Chapter 45: Partner Up, He Said
Su Da and Su Er were walking behind, and when they saw the three boys being bullied by their sister, they both laughed out loud.
The three of them were so angry that they pouted and stamped their feet. Then he walked forward, holding one in each hand and carrying them on his shoulders.
"Look at your temper. A real man should stand tall and look far ahead, don't you understand? You even got into a fight with your sister, and now you're just being kicked in the face. Your sister is just playing with you."
Su An refused to accept it, and rode on his father's neck, scratching his ears with his little paws, "I won't be angry with my sister! Dad, why did you spank me just now? I was kicked and you still hit me, you mean!"
"Bad! Dad is bad!" Su Wen and Su Wu also rebelled against their own father, pulling and tugging, deforming Su Er's handsome face.
The two men laughed and begged for mercy.
The fire in the kitchen had been lit, and black smoke was climbing up the chimney. The smell of smoke immediately filled the air.
The crackling of burning firewood, the sizzling of putting vegetables into the pot, the clanging of the spatula, and the casual chatting of women, all kinds of sounds inside and outside the house converge and interweave, forming a flowing picture of people's lives.
Peaceful and warm.
This is a very common scene, but in the dark and chaotic purgatory of the Land of Exile, it is a rare and precious sight.
"It's time to eat!"
Half an hour later, with a greeting, the small courtyard was filled with laughter and playfulness again.
After washing their hands, adults and children rushed into the kitchen, where there was a small square table made of firewood and two plates of food on it.
One plate of stewed chicken and one plate of braised rabbit.
A family of ten sat around the table, chatting and laughing, and enjoying the meal.
The youngest sweet baby is still nestled in the bamboo basket, quiet and silent, so well-behaved that people can't help but want to patronize him.
While the adults were eating, she would sometimes play with her fingers, sometimes dangle her feet, and sometimes turn over and roll on the quilt. When she felt like it, she would use her little hands to pull on the handle of the basket and sit up shakily. After a while, she would have no strength to support herself and fall down with a thud, her two short legs being thrown high up.
The adults looked at her while eating and laughed.
There was also a bowl of porridge on the stove, which was specially made for the little sweet baby.
No one was willing to eat the half bag of coarse noodles that the Huo family had given them, so they left it all for Tianbao as food.
When the baby is older and has grown baby teeth, he can start eating soft and sticky liquid food, which can help him feel fuller.
Old Mrs. Su was worried that her granddaughter would be hungry, so she ate very quickly. After eating three or five mouthfuls of meat, she put down her chopsticks, picked up the porridge, and when it was just the right temperature, she held her granddaughter in her arms and fed her patiently and carefully, spoonful at a time.
Liu Yuelan would slow down her eating speed at times like this. It was not because she didn't want to feed her daughter herself, but because she knew that her mother-in-law loved Tianbao and always wanted to feed her herself, so she would not rush to feed her.
For the mother-in-law, raising her little granddaughter with just a mouthful of porridge and a mouthful of paste is both fun and satisfying.
Halfway through a bowl of porridge, Old Lady Su noticed the baby in her arms soften. She raised her eyebrows and teased, "Hey, grandma's sweetheart, why were you so tense before? Is the porridge not tasty?"
Tianbao blinked his eyes, bared his tiny teeth, and gnawed at the wooden spoon with a roar. After swallowing the porridge, he smacked his lips to prove that he enjoyed the meal.
Old Lady Su was delighted and kissed her little face vigorously, "So good! You like to eat, grandma will feed you!"
Tian Baolai took a bite with a spoonful, then collected the pear needles in the space and threw them back under the ancient pear tree.
The person on the roof of the main room just left.
She no longer had to be on high alert, and the food she ate tasted even better.
Although the batter has no taste, it is not delicious.
But if she enjoyed the meal, grandma and the others would be even happier.
For the next few days, someone would land on the roof of the Su family's house every morning.
He did nothing but lie on the thatched roof to bask in the sun, and then disappeared after the Su family had lunch.
He treated the roof of the Su family's house as a holy place for sunbathing and visited it every day.
Except for Tianbao, the Su family, including the entire Tubeishan residents, knew nothing about this and continued to do what they were supposed to do every day.
Things have been calm and peaceful here, but some people on the other side are starting to get anxious.
"Tell me what you were thinking? You go there every day and do nothing but sit on someone's rooftop enjoying the view? Your mission has a deadline! It's only one month, and it's already halfway through! May is already here!" The crazy old man ran around the dilapidated temple with his hands on his hips, cursing at the man who was dozing with his eyes closed in the corner. "They've already paid half the silver, and you've spent most of it, right? If the mission is not completed by then, how can you pay it back? I'm telling you, don't even think about taking advantage of me. I'm so poor that I only have a pair of tattered clothes and a pair of shorts left!"
After cursing, the crazy old man saw the man show no reaction. His eyes rolled and he softened his voice. "How about I tell you what you think? What exactly is the procedure for this matter? I know you have a rule of thumb. The elderly, children, women, and civilians are not allowed to move... If you can't bring yourself to do it, how about I do it? Don't worry, I don't kill people casually, I just want to scare them. As long as they give up the people behind them, I will ensure that they continue to live in peace."
The person in the corner moved, and opened his eyelids slightly, "The Su family has no masters, and that person is not in Tubei Mountain."
"What's the meaning?"
"There are currently 116 people living in Tubeishan County, and except for Huo Ziheng and his wife, no one knows martial arts. I can tell."
The crazy old man was speechless, "..."
He didn't know how good Duan Dao's martial arts skills were, but he had never met an opponent in the six years since he came to the land of exile.
Therefore, the crazy old man had no doubt about Broken Knife's judgment.
"Could it be that he's already slipped away? Was he really just passing by, seeing injustice and drawing his sword to roar?" The crazy old man slumped to the ground, his eyes dim. "It's over, it's over! My Tianshan Snow Lotus! He's going to steal it again, damn it!"
At this moment, a piece of silver was thrown into his arms. He was unable to react in time and failed to catch it, and the silver rolled to the ground.
The crazy old man didn't even look at it, "What? Are you trying to get rid of me with silver? Gold and silver are like dirt in my eyes. If you want to give me something, give me the Heavenly Fairy Snow Lotus——"
"When you go into town to steal, bring me a bag of rice and flour, as well as a portion of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and other seasonings. Buy them and bring them back tonight."
"???" Fuck your mother, I expressed my feelings to the wrong person, "What do you want to do? First of all, I'm telling you, if you want to cook, do it yourself. I only know how to roast a bird!"
What responded to him was the cold light of the broken knife.
The crazy old man picked up the silver and left without saying a word.
If you don't have enough strength to win, just run away.
The Su family worked hard all morning under the spring sun. Looking at the lush green vegetable garden, everyone in the family had smiles on their faces.
The work was done, the meal was ready, and the family was sitting around the wooden table, holding their chopsticks and preparing to eat, when an uninvited guest suddenly appeared.
The man was standing at the door of the kitchen.
The man was so tall that he almost blocked out the daylight from coming in.
Before the Su family could get up and cover the dining table, a large cloth bag fell in front of the table. The opening of the bag just happened to open, revealing the white rice flour inside, with a few small jars placed on top.
"Rice, noodles, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar." The other party spoke in a low voice with a cold and hard texture like ice.
"Partner up," he said.
The Su family, "..."
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