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Chapter 569: Don't bully Xiao Yanyan
In the room, everyone was talking quietly, staring down at the pile of money under their legs, all of them were delighted, their hearts were overjoyed beyond words, they stared at their own masters, their eyes were filled with emotion, and then looked at Xu Ning, secretly rejoicing, if it weren't for him, how could their families earn so much money?

This is a fact!

They were all very grateful to Xu Ning, and at the same time they were determined to follow in his footsteps in the future. Although the families had different surnames, they had already become a family after getting along with each other. However, everyone understood that since they were not from the same family, they had to abide by the rules. It was not easy to have Xu Ning in the family, and they certainly could not make decisions on their own.

Moreover, in their eyes, Xu Ning was a man who had seen the world, knew a lot, was smart, and knew how to deal with people. However, they had only lived in the mountains from birth to now and had never seen anything big. Since Xu Ning was willing to lead them to make money, why didn't they just listen to him?

They had all seen the Sun family in Sandaohe before. As soon as they saw the Sun family, they understood the importance of having a pillar in the family. What kind of life did the Sun family live before Sun Jishan became successful? They had to eat coarse food and their two daughters died. But now they can earn money just by lying at home and don't need to work hard to support their family. This is what life is like!
At first, Yang Shuhua was dazed when she counted the money. Even though seven stacks of big unity were placed in front of her, she still didn't come to her senses. When Li Fuqiang came quietly to her, she came to her senses a little. She turned her head and looked at him with tears in her eyes. Li Fuqiang gently held her hand to comfort her. With his personality, and Jin Yumantang was not at home, he would definitely torment Yang Shuhua for half the night.

Yang Shuhua was also somewhat moved. After all, she was only thirty, in the prime of her life. However, there were important matters to discuss right now. The two of them turned their heads away silently and stepped back.

Guan Lei earned nearly 5000 yuan, and Liu Lizhen rounded up the money for them, in the true sense of the word. For example, Guan Lei earned 4963.75 yuan, so Liu Lizhen gave him 5000 yuan, and Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu earned 6828.25 yuan, so Liu Lizhen gave them 6900 yuan...

It's not that Liu Lizhen is being generous, but she has to give it this way! None of the three of them asked for bear skins, wolf skins, lynx skins, leopard gallbladders, etc., so it's reasonable to give more. And she also rounded up the amount for Liu Daming and Wang Erli, 3520 for the former and 320 for the latter, so that they don't have to break the change.

While Xu Ning was drinking tea to moisten his throat, Liu Lizhen mentioned musk. He only earned 10 yuan from this business, which was within Xu Ning's expectations. If he had gone into the mountains to collect musk himself, he could have earned more than 100 yuan.

Han Fengjiao and Wang Erli didn't expect Wang Hu to earn 6900 yuan. Adding Wang Erli's income, the Wang family's income exceeded 7000 yuan! How much money is this? With Wang Erli's current salary, it is enough for him to work for another 11 years! The joy was revealed on the surface. Wang Erli and his wife were very happy because they had spent all their savings on building the house before, and they also borrowed 500 yuan from Liu Lizhen. Now they can not only pay it back, but also have a lot left.

Xu Ning put down his teacup and said, "So let's talk about the situation now?"

"Okay!" Wang Erli put out his cigarette and nodded.

Li Fuqiang also sat up straight. Don't think that their upright attitude is a bit embarrassing. In fact, everyone hopes that a noble person will appear and save them from danger. Who wants to live a bad life? Everyone wants to be rich and live a life without worries.

“2号楞场比3号楞场的面积小点，承包价格少了400块钱，2号楞场是3800块钱，3号楞场是4200块钱。”

Xu Laonian interrupted and said, "Your Master Zhang said he could give us a rebate. A few hundred yuan is the deposit and guarantee for the rental tools."

"I know. We'll talk about it when we return. Now we'll calculate it based on the contract price for the two embankments. This is what I'm thinking. Embankment No. 2 will be contracted by me, my eldest brother, and Shitou, while Embankment No. 3 will be contracted by my family, my second uncle, and my uncle."

"The shares are calculated as 10%. I get 4 shares, my eldest brother and Shitou get 1140 shares each. You two have to pay 1520 yuan each, and I pay 3000 yuan. But this is only the money for contracting the field. We still have to pay for building the shacks and paying the workers' wages in the early stage. This part is calculated as yuan. How about it?"

Li Fuqiang nodded: "Okay, I'll do as you say!"

Wang Erli asked, "Is the No. 3 field also set up like this?"

"Well, let me make it clear today. Actually, the No. 3 venue was reserved for my brother. I want my father to hold the shares temporarily. In the future, this money will be given to my brother and sister-in-law."

Liu Lizhen smiled and nodded when she heard this: "Okay! This is a good arrangement. Your brother earns a fixed salary in the city, and he is not like you who can hunt animals in the mountains. It's good to leave him a share."

"Instead of leaving one share, I'll give him all four shares, but he has to pay my uncle's salary..."

Xu Laonian was secretly happy. His feelings for Xu Ning were growing stronger. It was like the child he used to despise the most was now the best! Everything was arranged, and his parents didn't have to worry about him. Maybe Xu Ning was the one who would go out and make a living...

So Xu Laonian felt a little unhappy again. He himself was a very contradictory person. Sometimes he was not good at loving children. He either spoiled them too much or did it too much.

"Okay! You can arrange it any way you want. Your dad and I have no objection. Ah! His dad?"

Xu Laonian nodded: "Yeah, no problem, it's good."

Wang Erli said with a smile: "Erning, just make the decision directly, no need to discuss it with us."

"..." Everyone said so.

Xu Ning looked at the notebook and said, "Both sites need to pay an extra 3000 yuan for operating the sites. My eldest brother and Shitou have to pay 2040 yuan, and I have to pay 2720 yuan. For site No. 2880, my dad has to pay 2160 yuan, and my second uncle and my uncle have to pay yuan. Let's count the money now and put it in the pile next to it."

Then, everyone bowed their heads to count the money, and after counting the money, they put it into two piles. Xu Ning continued: "Shitou is the head of the No. 2 field, my uncle is the head of the No. 3 field, and my eldest brother and Huzi usually go to the two fields to help out when they have nothing to do. The heads are paid 40 yuan a month..."

Liu Daming waved his hand quickly: "No need, the city gives me 38 yuan a month, and gives me 40 yuan, so I earn more than my brother-in-law."

Xu Laonian glared and said, "Listen to your arrangements? Just listen to what he says. Why are there so many troubles? You are not happy with your salary. You spoiled this guy!"

Xu Ning said, "It's not easy to manage a place like this, so I have to pay you. Besides, you won't be running around with me anymore, so you'll lose a lot of money. I'll just make up for it."

"Okay, then I'll follow your arrangements." Liu Daming nodded.

"My eldest brother and Hu Zi will take 25 yuan a month first."

Li Fuqiang asked: "You don't get paid?"

"What kind of salary do I get? I run my own business..."

Wang Hu said, "Then I won't take any salary. Brother Qiang and I have never done any work in the field, so how can we help?"

"Well, at most I'll just do some hard labor." Li Fuqiang nodded.

Wang Erli interrupted, "Erning, your uncle and Leizi are the bosses of the place, so it's normal for them to get paid. Huzi and Qiangzi don't do anything, so why should they get paid? As you said, they are all family businesses, so they should be paid to help with some work?"

Xu Laonian continued, "When winter comes, you three can go hunting. If you can get more wild boars, we will have food for our two farms. Other farms eat cabbage and potatoes all day long, but we eat meat every day. Aren't we much better than them?"

Liu Lizhen said: "Well, if you run into a black bear or something like that, come back and call Lei Zi, and the four of you can go fight again."

Li Fuqiang grinned and said, "What my uncle and aunt said is right. This will definitely work! Hu Zi and I usually go to the venue to help out when we have nothing to do. If that doesn't work, we can accompany my uncle and Lei Zi for a drink."

Xu Ning nodded and said, "Okay, that's it. Only my uncle and Shitou will be paid. Dad, you draft two contracts tomorrow and we'll sign and stamp them."

"Sure, the forest farm has a ready-made contract, we can just modify it and use it."

After that, Xu Ning suddenly remembered something and asked, "Mom, how much money does our family still need from my brother Bao?"

"Your second aunt and I have paid him for the work. Aren't you doing business with him? I paid him 500 yuan before, and now I still need 800 yuan. Why didn't you go to his place to have a look when you went to the city?"

Xu Ning said helplessly: "I don't have time. If I delay any longer, I won't be able to get home now. I'll give it to him later. My brother won't come back before I get married, right?"

"Then why come back? My wife has gone with him..." Liu Lizhen curled her lips, feeling a little sad. It's not that she was narrow-minded, but it's normal for a mother to have wild thoughts.

Xu Laonian pinched his cigarette and said, "Forget it now. My eldest son is not that kind of person. He will definitely come back in two days. Do you believe it?"

"Xin, your eldest son is good in everything, but my old son is not good? Then take out the money in your pocket..."

Immediately, Xu Laonian got angry, covered his crotch and said, "I didn't say it was bad!"

Xu Ning grinned and said, "Okay, you two stop nagging about this. Mom, give my eldest brother 1000 yuan first. This money is for Hu Zhiyong. Brother Bin and I (Bin, Yong, and Li Ye) are partners in the No. 25-2 Lengchang. We own two shares. The contract has been signed. Let my eldest brother deliver it to Hu Zhiyong tomorrow."

Liu Lizhen nodded slightly, picked up a stack of big unity notes and handed them to Li Fuqiang. Xu Ning instructed, "Brother, Hu Zhiyong must have come here for something. Ask him what's going on. I'll be back around this afternoon."

Xu Laonian tilted his head and asked, "What's the matter? Is this your first time back here and you're serving rice?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "What's the problem? We are all family members from now on, right, Xiao Yanyan..."

Meng Ziyan lowered her head and her face flushed. She felt a little embarrassed to be teased in front of so many people.

"Oh my god, Xiao Yanyan... you are more capable." Liu Lizhen pouted with a smile. "Hahaha..."

Afterwards, seeing that it was almost time to go to bed, everyone got up and prepared to go home.

Liu Daming pointed to a pile of money and said, "Sister, keep it in your pocket first and give it to Qiuxia when she comes back."

Guan Lei said, "Auntie, I don't have anywhere to put it, please keep it for me."

"Okay, I'll give it to her directly when Lianfang comes back..."

Guan Lei said with a smile: "She has no say at home, and I have to manage the money."

"Oh my god, I think you guys are all pretty awesome, and you're just such a tough talker!" Xu Laonian was a little unconvinced.

Li Fuqiang put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Uncle, this is our fate. We have no choice but to accept it."

Looking at Liu Lizhen's aggressive eyes, Xu Laonian said in a frustrated tone, "Well, I have no choice but to accept it."

Guan Lei held the teacup and said, "My brother and I are going to sleep in the lower room?"

Xu Laonian said: "Yes, I heated the kang myself..."

Everyone walked towards the outer room together. Xu Ning turned around and said, "We can't let the kang collapse due to the fire, right? Shitou, let's sleep on the end of the kang."

"Why don't you believe me? You can sleep if you want!" After saying that, Xu Laonian walked into the alley to pee.

Wang Erli, Han Fengjiao and Wang Hu climbed over the wall and returned home. Li Fuqiang and others also went out the door. However, Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua were fetching foot washing water in the outer room and then brought it to the east wing.

Liu Lizhen was originally in the east room, covering herself with a blanket. She didn't see the two girls, so she chased them to the east wing, took a closer look, and immediately glared at them, "Little calf! What are you doing? Why are you bullying me like this!"

Meng Ziyan was seen squatting on the ground with a foot basin in front of her, and she was massaging Xu Ning's feet in the basin with her hands.

"No, she insisted on washing me, and I couldn't stop her..."

Liu Lizhen hurried over and pulled Meng Ziyan up, then pulled Guan Hua who was chatting with Guan Lei, and said, "You two should go back to the house quickly and leave them alone!"

Meng Ziyan's hands were dripping with water, and she whispered, "It's okay, Auntie."

"It's nothing. We haven't even gotten married yet. If this gets out, people will laugh at us." Then, he pointed at Xu Ning and gritted his teeth, "Just show off!"

After the three people left, Xu Ning wiped his feet with a rag, turned around and got into bed, while Guan Lei went downstairs to pour out the water in the two basins and stood outside at the wall.

After Guan Lei entered the room, Xu Ning said, "Chen Hedong will be here tomorrow. You should get closer to him. Can you chat with him?"

"We can definitely have a good chat. Brother Dong is quite honest. I've gotten to know him a little bit. If I spend 1 dollar on him, he can spend 2 dollars on me."

"Yes, but we are buddies, we can't let him suffer too much. His wife Su Yawen is very smart. She is the best in both character and interpersonal relationships. Look at how she gets along with Brother Dong? She seems to be obedient in everything, but in fact, she has made clear arrangements for Brother Dong."

"Well, sister-in-law is really smart. Brother, what do you mean by asking me to get closer to Brother Dong?"

Xu Ning turned aside and said, "Do you want to work in the market for the rest of your life? This market is just for you to practice. Nowadays, you can't earn as much as a middleman. Anyway, you should build a relationship with him first, and we can talk about the future later."

Guan Lei understood what was going on after hearing this and nodded: "Okay!"

"Please find some time to call Lianfang and ask her. I see you haven't even tried to find her."

Guan Lei was stunned for a moment and said, "Ah, I thought she would come back by herself in two days."

"You are quite thoughtful. Who doesn't have shame? She asked you once or twice, that's proactive enough. What's wrong with you as a man? Give her a call tomorrow and ask whether Brother Sheng's wife has given birth."

"Hey, I know."

The kang was indeed a bit hot. I don't know if Xu Laonian did it on purpose or not. It was impossible to sleep at the head of the kang. Even with a thin quilt, I was sweating. So Xu Ning moved to the end of the kang. After turning off the lights, snoring sounds were heard in the room.

At the west end of the village, the light in the outer room of Li Fuqiang's house was on. Yang Shuhua just turned around to close the door, but suddenly she flew into the air, and she screamed "Oh my God!"

Li Fuqiang held her slender waist and turned around twice in the outer room, smiling and saying, "How is it, wife, are you happy? Hahaha..."

"Hey, put me down!"

Li Fuqiang put her on the ground, cupped her cheeks with his hands and kissed her twice, grinning, "It's been less than a year and our family is almost a millionaire! How much did I take home this year?"

Yang Shuhua took his arm and walked into the house, saying, "It must be nearly 9000 yuan."

"9000 yuan... Oh, I never dared to dream before that I could earn 9000 yuan."

The two of them lay on the kang, hugging each other and chatting.

Yang Shuhua blushed and said, "I didn't dare to think about it. Our family has changed so much this year..."

"Not bad, have you seen the washing machine I bought for my brother?"

"Look, it's pretty good."

"Let's build a house after the Chinese New Year. Let's buy a washing machine, a radio, a TV, etc...."

Yang Shuhua was stunned and said, "Auntie is right. You earn a little money and you think about squandering it!"

"How is this considered a waste? Isn't this changing your living conditions?"

"My brother has already told Auntie that we are not allowed to spend money lavishly, but should save money for the rich and powerful."

"Huh? Why didn't you tell me?"

"My brother and aunt said, what did they tell you? They meant to ask aunt to tell me first that Jin Yumantang is a good student and might be able to get into college in the future. Do you want them to stay in the mountains by then? My brother said that we should save some money and then go to the provincial capital to buy a house..."

"Oh, so that's what you mean. Then why don't you just save the remaining money? Don't spend a penny?"

"It's a good investment! I was thinking of buying some clothes for my eldest sister-in-law during the New Year. It's not easy for her to take care of our two children in the city."

"Of course! I have to buy it! And buy one for my sister-in-law. Anyway, we are not short of money now, so we can buy whatever we need."

Yang Shuhua curled her lips and said, "That's a really harsh statement."

Li Fuqiang smiled and said, "Look, you are right, it is indeed quite..."

"Oh, then, let me get you a basin of water, so you can wash first..."

(End of this chapter)