Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 482: Sitting on the Kang as a Master Finally Meets the In-Laws

The reason why Xu Ning insisted on buying copper coins was that if he asked Wang Biao to exchange sugar balls with his classmates for copper coins, it would be extremely difficult to put together the Five Emperors' Coins and Qian, Dao and Jia, and the quality was uneven, so it would be better to spend some money to buy them and save trouble.

One set of Five Emperors' Coins is used to hang on the beams, and the remaining two sets and Qian, Dao and Jia are used to press the door thresholds. Among these ten sets of copper coins, only Shunzhi and Yongzheng are valuable, and the rest are worthless. The price given by the stall owner is relatively fair, because the first set the stall owner took out was of poor quality, so the price was fixed.

When the stall owners knew they belonged to the Sun family, they could not raise the price. Now that the copper coin issue was settled, Xu Ning, Lian Fang, Jun and Xu strolled around the fair with ease.

Continue walking into the market. The stalls on both sides are filled with cloth and animal skins of various colors. Most of them are cow, sheep and rabbit skins. The higher-end ones are bear, deer and wolf skins. Ordinary people are reluctant to spend money on them. There are many clothes and cloth shoes hanging on the fence. You can see that they are hand-sewn, not sewn by sewing machines, because the stitches are too dense, and the workmanship is quite solid. There are also gloves, sunglasses, paper clips, hair bands...

They were just strolling around, not wanting to buy anything. Old Sun's family had everything they needed, so what could they buy at the market? It would be better to go to a big mall in the city.

It was past 10 o'clock and there were still a lot of people at the market. Xu Ning couldn't go shopping any longer, so he and Sun Lianfang looked at each other and walked back to the village.

When they reached a quieter place, Sun Lianjun said, "Brother, do you think we can make money by buying some cheap little things from the city and selling them at the market?"

"Of course he can make money. The difference is how much he makes. For example, the rice cakes Lianfang buys have production costs of cornmeal, sticky rice, red beans and sugar. The rest is all labor. So if he sells them for 1 yuan, he can make at least cents. After deducting the stall fee, how much do you think he makes?"

Sun Lianfang said: "Here, labor is not worth much. Last year, my father hired people to fish. He provided three meals a day and gave them 20 cents. They were all happy."

Sun Lianxu nodded and said, "Well, labor is not valuable, what is valuable is the ideas and technology!"

"The method Jun just mentioned is essentially reselling, buying at a low price and selling at a high price, making a profit from the difference. Unless you trade in large quantities, the money you earn with this method will only be enough to support your family..."

Sun Lianfang said, "Brother, what do you think can make a lot of money?"

Xu Ning glanced at the three of them and said with a smile, "Robbery is the fastest way to make money."

"Ah? Isn't that against the law?"

"So, all the ways to make a lot of money are..."

In the first few years of reform and opening up, many lucrative businesses emerged, but they were later written into the laws, and as time went by, the book became thicker and thicker.

Sun Lianfang, Jun and Xu would usually talk about business, thinking about how to make money and what to do to make money. They would also chat with people in the same village. They were not like children from ordinary families who could not say anything for a long time. If you wanted them to talk about business, they would not know what to say no matter how hard you tried.

The gap between them cannot be made up by more than one generation. Xu Ning had figured it out before. He had to cultivate his children's ability to think independently in the future, to have unique insights into things, not to follow the crowd, and not to believe what others say...

As I stepped into Old Sun's house, I saw Old Hei, the dog raised by Sun Jiye. The dog had become full of energy, had become two times fatter than before, and there was light in its eyes.

It still remembered Xu Ning. When it saw him kicking its legs and lunging forward, Xu Ning came over and rubbed its head. Lao Hei stuck out his tongue and rubbed Xu Ning's legs contentedly.

Sun Jiye was roasting cow and deer hooves with charcoal. When he saw them coming back, he said with a smile, "Erning, come and see how Lao Hei is doing now?"

"Very good! Did you take it for a hike in the mountains three or four days ago?"

"Oh my god, how did you know that?"

"If a dog doesn't go for a walk in the mountains every two or three days, it will be in trouble. For example, my blue wolf will be droopy-eyed if it doesn't go for a walk in the mountains for three or four days."

"Ah! I usually take it to the edge of the mountain and never go into the mountain. If it starts to run, I will definitely not be able to catch up."

"Wait until winter before running again. Don't go into the mountains now."

"Well, come into the house..."

In the outer room, Sun Jiye was sitting on a small stool cleaning fish, Third Aunt was washing vegetables at the west stove, and Second Aunt was standing in front of the chopping board cutting meat. They had been busy since Xu Ning and the other three went to the market.

Originally, some members of Old Sun's family wanted to come over to help, but were rejected by Sun Jiwei. It was not because they were ungrateful, but because it was the busy farming season. For example, the leeks, coriander, etc. in everyone's garden needed to be thinned out, weeded, and occasionally some farm manure needed to be spread.

"What did you buy?"

"There's nothing good to buy, so I just bought some rice cakes. Aunt San, please try them. They're just the right amount of filling to keep you from getting hungry at noon."

Sun Lianfang put the rice cake on the stove, then diligently went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks and divided it into six portions. Sun Jiwei and Ye Teng took a few bites with their hands, then smiled and praised Sun Lianfang a few words.

"My brother also bought copper coins, Uncle San, from the younger brother of the old Zhao family in Hedong Village. He will deliver it to me later."

Sun Jiye said, "Ah, that smooth-talking guy, didn't he lie to you?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "You have to lie at the beginning of doing business. Later, my brother Xu recommended you, and he gave you a lot of discounts."

"Hahaha, I still have some dignity. There's soda in the west room. Lianfang, get a bottle for your brother."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "I don't want soda, Lianfang, please make some tea."

"It's so sweet and delicious..."

"It's so sweet. The more I drink, the thirstier I get. I'd better have some tea."

Xu Ning didn't say anything polite. He sat on the kang in the east room and acted like a big boss, drinking tea while glancing at the TV, with peanuts, melon seeds and hazelnuts beside his legs.

Sun Lianfang, Jun, and Xu went to the outer room to help light the fire and roast the meat. Xu Ning wanted to help, but Er Niang stopped him and insisted that he go into the house to watch TV. What was there to watch on TV at that time? There was a replay of the classic sketch "Eating Noodles" and a crosstalk that lasted more than 40 minutes.

The station logo at this time is the shape of two elliptical circles intersecting, a bit like a bow tie, with the word TV at the intersection, and the program list is also handwritten...

Sitting alone until after 11 o'clock, Sun Jiwei and others came into the house one after another, wiping their hands, and then rummaging through the drawers to change into coats and pants. Sun Lianfang took a red sausage and broke half of it for Xu Ning, asking him to have a bite first, as Guan Lei and others would not arrive until after 1 o'clock.

When Xu Ning returned to the house after going to the toilet, he saw Aunt San taking out the beef and deer hooves that had been boiled in the pot. She turned her head and said, "Er Ning, can I cook some instant noodles for you?"

"No need, Third Aunt, they should be here soon. By then, the table will be full of food, and it will be so lively to eat."

At this time, a shout came from outside the courtyard gate. Xu Ning turned around and saw that it was the stall owner selling ancient coins at the market. Sun Jiye, Sun Lianfang, Jun and Xu in the house also walked out, while Sun Jiwei, Er Niang and Third Aunt did not move.

"Hey, Xiao Zhao! Come in quickly." Sun Jiye called out.

The stall owner said, "Brother Ye, I won't go in. I'm here to give this brother some copper coins. He spent two dollars here and bought ten sets of copper coins. I gave him two coins as an extra..."

"Exquisite! What is your elder brother doing?"

The stall owner said: "He is still working as a blacksmith at home. This is the only thing he can do. He can't do anything else."

"I told him last year to take on a few more apprentices to specialize in knife-making! I told him to make the knives into handicrafts and sell them in the provincial capital. I'm sure a lot of people would buy them, but he didn't believe it."

"Oh, I told him that, but he insisted that horseshoeing is more practical." Sun Jiye did not continue the conversation. The stall owner spread out ten sets of copper coins and two small coins in his palm and said, "Brother, what do you think of the appearance? It took me more than two hours to select them."

Xu Ning took the copper coins and said with a smile: "Sorry for the trouble, these are good enough."

"Why are you being so polite? We are all family. If you need anything in the future, just let me know and I will make sure to arrange everything for you!"

"Okay."

The stall owner smiled and waved his hand: "I'll go back first, I haven't closed the stall yet."

"Aren't you going to come in for a while?"

"Oh no, Brother Ye, there's a lady next door helping me watch the stall, I have to go back quickly."

"Okay, I won't keep you here then."

After the stall owner left, Sun Jiye took the copper coins from Xu Ning's hand and said, "They are in decent condition. How much are these in total? 2 yuan?"

"OK."

Sun Jiye said: "That's not so bad. This kid is more cunning than his elder brother. Last time I heard his elder brother say that he bought a piece of jade from an old man who picked up rags in Lin County for 1 yuan, and he sold it for 500..."

Xu Ning put away the copper coins and said, "Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times, these copper coins and antiques will be very valuable in the future. In twenty years, won't the jade be worth fifty thousand?"

"It will definitely go up in value. I was thinking of getting a few pieces of jade to play with, but your Third Aunt wouldn't let me. She said I had to spend the money on the right things."

Xu Ning waved his hand and urged Sun Lianfang and the other two to go inside first, which made Sun Lianfang look suspicious. She muttered, "What are you whispering about? Behind people's backs?"

After the three of them walked away, Xu Ning beckoned Sun Jiye to come over and whispered something in his ear. Then Sun Jiye raised his head and laughed wildly. The third aunt, who was burning a fire in the outer room, said to the second mother: "Second sister-in-law, look at this person, he seems to be possessed by a demon."

"All men are like this. Your second brother was laughing when he was sleeping the first two days. I was so scared at that time..."

At noon, no one was complaining about being hungry, everyone was waiting for the feast.

Xu Ning ran to the toilet repeatedly, not because he was sick, but because he drank a thermos of tea by himself.

At around 1 o'clock, Sun Jiwei could no longer sit still on the kang. He moved to the edge of the kang and looked out the window frequently.

"I'll go out and take a look. It's almost 1:. Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

"I am coming too!"

Sun Lianfang was also extremely anxious. She hadn't seen Guan Lei for a few days. She was racking her brains to figure out where Guan Lei's charm came from. Even though Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan had a relationship like that, Meng Ziyan was still so anxious to see him.

Just as the two were about to take action, the sound of a car engine was suddenly heard outside the door.

Sun Lianfang had very good hearing and shouted, "Here they come! I can hear them!"

"Hurry up and go out to greet them! We have been waiting for quite some time and we are finally going to meet our in-laws..."

Everyone rushed out of the house. Just after walking two or three meters, they saw a car parked outside the wall of Old Sun's house, followed by the second and third cars.

In the first car were Guan Lei, Guan Mei and the children, and Guan Hua; in the second car were Wu Hailong, Wu Zhouquan and Han Fang; and in the third car were Wang Hu, Xu Laonian and Liu Lizhen.

When Sun Jiwei and others walked out the door, they happened to see Wu Hailong getting off the car, and Xu Laonian walking around the front of the car...

Since they had never met before, Xu Ning introduced them directly at the door. After Guan Lei appeared with the child, Guan Mei and Guan Hua, Xu Laonian and Wu Zhouquan greeted Sun Jiwei.

In fact, it was the first time that Xu Laonian and Wu Zhouquan met, but they had talked on the phone before, so there was no sense of strangeness when they met. When they arrived at Old Sun's house, there were Lianfang, Jun, Sun Jieye and others. Xu Laonian was even more familiar and called him "Second Brother" all the time. Sun Lianwei shouted, "Brother, come in quickly!"
After everyone got to know each other, Second Mother, Third Aunt, Liu Lizhen and Han Fang gathered together, and the masters also gathered together to chat.

The child in Guan Lei's hand was already in Er Niang's arms. She looked down at the child's face, smiling and said, "This child is really stable, he doesn't cry or make a fuss..."

When they were all walking into the house, Guan Lei stopped Xu Ning and said, "Brother, everything at home has been arranged. Uncle Zhang said that he wanted Second Uncle and Second Aunt to come over as well. He will help take care of the house, but Second Uncle didn't agree."

"Well, Uncle doesn't want people to gossip about him. Is there anything in the car?"

"Yes! Hey, Huzi, Juner, Xudi, hurry up and help move the things..."

Sun Lianfang glanced back when she heard the voice, but she didn't go to Guan Lei because she knew which side was more important. At the moment, she was flattering Han Fang and Guan Mei. After she had made her elder sister-in-law understand, wouldn't she be the one in charge in the future? If Guan Lei dared to bully her, she would complain to her elder sister-in-law! Little guy, I can't control you anymore.

Guan Lei brought a lot of things, the six items were the most basic, and there were four other items, half a donkey meat, two big roosters, two big geese, and a box of jellyfish skin!

Donkey meat is Wanye's specialty, but where did the jellyfish skin come from? Both of these were obtained by Wu Zhouquan, and the jellyfish skin was bought by Wu Zhouquan in Dan City when he went to the matchmaker...

"This jellyfish skin mixed with cucumber is so delicious with some chili oil!"

Sun Lianjun said: "I have only eaten it once in my life, it was so salty..."

"This thing needs to be soaked in water twice, otherwise it will be too salty. Think about it, it is shipped from the coast, how many days will it take to get here? In order to facilitate storage and transportation, it is usually soaked in salt water."

"Ah, I was wondering why it was so salty, and my dad said that was the taste. It made me vomit."

"Hahaha... tell my second mother later to rinse it with water twice first and taste it to see if it's salty."

"Yeah, I'll eat it this time."

Guan Lei said with a smile: "What does this thing smell like? Is it fishy?"

"It's not fishy, ​​and it tastes quite chewy. Did you go home and see Brother Quan?"

"Yes, my elder sister and younger sister and I stayed at Brother Quan's house for a day and a half. Brother Quan said we can get together after you get married."

"Okay! How is the relationship between Brother Quan and Uncle Da?"

"Very good. This time when we had dinner at his house, the old man was very happy. Mrs. Quan was very nice to him. She basically bought everything for him and cooked whatever he wanted to eat."

At this time, several people walked into the house, and Sun Lianjun asked, "Mom! Look at my brother-in-law taking these old things."

"Oh my god! Why did you bring the donkey here?"

(End of this chapter)