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Chapter 629: Facts stop at rumors. Mom wants to split the family business?
The night is dark, the stars are shining, and the car lights illuminate the road ahead.

At around 11 o'clock in the evening, the car arrived in Qing'an and headed straight to No. 28-2 Lengchang.

At this moment, Xu Ning and Yang Jun were already mentally exhausted. Their eyes were very dry and sore after driving for a long time, and the little guy Yang Yi was already fast asleep.

The car slowly drove into the No. 28-2 shack. The people who opened the gate were Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu. They and Guan Lei had come here after dinner. They needed to heat the kang in the shack and cook a big pot of rice.

If there is no heating in the shack, these people will be woken up by the cold in the middle of the night. Why does every shack need a night watchman? The reason is that the kang and the stove will run out of firewood in the middle of the night, and firewood must be added to keep warm.

After the car stopped, the 24 people in the car jumped out in a hurry. Some squatted on the ground and retched, some held onto logs and vomited, and some even found a corner to untie their pants...

Yang Jun asked everyone to take their luggage into the house, while Xu Ning asked Guan Lei, "Is the food ready?"

"Yes, pork stewed with Chinese cabbage and vermicelli, and two pots of cornmeal cakes. The cakes were made by my aunt and her family."

The cornmeal cakes are not baked, but stuck to the edge of the pot. There is a layer of crust on the bottom, which is a bit irritating to the throat when chewed, but this meal is definitely a delicious dish for the people in King Kong and Laoshanzitun!
Xu Ning turned around and said, "Dazhi, Ba...Feng Ye! You two should quickly arrange for them to go into the house to wash their hands and then prepare for dinner."

"Okay, brother, are you going home tonight?"

"Go back, I'll eat something with you guys, and then I'll go back after I'm done."

Zheng Dazhi said, "Shall we start working tomorrow?"

"Take a day off first. Many people are carsick today. They won't be in the mood to work tomorrow. Let Jun take you for a walk and go to other places to see how other people work."

"Okay!"

Pan Yan brought his younger sister Pan Xiao to Yang Jun and asked, "Brother Jun, where is my younger sister staying tonight?"

"I'll take her down the mountain later... Since you two are here, I'll tell you straight away. I'll give Pan Xiao 10 yuan a month for helping me take care of my son."

"10 yuan? Oh, Brother Jun, thank you so much!" Pan Yan's two younger brothers exclaimed.

Yang Jun said with a smile: "I haven't finished yet. This job is not only about taking care of my son, but also includes washing clothes, cooking and cleaning the house."

Pan Yan nodded when he heard this: "She can do it! Then she will live in the village at the foot of the mountain from now on? Can't she come to Lengchang for a stroll?"

"No, this matter cannot be discussed..."

After saying that, Yang Jun waved his hand and urged them to go into the house. At this time, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and the other two had also finished talking about Pan Xiao.

Li Fuqiang said, "Brother, doing this will easily lead to gossip."

"There's nothing we can do about that. Jun made his own decision, and I can't stop him. Let's just do it this way for now and see how things develop later."

When everyone gathered in the shack, the whole shack became warm, but once someone took off their shoes, the smell in the shack became strong.

Xu Ning covered his mouth and said, "Who took off his shoes? Put them on quickly! It's almost time for dinner, and you're still wearing slippers? What are you thinking?"

The shack was a bit noisy at first, but it quieted down after Xu Ning finished shouting. Yang Jun clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention and shouted, "Come on! Everyone listen to me!"

Everyone shut up and turned their heads to watch. Yang Jun continued, "You all come to the Lengchang to make money, so you have to be obedient! Because the work in the Lengchang is very dangerous, and it's easy to get into trouble if you're not careful! As the leader, I definitely don't want anything to happen to you, so you must abide by the rules!"

"There can't be open flames when working in the field. What is an open flame? For example, if someone is cold and they build a fire in the mountains, that's definitely not allowed."

An old man asked loudly: "Can I smoke?"

"You can smoke! But you must stamp out the cigarette butts. If it's snowing, it's fine, but if it's on the mountain now, you have to put it out. Do you understand?"

"Also, you must be tired from working, but as long as you lie down on the kang, you must wash your feet before going to bed, and wash your socks as well. And you are not allowed to take off your shoes when eating! After eating, wash your lunch box and chopsticks quickly. We have a water tank and four thermoses in this shack, and there is hot water for everyone to use every day..."

"The most important point is that you can't fight. If someone starts a fight, no matter what the reason is, pack up your things and get out. That's all. I hope everyone will remember this and don't make things difficult for me!"

"And what everyone wants to hear is how we pay our wages. Our wages are calculated by piecework. You get paid based on how much work you do. We'll settle the bill the day you go home."

"If you need living expenses, you can come to my place and withdraw them in advance. I'll have someone record it in the account book. If you're worried that the money is not right, you can also record it yourself. We can reconcile the accounts later."

After Yang Jun finished talking about these things, two or three people asked a few questions. After he answered them one by one, he asked everyone to take out their lunch boxes and go to the stove to get their meals. Each person was given two cornmeal cakes and two spoonfuls of pork stewed with cabbage and vermicelli.

When the group saw that there were several slices of meat in the dish and oil in the soup, they immediately smiled.

Zhang Chunsheng, the brother of Feng Ye's eldest aunt, looked down at the food in the small aluminum basin and whispered, "Yezi, is the food in Lengchang so hard?"

"That's just the beginning. I told you before you came here that the food in the hall is no worse than ours, but you still didn't believe it."

"How can a mountain farm put so much oil in a dish? Look at this big piece of fat meat, it trembles when you take a bite!"

At this time, everyone had finished serving their dishes. Xu Ning gave Yang Jun a look, then he looked up and said with a smile, "Are you all looking at the fat in the dishes? I can assure you that our food in Lengchang is the best in the entire forest farm!"

"Boss Yang, will you follow this standard from now on?"

Someone on the side said: "How can you do this all day long? It's good enough if you can eat two meals a week."

"Do you think this is your home? We don't eat like this at home."

Yang Jun waved his hand and said, "We will follow this standard from now on! In the morning, we will have coarse grain buns, porridge, and pickles. At noon, we will have cornmeal cakes or grits. In the evening, we may have some sorghum rice. That's about it! I still say the same thing. You work hard in Lengchang and don't cause trouble. I guarantee that you will eat well!"

"Okay! Boss Yang, if I really eat like this all day, I can stay here for the rest of my life!"

"Hahaha, you are such a loser. Will you still be able to carry wood when you are fifty or sixty years old? Who will support you, a loser?"

"Get lost, I'm chatting with you? Why are you talking to me?"

Xu Ning remained silent the entire time. Only Yang Jun and Guan Lei were chatting with everyone. They were familiar with each other, and everyone was also aware of the relationships between Guan Lei, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and others, so they were not too casual when chatting.

After Xu Ning put down his bowl and chopsticks, he raised his hand to signal Dazhi and Feng Ye to come out, and the three of them came to a small shack not far away.

"You have to separate. One of you will follow Guan Lei to the No. 2 field, and the other will follow my uncle to the No. field."

The No. 2 Lengchang is a joint business of Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei, while the No. 3 Lengchang is a joint business of Xu, Wang and Liu. Xu Ning separated them for the purpose of making it easier to settle accounts.

Dazhi nodded and said, "We will follow your instructions. Whatever you say is fine."

"That's settled then. These people in the room have some relationship with you two. Jun and I will discuss it tomorrow and assign them to the 25-2 and 28-17 fields. Only five or six people can be left in the 28-2 and 3 fields. Do you understand what I mean?"

Feng Ye was a little confused, and Da Zhi tried to probe: "Are you separating them to prevent them from getting together and causing trouble?"

"That's a little bit, but not entirely... They are all familiar with each other, and it's easy to delay things if they are together. I'm telling you two in advance so you don't have to worry too much when the time comes."

"That can't be possible. We are here to make money, not to dominate others."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "It's a good thing to have this idea. It means you no longer think about the things you did outside before. Remember, don't act rashly unless you have no other choice these days..."

These words were not convincing coming from his mouth, because Xu Ning himself was not a good person.

At this time, Yang Jun, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, Guan Lei, Pan Yan, Pan Xiao and others came out of the shack.

"You all should go back and pack up and go to bed. I will take you for a walk in the mountains around 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Pan Yan said, "Brother Jun, I'm going to trouble you with my little sister. If she does anything wrong, you can scold her however you want, but..." Yang Jun shook his head and smiled, "I know what you mean. Don't worry, I never fight with women. Pan Xiao, go to the passenger seat and take a look to see if Baozhu is awake."

"Yeah." Pan Xiao nodded in response.

Li Fuqiang said: "Brother Jun is just kind-hearted. If it were me, I wouldn't bother to care."

Wang Hu nodded, and Yang Jun said, "What a coincidence. Er Ning told me the other day that she needed someone to help take care of the child, and that's when we met."

"Yes, everyone in my family is very busy, otherwise you can just give Baozhu to my wife."

Yang Jun shook his head and said, "It's not a long-term solution. I heard from Er Ning that his brother is having a child. When his wife gets pregnant, won't your wife have to go to the city?"

"What else is there to say? I have to go to take care of my family's affairs. Otherwise, Feng'er and the other two and my uncle will have nothing to eat or drink."

Guan Lei said with a smile: "Brother Jun has thought it through very thoroughly."

"Of course! Brother Jun is smart."

"Haha, stop teasing me. Okay, it's almost 12 o'clock, let's go back to bed."

"You guys go first, the three of us came here on a tractor."

Xu Ning said, "Brother Jun, just go home. The four of us will go together."

"Okay, your 56 is in the car. I'll get it for you."

Yang Jun walked around to the passenger seat and saw that Yang Yi was already chatting with Pan Xiao. He smiled with satisfaction and said to Yang Yi, "Baozhu, when dad is busy with work in the future, I'll let Aunt Pan... Aunt Pan take care of you, okay?"

"Okay! Dad, can I come to the venue to play with you?"

"Of course I can. Dad will come home to pick you up then."

Yang Jun took out the 56 semi-automatic rifle and the bullet bag, turned around and walked to the tractor and handed them to Xu Ning, "Be careful when you go down the mountain."

"I know. Go back soon."

Wang Hu said, "Brother Jun, my wife has already finished burning the kang, but she only burned the kang in the east room."

"Oh, it's okay. I'll go back and burn it again."

Afterwards, the two vehicles drove out of the field slowly, one after the other. When Xu Ning drove the tractor past the Wang family's old house, he saw that the lights in the east and west rooms were on, and Yang Jun was climbing over the low wall with bedding in his arms to go to the Xu family's old house.

Xu Ning did not step on the brakes to stop. He did not want to get too involved in how Yang Jun arranged Pan Xiao, because with Yang Jun's character and personality, he would never have any improper thoughts about a girl who just turned 18. What's more, he had just been heartbroken by an old woman, so how could he find another home so soon?

Li Fuqiang said, "Brother Jun, do you want to find a maid to take care of the child, or do you want to find a wife?"

Guan Lei said: "He is definitely not looking for a wife, otherwise why would he live in my brother's old house?"

Xu Ning turned around and shouted, "Let's not talk about this. Jun's idea is quite simple."

"Brother, no matter how innocent you are, it's not a good influence, especially when we live under the same roof."

Xu Ning stopped the tractor at the intersection and turned off the engine. He said, "What can we do if it has a bad impact? It's better than them laughing at Jun Ge and calling him a cuckold. Besides, it won't affect Jun Ge, so why should we worry about it?"

This means using rumors to stop the spread of truth, but rumors spread much faster than the truth and can spread throughout the Qing'an area in less than two days.

If the news that Yang Jun found a virgin girl spread throughout Qing'an, it would be a good thing for Yang Jun to show off, but it would definitely not be good for Pan Xiao's reputation...

“Yeah, the tractor is just parked?”

"Stop here. If you drive one more wheel in, everyone in the village will be awakened."

The four of them separated at the intersection and went back home. It was already past 12 o'clock when Xu Ning got home, but Liu Lizhen and Meng Ziyan were still awake. Xu Laonian was snoring heartlessly.

The three of them chatted for a while in the west room, briefly explaining what had happened today, and took out the money from selling the yellow pineapple wood.

"Oh my god, I'm really good at it. I made nearly 1700 yuan in just two or three days!"

Liu Lizhen rubbed her eyebrows and smiled, and Meng Ziyan couldn't stop laughing.

"Mom, you and my dad can take this money."

"No need. Why would you give us the money you earn? We can just take the money we earn from the No. 3 field."

Xu Ning looked at his mother and said, "Mom, what do you mean? You want to split up the family."

"Hey, why divide the family property? You're making more money now, so it's not fair for you to always pay money home. Your father and I have discussed it. When your brother and Feng'er come back, our family of seven will discuss how to divide the money we earn in the future..."

"Why are we discussing this? We are all family, why are we talking about different things?"

"Your father and I have already decided what to say at what time, so let's leave it at that. You two should go to sleep quickly. Are you going up the mountain tomorrow morning?"

"I'm going to take a walk around the mountain tomorrow, and then I'll go with my uncle to pick up the workers. We don't need to get up too early, we can leave around eight o'clock."

"Okay then, you two go to bed."

After Liu Lizhen left, Meng Ziyan poured out the foot washing water.

She closed the door as she entered the room, walked to the edge of the kang, took off her shoes, revealing her clean feet, then got into bed with Xu Ning and turned off the lights.

"Are you afraid that I'm unhappy? I'm not unhappy. I'm willing to give the money to you!"

Xu Ning turned around and hugged her, touching her belly with one hand and said, "It has nothing to do with you. Mom talked to me about this before you came in. This is what I thought. While we don't have children, we should find a way to make money for our family. If we have children, we have to think about the children. Is that right?"

"Hmm~ That's right...ah..."

The next day, when Xu Ning opened his eyes, Meng Ziyan was no longer around.

He heard some noise coming from the north kitchen. Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao, Wu Qiuxia and others were whispering about Yang Jun finding a nanny.

Meng Ziyan pushed the door open and walked into the room, saying with a smile, "Wake up, the food will be ready soon. Can I get you some water to wash your face?"

"Give me more water so I can wash my head."

Hearing the voice, she turned around and walked out. Xu Ning put on the clean clothes and socks prepared by his wife and went out.

"Erning, does Yang Jun intend to find a virgin girl?" Wu Qiuxia asked.

Xu Ning shook his head and said, "That's not his intention. He just wants to find someone to take care of Baozhu. When winter comes, he won't be able to take care of two farms. Besides, he slept in my old house last night, not in my second uncle's old house."

"Ah! This Yang Jun has a bottom line..."

Han Fengjiao said: "It's not that bad. If it were someone else, how could they control themselves? These friends at Erning's place are all very good."

(End of this chapter)