Looking at Li Erniu's elated expression, Xu Jianguo suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Uncle Erniu, I haven't asked you yet. Is it a boy or a girl that you and Aunt Yanzi gave birth to? Uncle Mancang didn't tell me clearly when he wrote to me."
When talking about his own child, the proud expression on Li Erniu's face suddenly turned into pride. He grinned and said, "Hehe, just like you, your Aunt Yanzi also came up with a good word for me!"
"What? Twins, a boy and a girl?" Xu Jianguo asked in surprise.
"Look, isn't it amazing?"
Xu Jianguo gave him a thumbs up and said, "Great!"
"Hehe, this is all thanks to you. Originally, your aunt and I were planning to go back to her parents' home to adopt a child and raise him, but she got pregnant not long after you took a look. Ever since she became pregnant, your aunt has been talking about how she didn't know how to thank you, and that you gave these two children their lives!" Li Erniu looked at Xu Jianguo and said with emotion, his eyes full of gratitude.
"Uncle Erniu, you're being too polite! When I first went to your house for dinner, I ate five steamed buns in one meal, but my aunt didn't say anything. She even kept asking me to eat more. I can never repay this kindness in my lifetime!" Xu Jianguo said, recalling the memories of the original owner of this body in his mind.
At this time, Li Mancang on the side said, "Alright, we're not strangers anymore, so stop thanking me! Let's go to my house. If your aunt knew you were back, she would be so happy!"
"Yes, yes, yes. I will go home and ask your Aunt Yan to return your two brothers and sisters. You must meet them, right?" Li Erniu also said.
Xu Jianguo thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle, how is Grandpa Dashan?"
"It's fine. The old ox died at the beginning of this spring, and your Grandpa Dashan has been idle. But he can't sit still, and has always wanted to get a calf. However, he asked many people, but either the price was too high or no one was willing to buy it. After all, as you know, cows in our countryside are strong laborers and are not easy to deal with!" Li Mancang said.
Xu Jianguo thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, these days it's hard to buy even at the county animal husbandry station."
"Let's go, go to my place first, then I'll ask Shitou to invite the old man!"
As soon as Li Mancang finished speaking, Funiu, who was sitting on the side listening, immediately asked, "Uncle Mancang, how is Brother Shitou now?"
Li Mancang smiled and said, "You're still the same. You've grown a lot taller. I guess you wouldn't recognize me if we met. This guy still talks about you occasionally!"
After listening to this, Xu Jianguo's face was also full of smiles. In fact, if you count it, Xiao Shitou was Funniu's first playmate in her life.
After all, his relationship with Li Mancang was there, and the two families used to live close to each other. In addition, Li Erniu's family had no children at that time, so since Funiu came to Sandaliang, it was natural for her to play together with Shitou, who was of the same age.
"Uncle, how about this? I have to go to the county to do some work. Can I come back to your place after I get back? Let's have dinner!"
When Li Mancang heard that Xu Jianguo had something to do, he subconsciously thought it was a military mission, so he nodded and agreed without saying a word.
"Okay, business is more important. We can eat anytime. I'll go back and tell your aunt and old man first!"
"good!"
A few people drank tea and chatted for more than half an hour, and then Li Mancang and Li Erniu left with a few militiamen.
Before leaving, Xu Jianguo stuffed two boxes of Peony cigarettes into each person's pocket. Originally, he had prepared cartons of Zhonghua cigarettes for Li Mancang and Li Erniu, but since there were so many people around, he didn't take them out, thinking of bringing them over at dinner time.
After sending them all the way to the gate and watching them leave, Xu Jianguo turned around and went back into the house.
Wen Sitian, who was packing up the tea set, asked, "Are you going to the county town soon?"
Xu Jianguo shook his head and said with a smile: "No!"
"Then why do you say that?"
"I heard from Uncle Mancang that the old yellow cow in Grandpa Dashan's family died. So I thought about getting him another one so that the old man wouldn't have to sit around doing nothing!"
Wen Sitian asked, somewhat puzzled, "Other elderly people prefer not to move if they can, so why are you trying so hard to get them to move around? Isn't it nice to just enjoy a peaceful life at home?"
"Wife, the older you get, the more you need to have something to do. If you have nothing to do from the moment you open your eyes to the moment you go to bed, you'll easily start to have wild thoughts. This is what people often call living a life of idleness and waiting to die. Once you have something to do, besides being able to exercise your body, the most important thing is that you have spiritual sustenance, that is, you have something to think about. This arrangement of mine will be good for Grandpa Dashan."
"But Grandpa Dashan is already this old, and he still has to drive into the county town every day. Isn't it too dangerous?"
Xu Jianguo walked over to the chair and sat down, smiling slightly as he said, "I'm going to get him a freshly weaned calf, so the old man can just feed the cows at home every day. It'll be a while before the cows are old enough to be harnessed, so at least he should have something to do every day."
"Then he still has to cut grass for the cattle every day?"
"There are so many little kids in the village, who can't help get some? Plus, we're surrounded by mountains, so there's nothing else but plenty of grass. Besides, the cow can be left at the old man's house in the name of the brigade. As the brigade's property, they won't let the old man solve the fodder problem on his own, right?"
Wen Sitian thought about it, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she nodded and said, "You are thoughtful, but where does the calf come from?"
"There are plenty of them in the space. Just pick one and you'll have it."
“It’s true!”
Seeing that there was still some time before noon, Xu Jianguo thought for a moment and led the children out of the house, walking towards the mountain along the path in front of the house.
As soon as Wenwen and Lele heard that they were going up the mountain, they immediately became excited.
So, under the repeated urging of the two little guys, Xu Jianguo took the five little ones into the mountains to play.
Unwilling to be lonely, Xiao Hei also followed along, leaving the aloof Er Hei at home to accompany Wen Sitian.
On the way, Xiao Hei took the lead and walked in front to explore the way. Behind him were four girls, and Wenwen and Xu Jianguo walked at the end.
Xiao Hei, who returned to Sandaliang Village, seemed extremely excited and ran around at the front of the team.
Moreover, after being transformed by genetic drugs, this guy's IQ has also been significantly improved. It can basically understand some simple commands, and Xu Jianguo doesn't even need to use his innate skill of proficiency in animal language to translate.
Looking at Xiao Hei running in front, Lele was also very happy and laughed happily from time to time.
As he was walking, Xiao Hei suddenly stopped and started growling at the bushes not far away.
It seemed that there was something hiding behind the bushes.
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