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Chapter 519: It's your retribution, right? Go get a specimen
Xu Ning rode his donkey backwards and slowly moved forward. With his line of sight, he could just see the back of Li San and Li Feng's heads.

Because the road was a little bumpy, Li San, who was tied with a rope, pressed his face against Li Feng's back. He would grimace whenever he encountered bumpy roads. Xu Ning could see that Li San was in pain, but he could only grit his teeth and endure it silently.

I just felt it was a little funny. Li San's expression and state were different from before. If it were in the past, he would definitely curse loudly, cursing the sky, the earth, and his parents, but now he was quite honest.

There were many reasons. First, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and others were around. Second, he was a little embarrassed. Although he was shameless and thieving, the people he had offended before were helping him. This made him feel uncomfortable, so he had to pretend to be unconscious, which saved him a lot of words and avoided eye contact with them.

Xu Ning did not do any more bad things behind Li San's back. Although he wanted to turn to the potholes, he did not torture Li San for Li Feng's sake. Anyway, he had received the retribution he deserved.

The ancestral graves of the Li family were overturned by wild boars, and Li San's leg was broken by a wild boar. Isn't this retribution?

This incident would inevitably become a common topic of conversation among the villagers. As for what they would say, Xu Ning already had an idea, such as: He deserved it! He was lucky enough not to be struck by lightning! Why didn't the wild boar push him to death? It was so fucking satisfying! ...

Li Feng sat cross-legged in the truck bed, his eyes fixed straight ahead with a calm expression.

He doesn't seem like a person whose ancestral graves were dug up by pigs and whose father was injured by pigs. Instead, he seems more like a person who encountered a wild boar in the mountains and kindly rescued the person.

Why? Xu Ning looked at the back of his head. Sometimes when Li Feng turned around, he could see his profile. Xu Ning thought Li Feng was worried. The small family he was running was gradually developing in a good direction, but such a thing happened. What should he do?

To put it bluntly, how much money would it cost him to solve the problem? Not to mention curing Li San, but also seeing a doctor and taking medicine... everything would cost money, right?
Li Feng was not only worried, he was also thinking about what happened on the mountain and his conversation with Li San.

Li San said that he was rich and that Li Feng must support him, but when he said these two sentences, Li San's attitude was very righteous. Only when he asked if he was his biological son, Li San's words softened and he said that his father was wrong.

Based on Li Feng's understanding of his father, he would never say these three words even if he was beaten to death, so why did he say them?
Li Feng could feel Li San's grimace and screams, but he did not turn back to comfort him. What could his biological father do? To be unfilial, it would be better for Li San to be paralyzed on the kang, so that he would not go out to steal chickens and dogs, would not cause trouble, and would not be a stumbling block for Li Feng...

The two donkeys drove into the village and saw the Chang brothers at the door of Li Fuqiang's house. Chang Xifeng glanced at Xu Ning, who was riding the donkey, and nodded. Then he quickly came over and said, "Xiao Feng, how is my Uncle Li?"

The donkey had stopped riding. Li Feng said, "I was hit by a wild boar. I have to go to the health center to see what happened."

After Xu Laonian and other three returned to the village, they split into three groups. Xu Long drove the tractor directly home, Xu Laonian went to the village headquarters to call the forest farm for a taxi, and Wang Erli and Lao Tang went to Li Feng's house to report the news.

Upon hearing this, Chang Lihong immediately took the child to find the Chang brothers, and asked Sun Cuiping to hurry back to the Li family's old house to pack up things, such as thermos, teacups, lunch boxes, etc. If she had to be hospitalized, she would definitely not be able to come back to get them.

Chang Beifeng glanced at Li San's face, pointed at his cheek and exclaimed: "Hey! My uncle Li's eyeballs can still move..."

"Stop talking nonsense, go check if Sister Cuiping has finished packing her things."

Chang Beifeng curled his lips in response, then turned and ran away.

Chang Xifeng raised his head and said something to Xu Ning, "Thank you, it's all thanks to you..."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "I'll go to Brother Chongfeng."

At this moment, Li Feng had already untied the rope. He stood up and stretched himself, then turned around and said, "Erning, just leave the car here for now, and go do your work."

Liu Daming said, "I have nothing to do. I'll go to the street with you."

"No need, uncle. We can't have you accompany us during the festival. We two older brothers can accompany us."

At this time, Chang Lihong ran over with her child in her arms, holding a wad of change in her hand, and said, "Here you go! This is all we have left at home, take it all."

Chang Xifeng said, "It's okay. It won't cost much. If it's not enough, I have some left. Your sister-in-law gave it to you before you left."

Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang looked at each other. This was a very humane approach. Liu Daming originally wanted to give Li Feng some money for medical treatment, but he held it back.

It's not that Li Feng has no relatives, but all of his relatives were destroyed by Li San. It is unknown whether Li San will feel remorse after seeing how Chang Xifeng treated him. Xu Ning guessed that he would not, because the old man was rotten to the core and could not change at all.

Chang Lihong was quite good at chatting, and she thanked Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and others repeatedly. This time Xu Ning did not say anything directed at Li Feng, but said: "I am doing this for your and Brother Feng's sake."

After a while, Xu Laonian, Sun Cuiping, Chang Xifeng and others came over. Xu Laonian said, "Wait here for a while, the forestry truck will be here soon."

Xu Ning said, "Dad, you guys go home first, we can stay here."

"Okay, Feng, tell Erning what you have to say."

Li Feng smiled and nodded: "Oh, I know, Uncle Xu, you guys should go back soon."

Li San was lying on the donkey's front bed, his eyelids slightly opened, just in time to see Li Feng's smiling face, and cursed in his heart: Your dad is almost dying, and you are still smiling like this!

After Xu Laonian, Liu Daming and Li Fuqiang rode away on their donkeys, Xu Ning chatted with Li Feng and Chang Lihong for a while.

"You can go to the health center to find Director Zhou Hezhou and mention my name, but you have to do something..."

Li Feng responded: "Of course! What if Director Zhou doesn't come to work?"

"Then you can find his apprentice Xiao Zhao. There are only a few doctors in the health center. He should be able to work."

"it is good!"

At this time, an old Jiefang car drove over from the east, and the driver was Li Tielin.

After parking the car, he jumped out and greeted, "Erning! Are you okay?"

"We are fine, this is my brother Feng..."

"Hey, we've met before and even had a drink at your house! Then get in the car."

Li Feng said: "Brother Li, thank you."

"Why are you being so polite? First, spread out the mattress and quilt. My compartment is quite clean..."

Immediately, Li Feng and the Chang brothers carried Li San into the car. Xu Ning originally wanted to lend a hand, but Li San was thin to begin with, and three people were more than enough to carry him.

Sun Cuiping got off the car after she finished spreading the mattress. She didn't follow them into the street. The Chang brothers and Li Feng were enough. Besides, if she went, how would Chang Lihong light the fire and cook? She couldn't even take care of the children.

Li Feng and Chang Beifeng supported Li San in the back of the car, while Chang Xifeng got on the passenger seat and tactfully handed Li Tielin a pack of economy cigarettes.

"Erning, you guys go back."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "I'll go home and take a walk and then go up the mountain to look for the pig."

Li Feng's eyes lit up, then dimmed immediately, and he said, "Erning, don't do anything stupid. Wait until I come back and find someone to take a look and see if there's anything to say."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "You guys go quickly, Brother Li, thank you for your help."

Li Tielin started the car and waved his hand: "What's the trouble? I heard that it was Uncle Xu calling, so I hurried down the mountain. I hope you are all right. Let's go!"

"Eh!"

Old Jiefang drove out of the west entrance of the village. Xu Ning retracted his gaze and got on the donkey, saying, "Brother Dayang, we'll go back first."

"Go back, let me know if you need anything."

"OK……"

After waving to Chang Lihong, Xu Ning pulled Wang Hu towards the door. As soon as they entered the door, they heard Xu Laonian, Wang Erli and Liu Daming clapping and laughing. Liu Lizhen pretended to be angry and kicked the three of them twice.

"Hey, if you don't believe me, ask that little bastard! Is Li San pretending to be dead? He didn't even dare to open his eyes when he saw us. Oh, his expression was like that of a kitten. I was so depressed by this guy..."

Liu Daming turned around and said, "That's true. His eyes are rolling around! Who knows what he's saying to us in his head."

"Hahaha, he can curse all he wants. Anyway, his ancestral graves have been dug up by pigs. Well, I'll go up the mountain to take a look later."

Liu Lizhen pinched Xu Laonian's arm and said, "You better stop sitting here doing nothing."

Xu Ning came into the room and said with a smile: "I think Li San is going to be screwed."

"What are you talking about! Don't talk nonsense, my son." Liu Lizhen rolled her eyes.

Wang Hu said, "Auntie, my second brother is telling the truth."

"What's going on?" Xu Laonian also became interested and asked anxiously.

Xu Ning sat on the edge of the kang and said, "If the wild boar really weighed 700 kilograms and had poked two holes in Li San's buttocks, then his hip joint would have been broken. Just now I saw that Li San's left leg was blue, it was because he couldn't bleed, and if he wasn't treated properly, it would have necrotized..."

"What the hell? Is this true? I think he's fine."

Liu Daming asked: "It's so bad, what can I do?"

"What a nasty thing! This leg is broken! You don't know anything. Go get me some tea to celebrate." Xu Laonian grinned.

Liu Daming obediently got up to make tea. Xu Ning turned around and said, "Mom, do you have any leftover dumplings from this morning? Heat them up quickly. We're going to go into the mountains later."

"What are you going to do? Go kill a pig?" Liu Lizhen asked with a frown.

Liu Daming said from the outer room, "Of course we have to fight. The five of us are paid. If we encounter animals injuring people in our village, we will definitely fight."

Xu Ning nodded: "What my uncle said is correct. Besides, my third uncle wants a specimen, and I happen to have a big pig now. I can send it over after slaughtering it and make some money."

Han Fengjiao was a little worried. Actually, she didn't want Xu Ning and Wang Hu to take risks. Now their family had no worries about food and drink, their house had been built, they were going to get married soon, and the mountain was about to be opened. What if something happened in the middle of this?
But she dissuaded him in a tactful way, saying, "This mountain is full of trees, how can you see anything?"

Xu Ning knew what Second Aunt meant, and said with a smile: "Second Aunt, don't worry, we are just going into the mountains to take a look. If we can find it, we will hunt. If not, we will come back. We will definitely be able to catch up with dinner. Mom, when is dinner?"

Liu Lizhen glared at him and said, "Four thirty! If you want to eat, eat. If you don't want to eat, forget it!"

"Haha, of course we have to eat. Besides, today is a festival, and we can't just stay in the mountains during the day."

"Be gentle on yourself."

"I know, hurry up and steam some dumplings..."

Liu Lizhen and a few others turned around to get the dumplings from the cupboard, while Sun Lianfang and Wang Shujuan went to the stove outside to light the fire.

In the morning, the Xu family usually uses the two stoves in the outer room to heat the kang in the house, and uses the stove outside at noon and in the evening. They do this because the temperature is low in the morning, and even if the house gets hot, they can hide in the shade outside. Although the temperature is also low at night, they cannot sleep at night if they heat the kang.

If it is a new kang, it only needs to be heated once every three days. However, the kang in Old Xu's house is too old. It will easily get clogged if it is not heated for one day, so it must be heated every day.

Xu Long was lying on the kang smoking a cigarette and said, "Aren't you going on a long trip in a few days? Is it too late now?"

"Yes, we'll leave the day after tomorrow. If we can't find one in the next two days, forget it. If we can find one, you can go back to the city and bring it back."

"If you can catch it today, I'll be stinking when I get back to the city. Besides, the jeep I drive can't carry a 700-pound pig."

Guan Lei said: "Brother, what the eldest brother said is not wrong. If there is a fight, let's go to the city."

"Row……"

Xu Laonian was drinking tea and felt angry when he saw Liu Daming's arrogant look.

Why? Because my brother-in-law is going to rebel. If he follows the little bastard to hunt animals this time, won’t he shit on his neck next time?
"What are you thinking about? Go find big brother and borrow a 56-and-a-half!"

"I'll just use the old stick." Liu Daming said sullenly.

Li Fuqiang said: "Uncle, you don't need to ask my uncle to borrow a gun. We have three old rifles at home. My brother uses the 56 rifle, and I can just use a lance."

"This guy gave you the ability, do you also want to poke two holes in the wild boar's buttocks?"

"Hahaha……"

When the word hole was mentioned, everyone in the room laughed.

Afterwards, Xu Ning and four other people sat around the table and ate their meals. Xu Laonian, Wang Erli, Xu Long and the old woman did not sit at the table. It was not that they were not hungry, but they had to wait until noon to eat with Wang Zhongcai, Zhang Jinbao and others. The meal would just be some simple noodles, and the main meal would be in the evening.

Xu Long leaned against Wang Shujuan and said, "Lian Sheng's wife may give birth next month. It will take until mid-October for the full month to come. Then we can all go over there?"

Xu Laonian nodded: "Of course they have to go! They also have to come to the little bastard's wedding..."

"Well, did my Grandpa Sun ask about this?"

Xu Long asked, "No, but I have to give you a response. Lianfang, will you come to the city with me? Your aunt has been missing you for a long time."

This lady is Sun Jishan’s wife Yang Yanqiu, and Sun Liansheng’s wife is Jin Xiaoxia. When Xu Ning took Guan Lei to Sun Jishan’s house, Jin Xiaoxia was already pregnant, and Sun Jishan also said that they would go back to Sandaohe to hold the ceremony when the baby is one month old.

Sun Lianfang rested her chin on her hand and said, "I have to go to the city now. I won't be back in a short time. I have to wait until my sister-in-law gives birth..."

Guan Lei said: "You think you are popular? Don't worry, no one wants to keep you."

"Hey, little stone! You're praising me. I'm just popular, right, isn't it, ma'am?"

Liu Lizhen smiled and said, "Not really, Lianfang is so popular, I really like her."

"Hahaha……"

After everyone laughed, Sun Lianfang said, "If I leave, the flowers will be left alone."

Guan Lei said, "Why are you left alone? Second Aunt and Auntie are here, what are you afraid of? Besides, your sister-in-law is at home too, go and chat with her when you have nothing to do."

"It's okay..." Guan Hua said softly.

"Brother, I'll go to the city with you. Anyway, my parents have to go there before my sister-in-law gives birth, otherwise they will say I'm an ungrateful person again."

"Hahaha, Lianfang, you can't say that."

"..."

Before 11 o'clock, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei, Wang Hu and Liu Daming, carrying four guns and holding a spear, were taken to the edge of the mountain in Dongshan by Xu Long in Jeep 212, and headed straight for the cemetery of Li San's family.

(End of this chapter)