After Xu Jianguo placed the snake meat into the space and settled Funiu and Xiaohei, he asked, "Funiu, what would you like to eat for lunch?"
Funiu thought for a while and said, "Haha, I want to eat meat!"
"You want to eat meat? How about we have meat buns for lunch?"
"Okay, okay!"
"Okay, brother will get you something delicious first. The meat buns will be ready in a while!" After Xu Jianguo finished speaking, he took out a small box of ice cream from the space and handed it to Funniu.
"Haha, what is this? It's so cold!"
"This is ice cream. Come, let me open it for you!" Xu Jianguo helped her open the lid, then took a small wooden board, scooped out a small piece of ice cream and put it into Funniu's mouth.
The strong aroma of milk instantly conquered the little girl's taste buds, and her beautiful big eyes narrowed into crescent shapes again.
“Haha, delicious!”
"Take your time to eat. I'll go get you some meat buns."
"Okay, quack!"
In order to cover up, Xu Jianguo went to the bushes not far away and slipped into the space.
Take out the quick-frozen braised pork buns from the freezer and put them into the steamer.
Then he went to the fish pond and caught a grass carp weighing more than six kilograms.
Since Xu Jianguo caught the fish from the pond, he has not eaten a single one.
After such a long period of breeding and raising, the number of fish has increased a lot. The largest one weighs more than ten kilograms, and the smallest one weighs five or six kilograms. Xu Jianguo has no plan to sell these fish. He would keep them for himself to eat or as ornamental fish. He also wants to get some lotus flowers to decorate the fish pond when he has the chance, which should make it look better.
He carried the grass carp to the kitchen and took a piece of pork belly from the refrigerator. With a thought, the fish meat was separated from the bones. Xu Jianguo mashed the fish meat and pork belly into a paste, and added salt, pepper, cooking wine and other seasonings. In just over 20 minutes, a fish ball soup was ready.
After leaving the space, Xu Jianguo walked out from the bushes and found Funiu feeding Xiao Hei with an empty bowl of ice cream.
Looking at the dog's face, which had originally turned black and had become horrible, Xu Jianguo was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
After collecting the garbage, Xu Jianguo took out a towel and wiped Funiu's face and hands. He then restored Xiao Hei to his original state and carried him to the rice field. He said, "Funiu, the meat buns are ready. Let's eat!"
Xu Jianguo took out six steaming hot braised pork buns from his backpack, and a large bowl of fish ball soup made with space well water, and placed them in front of Funniu. Then, like a magic trick, he took out a small bottle and dropped a few drops of sesame oil into it. The aroma made Funniu and Xiaohei drool.
Funiu stared at the fish ball soup and meat buns without blinking. Xiao Hei was put in the rice field and could only look at the steaming delicacies on the high ridge of the field, and was so anxious that he kept spinning around.
Xu Jianguo served Funiu a bowl of fish ball soup, then gave her a braised pork bun and said with a smile, "You look so anxious, eat it quickly!"
"Haha, you eat first!"
Xu Jianguo nodded, took a bun and took a bite.
When Funiu saw Xu Jianguo eating, she also started eating happily.
After a while of wolfing down, the two of them had eaten their fill. Looking at Funiu collapsing on the rice, Xu Jianguo smiled happily.
"The sense of accomplishment as a breeder is irreplaceable!" Xu Jianguo sighed in his heart and began to prepare lunch for Xiao Hei.
There were six braised pork buns, Xu Jianguo ate three, Funiu ate two, and Xu Jianguo broke the remaining one into pieces and put it in a bowl, then poured the remaining fish ball soup into it.
Xiao Hei, who had given up on Xu Jianguo, stood up from the ground when he saw the big bowl of food. He called out to Xu Jianguo twice and turned around twice, as if to say, "Master, you finally remembered me. You really still love me."
After Xiao Hei finished eating, Xu Jianguo cleaned up all the dishes and started to continue his afternoon work.
Xu Jianguo spent more than two hours harvesting the remaining rice and then began to make ropes to bundle the rice.
Funiu, who was sleeping in the grain pile, also woke up and started picking up the grains that fell in the rice field with a small bowl. Xiaohei also sensibly helped Xu Jianguo pick up the straw.
It took Xu Jianguo nearly three hours to bundle all the rice. Funiu also picked up a large bowl of grains. She asked for credit from him with a proud expression on her face. She took out a snow rice cake from the space and handed it to Funiu as a reward for the little girl's hard work.
After putting away all the things, Xu Jianguo carried Funiu down the mountain, and Xiao Hei followed behind him, jumping and running.
When he arrived at the brigade headquarters, Xu Jianguo did not find Li Mancang or Li Erniu. After asking, he learned that the two of them had gone to the commune. Xu Jianguo guessed that it was related to the theft of grain.
Xu Jianguo did not go to find Zhang Meijuan. Everyone was very tired during the autumn harvest and he couldn't always trouble others.
Bringing Funniu to the brigade headquarters, Xu Jianguo asked Funniu to wait for him here with Xiaohei, saying that he would be back soon.
Funiu was very sensible. Knowing that her brother had to go to work, she readily agreed.
Xu Jianguo was worried about Funiu, so he didn't slow down his pace. He went back and forth quickly, which caused many villagers to exclaim in surprise.
"Is Jianguo such a powerful kid?"
"Just like his father back then, he works tirelessly. What a good boy!"
"Yes, this child has been sensible since he was young. At that time, Mr. and Mrs. Xu were gone. He came to my house for dinner and was not annoying at all. He was very helpful and helped me with this and that. It was really nice!"
Everyone was talking at once, their eyes full of love.
In less than an hour, Xu Jianguo moved all the rice to the threshing ground.
When he ran to the brigade headquarters, Funiu was sitting there quietly waiting for him. When she saw Xu Jianguo come in, she jumped down from her chair and said happily, "Haha, you're back?"
"Yeah, you must be getting impatient waiting," Xu Jianguo said, rubbing Funiu's head.
"Don't worry, I know Gaga will be back soon!"
"Let's go to the threshing ground with my brother!"
"good!"
The big and the small came to the threshing ground hand in hand. Xiao Hei ran around, busy and happy.
"Funiu, wait here. We'll go home when your brother finishes his work."
"Okay, quack."
Just as Xu Jianguo was busy untying the rope, someone shouted, "Look! The captain is back with the Public Security Bureau!"
Xu Jianguo looked up and found that Li Mancang and Li Erniu were walking towards him with several uniformed Public Security Bureau officers.
Many villagers gathered around and asked what had happened.
Li Mancang did not say it explicitly, but asked everyone to work with peace of mind first, and he would tell everyone when he returned to the village for a meeting.
Soon, news came from the village that Li Lin and his son Li Jinlong were taken away by the Public Security Bureau, along with Li Deli and two unknown young men.
The village became lively now, and everyone was asking questions, wanting to know what had happened.
Xu Jianguo did not participate in the discussion. After he spread out all the rice, he took Funiu to return the farm tools and then walked towards home.
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