Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 487 This is the camera that my father Xu Laonian must install

"The moon is bright, the wind is calm, and the leaves cover the window lattices. The crickets are chirping, like the sound of strings on a musical instrument..."

Guan Mei sat on the kang in the second west room, holding the child in her arms, rocking her body gently and humming a Northeastern folk tune "Lullaby". Her ethereal and long voice soon coaxed Wu Jinbao to sleep.

Guan Hua pulled out a mattress from the kang cabinet, stepped over Wu Hailong's body, and spread the mattress on the head of the kang. Guan Mei slowly stood up and knelt on the kang, put Wu Jinbao on the mattress, and covered him with a thin quilt. She looked back at Wu Hailong's sleeping posture, pulled up the quilt at the end of the kang and threw it on him, then waved to Guan Hua to get off the bed.

Second Mother, Third Aunt, Liu Lizhen, and Han Fang had already cleaned up the dishes and the stove, and were now sitting on the kang in the east room, drinking tea and chatting about family matters leisurely.

The snoring coming from the west room was deafening. Several old ladies looked at each other and smiled secretly. Aunt Three said, "This snoring really sounds like thunder."

Han Fang said with a smile: "I knew it was Long's father as soon as I heard it. He really likes snoring."

Liu Lizhen said: "The old men are all playing that, and my dead son likes to snore even more. My old son and Hu Zi didn't sleep well last night."

"It's not that great. There's no way to fix it, why is there so much snoring?"

At this time, Guan Mei and Guan Hua came into the room, and Er Niang asked, "Is Jin Bao asleep?"

"Yeah, I just took it easy. I should wake up around seven o'clock."

Auntie San poured them a cup of tea and turned to ask, "Sister-in-law, why haven't Erning and Huzi decided to get married yet?"

"It's not settled yet. We're just waiting for the roof beams to be put up at home. After that, Jiao'er and I will start looking for a date."

Er Niang said, "When we went to calculate the date for Lianfang and Guanlei, didn't the old lady say there was a good date in September?"

Han Fang nodded and said, "I said it was a few days earlier than Shitou and Lianfang, and National Day is a good day."

In fact, Liu Lizhen and Liu Fenfang had looked for a place to live before, but they didn't settle down at that time. Why? Because they didn't know when the house would be completed, and even if it was completed, they would still have to plaster and clean up for a while.

"I estimate that Erning will be around that day, and it will be cold from now on."

Han Fang said: "If we really get together, we will be very busy. We need to study the process."

"That's what I was going to say. None of us have much experience, but you two do. Dalong and Hailong have both been married before. How did you arrange it?"

Then, the old ladies sitting around the kang started talking about the wedding process. At that time, getting married was basically not too complicated. It mainly involved inviting guests over for a meal and completing the wedding under their witness. Some people even threw bedding on the kang and two people lived in the same room, and they were considered married.

Marriage certificate? A piece of paper similar to a certificate of merit, optional. A real marriage certificate with a stamp and seal will be issued only after a few years.

After listening to Liu Lizhen and Han Fang's experience, Er Niang clapped her hands and said, "We really need a camera! Let's record the scene of their wedding so that we can show it to our eldest grandson later!"

Liu Lizhen quite agreed. At that time, Xu Long didn't have a camera when he got married, so the scene of his wedding with Wang Shujuan only existed in his mind. In another ten years, he would have completely forgotten it.

Last time she saw the photo of Xu Ning, Guan Lei, Liu Daming and others when they went to receive the award, wearing big red flowers on their chests and holding certificates in their hands, oh my god! They were so pleasing to the eye.

"Of course we need to buy one. We are better off now, not like before... I remember that a few years ago, the windows at home were covered with paper, the quilts were stuffed with glass leaves (oak leaves), and three people took turns wearing one pair of pants. It's nothing like it is now."

"Not so good!" Er Niang clapped her legs rhythmically and said, "Before Er Ning gets married, his uncle will definitely go. When the time comes, let him fix the camera and we can borrow some light!"

The old woman chattered very smoothly, and before she knew it the sky outside had become dark. She looked up at the clock and it was five minutes to seven.

At this time, there was a noise outside the house. Xu Ning rubbed his face and walked into the outer room. Er Niang put on her shoes and went downstairs. She lifted the door curtain and saw that it was him. She smiled and said, "Are you awake? Are you hungry? Er Niang will make you some dumplings."

Xu Ning shook his head: "No, I'll eat with them later. Didn't you guys eat in the evening?"

Liu Lizhen rolled her eyes: "I'm just waiting for you guys to get up and eat together."

At this time, Wang Hu walked into the room quickly and said, "Auntie, why is my forehead blue?"

The old women looked at each other, then burst into laughter.

Wang Hu and Xu Ning were a little confused. What did this mean?

Liu Lizhen said: "Do you still remember going out with your second brother to send Zhuzi off?"

"Remember, my second brother sat on the ground, and I went to help him up... ah! Now I remember, my face seemed to have hit the ground."

"Hahaha……"

Xu Ning didn't remember anything. He lost consciousness after sitting on the ground, and he didn't even know who sent him back to the house.

"You are such a complete idiot. How can you stand on the ground after drinking a little wine?"

"Hey, second brother, isn't that to help you..."

After Wang Hu finished speaking, he turned around and approached Guan Hua, saying, "Can you take a look at my face to see if there are any cuts?"

Han Fang said: "The flowers are almost crying. Your face is covered with dirt. Who wiped it for you?"

Liu Lizhen cooperated and said, "The flowers wiped it!"

"Oh my god, this young man..." Second Mother clapped her hands to liven up the atmosphere.

Guan Hua immediately lowered her head, and Wang Hu said with a smile: "Haha, it feels really good to have someone care about you! My brother Lei hasn't gotten up yet?"

Er Niang said, "Lianfang and Xu took him to your uncle's house. They should be back soon."

After everyone woke up one after another, they sat on the edge of the kang and chatted. When Guan Lei, Sun Lianfang and Xu came back, Er Niang put the charcoal in the stove pit into the copper pot with fire tongs, and then everyone sat around the table for a late dinner.

When they heard that Wang Hu's face hit the ground, they immediately burst into laughter. Xu Laonian grinned and said, "He's just like your father, only able to make a fool of himself."

"Haha, uncle, didn't my dad learn from you too?"

"Oh, fuck me?"

"Hahaha……"

The crowd was excited again, and they were laughing so hard that their teeth were visible.

Xu Laonian curled his lips and said, "You will learn nothing from following a little jerk like you."

After the meal, they chatted until about half past nine before going back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day, Xu Ning put on his clothes, put the bear gall into a small cloth bag, and put it together with the clothes he had taken off for hiking.

Xu Laonian was arguing with Wu Zhouquan in the outer room. Why? Liu Zhu had brought a fawn and 60-70 kilograms of bear meat. Xu Laonian insisted on giving Wu Zhouquan half of it. No matter how Wu Zhouquan tried to stop him, Xu Laonian seemed to have switched gears. The more he tried to stop him, the more excited he became. When Sun Jiye walked out of the backyard, he was carrying a sack dripping with water. In it were carp, silver carp, big salmon, garfish, and willow roots. There was no fish pond in the backyard of Old Sun's house. The fish were caught from other people's fish ponds and were still alive and kicking.

Sun Jiwei also walked in from the courtyard gate, followed by Sun Lianjun who was pushing a cart filled with cigarettes, alcohol, and three bags of pork and vegetables.

"Why is it still quarreling?"

Xu Laonian turned around and said, "Second brother, I wanted to bring some bear meat and venison to Brother Wu, but he insisted on stopping me. What's there to stop me from doing? My little kid often goes into the mountains to hunt animals, and there should be more of them than we can eat..."

Sun Jiye walked in and said, "It's not that great, stop fighting, Erning's hand is strong enough, just go into the mountains and get whatever you want to eat."

Wu Zhouquan grinned and said, "I think Zhuzi gave it to Erning specially, so why should I share it?"

Xu Laonian bared his teeth and said, "Brother Wu, don't blame me for being a bad brother. There is a saying that goes, if we meet, we should share it in half. If we don't share, it's nothing."

"Hahaha……"

Deafening laughter broke out from the outer room, and even the old woman laughed so hard that she fell backwards, this old man was really good at talking...

Liu Lizhen gritted her teeth and pinched him hard, saying, "What are you talking about?"

Sun Jiwei smiled and said, "Sister, what my brother said is right. We must share it in half when we meet! Come, let's share these meats and vegetables..."

Then, everyone started to divide the meat and vegetables. Although the cucumbers and tomatoes in the small garden had grown in June, the cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants and hot peppers were not very big, so Sun Jiye brought the vegetables from the greenhouse. The cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes and peppers were all quite big, and the skin was even a little old, but they still tasted very tender.

Xu Ning threw the bear meat and venison into the carriage for Wu Zhouquan, and told Wu Hailong to eat them as soon as he got home, because the bear meat was hunted two days ago and the venison had changed color a little, and it looked like it had been two or three days. But Liu Zhu was kind-hearted, and even though the bear meat was free, the venison was bought with real money.

They were walking and chatting in the courtyard, and Sun Jiwei told them to come over when they had time. Sun Jishan didn't have time to come back this time, but he must come back for a reunion next time. Wu Zhouquan smiled and mentioned Chinese New Year, which made Sun Jiwei laugh and cry.

In fact, Wanye and Qing'an are quite far from Sandaohe, and it is quite painful even if you have a car, especially in winter. Although Dongfeng cars have heaters and the temperature inside the car is not cold, the roads are difficult to drive on. On snowy mountain roads, the tires slip easily, so you can only drive carefully and not too fast.

Standing at the gate of the courtyard, everyone waved goodbye to each other. They all agreed to have a big drink before Xu Ning got married, and then everyone got into the car.

Xu Ning was driving Lao Zhang's car, with Xu Laonian, Liu Lizhen and Wang Hu sitting on the passenger seat; Sun Lianjun was driving his own car, with Guan Hua, Guan Lei and Sun Lianfang sitting on the passenger seat; while Wu Hailong, Wu Zhouquan, Han Fang, Guan Mei and Wu Jinbao were squeezed into the old Liberation car, and then the three cars drove off in two directions.

Xu Ning and Sun Lianjun wanted to go west along the Mudan River and then go to Wangxing along the Mudan River. However, Wu Hailong drove south towards Lingdong and then went directly back to Wanye.

It was a little after eight when they left. Xu Laonian had to urinate twice along the way. As he was old, it was normal for his prostate to not be able to hold back his urine. The car sped along Jiangyan Road, and Liu Lizhen's eyes were fixed on the window. Even though the lush green leaves blocked her view, she was still very happy.

Over the years, the farthest she had ever traveled was to the street, and she went there less than once a year. She usually just hung around her home, and the number of times she went to the street was very few.

Xu Ning turned around to take a look and said with a smile, "Mom, I'll take you to the provincial capital for a stroll when I have time."

"Oh my god, why are we going to the provincial capital? It's so far away, and I don't want to suffer."

Although she said this, she was very happy in her heart. She was satisfied that her son had such a heart.

On the side, Xu Laonian heard this and argued, "Why don't you take me to the provincial capital?"

Xu Ning didn't even glance at him, his eyes fixed on the front, and said, "You can drive, so why don't you drive there yourself?"

"Hey...Jane, look at this little bastard, what he said is so heartless."

"My old son is right. If you want to go, just drive there yourself."

This made Xu Laonian speechless. Wang Hu said with a smile, "Uncle, you and my dad are a perfect match, but you must be careful when driving, and don't drive into the ditch again."

"Hahaha……"

Xu Ning and Liu Lizhen laughed loudly. Xu Laonian muttered with a dark face: "Hu Zi used to look very honest, but now his mouth is like a knife, stabbing me in the heart!"

Liu Lizhen said: "Hu Zi has become a successful person now. He can go out and work on his own in the future. Er Li and Jiao Er both said that he is much better than last year."

"Much stronger. He never lied before, but who knows now?" Xu Laonian said with both praise and criticism.

Xu Ning said, "You have to be careful when lying to your family members. Don't be pretentious when lying to outsiders. Do as much as you can to pretend to be. Do you understand?"

"OK……"

At around 1 o'clock, the two cars finally turned into Wangxing Village and drove straight to Lao Chai's house.

At this moment, Lao Chai's family members were sitting in the house waiting. Steam was coming out of the big pot in the outer room. The third sister-in-law was throwing firewood into it, and the second sister-in-law was putting peanuts, melon seeds and candy balls into a small basket and placing it on the kang.

Chai Liangyu sat cross-legged on the edge of the kang, turning his head to look outside from time to time. He was ready to get out of bed at any time. Chai Shao, Chai Feng, Chai Bing, and Chai Baotong sat on stools, chatting about when Xu Ning and the others would arrive...

In fact, Chai Liangyu had already calculated that the total distance was more than 1 miles. If they started walking at around o'clock in the morning, they would definitely arrive at noon, and at the latest no later than :. Because the road was difficult to walk on, they could only walk slowly and go to the toilet or something.

"Old Third, when Er Ning comes over, ask him if the guardrail you built on the mountain is okay."

"I know. Erning told me what he did last time, and I followed his instructions. I'll take him for a walk after dinner."

Just as Chai Liangyu nodded, there was the roar of a car outside the yard. Two horns honked. Chai Liangyu grinned, clapped his hands and moved to the ground: "Here they come!"

Everyone stood up and walked towards the gate. Chai Liangyu must be in the front, but he deliberately slowed down his pace because the two cars had just stopped. When he saw Xu Ning jump out of the car, he walked quickly towards the gate.

"Erning!"

Chai Liangyu couldn't help laughing when he saw him, he really loved Xu Ning. If Xu Ning didn't have a girlfriend, he would have insisted on asking him to be his grandson-in-law. He would only say these words in his heart and definitely not say them out loud, otherwise he would be a fool.

Xu Ning walked around the front of the car and said with a smile: "Uncle! Big Brother..."

Everyone grinned and responded. Just as they walked to the door and stood there, Xu Laonian, Liu Lizhen and Wang Hu landed. Sun Lianjun, Guan Lei, Sun Lianfang and Guan Hua behind them also walked over quickly.

Xu Ning put his arms around his parents' shoulders and said, "Uncle, this is my father, Xu Laonian..."

"Get lost! You're annoying me..."

Xu Laonian pushed the little brat aside, causing people on both sides at the gate of the courtyard to burst into laughter.

Chai Liangyu, Chai Shao, Chai Feng, the eldest sister-in-law and others who had never met the father and son were all relieved. Just as Chai Bing said, the way the father and son got along was very comfortable, which made outsiders envious.

Xu Laonian looked at Chai Liangyu and said with a smile: "Brother, my full name is Xu Chunlin, you can just call me Dalin, and this is my wife Liu Lizhen."

(End of this chapter)