It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when Xu Jianguo and his family left Li Mancang's house.
Originally, he wanted to send Mr. Li Dashan home, but was stopped by Li Erniu.
Since their two families lived relatively close to each other, Xu Jianguo did not force them. He just reminded them not to forget to take the cloth bag back when they left, then said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, Xiao Shitou told Funiu that he would be going to the county to study in a few days and would need to live on campus. He gave her the address of the school and asked her to write to him when she was free.
Funiu has been a carefree person since she was a child. She took the note handed to her by Shitou, put it in her pocket, and waved at him.
Because of the darkness, no one noticed Shitou's rosy little face and the look he gave Funniu. Only Xu Jianguo, who had night vision, noticed it and felt a little unhappy.
It’s not that he doesn’t like Shitou. On the contrary, little Shitou is more sensible and polite than most children of the same age.
The reason why he felt unhappy was entirely because of his father's possessiveness.
Although Funiu nominally called him brother, Xu Jianguo was more than ten years older than him. When they first met, she was still a baby, just like a girl he picked up along the way.
In addition, after Xu Jianguo was reborn, he lost both his parents, and the brother and sister depended on each other until they met Wen Sitian. The couple got to know each other, fell in love, and got married, and the little light bulb Funiu also grew up little by little.
It is said that the eldest brother is like a father and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. This statement is not an exaggeration when applied to Xu Jianguo's family, especially to the three of them.
So at this moment, Xu Jianguo felt somewhat uncomfortable when he saw someone daring to set their sights on his "daughter".
That was all. He had talked with Wen Sitian before, and the couple finally reached the conclusion that they would not interfere too much in their children's affairs. As long as they grasped the general direction, no matter what they wanted to do, the couple would choose to support them.
Of course, in addition to the basic agreement, the couple also worried about accidents. If their children went astray in the future, they would still reserve the right to intervene forcefully...
After leaving Li Mancang's house, the group slowly walked towards their own home. Occasionally, they would see some patrolling militiamen on the way, and they would greet Xu Jianguo and the others.
As life has gotten better over the past few years, many villagers in Sandaliang Village have started raising chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs. Of course, some of the poultry still belong to the brigade's public assets, but they are raised by the villagers on their behalf.
According to the custom in the village, after dark, the courtyard gate must be closed and the dogs must be released to block the chicken coop.
Before leaving, Li Mancang reminded Xu Jianguo to be careful not to let the barking of dogs scare the children. If someone passed by the gate of a house with dogs at night, the dogs in the yard would bark. As long as one dog barked, all the dogs in the village would follow suit.
Xu Jianguo was afraid that Lele would be scared, so he told her about it. But strangely, they passed by several yards along the way but didn't hear any dog barking.
After thinking about it, Xu Jianguo set his sights on Xiao Hei, who was walking in front. He guessed that it must be this guy who was behind it.
But he didn't ask any more questions, instead he thought it was good.
Soon, the group returned home. As soon as they pushed open the gate, a black shadow rushed out from the yard and landed steadily on Xiaohei's head. It was Erhei.
After Xu Jianguo summoned Du Yu to look after the house, he took his family back to the space.
Soon, the family finished washing up, said good night to each other, and returned to their respective rooms.
Xu Jianguo walked into the bedroom while wiping his hair with a towel. He found that Lele did not go to sleep with Funiu tonight, which made him feel a little strange.
"My daughter, why didn't you go to see your aunt tonight?" Xu Jianguo sat down on the edge of the bed and said with a smile.
"Because I miss my mother?" Lele said while wearing a set of raccoon pajamas and hugging Wen Sitian's arm.
"You only miss your mom? Don't you miss your dad?"
“Yes!”
"Then just sleep with your parents from now on, and don't go looking for your aunt!"
When Lele heard this, her eyes rolled around and she shook her head and said, "No, I can only come over to sleep with you guys occasionally, otherwise my aunt will miss me!"
The couple couldn't help but laugh at her cute serious expression. Xu Jianguo even reached out and scratched her little nose.
After the family of three interacted for a while, Xu Jianguo told Wen Sitian to let them go to sleep first, and then he got up and went to the study.
After arriving at the study, Xu Jianguo planned to make himself a cup of tea, but after thinking about it, he put down the tea can in his hand and took out a bottle of iced cola from the small refrigerator next to him.
He unscrewed the bottle cap and gulped down two gulps.
"Burp~"
As the carbon dioxide in his stomach was discharged, Xu Jianguo suddenly felt refreshed.
Walking to the desk and sitting down, Xu Jianguo lit a cigarette for himself, then opened the system panel with his mind and sent a message to Fu Bo who was far away in the Sahara Desert in Africa.
There is a seven-hour time difference between the Sahara and Longxia. It is now more than ten o'clock in the evening here, and more than three o'clock in the afternoon there.
Not long after the message was sent, Xu Jianguo received a reply from Fu Bo.
The content of the message was very simple. Fu Bo and his space servants in Africa and the Middle East, a group of five people, had arrived at their destination according to the coordinates given to them by Xu Jianguo.
Through drone reconnaissance and instrument testing, it can be determined that there are indeed signs of human activity underground in the uninhabited sand sea in the central area of the Sahara Desert. The return bands collected by the equipment can confirm that deep underground in this area, there is a huge hollow area, similar to an underground bunker.
Xu Jianguo was not surprised after receiving the news. Since the end of World War II, both countries have greatly increased their military spending and have been engaged in equipment expansion and arms race.
Because of this, there are secret military bases built by these two countries in many uninhabited areas around the world.
In his previous life, he had even heard people talk about the country of Magnesium building a military base on the ocean floor, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.
But now it seems that it is not groundless, and it is most likely true.
Since the desert has been occupied, Xu Jianguo does not plan to waste any more time there, and he also has no intention of finding out what's going on, so as to avoid exposing Fu Bo and his men and causing trouble.
After thinking about it, Xu Jianguo conveyed instructions to Fu Bo, asking the five of them to come back as soon as possible as there were other tasks to be arranged.
After receiving Fu Bo's reply, there was no movement. Then, within half a minute, five people wearing desert camouflage appeared in front of him.
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