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Chapter 446: People Have Three Faces When Blind Date Is in Progress

The setting sun gradually sank to the west, the mountains in the distance were shrouded in colorful clouds, and the sky became dim.

It is currently 6:40.

Two cars carrying the foresters who were working for the Xu family drove away slowly. When the cars disappeared from the street, Yu Kaihe, Li Feng, Lao Jiang, Niu Li, Niu Le and others said hello and went home.

Niu Li and Niu Le used to do odd jobs in Lengchang, and since there was not much work recently, they came to help at Kaihe's suggestion. Xu Laonian was a little puzzled at first, because his family and the Niu family had no relationship, but he heard from Niu Li and Niu Le that the two brothers got along well with Xu Ning. But when Xu Laonian asked Xu Ning, he heard: It is a favor that you come to help, and we have to remember it no matter what the reason is, and we will help his family if they have any problems in the future.

Xu Laonian immediately understood what the little brat said. He had seen the efforts of Niu Li and Niu Le. During the past two days, before dinner, Liu Lizhen asked Xu Feng to send some dishes to the Niu family and the Yu family. Although the amount was not much, it was worth it.

There are only two people in the old Yu family. Yu Kaihe eats all three meals at old Xu's house, so his wife is left alone. The old lady can eat a lot, so there is no reason for her to be short of this bite of food.

As soon as she entered the door, Yang Shuhua and Wang Shujuan were washing dishes and pots, Wu Qiuxia put the remaining dishes on a platter, preparing to warm them up for tomorrow morning, Sun Lianfang, Xu Feng and Li Jinyu were playing Galaha in the west room, while Liu Lizhen took out two cans of food, a box of biscuits, a bag of sugar balls and milk candies, as well as dried figs that Sun Lianfang had specially brought for Xu Feng and her group of children from the floor cabinet. The wholesale price of these toys was six cents a bag, and the retail price was ten cents. Liu Lizhen grabbed eight bags.

After Liu Lizhen put it down, she turned and walked into the east room, saying with a smile: "San'er, come and chat with your eldest brother in the room for a while."

Sun Jiye was stunned: "Sister-in-law, what are you doing outside at this dark time?"

Xu Laonian said, "My eldest brother's grandson broke his arm. Your sister-in-law has to go and take a look."

"Ah, then we can all go there on the way. Don't we have to stay at Lei Zi's place at night?"

Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "Why live over there? I forgot about it because I was busy today. The kang over there is not even heated. You and Lianjun can live with Erning in the west room, and Lianfang and her sister-in-law can live in the lower room."

"Okay, then go and see the kids."

Looking after the child is no big deal. The main thing is the relationship is here. Now that I know the news, I have to go and take a look.

Immediately, Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao, Wang Erli and Xu Ning, as representatives, went to Du Shoucai's house carrying the things.

As soon as she reached the door, she saw Zhao Yue'e carrying a basket of firewood and walking into the house. She turned around when she heard the noise, quickly put down the basket of firewood, and shouted, "Dad! My aunt is here! Oh my god, aunt, you said you were so busy, why did you come here?"

Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "My eldest grandson's arm is broken, and as a grandmother, I have to come over to take a look. How is my eldest grandson?"

"The bone has been straightened and two sets of splints have been put in. It will take more than two months to recover. Come in quickly, uncle and aunt..."

Du Shoucai and Du Manzhi walked out of the house and said with a smile, "I knew you would come. Have all the workers left yet?"

"Just left. We'll pour concrete tomorrow."

"This house is being built really fast. It will probably be finished in about a month. Let Erning and the others tinker with the remaining details themselves."

Wang Erli said: "Yeah, my elder brother said the same thing."

When I walked into the room, I saw Du Dabao (nickname) sitting cross-legged on the edge of the kang, with his arm in a splint and supported by a white cloth strip.

When Liu Lizhen saw him, Du Dabao bared his teeth and shouted, "Big Madam! Second Master! Second Madam! Second Uncle! Nothing's wrong with me, everything is fine!"

"Hahaha, this kid..."

"Look what grandma has given you. They are all things you like to eat. Eat them together with your little brother later."

Du Dabao thanked them immediately and warmly invited Liu Lizhen and the others to sit down. Du Shoucai stood by with his arms folded. Seeing his grandson's behavior, he was quite satisfied. What is this called? Adventure! Open and aboveboard! This child will definitely be a good child in the future!

Xu Ning walked around the room and asked, "Brother, why didn't I see Erbaozi?"

"I asked her mother to send him to her grandmother's house at noon. We three don't know when we can come back. It's a good time for the holidays, so we let him play there for two days."

Wang Erli said, "Did Dabaozi cry after falling off the wall?"

"Then why are you crying? You are a real man, and this little bump is nothing to worry about! Lu Bu, the best in the world, once said that a real man cannot be depressed and inferior to others for a long time..."

Liu Lizhen was surprised and said, "Oh my god! Who did you learn these little words from? They are so complete."

Du Shoucai was a little embarrassed and said, "I was listening to a storytelling in the middle of the night a few days ago, but I didn't expect that this kid was awake and was eavesdropping beside me."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Uncle, this chatterbox is really talented. He will definitely be able to go to university in the future."

"Hahaha..." Du Shoucai was very happy to hear this. How rare are college students these days? If he was selected, oh my, that would be incredible!
After sitting at Old Du's house for half an hour, they got up and went home. Du Shoucai sent them to the door and then returned to the house. Not long after, Old Tang and the accountant's family also came over with their things...

Du Shoucai once said to Xu Ning when chatting that people have three sides: human face, scene, and emotional face. No matter whether you are struggling in the society or farming in the countryside, if any of these three sides is missing, you will feel that life is lacking and there is no point in living. Because people are vain, they are happy to publicize good things and want to hide bad things and not want others to know.

Xu Ning thought it made sense, but the premise was that the iron had to be strong before it could be forged! If you were a loser, no one would look down on you. If you made a name for yourself, even if you lived in a mountain valley, your distant relatives would come to visit you.

After returning home, Da Laba and Li Fuqiang's families had left. After Wang Shujuan covered the west room with a quilt, she went to the lower room with Sun Lianfang and Xu Feng. Although the kang in the west room was not big, it was more than enough for four people. After everyone washed their feet, they got into bed. After turning off the lights, they chatted for a while and fell asleep.

The next day, at 5:30 in the morning, Xu Ning was awakened by the noise from next door. He got up and glanced at the head of the kang, and found that Guan Lei, Sun Lianjun and Sun Jieye were all gone. Xu Ning took out the watch under the pillow and took a look, frowning slightly.

The two houses next door were already full of people. There were three cars parked on the street. There was a tractor parked in the yard of Old Xu's house. This morning's meal was big steamed buns, soy milk, and tofu brain. Yang Shuhua was frying dough sticks in the outer room, and Han Fengjiao was rolling noodles...

When Xu Ning came back yesterday, he complained to his mother, saying that he couldn't always eat rice and steamed buns in the morning. It would be nice to have some fried dough sticks and tofu pudding occasionally, which would give him something new to eat.

So last night when Wu Qiuxia passed by Lao Qin's house, she asked them to keep two drops of soy milk and one drop of tofu pudding. However, Lao Qin's business was not doing well, so not only did they not give them the sauce, they also refused to deliver it. So Wang Hu and Guan Lei carried it back on a shoulder pole.

After Xu Ning went to the toilet, he rubbed his face and climbed over the wall into the house, saying, "Wow, it's quite a sumptuous meal. Who boiled these pickles?"

There are many ways to cook pickled vegetables, some use soybean paste, some use salt and soy sauce, and some use pickled vegetables directly. There are also many ingredients, basically anything can be cooked, such as potatoes, radish strips, beans, wild vegetables, radish leaves, etc.

"Your sister Juan'er boiled it. Your uncle Chang brought it to me yesterday morning. Do you drink soy milk?"

"Okay! Less sugar."

After breakfast, they didn't even drink water, and they were in a hurry to go to the north end. Xu Ning wondered why they were in such a hurry? Xu Laonian had to mix concrete! This was not a mixer truck in later generations, which could be poured directly with a pipe. They needed to mix the concrete first, and then pour it into the gap with a broken basin and a broken water tip. This process took a lot of time.

Xu Ning hurriedly drank the soy milk, and then went to the north end construction site with everyone else. They first poured sand and then lime. More than 40 people were divided into two groups because there were two mixers, one hand-cranked and one with an electric motor.

The electricity was connected by someone the day before yesterday. A total of 150 meters were connected and six electric poles were erected. It didn't cost much money in total. Du Manzhi found someone to erect the electric poles. The problem was solved with two packs of cigarettes and a red envelope.

At nearly ten o'clock, when most of the concrete had been poured, Xu Laonian said hello to everyone and said, "We have another guest at home today. We have to go back and take a look. Zhang'er, come with me, Brother Yu."

"Hey, brother, don't worry! I think Brother Yu works very efficiently and looks very professional!"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Uncle Yu, thank you for your help."

"Still being polite to me, go ahead and tell your mom that we'll go back to eat after we're done, there's no need to rush."

"okay!"

Although they did not work for a long time, concrete was a dirty job. Xu Laonian, Xu Ning, Sun Jieye, Sun Lianjun and others had white marks and mud on their clothes. As soon as they got home, Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan fetched several basins of water for them. After they washed their faces and hands, they asked them to change their clothes.

If they didn't let these gentlemen change, they would definitely wear shabby clothes to receive guests. Sun Lianfang found a Zhongshan suit and a pair of leather shoes for Sun Lianjun. After Sun Lianjun put them on, he seemed like a different person, looking gentle and refined, because he was not ugly and had fair skin. Although he was not as good-looking as Xu Ning, he was also considered a handsome young man in Sandaohe.

"Good! Look, stand at attention." Sun Jiye turned his head and asked, "Erning, where will they fight each other later?"

"Let's go downstairs. Jun'er, don't be nervous. We have to talk when we meet and leave a good impression."

"Well, don't worry, Brother Ning! As my brother Qiang said, we must win!"

Li Fuqiang laughed loudly: "Hahaha, then your brother-in-law taught you something even more ruthless, why didn't you say it?"

Xu Ning looked at Guan Lei and asked, "What did you teach?"

Guan Lei stammered, "I didn't teach you anything."

Sun Lianfang raised her hand and said, "Brother! I know! He made Jun'er lose face!"

“Hahahaha…” There was a burst of laughter in the room.

Xu Laonian said: "These words must have come from my little bastard's mouth. I can't think of anyone else except him."

"That's right! You just have to be shameless."

Guan Lei grumbled at Sun Lianfang and glared at her. Sun Lianfang pouted and said, "Who told you not to peel eggs for me this morning?"

Liu Lizhen said: "These kids have so much fun all day long."

There is stewing in the pot in the outer room, and the cut ingredients are placed on the chopping board and the inside of the stove. These dishes all need to be fried, so there is no need to rush to put them in the pot. It will be better to wait until just before dinner.

At 10:20, a Dongfeng 140 stopped at the gate. When the car stopped, everyone in the house went out to greet it. Seeing Chai Bing walking around the front of the car, Liu Lizhen waved and called out, "Old Third!"

"Aunt! Uncle..."

After Chai Bing called out to people, Chai Hongyan and Chai Baotong jumped out from the passenger seat. They landed steadily and stood on both sides of Chai Bing. Chai Hongyan felt a little embarrassed to see so many people, while Chai Baotong smiled and waved to Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and others.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Third brother, you are quite punctual."

"Oh my god, don't you know my old man? If I'm a minute late, he'll whip me."

Xu Laonian laughed and said, "Haha, Lao San, let me introduce you, this is Sun Jiye from Sandaohe."

Chai Bing looked at Sun Jiye, who was about the same age as him, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Hello, I am Chai Bing from Wangxing Village, the third child in my family."

"Sun Jiye, I am also the third in the family, so this year you..."

"I am thirty-four."

"Then you have to call me brother. I'm already thirty-nine."

Chai Bing pretended to be surprised: "Oh my god, is this true? It doesn't look alike."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "The water of Sandao River nourishes people. Look at how fair and clean my brother has become."

He patted Sun Lianjun on the back and said, "Third brother, this is my brother Sun Lianjun, he is the same age as Hongyan this year."

Sun Lianjun hurried forward to shake hands and said with a smile: "Uncle San, I am Sun Lianjun."

"Good! This child is quite tall. Come, Yan Zi."

Chai Hongyan took two steps forward and first greeted and spoke to elders such as Xu Laonian and Liu Lizhen. Almost all those present were her elders, but when it was Sun Lianjun's turn, she didn't say a word. After all, the two of them would have to communicate later, and if she called him "Uncle Jun", wouldn't it be a mess?

"This is my Yan Zi, her full name is Chai Hongyan!"

Chai Bing was a little anxious in his introduction, so Xu Ning took over and said, "Third brother, let's go inside and chat for a while, don't be anxious. This is not a formal occasion, we all know each other well, let's go inside and chat, and then let them be alone after that."

"Okay! Then I'll listen to Yue Lao! Haha, this guy made my mouth dry."

Xu Laonian smiled and said, "Come in quickly and drink some tea to moisten your body."

"Okay, come in, Third Brother."

"Come in!" Sun Jiye said with a smile. He glanced at Chai Hongyan several times and felt that this girl was very steady. She looked like a lady from ancient times, unlike his niece Sun Lianfang who was crazy.

As Chai Hongyan walked into the house, she glanced at Sun Lianjun's profile. Chai Baotong beside her muttered, "He looks okay, but not as good as our Uncle Xu..."

"Don't talk nonsense, are you a tiger?"

"Oh mom... you're already protecting me without even starting this?"

At a glance from Chai Hongyan, Chai Baotong lowered his head and shut his mouth, while Sun Lianjun and Sun Lianfang in front were also whispering.

"Jun, what do you think?"

Sun Lianjun straightened his back, deliberately puffed out his chest, and said in a very pretentious manner: "Very good!"

"Are you interested?"

"He looks fine, sister, but my heart is beating fast."

"What the hell, you idiot? I'm going to get some information for you, just wait."

Sun Lianfang turned around, grinned, and waved, "Hey, sister, why is your skin so good? What do you usually put on?"

Chai Hongyan was stunned and whispered, "Just apply some snake oil ointment. What do you usually apply?"

"I put some cream on in the winter and some mud on in the summer."

Seeing Chai Hongyan stunned, Sun Lianfang laughed: "I'm just kidding you, I just put on some cream or something, but your skin is natural, unlike me who runs in the mountains and is exposed to the sun all day. Hey, brother, do you have a girlfriend?"

Chai Baotong had just sat down when he heard this and stood up and said, "Sister, I'm not old enough yet. My dad said to find one for my sister first."

"Ah, it's okay. When the time comes, let my brother introduce you to a good girl. Does my brother know?"

"Uncle Xu, I know."

Sun Lianfang felt a little awkward hearing this address, scratched her head and said, "Your father and my brother are brothers, so how old is your father?"

"My father is 40 and my grandfather is 61. Sister, how many people are there in your family?" Chai Baotong asked.

"A family of four..." As family members, Sun Lianfang and Chai Baotong first reported their family information to each other, and they chatted very well, with no sense of strangeness at all.

However, the two main people sitting on the edge of the kang did not communicate at all.

(End of this chapter)