Chapter 198
It must be said that Village Chief Fu is quite efficient.
About three days after Fan Xiaoxiao told him she wanted to build a house, he found the group of young people from the village who had built a house for Fan Xiaoxiao last time. They also brought the grain that they had agreed to sell to her.
besides……
"Miss Xiao, look at this pair of chickens I brought you! Aren't they nice!"
Tiger Three delivered two chickens to the Fan family early in the morning. The chickens were flapping their wings and looked incredibly energetic.
Xiao Bao was a little afraid of the chicken and only dared to peek from behind Fan Xiaoxiao.
"Auntie, that chicken is huge! It looks bigger than Little Pockmarked Boy!"
"Little Pockmarked" was the nickname Xiao Bao gave to the pheasant they brought back. The pheasant was covered in pockmarks. Xiao Yu originally wanted to call it "Little Flower." But the little guy Xiao Bao insisted that the name clashed with "White Flower." Fan Shi teased him, saying that chickens love to eat insects, so why not call it "Little Insect"?
Upon hearing this, Xiao Bao became even more opposed. He muttered that Xiao Chongzi and Brother Gu shared the same name.
Everyone was amused and speechless by his antics. Aunt Wang even teased him, "You call yourself Brother Gu and Brother Xiao Hei, which brother do you like the most?"
Actually, Fan Xiaoxiao had always been quite curious about this question. She felt that since Tuanzi seemed to enjoy playing with Xiao Hei and the others so much, they must be the ones she liked the most.
After blushing for a while, the little guy muttered in a low voice that he liked Gu Zhongtai the most...
Fan Xiaoxiao was quite puzzled and asked him why. The reason turned out to be because Gu Zhongtai was handsome, and he had even taught her to read in the carriage…
"Giggle giggle"
A sharp crowing of a rooster pulled Fan Xiaoxiao back to reality. She glanced at the rooster that was still struggling desperately.
"Xiao Bao, go find Grandma and put this chicken in the coop."
"Oh dear, Miss Xiao, why bother Aunt Wang? Let me do it. Where's the chicken coop?"
As Hu San spoke, he picked up two chickens and headed towards the backyard. Fan Xiaoxiao's brow twitched. Aunt Wang and the others were still digging a cellar in the backyard; how could they let this simpleton barge in so carelessly?
"Hey, Tiger..."
"Huh? Isn't this Tiger Three? You guys came to build us a house today? And why did you bring two chickens with you?"
Suddenly appearing, Aunt Wang interrupted Hu San's path to the backyard. The two chickens in his hands seemed to be frightened by Aunt Wang and immediately struggled even more fiercely.
Tiger Three didn't have time to deal with Aunt Wang's pleasantries; he was frantically trying to grab the chicken that was about to slip through his fingers.
"Hey hey hey! Chicken!"
Seeing his disheveled appearance, Aunt Wang casually rolled up her sleeves.
"I'll do it! I'll do it!"
After saying that, Aunt Wang flipped her hands over and grabbed the two struggling, fierce chickens.
"See, that's it."
Tiger Three was stunned by Granny Wang's move, his mouth agape, unable to utter a word.
Fan Xiaoxiao walked over at the right moment: "Godmother, these are the chickens that our family and Brother Hu bought. Take them inside and lock them up. There's also grain. It seems we shouldn't have too much of a problem this winter."
As she spoke, she blinked frantically at Aunt Wang, who almost instantly understood that Fan Xiaoxiao didn't want outsiders to see her cellar.
So Aunt Wang grinned and said, "Okay, I'll go let the chickens out. Just leave the grain there for now; I still need to cook for everyone later."
Tiger opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but the young people from Ginkgo Village had already put their things away, and Master Lu had already given a general explanation of the matter.
"San'er! Construction has begun!"
"They're here! They're here!"
Hu San smiled at Aunt Wang with a somewhat naive and apologetic expression, scratched his head, and then hurriedly ran over to his companion.
Fan Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief, gave Uncle Wang a look, and then quickly followed Aunt Wang, who was carrying a chicken, to the backyard.
It's still a bit messy here, with dirt everywhere.
She asked Xiao Hei a couple of days ago, and he said that there were signs of drought outside. According to the original plot, the drought was expected to break out in full force next spring.
No one can guarantee what will happen when the disaster victims are displaced.
After listening to Xiao Hei's words, she decided to start digging the cellar immediately.
However, to her surprise, Village Chief Fu and his team were so efficient that they were able to build houses for them so quickly, which completely disrupted Fan Xiaoxiao's plans.
Fan Shi emerged from the cellar, her head covered in dirt. She had overheard Hu San and the others talking to Fan Xiaoxiao in the front.
“Sister, we’ve been building this house for a while now, and we can’t keep this place completely covered up forever, this…”
Fan Xiaoxiao originally wanted about three cellars, but they have already spent seven days digging less than two.
Moreover, Fan was right. Although building that greenhouse was not as complicated as building the house they lived in, it would still take at least ten days to half a month.
Over such a long period of time, they couldn't possibly have kept all of this in the backyard a secret.
What's more, among the group of people doing the work, there was also a very unreliable guy named Hu San.
"Sister, how's the cellar digging going?"
Fan Xiaoxiao took the oil lamp from Fan Shi's hand, and the latter shook his head: "This one is only half the size of the one in front."
"Half the size..."
Fan Xiaoxiao frowned and handed a clean handkerchief to Fan Shi: "Then let's just use half the size for now. We'll tidy this up in a bit, and we won't dig a cellar here while they're here."
Madam Fan paused in wiping her face, looking at Fan Xiaoxiao with some surprise: "But...but isn't it only a month or so until late autumn here? I heard from the people here that it snows here in late autumn, and it gets so cold! If we don't dig a cellar now, when will we ever get there?"
"Yes, girl, and we also need a place to store the chestnuts we pick from the mountain!"
Madam Fan and Granny Wang kept making comments, their words revealing their deep concern about whether the excavation of their cellar could proceed.
Fan Xiaoxiao smiled and waved at the two of them: "Look how worried you two are. I only said not to dig here, not that we can't dig somewhere else!"
Madam Fan was stunned, and so was Aunt Wang. They exchanged a glance, both their eyes filled with deep confusion.
Fan Xiaoxiao curled her lips and gestured with her chin toward the stables.
"Do you think we can't dig a cellar there?"
"The stable!?"
"Girl! The stable is so filthy! The grain will spoil if we leave it there!"
As soon as Aunt Wang spoke, Madam Fan immediately pulled her back: "Godmother! My sister is right! We can dig a cellar there!"
"Little baby girl?"
Fan Xiaoxiao smiled slightly; it seemed her older sister understood what she meant...
(End of this chapter)
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