Cao Jingheng acted very quickly. He had just said he was going to the Armed Forces Department to get the dog the afternoon before, and the dog was delivered the next afternoon. Because he was driving the Armed Forces Department's car, the villagers thought it was someone sent by Geng Chengyi, and no one doubted his identity.
There were a few ill-intentioned second-rate guys in the village. When they heard that Shen Anning had two military dogs, they regretted that they acted a little late.
When she first came two years ago, Shen An Ning was young and looked like a child. They knew that she was rich, but they didn't have any ideas yet. Now Shen An Ning has grown up, tall and fair, and is prettier than the girls in the village. She is also one of the best among the educated youth. In fact, several aunts have approached Shen An Ning several times to inquire about her, but they were all rejected by Shen An Ning.
Cao Jingheng came to deliver the dogs openly, and he did not hide from the villagers. He directly led the two fat and strong military dogs in through the side door. Several villagers passing by saw the two big dogs and were scared by their physique alone.
Shen Zixi looked at the two big dogs and was a little scared for a moment. He ran behind Shen An Ning, and his chubby hands tightly grasped Shen An Ning's pants. He was afraid and curious, and secretly popped his head out to take a look.
Shen Anning picked her up and said with a wicked smile: "Xixi, are you afraid of dogs? Auntie saw that you and Xiaoxue's Dahuang were playing well together."
Shen Zixi:,,,,,,,
Different, different!
The dog Cao Jingheng sent was pure black and very tall, very different from the small local dogs in the village.
Cao Jingheng petted the two dogs and hugged Shen Zixi, who was a little resistant but trusted him very much. "It's okay, Xixi, they don't bite. Uncle will take you to make friends with them today, okay?"
“…Yeah, okay.”
The child was so well-behaved that Cao Jingheng was reluctant to let go of her. The trained military dogs were very obedient, especially since Cao Jingheng was already very familiar with them when he was handling the human trafficker case, so the two dogs trusted him very much.
Holding Shen Zixi's hand, she slowly reached over, and the two big dogs barked softly, stretched out their tongues and licked her little hand. The warm feeling from the palm of her hand directly made the little guy tremble a few times, a little itchy, and some indescribable feeling. Shen Zixi looked at Shen Anning with eyes full of happiness.
Because the two dogs had just arrived, in order to let them get familiar with the place as quickly as possible and settle down here with Shen Anning, Cao Jingheng stayed until Shen Anyu and An Xuan came back from school. He took them to get familiar with the people and every corner of the house before leaving.
Seeing that it was getting late, Shen An Ning wanted to keep him here for dinner, but Cao Jingheng still had to go to the county to deliver the car, so he borrowed it for a long time, and it would be bad to break his promise.
"Okay, since you're going to deliver the car, I won't keep you here. I've cooked some corn in the pot. I'll give you some to eat if you get hungry on the way."
Shen Anning shook off some of the water from the corn husks and wrapped four of them in oil paper. These were left over from the autumn harvest and stored in the cellar. The husks were not peeled off, so they could be stored for a longer time. The corn in Northeast China is soft, sticky and sweet, different from varieties in other places. Shen Anning and her younger brothers and sisters like it very much.
"Okay, I'll take it then. I'm staying in the county tonight. Is there anything you want me to bring? I'll bring it to you tomorrow night."
Shen Anning thought about it. Her younger brothers and sisters at home had not yet had their holidays. It was still inconvenient to take Xixi to the county. Shen Anning was reluctant to let her go just because of the cold wind along the way. However, she had not bought honeycomb coal this year yet.
"Wait a moment."
He returned to the house and retrieved a few Great Unity notes from his space, handing them to Cao Jingheng. "There's a saleswoman named Li Fen at the counter selling farm tools at the county supply and marketing cooperative. I call her Sister Fen. I've been buying the honeycomb briquettes from her for the past two years. Five hundred kilograms. Just give her a Great Unity note. You can go to town tomorrow and have them deliver it to me."
"Okay, I'll be leaving first then."
"Well, drive slowly on the road."
Shen Anning took his younger brother and sister to see the jeep leave the village before returning home. The two dogs, one male and one female, would probably be husband and wife in the future. Shen Anning built a small nest for them in the warehouse. There happened to be a tattered quilt discarded by his grandparents at home, so he put it underneath to keep them from getting cold.
Because Cao Jingheng helped with the honeycomb coal business, Shen Anning had more time to prepare New Year's goods at home. The weather was already very cold, and the things were placed in the water tank in the yard, which could be refrigerated and kept fresh. Although Shen Zixi accompanied her aunt to the town, she didn't understand anything and only knew how to eat.
Shen Anning filled the water tank to the brim, but the children at home didn't react at all. It was the same every year, as if they were used to it.
When Cao Jingheng was on vacation, he would come to the village every now and then, and every time he would bring something to Shen Anning, sometimes pheasants and rabbits from the mountains, sometimes fine grains such as rice and flour. Shen Anning was okay with the pheasants and rabbits, but she really had no shortage of rice and flour, and she had no way to tell Cao Jingheng directly.
There was no other way. The staple food at home had to be stored more and more. I could only prepare food in the kitchen when I was free every afternoon. I had steamed buns made of two-grain flour, steamed corn bread, meat buns, cabbage and tofu buns. The stored amount was enough for the family to eat until the New Year.
Every time she made these, she would leave some for Cao Jingheng and his grandparents. The finished food could be eaten by heating it up, and it didn't smell very strong, which was much more convenient than making it themselves.
Before he knew it, Cao Jingheng had been in the town for nearly twenty days. However, the reason why his vacation was so long this time was because he had to return to the army for duty during the New Year, so he could not stay here for the New Year and had to leave at the end of November.
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