The next day, the two fugitives, having regained consciousness, finally cleared Lu Qingjiu of suspicion. An examination revealed that their injuries were minor, mostly superficial. Their confessions stated that they were pecked by Lu Qingjiu's chickens.
Pecked by a chicken? The police, of course, didn't believe it, but the two men stubbornly insisted it was indeed the case, refusing to change their story. Judging from their expressions, they seemed to be terrified by what had happened the previous night. The interrogating police officer found this strange, but since their lives were safe and the murderer was a fugitive, they didn't bother to investigate further.
Of course, this didn't include Hu Shu. Hu Shu was in his forties and considered a veteran police officer, with at least eight hundred cases under his belt. However, the two cases involving Lu Qingjiu both had a touch of the supernatural.
Hu Shu initially didn't believe any of this, but the previous case of the female ghost had left a deep impression on him. After eliminating all the wrong answers, the remaining answer, no matter how incredible, was the only correct one.
Hu Shu was still thinking when his boss came over, patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "How's the case going? Any progress?"
Hu Shu smiled bitterly upon hearing this, but did not give his boss a definite answer.
The police's concerns had nothing to do with Lu Qingjiu. He completed his statement in town and then drove the van home. It had to be said that since Bai Yuehu got the van, things had become much more convenient for him. Whether it was buying goods or just strolling around town, it was incredibly convenient. Most importantly, the van consumed virtually no fuel at all.
On the way back, Lu Qingjiu received a WeChat message from Zhu Miaomiao. There was a picture on WeChat. In the picture, Zhang Chuyang was standing at the company door with a bright smile. However, the most eye-catching person in the photo was not Zhang Chuyang, but the fiery red banner above Zhang Chuyang's head: Congratulations to Mr. Zhang for winning one million black hairs!
Lu Qingjiu: "..." He almost dropped his phone because he couldn't hold it firmly.
Zhu Miaomiao also sent a voice message, saying that after Zhang Chuyang returned, he received exclamations from the entire department. Everyone said they had never seen such efficient hair transplantation, and the results were so good. Many people with worrying hairlines began to ask Zhu Miaomiao and Zhang Chuyang about the source of their hair, but neither of them revealed it, tacitly helping Lu Qingjiu keep it a secret.
"If there's a big deal, I'll tell you in advance," Zhu Miaomiao said. "If you're willing to take me on, bring your people over. If not, forget it."
Lu Qingjiu thanked Zhu Miaomiao and gave her a big red envelope. If it weren't for Zhu Miaomiao's help, he wouldn't have been able to contact Zhang Chuyang and the others.
As soon as Lu Qingjiu got home, he saw Yin Xun squatting at the door, looking at him pitifully.
"What do you mean by that look?" Lu Qingjiu got goosebumps all over her body because of his eyes.
"If you don't come back, Bai Yuehu and I will starve to death." Yin Xun cried, "He gets upset when he's hungry. I suspect he wants to eat me." He really meant eating.
Bai Yuehu sat on the rocking chair next to him and glanced at Yin Xun. That look made Lu Qingjiu feel a little familiar. When he thought about it carefully, it was the same look Yin Xun had when he looked at pork.
He was immediately in a state of confusion. He had gone out early today and hadn't made breakfast for them, thinking they could at least get away with it. But after the diarrhea incident last time, Bai Yuehu clearly had no interest in Yin Xun's food.
Lu Qingjiu said: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles first."
Noodles are the fastest way to eat, so I’ll fill my stomach first.
While cooking noodles, Yin Xun ran over to ask Lu Qingjiu what happened last night. Lu Qingjiu lowered his head and was picking vegetables. When he heard Yin Xun's question, he glanced at him and said, "Two thieves broke into the house yesterday. I went to the police station early this morning to give a statement."
"Little thief?" Yin Xun said, "Why are they so desperate..."
Lu Qingjiu asked, "Why do you say you can't let it go?" He paused and said, "Yin Xun, you picked the chickens at home, right?"
Yin Xundao: "Yes."
Lu Qingjiu said, "When you were picking them, didn't you notice anything wrong with them?"
Yin Xun looked innocent: "No? What's wrong with it? No matter how you pick on it, it's still just a chicken."
Lu Qingjiu: “Really?”
Yin Xun said, "Yes." His answer was so firm that he didn't bother to explain what those chickens were. And from what he said at the beginning, it was obvious that he already knew the fighting power of those chickens. Otherwise, he wouldn't be worried about the thief, but Lu Qingjiu who was being targeted by the thief.
Seeing that Yin Xun didn't want to talk about it anymore, Lu Qingjiu sighed and changed the subject, concentrating on making noodles.
After Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun ate noodles, the atmosphere at home finally eased. Don't say that Bai Yuehu looks lazy at ordinary times, but once he is hungry, few people can resist the look in his beautiful phoenix eyes - in Yin Xun's words, he looks at everyone as if he is thinking about whether he can eat it or not.
After Lu Qingjiu finished making the noodles, he planned to go to the fields to pick some cabbage and peppers, and then use the newly bought glass jar to make a jar of diving cabbage. In this hot weather, diving cabbage is convenient and appetizing, making it a perfect side dish for rice.
Shuifu Village is in the mountains at a relatively high altitude, so it is not usually very hot. However, today is an exception. It is only the end of June, but the temperature has been rising rapidly. The highest temperature yesterday was already 37 degrees Celsius.
There was almost no air conditioning in the village. Lu Qingjiu planned to find time to go to the town to ask someone to install air conditioning, and install one in Yin Xun's house as well.
After returning here, Yin Xun helped Lu Qingjiu a lot. He was the one who managed all the relationships in the village. Otherwise, Lu Qingjiu, an outsider who hadn't been back for a long time, would have been ostracized in the village. The smaller the village, the more exclusive it was. Villages like Shuifu Village basically wouldn't have had outsiders move in for more than ten years. And Lu Qingjiu, whose elders were all gone, was almost considered half an outsider.
Lu Qingjiu broke off a few cabbages and put them into his backpack. The cabbages were grown by the White Moon Fox and tasted much better than the cabbages bought in the town. They were sweet and refreshing, and they were delicious even when boiled in water.
Among this piece of farmland, their tomatoes are the best growing. Another batch of tomatoes will be ripe in the next few days. Chao Qianyu even called to say that he would find time to come and deliver the goods.
After returning home with the cabbage on his back, Lu Qingjiu cleaned it and began preparing the ingredients for the Diving Cabbage. Diving Cabbage is a type of pickled vegetable with a crispy texture and a sour and spicy flavor that is appetizing. Lu Qingjiu had always enjoyed making it as a side dish when he lived on his own, but this was his first time making it here. After filling the jar, some cabbage was still left. Lu Qingjiu looked at it and decided to give it to Xiaohua and Xiaohei. So he took the remaining cabbage and headed towards the pigpen.
It was already getting dark. Lu Qingjiu had assumed Xiaohua and Xiaohei were already asleep, but before he even got close to the pigpen, he heard whispers. Yin Xun had already gone home, leaving him and Bai Yuehu alone in the house. A thief had broken into the house yesterday, and Lu Qingjiu instantly became alert. He deliberately lowered his footsteps and cautiously approached the pigpen, peering inside.
Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu was so frightened that the cabbage in his hand fell to the ground.
Li Xiaoyu, who should have been home by now, was lying on the ground with his butt sticking out, writing something. Xiao Hei and Xiao Hua were sitting next to him on their hind legs, looking down at the same thing as Li Xiaoyu. That wasn't the scariest thing. The scariest thing was that they were actually speaking human language, their voices soft and thin like those of three or four-year-olds, as they were seriously discussing something with Li Xiaoyu.
I don’t know if it was influenced by the White Moon Fox, but Lu Qingjiu’s first reaction when he saw Xiao Hei and Xiao Hua talking was: It’s over, I really can’t eat it anymore.
"Who's there?" The little black pig brother Xiaohua had sharp ears. When he heard the sound of something in Lu Qingjiu's hand falling to the ground, he was quite brave and jumped forward directly, blocking Xiaohei and Li Xiaoyu.
"It's me." Lu Qingjiu came out from the corner, "What are you doing?"
When Xiaohua saw that it was her owner, her eyes became slightly flustered, and then she rolled over on the ground, looking as if she didn't understand what he was saying.
Lu Qingjiu: "...Your acting is so fake, I heard everything just now."
Xiaohua: “…”
Xiao Hei hid behind his brother and said weakly, "We are not monsters. Please don't drive us out, okay?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "Okay, I won't chase you out. Hey, I just left some cabbage for you when I cooked. Come on and eat it."
Xiao Hei and Xiao Hua both showed incredible expressions when they heard this. They obviously didn't expect Lu Qingjiu to accept the fact that pigs can talk so quickly.
Xiao Hei shuddered all over, looked at Lu Qingjiu with a wary look, and said, "You...you just accept it like that?" He thought that the human in front of him would at least go through a series of psychological struggles after discovering this fact, but he didn't expect that he would accept it so easily.
"What else?" Lu Qingjiu asked, "How should I react?"
Xiaohua asked, "Scream twice?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "Forget it." He looked at Li Xiaoyu. At this time, the child also showed a nervous expression on his face, and called out "Brother Lu" in a trembling voice.
"Xiaoyu." Lu Qingjiu walked to Li Xiaoyu's side and cast his eyes on the thing placed under them - it turned out to be a textbook. He couldn't help but show astonishment when he saw it, "Xiaoyu, what is this?"
"It's...it's a math problem." Li Xiaoyu seemed a little embarrassed. His little head drooped, his ears turned red, and he spoke in a whisper as thin as a mosquito, "Brother Lu, I'm doing my homework here."
Lu Qingjiu asked, “Why are you doing homework here?”
"Xiaohua can teach me how to do my homework," Li Xiaoyu explained quietly. "She's really smart."
The praised little flower puffed out its flimsy little chest.
Lu Qingjiu said, "Oh, doing the exercises? Why don't you come and ask me? I can help you." He thought that although it was an Olympiad in mathematics, it was an elementary school Olympiad after all, so it shouldn't be that difficult.
Li Xiaoyu said, "I'm afraid I've wasted your time, Brother Lu..."
"I don't have anything to do tonight." He half-knelt down and said, "Which question can't you solve?"
Li Xiaoyu pointed to the textbook: "This one."
Lu Qingjiu took a closer look and saw that the textbook read: Fill in the blanks: Let X represent the number of times a target is hit in 10 consecutive independent repeated shots. It is known that the probability of hitting the target each time is 0.4, so EX2=___.
Lu Qingjiu: “…” Shit, this wasn’t an elementary school math problem at all, this was clearly advanced math that could only be learned in college. He had completely given up advanced math to his teacher after graduating from college. Now, looking at this complicated problem, his eyes could only widen.
"Brother Lu?" Li Xiaoyu saw that Lu Qingjiu's expression was not right, and called out softly from the side.
Lu Qingjiu: "..." He was silent for a moment, put the textbook next to Xiaohua and said, "You teach first, I'll go get you some snacks."
Xiaohua didn't expect Lu Qingjiu to not only not harbor any ill will towards them, but even very kindly offer them snacks. She couldn't believe it and looked at Lu Qingjiu with great suspicion, saying, "You're so nice?! Are you looking for an excuse to go out and sell us out?"
Lu Qingjiu said, “Who should I sell it to at this late hour?”
Xiaohua said: "That's right..."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Come inside when you review your lessons in the future, and don't squat in the pigpen." Although this place is usually kept clean, it is a pigpen after all. Children have weak resistance, and they will definitely get sick if they squat here all day.
Lu Qingjiu went back into the house to get some fruit. Xiaohua, Xiaohei, and Li Xiaoyu looked at his back with admiration in their eyes.
"Brother Lu is such a good person." Li Xiaoyu reached out and held Xiaohua in his arms, scratching its soft and warm belly.
Xiaohua was very happy to be tickled and nodded, saying, "He is indeed a good person."
"That's right." Xiao Hei also agreed very much. "He didn't seem surprised at all when he heard us talking. He didn't stop us from tutoring Xiao Yu. He could have come by himself..."
Li Xiaoyu shed tears of emotion upon hearing this, and said that he would study hard and get into a good school in the future to repay Brother Lu. Xiaohua patted Li Xiaoyu's head soothingly with her pig's trotters, and was also grateful to Lu Qingjiu for not depriving them of time to interact with Li Xiaoyu. Little did she know...
"The questions primary school students do nowadays are so damn difficult." Lu Qingjiu muttered to himself with a piece of fruit in his hand, "I can understand each word individually, but why can't I understand what they mean when they are put together..." Of course, he only said this to himself. After all, adults also have to save face. If he told others that their IQ is not as good as the two little black pigs he raised at home... Thinking of this, Lu Qingjiu showed an expression of pain.
However, Li Xiaoyu did not mention the matter of asking Lu Qingjiu to tutor him afterwards. Lu Qingjiu distributed the oranges in his hand to them, watched them eat happily, and asked about their current situation.
You don't know until you ask. When you ask, you'll be shocked. Lu Qingjiu then discovered that Li Xiaoyu has been taking tutoring classes with Xiao Hei and Xiao Hua for a long time, and is currently planning to skip a grade.
"My dad said it's useless for me to go to junior high school." Li Xiaoyu ate an orange and said this with a bit of a gloom. "I thought it would be better if I could go straight to high school instead of junior high school."
Lu Qingjiu sighed when he heard this. Children's thinking is so naive, but in this naivety there is also a kind of cuteness that makes people feel soft-hearted. He touched Li Xiaoyu's head and said seriously: "It's okay, just study hard. If your father doesn't pay for your education, your brother will pay for it."
Li Xiaoyu's eyes showed surprise when he heard this, but he seemed embarrassed. Lu Qingjiu told him not to think too much and to focus on his studies first, and everything would work out in the end.
Li Xiaoyu nodded happily.
Xiaohua and Xiaohei sat nearby, waiting for Li Xiaoyu to peel oranges for them. Under Li Xiaoyu's care, the two little black pigs had become increasingly picky about their food. They would peel oranges before eating them, cook their pig grass and season it with salt, and occasionally snack on vegetables from the fields. Their lives were filled with joy. It was no wonder they were so kind to Li Xiaoyu; without him as their dedicated caregiver, they wouldn't have had such a good life.
After Xiaohua and Xiaohei finished their meal, Lu Qingjiu saw that it was almost time, so he sent Li Xiaoyu back next door and told him not to go to the pigpen to study in the future, but to bring Xiaohei and Xiaohua into the house.
Li Xiaoyu responded obediently.
Lu Qingjiu finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned to go home. When he returned to the yard, he saw Bai Yuehu sitting on a chair enjoying the cool air. His eyes were not closed, but staring at the bright moon in the sky, looking like he was thinking about something.
Lu Qingjiu walked to his side, rocked his chair naturally, and said, "Yuehu, I want to ask you something."
Hearing this, Bai Yuehu said without even turning around: "They are not ordinary pigs."
Lu Qingjiu: "..." So you already knew it, he said, "Then what are they?"
"The scientific name seems to be Dang Kang." Bai Yuehu said, "It tastes okay."
Lu Qingjiu: “…” How many of these animals have you eaten?
"Don't eat the ones from the pigpen." Although he didn't usually see the White Moon Fox killing animals, Lu Qingjiu still reminded his own fox spirit to prevent the tragedy that happened to Yin Xun's Xiaohua. "They are quite smart. They can speak human language and even teach children math."
Bai Yuehu asked, "How can they teach math with such low IQ?"
Lu Qingjiu, who couldn't even understand the exercises, felt as if he was insulted by these words, but he didn't dare to express his inner sadness because it was too embarrassing. He said, "In short, don't eat it. If you eat it, the children will cry."
Bai Yuehu said, "Maybe if we make something delicious, the child will stop crying?" He said it very seriously and was obviously not joking.
Lu Qingjiu covered his face, thinking of Yin Xun who had cried and screamed, but was finally won over by a mouthful of braised pork. He had to admit that, although he didn't want to admit it, Bai Yuehu's words actually made some sense...
"I'm kidding." Fortunately, Bai Yuehu didn't make things difficult for Lu Qingjiu in the end and relented on the matter of eating Xiao Hei and Xiao Hua. "If you want to keep them, then keep them."
Lu Qingjiu just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard his next sentence: "I'll find others to raise."
Lu Qingjiu: “…”
"Find someone with a lower IQ." Bai Yuehu stood up from his chair, yawned lazily, his eyes half-closed, and his whole body exuded a sexy laziness. He said, "At least he can't speak human language."
Lu Qingjiu thought of his own chicken coop and added, "Can you please not be so strong in combat?"
Bai Yuehu nodded, agreeing.
Bai Yuehu entered the house, and Lu Qingjiu lay down for a while in his beloved rocking chair. The weather was beautiful today, with few clouds in the sky and only a bright moon. After the sun set, the temperature gradually dropped, and there was an occasional cool breeze blowing through the yard. It was really pleasant to spend time like this. No wonder Bai Yuehu loved this rocking chair so much.
Lu Qingjiu lay there, almost asleep. The most amazing thing was that there were almost no mosquitoes in their house. Yin Xun had a mosquito-attracting physique, but once he arrived at Lu Qingjiu's house, he never got bit by mosquitoes again. This was probably one of the reasons why Yin Xun liked staying at Lu Qingjiu's house. But the main reason was probably that Yin Xun had always lived alone.
Lu Qingjiu visited Yin Xun's home. There was no internet, no TV, and almost no entertainment. Before Lu Qingjiu arrived, his life seemed to consist of farming. He ate alone, slept alone, and handled everything alone. It wasn't until Lu Qingjiu returned that his life seemed to be tainted by the mundane world.
Lu Qingjiu looked at these and understood them in his heart, so he never asked Yin Xun some questions. There were some things that he didn't need to ask, and he could know the answers just by looking at them.
As the night deepened, Lu Qingjiu stood up from the chair and returned to the bedroom. After washing up, he fell into a deep sleep.
In the early morning, sunlight streamed in through the window, waking Lu Qingjiu from his dream. Yawning, he walked to the front yard and saw his two pigs, which should have been in the pigpen, lying in the yard basking in the sun. Next to them, the powerful chickens that had killed the two thieves were running around in the yard, pecking at grass seeds and stones. The whole courtyard was full of vitality.
Yesterday, Chao Qianyu, a big tomato buyer, sent a message to Lu Qingjiu, saying that he would come to transport the tomatoes today. Lu Qingjiu said that it might be too late because it would take at least a day to pick them.
After listening to this, Chao Qianyu said that it was okay, he could ask someone to come and help pick them, so Lu Qingjiu didn't have to worry about it and just had to wait to get paid.
Lu Qingjiu was a little uncomfortable with his respectful attitude, but she also felt that Chao Qianyu valued these tomatoes so much because they were the fruits of Bai Yuehu's labor.
So after hesitating for a moment, he didn't bother to be polite with Chao Qianyu and said, "Okay, find some time to come over." Chao Qianyu agreed.
When Lu Qingjiu brought breakfast to the table, he heard the sound of a car horn outside the house. His first reaction was to wonder if it was his own pickup truck calling him. But a moment later, someone knocked on the gate of the yard. Chao Qianyu's voice also came over: "Mr. Lu, we are here."
It was just past eight o'clock. Lu Qingjiu wondered why it was so early, but she still went to open the door for Chao Qianyu.
Chao Qianyu stood outside the door, followed by two people, and greeted Lu Qingjiu with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Lu."
To be honest, Chao Qianyu was not bad looking, well-mannered and gentle, very much like someone from a scholarly family. It was just because of what happened before that Lu Qingjiu had a mediocre impression of him, so he nodded casually and said, "Good morning, Mr. Chao, is it so early?"
Chao Qianyu said: "Yes, we set off at around five o'clock."
"Have you had breakfast?" Lu Qingjiu was polite to them.
“No.” Who knew that Chao Qianyu accepted Lu Qingjiu’s courtesy and stared at Lu Qingjiu with shining eyes, “I wonder if I have the honor to taste Mr. Lu’s cooking skills?”
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