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Chapter 405: Lao Nian likes to show off, so stop showing off
After Xu Ning left, Liu Lizhen felt a little angry and embarrassed because her feelings were exposed. She raised her foot and kicked Xu Laonian hard on the butt.

Xu Laonian didn't feel any pain from the kick. He grinned, raised his hands to hug his dear Zhen, and slapped her on the face.

Liu Lizhen looked around hurriedly. Since Wang Shujuan didn't get up in the morning and there were only the two of them in the outer room, she felt relieved. She stared and wiped her face quickly.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Laonian hummed the crescent moon and replied, "I'm happy!"

He has been holding it in all night, and if he is not allowed to vent this morning, he will suffocate to death.

Liu Lizhen didn't argue with him and turned to the kitchen to get the leftovers. Xu Laonian walked out and stood under the eaves, breathing in the fresh air. He felt relaxed and comfortable from the inside out, and he was eager to let everyone in the village know that he had a tractor.

Xu Ning pulled up his trousers and walked out of the toilet. As soon as he passed through the alley, Xu Laonian grabbed his arm.

"Old man! Let's go! I've been thinking about it all night, hurry up and take it off..."

Xu Ning struggled to break free from Xu Laonian's restraints, turned a deaf ear to him with an expressionless face, and walked into the outer room on his own.

Xu Laonian looked at him and was a little confused. He thought: Eh? This little bastard is pretending to be a bastard to me!

"What are you doing?"

Xu Ning couldn't help laughing when he turned around: "I have to wash my face. Dad, how was the Wuliangye you drank yesterday? Was it delicious?"

Xu Laonian rubbed his hands and said, "It must taste good! How can it taste bad if it's bought by my oldest son? It's really good wine, and it won't make you drunk after drinking it."

Xu Ning washed his face twice, took off the towel and wiped it while muttering, "Two bottles for eight yuan."

"Ah..." Xu Laonian reacted, smacked his lips and said, "Well, I'll give it to you in a few days."

At this time, Guan Lei and Sun Liansheng put on their clothes, lifted the door curtain and left the west room. They greeted Xu Laonian first, and then Guan Lei asked, "Uncle, are we going to unload the four-wheeler now?"

Xu Laonian nodded modestly: "Well, your brother had to call me early in the morning and asked me to clean his car. How can you be such a son? I just drank two bottles of his wine."

Hearing the accusation, Xu Ning didn't even bother to defend himself.

It was because Guan Lei and Sun Liansheng were grinning silently and it was difficult to talk to them, so Xu Ning said, "Xie! Then you have to call me second uncle, right? If my second uncle knows that you secretly drive a four-wheeler, your relationship with each other will basically be over."

Xu Laonian curled his lips: "He dares!"

Then he pointed outside the door and said, "Isn't this coming?"

Wang Erli and Wang Hu opened the door and walked into the house, smiling: "Brother, shall we go? Let's unload the four-wheeler."

"Look, your second uncle is more anxious than me." After Xu Laonian said that, he pointed at Xu Ning and said, "Wait a minute, aren't you waiting for the ancestor to wash his face?"

Xu Ning laughed when he heard this: "Haha, Dad, how come you are so good at chatting? Then call me ancestor again."

"Get lost! I'll give you a smile."

After three or five minutes, Guan Lei and Sun Liansheng simply rubbed their faces, then they looked at each other and walked towards the courtyard tacitly.

As soon as I walked to the gate, I ran into Liu Daming and Wu Qiuxia. Liu Daming clapped his hands and smiled, saying in front of everyone: "What did I say? My brother-in-law must not have slept well last night. He was so anxious that he lay in bed thinking about driving a four-wheeler."

"Hahaha!" Several people at the door laughed.

Wu Qiuxia didn't join them and went into the house to help Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan prepare breakfast.

Xu Laonian, who was climbing into the back of the Dongfeng car, was a little embarrassed and said, "Get out of here and stop talking nonsense! This was the task Er Ning assigned to me last night. He insisted that I help him unload the car..."

Wang Erli exposed the secret and said, "Brother, stop pretending. We grew up naked, so we all know each other."

Xu Laonian was filled with shame and anger, and his flat conductor was almost inflamed. He glared at him and said, "Hurry up, little calf, and find a place to unload!"

As Xu Ning walked towards the driver's seat, he turned around and said, "Brother Sheng, did you see that? This is my father's true face."

This time when Sun Liansheng came to Old Xu's house, he felt a different family atmosphere, because it was full of laughter everywhere. Compared with other families who were frowning and quarreling all day long, Old Xu's family was simply too warm.

"Hahaha, your family atmosphere is quite harmonious, even more lively than ours!"

Xu Ning got into the car and said, "Of course. Our family's main theme is loving fathers and filial sons!"

Because the car door was not closed, Xu Laonian happened to be standing in the car behind the driver's seat, holding the railing with both hands. He heard Xu Ning's words and nodded: "My son is indeed filial, so what should be done about this matter."

This is not to flatter Xu Ning, it is the truth. Basically, whatever Xu Laonian wants, as long as it is not excessive, Xu Ning will buy it for him, and he has never been short of anything.

Even if he was unwilling to admit it in front of his family and tried every means to discredit Xu Ning, he had to praise him in front of outsiders! This was the change in Xu Laonian's thinking during this period.

Xu Laonian, Wang Erli and others stood in the back car holding the railings. Xu Ning stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the west of the village. What came into view was a moist field of crops. The air was filled with the smell of earth. Looking to the south, the old forest was lush and green, and the tender buds and leaves were already growing vigorously.

After driving away from the farmland and arriving at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, they found a gently sloping mound of earth. Xu Ning turned the car sharply and connected the front of the car with the rear of the car. As Xu Laonian shouted, the rear of the car just connected with the mound of earth, with a gap of only four or five centimeters.

Everyone jumped out of the car, found some stones, and threw them under the wheels of the Dongfeng to prevent it from moving forward.

With a smile on his face, Xu Laonian untied the ropes that bound the tractor with Wang Erli and Liu Daming, then moved the wooden blocks under the wheels, and Xu Laonian sat in the driving seat of the tractor.

He looked around in panic for the crank, but couldn't find it after searching for three times. He shouted anxiously, "Where is the crank?"

Xu Ning stood on the mound, put his hand on the rear railing of the Dongfeng car, and said, "Put it under your butt. Use the car key to turn on the power first, step on the clutch and put it in neutral..."

Xu Laonian stuck his butt out and took out the crank from under the seat, and replied: "I know! When your father was driving a four-wheeler, you were still playing with mud balls at home!"

He handed the crank to Wang Erli, then got into the driver's seat, turned the key, put the car in neutral, got out of the car, glanced at the engine, and said, "Crank it!"

Wang Erli inserted the crank into the opening in front of the car, then started to shake it up and down. After about two or three circles, the Dongfanghong 28 successfully caught fire.

"A new car is so smooth! It catches fire after just two shakes!"

"Not good."

The tractor made a rhythmic "da da da" sound and the exhaust came out with puffs of black smoke, but after two or three puffs of black smoke, the smoke disappeared.

Liu Daming, Wang Erli and Wang Hu who were watching were a little excited. They were not so excited when they saw the tractor yesterday, but at this moment they couldn't help but smile.

Xu Laonian blinked and quickly turned back to the driving seat. After sitting firmly, he shifted gears and stepped on the accelerator in one go, driving the tractor slowly forward.

The sound of the engine was like Xu Laonian's heartbeat, and his excited heart was beating along with it.

He threw his head back and laughed: "Hahahaha... Good! This guy is good!"

Wang Erli and Liu Daming stood by the car railing, clapping and stamping their feet, cheering with smiles on their faces.

Xu Ning stood at the rear of the car with his feet on the hill and shouted, "Slow down! Slow down!"

Xu Laonian waved his hand: "Oh, don't worry about it, just hide here."

When the tractor drove to the rear of the Dongfeng tractor, Xu Laonian really slowed down. When the front wheel touched the hill, Xu Laonian tilted his head to take a look, then stepped on the accelerator. The large rear wheel of the tractor turned half a circle, and the entire tractor lifted up its front end because the hill was sloped.

Dadada... As Xu Laonian stepped on the accelerator, the sound of the tractor became rapid.

Soon, Xu Laonian drove the tractor to the top of the hill. He turned around and shouted, "Drive the car quickly! Erli! Erli! Come on, get in the car quickly. Big brother will take you for a ride."

"Hahaha, good!" Wang Erli leaped onto the hill suddenly.

Liu Daming said anxiously: "Brother-in-law! You won't take me for a ride?"

"Hey, come up together, one on each side!"

After Xu Ning drove the Dongfeng 140 away, a large space was left for the tractor. Xu Laonian backed out, turned around and stopped steadily on the spot.

At this time, Wang Erli climbed onto the tractor and sat on the left side of Xu Laonian, with half of his buttocks resting on the mud guard on the wheel. He handed Xu Laonian a cigarette and said, "Brother, you were so stylish just now!"

"Really? Haha, this is just the beginning. When we get into the village, I'll show you what real style means!"

"Paitou" is a Northeastern dialect, which means having temperament.

Liu Daming, who was sitting on the right, also had a cigarette in his mouth and patted the steering wheel with his teeth bared: "Let's go, brother-in-law!"

Xu Laonian, holding a cigarette in his mouth but not lighting it, drove the tractor to the side of the Dongfeng truck, turned his head and looked at Xu Ning and shouted, "Go back and unload the trailer first."

Wang Hu said, "Uncle, let's go back together."

Xu Ning stepped on the accelerator and said with a smile: "Wouldn't it be a steal if we went back together? Let's go first."

"Ah!" Wang Hu suddenly realized.

Then, the Dongfeng 140 disappeared in a flash.

Seeing this, Xu Laonian and the other two grinned and drove the tractor towards the west entrance of the village. After entering the west entrance of the village, the tractor slowed down.

The engine made a very loud noise, attracting many people who were out carrying firewood to stop and watch.

Yu Kaihe got up early and was about to go to the mountains to stroll around and pick some wild vegetables and mushrooms when he saw Xu Laonian driving a tractor. He was surprised and said:

"Oh my god, Lin! Who am I looking for? Where did you get four wheels?"

Xu Laonian stopped the car and turned around to answer, "Ah! Well, my youngest son brought it back. It was just unloaded. No one else knew how to drive, so I just drove it away."

"Er Ning brought it back? Oh my god, how much does it cost?"

Xu Laonian looked casual and said, "It didn't cost much. If I really had to buy it, how could my family afford it? I borrowed it because of a favor."

"It's quite a skill to borrow it. Who can borrow four wheels now?"

Xu Laonian smiled and said, "Well, let's make do with it! Big brother, are you going up the mountain for a stroll?"

"Well, let's take a walk up the mountain. Anyway, we have nothing to do. That's it, let's go back quickly."

"Hey, see you later, brother."

Wang Erli and Liu Daming were sitting on the tractor and nodded to him. After the engine shook violently, the tractor moved forward unsteadily. Yu Kaihe took two steps and looked back, muttering: The Xu family's lives are getting better and better, they even drive a four-wheel drive!
Xu Laonian lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and was in a very happy mood. It took him twenty minutes to drive a short distance of a hundred meters. During this time, he met several groups of relatives from the village. The three of them took turns talking to them, showing off and boasting.

A villager squatted down and looked at the wheels, making a slurring sound, and touched the outer shell of the tractor with great envy. In Xu Laonian's eyes, this action was a lubricant that provided emotional value.

Even when he arrived at his home, Xu Laonian still felt unsatisfied, so he drove the tractor into the yard, turned off the engine, and said as he got out of the tractor: "Let's go for another spin in the evening!"

"Okay! Big brother, did you see Shuanzhu's father's face just now? His eyes were red, and he wanted to be kicked down by the three of us so that he could show off..."

Liu Daming walked into the house and squinted his eyes and said, "Second brother, I don't agree with this. What do you mean by showing off? We are just pretending to be cool!"

"Get lost now. You can't even tell the difference between good and bad."

Seeing the three people entering the house, Liu Lizhen stood at the door and said, "Are you done showing off?"

Xu Laonian smiled and said, "Well, Zhen, I'll take you for a ride in the evening and take you around the village."

"You are a bit too cocky! What are you showing off?" Liu Lizhen said with a squinted eye.

"Hey, if I don't show off, will other people know that our four-wheeler is borrowed? They will think that we bought it. How can we have that much spare money?"

This made sense, so Liu Lizhen didn't refute it. She just said, "Come in and eat, we've all finished eating."

"How come you finished eating so quickly?" Xu Laonian asked casually.

"Look at the time. How long do you have to wait for your bragging to finish?"

Xu Laonian smiled and lifted the door curtain, then waved to everyone as he entered the room, obviously in a good mood.

When the three of them sat down to eat, Xu Feng, carrying a shoulder bag, went to school with Jin Yumantang, Wang Biao and others.

Liu Lizhen was also chatting with Yang Shuhua about tomorrow's cooking, which is April 18th in the lunar calendar.

In the Northeast, soybean paste is usually made on the 8th, 18th, and 28th day of the lunar calendar. Qing'an is located in the southernmost part of Heilongjiang Province. Since it is close to Jilin Province, April 18th is a good day for making soybean paste. The temperature is warmer and the air humidity is just right, so the soybean paste tastes very fragrant.

Making sauce, dumplings, pickled cabbage and sticky bean buns are all different in their respective families.

Some people use sweet sauce, some use sour and smelly sauce, and some use salty and fresh sauce... But no matter what the taste is, we don’t dislike our own food and it tastes the same no matter how it is prepared.

There are two types of Northeast farmer's sauce, one is pan sauce and the other is big sauce. Lao Xu's family makes pan sauce. In February, they stir-fry beans to make the sauce and wait for fermentation. In April, they make the sauce...

At around eight o'clock, after Xu Laonian and Wang Erli left, Xu Ning took Sun Lianfang, Guan Lei and Sun Liansheng to the village headquarters. Sun Lianfang wanted to call her parents to discuss bringing Guan Lei home.

After entering the village, Du Shoucai sat on the kang, drinking tea and listening to storytelling.

"Uncle, give me a full cup."

Du Shoucai pointed to the cabinet and said, "There is a cup in the cabinet, take it, everyone sit down!"

"Got it."

When Xu Ning took the cup, Wang Hu and Guan Lei had already sat down, and Sun Lianfang also made a phone call.

Across the street was the village secretary of Dahe Village. After hearing that it was Sun Lianfang, the village secretary gave the phone to Sun Jieye.

"Uncle San, where are my parents?"

"Stay at home, are you really staying in Qing'an?"

"Yeah! Well... Uncle San, I'm thinking of going to Wanye to meet Guan Lei's relatives, and then bringing him back to our house, what do you think?"

Sun Jiye was stunned and asked, "Didn't you two just get together? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Since we're dating, we must get married. Uncle San, if you can't make the decision, go call my parents and I'll talk to them!"

(End of this chapter)