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Chapter 509 Li San's endless requests for contract signing

Only Meng Ziyan herself knew whether she had kept Liu Lizhen's instructions to heart, but Liu Lizhen could see and hear her indifferent expression and tone, so she obviously didn't take it seriously.

After looking at each other, Liu Fenfang and Liu Lizhen just smiled, and did not advise her daughter to remember her aunt's words. As a mother-in-law, how could she say anything that was unfavorable to her son-in-law?

Then they jumped over the wall and came to the east room of Lao Wang's house, and saw Han Fengjiao sitting on the kang tearing cotton. She tore the cotton into pieces and stacked them on the quilt covered on the kang mat.

Since there are no silk cotton and machines at present, we can only tear the cotton into shape and then sew it with needle and thread. Although this method is slower than using machines, the quilts made purely by hand are quite thick!
The beddings being made now are prepared for Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan. The cotton and backing are just brought by Liu Fenfang. In a few days, when Zhang Jinbao's wife has time, she will bring the bright red dragon and phoenix quilt cover and mattress cover that she bought in the mall, and then they can be put on directly.

Yesterday, Han Fengjiao and Han Fang went to find Mrs. Zhang to calculate the date. Wang Hu and Guan Hua's wedding date was set on October 10st, which was only the tenth day after Guan Lei and Sun Lianfang got married. After they found the date, they announced it at the dinner party.

The Chai and Sun families did not explicitly say that the whole family would come, but Xu Ning heard from their words that the Chai family would send a representative to participate, and Sun Jiwei's meaning was very clear, he would definitely come, because the one getting married was Guan Lei's younger sister, so he came for his uncle...

The old women were busy making quilts, while Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei and Wang Hu drove a four-wheeler to the old forest to collect firewood.

At this moment, it was almost noon. Xu Ning leaned against the wall of the lower house, holding a deer bone in his hand and rubbing it back and forth on the grindstone in front of him. During this period of time, he made nine deer bone keys and tied red ropes to copper coins. He also made five or six rope-pulling sticks...

Yes, he was ready to go to the deep mountains of Wanye to look for the old pickler who carried the ginseng mallets. The work was mainly done between mid-July and mid-September, but the best time was from early to late August, when the ginseng seeds turned red. However, the weather was rather bad, and the forests in the mountains were dense and airtight. If it rained again, it would be like living in a stuffy jar, and the bites from mosquitoes would make people feel upset.

Xu Ning inserted the polished deer bone key into the cloth bag he asked his mother to sew for him. Just as he put the cloth bag into the lower room, he heard a sound coming from the gate of the courtyard.

"Brother!"

Da Laba stopped at the door with his donkey upside down, and Li Feng followed beside him, but Li Feng's head was wrapped in a white cloth.

"What's going on?"

Dababa left the donkey lying there, dragged Li Feng into the yard, and said, "Oh my god, don't mention it! Li Feng was hit by his father with a brick!"

Xu Ning was stunned when he heard this, and tilted his head and asked, "Why?"

"Why else? Just because Li Feng's whole family came over for dinner..."

Li Feng interrupted, "That's not all. He saw that I was making money and wanted to ask me for money, but I had just paid off my famine debt and didn't have any extra money to give him. We had a fight and he got angry and hit me with a brick."

Loudspeaker nodded: "Yeah, no one fucks Li San anymore."

"My brother Feng is still here, please chat quietly."

Li Feng shook his head: "It's okay, what my father did was indeed wrong, so many people in our village scolded him..."

"What's even more infuriating is that Li San smashed all the windows of his house. Oh my god, do you think this is something a father could do? I'm convinced!"

Li Feng nodded: "Yes, I was thinking of asking you if you know anyone who can buy glass. The glass in three rooms of my house is broken. How much would it cost to replace them all?"

Xu Ning frowned and said, "The glass in my house was given to me by the brick factory. Are you in a hurry now?"

"I'm a little worried. My child is only a little kid. Although it's not cold today, his physique can't stand it. If there's no window, what if he gets sick?"

Xu Ning beckoned the two to follow him into the east wing, and whispered, "Do you have any spare money to buy glass? It will cost a lot to replace a set of glass."

Li Feng scratched his head and said, "I have more than 70 yuan in my hand."

"Replacing the glass will cost you at least 40 dollars, and you're going to die with 30 dollars left? You can handle it, but what about the child?"

After hearing this, Da Loudspeaker paused and said, "Feng, if it really doesn't work, I can borrow..."

Before he could finish, Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. Brother Feng, if you have to trust me, I will give you a way to install new windows in your house tonight."

Li Feng's eyes lit up: "You say."

"Go to your father's old house and remove some glass. Take whatever is broken in your house. It's all yours anyway."

Hearing this, the loud speaker immediately gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Brother, you are so mean! This is a really mean trick, but this is how you have to deal with Li Sanfeng, otherwise he will come to your house to make trouble."

Li Feng was silent for two seconds, then said, "What if he breaks the glass again?"

Da Loudspeaker said anxiously: "You have no mouth? Just tell him that these glasses are worth forty or fifty yuan. Will he dare to smash them? If he scolds you, just tell him that these are compensation for the glass..."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Practice your speaking skills with my brother. Don't let your father scold you unilaterally. You have to say something back. Otherwise, who in our village will know what is right and wrong?"

"Ah, that's fine. Erning, don't worry too much, my father is a ..."

"I understand. Our getting along as brothers has nothing to do with your dad."

Li Feng's problem was solved. Daba turned around and pointed at the donkey outside the courtyard gate and said, "Brother, the donkey is out of gas."

"There's still half a pot of oil left in the lower room. You can pour it all in. Why are you going out this afternoon?"

"Well, let's go to Yongping, there is a roe deer there..."

There have been fewer livestock in the mountains recently. Although there are groups of small animals in the East Mountain, there is no sight of large livestock in Ximaduozi or Shuangfengling. So even if Xu Ning had free time, he would not think of going into the mountains to hunt livestock.

However, some people are eager to eat meat and make money, so they have laid a lot of wild boar traps in Dongshan, Nanshan or Beishan, and they can catch roe deer or deer by chance...

After Da Laba filled up the donkey with gas, he originally wanted to go to Li San's house with Li Feng as soon as possible to get the glass. But when they were about to leave, the roar of a tractor came from the distance.

As a result, the two of them couldn't move forward, because the back bucket of the tractor was loaded with a full load of logs, and Wang Hu and Guan Lei were sitting on it, grinning and waving.

When the tractor stopped at the gate of the yard, the three of them jumped out of the car, and everything became quiet after the engine was turned off.

Xu Ning asked, "Did you three go to the mountain?"

"No, I went there with a chainsaw. I cleared the old forest in the south. There were only dead trees. The chainsaw cut down trees very quickly, one every now and then..."

Guan Lei said, "Well, the three of us cut down more than ten trees. There are still many branches in the old forest. We will go over to get more in the afternoon."

Li Fuqiang turned around and saw Li Feng's miserable state, and asked, "What happened to your forehead?"

After Li Feng finished speaking, the three people cursed at him, but they could do nothing about Li San. After all, Li San did not offend them. At the same time, they felt sad that Li Feng had such a father. Other fathers would give everything for their children, but Li San was different. He was endlessly demanding and never satisfied!

These logs were as thick as thighs, and it was a bit difficult for two people to lift one, but the six of them worked hard to unload the truck, and soon the full truck of logs was unloaded to the base of the wall of the lower house. Originally there were four stoves under the wall, but now there are only two left.

At this time, Xu Laonian, Meng Quezi, Zhang Jinbao and others came over leisurely. Seeing that the old women were all in the outer room of Lao Wang's house, they went in first. However, Meng Yinhe found Xu Ning with snotty nose and cried and choked, "Second brother, my dad always scolds me. Today, he kicked me several times in front of them, my uncle. He never hit me when I was a child..."

Xu Ning put his arm around his shoulders and walked to the east wing, saying, "Why did I kick you?"

"Just because I cut the material too small, they said that the material was useless. Bao's two apprentices and my uncle were just standing by and watching. I was so embarrassed! Woo..."

Meng Yinhe cried out in grievance, Xu Ning smiled and said: "Isn't this to teach you a lesson? You should be more serious in the future and don't be careless."

"I feel aggrieved."

"There's nothing you can do about it. He's your biological father. Ask Brother Bao if he was beaten when he was a kid."

"Of course I got hit, but I didn't open the door to hit him. I was very strong when I hit him."

After Li Fuqiang and the others finished unloading the wood, they went to the east wing to wash their hands. Xu Ning said with a smile, "Yinhe, ask Biao, Tianen, and Feng'er. Even Brother Hu and I, who didn't get beaten up when we were kids? But you didn't get beaten up when you were little, so the beatings you get now are just making up for the lost childhood!"

Li Fuqiang clapped his hands and said, "That's not bad! Only after being beaten can you have a complete childhood."

The loud speaker laughed and said, "Hahaha, this is nothing. I was hung on the beam a while ago and whipped with a horse whip. Every time I whipped it, it made a noise..."

Li Feng said with a straight face: "When I was a child, it was even worse. My father grabbed my shoulders and threw me from the kang to the ground, and then threw me from the ground to the kang..."

"Oh my god, you are indeed a bit miserable..."

After hearing this, Meng Yinhe immediately understood. His brothers had such miserable childhoods, so he didn't feel so sad anymore.

When they arrived at Lao Wang's house, Meng Guizi glanced at Meng Yinhe whose eyes were red. Although he felt a little distressed, jade cannot be made into a useful object without being polished. Moreover, Meng Yinhe was at the age where he loved to play. If he wanted him to become a useful person, he had to be ruthless, otherwise he would not learn his lesson.

After the meal, Da Laba and Li Feng rode away on their donkeys. Xu Laonian and others sat on the edge of the kang, drinking tea and chatting, mainly talking about that useless bastard Li San. Logically speaking, Li San only had this one son left, and he couldn't expect him to be of any substantial help to Li Feng, but he couldn't hold Li Feng back either. Unfortunately, this old bastard didn't care at all.

After Meng Quezi, Zhang Jinbao and others left, Xu Laonian and Wang Erli went to find Du Shoucai, while Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei drove a tractor to the old forest in the south to collect firewood. Xu Ning was not idle either. He had to find Yu Kaihe to measure the courtyard wall of the new house, make a ruler and mark, and prepare to build the courtyard wall tomorrow.

While building the courtyard wall, they also had to pull electrical wires and lay the kang. Zhang Jinbao and Xu Ning mentioned that several families across the street had suspended ceilings made of thin wooden boards. Xu Ning originally thought that it would be very time-consuming, but Zhang Jinbao said that there were cutting machines and electric planers, and it would not take much work at all. It would just take some effort during the installation, which was a good opportunity for his apprentice to practice.

Xu Ning thought that if he had to fix it, he should fix it quickly, so he told Wang Erli about it. After hearing about it, his uncle immediately said that he would take care of the wood...

The next day, Old Xu's house became lively again. Old Zhang and Xiao Liu from the forest farm and villagers Yu Kaihe, Old Jiang, Taiping's Dalabao, Li Ye, Hu Zhiyong and others came to help build the courtyard wall.

The courtyard wall of the new house is a square rectangle, 24 thick and 1 meters high. The gatehouse is 8 meters high. Before building the courtyard wall, it is necessary to dig a trench and lay the foundation. Although there is sand and gravel under the new house and there is only a small chance of sinking, it does not cost much to lay the foundation.

At around 9 o'clock, when everyone was wielding pickaxes to dig the foundation, Xu Ning called Li Fuqiang and Hu Zhiyong to get into the old Liberation truck, and Li Fuqiang drove to the forest farm.

After arriving at the forest farm, the three of them went straight to the director's office. The door was open. Xu Ning saw that only Guo Xingmin was in the room. He smiled and knocked on the door and said, "Uncle Guo."

"Come on, hurry up and sit down! Your Master Zhang has gone to the archives room and will be back soon."

Guo Xingmin stood up and grabbed the three contracts on the table, saying, "This is the contract for the Lengchang site. Take a look at it."

Xu Ning took it, handed Hu Zhiyong's copy to him, and lowered his head to read the contents of the contract carefully.

Both contracts are marked 28-2 and 28-3. The areas of these two corrugated fields are much smaller than those of the normally numbered corrugated fields, so the contracting prices are also cheaper than those of the normally numbered corrugated fields.

The contract price includes renting forest land, mining, transportation, tools, etc. The No. 2 forest yard requires 3800 yuan, and the No. 3 forest yard requires 4200 yuan. Xu Ning glanced at the price in Hu Zhiyong's hand. His asking price for the No. 25-2 forest yard is 4500!

The contract period is three years, with no annual increase and the price remains the same.

Xu Ning and Hu Zhiyong had no problem with it. They picked up the pen and signed their names and put their fingerprints on them. Hu Zhiyong looked up and said, "Director Guo, the money should be delivered by the end of the month. We have to study the share division when we go back."

"Just send it before the New Year, don't delay the year-end audit."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "That's fine, I'll be there by next month."

At this time, Zhang Deyu walked into the room and said, "Do you have enough money?"

"It's not enough now, but maybe it will be after the house is built. Don't worry, Master Zhang."

Zhang Deyu smiled and said, "Then I don't need to guarantee you. I will retire in mid-September."

"Has a date been set?"

"It's not decided yet. Your Third Uncle and I discussed it the other day. He has to find someone to take over. Your Uncle Guo is still young, so he has to wait for a few more years..."

Guo Xingmin said with a smile: "It's okay to wait for a few years. I can wait now."

After chatting for a while in the house, Xu Ning took the contract and left with Hu Zhiyong and Li Fuqiang.

Because Hu Zhiyong was in the room, Zhang Deyu and Guo Xingmin didn't say much, but when Xu Ning's camp was about to start, they would definitely have to make a statement, and they would definitely arrange tools such as chainsaws, axes, winches, barbs, etc.

"Erning, my brother said that we will give you 30% of the shares in this place, and the remaining 70% will be divided between my brother, me, and Li Ye."

"I only paid 1000 yuan, and you give me % of the shares? That's a bit too much."

Hu Zhiyong shook his head: "We have studied it, it's not much at all. The contract price is 4800. If you buy some things, the cost will be 5000. 1000 yuan is % of the shares. You still have to help me with other things. I will give you another %. It's just right!"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "It's written on the contract that it's 4800, but can the forest farm really charge you 4800? Because of the rental of tools and deposits, the maximum is 4300..."

"Hey, my brother has already decided on this matter, so let's not waste time on it. I will have to trouble you when we open the mountain in the future. Otherwise, how can I open my mouth?"

"Okay, let me take my time with the money. I'll give it to you by the end of September at the latest."

"You can give it to me anytime. I'm not in a hurry."

(End of this chapter)