Sheng Mingyuan saw Zhou Shixun squatting over and looking at it carefully, but he didn't take it too seriously and said, "Do you think it's pretty too? I was just thinking of getting a basin of water to keep it by the pond, and then planting some moss on it. It will be green and pretty."
Zhou Shixun didn't say anything. He reached out and fiddled with the stone, then put his finger to his nose and smelled it.
Sheng An Ning also realized that something was wrong. Zhou Shixun was not simply curious, but had discovered something. She followed him and squatted down, looking at the rocks in the basin.
The rocks are covered with dense small holes, and bubbles will be produced when soaked in water. Many units use this kind of rock to make rockery, which is also very beautiful with gurgling water and green moss.
"Is there something wrong?"
Zhou Shixun shook his head: "No, I just think it looks nice. I'll get a few pieces in our backyard and make a small fountain. Then we can let An An and the others play with it."
Sheng An Ning didn't believe what he said, but because Sheng Mingyuan was there too, she thought that he definitely didn't want Sheng Mingyuan to know, so she nodded with a smile and agreed.
Seeing that both of them thought the stone was good, Sheng Mingyuan thought it was a good buy, so he smiled and said, "When your mother comes back at noon, she'll see and say I'm wasting money on something that takes up space. It's actually not expensive. This stone is two yuan."
Sheng An Ning sighed: "Two dollars is not expensive, right? Two dollars is enough to buy three pounds of meat. You are indeed a bit extravagant. However, my dad likes it, so I will buy it. It's not that the conditions do not allow it."
Sheng Mingyuan was so happy with his daughter's coaxing that he nodded happily: "Yes, since we have nothing to do, Momo and Duoduo watched this and played with it all morning."
Zhou Shixun didn't say anything else. He sat down and drank tea for a while.
Sheng An Ning didn't know whether she was hungry after drinking the tea, or she didn't feel so nauseous now. She forgot about the stench and could feel hungry. She glanced at Zhou Shixun and decided to go to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Sheng Mingyuan saw his daughter get up and knew she was hungry, so he quickly got up: "Are you hungry? There are noodles in the kitchen, I'll go cook them for you. I made the meat sauce today, and Momo ate two small bowls."
Without waiting for Sheng An Ning to speak, he hurried to the kitchen.
Sheng An Ning didn't really want to move, so she sat down and looked at Zhou Shixun, and asked in a low voice: "Did you find anything just now? Is there any problem?"
Zhou Shixun saw her eyes full of curiosity and smiled: "Let's talk on the way back later. I'm going to help Dad cook noodles."
In order to let the two children eat well, Sheng Mingyuan used more lean meat in the meat sauce for lunch and cooked it for a long time. The lean meat became soft and glutinous, which was very suitable for children's appetite.
Sheng Anning also likes to eat this. While mixing the noodles, she said to Sheng Mingyuan, "I think you'll gain weight if you stay here for a while, Momo."
Sheng Mingyuan looked at her and said, "You can't say that. It makes it sound like your mother-in-law didn't do a good job."
Sheng Anning explained with a smile: "I'm not saying that the food at my mother-in-law's house is bad, it's just that because Zhou Zhou is here, I feel that Mo Mo is not happy. You see here, Mo Mo and Duo Duo are very harmonious."
Sheng Mingyuan frowned, "Yeah, what's going on between Zhou Zhou and Mo Mo? It seems like the two are natural enemies, especially Zhou Zhou. He's not a domineering and unreasonable kid, and he has a good personality. Why doesn't he like Mo Mo?"
"Your mother and I have discussed this before. The child may have memories of his past life."
Having encountered so many things, Sheng An Ning believed: "We can't live like this for the rest of our lives. After all, they are brothers."
It was okay if they had minor fights when they were children, but if they turned into brothers killing each other when they grew up, she couldn't accept it.
Sheng Mingyuan was more open-minded: "When he grows up, I will educate him slowly. After all, we are brothers, so there must be affection between us."
Sheng An Ning sighed and could only think this way.
Momo woke up from her nap and was very happy to see her parents were there. She stretched out her hands for Sheng An Ning to hold her and rarely asked to go home.
Sheng An Ning teased Duoduo for a while, then went back with Mo Mo and Zhou Shixun.
After leaving the alley, Zhou Shixun said to Sheng Anning, "I'm going to go to the vegetable market that Dad mentioned. You take Momo back first."
Sheng An Ning naturally refused: "I want to go and see it too, and I know the way to the vegetable market, I'll take you there."
Zhou Shixun thought about it, picked up Momo and said, "Let's go."
The vegetable market is not far away and sells everything. There are not many people there at the moment and there are no people in front of many stalls. It is not yet the afternoon shopping time.
Zhou Shixun carried Momo and Sheng Anning around the vegetable market. Sheng Anning saw someone selling popcorn and bought a bag of it, intending to take it back as snacks for the children.
He also bought a stick of maltose for Momo, and some other things, just like an ordinary young couple taking their child out to shop. After they came out of the market, they didn't see the man from Shanshi that Sheng Mingyuan mentioned.
After walking around the area but not seeing any, Sheng An Ning was still not giving up, so she went to the small road next to the vegetable market and looked around, muttering to Zhou Shixun: "Many people here don't want to pay the market management fee, so they sell things on the roadside. It's very lively in the evening, and there are stalls all over the roadside, selling all kinds of things."
"I haven't seen the person my dad mentioned either. Is he not coming this afternoon?"
Zhou Shixun was not sure: "The rock has the same smell as the pile of things we found at Ge's house today."
Sheng An Ning was stunned for a moment: "Why didn't I smell it? Besides, does the Ge family's stuff have any other smell besides the stench?"
Zhou Shixun nodded: "Yes, it tastes like lime."
Sheng An Ning smelled the smell of the rocks, which was indeed a bit like the smell of lime: "Is it poisonous?"
Zhou Shixun shook his head: "No, in order to make the rocks look good, they would pour something like sulfuric acid on them, forcibly burning the surface of the rocks, forming honeycomb-like holes."
Sheng An Ning didn't understand: "How can it be like this? Do you think this has something to do with Li Ergeng?"
Zhou Shixun was uncertain: "We will know only when we find the person."
As the two were talking, they saw a man carrying a large sack passing by them. He looked around as he walked, as if he was looking for a suitable place to set up a stall.
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