Chapter 329 Good stuff
early morning.
Bai Lu and Xiao Wei carried small hoes and dustpans to the old house that had been razed to the ground for the last cleanup.
Luo Shiliu's excavator skills were just beginning to improve, and he leveled the old house very quickly and efficiently.
Removing the brick and tile ruins that needed to be removed was fine, but the force was too great and the area leveled was a bit too wide.
The edge of the vegetable garden suffered damage.
Of course, the vegetables inside weren't damaged, since they were separated from the chestnut tree by a great distance, and claws couldn't reach in.
In general, apart from the rose bushes across the river, other places were more or less "favored" by the excavator's big claws, and covered with a bit of mud.
The hen and chicks' nest was moved to the temporary housing yesterday and are now kept in the vegetable garden in the backyard.
The mud-covered cotton-padded jacket can be easily repaired.
"Sister-in-law, there's a silly fish here."
Xiao Wei had been staring at the silly fish swimming around belly up in the river for a long time. After cleaning his muddy cotton-padded jacket, he immediately carried a winnowing basket to the riverbank, ready to catch the fish.
Bai Lu, carrying a small hoe, also noticed the silly fish in the river: "Swimming around like this, twisting and turning, it bumps into the riverbank several times but can't turn its belly over. It feels like it's missing something in its head. I wonder if eating it will affect its intelligence?"
Xiao Wei looked bewildered: "There's such a saying?"
Bai Lu nodded seriously: "I heard from others that eating 'silly fish' can affect the normal functioning of the brain."
Xiao Wei: "Then if we don't eat fish brains, our brains can function normally."
Bai Lu: "That makes sense."
Wait, something seems off?
Even if I haven't eaten the silly fish, my brain is still functioning normally, right?
“Big brother doesn’t like eating fish heads either, so he’s very smart.” Xiao Wei dipped the winnowing basket into the water to scoop up fish.
She said, "However, last time my sister-in-law put a fish head on my brother's plate, he ate it and he was still just as smart."
The silly fish actually ran away!
Bai Lu stared at the fish, and upon hearing the little guy's words, she was both surprised and astonished: "Your brother doesn't like to eat fish heads?"
The first time Bai Lu served Xiao Cheng a fish head was on the day she first arrived, when Xiao Cheng bought fish.
The roof was leaking, so Xiao Cheng repaired the tiles. During dinner, she "thoughtfully" gave Xiao Cheng a fish head because he had worked hard.
Xiao Cheng glanced at her but didn't refuse. He finished the fish head quickly without any expression.
She assumed that Xiao Cheng liked to eat fish heads, so every time she cooked fish, she would put the fish head on his plate.
Without saying a word, he ate it all up.
I don't like it... is that true?
"I don't know." Xiao Wei realized he had said the wrong thing and shook his head decisively.
“My brother used to eat fish less often, but he never said he didn’t like it. We rarely buy fish at home. Maybe he doesn’t even know if he likes fish heads. He ate the fish head you put on his plate, so he probably doesn’t dislike it.”
Unable to withstand Bai Lu's stare, Xiao Wei decisively picked up the winnowing basket and chased after the silly fish.
Bai Lu pressed him for more information, asking, "Besides fish head, what else does your brother not like to eat?"
Xiao Wei thought of sweet roasted chestnuts and shook his head vigorously: "I don't know."
Wait a minute—"I didn't say that my brother doesn't like fish heads, sister-in-law, don't overthink it."
"Don't worry, I'm not thinking anything..."
Just as Bai Lu was about to probe for information, a voice that was both righteous and wicked, with a half-smile, called out from behind.
"Sister-in-law."
Bai Lu and Xiao Wei, who had been completely fooled by the silly fish, turned around at the same time.
Li Jianfeng was standing two meters in front of the doorway before the old house was demolished, a forced smile on his face.
Wu Youmo, standing to the side, remained silent, wearing the same smile, and carrying a black plastic bag in his hand.
The two walked across the ruins, one after the other.
They came towards the river.
"Is your sister-in-law catching fish?"
Li Jianfeng, being tall and long-legged, was the first to reach the small river in front of Bai Lu and Xiao Wei. His eyes gleamed as he stared at the fish swimming around in the river, as if selecting prey.
He suddenly turned his head to look at the winnowing basket in Xiao Wei's hand, snatched it from him, but did not use it to scoop fish.
Instead, they tossed it aside.
With a face full of excitement, he said to Bai Lu, "Sister-in-law, this thing can't be used to catch fish. I'll give you something good!"
"I guarantee that as soon as you throw it in, all the fish in the river will fly up and you can choose whichever one you want to eat!"
Xiao Wei was about to speak angrily after his winnowing basket was snatched away and thrown away, but Bai Lu covered his mouth.
"No need, thank you."
Bai Lu politely declined Li Jianfeng's offer with a standard smile: "We don't want to eat fish today."
Li Jianfeng's frantic gaze, which had been fixed on the fish, instantly shifted, staring at Bai Lu with regret for a second before shining brightly again.
"But I want to eat fish. I hope my sister-in-law won't object. Your little river is so clear and clean, the fish you raise must be very clean too! They'll be crispy, delicious, and fragrant when fried, and the fish head will be so crunchy when you bite into it!"
The word "crunch" is accompanied by a chilling, teeth-grinding sound that is both eerie and unsettling.
With his slightly manic eyes, it seemed as if he had no interest in fish at all, only in bones.
Especially her gaze, which followed Bai Lu downwards, was about to meet the little one's eyes.
Bai Lu immediately covered Xiao Wei's eyes, pulled him back, and protected him behind her.
Xiao Wei had seen Xiao Cheng beat people up before; he was brutal, ruthless, and cold-blooded, with an aura that kept strangers at bay.
I've never seen anyone like Li Jianfeng before. Even before he makes a move, a chilling aura keeps emanating from him.
The scorching sun couldn't extinguish the chilling terror, sending shivers down one's spine.
It felt as if they were being watched by a terrifying monster.
Xiao Wei dared not run around anymore. He clenched his fists and hid behind Bai Lu, listening carefully to her movements.
"If you like fish, then catch it. If you don't like the basket, you can use something else. Catch only as much as you can eat. If you catch too much at once, it will be a waste." Bai Lu politely refused Li Jianfeng's powerful weapon.
If I'm not mistaken, the plastic bag Wu You is holding is full of special torpedoes.
It was the torpedo that Li Jianfeng used to blow up the river during the dragon boat race on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.
If a torpedo can blow up a river so spectacularly, it would probably blow the whole river to smithereens if thrown into it.
Upon hearing Bai Lu's words, Li Jianfeng seemed to realize that such a situation would occur, and looked distressed.
“Sister-in-law is right! Wasting food is shameful, but I want to taste all the fish in the river. What should I do? If I catch them by hand, how long will it take?”
Bai Lu smiled but remained silent.
Wu You, carrying the torpedo, felt that Bai Lu's smile at this moment was comparable to that of his mad boss.
It wasn't mad laughter.
Yet he managed to fight to a draw with Crazy Laughter.
"Hey! I was just kidding~ Sister-in-law." Li Jianfeng smiled with narrowed eyes, shifting his gaze away from Bai Lu's face.
Turn to Wu You.
"What are you waiting for? Give the gift to your sister-in-law! You really think I'm going to eat all the fish in the river? Where's your brain?! How can we possibly finish so many fish in one meal? Wasting fish like that will get us struck by lightning!"
You didn't say that before you came...
Wu You had already gotten used to his boss's two contrasting personalities and immediately handed the plastic bag to Bai Lu.
Bai Lu politely declined, saying, "Thank you, but we can't eat that much in one meal. We're more used to catching fish with a winnowing basket."
(End of this chapter)
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