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Chapter 672: Xiao Xu Pao is famous for borrowing money to kill people

When Xu Ning returned home, as soon as he stepped into the house, he felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. The old women were all looking at him with smiles, especially Liu Lizhen, whose eyes and mouth corners had a half-smile on their faces.

Turning his head to glance at Li Fuqiang who was sitting on the sofa, he saw him making faces and looking out the window. Xu Ning reacted immediately. It should be that after Li Fuqiang sent Old Deng home, he told his wife what happened in the mountain.

It was originally a good thing that Xu Ning and others rescued Li Feng from the tiger's mouth, but in Liu Lizhen's eyes, it was not very good, because Xu Ning led Wang Hu, Guan Lei and Li Fuqiang to run towards the tiger's location. What kind of behavior was this? In the eyes of her mother, it was tantamount to suicide!

Xu Laonian grinned in a tactless manner: "Zhen, look at how capable your son is. He went into the mountains to pick up an old leopard and saved Li Feng along the way..."

Liu Lizhen turned around and said unhappily, "Do I need you to tell me? You're the only one who has a big mouth."

Xu Laonian paused, and then he realized that the women in the room were not ecstatic at all. He said aggrievedly: "Why are you coming for me again?"

When Liu Lizhen turned to face Xu Ning, Xu Ning immediately pulled Wang Hu over and said, "Mom! The forest farm is going to count the livestock registration points. We have to go there quickly. I want some egg cakes tonight. I'm craving them."

Liu Lizhen put her hands on her waist and said angrily: "I think you look like an egg cake! You said you..."

Without waiting for his mother to finish speaking, Xu Ning grabbed Wang Hu and Guan Lei and ran out of the house. Seeing this, Li Fuqiang hurriedly followed. The four of them only breathed a sigh of relief when they ran to the courtyard.

"Oh my god, why is my aunt so angry?"

Li Fuqiang muttered, "I'm just a bad mouth. I originally wanted to show off at home, but when my aunt heard it, she was so sarcastic and kept praising my brother for his ability and for daring to go after the tiger mom. After I reacted, she didn't say anything..."

Xu Ning shook his head: "I don't blame you. We'll know about this sooner or later. Let's go...put the wild boar in the carriage, and take the old leopard with you."

"Okay, second brother, there's no way to avoid this disaster, otherwise you can go back and let my aunt give you a beating."

"Eh? Hu Zi has become smarter now. He knows how to use me as a shield, huh?"

Wang Hu smiled embarrassedly and said, "I learned this from you."

"Come on, forget it! You're just learning by yourself! Go, go, my mom seems to be...ah, my wife."

Xu Ning was startled when Meng Ziyan walked out of the plastic shed. "What are you doing?"

Meng Ziyan ran over and said, "Mom asked you to cut two pieces of meat first, so that we can use them for cooking later."

"I'll do it myself, brother, don't try to help me."

Li Fuqiang walked to the rear of the car, pulled out a boning knife from the gap between the racks, cut off two strips of pork and handed them to Meng Ziyan.

"Come back early. Dinner should be ready at half past."

"I know. We can't delay the meal."

Xu Ning and others drove away. When they arrived at the forest farm, they saw a lot of people gathered there. People in groups of three or five were talking about the incident of the Chang brothers and Li Feng encountering a tiger in Liushugou.

"Hey, my brother is here! Brother, you were the ones who saved Li Feng from the tiger's mouth, right?"

Seeing Xu Ning nod, Daba turned around and said with renewed energy: "Look! What did I say? My brother is the most righteous, right? Look at the brothers of the Chang family. They didn't even save their own brother-in-law. What happened in the end? They had their own sister blocking the door and scolding them. They were about to sever all ties with them!"

"How do you know so much? Were you listening right before me?"

The loud speaker waved his hand: "Why should I come closer? Whenever I enter the village, everyone comes up to me and asks about this. Do you think I am bragging to you?"

This group of hikers had just come down the mountain not long ago. Some of them heard the tiger roar in the mountains, while some were farther away but also heard about it from others after they came down the mountain.

How did Da La Ba know this? Xiao Liu told him. At the time, Xiao Liu was beside Guo Xingmin, listening to him talking on the phone with Xu Laonian, and he understood the whole story.

As for the relationship between Xu Ning and Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu wanted to help Xu Ning build momentum and maintain his reputation. After all, there was a Xiao Xu Pao in Qing'an whose reputation had spread to Wangxing and Sandaohe, and even had a small reputation in Wanye. The more famous Xiao Xu Pao became, the more the Qing'an Forest Farm would benefit.

When groups of people saw Xu Ning, they came up to him and asked him about the details of how the three men encountered the tiger. After listening to Wang Hu's narration, everyone screamed in shock. They also told him about the incident in which Chang Lihong blocked the door of Xiao Chang's house and cursed her two brothers.

People from Taiping Village, such as Li Mazi, Lan Dabing and Lao Han, were relatively close to Qing'an Village and knew the character of the Chang brothers very well. With their support, everyone cursed the Chang brothers for being ungentlemen. Anyone who wanted to be friends with them would be really lucky!

Old Han said in a deep voice: "Since these two brothers broke the rules, if I run into them on the mountain in the future, no matter what happens, I will not get involved."

"Why are you interfering? Brother Han, my brother saved their lives last year, but they didn't even say a word when they got home. It was their wives who bought things to thank them. Let's not talk about how much they bought. These two brothers didn't even say a word, and I was right in front of them at the time..."

When Da Laba mentioned the incident in Shetanggou, everyone nodded and said that if the Chang brothers encountered danger again on the mountain, they would not intervene, and it had nothing to do with them whether they lived or died.

Everyone was chatting enthusiastically, but Xu Ning waved to Li Fuqiang and the other two to go over and register. At this moment, the three Li brothers pointed at the sack and shouted, "Leopard!"

"Leopard? I'm playing tractor with you, and there's a leopard..."

"It's a leopard! Look at the animal in the sack."

Everyone turned to look and saw that the sack that Li Fuqiang was carrying had a gap inadvertently, through which they could see the leopard skin inside.

"Oh my god! That's not great, it's really a leopard!"

"Where did this guy get this? He got a leopard, so he's sure to win first place."

Da Loudspeaker laughed and said, "He has to be the first. Do you think that Xiao Xu Pao is just a false name? I've said it before, no one can compete with me in tracking or beating dogs!"

Li Fuqiang took over the conversation and said, "Who is good? Wang Linhai is good. Didn't he beat up a little black blind man and was blackmailed for 50 yuan after the incident?"

"Hahaha……"

Everyone laughed out loud, and they all felt gloating over the incident because Wang Linhai was unpopular and everyone was annoyed with him.

Lan Dadan asked, "Where did you kill this leopard?"

Xu Ning told the truth: "It wasn't beaten. We found it while walking in the mountains. It might have been killed by a big cat."

"Hey, you guys have a great idea. You can pick up a leopard just by strolling around. Isn't this free money?"

"It's not that bad..."

"I thought you guys shot it yourself, and what you found is unexpected mountain gains, you have to sell it quickly and spend all the money."

Li Fuqiang stared at the man and said, "We caught a live old leopard last year..."

"I heard it's really impressive, but I'm telling you good things. You really need to spend the money you found in the mountains as soon as possible."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "This is a bit particular, but I am not going to sell it, I am going to donate it!"

"Donated? Where to donate to..."

"This old leopard is worth at least 4000 yuan. Why donate it? Isn't this just a waste of money?"

"Hey, the Xu family is not short of money. Look at how spacious that house is..."

Xu Ning turned around and stopped listening to their chatter. He walked to the cafeteria door, smiled and nodded to Xiao Liu, and said, "Brother Liu, who's ranked first now?"

"Brother Shengfeng has four first places, and now he has 21 more points than you."

Li Fuqiang frowned and asked, "Why are they fighting so much? What are they fighting for?"

Xiao Liu whispered, "Shengfeng has three teams, and two of them gave their livestock to the four of us, so it's not likely that they will have many points."

Xu Ning could understand, and also understood why the forest farm did not stop it, because this kind of thing could not be stopped. They had the power to make others give them the livestock, what could others say? They could only say that they were incompetent. Besides, didn't Xu Ning and Xu Laonian help each other? Wang Hu and Guan Lei turned their heads and looked at Xu Ning without saying anything. They knew that Xu Ning had a trick.

"How many points can an old leopard give?"

Xiao Liu whispered, "My cousin didn't mention it during the meeting in the cafeteria a few days ago, but he did say it during the phone call just now. He said he would give 50 points. Let's keep it quiet. Don't make a fuss about it. It's not good if others know about it."

Li Fuqiang laughed and said, "Why would you just shout about it? There are two wild boars as well, so remember them as well."

"Okay! Then you now have 160 points, which should ensure you take first place."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Liu."

"What a polite thing."

After that, he chatted with Xiao Liu for a few more words, then Xu Ning and the others turned around and walked towards the car.

"Brother, come home and have dinner!" Xu Ning called out.

"Hey, you guys go back first, I'll brag to them some more."

"Why are you bragging? Wait until you get home. Hurry up, there's delicious food at home."

Upon hearing this, Da Laba bared his yellow teeth, waved his hand to everyone, and walked quickly towards Xu Ning.

Xu Ning saw Li Mazi, Lao Han and other people from Taiping Village getting ready to make a move, and said with a smile: "Why don't you go back to the village? I have a car that can give you a ride."

"Oh, thank you so much."

"Why are you being so polite? We are not strangers."

Li Mazi laughed and said, "Xiao Xupao is the one who is particular!"

Li Fuqiang changed the subject and asked, "How many points did you get?"

Lan Dadan said, "Not much, 80 points, enough to exchange for a military coat and a small cotton jacket."

"That's true..."

Old Han knew it well and said, "Guoxing's dog contributed the most. Today he didn't have a dog, so Mazi and I were able to play a role. How many points will you give for picking up an old leopard?"

"50, that's not much."

Loudspeaker laughed and said, "Oh my god, isn't that enough? It's equivalent to five wild boars."

Seeing that it was getting dark, Xu Ning drove quickly out of the forest farm. When he reached the west entrance of the village, he saw Zhang Guifang head-on.

She was carrying a large aluminum basin and walking slowly towards the east. Xu Ning slowed down the car and stopped, shouting, "Sister-in-law! What are you carrying?"

"Little tofu! I wanted to give some to my aunt and the others to try... Why did you come back just now? Did you see your brother?"

"I'm here! What's the matter, wife... Let me tell you, the Chang brothers are nothing..."

Xu Ning opened the car door and said, "Brother, you guys go home first. I'll take them to the entrance of the village."

"Oh, no need. Let's just get off here and walk back."

Li Fuqiang waved his hand and said, "Come on, it's just a matter of stepping on the accelerator. Sit tight, brother, drive!"

It wasn't that Xu Ning didn't want to go home, but he was afraid that Liu Lizhen hadn't calmed down yet, so he wanted to delay it as long as possible...

After sending Li Mazi, Lao Han and Lan Dabing to the entrance of Taipingtun, Xu Ning turned the car around and headed home. When he parked the car at the door of his house, he suddenly heard laughter coming from inside the house. It seemed that a loud speaker was making a group of people in the house laugh out loud with words.

Li Fuqiang muttered, "My aunt should have calmed down."

After entering the house, Liu Lizhen glared at Xu Ning fiercely, but did not embarrass him in public.

"I've been craving this tofu for a long time. Guifang is really good at making it. Why don't you bring it over and let's make it together."

Zhang Guifang said with a smile: "I have nothing to do at home, so I just tinkered with it. Shuhua knows how to make chicken and tofu, can she do it with small tofu?"

Yang Shuhua nodded and said, "Yes, it can be done! It can be served in two stirs."

"Sister-in-law, I'll learn from you and give it to my little Shitou to try."

Sun Lianfang seems to be eager to learn, but she is not very good at it.

Guan Lei muttered softly: "Don't poison me to death..."

The old ladies were busy with their own things, while the old man who had just entered the room washed up and then sat down to chat.

When Xu Laonian heard that the two pigs they killed were counted as belonging to Xu Ning's team, he immediately puffed his beard and glared, stretched out his big hand, and gnashed his teeth and said, "Pay money!"

Xu Ning was prepared for this. He had told Wang Hu before entering the house. Wang Hu gave Guan Hua a look, and then Guan Hua timidly took out 5 yuan from her pocket, walked up to Xu Laonian, and said, "Uncle, this is for you..."

Xu Laonian was stunned when he saw Guan Hua in front of him. Wang Erli said, "Oh my dear, big brother, look how sensible my daughter is! Please accept it."

"How can I ask you for money? Forget it."

Wang Erli winked at him, signaling Xu Laonian to accept it quickly, otherwise he would miss it too!

At this time, Xu Ning shouted: "Mom! My dad is asking Xiaohua for money! Please take care of it, or he will die!"

"What are you doing?"

Liu Lizhen, who was picking up dishes in the north kitchen, rushed over upon hearing this and immediately saw Guan Hua handing 5 yuan to Xu Laonian.

Liu Lizhen's eyes were blazing with fire, and she ran straight at Xu Laonian, "Do you have any shame? Ah! You are quite old, can you have some shame! Juan'er and Yan don't give you money normally? You have saved nearly 200 yuan in your little piggy bank, why are you still shamelessly asking for money? This time you are not asking your daughter-in-law, you are asking your niece-in-law, right?"

Xu Laonian was a little confused. He said in a dumbfounded manner, "Zhen, I was just reaching out to the little bastard, not to the flower."

Wang Erli explained: "Well, sister-in-law, don't blame my eldest brother. Besides, my eldest daughter is willing to give it, so just accept it."

"Get lost! You two are the same kind of people!"

At this time, Xu Laonian saw Xu Ning covering his mouth and laughing, and he immediately realized it. He pointed at Xu Ning and said, "Zhen, it must be that little bastard who set a trap for me! He knew that you were still angry, so he let you take it out on me first..."

Xu Ning rolled his eyes and said, "Dad, you're not a tire, why should I take my anger out on you?"

Xu Laonian was so angry that his cheeks swelled up when he heard this, but he stared at Liu Lizhen without saying a word.

Liu Lizhen glared at him, hugged Guan Hua and said, "Hua, keep it for yourself. Don't give money to your uncle and your father in the future, understand? They have a small treasury of nearly 200 yuan and 300 yuan respectively, which is richer than us. Remember?"

"Remember that, ma'am."

Guan Hua nodded and glanced at Wang Hu from the corner of her eye. The couple was quite proud of themselves. After all, this was the first time they had rebelled against their superiors. How did it feel? It was quite exciting.

(End of this chapter)