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Chapter 686: My wife is pregnant, what should I do? Just give her money
In the snow-covered farmland, Yang Dong rode on Wang Changhai and punched him left and right. Wang Changhai's crotch was already uncomfortable, and he was punched again. He immediately saw stars and felt dizzy. He begged for mercy loudly, shouting, "Don't hit me, don't hit me! I was wrong, I was wrong..."

When Yang Dong heard him begging for mercy, his heart softened. Just as he was about to move away from him, Wang Changhai suddenly arched his waist and pushed Yang Dong out. Then he quickly jumped up and pinned Yang Dong, who was standing unsteadily on the ground, under him. Then he swung his fists, leaving afterimages, and hit Yang Dong's head with gritted teeth.

At the side, in an old Dongfeng car parked on the narrow road, Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang were watching intently, occasionally letting out shrill giggles, mainly because Yang Dong and Wang Changhai were too focused on the fight, and their every move was full of funny things. It was as if Brother Biao, the most ruthless man in Liaobei, was bullying Lao Qian on the curb. Their temperament, expression, and movements were exactly the same!
Wang Changhai poured snow into Yang Dong's clothes frantically. Yang Dong clenched his fists and punched Wang Changhai's crotch from his lower body. With just three moves, he drove Wang Changhai down.

Just as Yang Dong scooped up a handful of snow and was about to throw it into Wang Changhai's face, the old Dongfeng horn on the narrow road suddenly honked.

drop!
The enthusiasm of the two was immediately extinguished. Yang Dong and Wang Changhai looked at Lao Dongfeng at the same time. Xu Ning opened the car door and a gust of cold wind blew into the car. He smiled and said, "Keep working!"

Yang Dong stood up and grinned, "What have you two been doing?"

"I didn't do anything. Why did you do it?"

Yang Dong pointed at Wang Changhai who was sitting in the snow and cursed: "This bastard set up a trap to cheat me out of my money! I lost more than 20 yuan in one night. Today I came to find him, but he still refused to admit it! I even have witnesses, but he is still fooling idiots!"

Wang Changhai spat out the snow water and said, "Aren't you just an idiot? Who cheated you out of your money? We were playing in Nantun yesterday. It wasn't a game I organized. What does it have to do with me? You can't afford to offend Wang Linhai, but you have to blame me!"

"Stop talking nonsense. Wang Linhai also lost more than ten dollars last night..."

"Then didn't his nephew win all the money? They are from the same family. If they split the money 40% to 60% at home, how can Wang Linhai lose money?"

Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang looked at each other. They didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing. They just wanted to watch the fun, so Xu Ning gave him a look and Li Fuqiang stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the village. After the two men left, Yang Dong and Wang Changhai were still cursing at each other, but they didn't take action because they had no energy left.

At Old Xu's house, Wang Hu, Guan Hua and Sun Lianfang were stacking firewood, while Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others were cutting sauerkraut in the north kitchen, preparing to make some greasy dumplings in the evening.

Sun Lianfang turned around and saw the two men carrying things into the house. She said, "Oh my god! Brother, why are you back so late?"

"Just finished my work."

Sun Lianfang asked: "Have you found Liu Yu?"

"He committed suicide in the mountains."

"What? It can't be that serious..." Sun Lianfang widened her eyes with an expression of disbelief.

Li Fuqiang said: "Really, we saw it with our own eyes."

Sun Lianfang frowned and said, "That's a disaster. His father has some status in the city. Brother, we can't let anything happen to our family, right?"

"What could possibly happen? Last night, Lin Dongliang invited the third in command, the third uncle, and your grandfather to dinner..."

"Ah, that should be fine."

Wang Hu put down the firewood and came over, took the things from Xu Ning's hand, and asked, "Second brother, what happened at that time?"

"Let's talk inside."

After they entered the house, Meng Ziyan fetched a basin of water. Xu Ning washed his face and hands before sitting on the sofa and telling them what had happened in detail.

After everyone heard this, they were all scared. Wu Qiuxia said, "If Er Ning hadn't stopped at the brink, his fate would have been much worse than Liu Yu's."

"Of course! How many times have I been angry with this kid since he was a child? He has just learned to walk and he is causing trouble all the time, either smashing other people's windows or setting fire to other people's firewood piles..."

Han Fengjiao said with a smile: "Er Ning has changed now, why are you guys just saying it straight?"

Xu Ning sat on the sofa in high spirits, not feeling embarrassed at all, but glowing with pride, and said: "Isn't it all because of my mother's education, so I can stop at the brink of danger and turn over a new leaf! Second aunt, I'm not afraid of what others say about my past. If I hadn't done so many shitty things in the past, how could I be where I am today?"

Wu Qiuxia clapped her hands and said, "Oh my god, look at how good Erning is at chatting!"

Sun Lianfang said with a smile: "My brother is a philosopher!"

There was constant laughter in the room. Sun Lianfang did not cry because of Liu Yu's death. To put it bluntly, they had not seen each other for many years. She would be stunned for a moment when she heard about this person out of the blue, let alone the news of his death.

In the evening, Da Laba, Zhang Guifang and Lao Jiang had dinner at Lao Xu's house. After Da Laba mentioned the fight between Yang Dong and Wang Changhai, Xu Ning mentioned that he and Li Fuqiang were at the scene.

With the topic, the atmosphere in the room was almost smoking. Everyone was talking about how Yang Dong, Wang Changhai and others did nothing all day long but gathered together to play with money! And where did the money come from? No one knew.

Because Li Feng has an injury on his waist, he can't do physical work and can only raise the pigs at home. These days, the collection and sale of meat are all maintained by Lao Jiang and Da Laba. The business is done in an orderly manner, and they have reached an agreement with the forest farm to send two yellow pigs to the forest farm every week. If there are no yellow pigs, old sows can be used instead.

With a fixed income, Lao Jiang and Dalaba have become more confident. They came here today mainly to discuss with Xu Ning how to expand revenue.

Xu Ning sat on the kang in the west room, holding a teacup in his hand, and said, "Uncle Jiang, my brother Feng is recovering from his injuries at home, and you two can't handle it alone. According to my opinion, it is best for one person to collect the meat and two people to sell it. If you want to sell more, you have to go to other villages, such as the villages around the street. But it's too tiring to do this. You have to get up early and stay up late and you can't even have a hot meal."

Lao Jiang nodded: "Then when Li Feng recovers from his injury, the three of us will continue to do it the same way as before?"

"Yes, there is no need to change the existing basis. The most important thing about doing business is to make some trouble. If you follow the rules, you can make some money. If you make some trouble, you will lose money easily!"

"understand……"

The loud speaker said, "Brother, I'm thinking of making a donkey upside down, and then hanging a few signs on it with a few words on them, such as the price of wild boar meat and the price of roe deer meat. Do you think it's okay?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "We have a donkey that can be ridden backwards. You can just ride it first. There is no need to put a sign on it. You and Uncle Jiang will be the signboards when we walk around the villages."

Da Laba and Lao Jiang looked at each other and smiled. In fact, Xu Ning had said these words to them before, but they also wanted to earn more money.

At night, before going to bed.

Meng Ziyan took out socks and pants from the cupboard and threw them on the edge of the kang, saying, "Are you going back to my mother's place tomorrow?"

"Row."

"Why don't you ask what's going on?"

Xu Ning turned sideways to watch her taking off her clothes and asked, "What's the matter?"

Meng Ziyan rolled her eyes, stuffed her slender feet into the quilt, and said coquettishly, "Can't you go back and take a look if you have nothing to do?"

"Oh my god, you're just being too aggressive with me, aren't you? You're in trouble this time!"

Meng Ziyan saw him sitting up and kneeling on the mattress, and immediately raised her hand to pull him, saying with a smile: "Who knows who is in trouble."

After he finished speaking, the curtains in the room began to flutter. It was not because the windows were leaking air, but because the wind was blowing up the quilt.

In the early morning, the rooster crowed and Meng Ziyan had already gotten up to light the fire and cook in the north kitchen. Xu Ning stayed in bed and didn't want to get up. He lay there until 7 o'clock. The food was already on the dining table. He slowly put on his clothes and went out to wash his face.

Meng Ziyan gave him a basin of water and stood beside him handing him a towel.

"Oh, this second young master has a really good life. There is always someone to serve him no matter what he does. Does he need someone to catch his poop?"

Xu Laonian said sarcastically with disdain on his face.

Xu Ning took the towel and wiped it twice, then said with a smile: "It's useless for you to envy me, my mother is too lazy to serve you."

"Do I need someone to serve my right hand and right foot? That's ridiculous!"

Liu Lizhen poked her head out, pointed at Xu Laonian and said, "Go and carry the bundle of firewood."

"okay."

Xu Laonian responded immediately, turned around and pouted, muttering in his heart: You tell me what to do, you really treat me like an animal. There were two plates of fried dumplings, millet porridge, pickles, etc. on the table. After everyone sat down, they all started to use their chopsticks.

As soon as Meng Ziyan sat down and smelled the bear fat smell of fried dumplings, she felt nauseous and retched twice before frowning and saying, "Why do these dumplings smell?"

"It smells? What kind of smell is that?..."

Xu Ning took over the conversation, and only raised his head halfway through. Then he noticed that Liu Lizhen and Wang Shujuan were staring at Meng Ziyan with gleams in their eyes.

He immediately understood what was going on, rubbed his hands nervously, and asked, "Are you pregnant?"

"Ah? No way... I, I haven't experienced it either, so I don't know."

Meng Ziyan said this in a daze, her expression and movements were a little nervous, and she unconsciously reached out to touch her belly.

Liu Lizhen clapped her hands and said excitedly, "Oh, I think it's almost certain! Yan, when did you start to react?"

"Just yesterday... I felt a bit dry and nauseous the day before yesterday, and I didn't feel like eating anything."

Wang Shujuan said: "Mom, my sister-in-law must be pregnant. She ate more than 10 dumplings last night. That's not her normal appetite at all!"

Sun Lianfang ate her porridge and said, "Auntie, let my brother take my sister-in-law to the city to have a look."

"We have to go! Did Dalong say when he'll be back?"

Xu Ning could clearly hear his own heartbeat, and after recovering from his shock, he replied, "He said he would be back later."

"Then you don't need to tell her. You can take your sister-in-law and your wife, Lianfang, with you later, right?"

"Go ahead. It's a good opportunity to go and see my aunt."

"Take the three of them directly to the city..."

Xu Ning nodded: "Then I have to call my brother first, otherwise I don't know who to find at the city hospital."

"Row!"

Xu Laonian, who had been silent the whole time, raised his hand and pointed at the bowl, saying, "Eat quickly! Leave quickly after eating! After you check the place, call home and let them know."

From this sentence, we can hear that Xu Laonian was also a little excited, but he is a father-in-law, so he certainly can't show it as obviously as Liu Lizhen.

Xu Ning held the dumplings between his legs and asked, "Are we going back later?"

"I won't go back yet. I'll go back after the examination. Maybe I can give them a surprise."

Liu Lizhen looked up when she heard this: "I'll go find your mom later. Even though this isn't allowed to happen, you have to tell your parents as soon as there's any sign."

"No problem! We need to tell you what needs to be told. The sooner you know about this kind of thing, the better." Xu Laonian said.

When Wang Shujuan was pregnant, she and Xu Long checked everything out before going home to tell their parents the confirmed news. Although Liu Lizhen and Xu Laonian were very happy, they lacked the anticipation of waiting for the results.

After Meng Ziyan knew that she might be pregnant, she forced herself to swallow the millet porridge and pickles even though she felt a little nauseous.

The mother looked up at her two daughters-in-law, her eyes becoming clearer and clearer. When she thought that the eldest daughter-in-law was already four months pregnant and the younger daughter-in-law might be pregnant for more than a month, she became worried. If the two daughters-in-law really gave birth to the children one after another, who would she help to take care of the children?

If I help the eldest daughter-in-law to coax the child, the younger daughter-in-law may not be happy about it. If I help the younger daughter-in-law to coax the child, the eldest daughter-in-law may also be unwilling to do so. What should I do?

After dinner, Wang Shujuan, Meng Ziyan and Sun Lianfang went back to their rooms to change clothes. Liu Lizhen spoke her mind to Xu Laonian.

Xu Laonian, holding a cigarette in his mouth, turned his head and said, "You are overthinking. If it were me, I would just give the money and it would be done. If you have time, you can help take care of it. If you don't have time, forget it. Otherwise, who will cook for the family?"

"Why are you so chatty..."

"Then how can we chat? Well, neither of them can argue. You are an old woman, and I am an old man. Besides, they are both young and have arms and legs. They won't argue with you over such a small matter."

"You definitely can't complain to me. My two daughters-in-law are not that kind of people. But I still feel uncomfortable."

"If you're not happy, just give more money! Give three to five hundred each time, I guarantee you'll be happy."

Liu Lizhen curled her lips, feeling that this move was too direct, but apart from this move, there was really no other move.

A moment later, Xu Ning, Meng Ziyan, Wang Shujuan and Sun Lianfang walked out of the door of the plastic shed and ran into Li Fuqiang and Yang Shuhua.

"What are you going to do?"

Xu Ning said, "We have to go to the city and take my sister-in-law and the others to the hospital for a checkup."

"what……"

Yang Shuhua saw Meng Ziyan's face flushed a little, walked up to her, grabbed her hand, and asked quietly: "Yes?"

Meng Ziyan whispered, "I don't know. I'll know after the inspection."

"Okay, let's check it out! Is there any in Lianfang too?"

Sun Lianfang slapped her thigh and said, "How can I be so fast? My little Shitou has been lying on the mountain all day long and he won't come down! I am so worried."

Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang looked at each other and laughed: "Hahaha..."

Wang Shujuan comforted her, "Don't worry. When Leizi sees that his brother has a child, he will be anxious himself."

In the next yard, Wang Hu heard the noise and ran over, calling Wang Erli, Han Fengjiao and Guan Hua.

"Second brother, is my second sister-in-law pregnant?"

"You have a very good ear. I don't know if you have any infection now. We need to go to the city for a checkup. Do you and Hua want to go?"

"We won't go yet. We still have a lot of work to do at home."

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "I will stay home with you to work, let them go."

Xu Ning waved his hand and got into the car with the three girls. It was indeed a bit cold in the car, so Liu Lizhen asked Xu Laonian to carry a thick quilt to the door.

"You three should cover yourself with a blanket, don't catch a cold."

"Hey, thanks, Dad."

Xu Laonian said, "Your mother asked you to do this, why should you thank me?"

Liu Lizhen pushed him and said, "How can you talk like that?"

"Hey, don't make fun of me. I'm so nervous now. Let Xiao Duzi take them to the hospital and let me know the result as soon as possible! Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

Xu Ning sat in the driver's seat and nodded: "Okay!"

(End of this chapter)