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Chapter 642: Xiao Xupao's dirty trick was called out by the forestry department

It is the transition period between autumn and winter. Around five o'clock in the evening, the sun gradually sets in the west, reflecting the clouds into a crimson sunset.

Every household was busy making fire and cooking, smoke rose from the chimneys, and occasionally pedestrians walked on the street and chatted with each other.

At Old Xu's house, Xu Ning was sitting at the dining table in the north kitchen, while Wang Hu was standing at the door, talking incessantly about what had happened in Northeast Fork.

Although the story was not long, Wang Hu's eloquence had been honed, and even trivial matters could become quite interesting when he spoke.

The old ladies headed by Liu Lizhen exclaimed one after another after hearing this. They did not think that there was anything wrong with Xu Ning and his two companions fighting with Old Fang and his two companions. That Qinglang was the most ferocious dog in the whole Qing'an. If something bad happened to him, even if they sold Old Fang, it would not be enough to compensate.

Besides, the status of the dog gang in Xu Ning's heart is so high that he is reluctant to let the dogs get involved when fighting black bears, and even treats them like his relatives.

Wu Qiuxia curled her lips and said, "This old Fang is quite mean. If that little black blind dog is really bitten to death by our dog, he might blackmail us."

"That's not good. Who would go to the mountains to walk a bear on such a day? It's obvious that they are looking for someone to take advantage of them."

Liu Lizhen said, "Isn't it badly beaten by those three?"

Xu Ning shook his head: "The three of us didn't hit them too hard, but the three of them were badly bitten by the dog."

Li Fuqiang laughed and said, "Yeah, I saw that Lao Fang's pants were torn and there were several bloody holes on his legs."

"He deserves it! You all tried to stop the dog from biting the black bear, but he still dared to kick it. He must dislike our dog!" Wu Qiuxia said bluntly.

Han Fengjiao warned: "Erning, you have to be careful. These dogs have made great contributions to the family. There might be people in the village who are jealous of them. What if they are poisoned to death by the drugs..."

Liu Lizhen said: "Your second aunt is right. Our family is the most conspicuous in the whole village. If someone really gets conjunctivitis, we won't care about anything..."

"I know. Let's seal the gap between our houses tomorrow, and raise some chickens and ducks in it next spring."

Wang Shujuan said with a smile: "A few days ago, my mother said that she wanted to grow something in the crack."

Meng Ziyan sat on a stool and said, "Let's raise some chickens, ducks and geese next year. I just happen to be idle at home with nothing to do."

Sun Lianfang continued, "Sister-in-law, how can you be alright? Don't you have to ask my brother for a child?"

"Hahaha..." Everyone in the north kitchen laughed when they heard this, making Meng Ziyan's face turn red.

Liu Lizhen grinned and said, "That's just right for her to get together with her sister-in-law!"

"If all of them come here for a year, our house will be very lively."

"Oh, now it's mainly because Feng'er and the others have left. If they were at home, the house would be quite lively."

Since the topic had changed, Xu Ning, Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang went to the west room to watch TV. The old woman was busy in the north kitchen, and when Xu Laonian and Wang Erli came back, the food was served on the table.

The two of them washed their faces first. As Xu Laonian wiped his face, he said, "This little bastard is always using dirty tricks..."

"What's the matter? Why do you talk about my old son as soon as you get home?" Liu Lizhen was in a good mood, so her words were gentle.

Xu Laonian threw down his handkerchief and said, "He gave Yang Jun a suggestion, and Lei Zi and Daming also followed suit. They prepared food for all five camps. When the workers in other camps heard about the food in our camp, they all wanted to go to camp 28, leaving the other camp leaders dumbfounded!"

Wang Erli nodded and continued, "Nearly half of the experienced and capable workers in the lenticular farm have left. The most people left from lenticular farm 27 and lenticular farm 19, about or people. The leaders of these two lenticular farms found the forest farm and wanted to ask for an explanation from our lenticular farm."

Xu Laonian lit a cigarette and said, "Didn't we call Yang Jun, Lei Zi, Daming, and Hu Zhiyong to the Lengchang at noon? Secretary Zheng and his uncle Guo tried to mediate, but the mediation was unsuccessful. Those workers who came to our Lengchang were unwilling to leave..."

Liu Lizhen asked, "Why?"

"We have good food! On the first day we arrived at Lengchang, we were fed whole pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew, and we also gave them two taels of loose rice. Moreover, some of us caught up with the little guys hunting wild boars in the mountains, and we ate them all with bones!"

Wang Erli smiled and said, "Besides, the treatment in our camp is better than that in other camps. Now they are even more reluctant to leave."

"What does that have to do with my old son?"

"That's a dirty trick he gave! Hey, what are you talking about? Can't you hear it?"

Liu Lizhen glared and scolded: "Who are you arguing with? I gave you face? If you have something to say, just say it. Why do you always scold my son?"

Xu Laonian stared at him without daring to retort. He saw Xu Ning coming out of the west room and pointed at him and said, "Secretary Zheng asked him to go to the forest farm tomorrow to have a chat with him!"

"Ah, it's not a big deal, is it that serious?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll go talk to Zheng Yunlong tomorrow. This is all voluntary. We didn't force them. We are right. What are we afraid of?"

Li Fuqiang frowned and said, "I'll go with you? Don't start a fight with those two stupid people."

"That's impossible! They don't dare to do anything when Zheng Yunlong is present, unless they don't want to get involved anymore."

Xu Laonian narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't think you are so confident. How can he be an ordinary person standing here?"

Han Fengjiao said: "Yang Jun doesn't know anyone in Qing'an, and he is also in a daze."

"Hey, what do you know?"

Wang Erli waved his hand and said, "When his father was alive, he and Uncle Zhang were close friends. When we first entered the forest farm, his father was the leader of the measurement team. Later, his father passed away. Yang Jun did not ask for a place in the forest farm, but asked for a chance to open a field."

"Oh my god, why didn't Yang Jun say that?"

Xu Ning said: "My brother Jun doesn't want to mention his parents. It's not because they have a bad relationship, but because they have a very good relationship. He gets sad when he mentions them."

"what……"

Liu Lizhen asked, "Secretary Zheng didn't handle the situation clearly, so why did he call my son to talk? He didn't care."

"He may think that your son's words are more effective." Xu Laonian said unhappily.

"I don't want to chat with you, you're just spewing shit and you don't look like a good person!"

After saying that, Liu Lizhen turned around and went to the north kitchen to serve the dishes. The remaining young women smiled awkwardly and quickly avoided the spotlight.

Xu Ning felt that Zheng Yunlong did not fail to handle the situation clearly, but he handled it too clearly!
Obviously, this kind of thing is just a matter of bickering and concerns the workers' psychological thoughts. Can Zheng Yunlong just say a word and the workers can return to the place where they originally worked?

Impossible! So Zheng Yunlong used the strategy of delaying. As long as he could delay it and keep it steady, this matter would be over soon.

Xu Laonian looked at the pheasant stewed with hazel mushroom vermicelli and the spicy fried rabbit meat with wine on the table, smiled and dug out two bottles of Fengcheng Laojiao from the wine cabinet. After sitting down, he muttered, "This delicious food needs to be drunk, Erli, can you make less?"

"I'll go back and get some medicinal wine. You can drink it yourself."

"You have a lot to do..."

As soon as Wang Erli reached the door, he ran into Da La Ba. He was holding two carps in his hands and said with a smile, "Where are you going, Uncle Er?"

"I went home to get some medicinal wine. Why did you come back just now?"

"Yeah, I went to Qingli to sell meat."

"Then hurry up and get inside. You're in time for dinner."

"Got it."

Da Laba and Wang Erli passed by each other, and Xu Ning heard the news and asked with a smile: "How are the sales?" "All sold out, there are only two whole fish, so I took them."

Liu Lizhen was holding the fried bean sprouts and said, "Guoxing is here just in time. Let's wash our hands and get ready to eat."

"Hey, my wife isn't here?"

"She was picking soybeans at home. I told her to bring them over so that we could pick them together, but she insisted on picking them by herself, saying that she wanted to grind some tofu tomorrow. You should bring her some vegetables after you finish eating."

Big Trumpet shook his head: "No, wait until she catches up and eat it later."

"We have stewed three pheasants for half a pot, and there is still a lot left. You two can take it back and eat it tomorrow morning."

"That's okay..."

While the loudspeaker was washing his hands, Xu Ning pulled Wang Hu's elbow. When he felt the signal, he walked over with a smile on his face.

"Brother Huang, do you know what happened to the three of us when we went hiking today?"

"What's the matter?"

"Oh, don't mention it. The three of us originally wanted to walk around in the mountain and go down the mountain if we didn't encounter any animals. But on the way down the mountain, the blue wolf suddenly started to attack..."

Wang Hu stood beside him and talked a lot. The loudspeaker listened and asked for details, rolling his eyes as if he was sorting out cause and effect and organizing powerful language.

On the side, Xu Laonian was listening with great interest. When he heard that Lao Fang kicked Qinglang, Hualang and other dogs, he slammed the table excitedly and cursed: "Let him have bad habits! Beat him up, what's the point of having a head?"

Wang Hu laughed and said, "Uncle, how can my second brother let his bad habits get to him? He went straight to Fang Daquan and broke all the thick branches in his hands..."

After hearing that the three old Fangs were beaten badly and the dogs were biting them, Xu Laonian nodded with satisfaction: "We have to beat him! You three stopped the dogs from biting the little black blind boy, how could he have the nerve to kick our dog? If you don't do it, I will go find him!"

Wang Erli came into the room carrying a teacup, "Who are you looking for? Big brother."

"Old Fang from Taiping Village kicked our dog several times."

Wang Erli was smart and said, "Erning was put aside, so he must not have suffered any loss, right?"

"I didn't suffer any loss. None of the three old Fangs dared to fight back."

Wang Hu did not tell Xu Ning about Lao Fang's guess, but Wang Erli asked: "Why did the three of them bring the little black blind man up the mountain?"

"They said they were taking the little black blind boy for a stroll in the mountains, and the three of them were picking some mushrooms along the way."

Xu Laonian waved his hands and said, "Bullshit! What's on the mountain at this time? The wild fruits have all fallen to the ground and rotted. What can the little black blind eat? I can't afford to feed it. I thought about letting the little black blind find a warehouse to hibernate. Wouldn't it be possible to save some food in the winter?"

Xu Ning clapped his hands and cheered: "Oh, my dad's brain is really good! Come on, give my dad a round of applause."

There was thunderous applause in the room. Xu Laonian laughed complacently, thinking that Xu Ning was praising him.

After laughing, the old ladies finished their work, and everyone sat down and started eating.

"Guoxing, why don't you drink? Drink less with your uncle."

Daba shook his head and said, "No more drinking. Li Feng and I have to go to Beitun tomorrow."

Xu Laonian advised: "It's okay to drink less! Do you need me to pour it for you? Just fill it up yourself."

"Then I'll drink less, brother, don't you want to drink?"

Meng Ziyan came over with a wine glass and said with a smile, "He drinks this wine."

Xu Ning turned his head and saw that the wine glass was red. In addition to the smell of wine, there was also an unpleasant smell. He frowned and asked, "What the hell is this?"

"Good wine! Just drink it." Liu Lizhen said casually.

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "Drink it, drink it, this thing should be exciting!"

Everyone at the table understood what was going on and laughed.

Xu Ning felt helpless. Seeing the sharp eyes of his wife and mother, he could only keep silent. If he dared to say no, not only would his mother be unhappy, but he would also have to coax his wife, which would be a pain.

The next day, morning.

Xu Ning followed Xu Laonian and Wang Erli on a train to the forest farm, leaving Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu at home to clean up the gap. They first leveled the ground in the gap, then drove four wooden stakes in, and sealed the two ends with wooden boards, thus forming a trapezoidal breeding space.

As soon as I walked into the office, Xiao Liu came out and said with a smile: "Erning is here, please come in and have some tea. Uncle Xu, the secretary and the others are waiting for the meeting in the conference room, please go over quickly."

Xu Laonian nodded: "Are you going to report last quarter's revenue? Have you brought the manuscript I wrote to the meeting room?"

"It's in the director's hands. I've put it on the conference room table."

Then, Xu Laonian turned and left, and Xu Ning followed Xiao Liu into the secretary's office.

"Erning, you have a good brain. My cousin heard yesterday that the workers in the mills had a good response to the mills you invested in. He became interested in your management ideas and wanted to learn from you."

"Oh my god, what are you trying to teach me? I am just a half-baked person."

"Don't be modest. What my cousin meant was that he couldn't handle the issue of the workers in the mill very well, so he could only delay it for now. But you can't recruit workers from other mills. If you take all the workers away, other mills won't be able to operate."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "I think we have recruited enough people in our farm. We will see if there are any quotas for the forest farm in the future. If there are any quotas, we will have to recruit more people, otherwise we will not be able to complete them..."

"Of course. I heard that your family eats meat all day long?"

"How can they eat meat all day? I hunted wild boars in the mountains and sent them to Lengchang to satisfy their cravings. Wild boars are all lean meat, not much oil."

"what……"

Not to mention the No. 17, 25-2 mills, there are more than 28 people working in the No. 270 mill alone, and 80 workers in each of the two small mills. The cornmeal consumed every day is measured in bags. If Xu Ning wants to eat meat every day, he has to go into the mountains to hunt two pigs to eat. But hunting is an unpredictable game. When things go well, you can catch a litter of seven or eight pigs, but when things go bad, you can't even see a trace of a pig.

Xu Ning and Xiao Liu sat in the office chatting for nearly an hour and a half, and it was not until 9: that they heard the voices of Zheng Yunlong and Guo Xingmin coming from the corridor.

When they entered the room and saw Xu Ning smiling, he stood up and said with a smile, "Uncle Zheng, Uncle Guo."

"Hey, come here, has Liu'er prepared tea for Er Ning?"

Xiao Liu grinned and said, "It has to be fixed. They are my family members."

"Okay! Go to the kitchen in the cafeteria and tell Chef Ma to stew the goose I bought for lunch and let Erning eat it at the forest farm."

"okay."

Zheng Yunlong turned around and asked, "Er Ning, are you alright? Come drink with me at noon."

"Uncle Zheng has spoken, so I have to postpone it even if I have something else to do."

"Hahaha……"

Zheng Yunlong laughed. Guo Xingmin sat opposite Xu Ning and said, "How did you come up with all these dirty tricks? My brother and I were both a little confused when we heard about it yesterday. How can you give wine and meat to someone who has just entered the field and has not worked yet?"

(End of this chapter)