tea on the kang, and handed them to Guan Lei and Wang Hu...

Xu Ning held a cup of hot tea in his hand, thought for a moment and said, "It's OK to go to Qing'an. Can each family send a representative to lead them there?"

"Okay!" Sun Jiwei clapped his hands and responded, "Hey, you said I should go with you, forget it, I won't go, let his uncle go with you."

Xu Ning said, "That's what I mean. Let both parents not follow. Let my uncle follow on this side and my brother lead on the other side. How about that?"

"I think it works!"

"Nothing wrong!"

Fang's mother lifted the door curtain to express her attitude and said, "Erning, I'm going to trouble you with this matter."

"It's alright, Second Mother. I'm happy to do some matchmaking work anyway."

Li Fuqiang replied, "My brother is the best matchmaker in Qing'an. He specializes in matchmaking."

"Hahaha……"

After sitting in the house and finalizing the steps with the old Sun family, Xu Ning put down his teacup, stood up and said, "Shall we go make a phone call?"

Sun Jiwei called out, "Let's go! Let's all go over and listen together."

Then, everyone in the room put on their coats and walked outside.

Even though it is June now, it is still a bit cold at night, with the temperature around 10 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature during the day can reach 22 or 23 degrees.

This group of people walked towards the village office in a mighty manner. On the way, many people greeted Sun Jiye and his brother. When they arrived at the village office, they met the villagers who were delivering shovels and carts to build the road as soon as they entered the door.

Sun Jiwei and Sun Jiye waved and greeted them first, and politely thanked them for their hard work. The group of villagers who were building the road smiled and kept shaking their heads, saying that it was not hard work and it was their due. Although it cost a lot of money to build the road, the village also provided some subsidies to the villagers who built the road, including a meal at noon and 1.20 yuan a day.

Dahe Village is rich, but not everyone is rich. There are also poor households. The first group of people who got rich were almost all surnamed Sun, and the second group were those who had a good relationship with the Sun family...

"Hey, brother! Can you please pour some tea? I see you don't have much tea left. Did the third brother spend all of it? I'll get you some tomorrow."

Sun Jiwei pulled the village secretary's hand and said, "Don't give me this good tea. If you want some, take some black tea. I'm not used to green tea."

"I'll give you some of both kinds of tea. We don't lack tea at home."

The old secretary nodded and said, "You guys can chat in the room. I have to go out and count the shovels and pickaxes. These guys are always losing things while working. They lost two shovels the other day."

"Just throw it away, as long as the road can be repaired. Who will go to buy groceries these days?"

"Jicheng! He goes out to buy some food every now and then, and comes back to claim the money directly." "Okay, I won't keep you, I just happened to need to use the phone for something."

"It's done..."

After greeting everyone in the room, the old secretary walked out with a smile and went to the warehouse to count the tools.

At this moment, everyone in the room found a place to sit down. Xu Ning sat on the chair in front of the desk, picked up the phone and dialed Wang Xing's number.

After a short wait, the call was connected.

"Erining?"

After the voice came out, the room fell silent.

"It's me, big brother! Just finished dinner, right?"

Chai Shao smiled and said, "Not really, I just finished eating not long ago, have you finished eating?"

"It's not long since I finished eating."

"How about going hiking? Did you catch any animals?"

Before Xu Ning finished speaking, he heard a deep voice coming from the microphone. Chai Liangyu scolded him, "You are just talking nonsense! Get lost! I'm telling Er Ning to stop doing this!"

Chai Shao did not dare to refuse. Chai Liangyu took the microphone and asked with a smile: "Erning, I am your uncle!"

"Uncle, I know. How are you feeling lately?"

"Very tough! Nothing to worry about, I can make two bowls of rice in one meal, don't worry about me. How about you go hiking in the mountains? Did you kill any animals?"

Xu Ning grinned and said, "I hit it. It was a wild boar."

"Ah, there aren't many animals in the Three Rivers, so you still have to come to Wangxing. We have a lot of animals here, don't you think?"

"I'll go in the fall... Well, sir, my sister-in-law and Hongyan are both on the side, right?"

"I'm listening to them."

"Okay, then I'll introduce the situation of both parties. Let's listen to it again to deepen our impression!"

"Go ahead!" Chai Liangyu's voice was so loud that Sun Jiwei and others who were sitting nearby could hear it clearly.

Afterwards, Xu Ning recounted the basic situations of Sun Lianjun, Chai Hongyan's family and himself, and then said: "This is the situation. Since the two families are talking on the phone, there must be an intention to fight each other, right?"

The meaning of playing opposite is blind date.

"No problem, Erning, you have to be a good person in this matter. Yanzi is my eldest granddaughter, and you are her uncle. You must not find a bad person for her, so I only trust you."

Here, Sun Jiwei deliberately said loudly: "This matter really needs Erning to arrange! Where do you think it is appropriate for the two children to meet?"

Chai Liangyu, Chai Shao, Chai Feng, Chai Bing and others all heard it, looked at each other and smiled. They thought that the other party was also lying beside the phone and listening, and it was true.

Xu Ning said, "Since it was arranged by me, I suggest that they go to Qing'an to fight each other. Although Wangxing and Sandaohe are not far away, they have to take a long detour. It is better to go directly to Qing'an and meet at my house. What do you think, sir?"

Chai Liangyu pondered for a moment and said, "No problem! This arrangement suits my taste. Who will go with us?"

Xu Ning said, "Both parents don't need to follow. Let my third brother follow Hongyan to Qing'an. It would be even better if Baotong could come, because my third uncle is following. He is about the same age as my third brother, and his son is the same age as Baotong, so they have something in common."

Chai Liangyu slammed the table and said, "Listen! How is Erning doing with this matter? I say you are quite old, but you are not as good as my eldest nephew, a bunch of idiots!"

After scolding his three sons, he said into the microphone: "Erning, let's arrange it this way! Which day do you think is suitable?"

Xu Ning asked, "Is my third brother's winery busy?"

Chai Liangyu curled his lips and said, "No matter how busy he is, what can he do? Just set a time and let your second brother go to the winery to work for two days."

Xu Ning lowered his head to calculate the time and said, "Then it will be noon the day after tomorrow..."

"Okay, I'll ask them to arrive at the site around 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow. How's the construction of your house going?"

"When I left, the foundation had just been dug. When I return, it will be almost time for brick laying."

"It was pretty fast. There must be a lot of people helping, right?"

"Quite a few! There must be more than forty people."

"Hey... wait until Yanzi arrives, you teach her how to chat. This girl is so dumb, she can't even flatter me at home."

"Haha, sir, that's Hongyan's honesty. People like me who flatter others are all little rascals."

This made Chai Liangyu laugh out loud: "Hahaha! I am happy to chat with you. The more I chat, the younger I get. Okay, I won't talk to you any more. Let's chat again when you come over in the fall."

"Okay!"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Ning turned around and saw Sun Jiwei, Sun Jiye and others smiling silently at him.

Fang's mother said bluntly: "Erning, this old man is quite straightforward."

"Yeah, you are a sweetheart! Didn't we go to Wangxing to hunt animals last year? We got along very well at that time."

Sun Jiwei nodded: "Okay! Listening to this old man's chatter, I know this family is right. The old man is a bit overbearing, but his three sons are obedient and filial, and the children they teach will not be bad either!"

"Not at all! From what the old man said, his granddaughter is a little bit stupid in speaking?" Sun Jiye asked.

"Yeah, he's usually not very talkative, but he's very hardworking and can do any kind of work at home."

Fang's mother said, "Even if she comes to our house, we can't ask her to do all the work. I will treat my daughter-in-law the same way I treat Lianfang. People are mutual. Besides, her father and I are not old yet."

"Of course! With a daughter-in-law like this, we should treat her like a treasure, right?" said Sun Jiwei.

After hearing their statements in advance, Xu Ning said with a smile: "This matter mainly depends on the liking of Lian Jun and Hong Yan. If they like each other, I can help them get together!"

"Okay, let's go home then? We can get some tea when we get home."

"That's it."

As everyone was walking out the door, Sun Lianfang pulled her mother and said, "Mom, I'll go with you later, okay?"

(End of this chapter)