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Chapter 565: An Ordinary Family Makes a Living, Sister-in-law is Surprised

The scarred boy is named Feng Ye. The Feng family is considered a wealthy family in Laoshanzi Village. His great-grandfather had four sons and three daughters, and he also has three sons and two daughters. Feng Ye's father is the youngest. Logically, the youngest should be loved by his parents, but Feng Ye's grandparents died early, and his father's marriage was arranged by his eldest sister. The other brothers and sisters did not help much. As the old saying goes, every family has its own difficulties. Feng Ye's father was 22 years old when he got married, so his father is about the same age as Xu Laonian.

Although the Feng family has a large number of people and powerful forces in Laoshanzitun, they are quite disunited. The reason is naturally that the Feng family did not distribute property properly in the past, so many relatives have only met each other and would not even say a word when they meet face to face. There are many outsiders in Laoshanzitun, and seeing the Feng family being so domineering, most people laugh at them in their hearts.

It's really unacceptable for such a big family to end up like this. Comparing it with the Sun family, it's clear that no one can speak up for it...

Feng Ye remembered that when he was a child, he was bullied by outsiders in the village. Several of his cousins ​​just watched from the side. They had no intention of stopping them. Instead, they grinned. Therefore, he did not have a good relationship with his cousins. A few days ago, he went to his uncle and second aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings and he was not in a good mood. He watched his cousins ​​sitting on the edge of the kang eating candy balls, but he felt bad. There was no other reason, just because his family was poor!
How old was his father when his grandparents passed away? He had no chance to get any good things at home, as they were all taken away by his brothers and sisters. Only Feng Ye's eldest aunt was kind and helped Feng Ye's father to collect some of the family wealth, which was actually two wooden houses, a kang table, two thermoses, and 5 yuan.

So Feng Ye has a very good relationship with his aunt, and also has a good relationship with his cousins. Feng Ye's father is in good health, but his mother's health is very poor and she has to take medicine almost every month. Five or six years ago, the family saved some money and rebuilt three stone houses. Last year, when his parents saw that he really didn't go out to fool around, they tried every means to find a wife for him.

His wife's family didn't have much money, so they gave 50 yuan as a dowry and simply set up a few tables to get married. Now Feng Ye and his wife have no children yet.

Feng Ye sat on the back of the motorcycle, carrying a sack of stuff on his shoulder. He said, "Brother, I really want to show off!"

"Just forget it. You live your life in your own home, not for others to see."

Feng Ye lowered his head and thought that it was right, but the noise made by the motorcycle was so loud that it still attracted a lot of people's attention. Many people saw Feng Ye carrying a sack and asked with a smile what was inside.

"My buddy bought it for me!"

"Oh my god, what's so fun?"

"I won't tell you, haha! I'm leaving now. We'll talk later."

During the period, he met a few people from the Feng family. They treated Feng Ye like a stranger. Both sides were silent and just walked past.

Dazhi stopped at the door of Feng Ye's house with his handbrake on.

Feng's father, who was working in the yard, looked up and saw him carrying a sack on his shoulder. He frowned and asked, "Did you get killed by someone?"

Feng Ye didn't say anything. Da Zhi smiled and said, "Uncle Feng, we didn't cause any trouble. We saw our old friend halfway through the journey. We followed him to the provincial capital. The sack that Ye Zi was carrying was full of things he bought for us."

Father Feng couldn't believe it: "You really didn't cause any trouble?"

"I really didn't cause any trouble! Uncle Feng, my mom said that if you don't believe me, just go to my house and talk."

Inside the house, Feng's mother came out with her young wife, hunched over, and met the two people walking into the house.

Mother Feng opened her mouth and cursed, "Can't you let me relax? You're going to get killed, and you'll have to pay for it! You're my only son, and if you pay for it, what will happen to your father and I? Can you let me relax?"

Feng Ye grinned and opened the sack, saying, "Mom, look, these are all good stuff! My buddy bought them for me."

"Brother? What kind of brothers are those bad friends of yours?"

Mother Feng was sharp-tongued, and Father Feng said, "What are you talking about? Isn't Dazhi a good buddy?"

"Dazhi is a brother! How can brotherhood compare to that?" Feng's mother tried to make amends.

Dazhi laughed and said, "Aunt, this buddy is much better than my brother. I don't have much ability, but he is quite capable."

Mother Feng glared at Feng Ye, still worried: "You really didn't cause any trouble?"

"No!……"

Afterwards, the two men went into the house and recounted what had happened. Dazhi was the one doing most of the talking, and Feng Ye seldom interrupted, because he had been fooling around outside for so many years and had already exhausted his parents' trust in him.

After hearing this, Feng's mother and father looked at each other in bewilderment. The young wife poured the water and put it on the edge of the kang, whispering, "What can we do if that big-headed person is the mastermind?"

Feng Ye curled his lips and said, "How to sentence him? Sentence him to eat peanuts! When has the little master ever done a bad job? Mom, remember how we were arrested and taken to the Qing'an Municipal Bureau a few years ago? That was what the little master did for us!"

"I have some impression. Then I need to tell your second aunt about this matter as soon as possible."

“I spoke to her on the phone that day.”

Mother Feng slapped the edge of the kang and said, "Why didn't you ask her to come over and tell me?"

"I just wanted to give you a surprise." Feng Ye grinned and said, "Mom, we followed the young master to the provincial capital and learned a lot. From now on, you don't have to worry about my work."

"What? You still want to go out and fool around?"

Dazhi smiled and said, "No, it's Xu Ning... that's the junior master. He's getting married in a few days, and we're going to help him with the chores. When we're done, we'll go work in the brothel he runs when winter comes."

"Going to the theater? Oh my god, is this true?"

Feng Ye nodded: "Really! He opened two rounds..."

Father Feng was puzzled: "Two of you? That must be a lot of money. Did he pay you two?"

"Of course we will pay you, but we have to start by felling the tree trunks. We will pay you based on the number of tree trunks you cut. The more you work, the more you earn, and the less you work, the less you earn."

Dazhi added: "From what Xu Ning said, he seemed to want us to learn more about how the Lengchang is operated, and he should change our positions in the future."

The young wife leaned over to Feng's mother and whispered, "Mom, if he goes to Lengchang and doesn't come back for the whole winter, we won't be able to have a child."

"Oh my god, that's not good!"

Father Feng got a little angry after hearing this. The old woman has long hair but little knowledge. A gun is a man's courage and money is his life. If he has no money, he will just carry a broken gun and shake the basket, which is like the pen of the King of Hell. He will be beaten if he shows off!
"You two, don't dwell on this all the time. Our family isn't well off, and Ye Zi just wants to earn money to support the family. How can we miss this opportunity just because of the child? Do you think it's so easy to get into the Lengchang? Nowadays, you have to find two people to do any job. It's all relatives recruiting relatives, and friends recruiting friends. We don't have any good relatives or friends. It's not easy to meet one, so you shouldn't grab it?"

Father Feng pinched his pipe and said, "You two should go over to help him with the wedding, but we can't be short of gifts. We should give what we should give, and don't be stingy."

Mother Feng sobbed, "What do you know? My eldest sister has complained to me many times. I finally found a good wife for Ye Zi, but it's been such a long time and there's still no progress..."

"Why are you crying? Hold it back!"

"I won't hold it back!"

Father Feng said helplessly: "We only have 13 yuan left in our family. If he doesn't go out to work, what should we do? At my age, I usually do some work with others, but they don't want to hire me because they are afraid that I will just eat and drink for free."

He didn't get paid for working for others, but his employer would provide him with two meals. No matter whether the food was good or not, at least he didn't consume the family's surplus food, so he still earned some money.

Some people may ask, why can't Feng's father make money when he is so strong? There are many reasons. For example, there are many people with the surname Feng in Laoshanzi Village, and most of them have bad relationships, so naturally no one helps them. When people from other surnames see that the Feng family treats their own family members like this, how can they treat people from other surnames? Naturally, they are unwilling to help.

There is a small forest farm near Laoshanzi Village, but there are two Fengs in the forest farm who are the leaders. As a result, the leaders of several forest farms do not use Fengs, and spread rumors among each other that the Feng family is fucked up...

Mother Feng glared and said, "Why don't you go? Let my son go!"

Feng Ye immediately said, "Mom, he's my brother, why should I let my dad go?" Dazhi said, "Aunt, we have to be more open-minded. Let Feng Ye go to work for a winter and make some money first, then we can talk about it."

"With money in hand, there is no need to panic! I have to make money first. Besides, there are still two months left. Who knows, I might get some right after winter begins."

The young wife saw Feng Ye glaring at her, she shrank her neck and said, "Mom, he's right, maybe this is our chance. When the time comes, we'll build a big house, eat white flour and meat every day, who in the village won't envy us?"

The more Feng's mother thought about it, the more she felt it made sense. She nodded and said, "That's true. How much money can he give you two?"

Feng Ye said excitedly: "Mom! Don't ask such questions, it's too vulgar! Do you know how much money he gave us? He just casually took out some and threw it on my eldest brother. When we counted it, it was 36 yuan!"

Feng's mother was stunned: "Oh my god, so much money? What are you two going to buy? It would be great if you could bring it back."

Dazhi laughed and said, "They specifically asked us to buy things for you. How can we not buy anything? How can we do this?"

"Mom, you don't have to worry about me anymore. I know everything about my life."

"What can you count..."

The young wife hurriedly changed the subject: "Mom, if he can really make money, then our family will be proud of themselves in the village!"

"Not at all! Let those people with the surname Feng take a look! They'll be mad at you to death!" Feng's mother said gritting her teeth.

Father Feng said with a smile: "Why bother with them? Out of sight, out of mind."

Feng Ye stood up and said, "Mom, there are two cans of malted milk and two boxes of biscuits in the sack. Can you take two cans to my aunt's house?"

"Maltese? Oh, this stuff is so expensive. Well...then you open one can and give some to your wife, let her try it first, then give both cans to your aunt. Your brother Chunsheng's child is about to be weaned, so it's perfect for drinking now! Leave a bag of biscuits for the New Year's offering."

"Row."

Father Feng had never thought that Feng Ye could actually bring back something after going out. He used to take things from home, so he stood next to the sack with curiosity. He first saw the rice, flour and soybean oil, and then saw Feng Ye take out salt, monosodium glutamate, vinegar, soy sauce, pepper and aniseed, plain cloth, floral cloth...

"Oh my god, why are there still cloth and cotton?"

Feng Ye turned around and said with a smile: "Of course! I'll make two sets of clothes for you."

"This fun thing should be saved to make a small mattress and quilt for the child."

"..."

This is the daily life of the Zheng and Feng families, and their living conditions. In fact, their two families are not particularly poor, at most they are ordinary families, but they are much poorer than the Xu family, and they cannot be compared with Li Fuqiang's family last year. Because Yang Shuhua has a skill, she can usually go out to take on some work to supplement the family income, and these two families have almost no source of income, so they were very excited and surprised when they saw these things.

Xu Ning certainly knew what kind of life ordinary families lived, but the ones he came into contact with were all relatively wealthy. The poorest was Li Feng, but he now had a source of income.

He had thought before that if he could really meet Scarface and Dazhi, he would help them no matter what, just for the friendship they had when they were fooling around together in the past! Besides, they really didn't have any bad habits, and their tempers and personalities were the best in Xu Ning's previous group. They were not like some people who had little ability but a bad temper. Even if he met such people again, Xu Ning would not take the responsibility for them, because he couldn't control them and they were prone to causing trouble.

Before 1 o'clock, Xu Ning and others entered Qing'an City. He drove the car into the family building and parked it downstairs.

After everyone got off the bus, Wang Shujuan stood in front of the window and took a look, then waved: "Erning! Oh my god, we're finally here."

"Sister-in-law, is the food ready?"

"It's already been prepared. It's a little cold now. Why did you guys just arrive at this time? I've been waiting for a long time."

"We left late this morning and were delayed on the road. Brother, let's all go inside. It's okay to throw the things in the car. Just bring the sacks inside."

"That's it."

Then everyone went into the house, but didn't see Yang Yusheng and Xu Long. Wang Shujuan said that Third Uncle had a meeting in the afternoon, and Xu Feng and Jin Yumantang went to school.

"Did you encounter robbers on your way to the provincial capital?"

"Yeah, we killed four people and sent them all to the Daoli Branch in the provincial capital. Did my brother tell our family?"

"I did. I told my family yesterday."

"Oh my, my brother speaks too fast."

Wang Shujuan took the dish and went to the kitchen, reheated the food in the dish, and said, "Isn't this what we're talking about? Mom asked why you hadn't come back yet, and your brother said that life in the provincial capital was good, living in the police station, and you didn't have to worry about food and drink, and then we talked about the robbery you had."

"Sister-in-law, let me help you." Meng Ziyan came over and said.

"No, go get some soda from the cabinet in the living room. Oh my god, where did you get this gold bracelet?"

Wang Shujuan was surprised when she saw the golden bracelet on Meng Ziyan's right wrist.

Meng Ziyan shrank her hand and whispered, "My second brother bought it for me and spent a lot of money on it. I said I didn't want to buy it, but he wouldn't let me..."

"Just wear it if I buy it for you! Oh, this big bracelet must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"Yeah, and two rings, which cost nearly 2500."

"So expensive? Did the mountain products you sold in the provincial capital sell well this time?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Very good! Sold for more than 5."

"Oh my god, how much? Over 5? Isn't this 5 yuan?"

"They are all in this sack, sister-in-law, feel it."

"It makes my eyes bulge just looking at this! When we get home, won't mom be so happy to see so much money?"

"You must be happy, sister-in-law. When the market opens and we make money, I will buy gold bracelets for you and mom."

"I don't want to..."

"Sister-in-law, why don't you want it? We are all family. If I say buy it, then buy it. You can wear it after I buy it."

"Okay, I'll wear it if you buy it. Your brother doesn't have that in mind."

"My brother has snot on his head."

"Ha ha……"

(End of this chapter)