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Chapter 420: People Can’t Meet Parents Honestly

Xu Ning glanced at Sun Liansheng. Sun Liansheng received the signal, stomped out the cigarette butt and said:
"Lao Ba's name is Ba Yuexin. He lives in Dalingtun. He has a relative who is a sailor. Lao Ba used to play with Daba'er. They were childhood friends. After Daba'er went to jail, he brought a bunch of other guys to Dalingtun to play for money."

Li Tielin was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes changed when he looked at Sun Liansheng. The same was true for Zhao Wang and Zhao Yu. They had never thought that Sun Liansheng knew so much about Sandaohe, because they didn't even know who Sun Liansheng was...

Xu Ning asked, "Brother Sheng, is Dalingtun far from the town?"

"It's more than thirty miles, and we still have to go north."

Xu Ning nodded after hearing this, and said to Li Tielin and the other two, "I don't want to get involved in this kind of thing, but since you guys have come all the way here, I can only help pass on a message, but I can't guarantee that Zhao Lu can go home with you guys, so you guys wait here the following afternoon, and we'll go to Dalingtun together to take a look. As for whether Zhao Lu will come home or not, I can't do anything about it."

Li Tielin said with a smile: "Hey! Thank you! Thank you, Brother Xu. Whether this succeeds or not, I will keep it in mind."

"Go back quickly. Don't be cunning when you ask someone to do something for you next time."

"Yeah, it's all my fault. Sorry, Brother Xu."

Xu Ning mainly saw that Li Tielin and the other two had good attitudes, otherwise he would not have bothered to pay attention to them. After he waved his hand, Li Tielin and the other two turned and left. It was not until they disappeared in the old Jiefang that Xu Ning and the others walked towards the Dongfeng 140.

Li Fuqiang asked from behind: "Brother, is this easy to handle?"

"It can be done, but what should we do after that? Zhao Lu is my former classmate. She has loved to play since she was young and wants to be the best in everything she does. This personality is too extreme. If we force her to go to the whole family, what should we do if she drinks some brine or hangs her neck? It's better to let her play outside and she will naturally go home when she has had enough fun."

Sun Lianfang suddenly realized what was going on and said, "Oh! Brother, you two are classmates, so you should help each other. Why didn't you tell those three people about this relationship?"

Xu Ning didn't say anything, but Sun Liansheng smiled and said, "Lianfang, you just said that we should help because of this relationship. If the three of them knew about this, wouldn't they kneel down and beg for mercy? I know you have good intentions, but sometimes good intentions can easily lead to mistakes. And you don't have much experience, so you won't think too much. But you can't make decisions blindly in the future, understand?"

"Ah... Well, then I just wanted to help a little, I didn't think too much about it. Brother, I really didn't think that much."

Xu Ning said, "Lianfang, I have something to say to you, please stop being so nosy. You really should change your habit of meddling in other people's affairs. If you stay in Sandaohe, you can meddle in everything, but if you encounter trouble outside Sandaohe, it is best to stay away from it, otherwise it is easy to suffer. There are many bad-hearted people out there. If you meet them, they will sell you and you will have to help them count the money. Think about it, is this reasonable?"

Sun Lianfang lowered her head and pouted. She didn't throw a tantrum. She just nodded and responded in a muffled voice: "Yes, I remember it."

Ever since she and Guan Lei started dating, Xu Ning has never said anything bad about her, but he has also never lectured her on moral issues. He just treats her like a younger sister in daily life. But today he must give her a warning, otherwise Sun Lianfang's habit of meddling in other people's affairs may easily harm Guan Lei.

"Brother Huzi, you two get in the car. We will be home soon if you endure it for a while." Sun Liansheng said with a smile.

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu climbed into the back of the car, poked their heads out and said, "Why feel wronged? There are a lot of cushions in the back, so it's quite comfortable to sit in."

Sun Lianfang and Guan Lei got into the car, and after Xu Ning closed the door, the car started.

She kept her head down, not knowing what she was thinking. In fact, Sun Lianfang was good at flattery, but she had been too well protected since she was a child, so she had never experienced the things in society. Just look at how complicated today's matter is? Why is it complicated? Isn't it just that Li Tielin thought too much and wrote, performed and directed it himself?

At first Xu Ning ignored the three of them, but they chased him to Sandaohe. This was not the end yet... She also asked him to pay for Xu Ning's shopping. As the saying goes, you should not hit a smiling person. Since they were in Qing'an, there was nothing wrong with Xu Ning listening to it since they had a story. But Sun Lianfang suddenly showed up.

She has good intentions, as long as she doesn't have much social experience. Why do people say that the more they see, the more timid they are, and the more courageous they are? This is the reason. If you have seen a lot, you will naturally think more. If you have less experience, you won't think too much. Otherwise, why did Sun Lianfang dare to drive to Qing'an by herself? When Sun Jiye and her parents found out, they were terrified.

No one went to comfort Sun Lianfang. After she figured it out, she asked, "Brother, do you have a grudge against Big Scar?"

"What's the point of celebrating? He's already in prison, while I'm living a carefree life outside."

Sun Lianfang covered her mouth and smiled: "So when you were in society before, you were always playing tricks, right?"

Guan Lei said: "How can you talk like that? Do you think everyone is as stubborn as you?"

"You are so stubborn!"

Xu Ning laughed and said, "How many good people are there among those hanging around out there? Honest people are just waiting to be cheated. How can they be alive and well without being cunning?"

"Er Ning is right, Lian Fang. You are the apple of my eye at home, but no one will spoil you when you go out."

"Oh, I know! I'll just stop interfering in other people's business from now on."

Xu Ning said: "From now on, when something happens, you can't even watch the excitement, just turn around and run, understand?"

"Oh, I know. Anyway, I'm not going anywhere. After I get married, I'll stay at home and take care of the kids."

Sun Liansheng covered his head and said, "Oh my god, why are you still thinking about your children? You really think long-term."

"Of course! I've even picked out names for the boy. Guan Dadao and the girl. Guan Yuyao. Do they sound nice?"

Xu Ning and Sun Liansheng remained silent. Guan Lei said with a dark face, "You should read less useless books! What nonsense are you naming things?"

"Then you name it! Whatever you choose is fine... If it wasn't for the taboo of my eldest brother's name, I would have named the boy Guan Sheng! Guan Sheng the Great Sword, haha..."

Sun Lianfang burst into laughter, while the other three were speechless.

It was already past 1 p.m. when we arrived at Dahe Village. To the west of Dahe Village is the Lanji Reservoir. A river flows from south to north. The river is rich in fisheries, and there are many fishing boats and rafts floating on the river. Across the river to the west bank is Wolong Mountain, where Lao Luanzi was born.

The geographical location and resources are much better than those of Qing'an, but there are rich and poor everywhere. When you enter Dahe Village, you can see many adobe houses, and occasionally two or three tiled houses, or five or eight newly built brick houses. The outside of these brick houses is covered with a layer of white, red and blue sand. This material is called stone rice, which is actually stone slag. It is not waterproof and easy to fall off, so Xu Ning did not consider this material.

Besides, applying a layer of stone rice on the surface of red bricks does make it look better, but the price is also there.

Some families have small fishing boats turned upside down in their yards. Someone is stuffing hemp strips into the gaps in the boats and then applying specially mixed pine oil to make them waterproof.

Enter the village entrance, walk forward for more than 60 meters along the flat street, then turn south and you will reach Sun Jiwei's house.

His house consists of five brick and tile houses. Although it is some years old, it is well maintained. The exterior of the house is coated with sand-lime material, while the stone rice used in the newly built houses of other people is a substitute for sand-lime.

There was a stone wall next to the street, more than 1.8 meters high, with broken glass on top. The iron gate was open, and the ground in the yard was paved with red bricks. On both sides near the gate were sheds and chicken pens, two downstairs houses, and a woodshed...

At this moment, there were quite a few people sitting in the east room of the old Sun family, but they were all family members, including Sun Jiye and his wife, Sun Jiwei and his wife, Sun Lianjun and Sun Lianxu.

Sun Jiwei sat on the kang, smoking a cigarette, muttering with a sad face: "It's already so late, and I haven't even got home yet..."

"Maybe he was delayed on the way, brother, don't worry."

Sun Jiwei's wife said: "Lianfang, this girl, ah! My head hurts when I mention her."

Sun Jiwei said: "You said this person is coming, how can I talk?"

Sun Jiye smiled and said, "Second brother, you can talk about whatever you want to talk about, but we know the basic situation of his family, so try to talk less about his family members, talk about hunting in the mountains, and if that doesn't work, talk about his plans for the future and what he wants to do..."

"That's fine. I heard you say that boy is quite thin."

"Thin! But really fierce. He and Xu Ning pinned down an old leopard and strangled it to death..."

Sun Jiye's wife said, "How many times have you said this?"

"He can strangle the old leopard to death, which shows he is capable! I also run in the mountains when I have nothing to do, but I can't strangle the old leopard to death." "Oh, forget it, I'm going out to take a look at the vegetables, it's time to dry the pot soon." Sun Jiwei's wife said.

"Second sister-in-law, why don't you just serve it out and heat it up when they get home."

"Okay, put it in a basin then."

At this time, the sound of a car engine buzzing came from outside. Sun Lianjun stood up and looked, and saw a Dongfeng 140 parked at the door.

"Dad! Uncle San! We're here!"

Sun Jiwei and Sun Jiye turned their heads and quickly jumped down to the ground, put their feet into their shoe shells, and hurried to the outer room.

While the two daughters-in-law were stunned when they heard what they said, they saw Sun Jiwei already striding to the door of the house. He didn't look like a person who was weak and feeble due to overwork at all.

"Oh my god! I can't help but think about it..."

Sun Jiwei grinned as soon as he opened the door. Sun Jiye was a little confused when he heard the laughter. He pushed his second brother and muttered, "Don't smile like that, second brother."

"what……"

Sun Jiwei's wife rolled her eyes, "What a shame! You're still acting like a fool."

"Sister-in-law, my brother is nervous, that's normal."

Sun Jiwei said nothing and walked slowly towards the gate of the courtyard.

Xu Ning, Sun Lianfang, Guan Lei, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu got out of the car one after another, and they all stepped into the threshold with things in their hands.

"Oh, I finally got you here. How come you arrived just now?" Sun Jiwei spoke first.

Sun Liansheng said: "Second Uncle, go and take care of something temporarily."

Xu Ning first waved towards Sun Jiye and called out, "Uncle Sun."

Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, and Guan Lei also greeted him. Actually, this way of greeting was a little bit wrong, but there was nothing wrong with it. After all, they had to let Sun Jiye, who was familiar with them, introduce him...

"Second brother, second aunt, this is my little brother Xu Ning whom I met in Qing'an, and these are his brothers Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu. Before Liu'er died, we went to Qing'an to chase a brown bear, and he was the one who let go and gave us the bear's head."

"Ah! Erning! I've heard your name a lot recently. You're also quite famous in our Sandahe."

Xu Ning extended his hand and shook his hand, then said with a smile: "Second Uncle, I hope my bad reputation doesn't spread here, otherwise the reputation I have worked so hard to maintain will be ruined."

"Hahaha, I haven't heard of your bad reputation. Just now your third uncle was talking about how you guys strangled the old leopard to death. You're quite a man, you're a real man!"

Sun Jiwei is a few years older than Xu Chunlin, he just had children later, so there is nothing wrong with Xu Ning calling him "Uncle".

After Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang greeted them, Xu Ning patted Guan Lei's arm. Without waiting for Guan Lei to say anything, Sun Lianfang stepped forward, took his arm and said, "This is my boyfriend Guan Lei! These are my parents, my third uncle and my third aunt..."

Guan Lei came forward with his things, bowed and said, "Second uncle, second aunt, third uncle, third aunt, I am Guan Lei, and my family lives in Wanye..."

Sun Jiwei had been observing Guan Lei. He found that although Guan Lei was a little thin, he looked pretty good. So before Guan Lei finished speaking, he interrupted and said, "Okay! I know you! Jun, Xu, take the things and take them to the house..."

"Eh!"

"Come in quickly, don't just stand there, Lianfang will show your partner the house."

Sun Lianfang was delighted when she heard that, and she pulled Guan Lei into the house with a smile.

When Sun Lianjun was about to take the things from Xu Ning, Xu Ning said with a smile: "The things in Hu Zi and I's hands are for my uncle Sun. No, now I should call him Third Uncle."

Sun Jiye laughed: "Hahaha, look, you're still thinking about me."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "I came here for you. My brother and Lian Fang are dating, so our relationship will be even closer."

"Not bad! Xu, take the food and think about taking it home after dinner."

"Well, Brother Ning, let's go into the house."

"Come inside."

As soon as you enter the Sun family's house, you can feel that Sun Jiwei and his wife are not very enthusiastic, and they seem to be pretending to be enthusiastic. Compared with Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others, the atmosphere in the Sun family is a little tense, not as relaxed as in the Xu family.

Before entering the door, Sun Jiye said quietly: "Erning, my brother and sister-in-law are a little nervous and emotional before, but they will be fine after drinking some wine."

"I saw it. I just got off the car and saw Uncle Er standing at the door laughing."

Sun Jiye couldn't help laughing and said, "He was too nervous. He wasn't in good shape to begin with. He jumped off the kang just now and he might have sprained his waist."

His wife turned around and asked, "What are you whispering to Erning about?"

"Didn't you see how nervous our brother and sister-in-law are? Our second sister-in-law is usually so carefree and capable, but now she's like a kitten."

"You still have the nerve to call me brother and sister-in-law. When our Xu meets the in-laws, I think you will tremble in fear!"

Xu Ning interrupted and said, "Aunt San, it's okay! I'll pass on some experience to Uncle San when the time comes."

"Hahaha, just like what your uncle said, your chatter is really quite entertaining. Then why don't you secretly teach me some of your experience?"

"Easy to say, easy to say..."

Inside the house, Sun Jiwei took out two cigarettes and handed them to Guan Lei and Li Fuqiang, saying, "Smoke! Smoke! Have a cigarette first to relieve your fatigue."

Sun Jiwei's wife's face darkened after hearing this. What kind of words are these? What do you mean by smoking a cigarette to relieve fatigue?

Guan Lei quickly took it with both hands, took out a match from his pocket, and lit it for Sun Jiwei first. After exhaling the smoke, Sun Jiwei calmed down a lot. He looked at Guan Lei's face and said, "What are you doing at home these days?"

"My brother's family is building a house, and I helped for two days. I heard that you weren't feeling well? How are you now?"

Sun Jiwei pulled him to sit on the edge of the kang and said, "You've been fine these past two days. You can run and jump. Your brother treats you well. Why did he buy you a house in Qing'an?"

"Ah, that's my younger sister's mother-in-law. This is Wang Hu, my future brother-in-law. His parents bought him for me because they wanted me to have a place to stay when I come down the mountain from work. Otherwise, I've been living in my brother's house..."

After listening to Guan Lei's chatter, Sun Jiwei's impression of him changed. Why? Because Guan Lei was not nervous at all, and he explained the facts clearly, which made Sun Jiwei relax.

People like Sun Jiwei and his wife actually have sharp tongues but soft hearts. Although they had always been opposed to Guan Lei before they met him, they felt a little uncomfortable after seeing him in person.

(End of this chapter)