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Chapter 568: The Richest Woman in Qing'an Village
The house was full of joy, laughter, gloating, and of course, wailing and begging for mercy. Xu Laonian cursed the little bastard for being so evil, but was hit by three punches and two kicks from Liu Lizhen. The farce ended when Wang Erli raised his glass.

In fact, Liu Lizhen did not do anything cruel. She just made a few gestures. Besides, it was just a joke and everyone could hear the sarcasm. If she had taken it seriously, all the nephews in the family would have laughed at her.

Then, everyone quieted down. Xu Laonian sat down and glared at Xu Ning, then started talking about when to move. On the day when Xu Ning and others went to the provincial capital, Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao went to Mrs. Zhang to calculate the date. They said that the 7th and 8th were both good days. The best time to move was from 8 to 10 o'clock in the morning. The stove should be turned on and the pot should be warmed at 11 o'clock. However, when moving, firecrackers should be set off, red ropes should be tied, and offerings should be made...

Xu Ning looked at his mother and after a few simple words, they decided on a date. They would move in at 8:8 on the 18th. There were just five days left to decorate the new house, and they didn't need to move too many things, just daily necessities.

Liu Lizhen and Xu Laonian had discussed it and originally thought that they should live in the old house first and let Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan live in the new house, because the newly married young people were noisy and needed some private space, but Xu Ning directly refused. How could they say such a thing? If they want to move, they should all move there. What's the point of leaving the parents to live in the old house? If the people in the village gossip, who knows what they will say about Xu Er.

Wang Erli also felt that what Xu Ning said was right. They could all move there. If that didn't work, they could wait until the two of them got married, and then Liu Lizhen and Xu Laonian could move back to the old house for a while. It wasn't winter yet anyway...

After the move was settled, the old woman who was cleaning up the dishes and the stove in the outer room came into the house. After Guan Hua made some tea, she and Meng Ziyan sat on the kang, while the others found a place to sit, either crossing their legs to smoke or stretching their necks to look at the edge of the kang.

At this moment, Xu Ning was sitting at the edge of the kang, pinching the mouth of the sack with one hand and taking out money with the other. He stacked 50 stacks of big unity notes on the edge of the kang, forming a small hill, which was quite visually impactful.

Everyone's breathing became a little rapid, their eyes were red, as if they didn't want to blink, tears were welling up in their eye sockets, they looked at each other, but said nothing.

This amount of money is a huge sum for them. In other words, they never thought they would see so much money in their lives!

But Xu Ning was used to it. After all, in three years, the largest denomination would be 100 yuan, and the money would become five stacks, so the visual impact would not be that great.

After piling up all the money, Xu Ning took out the account book from his cloth bag and silently calculated the money with a pencil in one hand.

As the stage of shock had passed, Xu Laonian, Wang Erli and the others all came to their senses and began to look at each other and grin. Liu Lizhen also kept rubbing her hands. She was so excited that she could not express it in words. She only felt her heart pounding and she became more and more energetic.

At this time, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei looked at each other, nodded to each other, and then Li Fuqiang said, "Brother, before we divide the money, I have to say a few words from my heart."

Xu Ning paused after hearing this, raised his head and frowned, "What are you talking about?"

Yang Shuhua knew what Li Fuqiang was going to say. She nodded and said, "Brother, let your elder brother speak."

Xu Ning said: "I know what he wants to say, stop talking..."

"Is that okay? I must say it! Lei Zi and Hu Zi and I have discussed this matter. I'm not being pretentious, big brother."

Xu Laonian turned around and stared at him and said, "What's the matter? Just tell me, why are you wasting time?"

"Okay, then I'll be frank. The three of us have done our research and we want the bear's gallbladder and the butt of the club..."

Xu Laonian was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you mean? You don't even want the leopard skin?"

"Oh my god, I have to take the leopard skin! I mean, apart from the leopard skin and the big skin, I don't want the remaining wolf gall, wolf skin, and bear skin."

Guan Lei continued, "Brother, the three of us don't care about these things. The wolf skin has nothing to do with me. I just helped a little when hunting the old leopard..."

Wang Hu nodded: "Yes, second brother, if you hadn't led us to run in the mountains, how could we make so much money? Besides, when we were hunting black bears and green bears in Wangxing before, we talked about it. Brother Qiang and I would only share the share of the bear gall, and neither of us wanted the remaining skin and meat."

Liu Lizhen looked up and asked, "Did you say that? Why didn't I hear your second brother mention it?"

"Aunt, we really talked about this! My brother almost got angry with us at that time."

Xu Laonian said, "Why don't you want it? Can't you save face?"

Guan Lei said: "Uncle, it's not that I can't save face, but the skin and the like have nothing to do with me anyway."

Wang Erli stamped out his cigarette butt and said, "Brother, they have discussed this matter before, so let's not butt in on it."

Xu Ning raised his head and glanced at Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei and Wang Hu. Seeing that the three of them looked normal, he immediately realized that the three of them had discussed it beforehand, otherwise they wouldn't have been so unified.

"You three don't want to do business with me anymore?"

"How can that be possible?"

“We must do business!”

"..."

The three of them waved their hands quickly, and Li Fuqiang said, "Brother, we have already decided on this matter before, but I was afraid that you would forget, so I mentioned it before the shares were divided."

The decision of the skin belonging to Xu Ning was indeed made during the first expedition into the mountains. The second time was when they hunted tiger cubs in Wangxing. Because the skin was foreign property, the three of them had a quarrel over it.

Thinking of this, Xu Ning nodded calmly: "Then forget it if you don't want it. How can I not be happy if I make more money?"

"Yeah, that's right!"

The idea of ​​the three people was very simple. They went to the mountains to get the most valuable things! For example, the most valuable thing of a black bear is its gallbladder, the most valuable thing of an old leopard is its skin and bones, the most valuable thing of a jackal is its meat, and the most valuable thing of a sable is its skin. Therefore, things like leopard whips, jackal skins, bear skins, etc., were not the first targets of the three people.

Xu Laonian said with a straight face: "Don't think this is a good thing, the three of you. We will divide the money this way in the future. Do you know how much these small pieces are worth?"

"Uncle, no matter how much it's worth, the three of us can't take it. When we first started hiking in the mountains, we three didn't know how to do anything, so my brother took Hu Zi and me to hunt black bears..."

Liu Lizhen said, "Don't say that anymore. I'm worried about him going hiking alone. I'll feel more at ease if you two stay together."

Wang Erli interrupted appropriately and said, "It is normal for brothers to help each other. Brother and sister-in-law, since the three of them said they don't want it, then don't let Erning share the money with them."

Xu Ning raised his eyelids and said, "Forget it... When the time comes, we can cooperate in business. If you three don't have enough money in your pockets, don't ask me for money!"

Guan Lei said with a smile: "Brother, I have enough money in my pocket, don't worry."

Of course he had enough. As long as he married Sun Lianfang, his father-in-law would help him if he needed money.

Li Fuqiang urged: "You should calculate it quickly, or I can let my uncle do it."

"No, I'm almost there."

Afterwards, Xu Ning made two calculations and said, "I sold four baskets of mallets for 17010 yuan, plus the six batches of leaves for 7000 yuan, a total of 24010 yuan. I have three shares, and my father, uncle, eldest brother, Shitou, and Huzi each have one share, a total of eight shares, and each share is 8 yuan!"

Hearing this, everyone was excited, especially Liu Daming. He went to Wanye and earned so much! What's the difference between this and picking up money?

Xu Ning said, "Mom, come over and count the money. I have three shares and 9003.75."

"Well, let's go and count the money. How long will it take to count all this money?"

Han Fengjiao laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, won't your hands cramp from counting? Haha, Qiuxia won't be able to do that. Let's count faster."

There is a skill to counting money. Xu Ning told them that each stack was 1000 yuan. After counting out 9 stacks for Xu Ning, Liu Lizhen went to the counter to take out change, broke open a few 10-yuan notes and that was it.

Then, Xu Ning counted the bear gallbladders. Compared with the clubs, the bear gallbladders were not easy to count because each bear gallbladder was collected by different people.

Counting from the first bear gall, this one was obtained by Xu Laonian, Wang Erli, Liu Daming and Xu Long. It weighed 4.4 taels and cost 1276 yuan. The four of them divided it equally, so each got 319 yuan.

Upon hearing this, Xu Laonian clapped his hands and said, "I've earned quite a bit!"

"Brother, we don't have time to fight these days, otherwise there would be no problem with Erning and the others."

"Not at all! We have retired from the underworld, so we'll leave the money-making business to them."

"Hahaha..." The two brothers looked at each other and laughed.

Liu Daming curled his lips and said, "Brother-in-law, let's just admit that we are not as good as my second nephew."

"You're everywhere! Just be quiet, why are you so annoying?" Guan Lei said with a smile: "Uncle, your salary is higher than my brother's."

"Of course! He is the pillar of the family, how can I be worse than him?" Xu Laonian was very proud, he turned around and heard Xu Ning's words.

"The second one was caught in Mangtou Mountain. It weighed 6.1 taels and cost 1891 yuan. My eldest brother, Hu Zi and I split it among ourselves. I got two shares of 945.5 yuan each and they each got one share of 472.75 yuan."

Liu Daming said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, look at how much my second nephew earned the first time he went into the mountains to hunt bears than the rest of us!"

Xu Laonian said with a gloomy face: "If you can talk, go to the store and chat with the old woman. Qiuxia is not at home."

"Oh my god, I'm not that kind of person!"

"Then shut up, or I'll tell Qiuxia that during the time she was away from home, you went to find Lao Bai's wife..."

"Don't wrongly accuse me...brother-in-law."

Liu Lizhen looked up and scolded, "Stop fooling around! I was counting the money, but you two broke it all!"

"Hey, I won't say anything. I'll shut up."

Xu Ning said, "The third one was from Wangxing Hunting. It weighs 5.5 and costs 1767 yuan. There are four of us. They each got 441.75 yuan, and I got 883.5 yuan."

"The fourth one was caught in Shetanggou. I got a total of 1705 yuan."

Originally, Da Laba was supposed to have a share of the bear gall, but he took the money first, so the whole gall belonged to Xu Ning. If Da Laba had not taken the money first, he could have gotten more than 568 according to the three-share ratio.

Xu Ning didn't want to make up the difference for Da Laba, because they had already agreed on the price. Even if Da Laba was given the difference, he couldn't take it. Why bother making trouble?
"The fifth snail shell was used to hunt a brown bear. It was worth 6.9 taels, 1863 yuan. I had two shares. Big brother, Shitou, Huzi, and my uncle Ma each had one share. They had 310.5 yuan each, and I had 621 yuan."

"I hunted the sixth one in Sandaohe. It was 4.92 taels. I got 1525.2 yuan for it."

"The seventh gall was collected when we went hunting in Wanye. Since it was not completely dried, the brother who collected the galls calculated it at 5.1 taels, which is 1581 yuan. My father, uncle, eldest brother, Shitou, and Huzi got 197.625, and I got 592.875. Mom, give them all my lead, so it's 198, and I got 591!"

After the calculation of the bear gall and the hammer, it was finally concluded that Xu Ning earned 15274.95, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu earned the same 4424.25, Liu Daming and Xu Laonian earned 3518.25, Guan Lei earned 3509.75, and Wang Erli and Xu Long earned 319.

Liu Lizhen and the others were so tired from counting the money that their hands were about to cramp. After they finally finished counting the money, they put it aside and did not hand it to them.

"Next was Da Pi who sold for 3800, my elder brother and Hu Zi each sold for 950, and I myself sold for 1900 yuan."

"The leopard skin was sold for 6000 yuan, Shitou, Huzi and my elder brother got 1200 yuan, and I got 2400 yuan!"

At this point, Xu Ning raised his head and said, "Brother, I can agree that you three don't want bear skins, but you don't want jackal skins or wolf skins..."

Li Fuqiang said, "Didn't the three of us divide the jackal meat and leopard bones?"

Xu Ning said: "Wolf skin and wolf gall are both priced about the same. You should take a share of this money. Otherwise, when you fight the wolf skin, won't you be working in vain?"

Guan Lei said with a smile: "Brother, which one is more valuable, wolf skin or wolf gall?"

"Wolf gall is worth 1266.2 yuan, and wolf skin is worth 1000 yuan."

"Brother, then you should give me three of us the courage to fight against the wolf."

Xu Ning finished the calculation and said, "Mom, give him another three pieces of 254 yuan."

Seeing that he had stopped moving, Xu Laonian asked, "Is the division complete now?"

"Ah!" Xu Ning nodded: "They don't want anything else. Since they don't want it, then all the rest is mine."

He didn't pretend, and he didn't argue, because this kind of thing wasn't worth a fight. As the saying goes, take it or leave it, forget it! Besides, after dividing the money, they would have some spare money in their hands. As long as it was enough to invest in the venue, Xu Ning had plenty of ways to make them earn more. It really didn't matter what little money they had.

"Oh my god, you are so rude. Why don't you give some to dad? They don't want it, but I do!"

"No! Mom, how much does my dad earn in total?"

Before Liu Lizhen could answer, Xu Laonian interrupted and said, "3518.25!"

Liu Lizhen looked up: "Yeah."

"Don't give my dad a cent. My dad won't spend it..."

"Oh my god, why can't I do that?"

"Hahaha..." Everyone in the room burst into laughter.

In the end, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu got 6828.25, Guan Lei got 4963.75, Liu Daming and Xu Laonian got 3518.25 each, and Wang Erli and Xu Long got 319 yuan.

So how much money did Xu Ning earn?

The mallet is 24010, the leather is 14160, the bear gall is 11611.2, the leopard gall, wolf gall, etc. are 1950.6, after deducting the rounded off, the total is 51730 yuan!

After deducting the money that other people got, Xu Ning was left with 25435.22 yuan. If the money that Xu Laonian and Xu Long got was added, the Xu family earned a total of 29272.47 yuan!

Definitely three millionaires!
However, when in the provincial capital, Xu Ning bought a gold bracelet and a pair of rings, spending 2430 yuan, so he had 26842.47 left.

"Oh my god, this is such a huge pile..."

Xu Ning said, "Mom, please make them all even."

"It's all collected. If I had known it was going to be divided like this, I would have gone downstairs to get the change."

"Okay, Second Aunt, Sister-in-law, you all take the money, this is all yours."

Han Fengjiao exclaimed, "Oh my god, so much! Erning, where is this money at home?"

Xu Ning said, "What do you have at home? Wait for me to have a drink of water, and then we can talk about contracting the field."

Liu Lizhen held the piles of money and said with a smile: "I never thought my son could earn so much!"

Xu Laonian came over quietly and said, "Zhen, you've become the richest woman in our village, why don't you give me some pocket money?"

"What rich girl? My mother is the richest woman in our village!"

Xu Laonian hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes, the richest woman, why don't you give me some pocket money?"

Liu Lizhen grinned, quite generously, grabbed a handful of change on the kang, and said, "Take it and spend it!"

Xu Laonian looked at the banknotes in his hand and said, "This is less than three yuan in total."

"How much more do you want? Oh, my hands are sore."

"Jane, let me rub it for you. I'm very good at it."

"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter after seeing this.

Then, Liu Lizhen gave him a few more bills. Xu Laonian looked at the more than 20 yuan in his hand before he left with satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)