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Chapter 538 Go home! Four baskets of mallets, all of which are money!

The couple walked slowly over with an aluminum pot and a ladle, seemingly no longer vigilant, but Xu Ning felt that there should be another person in the kitchen, otherwise the couple would not dare to relax and greet them with a smile.

After all, he and Guan Lei's outfits were really intimidating. Their hair was messy, their clothes were ragged and slightly dusty, their army green rubber shoes had holes and dirt on them, their trouser legs were tied with leggings, not to mention their faces were covered with stubble, and one could tell at a glance that they hadn't shaved for several days.

Xu Ning and Guan Lei stood at the door without moving. After the couple handed the aluminum pot and ladle to them, the old woman glanced at the money on the table and immediately smiled and said, "Oh my god, this brother is so honest, he doesn't need so much!"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "It may seem like a lot, but it's all change, a total of 6.60 yuan. Don't think it's too little, big sister. I wish you and your brother-in-law a smooth and successful business!"

The old woman clapped her hands and said, "Oh my god, this little guy is so comfortable chatting! Brother, if you say so, I will accept it. So, would you like some water? I will get you some more water."

"No, we have water in the kettle, so we won't bother you anymore."

The old man nodded and smiled as he escorted the two out the door, waving his hand: "Brother, come over when you have time. It's a little late today and your sister has something to do at home. I'll treat you next time you come over!"

"Oh! It's ok, brother-in-law, go back."

Xu Ning turned around holding the ladle and raised his chin in response. When they saw the couple had entered the house, they hurriedly turned to the rear of the car, handed the aluminum pot and ladle to Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu, and Xu Ning quickly got into the driving seat and drove away suddenly.

Maybe some people think that the couple and Xu Ning are too familiar and enthusiastic, but that's not the case. Those who dare to drive a sports car and go into the mountains are considered to be women of the world, so generally when you encounter difficulties or things you can't solve by yourself, you can call them big brother or big sister and they will help you...

Even if a car in later generations gets stuck in the snow, there is almost no need to shout, as people around who see it will automatically come over to help push the car. If the driver wants to get out of the car to thank the helper, the helper will not let him, and will bluntly say: Why are you getting out of the car? It's freezing cold, get out of here quickly.

After driving out of Wanye Town and turning into the pitch-black mountain road, Xu Ning parked the car on a wide roadside and then woke up Xu Laonian and Liu Daming who were sitting in the passenger seat.

Xu Laonian thought he was home in a daze, and turned his head around hurriedly: "Home?"

"What house? It's still early. I'm calling you and my uncle to get up and eat."

"Oh, you bought food? What delicious food?"

Xu Ning pushed the door of the car and said, "The restaurants in town are all closed, so I asked the boss to cook a pot of rice and half a ladle of potatoes and beans."

"Oh my god! Potatoes stewed with beans? I've been craving this for the past two days! When I get home, I must ask your mother to stew some eggplant for me..."

Liu Daming jumped down the driveway and said, "I just want to eat egg fried rice! I've been working so hard for the past half month that my hair is falling out."

When the three of them walked to the back of the car, they saw that Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei had already taken out their lunch boxes and tied flashlights to the railings of the car. The car was brightly lit and they could see half a pot of fried rice with eggs and chopped green onions in it. They saw that the boss was a down-to-earth person. He didn't even mention the price at first and just beat five eggs, which was worth a little over one yuan.

"Uncle, please sit here. This stew of potatoes and beans is full of lard..."

Xu Ning sat down and glanced at his watch, saying, "It's past eight o'clock now. Let's finish eating quickly. We estimate that we will be home after three in the morning."

"Okay! Brother, I'll let you drive later. Let my uncle sleep in the car. Doesn't he have to go to work tomorrow?"

Xu Laonian nodded: "I have to go to work. There are only three days left before the forest farm pays wages."

Liu Daming said, "Then I'll stay and watch the club. I don't have anything to do tomorrow anyway."

"Okay, uncle, you can take my dad's 56. You never know what might happen in the middle of the night."

"Well, if there is really someone who is so blind, I will just shoot him! And then I will bury him in the mountains..." Liu Daming said gloomily.

These words came from his heart, because everyone had worked so hard and suffered in the mountains for half a month and were about to reach home. If they were to be taken away by bad people, all their efforts would be in vain.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Uncle, it should be nothing."

Soon, everyone buried their heads in eating egg fried rice and stewed potatoes with green beans. This was the best and most enjoyable meal they had had in the past ten days, and it tasted quite good. Each person made three lunch boxes, and in the end, the six of them cleaned up the aluminum pot and ladle, leaving no rice grains behind. Even the green bean soup was soaked in the egg fried rice and ate by Liu Daming and Li Fuqiang.

Although the journey was long, because it was the way home, everyone was full of anticipation. Except for Xu Laonian who was snoring, the others had their eyes wide open as they were afraid that something bad might happen on the way, so they did not dare to sleep peacefully.

They took three breaks along the way. Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei and Xu Ning took turns driving. As the tobacco brought by Xu Laonian, Li Fuqiang and others had been smoked, Li Fuqiang was not in the mood to drive, so he drove for one turn before Wang Hu took over. Xu Ning and Wang Hu chatted quietly to prevent him from getting sleepy...

It was a little after three in the morning when we finally arrived at Qing'an Forest Farm. The road here was much wider. We were a little excited because we were about to get home, and those who hadn't slept were becoming more and more energetic.

Driving slowly to the gate of Old Xu's yard, we heard the barking of dogs in three or four nearby yards. Once a dog barks, the whole village can't live in peace. After the Blue Wolf, Flower Wolf and other dogs in Old Xu's yard barked twice, we heard a familiar voice.

Xu Ning pushed the door open and got out of the car, shouting, "Shut up!"

The dog was really obedient. He shut his mouth immediately, but his body was shaking like a rattle, and his tail was like a pendulum, hitting the wooden board of the doghouse, making it crackle.

Inside the house, the lights in the east and west rooms were turned on almost at the same time. Liu Lizhen, Wang Shujuan, and Xu Feng who were sleeping in the east room, and Yang Shuhua and Jin Yumantang who were living in the west room were all awakened. The adults hurriedly put on their clothes and shouted to the next room in a panic, "Erli! Erli!"

The lights in the east room of Old Wang's house were also on. Wang Erli, wearing shorts, bare-chested, and cloth shoes, ran to the outer room, picked up the spear standing at the foot of the wall, pushed the door open and responded: "Sister-in-law! I'll go out and take a look!"

Wang Erli climbed over the low wall and saw that the lights were on in Old Wei's house. Old Wei was also lying on the wall with his bare chest, revealing his head. He said, "Second brother, call me if you need anything!"

Wang Erli saw that the dogs had stopped barking and were shaking their heads and wagging their tails wildly. He felt relieved and said, "It should be nothing. It seems that Erning is back."

"Uncle! It's me! Uncle Wei, nothing happened..."

Wang Erli raised his chin towards Lao Wei and said, "Nothing happened. Go back to sleep."

"Okay then." Lao Wei's head disappeared from behind the wall and went into the house.

At this moment, Liu Lizhen had already walked to the outer room, opened the door and asked, "Is Erning back?"

"Yes, sister-in-law! I'll go open the door."

Wang Erli hurried to the gate of the courtyard and removed the bolt.

Outside the yard, Guan Lei had turned off the car. At first, Xu Ning and others did not want to make any noise, but the dogs in the village were too nosy, which woke up Old Wei and the people on the street.

Xu Ning had no choice but to speak up and ask the dogs to shut up. However, there would definitely be a lot of people complaining about why the dogs in the village were barking. If they listened carefully, they would find out that it was Xu Ning who came back in the middle of the night.

"Second uncle!"

Wang Erli smiled and nodded, and said to Xu Laonian: "Brother! Oh my god, brother, how did this happen? You must be exhausted after this trip." Xu Laonian said proudly: "It's not a big deal, I almost fainted from exhaustion! Do you know what happened?"

He wanted to show off, but Xu Ning pushed him in and said, "Dad, don't chat outside."

Xu Laonian blinked his eyes, hugged Wang Erli and walked into the house, "Come on, let's go inside first and then talk! Hey, Zhen... There's no good place on my body, please take a look for me..."

Liu Lizhen stood at the door and said unhappily, "Stop making noise! ​​The children are all asleep! Go to the side room, I'll prepare some food for you."

"Sister, please prepare some food quickly. We are all starving. What else is there to eat at home?"

"They are all leftovers. I have two plates of dumplings to fry for you. Why don't they come into the house?" Liu Lizhen asked.

Liu Daming turned around and smiled, then leaned close to Liu Lizhen and whispered, "Sister, our family is going to get rich this time."

Xu Laonian was unhappy when he heard this, and pushed him and said, "Stop talking nonsense, do you have the right to speak?"

Liu Daming grinned and threw the pots and pans at the door of the lower room, then turned and went out, carrying the backpack with Xu Ning, Guan Lei, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu.

At this moment, Han Fengjiao, Yang Shuhua and Wang Shujuan had already put on their clothes and gathered in the outer room, taking the leftovers to the east wing. The children were motionless, they were sleeping so soundly that even a natural disaster could not wake them up.

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Xu Ning and the others put the four backpacks on the floor of the east wing. Liu Lizhen and the others blinked, looked at him in confusion, and asked, "What are these?"

Xu Laonian clapped his hands and jumped excitedly: "They are all idiots! Zhen, our family is really going to get rich this time!"

"What the hell?" Wang Erli, Han Fengjiao and others exclaimed with shocked expressions, their hearts trembling.

Li Fuqiang lifted the sackcloth covering the back basket, revealing the bark-wrapped mallets inside. The seedlings were neatly arranged one by one, and he said with a smile: "Aunt, uncle and aunt, look, these are all mallets! This basket is Erjiazi, this basket is Dengtaizi, and this basket is Sibeye and Wubeye!"

Liu Daming took out a piece of bark from the cloth bag behind him and said, "I have six leaves in my hand!"

Liu Lizhen and others widened their eyes and exclaimed, "Oh my god!"

Wang Erli was a little confused. How could he bring back so many? He originally thought that Xu Ning would bring five people to the forest to carry the mallet, and at most he would be able to bring back five or six seedlings, but he didn't expect that he could bring back four baskets!

Wang Shujuan was surprised and asked, "Dad, why do you come back so old?"

Xu Laonian said: "The second day we entered the mountain, we carried one seedling and two hundred catties, and two days later, we saw a pile, a pile! There were almost more than a hundred seedlings, but we only brought back a total of 86 seedlings! Except for one seedling, the rest were all more than two hundred catties! Oh my god, Zhen, you don't know how hard it was for me. I knelt down and carried the mallet for more than ten days. My arms and legs were sore from exhaustion!"

As soon as he got home and saw his wife, he cried out for help. At first, Liu Lizhen didn't want to pay attention to him, but since they brought back four baskets of mallets, she had to give him a verbal reward.

"You have indeed made contributions, but without my old son, would you have found the mallet? It must be my old son who made the greatest contribution! Old son, are you tired? Mom will make you some dinner, and I will make you some dumplings stuffed with leeks and eggs tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Xu Laonian became depressed and muttered with a pout: Your son is always good.

Xu Ning grinned and said, "Okay! Mom, why aren't you surprised?"

Liu Lizhen turned around and said, "Aren't you surprised? You almost scared me to death! I didn't know what to do with all these sticks. Jiao'er, Shuhua, Juan'er, you three weren't scared, were you?"

Han Fengjiao said: "Sister-in-law, I was stunned and still haven't recovered."

The same was true for Yang Shuhua and Wang Shujuan. They had no idea what excitement and delight were, because their hearts were numb after seeing the four baskets of mallets.

Wang Erli stared with his eyes wide open, his lips trembling as he said, "Erning, we can't leave these toys at home! We have to take them out quickly."

"Well, Uncle, let's stay at home for a day tomorrow and leave the next day."

Xu Laonian saw that his brother looked a little strange, so he grabbed his arm and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Wang Erli said, "Brother, do you know how much these mallets are worth? What if others find out? You guys suddenly come back in the middle of the night, and all the dogs in the village are barking..."

"Are you afraid of anything?" Xu Laonian said disdainfully.

"Brother, this is not fear! Do you know how many people can't afford to eat now? What if a few desperate people really break into the house? In the past, we had a few bear gallbladders at home, so it was no big deal, but these clubs..."

Xu Laonian pulled him and said, "Keep your voice down. I know what you mean. You have to talk to Er Ning about this. I can't make the decision."

"Erning? You leave tomorrow, which is a good opportunity to sell the bear gall." Wang Erli said very seriously.

Xu Ning nodded and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't be nervous. I know what you mean. I am thinking of staying at home for a day tomorrow and leaving the next day."

"Hey, why don't you take it seriously?"

"Uncle, no one except our family knows what I brought back, and no one knows where we have been for the past half month. If we don't tell anyone, who would know?"

Wang Erli frowned: "It seems so. Hey, these old hammers are all money. We really have to be careful."

"Don't worry, Second Uncle." Li Fuqiang said, "I discussed this with my brother on the way, and we'll tell everyone that we're going to Wangxing to hunt animals."

After hearing this, Wang Erli finally understood. He had been dwelling on a very narrow-minded idea before. He had always believed that others would be interested in his family's huge wealth, so he became a little anxious and nervous.

"Ah... I was just imagining that."

Xu Laonian said with a smile: "What nonsense are you thinking? When we were in the mountains, I was more nervous than you, for fear that something bad would happen halfway. When we first saw the pile of clubs, we were all stunned. I couldn't even speak. It will be fine after a while."

Wang Erli said, "I have been worried all day long since you left. I am the only one left at home. What if something happens?"

There was something wrong with what he said. He had a lot of bear gall and animal skins at home. If some desperadoes came to his house and his guns were taken away by Xu Ning and others, he would have no chance to resist.

So from this perspective, whether it is Xu Ning and others who went out to carry the hammer, or Wang Erli who stayed alone to guard the house, they all had a very tiring time these days. The most tired one was Wang Erli, who was worried all day long and couldn't even sleep well.

Wang Erli's nervousness was understandable. He was under pressure from both families. Xu Ning didn't say anything because he had seen Wang Erli like this before. At that time, Xu Laonian was paralyzed and he was out of his mind. Both families were looking at Wang Erli, so his personality changed a lot...

(End of this chapter)