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Chapter 602: Good Food is Never Too Late, Buying a Car for Xu Ning
Xu Ning lifted the tarpaulin and saw the things piled up in the carriage. The rice and flour alone were piled up into piles. There was not only rice, but also millet, rhubarb rice and glutinous rice, all weighing 30 kilograms, and there were probably more than 10 bags.

In addition to rice and flour, there were two barrels each of soybean oil, peanut oil and rapeseed oil, two bags of red sausage from the meat processing plant, weighing about 50 kilograms, a bag of pine nut sausage weighing 25 kilograms, and six boxes of Lao Dingfeng pastries.

Additional sugars included more than 20 kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy, nougat, and soft candy, more than 20 kilograms of black tea, 5 cartons of Yingchun and Shilin cigarettes, and 8 boxes of Fengcheng Laojiao...

Seeing so many things piled up together really creates a visual impact. If you don’t know, you would think Chen Hedong runs a convenience store.

Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and others were standing there, a little dazed at the scene. They stared at the thing for two or three seconds before coming to their senses.

"Brother, hasn't Brother Dong done too much?"

"Well... it's a bit too much, but he and Sister Yawen have already brought it, so can we ask them to take it back? It's a token of our love, but the token is too much. Hey, move everything to the house, and send the sausages and other things directly to the cellar. I'll ask my mom when we can eat them later."

"Okay, second brother, I'm a child, I'll try it first."

Wang Biao was grinning and almost drooling. Wang Hu turned his head and glared at him, saying, "Don't be such a loser!"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Eat it! Why keep it? Find a place where no one is around to eat it. Don't carry it around with you."

"I know. Then how can I cheat without telling others?" Wang Biao said with a grin.

It's no wonder that Wang Biao, Liu Tianen and the others were greedy. Young boys like them were least able to resist hunger. They only had a quick meal in the morning and were busy at noon without eating a single grain of rice. They must have been starving. The reason they didn't eat was that they were waiting to eat pork later to satisfy their cravings.

Now I have red sausage and pine nuts in my stomach, which I can’t handle at all. My stomach starts growling when I smell the smell.

Li Fuqiang reminded: "Just taste it. We still have to eat the pig-killing dish later. This thing should be a snack, not a staple food."

"Well, then why don't I push the donkey over here? That would save effort."

"Oh my god, Biao is quite smart. I didn't even think about riding a donkey backwards..."

Guan Lei said: "It's not very good. This piece is quite far from the house. It will take a long time for us to move it one by one."

Xu Ning patted Wang Biao on the shoulder and said, "You go with Huang Lin and just push it over here."

"It's done!"

The two men jumped off the car and ran to the yard. At this time, Xu Ning glanced at Chen Hedong and Su Beichuan who were standing at the wall and chatting with Xu Laonian. He frowned, and then he figured out the key reason.

He walked straight towards the three people and said with a smile: "Brother Dong, tell my sister-in-law next time not to use these old things. It's hard to move them into the house, and I have to push them with my back to the donkey."

Chen Hedong smiled silently and didn't say anything. Su Yawen was in charge of everything she bought and gave as gifts. How could he have a say? She could only act cool in front of others...

Xu Laonian was stunned when he heard that. He took two steps towards the rear of the car and saw the pile of things inside. He said in surprise: "Hey, Dong, what are you doing with all these old things? Just take a little less to show your appreciation..."

"Uncle, it's all my wife's fault. She insisted on buying it and I couldn't stop her!"

Su Yawen should have taught him this. After Chen Hedong finished speaking, he pondered for half a second as if his mind had not yet passed. He said, "Besides, Erning has helped me so much. Without him and Lei Zi going to Wanye, could I have started my own business? You could say that I only made a few thousand yuan before going to Wanye. Now I..."

"Brother Dong, stop talking nonsense." Xu Ning pulled his arm and said.

Su Beichuan said with a smile: "My brother-in-law likes to show off when he has nothing to do. Uncle Xu, please bear with me."

"It's okay. I'm happy to show off. Dong, I think we can have a chat. Let's talk more when we have time."

Xu Laonian could always reply to any question, which made Xu Ning very helpless. He said, "Let my elder brother and the others handle it. Let's go into the house first. There are quite a few people inside."

"Let's go! I was thinking about your Uncle Wang and Aunt Guo later, so I didn't let Dong and Beichuan into the house."

Xu Ning said: "My brother Jun took them to the city yesterday. They should be here soon."

"What are you going to do in the city? To pick up your brother Du and brother He?"

"Just pick them up on the way. Mainly, I want to meet my Jun brother's girlfriend's parents."

"Hey, why didn't I hear your mother talking about this?"

"There have been so many things going on these days that my mom may have forgotten about it. Hey, Dong Ge, when will my He Ge and Li Ge come?"

Chen Hedong said: "We left at around 4 o'clock in the morning, and they should be around 6 o'clock, but we drive slowly, so they should be here in half an hour."

Xu He and Chen Hedong drove two separate cars because Xu He was driving the pharmaceutical factory's jeep and he was carrying Xu He, his brother-in-law and Li Zhuang (Manager Li). The four of them could fit comfortably in the jeep.

After entering the house, Xu Ning introduced Chen Hedong to Yang Yusheng and others. At this moment, Yang Yusheng was chatting with Zhang Aini. When he saw Su Beichuan next to Chen Hedong, he nodded.

Su Beichuan was quite good at handling things. He quickly took out a pack of Shilin cigarettes from his pocket and handed them over, saying, "Uncle Yang, have a smoke."

"Well, the boy is pretty good-looking. I heard he works on the railway? How's that?"

Su Beichuan said: "The job is quite stable, but the salary is not as high as Aini's..."

"Salary doesn't mean anything. People with ability can shine anywhere."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

It's not that Yang Yusheng was showing off, he treated Zhang Aini as his own daughter, so he chatted like this. On the one hand, he wanted to put some pressure on Su Beichuan, and on the other hand, he wanted to tell Su Beichuan that don't look at Zhang Aini just because she is an orphan, but her three uncles are all alive.

Of course, Wan Faqun and Liu Aimin worked in the branch. Every time Su Beichuan went to see Zhang Aini, he would feel invisible pressure. Originally, Yang Yusheng didn't need to express this meaning, but when he saw Zhang Aini, he would think of his comrades, so he naturally talked more.

Su Yawen, Meng Ziyan and Guan Hua were chatting happily, and with Sun Lianfang around, the women hid in a corner, picking beans and chattering away. Naturally, the ones chatting were the men.

Xu Ning and Chen Hedong walked over, Yan and Hua called him Brother Dong, and Sun Lianfang said with a smile: "Brother Dong, your sister-in-law praised you to us a lot, almost to the sky."

"Hahaha……"

Chen Hedong had a good impression of Sun Lianfang and said, "This time I'm going back to Wanye thanks to Lei Zi's help, otherwise it would have been a lot of trouble. When Er Ning finishes his work, you two should get married, right?"

"OK!"

"Okay, your sister-in-law and I will definitely be there by then, so where can we put it?"

"Why do we still do it here? We will settle down here from now on, but before getting married, we have to go back to my house to prepare the banquet, and then go to Wanye to prepare the wedding banquet after that."

"That's good..."

After chatting for five or six minutes, Xu Ning took Chen Hedong into the second west room, where were Hu Zhibin, Scarface, Lao Qian and others. After entering the room, he introduced them to each other and stayed in the room to chat.

About 20 minutes later, when Xu Long was walking out of the door carrying the swill bucket, he heard some noise coming from outside the yard. It was the voices of Sun Liansheng and Yan He talking.

He turned around and shouted towards the house, and then Xu Laonian, Xu Ning and others stepped out to greet them. Although they had to go out to greet guests one after another today, the Xu family was not annoyed at all. Instead, they were happy. The more people came to their house, the more it showed that the Xu family had good popularity and many friends, which was also a kind of honor in the countryside.

The people who got off the Yellow River bus were Wang Yuanjun, Wang Minfu, Guo Hongxia, Yan He and Xiao Du. The latter two were Xu Long's friends. Logically, they didn't need to come, but they had some friendship with Xu Ning. Besides, Xu Long was already married, so he had to be present at his younger brother's wedding. That's how favors work.

After saying hello, everyone was about to walk into the yard. At this time, two cars drove over from a distance, a jeep and an old Liberation.

"Dalong, take you two buddies into the house first."

Xiao Du said, "Uncle, we are not guests, there is nothing to do here."

Wang Minfu narrowed his eyes and said, "This is Angkor Wu."

Xu Laonian nodded: "Yes! In the jeep are Xu Pao's daughter and son."

Xu Ning ran to the bridge and waved with a smile, signaling the jeep to stop in Lao Wang's yard. Then he shouted to Lao Jiefang, "Brother Quan! Stop right here."

Wu Haiquan nodded and parked the car in an empty space. After the car was parked, the tarpaulin at the rear of the car was lifted, and Wu Haitao showed up. He grinned and said, "Brother, are we not too late?"

"That's great! Come inside and rest for a while. Dinner will be served soon."

"Hahaha, I've been craving this lately..." Behind Wu Haitao were Wu Zhouliang, Wu Zhouquan, and Hailong, while Han Fang, Guan Mei and Xiaobao were sitting in the co-pilot seat.

At this time, Xu He and others who had stopped in Old Wang's yard had already greeted Han Fengjiao and others who were cooking in the house, and walked out of the yard with Xu Laonian and Xu Long.

"Hey, brother-in-law! How come you look so radiant after not seeing you for a few days?"

Xu Ning saw that his face was rosy, as if there was some happy event, so he teased.

My brother-in-law raised his head and laughed. Xu He beside him rolled his eyes and said, "Your brother-in-law got transferred to another position. He was so happy that he couldn't sleep for three days."

"Oh my god, congratulations, brother-in-law."

"Hey, it's just a small matter...your sister is so annoying."

Li Zhuang smiled and said, "He was on holiday a few days ago, and we had several drinks together, but we didn't dare go to a restaurant. We cooked everything at home."

"There's nothing wrong with drinking a little. This is also a happy occasion."

Xu He asked: "Have Hedong and the others arrived?"

"Isn't this coming?"

Chen Hedong waved his hand and said, "You guys are pretty fast. I thought it would take you around 1 o'clock to get there."

"We didn't delay halfway and got straight to this point."

"..."

Everyone walked into the yard carrying things. As soon as they stepped into the door, they smelled the aroma of meat. They all grinned and said that it smelled good and fragrant!

Seeing that her relatives and friends were about to arrive, Liu Lizhen became a little anxious. She hurried to the north kitchen to look at the sauerkraut in the pot and asked Yang Shuhua when she could cook.

Yang Liguo, wearing sleeves, said with a smile: "Don't worry, old lady, good food is never too late! They just came into the house, so we still need to chat for a while."

Wu Qiuxia said, "Sister, if Feng'er and the others are hungry, please find them something to eat first."

"Ah, they know how to find food on their own. They made all the small tripe and red sausages that Hedong just brought. When they were asked to eat some mooncakes, they complained that they choked on their throats..."

Zhao Lan laughed and said, "That's not great. Children also know what toys are delicious."

The kitchen was so busy that people were on their toes kicking their heads, and everyone in the house was chatting happily. In the lively atmosphere, people who had never met before became familiar with each other and talked about everything in their hearts. They talked about interesting things that had happened to themselves or their villages over the years.

There were more than 60 people gathered in the house, and there were more than 50 people outside the courtyard and at Old Wang's house. Not long after Xu He and others entered the house, people from the forest farm also came over, including Zhang Deyu, Guo Xingmin, Old Zhang and Xiao Liu, Xu Laonian and Wang Erli's apprentices...

Basically, everyone who had a good relationship with the Xu family came, because the Xu family was hosting a dinner party today, not only to slaughter a pig, but also because Xu Ning and Meng Ziyan were getting married tomorrow. In the Qing'an area, the custom of getting married was to invite relatives and friends to a meal the day before the wedding. After all, after the wedding, people who had things to do had to leave first. Would they let relatives and friends come all the way just to have a meal? That was too outrageous.

Wang Biao and several of his boys carried tables and large tabletops and placed them in various rooms. Today, 12 tables were needed to accommodate everyone. Two tables could be placed in the second west room, two in the west room, four in the reception room, a large round table in the dining room, two in the east room, and one in the second east room.

Then Xu Feng, Li Jinyu, Meng Ziyan and others picked up bowls and chopsticks. At this moment, the rice had been steamed, and two pots in the north kitchen were frying vegetables under the spatulas of Yang Liguo and Yang Shuhua.

Xu Laonian asked Liu Daming to move the wine. There were bottled Daqu, Red Sorghum, Wuliangye, Fengcheng Laojiao and Ginseng wine. Whoever wanted to drink could drink whatever they wanted.

At this time, Chai Bing and Liu Xuemin, who were going to the toilet outside, started arguing with each other.

"Brother Liu, let's not do this! If I take this money, it would just be a slap in my own face!"

"Why slap me in the face? Isn't this what I should do..."

"Hey, stop quarreling. I'm not kidding you. Besides, you've already given me a hard time. Stop it, stop it..."

In the distance, Hu Zhibin, Lao Qian and Lao Jin saw this and ran over. When they heard that the two were talking about money, Lao Qian said, "Just take what Brother Liu gave you."

"Forget it. If I take this money, won't the young and old men in our village call me an ungrateful wolf? If my old man knew, he would definitely break my legs. Brother Liu, let's stop making trouble. We met because of Er Ning. Otherwise, you can give this money... No, he can't take it either. Otherwise, you can find a way to buy him something?"

Liu Xuemin frowned and said, "I was thinking about buying him something during the Chinese New Year, but I don't need this money."

Hu Zhibin said: "Well, I talked to Lao Qian before, and I was thinking about buying something for him."

Lao Qian said: "The four of us are all making money, but the way to make money was thought up by Erning. Don't think that Erning was given two donkeys, but the cost of these things is not much, far less than what we earn..."

Hu Zhibin nodded in agreement and said, "I see that his family has everything they need, including a washing machine. What else can he buy? He already has a tractor, so maybe he still needs a car? But we four can't afford a car."

Liu Xuemin's eyes lit up and he said, "If we can't afford a new car, why not sell our old car? Old cars are now four or five thousand yuan, and here we have 600 yuan. If the four of us each get another 600 yuan, we will have 3000 yuan."

Old Qian was stunned and nodded: "Okay, but isn't it still about two thousand short?"

When Su Beichuan went to the car outside the yard to get something, he heard the conversation of several people and ran into the house. Then Su Yawen pushed Chen Hedong out.

Chen Hedong ran up to them and asked, "What's the matter? Are you still short of two thousand?"

Hu Zhibin said with a smile: "Hedong, nothing much, we are just chatting here."

"Hey, what are you talking about and why are you hiding it from me? Are you going to buy something for Er Ning? It should cost you two thousand yuan, I'll pay for it!"

Lao Jin was a little confused: "You pay?"

"Yes, I'll pay! What are you buying? I originally wanted to give Erning and my sister-in-law some red envelopes, but if I put too much money in the red envelopes, they will be stretched out, and I'm afraid they won't accept it..."

Liu Xuemin asked, "No, I don't understand. Why did you spend 2,000 yuan to buy a car for Erning? We are planning to open a business in Erning, and we need a car to transport wood."

"Why else? Erning helped me a lot! My life was saved by Erning, and all the messes in my family were solved by Erning. Now... well, I just want to buy him something. Don't look at me pulling half a truck of stuff before I came here. How much is that stuff? It's not even a fraction of what I got."

This time Chen Hedong learned his lesson and did not tell anyone about his wealth. His family savings now exceeded 15 yuan, and he also had antiques worth about 5 yuan, as well as hammers stored in the cellar and leather in the warehouse. How much are these worth?

Besides, he got more than 9 yuan from Lao Chen's family. This money was completely free. It was the money he got from his great grandfather's family. In other words, if Xu Ning hadn't taken him to Wanye, would he have been able to get this money? That's why he wanted to buy something for Xu Ning.

The key point is that Su Yawen told him that although Xu Ning is an ordinary person with no status, the people he knows are not ordinary. If there is no Xu Ning, can Su Beichuan and Zhang Aini succeed? What does the old Su family lack now? The only thing they lack is connections in the political and legal fields. After all, doing business in the provincial capital, or dealing in antiques, you can't do without knowing people in this field.

Chen Hedong’s father-in-law had some connections in this area before, but they were transferred away, so he didn’t dare to do business for a while.

As for Hu Zhibin, Lao Jin, Lao Qian and Liu Xuemin, there is no need to say much, because when Liu Xuemin came, Xu Ning revealed some information to him in the car, which meant that he had another way to make money. After he finished talking to Lao Jin and Hu Zhibin, they wanted to buy something for Xu Ning.

Hearing this, Chai Bing smiled and said, "Then you guys discuss it. I'll go into the house first. Don't worry, no matter what you buy, I won't say a word to Er Ning."

Hu Zhibin grinned and said, "Okay, then we will study it ourselves."

"Bing, that money is yours, you are not allowed to refuse it!"

Chai Bing was helpless: "Okay, as long as it didn't get into my pocket!"

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Chen Hedong, Liu Xuemin and others to study it quietly.

At this time, Xu Ning ran into Chai Bing at the door and asked, "Where did my brother Bin and the others go? It's time to eat."

"They are chatting over there, I'll call them..."

Chai Bing stood at the door and shouted, waving, "It's time to eat! Come to the table and drink."

Liu Xuemin and others waved their hands and rushed over.

Xu Ning asked: "What are you talking about that requires you to be so focused?"

"Oh, Hedong asked us about the donkey riding upside down, and thought about setting up a repair shop in the provincial capital."

"what……"

(End of this chapter)