Yang Dasheng excitedly led Huo Junshan toward Yun Ningyan.
He called out with a smile from afar, "Brother, you've arrived! We've been looking for you!"
Yun Ningyan kept her eyes on Huo Junshan. She winked at him, her eyes filled with a smile.
Huo Junshan's lips curled up slightly.
Then, fearing that Yang Dasheng would discover them, the two quickly looked away.
Yang Dasheng chuckled and asked, "Young man, do you have any goods?"
Yun Ningyan nodded, her voice rough and hoarse: "How much do you want?"
Yang Dasheng immediately smiled and asked, "Brother, how many do we want?"
He was still thinking about how to persuade people to go south with them to make money. What if they didn't want to?
Huo Junshan: "It's too much of an eyesore here, let's go somewhere else!"
The three of them found a small grove of trees, and Huo Junshan spoke up directly: "We want to do some business in the south. We wonder if you could come with us? The price is negotiable, and we'll cover the travel expenses! We just need food!"
Yun Ningyan pretended to think for a long time before nodding.
"Alright then, I'm heading back anyway. But forget about the train ticket. Let's meet at the Guangzhou train station and discuss the specifics of our collaboration there!"
She mentioned Guangzhou Railway Station because she didn't know anything about other places, only this one, so she figured it must exist!
If we really can't find it, we'll think of another way!
Huo Junshan nodded: "Okay! See you at the train station then!"
After they finished talking, Huo Junshan and Yang Dasheng left.
Once the two left, Yun Ningyan went straight into her spatial dimension, and with a thought, she landed in her bedroom at home.
This was something the two of them had agreed upon.
Huo Junshan followed Yang Dasheng to Yang Dasheng's house, where the two discussed some details. Yang Dasheng would arrange the train tickets—three tickets in total—and they would depart the day after tomorrow!
Huo Junshan left Yang Dasheng's house, found a deserted place, entered his spatial dimension, and then instantly returned home.
When Yun Ningyan saw him return, she smiled and asked, "Is it settled? When are you leaving?"
"the day after tomorrow!"
Huo Junshan sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), took off his shoes, and walked to the commune. His shoes were already a little wet.
Yun Ningyan nodded: "Then we'll pack our luggage tomorrow. We'll just bring a small crossbody bag. We can buy more clothes if we need them later. It's too much trouble to carry them around!"
Anyway, they have money!
Huo Junshan nodded: "Mm!"
After a busy morning, the two of them were hungry.
Huo Junshan put on his slippers and went straight to the kitchen to cook.
Yun Ningyan followed along. She started a fire and said, "Aren't we going to tell our parents? They'll find out we've been gone for a month."
"After we eat, I'll go tell Mom and ask her to cover for us."
Yun Ningyan tended the fire, while Huo Junshan cooked. The two worked together, and soon a pot of shredded pork and cabbage noodles was ready.
Huo Junshan's cooking skills are already quite good. He stir-fries cabbage and meat together, then boils water and cooks noodles, which are the dried noodles from his space.
Eating noodles with soup in this kind of weather feels so comforting and warm all over.
After finishing his meal, Huo Junshan went straight to the front.
Li Xiangyun and the others had just finished eating. When Li Xiangyun saw him coming, she assumed he hadn't eaten yet, so she said, "Let me make you some noodles, and maybe add an egg?"
Huo Junshan shook his head: "Mother, I have something to tell you."
Huo Junshan only took Li Xiangyun to their house and gave her a key: "Mother, we're going away for a while, about a month. You'll be here tonight to watch the door and sleep, so no one else knows we're going out."
"What? Where are you going? You're going away for a month?"
Yun Ningyan could clearly see the worry in Li Xiangyun's eyes.
She laughed and said, "Mom, we want to go to the south to see if there are any opportunities. It would be even better if we could make some money. But our letter of introduction is only for one month, so we'll definitely come back after that! We just want to go and have some fun. Staying at home every day is too boring!"
Huo Junshan: "Yes, we will definitely come back before the New Year!"
Li Xiangyun nodded: "Okay, I'll sneak over tonight without your father knowing, and especially no one else can know!"
Huo Junshan nodded: "Make sure no one else knows!"
Li Xiangyun found out and left with the keys.
She hid it very well; no one noticed anything amiss.
That night, she found an opportunity to argue with Huo Changgen, saying that he was just looking for trouble!
Once on the kang (heated brick bed), he shouted, "You old fool, when are you leaving? My son and daughter-in-law aren't coming to eat anymore, and the food we save is going to other people. Poor Ningning has been using her own money to subsidize them!"
Huo Changgen shuddered: "I've already said spring, spring! Isn't it annoying every single day?!"
Li Xiangyun kicked Huo Changgen away: "Get out! You never keep your word. You promised to give me a dowry of 10 yuan when you married me."
"But then your sister said something, and you only got two yuan. You're really wronged. You always listen to your sister!"
Huo Changgen's eyes glared at her as she brought up the past again: "You know what happened back then. I couldn't make the decisions; it was all up to Father and Mother. Mother felt sorry for my younger sister and said she wanted to save up for her dowry..."
Li Xiangyun immediately kicked him: "Get out! Bringing up those old stories annoys me! Get out of here! It's one thing for your sister to bully me back then, but now she's bullying my son and daughter-in-law, making it so my son can't go home, sob sob sob..."
Originally, she wanted to kick people out, but the conversation turned into a real argument. She was at home serving the whole family every day, and then a few "gods" came over.
How could she not feel wronged!
She grabbed a broom and was about to hit Huo Changgen.
Huo Changgen jumped up in fright: "What do you want to do? You want to fight me?"
Although Li Xiangyun really cried, she didn't forget what her son had told her: "Get out of here and go to the fourth and fifth son's room. There's no place for you in this room anymore!"
Huo Changgen glared at him, telling him to go sleep in his son's room?
Does he still care about his reputation as a father?
He retorted, his neck stiff: "You dare try hitting me?"
Li Xiangyun was not afraid of him at all, and the broom was about to fall on him.
Huo Changgen suddenly chuckled: "I'm leaving, I'm leaving right now, so let me take the pillow and blanket, okay?"
Li Xiangyun glared at him fiercely: "Take your things and get out of here!"
Huo Changgen grabbed his blankets and pillows and headed towards the fourth and fifth brothers' rooms.
Li Xiangyun breathed a long sigh of relief; she had finally gotten rid of the person!
Huo Changgen took the quilt to Huo Jianshe's room and went to Huo Jiandang's room. The two of them slept sprawled out on their backs.
He was so angry that he kicked it.
He wouldn't dare lay a hand on his wife, but as the father, he wasn't afraid to beat up his fourth or fifth sons!
Huo Jianshe was kicked, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Fourth Brother, move your stinky feet away, you kicked me!"
Seeing that the person was still unconscious, Huo Changgen went up and kicked him again.
Huo Jianshe opened his eyes. Because the room was a bit dark, a dark figure stood in front of him, without saying a word.
He screamed in terror and ran away as fast as he could: "Ahhh! A ghost! A ghost! A ghost!"
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