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Chapter 498 Ning and Yan's wedding date is set

Meng Ziyan smiled as she handed the Wuliangye in her arms to Xu Ning. He reached into her arms and took the wine, responding: "We had wine before we got married. Wuliangye is for us to drink. Besides, you and my brother Liu and Lao Qian gave us several boxes. Why don't you keep them now?"

Hu Zhibin said, "We were originally planning to send you a few more boxes to keep for your wedding and entertaining guests, but we didn't expect that the supply and marketing cooperative didn't have that much stock. Wait a while and we'll send you two more truckloads of stuff."

Xu Ning unscrewed the bottle and said, "Forget it, this truckload is enough for my family to eat for several months..."

"We have people to help us. Including our own family, we have 50 people to feed three times a day. It won't take several months."

"This house is almost finished... You three should go back to your room and eat. You don't need to stay here to serve me."

Hu Zhiyong said with a smile: "My sister-in-law wanted to sit at the same table with us, why are you chasing them away?"

"Oh, I can't drink with a woman here!"

Xu Ning slammed the table like an old man, pretending to be cool, "Go! The three of you go back to your room quickly. My eldest brother doesn't drink, why don't you get him a soda? Do I need to tell you that?"

"Okay, I'll get it right away." Meng Ziyan nodded with a silly smile.

Sun Lianfang pouted and thought to herself: He is just like me. How could he be so mean to my sister-in-law?

Meng Ziyan was quite happy in her heart. It was not because she liked Xu Ning treating her like this, but because Xu Ning's words were not much different from those of Meng Quezi.

Sometimes when someone came to the house, Meng Quezi would show off his authority as the head of the family and yell at Liu Fenfang. After the guest left, he would flatter her...

Whether at home or outside, as long as there are outsiders, the Northeastern gentlemen will basically act like a fool. If they are very familiar with people or relatives, they can't act like a fool at all. After talking, they are all family members, who doesn't know each other? ! If you really act like a fool in front of acquaintances, you will only get laughter in return.

"Hahahaha...my brother has to show some strength!"

The loud speaker laughed and said, "Not really, my brother is powerful at home."

Hu Zhibin looked at him and asked, "How is Brother Guoxing doing at home?"

"Local tyrant! Do you know what it means to be poor and arrogant? All the money is in the hands of your sister-in-law. My pockets are cleaner than my face, but I dare to complain to her..."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Indeed, after you finish the job, my sister-in-law will directly give you ten blood marks."

"Hahaha……"

The atmosphere in the room had become heated in just a few words. Xu Ning poured wine for Hu Zhibin and others, and Meng Ziyan also entered the room with soda and a small plate of boned meat.

She handed the soda to Li Fuqiang, put the boned meat on the table, and said with a smile, "Brother Bin and Brother Yong, drink slowly."

"Hey, sister-in-law, go back to the house and eat."

Meng Ziyan smiled and nodded, then turned to leave. When she left the room, Hu Zhibin said with a smile, "You and my sister-in-law are indeed a good match. You are the most handsome guy in Qing'an, and my sister-in-law is not bad looking either, and has a good personality."

"Of course I have to! To be honest, she hadn't grown up before and was skinny, but now she's much better. Otherwise, how could I give her the chance to pursue me?"

"Haha... who is chasing whom between you two?"

"Of course she is the one chasing me. With my appearance, she will be so happy even if she marries me that she will lie in bed."

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "Brother, everyone sitting in this room is our family, so let's be gentle."

"Haha, I am happy to pretend in front of my family, it makes me feel comfortable! Come on, Brother Bin, Brother Yong, Brother Ye, let's have a bite."

"Got it!"

Everyone raised their glasses and had a drink. Li Fuqiang picked up his bowl and used chopsticks to pick up the meat. The boneless meat was musk deer meat, a treat only available to their table. The other four tables in the room did not have it. The total musk deer meat was just over 15 kilograms. After removing the hooves, head and bones, there was not much meat left, so there was not enough to share.

The deboned meat is delicious when dipped in garlic sauce. Some people may say that the garlic sauce is full of soy sauce and garlic flavors, and can you still taste the original flavor of musk meat? Then why not just dip it in salt instead of garlic sauce?

After drinking half a glass of wine, they felt the room was a bit stuffy. Wang Hu pushed open the window, and a gust of cool breeze came in, which made everyone feel refreshed.

Hu Zhibin chewed the boned meat and turned his head to say, "Erning, last time you asked me to ask about Baoshan, I asked around and it's a bit difficult for me."

"If it's difficult, forget it. It's not necessary to rent it all. I'm thinking of renting a mountain and raising some peaks."

Hu Zhibin smiled and said, "Listen to me. It's a little difficult for me, but it's basically not difficult for you because the mountain belongs to the forest farm. You have to get the forest farm's approval and then go through the county's approval procedures. It would be best if the head of the forest farm wrote a letter of recommendation to show that you are capable of taking on the contract."

Xu Ning frowned and said, "But I asked Uncle Guo before, and he said that this mountain has nothing to do with the forest farm."

"It doesn't matter. That mountain is full of gravel and it's impossible to grow crops there. Otherwise, it would have been cleared long ago. If there were any big trees, it wouldn't be ours. Even if they don't belong to the forest farm, the forest farm has to say it's... What I mean is, that mountain is a little controversial. You can say it belongs to the village or the forest farm, but if both sides agree, then there won't be any controversy, right?"

"Ah, I still have to go to the forest farm to find someone to write a recommendation letter. That mountain is not a popular commodity. I'm thinking of waiting until next year. Now you know that my family is under a lot of pressure."

Hu Zhibin waved his hand: "We can't delay this. Who knows what will happen in the future? You have to get on the bus first and reserve a seat, then buy the ticket!"

"Okay, I'll think about it after I finish building the house."

"Well, if you tell me about the forest farm, I should go to the city by then, but it's nothing, so my words will still be useful."

"Okay! That's settled. Come on, Brother Bin, let's have a drink."

Hu Zhibin raised his glass with a smile and gulped down the remaining liquid in one gulp.

On the side, Hu Zhiyong and Da Laba clinked glasses frequently. The two had some disagreements before, and not only did they have a verbal fight, but they also had a physical fight.

However, when Hu Zhiyong was in trouble in the mountains, Da Laba helped him wholeheartedly. Not only did he send him back home from the mountains, he also stayed with him in the health center for a few days. So the grudge between the two had long been cleared.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

The people in the main room had already put down their chopsticks and went to the construction site. Da Laba and Li Ye also wanted to leave but were stopped by Xu Ning. How could they leave now when they hadn't finished their drinks?
However, Li Fuqiang got off the ground. He had to go with Liu Daming to fetch bricks and soil. When they came back, Wang Hu and Guan Lei had also left the table. They couldn't say much at the table, so they might as well go to the construction site to carry bricks for the people who were building the wall...

At around 3 o'clock, Li Fuqiang and Liu Daming built four stoves in the yard, lit a fire in the stove pit, tried the flue, and after finding that there was nothing wrong, Li Fuqiang put out the fire. It was necessary to cover the stove with a layer of tarpaulin to prevent the stove from being dried out and cracked by direct sunlight, and wait two days before using it.

On the kang in the east wing, the Hu Zhibin brothers and Li Ye were already drunk. The three of them were lying on the kang and snoring. Da Laba was leaning against the wall, blinking his blurry eyes. When he saw Xu Ning slowly moving down to the ground, he still stared at him.

Xu Ning staggered to the door, held onto the door frame and shouted, "Wife! Wife!"

In the east room, a group of old ladies sitting on the edge of the kang and chatting were stunned for a moment. After hearing what was said, they all looked at Meng Ziyan. Her head was buzzing, and soon a fire rushed to her face. The redness was visible from her neck to her cheeks and ear tips...

Liu Lizhen smiled and pouted deliberately: "Oh my god, who are you calling your wife?"

"Hahaha...who else can I call?"

The old ladies all laughed with their heads raised, and Meng Ziyan's face became redder and redder. She lowered her head and remained silent, at a loss for a moment.

Zhang Guifang pushed her slender waist and said, "Yan Na, are they calling you?"

“Hahahaha…” The old woman burst into laughter again when she heard it.

Liu Fenfang smiled and said, "Go and take a look. What are you doing here like an idiot?" "Hey." Meng Ziyan got up and ran out the door.

Sun Lianfang and Guan Hua sat at the end of the kang and whispered, "Oh, I really didn't expect our brother to be so extravagant."

Guan Hua nodded: "We haven't even gotten married yet, I haven't even heard Hu Zi shout, have you heard my brother shout?"

Sun Lianfang curled her lips and said, "How can your brother be so brave? He blushed when I praised him. How dare he call me wife in front of everyone? He must find a hole in the ground to hide in."

At the head of the kang, Wu Qiuxia said with a smile: "Erning is getting impatient. Big sister, when are you and Sister Fang going to find a date?"

"Wait until the roof is put up. Oh, this kid... Look at how red his face is from smoking cigarettes!"

Zhang Guifang laughed and said, "Isn't this the truth spoken after drinking?"

"Not really. Er Ning can shout like that, which means he has already regarded cigarettes as his wife in his heart."

Liu Fenfang said: "Well, it's only a matter of time. As long as they are happy, that's all."

At the door of the east wing, Meng Ziyan ran to Xu Ning, held his arm with her hand, and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable and want to vomit?"

"Get some water..."

"Well, then you sit here!"

Meng Ziyan placed the stool under his butt, helped him sit down, and then hurried to the outer room to get the water.

She poured half a cup of warm water, drank a sip to test the temperature, and then ran out to pass it to Xu Ning, saying, "Drink slowly, or you can take a nap later."

"No, I'm sitting here to sober up..."

Meng Ziyan stood there and looked at him, pouting for a long time, and whispered, "Why did you call me wife just now? There were so many people in the room, and my face turned red."

"I just shouted it out. What's the matter? Don't you like to hear it? Then don't shout it out again in the future."

"Oh, no, I meant to shout secretly from behind..."

Xu Ning laughed and said, "You're still secretly yelling after getting married? You have a pretty small face."

"No, my mom just laughed at me. Alas!"

At this time, Zhang Guifang, Wang Shujuan, Sun Lianfang and Guan Hua came out and chatted with Xu Ning. When they went into the house to clear the table, Da Laba had already lay down and fallen asleep. After they cleared the table, they started to work in the outer room. Meng Ziyan no longer whispered with Xu Ning.

Xu Ning moved closer to the doghouse. The blue wolf and the spotted wolf ran to his legs, licked his hands with their tongues, and stepped on his pants with their feet, making them dirty. But Xu Ning didn't say anything to them. The dogs were kept outside the yard in the countryside and were always covered in dirt, unless it was winter, when they were washed with snow.

The gray wolf and the spotted bear were far away and the chains were short, so they couldn't reach Xu Ning. They were anxiously spinning in place, making whimpering sounds. Xu Ning had no choice but to move to the doghouse.

The dogs have lost some weight recently. Although it is not noticeable, each dog has lost at least two or three pounds, and their hair is a bit dry. Xu Ning combed their hair and muttered, "Starting tonight, you can have three meals. I will take you for a walk in the mountains in a few days."

A while ago, Old Xu's family ran out of dog food, so Wang Shujuan gave them two meals a day. Yesterday, Old Qian and the other two sent cornmeal, wheat bran, and fine rice bran. These foods are enough for the dogs to eat for two months.

Time passed quickly, and eight days went by in a flash. That day was July 1984, 7, the eighth day of the sixth lunar month.

In the morning, Xu Ning stood in the middle of the construction site and looked at the outer wall that was almost completed. He rode his donkey back home and told his mother that they should find a day to put up the beams. Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao looked at each other, then dropped their work, called Liu Fenfang and went to Mrs. Zhang's house.

At about half past midnight, the three of them came back in high spirits. Upon asking, we found out that Liu Lizhen and Liu Fenfang had also decided on the wedding date for Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan!

"September 9th, the 13th day of the eighth lunar month?!"

At noon, the masters sat around the table, and Liu Lizhen announced the good news. Xu Laonian exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't this happening right before our eyes?"

"Hahaha, good! Big brother, we should drink something this afternoon, right? Come on, old and young men, let's drink less! Okay?"

Meng Quezi was very happy. He stood up and started to make arrangements.

"You have to drink! How can you not drink for such a good thing?"

"drink!"

"Let's just get rid of the mess."

"..."

Everyone was talking at once, the atmosphere was quite lively, and everyone had a smile on their face.

Meng Ziyan and Xu Ning looked at each other with sweetness in their hearts. She didn't expect that the two mothers had done the thing quietly. She was a little puzzled when Liu Lizhen called Liu Fenfang. Now she understood. It was not that she was slow to react, but that she didn't think about it at all. She thought that she and Xu Ning could only discuss the matter after the beams of the new house were put up.

Sun Lianfang secretly grumbled to Guan Lei: "We are only seven days away! We are all arriving at the same time."

"Why, aren't you happy?"

"Why not? I mean it's a good idea. We can eat here and then there! Hey, do you think I should call my dad?"

"Do I need you to tell? If my brother doesn't tell me today, he will tell me tomorrow. Don't worry."

Inside the house, the atmosphere was extremely lively. Everyone was drinking and talking about Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan's wedding, such as what they needed to prepare...

"Shuhua will still be the chef at that time, right?" asked Meng Quezi.

Yang Shuhua said with a smile: "I am just an assistant, let my elder brother take charge of the cooking."

Sun Lianfang grabbed Guan Hua's hand and lifted it above her head, saying, "We'll both carry the dishes! As soon as I say 'oil,' you all have to make way for me."

"Hahaha, Lianfang is quite good at finding work."

"Lianfang is very perceptive..."

Liu Lizhen and others praised her, and Sun Lianfang couldn't help grinning.

Yu Kaihe reminded: "There are only two months left before the wedding, so you need to prepare as soon as possible, and don't be caught off guard when the time comes."

"I prepared the cotton for making quilts last year," Liu Fenfang said with a smile.

Zhang Jinbao put down his wine glass and said, "Mom, call my wife later and ask her to bring the silk quilt cover and lining in two days."

"Oh, she bought them all?"

Zhang Jinbao nodded: "Yeah, I bought it a long time ago. When I came here last year, I knew Yan and Erning were dating, so we went home and bought it. I thought they would get married this year."

"Oh my god, this Fengxia..."

(End of this chapter)