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Chapter 494 Your mother is very smart. Let him go to work as a night watchman

Although they were all a little dizzy from drinking, they didn't fall down. The six of them drank a total of five bottles of Wuliangye, more than 8 taels per person. They drank from noon to 2:30, and the alcohol in their bodies had almost evaporated.

Everyone walked to the hall. Lao Jin, holding a net bag containing an aluminum lunch box, leaned against the cashier and said, "Let's settle the bill."

The cashier glanced at Lao Jin and said with a smile: "Sir, the total cost of the three packs is 98 yuan, which includes five bottles of Wuliangye and the deposit for your take-away box..."

"Ah, so cheap?"

Liu Xuemin teased, "You think it's cheap? Then I'll drink with you two more times later."

"I think it's OK!" Lao Jin put the change back into his pocket and said with a smile, "Your sister-in-law never gave me pocket money before, but now, she has to put it in my pocket even if I don't want it."

Yang Liguo said: "The gun is a man's courage, and money is a man's backbone!"

"That's true."

Then, everyone walked out of the door leisurely. Yang Liguo said, "Erning, when your house is ready to put up the beams, let me know and I'll go back."

Hu Zhibin said: "I will definitely go too."

"Let's all go, let's join in the fun."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let you know when the time comes. Brother, you should go back soon, it will be time for dinner."

"Well, I won't send you off."

The two parties waved goodbye and left. When they got closer to the supply and marketing cooperative, they saw an old Jiefang car. This car was found by Hu Zhibin. The driver was delivering food to the county hospital. He walked over to talk to him first. Then Lao Jin got into the car and said, "I'm leaving first, Erning, we must drink thoroughly next time!"

"Okay, slow down." Xu Ning looked at his unsteady steps, afraid that he would slip and fall.

Liu Xuemin said: "Let's go quickly. I'm at home. Nothing will happen."

Lao Jin sat firmly and waved his hand calmly: "Haha, OK!"

Old Jiefang left slowly. The five of them stared at the rear of the car and turned to look at each other. Old Qian invited them to sit inside for a while, but it was already quite late. If they delayed any longer, they would not be able to catch up with dinner. Even if they were not hungry, they had to go back as soon as possible...

"It's already past three o'clock. If you don't go home now, you'll be punished. On the day of the beam-raising ceremony, bring my sister-in-law and the children to your house."

Lao Qian nodded: "If it happens to be Sunday, then we can go, otherwise they all have to be in school."

Immediately, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang, Hu Zhibin and Liu Xuemin returned to the agricultural machinery station. The Dongfeng truck parked in the yard did not move at all, the tarpaulin was neatly laid, and there was only a sign of wind blowing through it.

The three of them got into the car and chatted with Liu Xuemin for a few words, then Li Fuqiang drove out of the courtyard.

The car sped along the hard dirt road, heading eastward with its back to the sun.

Hu Zhibin, with a cigarette in his mouth, leaned against the car door and said with a smile: "Actually, Lao Jin is quite kind, I just don't know why he chatted with you."

"I know. I think he's quite honest. Maybe he had a very depressing life before, and he doesn't know how to behave in society after he started making some money."

"Yes! Brother Liu, Lao Qian and I can all feel the changes in ourselves. Even my wife pointed at my nose the day before yesterday and said, you have some money but you don't know how to show off, haha... I understand. With my status, as long as I have enough food and clothing and my wife and children are happy, I can resist the temptation."

Xu Ning said, "Brother Bin's words are quite clear. Our Brother Liu doesn't want to move up, but Lao Jin...you and Brother Liu should take time to talk to him. To be honest, the thing people fear most is making friends with bad people. This bunch of bastards can make him lose everything."

Hu Zhibin nodded heavily, keeping his words in mind, and said, "I will talk to him. As long as he doesn't gamble, it's okay for him to drink a little."

At about 4:, the car stopped at Taipingtun. Hu Zhibin opened the door and jumped out, waving his hand and saying, "I have nothing to do tomorrow, so I'll go to Qing'an to see how your house is going."

"Okay, then come over at noon, just in time for lunch."

"Hahaha, okay, I'll take your brother Yong for a stroll."

Originally, Li Fuqiang wanted to send him to his doorstep, but Hu Zhibin insisted on getting off at the entrance of the village because there were a lot of supplies in the back compartment. If the people in the village saw them, they would murmur: Oh, the Xu family is so rich that they buy things and bring them home in truckloads. We can't compare with them.

Now the relationship between Hu Zhibin and Xu Ning has changed from friends to buddies, and buddies will care about each other and will not cause trouble for each other.

As soon as the car stopped outside Old Xu's fence, Sun Lianfang came back riding a donkey with Guan Lei and Wang Hu. The three of them saw the car at the north end, so they came back to help unload the things.

The narrow path can be seen from the new house at the north end, and even the presence of corn and wheat will not block the view. Now the corn stalks have only reached the top of the corn stalks, and it will take a long time for them to be taller than a person.

Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang noticed the donkey coming upside down, and then looked towards the courtyard, where Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao came out. The old women who were cooking in the outer room had noticed that there were a lot of things in the back of the car.

Liu Lizhen asked first: "Why did you come back at this time?"

"I happened to run into Brother Bin when I arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative. We had lunch at a big restaurant at noon and then we dispersed."

"Ah, why can't I wait for you to come back? You bought all the things in this car?"

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "Aunt, my brother still needs to spend money to go to the street. This cart of stuff was given by Lao Qian, the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative, and Brother Liu and Brother Bin from the agricultural machinery station."

Han Fengjiao exclaimed: "A gift? Why?"

"My brother gave them the idea to start a business of riding a donkey backwards. They made a lot of money and wanted my brother to invest in it, but my brother disagreed, so the three of them bought them 300 yuan worth of stuff. Ah, the master chef in charge of maintenance at the agricultural machinery station, Lao Jin, treated us to lunch at the restaurant, so we had to thank my brother no matter what."

"Oh my god, Erning is really good... Sister-in-law, look at all the stuff he bought."

Li Fuqiang lifted the tarpaulin, and Liu Lizhen looked inside and widened her eyes, saying, "Oh my god, this is not good. Why did you buy something so old? How long will it take to finish it?"

At this time, Sun Lianfang, Guan Lei and Wang Hu arrived in front of the carriage. The three of them got off the donkey and took a look inside the carriage.

"Hey! What is my brother doing? Why is he buying something so old?"

Han Fengjiao repeated what Li Fuqiang had just said. Guan Lei smiled and said, "That's good, brother. These three people are very particular about how they do things."

"What's in here?" Sun Lianfang asked.

Xu Ning shook his head: "We don't know either. Lao Qian packed the things. Let's move them into the house quickly. The forest farm will be closed soon, and there will be many people on the road..."

"Got it."

Liu Lizhen glanced into the carriage again, then returned to the house with Han Fengjiao.

Although they both found it a little hard to believe, Hu Zhibin, Lao Qian and Liu Xuemin really sent a truckload of things. As for how Xu Ning got along with the three of them, as a mother she didn't care and she didn't understand either.

But Han Fengjiao was muttering, "Sister-in-law, how much do Hu Zhibin and his two friends earn? Why did they give us a gift worth 300 yuan?"

"Of course there can be a lot... Just keep this a secret among our family members, don't tell anyone else." "Yeah, I was scared when I heard about the three hundred dollar item."

"..."

Several people were moving things at the back of the car. Li Fuqiang and others carried heavy objects such as rice, flour and oil, while Sun Lianfang took some light things. They went to the west room for more than ten minutes and finally unloaded all the things in the car.

Liu Lizhen stood at the door of the west room and muttered to herself: "Five bags of rice and flour, two barrels of soybean oil and peanut oil, one large bag of coarse salt and one large bag of fine salt, two pots of soy sauce and vinegar, three bags of millet seeds, four bags of cornmeal..."

It would be hard for the Xu family to finish all these things in a whole year, but with the Wang, Liu and Li families here, it is estimated that they can be finished in less than half a year. What's more, there are more than 40 people on the construction site.

Xu Ning sat on the edge of the kang in the west room and opened the small cloth bag. Inside were boxes of chocolates, marshmallows and sugar balls, as well as six packs of Yingchun cigarettes. At the end of the kang there were two boxes of Wuliangye and one box of Maotai. At the head of the kang were 40 feet of gray cloth and navy blue cloth, and feet of lining cloth.

"Oh my god, that's a lot. Did your brother Bin and his two friends make a fortune?" Liu Lizhen asked in a low voice.

Xu Ning looked up at his mother and smiled, "Well, in less than two weeks, the three of them earned about 15000 yuan in total."

"What? One..." Liu Lizhen quickly lowered her voice and asked in a low voice, "How can you earn so much?"

"The cost of the toy is less than 120 yuan, and they sell it for 500 to 600 yuan. They make more than 300 yuan per unit."

"Oh my god, well... never mind. I won't get involved in your business. Just put these things in order. I'm going to go cook."

Liu Lizhen wanted to ask why she didn't get involved, but she didn't ask in the end. She wasn't afraid of being accused of greed, but she was afraid of affecting Xu Ning's friendship. Her son knew how to handle things better than she did, so why would a village woman like her who had never seen the world get involved?

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Mom, let's not make it public."

"I know. Hey, who did you buy this cloth for?"

"I bought it for Uncle Ma from Dongshan. He has to come down from the mountain when I get married, right? I asked Yan to make him two decent sets of clothes."

Liu Lizhen nodded and said, "Last time I told you to let him live down the mountain, but you didn't tell him?"

"Why didn't you say anything? This old man is so stubborn. I'm almost helpless."

Liu Lizhen frowned and said, "How about you let him go to Lengchang to keep watch when our Lengchang is open?"

Xu Ning grinned and said, "You are worthy of being my mother. Only the two of us can come up with this idea. I do have this idea, but he is... I will talk to him later."

"Okay, you put all the cigarettes and alcohol in the cellar, so your dad won't be greedy. I put cigarettes in the cabinet and he takes two boxes when he has nothing to do. If someone comes to the house, it will be difficult for me to find cigarettes."

"Well, if you want to smoke, go ahead. We don't need anything at home now..."

Liu Lizhen curled her lips and said, "Why not? Building a house and marrying a wife cost money. You are half the head of the family now. I will give you the account book after the New Year. You can be the head of the family next year. I will be less worried."

"Come on, hold the truth in your own hands. Aren't you afraid that I'll go and play with the money after drinking?"

"How dare you! I can't kill you! I said I'd give you the account book, but I didn't say I'd give you the money at the bottom of the box. Your mother is really smart."

"Hahahaha...even if you give it to me, I can't take it."

Then, Liu Lizhen lifted the door curtain and left. A moment later, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, and Guan Lei cleaned the carriage and entered the house. Xu Ning instructed the three of them to move the things to the cellar. The rice flour was put into the jar, and the corn flour and wheat bran were put into the jar in the east wing. It would not work if they did not put them in the jar because there would be rats and yellow foxes...

After putting all the things away, Xu Ning felt a little emotional. Although the house looked big, it was really difficult to store things. Four large jars were used for rice and flour alone. Old Xu's family didn't have so many jars so they could only put the things at Old Wang's house. However, once the new house was built, no matter how many things there were, they could put them in.

Because there are ear rooms on both sides of the main house, although there is no wing room on the east side, there is a west wing, two warehouses and two sheds on the west side, so the place is quite spacious.

At this time, Meng Yinhe appeared at the gate of the courtyard and shouted, "Auntie! Second brother..."

"Come in, Yinhe." Liu Lizhen greeted.

"I won't go into the house. My second uncle came over today and brought a lot of radishes. My mother asked my sister Fang to ride the donkey over to get them. I still have work to do. I'm going back first, Auntie!"

Before Liu Lizhen could say anything, Meng Yinhe ran away. He had suffered a lot recently and had lost a lot of weight. However, he had to endure this kind of suffering, otherwise he would not be able to succeed.

Xu Ning pointed at the cloth on the kang in the west room and said, "You can just take this cloth over there."

"Ah? For my sister-in-law."

"Well, let her make two sets of clothes. I have already told her about it."

"okay."

Ma Liu's height and body shape are extremely similar to Meng Quezi's, so Meng Ziyan only needs to make clothes according to her father's measurements and there is no need to take measurements at all.

As for what Meng Quezi would think when he saw his own daughter making clothes for others, that was none of Xu Ning's business. Anyway, his wedding day had to be more festive than Chinese New Year, and everyone in the family had to wear new clothes. Whether to make them himself or buy them would be decided later.

Sun Lianfang lived a very carefree life in Old Xu's home. She was very popular and in a short time had become familiar with the middle-aged and elderly women, as well as the young wives in the village. She rode her donkey upside down all the way, and she stopped three times to chat with them. Even Aunt Bai and Aunt Zhao said: This girl has a very sweet mouth, she is really adorable.

After she arrived at Old Meng's house, she gave the cloth to Meng Ziyan first. Meng Quezi was stunned when he saw the cloth and said, "Oh, there's no need to make clothes for me. There are still many clothes in the closet that I haven't worn yet."

Liu Fenfang covered her mouth and laughed, "I'm not making clothes for you."

"Who will it be for? Our eldest brother..."

"Erning said he had a master in Dongshan, and he had to leave the mountain before he and Yan got married."

"Ah, Ma Liu! I know him. OK, bring him into the house."

Meng Quezi did not have any strange thoughts. If Xu Laonian was present, he would definitely be jealous. He was a narrow-minded person. Even if he did not say it, he would think in his heart: The father of a son raised by someone else has not even worn the clothes made by his daughter-in-law, but someone else has put them on first. Oh, how aggrieved.

Meng Yinhe moved two sacks of radishes onto the donkey and said, "Mom, let my aunt make dumplings with radish vermicelli filling tomorrow."

Liu Fenfang felt a little distressed when she saw his haggard face, but she heard Meng Quezi scolding her, "Put all the prescriptions together quickly, and don't let me repeat them a second time! You just want to eat..."

Meng Yinhe was so frightened that she hurried to hug Mu Fangzi. Liu Fenfang just glanced at Meng Quezi and didn't say a word.

After Sun Lianfang and Meng Ziyan came out, the three of them rode a donkey upside down to Old Xu's house.

"This thing is really convenient. Otherwise, my hands would be sore from carrying the carrots for such a long distance."

"Well, the key is that this donkey is still small, so it can drive directly into the yard."

Sun Lianfang said with a smile: "Of course! The old Tang family in our village also bought one. A few days ago, they went to Taihe Village to do some business, and they used a donkey-drawn thing..."

(End of this chapter)