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Chapter 121 The general and his wife go to the street to do errands (lead update 15)

Li Fuqiang was sitting on the edge of the kang with his legs hanging down. He was holding a spring cigarette in his hand, exhaling the smoke and squinting around the room. He stared at the old foreign cannon hanging on the wall, feeling quite emotional for a moment.

After Yang Shuhua sent Jinyu and Mantang to the west room to fall asleep, she put the thermos on the floor in the outer room and poured water into the enamel basin, adding a little cold water and testing the water temperature with her hands. The temperature was just slightly hot.

She entered the room carrying the enamel basin. Li Fuqiang slowly turned his head when he heard the sound. Although a light flashed in his eyes, he pretended to turn his face towards the edge of the kang.

Originally, Yang Shuhua thought that after he had gone to Wangxing for more than half a month and earned so much money, she wanted to reward him well, but she never imagined that he would have this attitude.

Yang Shuhua's smiling face froze, but she felt relieved when she thought that she didn't pay much attention to Li Fuqiang a while ago.

"His dad, hurry up and soak your feet. Are you exhausted from the past half month?"

Li Fuqiang felt happy when he heard this. He thought that Yang Shuhua would have to change his mind when he returned home, and sure enough!

But his face was stern, he turned around and glanced twice, "Well, I'll wash it later."

"Shall I wash it for you?"

"No, you have cooking hands, how can you wash my feet?"

Yang Shuhua put down the enamel basin, stood up and punched him twice angrily, "I'll serve you well, why are you so excited?"

Li Fuqiang was knocked back, and then he wailed: "Oh...it hurts, it hurts!"

Yang Shuhua was so frightened that she hurriedly lay down on the edge of the kang, trying to untie Li Fuqiang's cotton-padded jacket with both hands, and said anxiously: "What's going on? What's going on? Ah, let me see..."

Unexpectedly, Li Fuqiang immediately grabbed her hand with both hands and smiled suddenly, "Hey, why are you thinking about me? Haha..."

Yang Shuhua saw that he was not serious and knew that he was just pretending. The act of grabbing her hands made her face flush. She struggled a few times in anger and rolled her eyes.

"What the hell! Why is it so annoying? I'm so stunned..."

"Ha ha……"

Li Fuqiang let her go, and Yang Shujuan climbed up from him, her face red when she landed on the ground.

"It's so annoying. Do you want to wash it? If you don't wash it, I won't serve you."

"Washing, don't I want to be intimate with you? I haven't seen you for more than half a month."

Yang Shuhua stared blankly at him, "Hey, you are so embarrassed. You just say those words that make people blush. Take off your socks quickly. It stinks."

"Eh."

Li Fuqiang took off his socks and placed them on the edge of the kang, then rolled his cotton pants up his legs twice, and then placed his feet in the enamel basin. The temperature was just right.

Yang Shuhua squatted on the ground and waited on him to wash his feet. She raised her head and asked, "What's the temperature of the water?"

"Very good, comfortable!"

Yang Shuhua nodded: "This time you and your brother will stay home for two more days."

"Why don't you take a break? Tomorrow I'll ask Huzi to go pull some wood in the forest. There's a lot of work at home."

Yang Shuhua was stunned when she heard this, "You are really different from usual."

"Then what else is there to say? My brothers can change, why can't I? It's a blessing that I have such a brother, otherwise I will never be able to change in this life... Shuhua, if I can't change, can you still follow me? Can you pass it?"

"What are you talking about? If I don't go with you, who will I go with? They both look like they are about to go to junior high school, you are just saying such unscrupulous words. But our family does have good ideas, and we can hand over Er Ning...otherwise These days, I can turn my head at a glance."

"That's not true, eh! I, Li Fuqiang, have known such a brother all my life, Ma De. I didn't expect that this brother would lead me to earn such money! Shuhua, do you know? I took the money and put it under my pillow that night. Wow, oh my god, it’s so down-to-earth!”

Yang Shuhua said with a smile: "Yeah, I'm quite practical too! Hey, did you get food stamps for your brother?"

"Take it. I came back specially to get it after noon. My brother is smart. He knew after thinking about it that we should buy Migaha..."

"Then brother isn't angry?"

"Why are you so angry? How much food do we eat while we stay with my uncle and aunt during these days? How come he is angry with me when I buy something?"

"Yeah, let's go to Jinyu and Mantang. Auntie will take out whatever good things she has. These two guys drank four bottles of soda tonight. They are really useless..."

Li Fuqiang smiled and said: "Hey, we are not outsiders. Let's go get something for the New Year later."

"Okay, I'll do whatever you want."

"I heard from my old aunt, are you going out to work these days?"

"Yeah, I make 25 yuan."

"Oh my God, my wife is really pissy. Get up quickly. I'm so jealous..."

"You're such a fool, you didn't pour the water."

"Hurry up, let's cover ourselves up and go to bed first, it will be the same if we fall asleep in the morning!"

Li Fuqiang bent down and grabbed Yang Shuhua's arm, dragging her into the kang. Yang Shuhua's face turned red when she saw how anxious he was.

Then the two of them hung up the curtains, covered themselves with quilts, turned off the lights, and began to sort out what was useless.

……

The next day.

Xu Ning and Chai Bing got up from the kang, went to the outer room, rubbed their faces, and then entered the house.

Xu Feng was not lazy, she got up early and folded the quilt diligently.

Xu Chunlin lowered his head and sat sullenly on the edge of the kang, rolling cigarettes with both hands.

Now that the small vault has been confiscated, life will definitely be tight in the future, so he thinks he can save some money and just smoke cigarettes at home!

Chai Bing came into the room and watched him smoke a cigarette. He quickly took out his usual Yingchun from his pocket and said, "Uncle, smoke this!"

Xu Chunlin took it without being polite and handed it to him. Chai Bing smiled and said, "Just take it and smoke it. I'll come back and get two for you next time."

Xu Chunlin smiled when he heard this, and pretended to be very happy in his heart: "Hey, there's no need, as long as you can come."

Xu Long entered the room and glanced at Xu Ning who was sitting on the stool. He silently picked up the Kang table and dropped it on the Kang. Then Xu Ning and Xu Feng got up to pick up the bowls and chopsticks.

Liu Lizhen cooked a plate of eggs this morning, and then kneaded the leftover wolf meat from last night, but the wolf meat jelly could not be put in the pot, as it would fall apart after just one knead.

Xu Chunlin had been chatting with Chai Bing and ignored Xu Long and Xu Ning. He thought last night that the confiscation of the small vault must have something to do with these two brothers!

After everyone gathered around the kang table to finish their morning meal, Xu Chunlin, Xu Long and Wang Erli went to work together.

Xu Chunlin looked at Wang Laoxie with a smile on his face and said, "Erli, eldest brother has no money."

Wang Erli was stunned when he heard this and turned his head: "What do you mean? Brother, you will tear down the bridge when you cross the river?! I helped you yesterday for nothing..."

"No! Lizhen discovered all my little money, eh... I get angry when I talk about this!"

Xu Laowei was about to cry but had no tears, and his head was buzzing.

Wang Erli quite resonated with this. He thought that Xu Laowen must not fool himself with this matter.

Then he took Xu Laowei's arm and said, "Brother, don't be too bad. Don't get angry because of this matter. Your health is the most important thing. Dalong, what's going on? Why didn't I know about it yesterday?"

"I'll go to the hut and shout outside... Hey, I'll make a fuss if you mention this. Let Dalong talk about it."

Xu Long lowered his head and muttered: "I don't have any money, and I'm also very angry, but..."

He told the story from beginning to end, but concealed the fact that he took 50 yuan from Xu Ning.

"Is my sister-in-law so lucky? She can only get 150 yuan when she goes out?"

Xu Chunlin said solemnly: "It's not 150, we have a total of 200! Where did the remaining 50 yuan go? Dalong."

"Then how would I know..."

Xu Long felt guilty, but did not betray Xu Ning.

If he sells Xu Ning, he will definitely not have a good life in the future!

When the time comes, the relationship between father and son and brother will be destroyed at once, so he must keep his mouth shut.

"Humph, you don't know?" Xu Chunlin snorted coldly.

"I really don't know... Dad, don't ask me about this. You have to ask Erning and Feng'er. Besides, my money is gone!"

Wang Erli sighed and said, "Hey, brother, I told you a long time ago, don't put your eggs in one basket. If you fall, they will all break."

"It's already like this, what's the use of saying that." The three of them felt very heavy, and then they boarded the small train and went to work.

In front of Lao Xu's house.

Chai Bing was warming up the car when Xu Ning came out of the house carrying 16 sticks.

Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan followed behind.

"Er Ning, you have to be more careful."

"I know, sister-in-law, please go back to the house and give me whatever you want."

Liu Lizhen stood at the entrance of the courtyard and told Chai Bing: "Third brother, drive slowly. You can eat in the street at noon and wander around more."

"Hey, Auntie, you should go back quickly, it's quite cold outside."

Xu Ning got on the passenger seat and put the 16-pin handle on the right side. Then the two of them said hello to Liu Lizhen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Chai Bing stepped on the accelerator and drove out.

But before driving out of the village, Chai Bing parked the car in front of Chang Danian's house.

As soon as Xu Ning jumped out of the car, Chang Danian walked out of the room.

"Uncle, how are you, little treasure?"

"Hey Mom, you are still thinking about Xiaobao, okay! Are you two going to the street now?"

"Well, sir, is there anything you want to buy? I'll bring it back to you by the way."

"We don't need anything at home, so there's no need to buy anything. Why don't you two come here to eat at noon?"

"I can't come back at noon."

"Then tonight, your sister Juan will be staying home."

Chai Bing smiled and said, "Not even in the evening. I went to my Uncle Xu's place last night. We made an agreement to go to his place in the evening."

Chang Danian rolled his eyelids and pointed at the two of them: "You two are very busy, so when will you leave?"

"Leave tomorrow..."

"Fuck, I'll go to Lao Xu's house for a meal that night. You two should leave quickly." Chang Danian waved his hand.

"Got it!"

……

Qing'an Street is more than seventy miles away from the villages. We must first pass through the two villages of Tai'an and Yonghe, and then drive forward for more than forty miles.

Along the way, Xu Ning held 16 sticks in his arms, chatting with Chai Bing and looking out the window.

No matter what you are doing these days, it is always right to carry a gun for protection.

There is a small, unbranded screening room and a roller skating rink on Qing'an Street. The gangsters who gather in the street love to go to these two places.

However, Xu Ning did not look at these two places and only asked Chai Bing to drive to the door of the pharmacy first.

He got out of the car and went into the house to inquire about the prices of bear bile and tiger cub skins.

The current price of bear bile is 1000 yuan for half a catty. Copper gall can cost an additional 200 yuan, while brown bear bile is even cheaper. It is two to three hundred yuan cheaper than black bear bile.

In Xu Ning's impression, the price of bear bile grows little by little. In 84, it would have grown two to three hundred yuan, in 85, it would have grown three to four hundred yuan, and in 86, a pound of bear bile would sell for 3400 yuan. money!

After asking about the price, Xu Ning glanced at the wall clock before walking out of the pharmacy.

After going out, he did not go to the supply and marketing cooperative with Chai Bing, but found a restaurant because it was already past 11:30.

Chai Bing had also seen the world outside, so he was not curious about the street. The two of them sat in a small restaurant and ordered two dishes. After eating and drinking, when Chai Bing wanted to pay, the restaurant owner pointed at Xu Ning said: "This brother has paid."

Chai Bing muttered something to him complainingly, and Xu Ning said with a smile: "Third brother, who of us can't pay? You can pay for it next time."

"Next time you fight with me, I will fight with you."

Xu Ning nodded with a smile, grabbed his hat and put it on, and the two drove straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperative is located in the middle of the street, in a good location with lots of traffic.

As soon as he entered the supply and marketing cooperative, Xu Ning took out the note given to him by Li Fuqiang. The note said 183 kilograms of rice, 68 kilograms of noodles, cream, colorful reds, exercise books, pencils, erasers... there were indeed a lot of scattered bits and pieces.

Xu Ning and Chai Bing walked to the stationery counter and looked up at the saleswoman, a young woman in her thirties.

"Sister, how do you sell pencil homework books?"

The young saleswoman was slightly startled when she heard Xu Ning call her sister.

"Hey mom, who cares about calling me sister? I'm over thirty, so don't call me nonsense."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Really? It seems to me that you are not older than me."

"how old are you?"

"I am twenty-five this year."

"Oh my god, I'm eight years older than you. I'm really good at this."

Xu Ning pretended to be surprised, "Really? It doesn't look like you, I look like you are twenty-two-three!"

The young saleswoman blushed and raised her hands to smooth her hair, feeling very comfortable.

"Jing Neng, what do you want to buy?"

The Chai soldiers nearby were all confused. Where is this Erning Gaha?

Didn't you say that you have a good relationship at home, so why are you taking care of the little girls outside?

Xu Ning grinned and said, "Sister, I bought a lot of things. Where is your manager?"

"Looking for the manager? Do you know him?"

"I don't know him, why don't I ask you to help me introduce him?"

The young saleswoman rolled her eyes and said, "Then just say it straight and beat around the bush. It makes my heart pound. Just wait here and I'll go talk to the manager."

"Eh."

After she left, Chai Bing suddenly realized. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention.

Then he lowered his head quietly and said, "Brother, you are really pissed."

"Haha, let's try to make friends first."

Not long after, the young saleswoman and a man wearing glasses and looking about thirty years old came over.

Xu Ning was slightly startled when he saw the man wearing glasses, and immediately clapped his hands and shouted: "Hey! Old money! Damn it."

"...Who are you? Just go into the house and take care of my employees, haha?"

Lao Qian's full name is Qian Shude, and he has known Xu Ning for a long time.

But Xu Ning had not looked at him for more than thirty years, because he had not been to the supply and marketing cooperative since Xu Ning left home and squatted in 83.

So I never thought that there was such a person as Lao Qian, but after meeting him, Xu Ning remembered him.

In the past, when he entered the supply and marketing cooperative, he would go straight to Lao Qian's office, drink some soda, smoke a cigarette, and chat with Lao Qian.

The young saleswoman was stunned, "Didn't you say you didn't know each other?"

Xu Ning quickly went back to make up for it, "Ah, I want to tell you a few more words..."

Lao Qian hurriedly waved his hand, "Come on, go and take up your post. I'll entertain them. When he comes back later, you can just ask him to find me."

"Oh." The young saleswoman looked at Xu Ning doubtfully, and then went to her post.

Xu Ning and Chai Bing followed Lao Qian into the office. Lao Qian took out cigarettes from his pocket and gave them to them.

"I quit, you can do it yourself."

"What are you doing? Quit. Oh my god... No, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, right? Have you changed so much?"

"Haha... I really quit, let my third brother smoke with you."

(End of this chapter)