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Chapter 454: People are selfish but don’t make mistakes. College students are popular
Xu Ning certainly didn't forget what he was doing on the street. He threw the motorcycle engine under the passenger seat and put a layer of straw and sacks underneath to prevent it from being cracked by the bumps. The two drove to Taiping Village first and delivered the venison in the car to each household. Because it was too early, Da Laba, Lao Hu and Li Ye's family were all there and cordially invited Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang to come in for a while, but they both declined...

When I arrived at Old Deng's house and handed him the venison and the penis of a large male deer, Old Deng smiled and said, "Someone just happened to want a penis of a deer. I was wondering where to get it, and you delivered it to my door! I'll give you the money after I sell it. You can get a few more dollars this time."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Uncle, it's up to you to decide how much you want to sell it for, just leave me the capital."

"How can that work? You gave me so much venison, how can I make money from you? It's settled! Can you two go inside for a while?"

"No, we have to go to the street. Do you have anything to bring?"

Old Deng frowned and said, "If you want to take the opportunity, please bring me three feet of red cloth."

"Okay! We'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative on the way. Then we'll be off."

"Hey, drive slower."

After waving to Lao Deng, he and Li Fuqiang drove towards the street. At this time, there was still half a male deer, a small deer penis and more than ten pounds of venison left in the car. After entering the street, Xu Ning raised his hand and glanced at the time. It was already past nine o'clock.

After parking the Dongfeng car not far from the supply and marketing cooperative, Xu Ning got off the car carrying more than ten kilograms of venison and deer penis, while Li Fuqiang stood at the back of the car, because there was still a large part of venison in the back compartment. Although the probability of it being stolen was very small, it was not 100%. There were many people who took risks these days, and they could not find it after stealing it...

Xu Ning entered the supply and marketing cooperative, where many people were buying goods. It was almost the summer solstice, as the saying goes, "eat dumplings in winter and noodles in summer."

As soon as he entered the store, the beautiful saleswoman saw him, waved and smiled to greet him. Xu Ning looked up at her and said, "Hey, it's only been a few days since we last met. You look younger again."

"Nonsense, I just put on some vanishing cream, you're looking for Manager Qian?"

"Well, is he in the office?"

"Something happened at his home yesterday, so he won't be here until this afternoon."

Xu Ning frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"He didn't say anything. It shouldn't be a big deal. I saw he left in a leisurely manner."

"Well, I'll go to his house, and you can help me get three feet of red cloth, two bottles of Wuliangye, two bags of Yingchun, and two boxes of biscuits. I'll pick them up when I come back."

"Okay, go ahead and I'll fix it for you."

Xu Ning waved his hand and left the supply and marketing cooperative, but the other sales clerks were already used to it. After all, Xu Ning had been here many times and had even had a conflict with the family of a school leader. In their impression, Xu Ning was Qian Shude's good friend.

"What's the matter, brother?" Li Fuqiang asked curiously when he saw him returning with things.

"Old Qian isn't here. Let's go directly to his house."

"Do you know where it is?"

Xu Ning threw the things under the passenger's feet, got into the car and said, "I can find it even if I'm confused."

He had not been to Qian Shude's house since he was reborn. He had been there several times in his previous life, but so many years had passed that he only had some vague fragments in his memory, and he roughly remembered the direction and landmarks of Qian Shude's house.

The landmark is the county compound staff housing building. Next to it are two four-story machinery factory staff housing buildings. Qian Shude's home is in the building at the back, with the second doorway and on the second floor.

The car stopped on the side of the road. Xu Ning carried the venison and deer penis into the family building. He walked to the door and looked at it suspiciously. He raised his hand and knocked on the door.

After six or seven seconds, there was a sound from inside the house. A woman opened the door. She was wearing a light grey coat, had a round chest and her hair was tied up behind her head.

Seeing a familiar face, Xu Ning smiled and said, "Sister-in-law?"

"You are……"

At this time, Qian Shude came out from inside the house after hearing the noise. He leaned over and saw Xu Ning with a surprised expression: "Er Ning! Oh my god... come in quickly! Fenglan, this is our brother Xu Ning, nicknamed Little Master, have you forgotten?"

"Hey! Young Master! Why do you look so familiar? It's only been two years since I last saw you, and you seem to have changed a lot."

Xu Ning bared his teeth and said, "It has grown."

"Get in the house quickly!"

Ma Fenglan moved aside, and Xu Ning walked into the house without changing his shoes, and put the venison and deer penis in his hand on the table.

"This is the deer I hunted in the mountains yesterday. I'll bring it here for you to try."

"Okay! My old man likes this. What is this...ah! I see. Haha, my brother still thinks of me."

Ma Fenglan asked curiously, "What?"

"Don't ask anymore, go make some tea for your brother."

Qian Shude pointed to the wooden sofa and said, "Sit down, and make yourself at home."

Xu Ning said, "Don't let my sister-in-law make tea. My elder brother is waiting downstairs. I'll leave after a few words."

"Then call him up with you."

"Come on, there's something in the car. I heard something happened at home? What happened?"

Qian Shude was stunned, glanced at Ma Fenglan who was pouring tea, and said, "It's not a big deal. There are some changes in your sister-in-law's unit, and we are thinking about what to do."

"What's the change? Isn't my sister-in-law a high school teacher?"

"Yes! Last month, the city leaders came to investigate and saw her lecture, so they wanted to invite her to teach at the city high school. But if she goes, we will be separated. Besides, we have a child. Even if the child can go to the city with her, we will be separated all year round... No relationship can stand this."

Xu Ning nodded: "Did you come up with any results?"

"How can we study it? Everyone wants to live in a good place. To be honest, I agree with her going to the city. She can get a house, good treatment, and her children can go to the city school, but I..."

At this time, Ma Fenglan handed the tea to Xu Ning and said with a smile: "Brother, have some tea."

"Eh."

"I heard that your eldest brother is very happy, but he is not happy in his heart. What's another word for this? The woman is strong and the man is weak! He has a lot of self-esteem. He used to be the pillar of the family. If I go to the city, I will earn more than him. He is not comfortable..."

In fact, Ma Fenglan hit the nail on the head. Qian Shude is a typical male chauvinist. Although he is easy-going when getting along with his buddies, he is the one who has the final say with Ma Fenglan in life.

Ma Fenglan's personality just complements his. She is a woman with no ideas and must find someone with a backbone. Otherwise, nothing can be done and she will be slow to do things. There is a reason why these two can become a couple and live happily for so many years.

Qian Shude looked normal, but he glanced at his wife and sighed helplessly when his thoughts were exposed.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Old Qian! I have to say something to you. Although this is your own family matter and I should not get involved in expressing my opinions, you really should change your character. I am the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative now, but you can't be the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative forever, right?

Look at the current domestic situation. Self-employed people are all in the newspapers. As the country becomes more open in the future, there will be more and more self-employed people in the city. By then, they will all sell food, snacks, and clothes. What's the point of keeping our supply and marketing cooperative open?"

Qian Shude frowned upon hearing this, then nodded slowly: "That's true. The grain stations are now being squeezed and are not as overbearing as they were in the past two years."

"Yes, so you can't be the manager of a supply and marketing cooperative for your whole life. Sooner or later you have to do something on your own, right?" "Well, I had this idea last year..."

Xu Ning took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The tea my sister-in-law made for me is very good. It seems to be Maojian."

Ma Fenglan said: "I don't know what kind of tea it is. I saw that the old man was reluctant to drink it, so I grabbed a handful of this tea."

"Haha, sister-in-law is still so honest. I still remember knocking on your door in the middle of the night and you gave us some whole dumpling soup."

"Oh, there wasn't much good stuff at home at that time, just some noodles left..."

Qian Shude raised his head and said, "I understand what you mean. Let's do this. Your sister-in-law will go to the city to teach, and I will go there every now and then. If there is any trouble..."

"If you have any problems, just look for Hu Zhibin, my brother Bin! He hasn't been transferred there yet, but he will be soon. At the very least, my brother is also in the city's Forestry Bureau."

"Okay! Fenglan, go ahead. I'm very confident in you and the child. It's just that it's a bit hard for me to live at home by myself. It's okay. At most, I can go to the canteen of the county compound for free meals."

Xu Ning asked: "My uncle Qian doesn't know anyone in the city's education department?"

"Yes, I know her. Is that why you transferred your sister-in-law there? Otherwise, how could she be moved to another place?"

Xu Ning clapped his hands: "Then what are you thinking about! Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go to the agricultural machinery station."

After saying that, Xu Ning stood up and walked out. Qian Shude was stunned and Ma Fenglan hurriedly chased after him, "You can do your work, but come to our house for lunch."

"I'll be home at noon. I have two guests at home. I have to go to Wangxing tomorrow."

Qian Shude said: "Hey, I heard from Brother Bin that you were brave enough to help others in Sandaohe? What happened?"

Xu Ning walked out the door, turned around and said with a smile: "You can read the newspaper when the time comes. It's quite thrilling anyway. Why don't we talk about it later when we have time?"

"Okay."

"Let's go, sister-in-law."

"Hey, if you have time, come over. Sister-in-law will prepare some dishes for you. You two brothers can drink more."

Xu Ning waved his hand and went downstairs, while Qian Shude closed the door and said, "He doesn't smoke or drink anymore. He has completely learned his lesson."

"Is it true?" Ma Fenglan had heard Lao Qian say this before, but she still found it hard to believe. When she first met Xu Ning, his face was covered in blood and his body was covered in bruises, which scared her.

Why did she prepare dumpling soup for Xu Ning? Wasn't it because she was afraid that Xu Ning would get into trouble? But as they got along, she found that Xu Ning was quite particular. He never came home empty-handed and even bought a rattle for her child.

"Of course it's true, otherwise how could he be so brave? Hey, I didn't expect him to come here. You've dealt with this thing this afternoon."

"What is this?"

"Deer whip! Wait until I finish eating and then drink some wine to serve you. Anyway, the child is hanging out with his grandfather today."

Ma Fenglan looked at the long strip, glared and scolded: "You gentlemen are so shameless!"

"Really? Then take off your clothes now and I'll give you a shoulder massage."

"Don't mess around in broad daylight."

"You're not doing this for no reason. You're going to teach in the city next semester, so I have to take good care of you first, right? Come on, I'm really excited!"

"Oh, that's annoying, draw the curtains..."
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Xu Ning was not meddling in other people's business, nor did he have the patience to persuade Qian Shude. He just analyzed the pros and cons. Besides, Qian's father had already helped Ma Fenglan to smooth out the relationship to teach in the city, and Qian Shude had definitely agreed to this matter before. Why did he hesitate after it was done?
It's very simple, just like Qian Shude said, his wife and children have all gone to the city, leaving him alone to live on the streets, what's the fun in life?

People often don't think much before doing things. Once things are done, they will weigh the pros and cons, and their selfishness becomes apparent.

But it is human nature for people to be selfish and not make mistakes!
Xu Ning went with the flow for a reason other than this. He also had some selfish thoughts. Xu Feng was already in the second semester of the sixth grade. She would be in the first grade of junior high school in September. In three years, she and Jin Yu Man Tang would have to go to high school. As for whether they could pass the entrance exam? Even if they couldn't, they still had to go to high school!
Even if he had to use connections and spend some money, he had to send his sister to high school.

Although it is very popular to study in a technical secondary school now and it is easy to find a job after graduation, as time goes by, will technical secondary school still be popular?
After 90-00, college graduates were the most popular. At that time, how many people with a junior college degree could work in the system? Was their future bright? No, so they worked hard to get a junior college degree...

Xu Feng is in the first grade of junior high school this year and will take the college entrance examination six years later. That will be 1990. When he finishes college, it will be 1993-94, which is exactly the time when college students are in high demand!
People can't always look at the present. Since Xu Ning has lived a second life, he has to look forward, the farther the better.

Therefore, Xu Ning's idea is to get closer to Ma Fenglan as soon as possible to prevent Xu Feng's academic performance from declining in the future. At that time, he can ask Ma Fenglan for tutoring.

After leaving the house, he and Li Fuqiang drove back to the supply and marketing cooperative.

He took three feet of red cloth, cigarettes, alcohol, and biscuits from the supply and marketing cooperative, and the beautiful salesperson collected the money according to Qian Shude's lowest price.

At the agricultural machinery station, Liu Xuemin was sitting in his office drinking tea with a newspaper in one hand, looking very comfortable.

A Dongfeng car drove into the yard, and then people came out of the office building and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Xu Ning said, "Brother, I'm looking for Station Master Liu. My name is Xu Ning."

The man looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Are you the guy who rented the four-wheeler last time?"

"Isn't it just me?"

At this time, Li Fuqiang jumped out of the car, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to him, "Brother, have a cigarette."

"Hey." The man took it and pointed to the office building and said, "The stationmaster is in the office. Just go over there."

"Okay, thank you very much."

Xu Ning walked into the building alone without carrying anything, found the stationmaster's office and knocked on the door.

He heard a voice from inside and pushed the door open.

Liu Xuemin didn't raise his head or move his body, and said, "What's the matter?"

This little guy was quite stylish. Xu Ning said with a smile: "Brother Liu, I'm Xu Ning."

Liu Xuemin put down the newspaper after hearing what he said, and stood up quickly when he saw it was him. "Oh my god, Brother Xu! What brings you here? Haha, I was just looking for your heroic deeds in the newspaper. Come and sit down."

Xu Ning sat on the sofa and said, "How come Brother Liu knows that I am brave enough to do something righteous?"

"Oh, it's spread all over the county, but it's limited to the county compound. Wait, I'll get you some tea..."

"Stop busying yourself, Brother Liu. I'm here to ask you for help."

"You need to drink water when you are doing things. Just tell me directly. It won't delay you to pour some water."

Liu Xuemin's attitude towards Xu Ning was quite friendly, which was completely different from when he first entered the room.

Xu Ning said: "I found a motorcycle engine in Sandahe, and it seemed to have been soaked in water. I was thinking of sending it to the agricultural machinery station to find a technician to see if it can be repaired..."

(End of this chapter)