When Zhang Ren arrived, Zhang Bufan had already cleaned the pot and wiped the grease off his mouth with a rag and threw it into a corner.
"Brother, why are you here?" Zhang Bufan pretended to be surprised, thinking that it was a good thing that he acted quickly enough.
Zhang Ren narrowed his eyes and said, "My chicken is lost."
"If the chicken is lost, go find it. Why are you coming to my house?" Zhang Bufan looked confused, and then said angrily: "Brother, you don't suspect me, do you? I admit that I ate the ones before, but I really didn't steal the chicken today. See if it fell into a ditch and got stuck, or if it was taken by a weasel."
Zhang Ren was really a little hesitant. Zhang Bufan had stolen chickens and ducks before and he never denied it. He just wanted to be treated as a tough guy and thought that at most they would just have a fight. Could it be that he really wasn't the one who stole them today?
Just at this moment, Xue Jianshan came over with Da Huang. Seeing that the fight had not started yet, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Old Zhang..."
Before he could finish his words, Dahuang twitched his nose and ran madly to the kitchen. Seeing this, Xue Jianshan quickly followed him in.
Da Huang was squatting beside the stove, digging up the ashes with its two front paws. Zhang Bufan saw the shredded chicken bones it had dug out and tried to run away, but Zhang Renyi, with red eyes, grabbed him by the collar.
"You son of a bitch, I knew it was you who stole it, and you dared to frame the educated youth. Today I will get rid of you for the Zhang family."
Zhang Bufan was also a young and strong man. He was not at all inferior to Zhang Ren in the fight. The Zhang family had been stone-breakers for several generations, so they were born with a strong character.
Xue Jianshan grabbed this and that and started to show his teeth and claws, and then he held down that and beat that one up. When he was so anxious that sweat was pouring down his forehead, Gu Jin and his men finally arrived.
"Stop fighting, stop fighting. You are all family. If you have something to say, talk it out. It's not the right society to fight now." Gu Jin was anxious. He poked Qin Wu and said, "Qin Mengzi, hurry up and help Jianshan hold them down. If they keep fighting like this, you won't be able to go to work tomorrow. You should all stay in the health center."
Qin Wu rolled his eyes at him in annoyance and knew that Gu Hanzi was harboring evil intentions. He smiled on the surface and let others do the work while he just talked.
But he still rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward. Seeing more and more villagers getting excited, Qian Guihua took out a handful of fried soybeans from her pocket and handed them to her daughter: "Xiao Yu, don't marry a boy from the Zhang family in the future. If anything happens, our family won't be able to defeat them."
Zhao Yu nodded seriously, biting the soybeans with a "crunch crunch" sound, "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely find someone with a gentle personality."
Gu Qingqing laughed out loud after hearing this.
Xue Jianshan and Qin Wu each grabbed the Zhang brothers' waists, veins on their arms bulged, but they still couldn't hold them back.
Gu Jin was grinning as he watched. It would be great if such energy could be used to repair the river and quarry stones. It couldn't be wasted!
"Gu Hanzi, what are you standing there for! Help me, you are the captain now, and you are still standing there watching the fun?!"
"Stop fighting, stop fighting!" Gu Jinru woke up from a dream. When the two Zhang brothers were fighting, he stepped on each of them and then quickly stepped back: "If you two brothers make trouble again, I will go and call Uncle Zhang."
Hearing this, Zhang Renyi was startled, and he shook off Xue Jianshan's hand. He glared at Zhang Bufan fiercely and said, "If you dare to steal chickens again, I will break your dog legs!"
In the end, this farce ended with Zhang Bufan having a tooth knocked out.
The excitement died down, and the villagers went back to their homes in groups of two or three. Qin Wu stared at Gu Jin for a long while, and then laughed out loud: "You are more cunning than a monkey."
Gu Jinhan smiled and scratched his head: "Qin Mengzi, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
Qin Wu put his hands behind his back and said to Xue Jianshan, "Old Xue, now you know who this fool is, right? He never takes part in dangerous things, and I always take the risk."
Xue Jianshan rubbed Da Huang's head and said, "The old man has been timid for a long time. Just wait and see."
"Yes, they take care of their families. They are strong but timid."
Gu Jin was not embarrassed by the ridicule, and still had a smile on his face: "It's late, go back to bed quickly, we still have to arrange the team's tasks tomorrow."
Xue Jianshan continued to patrol the village, Qin Wu also returned to Dagouzi Village with his hands behind his back, and Gu Qingqing followed her father back home.
"Qingqing, you did a good job. If you hadn't discovered that your uncle Bufan was secretly stewing chicken at home, those educated youth would have been looked down upon every day in the village." Gu Jin looked at his daughter's lively crescent eyes and praised her.
"I just bumped into him by mistake. Dad, we picked up a lot of snails today. My uncle and brothers also caught a lot of loaches and shrimps. The day after tomorrow, my uncle and aunt will be back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's have a good meal!"
"Okay," Gu Jin also smiled and rubbed her head: "Let's have a good meal."
My daughter hasn't eaten meat for a long time. She still has some unused meat coupons that Canyang and Qinglie sent back some time ago. She can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some meat and some flour to make some dumplings with pork and scallion filling.
Speaking of pork and scallion dumplings, he also felt a little craving for it.
"I heard you two discussing how to have a good meal from a distance," Shi Rushuang said while changing the water for the snails, "It's a good time to keep the snails for two days and remove the mud. When your uncle comes back, you can cut some peppers and kohlrabi to stir-fry, and then stew them with some dried melon and wine."
"Little cat, is this okay?"
"Of course," Gu Qingqing said coquettishly, holding onto Shi Rushuang's arm. "I haven't had Third Uncle's cooking for a long time. My mouth is watering when you mention it."
Her third uncle Gu Cai was a chef in a state-owned hotel and he was really good at cooking.
Great cooking!
"Then have some crabs first." Gu Bao came out of the kitchen and handed her the bowl. There were four or five big crabs in it, which were roasted red and smelled delicious.
"I told you to go home but you insisted on going to watch the fun. If you come back later, there won't be any crab legs left for you."
"Hmph, you stinky uncle, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to bring two crabs to Xiaoyu. Dad and Mom, you guys go to sleep first, I'll be back soon!" Gu Qingqing frowned and ran to Qian Guihua's house in a hurry again.
"This wild girl." Gu Bao muttered, turned around, stretched, and prepared to go back to his room to sleep.
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