Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 195: Xu brothers and sisters, do you still want a gun?

Xu Ning blinked doubtful eyes and watched Chang Danian hurrying towards the village. Although he felt a little puzzled, he did not get to the bottom of it to find out the reason.

He estimated that Xu Pao had told Chang Danian to deliver a message to Xu Pao as soon as he returned to Qing'an.

After all, Xu He has come from the provincial capital. In a few days, Xu Pao and Gao Auntie will have to be brought to the provincial capital to enjoy the blessings. Therefore, before leaving, he has to have a meal with Xu Ning and entrust the Qinglangs to him. If Xu Pao's body and bones are completely healed, so he and Xu Pao have to go for a walk in the mountains twice. Otherwise, this old man will definitely miss his time running in the mountains when he goes to the provincial capital.

After figuring out the reason, Xu Ning returned home.

At this moment, only Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan were left in Lao Xu's house. They were sweeping the floor and wiping the cabinets.

Liu Daming, Han Fengjiao, Li Fuqiang and others went home respectively. Because Wu Haiquan and others came over to visit, they had not cleaned up the house these days, and it was almost the end of the year. Things that should be packed at home had to be packed out. They couldn't It would be too busy to wait until the Chinese New Year is approaching to pick it up.

Xu Ning entered the room and lay down on the kang. Liu Lizhen looked back and asked Guan Lei about the incident. He truthfully told what he had said to Yang Jun, but his mother swooped down and gave him an iron fist.

"Why are you so hurtful! That Leizi has never done any work, why are you picking on him like this?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Is it because of his poor physique that I treated him like this? When he can't bear it anymore, I will lead him to run into the mountains to fight. Gaha can't make any money. He can't do this job for long now." , there is no future at all.”

Liu Lizhen said angrily: "Only your idea is right! Have you asked Lei Zi?"

It’s a nice day today, which is perfect for the puppies to roam freely. If it weren’t for the cold weather and the fear of the puppies getting sick, Xu Ning would definitely have to let them outside every day. If dogs are kept in a pen for a long time, their energy and personality will easily change. Without vitality and wildness, it would be difficult to become a hunting dog.

Liu Lizhen saw the two people standing at the door, listened to the man's shout, and asked doubtfully: "Who are you looking for..."

The man next to Xu He is Xu He. He is 35 years old. He has a crew cut and looks very energetic. However, his skin is a little dark because he has been away from home all year round.

At around 10:30, Liu Lizhen was instructing Xu Ning to rummage through the cabinets, cleaning out the tattered clothes, socks and rat droppings in the cabinets, and then spreading some rat poison under the cabinets...

He glanced at the puppy huddled in the kennel, then picked up Hualang and One-Eye by the scruff of their necks and threw them into the yard.

At this time, he heard the cry of the big yellow tied at the entrance of the courtyard. Xu Ning straightened up and took a look at the entrance of the courtyard with Liu Lizhen at the same time.

"Hey! Is this my aunt of yours?" Xu He said with a smile.

Liu Lizhen gave him a blank look, patted his leg and said, "Just stay here while I wipe the kang."

"Mom, they should be looking for me. They are Xu Pao's daughter and son..."

Xu Ning walked forward quickly, looked at the two people at the door of the courtyard, and said, "Sister Xiao He! Is this Brother He? Hey, come in quickly."

Xu Ning squinted and recognized the woman. She quickly put down her work and walked towards the outhouse.

Xu Ning stood up after hearing this and walked toward the west room.

"Yes, this is my mother, and this is my sister-in-law."

These five puppies are all very lively. They started playing as soon as they were put in the yard. They opened their mouths and bit each other. They pounced on anything they didn't like and said "ouch" twice. Hualang and One-eye were still littering next to the big yellow kennel. After soaking in urine, Dahuang was so angry that he pulled the chain and screamed.

Wang Shujuan, who was cleaning cabinets in the west room, heard the sound and ran out of the room. Then she met Liu Lizhen and followed Xu Ning to the courtyard.

"Brother Xu can't leave home?"

Xu Ning squatted under the eaves and took a look, then went into the house to help his mother and sister-in-law do some work.

"Eh!"

Then I saw two people, a man and a woman.

"Then why are you asking?"

Liu Lizhen suddenly understood and followed Xu Ning out, shouting: "Juan'er, Juan'er, hurry up, we're coming home!"

"Ah, aunt, brothers and sisters, I am the son of Xu Dapao's family in Taiping. My name is Xu He, and this is my sister Xu He."

Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "Hey, I've heard about you. Come in quickly and don't leave it outside."

Xu He nodded, then walked two steps to the left with Xu He, bent down and picked up something on the ground.

"Auntie, the Chinese New Year is almost here, and I don't have anything for you, so I left the provincial capital and came back with some cucumbers, pig ears, and some side dishes..."

"Hey, no need, what can you bring us..."

Liu Lizhen didn't know the reason why Xu He came, because he had never heard of any friendship between Xu Ning and Xu He. He only knew that he had a good relationship with Xu Pao, and Xu Pao valued Xu Ning.

Xu He said with a smile: "Auntie, my dad has been sick for a while. Er Ning always brought things there and gave my dad a prescription. After taking it, he felt better. Now my dad is like a normal person and doesn't hurt anywhere! Auntie, this little thing is not enough for the friendship, so just accept it, otherwise I don’t even know how to get in here."

Liu Lizhen was not a pretender at all. She understood what he said and nodded with a smile: "Isn't it right for him to go see his uncle get something? Er Ning, hurry up and take over, you Brother He and Sister He I brought it here, you two come in quickly!"

"Eh."

Xu Ning took the gift box, wine in Xu He's hand and the vegetables, pig ears, tobacco and wine in Xu He's hand, and said with a smile: "Brother He, sister He, let's go into the house and chat."

"Hey, come in." Xu He nodded with a smile.

Immediately, the brother and sister followed Xu Ning into the house. While looking at the five puppies jumping around in the courtyard, they asked with a smile: "Er Ning, are these five dogs the cubs of the green wolf and the black wolf?"

"OK."

Xu He said: "These fat and obese dogs are already grown up." "Puppies grow very fast. In two months, they will be able to walk in the mountains with me."

After Liu Lizhen entered the house, she went to the cupboard to get hazelnuts, pine nuts, and sugar balls. Wang Shujuan took the teapot to the outhouse to make tea. After the two of them put the hazelnuts and tea on the kang, Xu He and Xu He happened to sit down. .

"Er Ning, hurry up and pour tea for your brother He and sister Xiaohe. He, you two have some hazelnuts or something. Don't be polite here."

"Hey, don't worry, Auntie. Er Ning won't be polite when he goes to my house, so I definitely can't be polite either."

Liu Lizhen said with a smile: "That's right! The more polite you are, the more unorthodox you look. Why did you come back?"

"Ah, I came back yesterday. Didn't I make an agreement with my parents to go to the provincial capital for the Chinese New Year? I came back to pick them up."

"Hey, my eldest brother and sister-in-law want to go to the provincial capital to enjoy the blessings? Oh my god, this is great."

Xu He said with a smile: "Auntie, they are still a little reluctant. My eldest brother and I persuaded each other for a long time. Later, it was Er Ning and my Uncle Chang who helped to persuade them, and they finally persuaded me."

"Mom, why aren't you happy? It's time to enjoy the blessings of raising such a big child."

Xu He nodded: "It's not good, Auntie, you don't know. My dad is a very stubborn person, so I have to talk it over to make things right."

"Hey, I, Brother Xu, am just too busy (confused). Then you guys go ahead and complain, I have to take it back to the yard puppy, otherwise it will freeze."

Xu He picked up the hazelnuts and said with a smile: "Okay, Auntie."

Liu Lizhen saw that besides giving gifts, the brother and sister had something else to talk to Xu Ning about, so she and Wang Shujuan went to the yard to catch puppies.

Xu He glanced at the 16-year-old pout hanging on the wall and said with a smile: "This pout is pretty easy to use, isn't it?"

Xu Ning answered: "Well, since I took it over, a lot of animals have been shed."

Xu He tilted his head and looked at him and said, "Er Ning, do you want it?"

"Ah, what do you want? Sister Xiaohe."

Xu He grinned and said, "I want to ask you if you still want a gun! Don't my parents have to go to the provincial capital with us? The Qing Langs will be entrusted to you by then, but there is still a gun hanging at home. If you have nothing to do at home, you have nothing to do, so you can play with it."

Xu Ning was stunned and said: "...No, Brother He, have you discussed this matter with my uncle?"

Xu He shook his head: "Then what's the point of discussing? Er Ning, you should be able to understand how your sister Xiao He and I feel. We really don't want your uncle to go hiking again. How can he handle it at his age and body?" You have to live there.”

Xu He is a straightforward person. He just says what he needs to say without hiding it or beating around the bush.

Xu Ning poured water into the teacup, put down the teapot and said: "Brother He, I can't agree to this in private. I understand how you feel, but I understand even more what that gun means to my uncle. Don't you run away from the mountain? , you probably don’t understand what we rely on to run around in the mountains. Besides dogs, we have guns. Guns are our second life. If you have a gun, you will have confidence. If you don’t have a gun, you can’t do anything..."

Xu He said helplessly: "Why do you use the same words as my father?"

Xu He said with a smile: "Er Ning, don't worry about it, your brother He is just like this."

"I know, but we really can't handle this matter like this. If you do it secretly, it will be like killing half of my uncle's life."

Xu He nodded: "I didn't think twice about this, but what am I thinking about? I've given you the dog, and I can definitely give you the gun. There's no use for my dad to keep it."

Xu Ning drank tea and grinned: "Then don't let my uncle speak on his own, as long as you two don't speak."

"What do you mean? Er Ning, I don't like to be sloppy in doing things. Just tell me."

"As soon as my uncle starts talking about guns, you two stop him and don't let him give away the guns. With my uncle's temper, he will definitely do the opposite to you..."

"Ah, then I understand. My dad does have this kind of character. He doesn't listen to anything we say for fun. He believes everything others say. I'm so anxious."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "We are both children. I am younger than you two, but I have experience. Qing'an is famous for my father's character, right? But he can agree to whatever I discuss with him. The main thing is You have to use the right method.”

"That's the truth. No wonder you get along so well with my dad. You have such a trick."

Xu He said: "It's not so good. Our parents often stay at home and praise Erning."

"Well, Er Ning, I have to thank you for this time. If you hadn't given me prescriptions and gave me bear paws every now and then, my dad wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

"Brother He, don't be so polite. He is my uncle. Besides, I was a little cautious at the beginning..."

Xu He said with a smile: "I know this, isn't it just because of Qinglang and several dogs? Then you have helped me a lot!"

"What kind of help is this?"

Because from different angles, the Xu He brothers, Xu Ning, and Xu Pao all had some goals and thoughts, so the three parties are quite satisfied with how things have developed so far.

Xu He glanced at the wall clock and said, "Er Ning, your aunt is cooking meat at home. Let's go over now."

"what?"

Xu He stood up with a smile, took his arm and said, "Ah, let's go quickly. Let's go to Uncle Chang's house to pick up the car first, and then go home together. Your uncle has been waiting at home for a long time."

"Come on, let's not be polite."

(End of this chapter)