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Chapter 345 Xu Laonian: It’s over! Xu Long’s mouth
Xu Laonian smiled brightly, patted his son's arm excitedly, and praised him repeatedly: "Son, I knew you could support Dad!"

Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "If there is something wrong, it's my old son. If there is nothing wrong, it's my little brat. I'm used to it."

"Hey, what's that? Do you understand my nickname?"

At this time, Xu Laonian turned around and met the eyes of Wang Erli who had turned his head away. He blinked calmly. After Wang Erli received the signal, his voice became louder, and it was obvious that he was also a little excited.

"Oh my god, if that's the case, then Sun Lianfang must have chosen our Lei Zi, right?"

Li Fuqiang nodded and said, "I think so, otherwise why would he wash Lei Zi's brain?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Laonian hurried over and asked, "What? You picked Lei Zi? Who is he?"

Wang Erli pretended to be serious and said, "Brother, didn't you hear it just now?"

"No, I'm chatting with Er Ning."

Look, as soon as Xu Ning agreed, the nickname was downgraded.

Then, Wang Hu recounted the story of Sun Lianfang and Guan Lei from beginning to end.

After Xu Laonian finished listening, he clapped his hands and said, "Leizi, just rush up, let's capture the Sun family in Sandaohe directly!"

Liu Lizhen heard it clearly in the outer room. She lifted the door curtain and walked into the room in a bad mood, pointing at Xu Laonian: "What are you going to take down? Take him down? You are the boss, can you give me some good ideas?"

Xu Laonian was stunned and didn't dare to argue.

I only heard Liu Lizhen say: "Leizi, we can't rush ahead..."

Xu Laonian smiled and continued, "Right! Chasing after someone is not a good deal! Your aunt is right, listen to her."

"What's right? It's annoying! Put the table away quickly."

"Hey, Jane, I'll let you go."

Liu Lizhen squinted her eyes and looked at Xu Laonian's abnormal behavior. She glanced at Xu Ning calmly, then lowered the door curtain and retreated to the outer room.

Xu Ning looked at his father's fawning attitude and sighed inwardly, because his mother knew Xu Laonian too well and could tell what he was going to say just by the way he moved his butt.

Xu Laonian's flattering smile just now was too obvious. I guess my mother must have become suspicious. Based on my mother's understanding of them father and son, when Xu Laonian took the air gun back, Liu Lizhen knew what was going on in the blink of an eye.

"I'm not the one snitching. Don't blame me when the time comes."

In the evening, the meal was all the leftovers from lunch, and there were two new dishes, home-cooked tofu and mixed pickles. Originally, Liu Lizhen wanted to make steamed cakes, but there were guests at home at noon, so it was delayed.

After the meal, everyone drank tea and talked about the three dogs. Even though they didn't come up with anything in the end, that's what idle chatter is all about.

After everyone went home, Xu Laonian came to the west room. He draped the door curtain behind him, squinted his eyes and smiled foolishly: "Feng, go back to your room and sleep quickly. Your brother Lei has something to do tomorrow."

"No, it's only eight o'clock. I'll play for a while."

Xu Laonian felt itchy in his heart and wanted to persuade her again, but seeing Xu Feng's stubborn face, he could only put down the door curtain and retreat awkwardly. He stood in front of the stove in the outer room and looked at the dark night sky outside through the window. His heart was also dark, and now he just needed 50 watts of light to illuminate it!

Three or five minutes later, Xu Laonian threw the cigarette butt into the stove and sighed slightly.

I had a good idea when I did this at first. The little treasury I had saved was more than enough. But I never thought that the money hidden in the doghouse would be taken away by that little bastard. After I sobered up, I regretted it so much.

But I have already paid a deposit for the gun. If I don’t pay the balance, the deposit will be gone. It’s not worth it.

After thinking it over, he finally opened his mouth to Guo Xingmin...

"Oh, thinking back to the past, I was so rich! Ever since this little calf learned to be good, my life has not been smooth. Every day there is a hurdle, and it's very troublesome..."

"What are you fussing about, Dad?"

Xu Ning suddenly appeared behind him, scaring Xu Laonian.

Seeing that it was his eldest son, he immediately smiled and said, "Ah, well, I think the weather is nice so I'll recite a poem."

"Here, fifty in all."

Xu Laonian took the money from his hand and said with a smile: "Ah, my son is still the best! Haha."

"Don't scold me anymore in the future."

"What are you talking about? Didn't I say it? It's a nickname! Look at you, brother. I always call you Dalong Dalong, unlike you. You are the only one in my heart."

Xu Ning sneered without saying a word, "Save some saliva for my mom."

Xu Laonian rolled his eyes when he heard that. He thought that he had just opened his mouth to talk to Xu Ning, and then he turned around and told trolls to his mother.

"Aiya! You little bastard..."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "I didn't tell my mother. You set the table, helped her put on her shoes, and even wanted to go to the outer room to wash the dishes. My mother must have seen through it. Hey, why can't you keep things to yourself?"

After saying that, Xu Ning turned around and went back to the house, but Xu Laonian was stunned where he was, frowning and muttering: "Is it... so obvious?"

Liu Lizhen lifted the door curtain and saw that he was in a daze. She said unhappily, "What are you thinking about? Hurry up and pour some water to wash your feet. Are you waiting for me to serve you?"

"Ah! All right."

Xu Laonian rubbed his face and asked, "Zhen, you can wash first after I get the water."

"I don't need it. Who knows what you're holding back on."

Suddenly, Xu Laonian felt panicked: It’s over!
……

The next day, Guan Lei got up early and went to Li Fuqiang's house, then followed him in Lao Lin's car to the lumberyard. Originally, Lao Lin wanted to take him to the 17th yard, but Guan Lei was afraid of troubling him, so he politely declined.

After Xu Laonian and others left, Xu Ning and Wang Hu went to Lao Jiang's house. At this moment, Lao Jiang had just finished his meal and was washing quilt covers and clothes in the outer room.

After chatting for a while, Xu Ning learned that the pigs and dogs were very quiet last night and did not make any sound at all. He was a little puzzled: these three dogs and pigs had been hungry for more than a day, so why didn't they get anxious?
After arriving at the barn, I looked inside through the ventilation window and saw three dogs sleeping soundly in a huddle, while the wild boar was barking and groaning against the wooden wall...

"Brother, you said that we can't let the yellow-haired pig eat these three dogs, right? That would be a joke."

Xu Ning was unsure and shook his head: "Logically speaking, these three dogs shouldn't be so cowardly. I see that their teeth are in good condition, and their hind legs are drooping down, and they are still quite strong..."

The two of them lay on the ladder and looked around for a while, then said goodbye to Lao Jiang and left.

The two of them had other things to do today. Meng Quezi had already made the beehives and honey buckets, so Xu Ning thought about going to Dongshan and asking the beekeeper Ma Liu to take a look and see what needed improvement so that he could communicate with Uncle Meng in time.

After returning home, Xu Ning piled the beehives and honey buckets on the sled, went into the lower house, took out a two-jin piece of leopard meat, threw it into the beehive, and was dragged out of the door by Wang Hu. When passing by a shop, Xu Ning went into the house and got ten jin of wine, and picked up five jin of trough cakes.

If you count carefully, it has been a while since he went to Dongshan to look for Ma Liu. The last time he went there was after he hunted the brown bear in Snail Shell. It has been almost a month now.

I don’t know if Ma Liu heard others talking about the incident of Xiao Xupao strangling a leopard in the mountains…

At the same time, the Municipal Forestry Bureau.

Sun Jishan was sitting in the office and made an internal call to the duty room, asking by name whether Xu Long was in the room. Xu Long was bragging to his colleagues in the room. When he heard that Sun Jishan was looking for him, he didn't panic. Instead, his colleagues were a little panicked and asked directly why Director Sun wanted to see him. Xu Long smiled and said nothing, then walked out of the duty room.

"Xu Long's mouth is so tight that even if you put pliers on his tongue, he can't say anything.

A short guy at the side said with a smile, "She's just like your wife. She doesn't make any noise no matter how you rub her finger."

"Get the hell out of here!" "Hahahaha..."

The dwarf has a good relationship with Xu Long, while the person who said Xu Long is tight-lipped has an average relationship with the two of them, so the dwarf likes to criticize the person when he has nothing to do.

Xu Long walked to the door of Sun Jishan’s office and knocked.

Hearing a noise from inside, he pushed the door open and walked in. He saw Sun Jishan smiling at him and Xu Long called out "Director Sun".

"Hey, did your brother tell you? My brother went to your house to buy meat."

Xu Long nodded: "We talked on the phone last night."

This matter cannot be concealed. When he answered the phone last night, Sun Jishan's little follower was chatting with them in the duty room.

"Ah, you are a very reliable brother. Here, here are two hundred yuan for the meat. Count it."

Xu Long took the money on the table, counted it twice in front of Sun Jishan, and nodded: "Director Sun, it's exactly right, not a penny off."

"That's fine. You can send this tea to Director Yang and let him taste it. I think it tastes good."

Xu Long put the money in his hip pocket and said, "Director Sun, where should Xiao Zhao deliver the tea?"

"He sent it over. Director Yang can't drink it, so you can bring it over. Director Yang will understand..."

"Okay, thank you Director Sun."

"Don't be polite. Let's talk about the future later. I still have some things to prepare."

"Okay, I'll be leaving first, Director Sun."

Sun Jishan nodded, looked at his back and watched him leave. After he closed the door, Sun Jishan muttered, "They said it didn't matter, can I believe it?"

He casually picked up the file on the table and opened it to reveal the handwriting. It said "Proposed sustainable development of mining operations in Qing'an Forest Farm", which included building a field, repairing mountain roads, etc.

Xu Long came to Yang Yusheng's office carrying some tea. At that moment Yang Yusheng was revising the content of his speech with a worried look on his face.

"Dalong, who brought the tea?"

"Director Sun..."

Xu Long told the story of Xu Erning selling jackal meat and leopard bones, and then repeated what he said when he went to Sun Jishan's office. Then he stood in front of the desk and looked at Yang Yusheng.

Yang Yusheng smiled and said, "This little Erning is quite sensible...Okay, then use this tea to make me a cup."

"Eh."

While Xu Long was making tea, Yang Yusheng said, "After the meeting today, you can go back and stay at home for two nights before coming back."

"Uncle San, Erning said he has some jackal and leopard meat at home and wanted me to bring it over to give to someone."

"You should send what you should send, and don't send what you shouldn't send."

"okay."

Xu Long put the teacup on the table, turned around and walked out.

At 10:10 a.m., the leaders of the Municipal Bureau sat in the conference room for their routine meeting at the end of each month.

During the period, Yang Yusheng proposed to approve the approval of chain saws, mechanical guide hooks and other equipment to Qing'an Forest Farm. However, only three or two people agreed. Finally, the top leader advocated a vote by raising hands. After Yang Yusheng and five others raised their hands, seven people remained silent.

At this time Sun Jishan raised his hand. Everyone in the room was stunned when they saw his action, and then four people raised their hands as well.

The top leader made the final decision and the proposal was passed.

Yang Yusheng glanced at Sun Jishan calmly and once again proposed the content of sustainable development of Qing'an Forest Farm. The most important thing was to open four new forest farms and put them into use this winter.

Finally, Sun Jishan spoke up and expressed his strong support. Since most people in the meeting room agreed, the leader nodded and made the decision...

……

Dongshan, on the open space outside the cellar.

Ma Liu was chopping firewood when he heard the sound of footsteps on snow. He stood there holding the axe and turned to stare at the source of the sound.

"uncle!"

Ma Liu grinned when he saw Xu Ning. "You little brat, how many days have you not been here? What do you have?"

"Haha, I had no choice but to do it. I'll talk to you about this later. Isn't this a beehive? Didn't I say before that if I smashed one of your beehives, I would compensate you with five! This is exactly five."

Ma Liu looked up at Xu Ning and saw that he didn't seem to be joking, so he walked to the sled suspiciously and looked at the box-like beehive carefully. "Why is this beehive a box? Where did you study it?"

"I saw beekeepers in the provincial capital all use this, so I asked my father-in-law to make five. This is the beeswax board of the beehive. Insert it into the honey bucket. When you shake the handle, the honey will come out. Then find a piece of gauze to filter it. The honey that comes out is not only pure, but also free of impurities."

Ma Liu studied it for a while and said in surprise, "Oh my god, this thing looks good, huh? What's wrong with your head? But this beehive... I feel like there's something wrong with it."

"That's not right, sir. Let me take it back and let my father-in-law make some changes."

Ma Liu pointed at the cover and said, "See this gap? This should be the bee's eye, but the gap is too narrow. It's a bit difficult for the queen bee to get in. She has to rub it."

"Ah, sir, do you think there are other places that need to be changed?"

Ma Liu shook his head and said, "The gaps between the beeswax boards are just right. There's no need to change anything else. I'll give it a try this year. Do you two still want to learn beekeeping from me?"

“Learn!”

"Well, go inside first. You two can go up the mountain before spring. Do you see that pile of wood? It's for you two to build a shack..."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Master, you are really thoughtful."

Ma Liu wanted to let the two of them live in the cellar, but the small kang in his cellar was not big enough, and it was a bit crowded for two people to sleep on it, let alone three people.

"What are you saying, you should clean up the house. Hey, are you buying me some wine again?"

"Well, I think you should finish your bottle of wine."

Ma Liu smiled and said, "There's still some left! This wine was served to me. I usually drink half a bowl of it in one meal. If I drink more, I won't feel good."

"What are you afraid of? Wait until we get to the mountain and let Hu Zi drink with you. He will definitely drink with you!"

"to make!"

The three men moved beehives, honey buckets, wine, trough cakes, leopard meat and other things into the house.

Ma Liu added more fire to the stove, saw a piece of meat, and asked, "Why are you giving me more meat? I still have a lot."

Xu Ning laughed and said, "Sir, this is not bear meat or venison, this is leopard meat!"

Ma Liu's eyes widened and he asked in surprise, "Leopard meat? Where did you get the leopard meat?"

(End of this chapter)