"Dong, Dong, Dong--" The gongs in Caojia Village were knocked. People who heard the gongs at home came out and heard that the village chief asked everyone to go over there. One by one, they put down their work and went over. The village chief, Li Zheng, and the elders of the clan stood there, waiting for everyone to come.

"Is Cao Silang at home?" someone asked at the door of their house.

"I'm here. What do you want to talk to me about?" Cao Xiangnan came back from the town and went to pick up his child. On the way, he asked the child how his school was today. The father and son came back happily. As soon as he came back, he heard someone looking for him. He came out and asked.

"The village chief and Li Zheng gathered the people in the village to talk. Li Zheng asked me to come and ask you to come over." The person who came said.

Hearing that it was Li Zheng who asked him to come, Cao Xiangnan turned around and told Qi Wanfeng that the child was playing with the two boys from Sun Bailian's family in the yard, and he just needed to keep an eye on them. He went out and called Cao Gang to come along, and Sun Ji heard it and came over to walk with them.

On the way, Cao Xiangnan quietly told Cao Gang and Sun Ji what he had said to Li Zheng today, so that they would have a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

The village chief was whispering to his friends, and when he saw that most people had arrived, he raised his hand for everyone to be quiet, and said in a long, full voice, "Everyone be quiet and listen to me."

"I called the villagers here today because I have two things to tell you. The first thing, as you all know, is that Cao Silang said before that he would harvest vegetables in the village, and now Cao Silang will harvest vegetables with everyone in the village. The second thing is that if anyone in the village is willing to raise chickens and ducks, Cao Silang will harvest them with everyone when they are raised."

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the voices below exploded, and everyone was talking about this matter.

"Is this true?"

"Did Silang Cao really harvest vegetables with everyone?"

"Oh, it's true. I have planted a lot of vegetables in my field. Did Silang Cao really harvest them all?"

Li Zheng stood up and added the rest of the words, "There are people in the village who grow vegetables. As long as they grow well, Silang Cao said that he will notify everyone to harvest in ten days. Also, if you want to raise chickens or ducks, come here and tell me. Everyone can register their names. It's best for each household to raise 40 to 50 chickens. Don't raise more. If you raise too many, they may get sick. After you all go home and discuss it, come here to register."

"Cao Silang also said that once everyone has decided to raise the chickens and ducks and has signed up with me, and the number has been determined, I will have someone send the seedlings to the village. If you have money, you can buy them. If you don't have money, I will pay the family first. When you raise the chickens and ducks and sell them for money, you can return the money for the seedlings to him."

Li Zheng deliberately concealed what Cao Xiaozi said at the end, that the money for the chickens that were not raised would be his. What if someone took the chickens and ducks and didn't raise them properly, and they died? Wouldn't that be Cao Xiaozi's fault? How could this be possible?

"Is this true?" Someone stood up and asked loudly.

"Yes, is this true?" The voices of doubt were also very loud. Some wanted to raise the chickens, but they were also worried.

Li Zheng saw Cao Xiangnan standing in front of him and winked at him. He had specially asked someone to invite him over. Cao Xiangnan received Li Zheng's signal, stood up, cleared his throat, and said, "Xiangnan stands here to assure everyone that this matter is absolutely not a joke. As long as you raise them, I will buy them when the time comes, and the price will definitely not let you down."

"Those of you who are here today, believe what Xiangnan said, raise eight or ten, or even dozens, and sell them to have a good year. If you are worried that you can't raise chickens and ducks well, you can spend more time growing vegetables. Xiangnan will collect vegetables in the village every month in the future. As long as the vegetables you grow are good, Xiangnan will collect them. I have also collected the vegetables that Chen Hong and the others planted before. This is definitely not a lie to you."

There is already a precedent for growing vegetables. Everyone in the village knows that Cao Jia Silang collected vegetables in the village. As for raising chickens and ducks, it's okay if they are raised successfully, but what if they die? This matter needs to be discussed with the people at home.

"If you are determined to raise chickens and ducks, go to Li Zheng to sign up." Cao Xiangnan said loudly.

Seeing that he was not needed at the back, Cao Xiangnan said hello to Li Zheng. As for the older people standing by, he nodded to them. He knew that they were the older generation of the tribe. He was not familiar with these elders, and he had no intention of building relationships with them. He left with Cao Gang and Sun Ji. Sun Ji

had not returned home for a day. On the way, Sun Ji said that he wanted to go home to visit his grandparents. Cao Xiangnan told him to go back and not to help him. He was going to finish work there.

"Okay, I'll go there tomorrow morning." Sun Ji did not insist on going, and went back home.

Cao Xiangnan and Cao Gang went back to his place. On the way, Cao Xiangnan asked Cao Gang if he wanted to build a house there too. When they bought the land that day, Cao Gang also bought a piece of land opposite his house. At that time, they wanted to live opposite each other as neighbors, so that it would be convenient to do everything together.

"Okay." Cao Gang said a word.

Hearing Cao Gang's straightforwardness, Cao Xiangnan paused, "Really?" he asked.

"I'll give it to you. I'll pay the money. It's the same as yours." Cao Gang still remembered what Cao Xiangnan said to Master Feng that day. He liked houses like that.

"..." Cao Xiangnan felt that Cao Gang was sneering at him with an expressionless face. He was so busy building his own house that he went crazy, and now Cao Gang wanted to hand over the construction of his house to him.

"I like your house."

Did he pretend that he had never asked this question? Cao Xiangnan felt that he had moved a big stone and smashed his foot, but later Cao Gang really threw such a big thing to him to deal with, and he immediately wanted to cry but had no tears.

But that's a story for later.

After dinner, everyone in their yard had left. Qi Wanfeng was washing dishes in the yard. There was no water in the yard, so Cao Xiangnan went to fetch water with a bucket. Now the water in the well is drinkable, and they don't have to go so far to fetch water. It's only a few steps away. He found that he had more energy to work now that he was full.

On the way back, Cao Xiangnan caught a glimpse of two little kids standing at the corner of their house. They were dirty and scared him when he looked over. He walked over curiously, and the older one wanted to pull the younger one to run.

With a "pop", the younger child turned left and right and fell to the ground.

"What are you doing here? Am I scary? Why do you run away when you see me?" Cao Xiangnan picked up the little kid who fell to the ground and asked.

"Wow..." the little kid started crying.

Goudan was not afraid when he saw the person holding his brother. His dirty face only showed two bright black eyes. Cao Xiangnan was stared at by such a pair of eyes, and he felt indescribable in his heart. He let go of the child in his hand, and the little ghost stopped crying and ran to his brother, and wiped away the tears on his face.

Cao Xiangnan looked at the two little ghosts and couldn't help laughing. They were almost spirits.

Goudan held his brother in his arms, and seeing that he had no ill intentions towards him, he prepared to take his brother back.

Qi Wanfeng heard the voice inside and walked out. To his surprise, he saw his husband and Goudan and his brother standing there. He walked over and saw Goudan was about to take his brother away, so he called him, "Goudan, have you had dinner?"

Goudan looked at the person who asked him the question, pursed his lips and said nothing, his stomach made a rumbling sound.

"Brother." Xiaomao pulled his brother and shouted softly that he was hungry.

Cao Xiangnan glanced at Qi Wanfeng. He didn't even know that Qi Wanfeng knew these two children. Qi Wanfeng gave her husband a look that said he would explain it to him later. He took two steps forward and reached out to pull the younger one. He was dodged, but he was not angry. He smiled and said, "Goudan, bring your brother over. There is food at Wanfeng Mom's house. Come to Wanfeng Mom's house and have something to eat."

"Two little kids, let's go." Cao Xiangnan saw that the two children were dirty and thinner than when he first saw An An. The younger one looked even younger than his An An. As a human being, he couldn't help but feel sympathy.

Cao Xiangnan walked over and went back home with the water, knowing that his Wanfeng would take care of the two little kids.

An An stood at the door and watched. When he saw his father coming back, he called out "Dad" in a soft voice.

"Yeah." Cao Xiangnan responded, then went in with water, poured it into the water tank, and went into the kitchen. In fact, there was nothing to eat at home at this time, and there was no leftovers from the dishes cooked for so many people. He opened the pot and found some leftovers in it.

It happened that there was still fire in the stove, so he put a handful of firewood in it, and the fire became bright.

"Mom." An An saw his mom coming with his two brothers, he rubbed over and pulled his mom's clothes, looking at his brothers curiously. Qi Wanfeng brought the two children into his house, reached out and touched his An An's head, and let the two children in.

When he heard the sound in the kitchen, he knew that his husband was cooking, "You sit here and wait for a while, you will have food soon." He said.

Qi Wanfeng also knew that there was nothing left from dinner at home, only a few dishes in the pot, "An An, you stay here and play with your brother, I'll go to the kitchen to check."

"Okay." An An replied with a big smile on her little face.

Three children sat together at a table. Goudan looked at the little brother who smiled at him, and his face turned slightly red, but his face was too dirty to see. Xiao Mao looked at the person who smiled at him curiously, smelled the fragrance, and turned his head from time to time to look at the place where the fragrance came from.

"I'll make some egg fried rice for the two little guys, it will be done soon." Cao Xiangnan had already put the eggs in the pot, stir-fried both sides, and poured the remaining rice into it. When he saw Qi Wanfeng coming in, he said.

Egg fried rice? Qi Wanfeng took a look at the pot and understood what egg fried rice was. "Okay."

He went out and saw three children sitting there obediently. Qi Wanfeng walked over to take a look and found that the hands of the two children were dirty, not to mention their faces. He sighed in his heart, walked over to get some water with a basin, and said to the two children sitting there, "Come and wash your hands."

Goudan looked at his dirty hands, then looked at Xiaomao's hands, got down from the stool, pulled Xiaomao down, and walked towards Momo who was waiting there. This