Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 136 Spending money to bury Mr. Xu

At around six-thirty, the three of Xu Chunlin came back after a long journey.

Liu Lizhen saw the three of them coming back empty-handed, with the wadding of their cotton-padded jackets and trousers exposed, but she didn't say anything. She just silently took out the food sitting in the pot and put it on the table.

Wang Shujuan gave the three of them a basin of water and asked them to wash themselves. After they finished washing, she walked into the east room, sat at the table on the floor, grabbed chopsticks, and started cooking in silence.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked into the house and sat on the edge of the Kang. From time to time they would look at the three of them devouring their food, and the corners of their mouths would curl up, as if they wanted to laugh but held back.

Xu Long leaned against the kang cabinet at the end of the kang, with his legs crossed to observe the expressions of the three of them.

But Xu Ning was sitting on the kang head leaning against the wall, looking at the three of them with a smile.

Behind him is Xu Feng, rubbing his shoulders and back.

"Feng, rub it to the left."

"Hey, is this good enough? Second brother, it's your turn to take action tomorrow, right?"

"What's the matter? Our family didn't say that. You don't know, running in the mountains is very tiring. Look at the lame leg that was made for our father."

"Hey, our dad is getting old and his legs and feet are a little bad. Second brother, can our family eat meat tomorrow?"

"That must be possible!" Xu Ning said forcefully.

Xu Chunlin felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this. He knew that this little kid had to bury him, but he didn't expect that he would dare to bury his own father in front of Wang Erli and Liu Daming. Isn't this going against Tiangang!

He glanced at Liu Lizhen, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, and saw her nodding from time to time as she listened to Xu Ning's words. He immediately felt that he was completely screwed, so he didn't say anything.

Wang Shujuan looked at Xu Ning and said with a smile: "Er Ning, I haven't seen you beating an animal since I came back. Don't brag."

"Hey, what are you talking about? I'll get up early and go for a mountain run without bringing Tanhei back. Sister-in-law, just tell me what you want to eat. I'll go up the mountain and be back on time."

Wang Shujuan narrowed her eyes and said, "I want to eat venison..."

"Ah, the deer is not easy to play with. Wait until I have time to touch it."

At this time, Liu Lizhen turned around and said: "Hey, if you can trim a deer, then see if there are deer fetuses? It's best to have deer fetuses with twin crows."

Xu Ning pulled Xu Feng's hand off, moved closer to Liu Lizhen, and raised her arms to wrap her arms around her mother's neck.

"Mom, do you want to play Yinggaha?"

At the same time, Xu Chunlin also frowned, while Wang Erli and Liu Daming stared at him with smiles on their faces, wondering what was wrong with him that made Liu Lizhen dissatisfied.

Xu Chunlin turned around and shouted: "What are you trying to do? It's all nonsense!"

Liu Lizhen ignored him and said to Xu Ning: "Isn't there something wrong with your third uncle's grandpa's family ambition? I'm thinking of giving him some advice. When I married your father, it was your third uncle and grandpa who came to give me the gift of marriage. "

"Ah, then I can't hunt a doe with cubs, unless I happen to encounter it, but the possibility is too low... I'll wait until I go to the street to take a look. She's going to be pregnant with twins. Deer fetus?"

"Well, this game shouldn't be easy to deal with. You will meet it slowly."

"Okay then. I also want to go for a walk in the mountains and bring back some hazelnuts, pine nuts, etc. You can give me this job..."

"Why, are you not happy?"

Xu Ning grinned, put his arms around his mother's shoulders, and said, "Then why aren't you happy? I just wonder if my mother arranges work for me, so she is so down-to-earth!"

"Ha ha…"

Wang Shujuan and Xu Feng laughed.

His mother looked at him with her eyes and said, "You can only do what I can do."

"Hey, then I wanted to tease my dad, but he didn't give me a chance! Before he came back, I had already thought about how to shave my beard, but I never expected that when he came back empty-handed, he also gave me his feet. It’s so messed up!”

"Go, don't let it go and cause damage." Liu Lizhen pushed him.

At this time, Xu Laowang slapped his chopsticks on the table. He looked at Xu Ning angrily and saw Xu Ning take out 5 yuan from his pocket.

"Who did you hit?!" Liu Lizhen stood up and pointed at him and asked.

Xu Ning hurriedly put the five yuan in his hand into Xu Laowei's arms, turned around and said with a smile: "Mom, my dad hit me. It's nothing. My dad is not angry at all."

Xu Laowen rubbed the money in his hand, gritted his back teeth and said, "Why aren't you angry? We encountered a herd of pigs twice on the mountain today! But I don't know which unscrupulous person should let go of the dog and fire a gun to this group of pigs?" The pigs were all frightened and ran away. Erli and I didn't even have time to hand over the gun. This guy made me so angry..."

Wang Erli answered hurriedly, "That's not a bad idea, otherwise we would have been back at around two o'clock, and we would have been able to eat meat in the evening."

Liu Daming nodded: "Yeah, give my brother-in-law an angry order."

Liu Lizhen asked: "Then how did you adjust your feet?"

"Didn't you come back and take a shortcut? It was on the train track."

Xu Chunlin calmly put the five yuan into his pocket and said.

Liu Lizhen nodded and said, "Can you go to work tomorrow? If not, let Erli ask for a leave for you."

"No delay."

After the three of them finished eating, Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan picked up the bowls and chopsticks.

Xu Chunlin sat on the edge of the kang with five yuan in his pocket, chatting with Wang Erli and Liu Daming, looking at Xu Ning from time to time.

As for the little brat, he could only say a few words about killing him. After all, the five yuan was given very neatly, and it was stuffed into his heart.

At around seven o'clock, Wang Erli climbed over the wall and went home. When Liu Daming left, he called Xu Ning to the courtyard. The two of them walked to the entrance of the courtyard while listening to Liu Daming's words.

"You're going to go up the mountain and hunt two pigs for me tomorrow?"

Xu Ning nodded: "Okay, uncle, do you want to give me a gift?"

"Ah, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law are leaving the day after tomorrow. They are not allowed to take anything back before leaving."

"Okay, I'll go for a walk in the mountains tomorrow. Uncle, tell me the truth, did my dad hit that big pig on the ankle?" Liu Daming was stunned and shook his head hurriedly: "It's nothing. Don’t talk nonsense.”

"Haha, I know, then go back."

Liu Daming blinked, "How about I go with you tomorrow?"

"No, you can stay at home with me. I will deliver it to you directly when I come back."

Liu Daming nodded: "That's okay."

After that, Liu Daming went home.

When Xu Ning returned to the house, she saw Xu Feng rubbing Xu Chunlin. She didn't know what the father and daughter were talking about in silence, and their cheeks were swollen from laughing.

Xu Long was called away by Wang Shujuan just now. The couple usually had a good relationship and often made small moves and whispered words. Sometimes Liu Lizhen didn't even look at her, which was really annoying.

Xu Ning saw that there were only two people in the house, father and daughter, so he summoned Xu Feng to go wash his feet in the outer room. Xu Feng obeyed and left Xu Chunlin's arms, which made Xu Laowen feel worried about gain and loss.

"Aha? Feng'er just got so close to me, why are you so blind?"

Xu Ning grinned happily and said, "Are your hands holding five yuan steady?"

Xu Chunlin squinted his eyes and leaned back without saying a word, but a smile appeared on his face, obviously very at ease.

"Dad, I just heard my old uncle say that you hit Dagu Zhuwei with your feet? Does my mother know about this?"

"What are you talking about?" Xu Chunlin stood up and stared, "It's nothing, don't talk nonsense. If it weren't for the five yuan, how many times would I have to kill you just for those two words about killing me? You count it yourself.”

Looking at his expression, Xu Ning felt that they must have encountered the big orphan pig when they put it on the mountain.

Then he said with a smile: "My uncle has already told me, why are you still pretending? My mother is living outside the house, how about I ask her to come in and listen?"

"No...no, what do you want to do?"

Xu Chunlin put his hands in his pockets. If Xu Ning dared to say something outrageous, he would slap Xu Ning's face with five dollars and then kick her!

"Don't I care about you? My father had the big orphan pig injured, so I'm not allowed to take revenge?"

Xu Chunlin felt a little relieved when he heard this, thinking that his son had not been raised in vain, and he still knew how to vent his anger on his father's behalf.

"What's the point of revenge? Your uncle and I shot the pig four times, and the pig ran away. I accidentally sprained my foot while walking into the forest."

Xu Ning smiled: "Huh? Dad, you really go take care of that pig..."

Hearing his loud voice, Xu Chunlin hurriedly raised his hand to cover his mouth, gritted his teeth and said, "Keep your voice down! I thought you had bad intentions. If you shout again, I'll kick you to death!"

Xu Ning struggled to get away, crossed his arms and grinned, "Give it back to me."

"What?" Xu Chunlin was stunned.

"Five dollars."

"Oh, fuck..."

Xu Chunlin glared and turned around and bent down to grab the broom knot on the kang. Upon seeing this, Xu Ning ran directly to the door to lift the door curtain, raised his finger to point to the outer room, and mouthed: Tell my mother.

Xu Chunlin blew his beard and sighed in anger, took out five yuan from his pocket and threw it on the ground.

"Just wait, sooner or later I will have to give you a beating, to death!"

Xu Ning grabbed the five yuan and put it in his pocket, and said with a smile: "Haha, dad, I've got the handle on you, just think about it by yourself."

"You kid, go back to your room and sleep, I'll get angry just looking at you!"

"Come on, Dad, don't be angry. I'll buy you a cigarette later."

Xu Chunlin muttered: "This is all you need."

Sometimes he really wanted to beat up Xu Ning, but he couldn't do it every time because he couldn't bear the temptation of cigarettes and money.

"Mom, I'm going to go for a walk in the mountains tomorrow and give my uncle a whole pig. He wants to give it to his sister-in-law and brother-in-law."

Liu Lizhen smiled and nodded: "Then why are you going? Mom will give you something delicious."

"It's not too early, just eat normally. I have to go to Uncle Chang's house tomorrow to borrow a dog."

"Ah, that's okay."

Xu Chunlin felt uncomfortable after hearing this in the room. Liu Lizhen was obviously treating her differently.

He muttered: "You're not so partial... What kind of fun is he? Treat him like a treasure."

After Liu Lizhen entered the room, Xu Chunlin said: "Zhen, my legs and feet are not working well. Please give me a basin of water to wash my feet."

"You can spend some money to have your daughter take care of you, won't Erning give you five yuan?"

"What's the deal? It's nothing! I just paid him back the five yuan. Besides, am I the one who is greedy for money?"

"You...hehe."

Liu Lizhen sneered twice, but her legs and feet were not idle. After all, she felt sorry for Xu Laowen, so she went out and gave him a basin of water to wash his feet.

"Jane, you are so kind. Marrying you is the most correct choice in my life, but after giving birth to two deflated babies..."

When Liu Lizhen heard that he couldn't spit out ivory, she frowned and said, "That's your son, why do you keep scolding him? He's a bastard, who are you? Your daughter's daughter just picks up the tusks, who does this belong to?"

Xu Chunlin opened his mouth, "Look at what he said about me before I ate. Normally I would have killed him."

"Why don't I spend five yuan to buy it for you, Zizhen..."

(End of this chapter)