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Chapter 442: Lao Nian covered the howling wind and the old women were all stunned
"This jerk is restless wherever he goes! Just wait for him to come back and see how I'll beat him up! Don't try to stop me when the time comes. I'll be mad at anyone who tries to stop me!"

Xu Laonian slapped the edge of the kang angrily, his palms became numb, and the teacup on the edge of the kang shook.

Liu Lizhen stood in front of the cabinet, hugged her shoulders and said, "I dare not stop you. If you have the ability, just beat him to death. When the time comes, Third Brother and Sun Jishan will be waiting in the room to watch you beat them. I want to see who will be embarrassed!"

Xu Laonian frowned and looked up, saying, "I just said two words, and you have to wait for ten words for me. How can you protect him like this? That little bastard dares to chase the bandits who killed people in the mountains today. Tomorrow he dares to go deep into the mountains to hunt tigers. Do you believe it?"

Liu Lizhen rolled her eyes and ignored him. She only looked at Du Shoucai who was sitting near the door and said, "Brother, what else did Dalong say?"

Du Shoucai laughed and said, "Oh, that's a lot to say, but Erning and Qiangzi are fine, it's just that Erning had a high fever when he got home last night..."

"It serves him right! Let him show off like that!" Xu Laonian cursed angrily.

Du Shoucai put away his smile, turned his head and stared at him, saying: "Don't you just cover your head and yell every time you encounter something? You are quite old, don't you know how to be steady? Erning and Qiangzi are fine now, and it's not Erning who caused this, why are you so persistent? I was just sitting here, who were you yelling at?"

Xu Laonian's arrogance weakened by three points, and he said, "Brother, I'm not attacking you."

Du Shoucai gave him a sidelong look and said, "You can't be angry with anyone. Erning performed very well this time. Dalong said that both the city and the province will give him a commendation. It may be published in the newspaper. What's wrong? Are you not happy as a father? Are you still not satisfied?"

Xu Laonian lowered his head: "Happy, contented."

Liu Lizhen smiled and said, "Brother, when will this be published in the newspaper? I will frame it by then."

Du Shoucai said with a smile: "How would I know? Wait. But from what Dalong said, his third uncle and Sun Jishan from the Municipal Forestry Bureau helped with this matter. We'll talk about it in detail when they come over. I didn't hear too much detail from what they said on the phone..."

Liu Lizhen asked: "How is Lei Zi doing in Old Sun's house? Do his father-in-law and mother-in-law like him?"

Xu Laonian raised his head and said, "That must be good to him! Otherwise, how would Old Sun's family have the nerve to come here?"

Du Shoucai said: "They came here mainly because Erning found a matchmaker for a kid named Lianjun. The girl is the eldest granddaughter of the old Chai family in Wangxing. She said she wanted to fight against our village."

"Oh my god! Look at this, Jane, if we don't take care of this, it will be completely ruined! This little bastard dares to do anything."

Xu Laonian clapped his hands and said with a rather exaggerated expression.

Du Shoucai turned his head and stared at him, saying with a smile: "Look at how ugly you are. You can't even keep up with the child."

"He's like this all the time. Whenever he has nothing to do, he'll just nag at my old son."

Xu Laonian glared and retorted: "Who is murmuring who? Wasn't he murmuring me?"

Du Shoucai waved his hand: "I'm too lazy to listen to your howling and screaming, I'm leaving."

Seeing him lift the door curtain and leave the house, Liu Lizhen hurriedly ran after him and said with a smile: "Brother, don't be like him. He has been tired and irritated by the work these two days."

Du Shoucai didn't take it seriously and said, "Don't I know him? He has been lazy since he was young. When others are working in the fields, he is the only one who is cunning and sly. Erning is really like that."

"Haha!" Liu Lizhen said with a smile, "That's right! Big brother, why don't you come over to drink with us at noon? The Sun family from Sandaohe is here, and so many people from our forest farm are here too. Don't let us drink and start a fight."

Du Shoucai turned around and said, "They won't arrive until the afternoon. If they arrive together, they should eat separately instead of gathering together."

"Okay, then you have to come over."

"Just call me when the time comes. Go back quickly."

"Eh!"

Seeing Du Shoucai leaving with his hands behind his back, Liu Lizhen turned back to the house. Seeing Xu Laonian sitting on the edge of the kang with his legs crossed, she went up to him and slapped him in the face in anger.

"This guy is awesome! Look at me, brother, what do you think? He goes against my old son all day long. How did he offend you?"

Xu Laonian leaned back to avoid Liu Lizhen's slap and said, "Is it okay for him to go into the mountains to chase the bandits? What if something goes wrong?"

"Then why can't you just talk nicely? What are you arguing about?"

Xu Laonian threw away the cigarette butt and said stubbornly: "I don't know how to talk properly! When he comes back, I will kick him twice!"

Liu Lizhen gritted her teeth and stretched out her hand, pinching Xu Laonian's thigh fiercely. Xu Laonian jumped into the kang in pain, "It hurts! It hurts! Why are you pinching me? Hey, don't do that..."

"Will you have a good chat? Will you?!"

"Yes! Don't mess with me..." Xu Laonian kicked his legs wildly and tried to protect his crotch.

Liu Lizhen stood by the edge of the kang, holding her waist with both hands and panting, and said, "I'm telling you, when my son comes back, don't take advantage of your numbers to cause trouble."

"Yeah, I know."

"Go to work quickly!"

Xu Laonian moved his body to the ground, put on his clothes and said aggrievedly: "Then you don't care if he blindly acts as a matchmaker for others?"

"What does it have to do with you? Just get back to work."

"Let's go!" Xu Laonian ran out of the house angrily and walked out of the courtyard with a thumping voice.

She was the only one left in the room. Liu Lizhen sat on the edge of the kang to rest for a while, gritting her teeth and cursing, "This little bastard! He's so annoying!"

After breakfast in the morning, she went to Yang Shuhua's house with Han Fengjiao and others. She was chopping stuffing and kneading dough to make dumplings when Xu Laonian rushed into the room in a panic, saying angrily that Xu Ning had caused trouble in Sandaohe.

There were many people in the room at that time, so Liu Lizhen dragged Xu Laonian out of the door, and then saw Du Shoucai. After getting to know the general situation, she knew that this matter could not be discussed in public, because Yang Shuhua and others were in the room. If they heard that Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and others had encountered the bandits, wouldn't they be so anxious that they would cry?

So she went back home and talked about it in detail with Xu Laonian and Du Shoucai. She was relieved to hear that Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang were fine, and instead they bravely killed two bandits in the mountains, and were commended by both the city and the province.

But the more she thought about it, the angrier she got, because this kid didn't consider his parents at all. What if something really happened in the mountains as Xu Laonian said? But Du Shoucai was in the house. Since Xu Laonian was shouting and scolding, Liu Lizhen had to hold back. If the couple stood on the same front, wouldn't it be endless? Du Shoucai couldn't be happy about it.

What did Du Shoucai mean by scolding Xu Laonian? It was simple. He was just expressing his dissatisfaction. He was not dissatisfied with Xu Laonian scolding his own son, but he was sitting in the room. Who was Xu Laonian covering his head and howling for? It was obvious that he didn't take him seriously.

But at least nothing happened to them, and they all returned safely.

Liu Lizhen calmed down for a while, closed the door and walked towards Yang Shuhua's house.

As soon as she entered the house, Han Fengjiao, who was rolling dough, turned around and asked, "Sister-in-law, what happened to Erning and Sandahe? My eldest brother looked very anxious just now."

Liu Lizhen sat on the edge of the kang and grinned, "It's not a big deal. Dalong called and said that he and Qiangzi were brave enough to do something righteous in the mountains over in Sandahe. They were commended by the city and the provincial capital. It will be in the newspaper in two days."

Han Fengjiao was surprised and said, "What? Being in the newspaper for being a brave person?" "Oh my God, this is a good thing!" Wu Qiuxia exclaimed.

Yang Fengjiao said, "Aunt, why are they doing such a heroic thing? Why did they even alarm the provincial government?"

Liu Lizhen looked at the men and said, "He and Qiangzi killed two wanted criminals in the mountains."

"What the hell?!"

Immediately, Han Fengjiao stopped rolling the dough. Yang Shuhua held the bun wrapper in her left hand and held the spoon for the filling in her right hand. Wang Shujuan, Wu Qiuxia, Guan Hua, Meng Ziyan, Liu Fenfang and Zhang Guifang were all stunned, their brains went blank.

Liu Lizhen looked at them and said hurriedly, "They are fine. They should be back soon."

Yang Shuhua swallowed her saliva and said, "Aunt, then they can't take advantage of the lawsuit, right?"

"No, your Third Uncle and Sun Jishan from Sandaohe have both gone there and have almost dealt with them. Now they are just waiting to be praised in the newspapers. You don't have to worry about it. How can this little jerk suffer any loss?"

"what!"

Liu Fenfang said, "Oh my god, my heart is in my throat. How can Erning be so bold! That bandit has killed people before. Did he just chase him into the mountains and kill him?"

Liu Lizhen shook her head: "That's not the case. At first, the person who came to him for help was shot and wounded. Er Ning probably thought that he would be shot even if he didn't fight back, so he chased the two bandits away..."

"Auntie, he is not injured, right?" Meng Ziyan asked.

Liu Lizhen said: "It's nothing, I just had a high fever when I got home last night, but I'm fine this morning."

Meng Ziyan nodded and felt relieved.

Zhang Guifang asked: "Aunt, what time will my brother and his family come back? We can't just give them steamed buns, we have to prepare two dishes."

"We have to prepare some food. His third uncle and Sun Jishan, Sun Jiye, Lianfang and Lianjun from Sandaohe are all coming over..."

"Lianfang is coming over? It looks like Leizi has settled things with his father-in-law and mother-in-law in Sandahe."

Liu Lizhen washed her hands and came to the chopping board, picked up the bun wrapper and said, "Well, Dalong didn't say how he dealt with it, but he just said he liked Leizi very much. Lianjun is Lianfang's younger brother, and he came here for a blind date."

"Ah? Blind date? There is no girl suitable for him in our village. Who can be the matchmaker?"

"Who else could it be? That little bastard! This little bastard has a very good idea. The girl he introduced to Lian Jun is the eldest granddaughter of the old Chai family in Wangxing. You can tell how good he is at talking nonsense! The girl's third uncle is on good terms with him, and he gave his niece to his younger brother. Oh! This little bastard..."

The old women in the house were stunned when they heard what was said. What should they do? This idiot Xu Erning really has good ideas and is really brave!

Zhang Guifang said, "Aunt, since the Chai family has agreed to it, they must have agreed. Besides, our family has no actual relationship with the Chai family or the Sun family. If they agree, we can call each other what we want."

Wu Qiuxia nodded: "Yes, each of us has our own opinion, and there is no problem."

Han Fengjiao said, "Sister-in-law, stop thinking about it. Wait for Erning to come back and ask him. He can't do anything wrong."

"Not bad at all. Er Ning must have thought hard before doing this. Otherwise, how could he bring these two unrelated families together?"

Zhang Guifang raised her head and said, "Aunt, I heard from Guoxing that the Chai family is quite rich and powerful, and the Sun family is even richer. If these two families can succeed, wouldn't it be a perfect match?"

Liu Fenfang nodded: "Look, Erning must have thought it through."

At this time, Wang Shujuan asked, "Mom, we don't have much vegetables at home. Who can we ask to go out and buy some while we have time?"

"There's no vegetable vendor in our village. The only things that are sold in the shops are alcohol and snacks. We can't take advantage of them..."

Yang Shuhua said, "If it doesn't work, call my eldest brother and ask him to get someone to send some over. Aunt, it's easy to talk to my third uncle, but Sun Jishan is a guest, we can't neglect him."

Liu Lizhen nodded: "Yes, it's a little after nine o'clock now, and they will be home around two o'clock in the afternoon, so the time is tight."

"Then I'll make the call now."

Wang Shujuan said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go for a walk with you."

She and Yang Shuhua got along very well. They were like real sisters and often chatted together.

After the two left, the room was quiet for a moment, and Liu Fenfang said, "Sister-in-law, my eldest brother didn't mention Er Ning, did he?"

"How can I not say it? If he catches Erning by the pigtail, he will scold me to death. It was just that my elder brother was sitting in the room just now, otherwise he would have yelled at me endlessly."

Han Fengjiao said, "Sister-in-law, you have to stop them. We don't know the details, so we can't jump to conclusions. If there is something hidden, we can't wrongly accuse Er Ning. How unfair that would be."

Wu Qiuxia said, "That's right. I remember he almost starved to death because of two cents a while ago."

Meng Ziyan was excited. She had never heard of this before and asked, "Uncle, what's going on?"

"At that time, your aunt put two cents under the kang mat and it disappeared. When you asked your uncle first, he said he didn't know. Then you asked Dalong, who also said he didn't see it. But there were five people in the family. They both said they didn't take it. Who could have taken it? Isn't this wrongly accusing Erning? Erning was so angry that he went on a hunger strike. He didn't eat for two days. He was so hungry that he was vomiting acid!"

"So what's going on?"

Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "Feng'er was only three years old at the time, and no one paid attention to her. When her second brother was almost starving to death, she took out two cents from her socks and secretly put it into her second brother's pocket, telling him to go buy something to eat..."

"Hahahaha..." There was a burst of laughter in the house.

Meng Ziyan pursed her lips and said, "Feng'er, don't you know why he doesn't eat?"

"What does she know? She just turned three and was only two and a half years old. Isn't this unfair to him? His father and I felt bad for him, so we cooked a table of delicious food for him and gave him five cents. He turned around and took Feng'er away from home. He stayed in the mountains for half a day. This guy made me angry. When his father found them, they were roasting sparrows in the mountains. When he got home, his father beat them up. His second uncle lectured him for two consecutive nights before he gave in."

What Xu Erning did a while ago was indeed a bit irresponsible. Although there were no large and active beasts on the mountainside, what if a black bear jumped out? So he deserved to be beaten by Xu Laonian. After he grew up, he felt very regretful every time he thought about it, because it was indeed his fault. However, when Xu Laonian beat him, he didn't shed a single tear, but when Wang Erli lectured him for two consecutive nights, he shed tears of regret...

That was really scary, because Wang Erli was trying to stop Tang Seng from sleeping while he was chanting sutras. It was like keeping an eye on him for a long time. Who could bear it?
"Haha, this kid has been a fucking jerk since he was little!"

Meng Ziyan pursed her lips and smiled secretly. She glanced at Guan Hua and saw that her face was red from holding it in. She whispered, "Don't hold it in. It's not good to hold it in."

Guan Hua said: "I can't laugh at Brother Ning, that's not nice."

"Look at how quiet the flowers are." Liu Fenfang said.

(End of this chapter)