After staying at home for several days, Wang Sanbao finally dared to go out, but he still didn't dare to lift his head too high.

"Hey, Sanbao, you've got a mole on your face!"

"How did it grow? It's such a big mole!"

This is why Wang Sanbao dares not go out. After Fu Man'er hit his face last time, he was left with several bruises. At first, he couldn't even touch them. Now he can touch them, but the bruises haven't faded yet.

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"Go away, go away, what's so interesting?" Wang Sanbao impatiently pushed away the person staring at his face. If he didn't have something to do, he really wouldn't want to go out; it was embarrassing.

"I don't think it's a mole; it's probably from being beaten by his wife," someone joked.

"Haha, it's possible. Niu Daya really could do it."

"Sanbao, what bad thing did you do to get beaten up like this by Niu Daya?" Everyone was talking at once, but Wang Sanbao just walked past them.

They were used to joking around, but seeing that Wang Sanbao was ignoring them, they said a few words to change the subject.

Wang Sanbao wandered around the village paths for a long time before finally arriving at the Xu family's old house. The gate was locked, and he glanced at Granny Zhou's house next door, which was also locked.

After looking around, he wandered to the Xu family's new house. His eyes couldn't help but glance at the nearly completed house; it was truly beautiful.

He couldn't see the layout inside the courtyard with its blue bricks and black tiles, but he could tell it was impressive just by looking at the gate from afar.

After watching for a while, Wang Sanbao reluctantly started to wander around, but after circling around, he still couldn't see Fu Man'er.

"That's strange. This brat is usually playing here when she's not home. Where did she go?" Wang Sanbao had no choice but to look for her in other places.

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The village children all love to gather together to play. Wang Sanbao went to several places but couldn't find Fu Man'er. This troubled him. Maybe he could find a child to ask where Fu Man'er was.

Just as he was about to turn back, he saw several small figures on a hillside not far away. Wang Sanbao squinted and looked for a while. One of them was Fu Man'er.

It's true what they say, "You can search high and low without finding it, but then it comes to you effortlessly." This brat is up on the mountain, which is perfect.

Instead of going into the village, Wang Sanbao headed towards the village entrance.

As it was getting dark, Grandma Xu prepared to go home first. "Man'er, Man'er," Grandma Xu called out a few times from outside, wanting to take Fu Man'er back with her.

But no one answered her. "They've probably gone off to play somewhere again. My Erni isn't here either." Granny Zhou had called out earlier, but no one answered.

"Then let's go back first. The children will come back on their own when they've had enough fun." Grandma Xu didn't take it too seriously. Fu Man'er was very playful, and with Wang Erni added to the mix, the two of them were like little mud balls.

Anyway, when it's mealtime, the little girl will come back by the smell of the food. In the morning, Fu Man'er said she wanted to eat dumplings, so she specially went to buy fresh pork and picked some scallions from the vegetable garden. She will go back and roll out the dough to make dumplings for her granddaughter.

The first to return were Xu Yi and his three companions. Now, after finishing their studies, they all go to see Grandpa Hu.

Besides Xu Yi, Xu Wen also started learning martial arts. However, Master Hu felt that Xu Yi was taking it too seriously and finding it boring.

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With Xu Wen, this big dummy, teaching him is so much fun, no, playing with him is so much fun.

He has the body of an old man but the heart of a child.

The other two were just watching the show, laughing just as loudly as Grandpa Hu.

"Wow, it smells so good! Grandma, what are you making?" Xu Mao rushed to the kitchen as soon as he got back.

My eyes lit up when I saw the dumplings, not to mention the filling tasted just like the ones my mother used to make.

Grandma Xu learned how to make dumpling filling from Liu Fang. After chopping the filling, she soaked it in water with scallions, ginger, garlic, star anise, bay leaves, and the like.

Then season the filling, add an egg, and pour in water so that the meat filling won't dry out.

Finally, place the chopped scallions on top, and pour hot oil over them to release their aroma.

The filling smells delicious just from the seasoning.

Seeing Xu Mao's reaction, Grandma Xu felt that she had almost successfully prepared the filling.

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"Yi'er, it's just in time that you've arrived. Take these dumplings to your Grandpa Hu."

Grandma Xu deftly picked up the wrapped dumplings and put them into the bamboo basket. She also added a small earthenware jar containing Liu Fang's chili oil, perfect for eating dumplings or mixing with noodles.

"Grandma, Man'er hasn't come back yet?" Xu Yi asked, taking the basket.

"They're still out playing, they'll probably be back soon. You've already taken them there, so they'll be back soon too. We'll start having dinner once your parents get back."

Old Xu said this as he rolled out dumpling wrappers.

"Okay." Xu Yi responded, picked up the bamboo basket and went out. He wanted to make sure Fu Man'er went home early if he ran into her.

It's getting completely dark, what can we do outside?

Not long after Xu Yi was born, Xu Genshan and others returned one after another. Since they were eating dumplings, they didn't rush to do anything else until they finished eating.

"Hmm, are the dumplings I made today not fragrant enough? Didn't Man'er smell them?"

One by one, plump dumplings were placed on the wooden board. Grandma Xu glanced into the yard but did not see Fu Man'er.

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"Could she be playing with Erni next door? I'll go call her." Liu Fang had just finished wrapping the last dumpling, patted the flour off her hands, and went out into the yard to call out.

A moment later, the sound of a door being pushed open came from the courtyard. Old Mrs. Xu laughed and said, "You have to call out. Look, they came right away."

But when the courtyard gate was fully opened, the person who entered was not Fu Man'er.

Xu Yi looked at everyone in confusion. What was going on? Why was everyone staring at him? And why did his grandmother look a little disappointed?

"Yi'er's back! Come in quickly, we need to start the fire and cook dumplings," Liu Fang called out.

He had only taken a few steps in when the courtyard gate opened again. This time it wasn't Fu Man'er, but Granny Zhou from next door.

"Is Erni at your house? I've come to call her for dinner."

"Oh, your Erni hasn't come back either?" Grandma Xu asked.

Oh? So neither family's children have returned yet.

"Where have these two children gone to play? I'll go check on them." Old Mrs. Xu patted the flour off her hands and followed Granny Zhou out to look for them.

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Xu Yi followed. Although Fu Man'er loved to play, she knew her limits and wouldn't stay out past dark.

As he thought about it, a bad feeling rose in his heart.

Sure enough, the three of them hadn't been searching for long when they encountered several other adults looking for their children.

The children from those families have all disappeared!