After knowing the origin of the river sand, Fang Xiuzhu and Xu Qi had to praise Lu Chuanbei and his team for their great work.
Lu Chuanbei and his team also bought all the tools needed to build a house.
Fang Xiuzhu calculated the money they had spent and took out the corresponding amount from the envelope containing their living funds, and asked them to give it to Director Liu later, so that Director Liu wouldn't have to find an excuse to ask them for compensation because they had spent the money from selling dates.
Director Liu actually had this plan. Looking at Fang Xiuzhu who had blocked this road first, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.
Then, he glanced at Xu Anjia, who was already having lunch in the restaurant, and couldn't help but say to Zhang Bosong, "Xiao Zhang, do you think they still remember that I have a hostage here waiting for them to come over and exchange it?"
Zhang Bosong took the lunch box and shook his head: "I guess I can't remember it."
As he spoke, he glanced at Xu Anjia and said, "Maybe they're planning to let Jiajia continue to eat here. We still have a lot of supplies left over."
Upon hearing this, Director Liu couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart: ...
Fortunately, at this time, Fang Xiuzhu took out an exchange voucher and gave it to Lu Chuanbei, asking him to bring Jiajia back. Otherwise, Director Liu might have sent her back on the spot.
In order to prevent Director Liu from finding another excuse to take the car back, Lu Chuanbei walked there.
Xu Qi looked at Lu Chuanbei walking towards the next door and felt a little regretful: "Actually, it would be nice to let Jiajia stay with Director Liu for a while."
[Pfft…cough cough cough, Director Xu’s words almost made me choke to death on the water!]
[As expected of my father, how dare you say such a cruel thing? ]
[But to be honest, Jia Jia is having a good time with Director Liu.]
[Yes, there was even a box lunch included, and it was quite generous, with braised pork and a large chicken drumstick.]
[Really? It seems Jiajia had a pretty good morning.]
When Lu Chuanbei went to bring Jiajia back, Xu Qi had already taken the ingredients that Lu Chuanbei and the others had bought and was ready to cook on the stove that had been set up in the yard.
At this time, Song Tiantian and the others took out the baked buns they had packed when they were selling them, and asked Xu Qi and the others to heat up a few to fill their stomachs.
Fang Xiuzhu watched Song Tiantian take out the baked buns and couldn't help but smile and said, "As expected, my daughter is thoughtful. She knew to bring us some food when she went to town."
"That's not necessarily true." Xu Qi said, "My daughter definitely wouldn't think of me as an old father who's still starving."
Xu Anjia, who was eating and drinking heartily, suddenly felt a little itchy on the tip of his nose.
Xu Qi and Fang Xiuzhu, who had been busy all morning, didn't even heat up the buns. They just took them and started eating.
Although the baked buns were bought from the town, the fillings were still warm due to the weather. Coupled with the slightly dripping meat juice, the two of them, who had been hungry for a long time, felt very satisfied after eating.
After eating two meals in a row to fill their stomachs, they stopped and began to prepare for lunch.
It just so happened that when they were cleaning the bricks in the yard that morning, they found a collapsed sink in the corner of the wall with a water pipe connected to it.
Although the water pipes are exposed, the tap water has not been cut off.
And the faucet above is also intact, so just turn on the faucet, drain out the muddy water inside, let clear water flow out of the pipe, and then you can use it.
He Xuebin looked at this and couldn't help but feel relieved: "Luckily you found the tap water, otherwise when the water we brought runs out, we will have to go to the river to fetch water."
Although they had heard from the guide that the water in the river here was drinkable, it was still not as convenient as having water directly in the yard.
"Yes, thank goodness the tap water in the yard has not been cut off, otherwise it would be really inconvenient to get water." Xu Qi said as he brought the vegetables that Lu Chuanbei and others sold in the morning to the sink and started washing them.
Because it is not easy to drive out, the vegetables sold by Lu Chuanbei are generally more durable.
For example, potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, radishes, etc.
Of course there is some meat, but it must be processed on the same day, otherwise it needs to be marinated. Otherwise, in such a hot day, it will become smelly if left overnight.
Xu Qi looked at the washed beef brisket, chicken legs, pork belly, etc., and immediately had an idea in his mind.
When Lu Chuanbei and Xu Anjia returned one after another from the neighbor's house rented by Director Liu, potatoes and beef brisket were already stewed in the yard, and rice was simmering in another pot on the side.
As soon as he smelled the fragrance coming from the yard, Xu Anjia felt that his stomach, which had been full, was full again.
She quickly quickened her pace and ran towards the abandoned house.
In the yard, Song Tiantian and a few others were surrounding Xu Qi, staring eagerly at the potatoes and beef brisket bubbling in the pot.
Upon seeing this, Xu Anjia quickly joined in, and there was no sense of incongruity, as if she had always been there.
If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. Jiajia came back after dinner.
[Really? When I saw Jiajia running over here, I thought she was starving at Director Liu's place.]
[That's possible. Jia Jia shouldn't have eaten well at Director Liu's place today. There were fruits like watermelon, grapes, cantaloupe, and Hami melon. There was also the boxed lunch she had just had at Director Liu's place, which had braised pork, chicken legs, and even a serving of pork rib soup...]
[Oh my god, Jiajia, this isn't even the treatment of a hostage! I'm so envious!]
[So, future kidnappers who want to kidnap me, please read this. You'll be treated accordingly if you kidnap me!]
[Hahahaha… The kidnappers will probably turn around and run after hearing this, otherwise they’ll lose the money before they even get it.]
Lu Chuanbei looked at Xu Anjia's eager look and almost suspected that the person he saw gnawing on a chicken leg when he was picking someone up was not her.
He Xuebin was even more worried and asked Lu Chuanbei in a low voice: "Xiao Lu, didn't Director Liu give Jiajia anything to eat?"
"She ate it." Lu Chuanbei didn't know what expression to make: "When I went there, Jiajia was eating a chicken leg, and there was a lunch box in front of her."
He Xuebin looked at him in disbelief: "Is this true?"
"Really?" Lu Chuanbei glanced at the little girl squatting with Song Tiantian and the others. "Look, there's still sauce at the corners of her mouth, and there are watermelon marks on her clothes."
He Xuebin took a closer look and said, "It really is there. Then why did she..."
"I guess he's greedy." Lu Chuanbei glanced at the beef brisket still stewing in the pot. After all, no matter how sumptuous the food at Director Liu's place was, how could the taste compare to Xu Qi's cooking skills.
Song Tiantian didn't know that Xu Anjia had just returned after eating and drinking, so when she saw Xu Anjia looking at the pot with greed, she thought she had returned hungry.
Thinking of this, Song Tiantian took out the baked buns they had packed and handed them to Xu Anjia, saying, "Jiajia, you're hungry. You can have some baked buns first. Although they're a little cold, they're still delicious."
Upon hearing this, Xu Anjia subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth and was about to take the baked bun.
Lu Chuanbei, who was standing by, quickly took the bag and said, "No, Jiajia has already eaten enough at Director Liu's place today. If she eats any more, she will have indigestion."
"What? Jiajia has already eaten at Uncle Liu's place?" As she said that, Song Tiantian looked at Xu Anjia.
After removing the friendship filter for her bestie, Song Tiantian finally realized that Xu Anjia was not hungry at all.
Not only that, judging by the sauce on her body and the corners of her mouth that hadn't been wiped clean, she had eaten quite a lot.
He Jingnian looked at Xu Ankang in disbelief: "Jia Jia, did you really eat at Uncle Liu's place?"
Xu Anjia looked at the looks everyone was giving her and couldn't help but burp. Very good, now there's no need to say anything more, everyone understands.
Well, at noon that day, Xu Anjia happily received an air meal that could be smelled but not eaten.
Xu Anjia covered her bloated belly, swallowing her saliva while smelling the aroma of stewed potatoes with beef brisket, and at the same time looked at He Jingnian's smug face as he deliberately brought it to her and took a few big bites, and then commented on the taste.
What made her even more unbearable was that every time she looked at Xu Qi pitifully and wanted to ask for a taste, Song Tiantian would look at her seriously and say, "No, your belly is already bloated. If you eat more, your stomach will be uncomfortable."
"If your stomach is upset, it will cause bloating and indigestion, and it will also lead to..."
Xu Anjia listened to Song Tiantian chattering about the consequences of eating too much, and couldn't help but feel a little hopeless, thinking, she just wanted to eat one more piece of beef, why did she end up like this?
[Hahaha, Jiajia's expression of despair is so funny!]
Jia Jia probably didn't expect that she had just eaten a little too much at Director Liu's place and wanted to come back for more food, so how could it turn out like this?
The achievement was achieved with only Xu Anjia being injured. After lunch, everyone rested for a while in the shade under the shed, and then went to unload the river sand from the car. Then Xu Qi and He Xuebin prepared to go and check out the limestone mine and iron mine marked on the navigation.
Fang Xiuzhu and Lu Chuanbei, who stayed in the abandoned house, planned to build a simple cement kiln on the open space next to the abandoned house.
Song Tiantian watched them mix some yellow mud and clay in the yard, and then gradually build a cement kiln on yellow bricks. She couldn't help but think of a scene she had seen in the system. Thinking of this, Song Tiantian also felt a little eager to try...
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