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Chapter 556: What's the point of asking for money when the person is gone?

Dazhi is three years older than Scarface and is relatively more stable, but he is only in his twenties after all. As the saying goes, young people are full of vigor and want to save face. However, Dazhi still took the money thrown by Xu Ning. In the past, this group of people did not treat money seriously. Basically, whoever had money would spend it, and if they didn't have money, they would find ways to make money.

At present, he, Scarface and Xu Ning are people on two different paths. It cannot be said that they have parted ways, but it can be said that the situation has forced them to go to a fork in the road. In just two years, Xu Ning has changed visibly, but the two of them are still the same as before. It would be a lie to say that there is no gap in their hearts, but the friendship is real!
Dazhi understood that if he accepted the money, his and Scarface's lives might change.

That night, Scarface counted the money, a total of 36 yuan. The two stared at the money and pondered for a while, and decided that they had to spend it, and spend it in the right place. Think about it, they are already grown up, with elderly parents and young children to take care of, they can't just muddle along like this, in the end they will just be waiting to be kicked out of the house, or live a tight life and worry about money, it would be better to use the money to buy some daily necessities, buy some cloth and cotton to make clothes for their wives, children and parents...

The next day, sparrows were jumping and chirping on the treetops outside the window, and shouts were heard downstairs. Groups of comrades in plain clothes or uniforms holding guns gathered in the yard. Wan Faqun directed everyone to get on the car, and then a group of people drove out of the yard in Jeep 212 and motorcycles.

Xu Ning, who was sleeping soundly, regained consciousness. He tried to open his eyes and took out his watch from under the pillow. He took a look at it and found that it was already past 6:.

Guan Lei and Li Fuqiang were already dressed, but they didn't wash or smoke. They just stood by the window and stared downstairs...

Xu Ning stood up from the bed, and the two men took out cigarette boxes from their pockets, lit one, and started chatting with Xu Ning.

I slept very soundly in the lounge of this branch last night. Although the room is not open from north to south, it is not hot at all with the door and windows closed. It is even a little cool. After all, it is the end of August in the Gregorian calendar. The daytime temperature is about 26 degrees and the nighttime temperature is about 18 degrees.

Xu Ning rubbed his face and opened the door. Zhang Er, who was sitting opposite him, turned his head and shouted, "Hey! Are you awake? How was your sleep? I specially laid two layers of mattresses for you."

"Very good, Uncle Wan is on a mission?"

"Well, hurry up and wash up. You can also go to the cafeteria for a meal."

Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua hurried over, and Xu Ning said with a smile: "You two got up pretty early."

"It's early. How did you sleep?"

"Sleep until you wake up naturally. Shitou, go call Huzi and the other two. We have to set off as soon as possible."

Zhang Er asked, "Are you going to the mall?"

"I'm not going to the mall. I'm going to visit an elder of mine first."

"Oh……"

At this time, Wang Hu, Scarface and Dazhi seemed to hear the noise and pushed the door open to take a look.

Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and wash your face and clean up."

After that, he turned around and asked, "Do you want to go shopping?"

"I can do anything. Uncle Wan asked me to accompany the two little sisters for a stroll."

Meng Ziyan smiled and said, "That'll have to wait until the afternoon, and my sister-in-law will be coming..."

"Sister-in-law?" Zhang Er looked puzzled.

Xu Ning said, "My friend's wife, if you have nothing to do, the four of you can go shopping together. I feel relieved to have a female comrade like you protecting me."

"Oh, you're really good at chatting! Okay, leave the safety of the three of them to me. You guys hurry up and pack up, we've already packed up."

Young girls these days don’t have much to dress up for. They only have a few sets of clothes, so they can wear anything. They just need to comb their hair and tie it up. They don’t need to put on makeup at all, and their skin is pretty good. Except for being exposed to the wind and sun, basically all of them have fair skin and look quite clean.

Wang Hu, Li Fuqiang and others rubbed their faces casually, and in less than two minutes, they were dressed neatly and walked out of the door. Zhang Er locked the four rooms, took out the keys and put them in his pocket, then walked towards the cafeteria with everyone.

The cafeteria was empty as most people were out on missions. Only a few civilian staff were eating steamed buns and drinking porridge with pickles.

The civil servants raised their hands to greet Zhang Er, but no one asked what Xu Ning and the others were doing. Is there any need to ask? Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that those who could stay here for breakfast must have some strong connections.

They each took an enamel pot and filled half a pot of porridge. The pickled vegetables were a mixture of cucumber, day lily, soybean, and shredded mustard greens. The taste was a bit spicy, but not particularly salty.

After the meal, Zhang Er led Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua to wash their enamel pots, and then everyone left the cafeteria. Zhang Er stayed at the unit and said he would pick her up in the afternoon, then hurriedly got into the car and drove out of the yard.

Xu Ning did not go directly to find Xu He, but prepared to go and do the thing that Old Tang asked him to do first.

Before leaving, he asked Zhang Er where the Third Machinery Factory was. Zhang Er said that the factory had been merged with the parts factory and was located on Anyang Road...

Driving to the parts factory on Anyang Road, Xu Ning turned his head to glance at the factory gate, which was hung with a banner. He parked the car on the side of the road and asked Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua to wait in the car. He asked Li Fuqiang to get out of the car and walk towards the door together.

"Comrade, let me ask, is there a person named Liu Yuying in the administrative department of our factory? She is about fifty years old."

There were two old men playing chess at the gate. Upon hearing this, one of them looked up and asked, "I know Liu Yuying. What do you want from her?"

"Someone asked me to tell her something."

"Go and tell her something? It's not easy to tell her something. She died of illness last year, and now her daughter has taken over her job."

"Ah, can you ask her daughter to come out and chat with me? I came from Qing'an."

"Then you two can go into the house and wait for a while. You are not in a hurry, right? Wait until I finish this game of chess."

"Okay! I'll wait a moment then."

Li Fuqiang took out a pack of unopened Yingchun cigarettes from his pocket, placed it next to the chessboard, and said with a smile: "Uncle, have a cigarette and take your time..."

"Hey, these are really good cigarettes! Look at them, it's not a big deal, is it worth spending two cents? Okay, you two wait a moment, I'll go find that girl, and you take your time to think about it, Old Ma."

Lao Ma waved his hand: "Just go away! You're annoying."

The old man laughed twice, pushed the door open, and went into the factory to look for someone.

Xu Ning chatted with Lao Ma for a while, and before he knew it, the old man led a woman in her thirties who looked haggard and thin into the guardhouse.

"Hello, I heard you were looking for my mom?"

Xu Ning nodded and said, "Yes, I want to ask, does your mother have any relatives in Qing'an?"

"Qing'an... My aunt is in Qing'an, but she passed away a long time ago."

"Is Tang Dayong your uncle?"

"Yes."

Li Fuqiang smiled and said, "Then you have found the right person."

"Yes, sister, Tang Dayong asked me to come here. Let's go out and chat. Don't disturb the two uncles playing chess."

The old man smiled and said, "Why bother you? You guys can sit inside and chat. We'll go out and get some fresh air. It's so hot and stuffy in this room."

After saying that, the two old men got up and went out. It seemed that this pack of Yingchun cigarettes was just the right gift.

"Sister, sit down!"

The three of them sat on a bench in the room, and Xu Ning directly stated his intention: "This is what happened. Tang Dayong asked me to come here to repay the money. Although your mother is gone, the money must be handed over to you."

"What money do you want to pay back?" She was stunned and didn't understand what it meant.

"He was working for free in Qing'an. Before he started, he borrowed money from your mother, a total of two hundred..."

"My uncle worked for free, but it seems my mother didn't lend him any money when he was doing this business."

"Then I don't know. Anyway, that's what he told me. Now that I see you, I'll give you the money." Xu Ning took out the money that Old Tang gave him from his pocket. The money was wrapped in red cloth, because in Qing'an, if you go to give a gift to a family who has a funeral, or if you go to visit a patient, you have to wrap the money in red cloth, or tie the red cloth to the items, to prevent other people from getting bad luck.

The woman looked down at the red cloth bag, touched it, and then looked up and said, "Didn't my uncle say anything else?"

"That's not the case. He originally thought that your mother wouldn't want the money if she were still alive, so he told me to throw the money away... Can I ask when your mother died?"

"He passed away in March last year. The doctor said it was a brain tumor. Are the two children from my eldest uncle's family married?"

"Dayang is married, so it's a bit difficult for Xiaoyang to find a partner."

Xiaoyang is a sissy, which means "second chair" in Northeastern dialect.

"Ah, you are from Qingantun..."

"Yes, my name is Xu Ning. This is the phone number of Qing'antun. The telegraph number is for the forest farm. You can contact me if you want."

The woman took the note and said, "Okay, thank you. This money should not be lent by my mother to my uncle, but I have accepted it. I will call him when I have time."

"Okay, I've done it, so we'll leave if there's nothing else."

The woman stood up hastily and said, "Can I treat you to a meal?"

"No, it's not a big deal..."

At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and a middle-aged woman said anxiously: "Da Nan! Your boyfriend was beaten up, you should go home and take a look!"

"What? Are they the demolition guys again?"

"It should be. The call is from your neighbor."

Xu Ning was stunned when he heard this. To be honest, he didn't want to care, but since he had come across it, he had to ask. Otherwise, what would Old Tang think when he knew about this?
"Sister, if you want to go home, I'll take you there. We drove here."

"Oh, okay! Thank you! I hope it won't bother you."

"No delay, what exactly is going on?"

As the woman walked out, she said, "The land was to be demolished in June this year, but the resettlement compensation was too little, not enough..."

This incident was basically the same as some cases in later generations. Xu Ning guessed the general idea after just listening to the beginning.

He and Li Fuqiang waved to the two old security guards and ran to the car on the opposite side. He asked Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua to sit in the back, and then asked his eldest sister to sit in the passenger seat, and let her direct the way to the destination.

"I originally thought it would be fine to just settle for something similar, but my child is about to go to high school, and we need money for everything. If we lose our house, where will we live?"

"Sister, don't worry. You need to report this to the street office."

"Streets..." She curled her lips and didn't say anything else.

They drove all the way to their destination, which was located in a shantytown. Xu Ning was not sure what it was called, but it was a bit like the Guangzi film in the later "The World". The alleys were very narrow and cars could not enter at all. The only way to get in was by bicycle or motorcycle.

After she jumped out of the car, she ran home in a hurry. She was so anxious that she didn't even care about Xu Ning and others.

Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, Guan Lei, Scarface and Dazhi jumped out of the car without taking guns. They only let Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua return to the passenger seat, and then they followed Xu Ning into the alley.

"Brother, this is not a good thing." Scarface understood it, so how could Xu Ning not understand it?
But due to the relationship, I have to take care of it. If I encounter this kind of thing, can I just walk away? If I go back to the village, there will be trouble.

Everyone walked forward empty-handed, and saw a group of people surrounding a door. There were no onlookers around, because the people standing at the door were holding weapons in their hands, whether it was a spear, a steel pipe, or a pick handle, a lathe scraper...

The older woman cried and ran into the crowd. When she saw the man sitting in the courtyard, she rushed over and asked anxiously, "Where are you hurt? How is he?"

The man covered his head and said, "It's nothing, I won't die! Why did you come back? They don't dare to kill me."

A young man in the crowd laughed and said, "Big sister, we didn't do anything. It was your husband who bumped into us."

"You're talking nonsense! I'm going to report a case, and none of you can leave!"

The young man said, "Just report it! Our group of people will stay in for five or six days and then come out. During these five or six days, there will be five or six waves of people coming to look for you..."

Hearing such shameless words, the eldest sister was at a loss for a moment. She could only grit her teeth and really wanted to kill them with her eyes.

There were eight people in the group. Xu Ning and the others who walked behind them were speechless. Scarface whispered, "Brother, were we so fucked up before?"

Xu Ning turned his head and rolled his eyes, saying, "Are you a little scoundrel?"

When the young man heard this, he frowned and turned around to see a few people and asked, "Who do you say is Xiao Di Lai Zi? What do you do?"

"I'm just strolling around when I have nothing to do. I came to visit you."

After saying that, Xu Ning walked into the crowd. Li Fuqiang turned his head and whispered something in Guan Lei's ear. Guan Lei turned and ran away. Then the remaining few people followed Xu Ning into the crowd and squeezed into the courtyard.

"Sister, is this your home?"

"Ah, why are you following me? Go away, it has nothing to do with you." The eldest sister stood up and pushed him.

Xu Ning moved aside and said, "Sister, I'm thirsty. Go into the house and get some water. I'll talk to them."

"Oh, that's really not necessary. I can't possibly cause you any trouble."

Xu Ning looked at the man sitting on the ground and said, "Brother-in-law, take my eldest sister into the house to get some water."

"Hey, brother, you..."

"It's okay." Xu Ning waved his hand.

The man stood up and dragged the older sister into the house. Xu Ning turned around and stared at the young man. The young man frowned, raised his arm holding the lathe scraper and pointed at him, saying, "What's the matter? Do you want to call a number?"

"What's your name? I was wondering how come we can have a bunch of idiots like you in this harmonious society?"

Hearing Xu Ning's bad tone, the young man angrily said, "Fuck... who the hell are you scolding?"

Why is Xu Ning so talkative? Of course, he can't talk to these scoundrels in a nice way, because they are bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. The weaker you are, the more you bully them.

"Xiao Tong!" A man walked out of the crowd. He was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a hairstyle that looked like it had been licked by a calf.

He pulled the young man behind him and asked, "Dude, where are you from?"

"I don't mix with anyone, I'm just an ordinary person."

Xiao Tong shouted angrily: "Why are you pretending to be a bitch? I'll kill you..."

Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, Scarface and Dazhi did not move. They just stood behind Xu Ning and looked around to see if there was any useful weapon in the courtyard.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "For someone like you, I can kill you and it will be considered as getting rid of harm to the people."

"Go to hell!"

(End of this chapter)