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Chapter 522: Taking My Wife to the City Is Not Embarrassing
Meng Ziyan's face turned red when she heard this. She glanced at Xu Long, Li Fuqiang and others cautiously, fearing that everyone would know that Xu Ning had exposed her thoughts.

Although she didn't know why Xu Ning understood what she was thinking, she felt that Xu Ning understood her very well.

In fact, Meng Ziyan has wanted to go to the city for a long time. She has wanted to go to the city for a while. She doesn't want to buy anything, she just wants to see the world.

Since she was born, the farthest place she had walked was the street, and she had never been to a city with tall buildings. However, she often heard Zhang Jinbao, Sun Lianfang and others say that there were many cars in big cities, including four-wheeled sedans, which were worth more than 20 yuan each. To put it bluntly, she could never earn that much money in her lifetime...

At this time, Xu Long pushed Xu Ning down the mountain, while Guan Lei, Wang Hu and others dragged the big pig king to the depression at the bottom of the slope. Xu Long quickly went down the mountain and got into the car, started the car and adjusted the rear end of the car so that it was just stuck in the depression. In this way, Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei and others could easily drag the big pig king into the back compartment without having to lift it into the car with great effort.

Sun Lianfang stood under the tree and winked at Meng Ziyan, and then Xu Ning walked up to her and said, "Haven't you always wanted to go to the city? This is a good opportunity. Is there anything you want to buy?"

Meng Ziyan nodded heavily: "Yes! I was thinking... Anyway, there are things I want to buy. The things in the supply and marketing cooperative are not good-looking. I heard from my aunt that Sun Erniang from Sandaohe said that when we get married, she can give us a whole camera, and then we can all take pictures..."

Xu Ning immediately understood what she meant when she heard it. She did want to buy something. In Xu Ning's opinion, she just wanted to buy some balloons, ribbons and other things to make it festive when they got married.

"Okay!" Xu Ning responded, then turned around and asked, "Lianfang, you can go to the city with me tomorrow, or you have to go in two days. It's better to go earlier than later. Shitou can also go with you to visit Grandpa Sun."

Sun Lianfang thought about it and nodded, "Okay! Then my brother Qiang and Hu Zi won't go?"

Li Fuqiang said, "We are not going. There is nothing to buy if we go. It is a good opportunity to stay at home and clean up the house."

Everyone had already dragged the Big Pig King into the back of the car. Xu Long stood at the rear of the car and leaned his head out, saying, "Erning, you drive, Leizi, sit in the front."

"Eh!"

Then, the four of them got into the car. Xu Ning glanced at Meng Ziyan beside him, then lightly stepped on the accelerator and drove forward.

This old Jiefang car is a bit difficult to drive. When encountering bumpy roads, the car makes a creaking sound. Xu Ning was afraid of breaking the car into pieces, so he didn't dare to step on the accelerator.

At present, the sun is setting and a warm breeze is blowing.

The sun was shining high above the earth and there was no sign of setting, because it would not get dark until around seven o'clock in August in Qing'an.

Soon, the old Jiefang truck slowly stopped at the door of Old Xu's house.

From outside the courtyard, one could see what was happening inside the house. Xu Laonian and the others were toasting each other. The drinking party was obviously just halfway through, and everyone was drinking enthusiastically...

Inside the house, Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and Xu Feng ran out. As soon as Xu Ning got off the car, he saw Liu Lizhen gritting her teeth. It was because there were many people at home, otherwise Liu Lizhen would have picked up the broom and hit him. She had clearly promised to be back before the dinner started at 4:, and look at what time it is now.

"Mom! Don't be angry! It was my uncle who came up with the idea. He said that we were already chasing the pigs and we couldn't give up halfway. When we thought about it, it really made sense..."

"Fuck you, Erning! You're trying to trick your uncle, aren't you?" Liu Daming jumped out of the car, glared and slapped his thigh when he heard that.

Li Fuqiang laughed twice: "Hahahaha... Auntie, come and take a look, this pig is huge! It's even bigger than the one we caught last year!"

Liu Lizhen rolled her eyes, glared at the little calf, and walked towards the rear of the car. Seeing the big pig queen, Liu Lizhen was surprised and said, "Oh my god! It's really big. How many pounds does it weigh?"

Liu Daming said with a smile: "How can it not be 700 kilograms? Sister, look at this pig's tooth, it must be as long as my middle finger."

Liu Lizhen turned her head and stared at him, saying unhappily, "Don't be so cocky! Didn't you say you'd be back at 4:? Why did you come back just today?"

"Oh, sister, you don't know. When we saw this big pig, we were in Heishitang, which was not far from home. But we shot it 8 times and still couldn't kill it. Qiangzi also stabbed it with a gun, but still couldn't kill it. What should we do? The big pig must be injured. The ground is full of blood. If we don't chase it, it will die in the mountains. How can we let this animal fly away..."

"That's not a big deal, Auntie. My uncle said that as long as we get home before dark, we can still make it in time for dinner." Wang Hu said with a simple and honest expression and a grin.

Guan Lei said: "Well, isn't it time for dinner? My uncle and the others haven't finished their drinks yet."

Xu Ning stood by and said nothing. How sharp was he? If he spoke, his mother would definitely go after him. After all, he was the leader of the group, so he was smart enough to keep silent.

"Hey! Sister, look at what this is?" Liu Daming quickly took off the cloth bag, opened the bag, and revealed the gallbladder inside which was bloody and smelly.

Liu Lizhen and the others leaned forward and smelled a strange smell. Without even taking a closer look at what was inside, they quickly covered their noses and asked, "What the hell is this?"

At this time, Xu Ning spoke up and said, "Mom, this is pig litter!"

"Pig sand?" Han Fengjiao and others were shocked.

"Well, I found this in the stomach of this big pig. This thing should be worth some money."

Sun Lianfang exclaimed: "Pig sand? Oh my god, ma'am, this thing must be valuable. Although not as valuable as musk, it's almost as valuable!"

"Really? Then... go inside and wash up first, change your clothes, etc. Your clothes are all wet."

Liu Lizhen felt a little bit sorry for her old man as he smashed his wet clothes. After all, she was a mother, so how could she not feel sorry for her own child?

"Second brother, is this big pig the one that pushed Li San?"

"Well, hey, how is Li San now? Any news?"

Wang Shujuan said, "Didn't Li Tielin come over? He said that Li San must be paralyzed. The bones in his left buttocks were broken by the pigs. Unless he goes to the provincial capital for surgery..."

Liu Lizhen grabbed her son's arm and said, "We don't have money to go to the provincial capital. Li Feng wants to observe him in the health center for a few days, and if he's fine, he can be taken home to be taken care of. The doctor you know at the health center said that it's useless to go to the provincial capital for surgery. Li San is too old, and it won't be easy to heal even after the surgery."

"Ah, that's even worse. If Li San was alive and well, it would lighten the burden on Li Feng. Now he's lying on the kang, and Li Feng has to take time out to take care of him."

"It's what he deserves! This is Li Feng's fate. There's nothing we can do about it."

The big pig was left in the trunk without being moved, but Wang Hu and Guan Lei covered the pig with a tarpaulin and sealed the trunk, for fear that small animals would come looking for food at night and destroy the body of the big pig king, which would be a waste of time.

After doing these things, everyone entered the courtyard.

Xu Ning and others washed up in the water tank outside. Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao went into the house to find clothes for them. However, Xu Ning and others had to go to the east room first to say hello to the people who were drinking, and then go to the west room to change clothes.

Xu Laonian and his group were drinking, and they didn't say anything about Xu Ning and the others coming back late. They were all gentlemen, and they understood the hard work of gentlemen going out early and coming back late to earn a little money. As for why Xu Laonian didn't say anything? He was almost drunk, so how could he care about Xu Ning?

Liu Fenfang placed the table in the west room. When Liu Lizhen brought the dishes into the room, she said, "Are you going to the city to deliver the pig tomorrow?"

"Yes, I'll go with Shitou, Yan, and Lianfang."

Liu Lizhen glanced at Meng Ziyan and nodded: "Go ahead, it's just in time for you to get things done, buy some things quickly. Huzi and Huaer are not in a hurry to buy, it will be in time to buy after you finish your work."

Wang Hu said, "Well, it's a good opportunity for my second brother and brother Lei to set an example, and we can study it together." Xu Ning sat down and picked up the chopsticks, saying, "We will get up at 4:5 tomorrow and leave at ... We don't need to prepare a meal, we can just go to the street and buy something to eat."

Liu Lizhen waved her hand and said, "It would be better to eat at home. It's okay. I'll heat up a pot of food for you tomorrow morning..."

"Oh, stop wasting time. It would be better to go to the street and eat something ready-made. Li Tielin will come tomorrow. You can ask him to stay at your house for dinner in the evening. Big brother, you can take him to our Lengchang for a walk. Uncle and Huzi can also go and take a look. There are marked lines over there. Check how many big trees are within the marks..."

Felling of trees has not started in Lengchang yet. It is estimated that we have to wait until September or October. Then we have to build shacks and clear the open space in Lengchang, and start felling trees in mid or late November.

Xu Ning's idea was to first check how many trees there were that could be used to make furniture, preferably yellow pineapple, walnut trees, etc. By then, Zhang Jinbao's furniture workshop would have been opened, and he could make some money by directly bringing the products to the furniture workshop.

Liu Daming said, "Then we have to go to the forest farm to find someone to measure it? Why let Li Tielin go to Lengchang?"

"There are more than 30 people in their village who want to work in Lengchang. I want to give him some peace of mind. I am thinking of making him the foreman."

"what."

Liu Lizhen said: "Your uncle Yu and uncle Wei have not been idle these days. They have been to four or five villages to recruit workers. Now it is clear that 40 people are coming. I heard from your uncle Wei that there are more than 10 people who used to work in tree planting."

"Well, I asked them to find experienced people, otherwise our business won't work. As for how to divide the shares between the two businesses, here's what I thought: my family and my second uncle and my uncle will work together on business No. 2, and I, Shitou, and my eldest brother will work on business No. 3. We'll get as much shares as we pay. I haven't studied this in detail yet, so I'll study it after I come back from my long trip."

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Liu Daming, Li Fuqiang and others all nodded: "Okay! We'll do whatever you say."

The cuisine tonight is quite rich, including lamb, chicken, venison, fried lamb offal, lamb offal soup, red sausage and so on.

But sometimes people are very strange. In winter, when I was eating sauerkraut, I missed green vegetables. Now I am craving sauerkraut when I am eating green vegetables. Xu Ning pinched a cucumber and dipped it in sauce, chewing it in his mouth and it was crunchy. Then he drank mutton soup and ate venison. Life was quite wonderful.

They didn't drink any alcohol, so they ate quickly. As soon as Xu Ning put down his chopsticks, he took out the cloth bag containing the pig gall bladder. The pig gizzard needed to be processed. Simply put, it needed to be cut into pieces and spread on newspapers to dry. Only dry pig gizzard could be sold.

At this moment, it had already darkened, and Meng Quezi, Wang Zhongcai, Zhang Jinbao and others in the east room had all gone home.

When Xu Ning was about to get water for foot washing, Liu Lizhen grabbed him, took out 300 yuan from her pocket, and said, "Buy two sets of clothes for Yan tomorrow, one red one for wedding day, and one colorful one for her parents' home. Also buy some hair flowers and hair bands... Oh, and red high heels! Last time, I heard from your Sun Erniang that her relative wore red high heels before getting married. They were so beautiful."

Xu Ning took the money and said, "Why don't you buy some clothes from my dad?"

"We can just wear the same clothes we wore last year. We haven't worn the leather shoes Huzi bought for us many times. I was thinking of making some clothes for you two, but it's definitely too late now. We can just buy them directly."

"Row."

"Go to the city and have a visit with your uncle Sun. Don't go empty-handed."

"I know. I'll just buy some cigarettes and alcohol. Shitou will come with me, and he will buy the rest."

When Liu Lizhen returned to the east room, Xu Feng came out with a sly look in his eyes, pulled the curtain of the west room, glanced at Guan Lei and Xu Ning, grinned and said, "Hey, second brother, go to the city tomorrow and buy me some chocolates."

Xu Ning glanced at her and said, "Why are you so greedy? Have you eaten all the food that Third Brother brought you?"

"I finished it all a long time ago. There's still half a box of soda in the cellar, but my mom doesn't let me drink it..." Xu Feng said with a pout.

"Go back to your room and go to sleep!" Xu Ning urged, waving his hand.

Xu Feng disappeared at the door. Guan Lei said with a smile, "Brother, should we go check on Biao and Tian En tomorrow?"

"Why are you looking at them? They've only been gone for a few days. If you go to see them now, they'll probably miss home. Didn't you see that Second Aunt and Uncle didn't mention anything?"

"Oh, it's a big holiday, and they didn't stay at home..."

"Come on, we have to be ruthless, otherwise how can they study hard? With Lao Jin there, nothing will go wrong."

After saying that, Xu Ning poured out the foot washing water and went to bed.

The next day, the sky was bright.

Xu Ning rushed out of the toilet. He went into the outer room and didn't see his mother. He felt relieved.

He washed his face in a hurry, and Guan Lei opened the gate. Sun Lianfang also jumped over the low wall, holding a cloth bag in her hand, and said, "Give me a hand."

Guan Lei walked over and took the cloth bag, holding her arm and said, "Look at your big butt, it has rubbed off the bricks on the wall."

Sun Lianfang rolled her eyes: "What do you know? A big butt is good for giving birth, don't you know?"

"You're not ashamed..."

"There's nothing to be ashamed of. In a month or so, you'll be my man. Then you'll see how much I love you! I'll love you so much, so much, haha..."

Guan Lei's face turned red, and he pulled her and said, "Oh my god, keep your voice down, the aunties are still sleeping."

Xu Ning walked out of the door carrying the old handle and waved, "Let's talk outside."

The three of them walked to the door and turned around to see Meng Ziyan walking over in a flowery dress. She said, "My mother has cooked tea eggs for me."

Xu Ning raised his hands to cover his head and said, "I just know...how many should I cook?"

"More than 10. I didn't let her cook, but she insisted."

Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Get in the car, eat while you drive, and then we can have some fried dough sticks or something when we get to the street."

"okay."

Immediately, the four of them got into the car, and Xu Ning drove towards the east entrance of the village.

When Guan Lei went out just now, he glanced at the big pig king in the back compartment. Apart from a few bullet holes, there were basically no other wounds on its body, which meant that it was not eaten by small animals last night. However, it already had a bit of an unpleasant odor. There was nothing that could be done about it...

Before 6:, the old Jiefang drove to the crossroads in the street. There was a breakfast stall on the right side, so the four of them got off the car and had a simple meal.

Nowadays, breakfast stalls rarely ask for noodle tickets, unless you buy too many meat buns, then they might ask for a noodle ticket for 1 jin.

(End of this chapter)