The pocket watch was very distinctive, with a gold-threaded rose pattern around the perimeter, a beautiful white jade stone in the center as the dial, and slender hands also decorated with gold and jade, showcasing superb craftsmanship in every detail.
Qin Yuanjiu glanced at it, then his gaze froze.
He looked at the little guy and asked casually, "Who is Lu Xiangjin to you?"
Lu Yuehai stared blankly back at the watch, then asked excitedly, "Uncle Qin, do you know my uncle? This watch was a first birthday gift from my uncle!"
Ke Meiyu was not surprised. She had always been lucky and never needed to worry too much about difficulties. Solutions would often come to her unexpectedly.
“Yes, we used to have some acquaintance,” he nodded.
"That's wonderful, Comrade Qin," Ke Meiyu said with a hint of excitement and joy. "This child is mischievous. He sneaked into the truck bed while his father was away on a business trip. When the truck stopped at our Qianzhuang, he climbed off, but was spotted by human traffickers."
“The child is young and doesn’t speak very clearly, and the parents probably didn’t expect this to happen, so we don’t know where he’s from or what his parents’ exact names are.”
Qin Yuanjiu entered the house without saying a word, and soon took out a piece of paper with his address and name written on it.
Ke Meiyu smiled and took it. Looking down, she saw that Lu Xiangjin was actually a special forces regiment commander from the Southwest Fifth Military Region.
She couldn't help but look up at Qin Yuanjiu. The plot didn't describe the main villain much, only that he was exceptionally capable. In a mission to rescue more than two hundred top researchers held captive by pirates abroad, he had the highest success rate.
But at that time, he was extremely cynical and refused to accept the mission, even with a gun pointed at his head. As a result, the mission failed, causing Xia Hua to lose many top researchers from various fields and delaying economic and technological development by decades!
It turns out that some people can become major villains even by doing nothing.
However, that mission is definitely very dangerous. Qin Yuanjiu only has the highest success rate, but success is not guaranteed, and success may come with huge sacrifices.
Ko Mi-yu comes from a world of despair. If she had to choose between herself and two hundred others, she would choose herself without hesitation. No one has the right to make her give up her life!
Not everyone who is abandoned by an organization can be grateful after being given an important position.
Reality, ideals, and experiences can always intertwine to produce different results.
"Thank you, Comrade Qin," Ke Meiyu carefully put away the note and continued to stretch out her arm. "Comrade Qin, you saved my brother and me. We don't have anything good at home, so we'll give you this to try."
You don't want me to repay your kindness by marrying you, do you?
Qin Yuanjiu looked at her coldly.
Ke Meiyu wasn't afraid at all. She raised her chin slightly and smiled, "I know I'm very beautiful. If Comrade Qin takes a liking to me, it's not impossible for us to be together!"
Qin Yuanjiu took the plate away and slammed the door shut again.
"Sister, that Uncle Qin is so fierce," Tuanzi said softly, trembling.
“Your Uncle Qin,” Ke Meiyu said with a smile, without lowering her voice, “he’s cold on the outside but warm on the inside.”
However, she noticed that the hatred the big shot in her mind harbored towards her had not diminished at all. If the hatred value wasn't already high enough, this Comrade Qin might have given her another boost!
As night fell, Ke Meiyu planned to take Xiaotuanzi to town to make a phone call the next day.
After dinner, the little dumpling used candy to infiltrate the Ke family's group of children. She followed a group of children, carrying pumpkin lanterns to catch crickets, or to the fields to pick up some green beans, potatoes, eggplants, sweet potatoes, etc. They would find a corner, build a small stove with stones, and start roasting and eating.
"Hai-ge'er, is it delicious?"
Just a sprinkle of salt on vegetables is a favorite pastime for children playing house.
The little dumpling nodded repeatedly, "It's delicious and fun. The kids in our compound play marbles, shoot guns, or bully girls."
"Adults don't allow us to play with fire, they say it will make us wet the bed at night!"
Everyone burst into laughter, "We play like this every day, and we don't wet the bed! You adults are just trying to scare you!"
"However, these vegetables are just so-so in taste. The best ones are field mice! But those things are not easy to catch."
At this point, they began to reminisce about how delicious field mice tasted.
Ke Meiyu also dug into the original owner's memories.
In rural areas, most families are not well-off and can only eat meat a few times a year. Therefore, animals such as rabbits, rats, and snakes found in the fields have become important sources of nutrition for farmers to nourish their children and to entertain guests.
She has five older brothers who "don't like to work," so the field mice naturally eat them every now and then.
There were only one or two at a time, and the original owner never got to eat her fill, let alone now that her appetite is unusually large!
The field mice were plump and tender, so delicious that one would almost want to swallow the bones whole.
"Shall we catch field mice?" Ke Meiyu suddenly stood up and said excitedly.
"Great, great! Aunt Yu, go stand in the field, and the field mice will probably all run straight into your legs," the children were brainwashed by the old lady and firmly believed in her good luck.
Moreover, each of them also harvested a jar of wild duck eggs, naturally becoming Ke Meiyu's most loyal followers.
"Tch, your Aunt Yu catches field mice with real skill," Ke Meiyu snorted, and directly directed her brothers to help her make a mouse-catching device.
It's true that she came from the apocalypse, but before the apocalypse, Ke Meiyu was at least poisoned by Douyin (TikTok), and some life tips were brainwashed into her.
The mousetrap is very simple: take a field mouse that has fallen into a jar that it can't climb out of, a wooden board to help the mouse climb up the jar, a short wooden board with a stick through the mouth of the jar, and then stick a few fragrant oil residues on the short wooden board.
"Alright, brothers, put the jars where the field mice are."
"That's it?" Everyone looked at the simple device and chuckled quietly.
Ke Meiyu's older brothers played along with her, placing the three jars they had made in various locations in the fields.
"Brother Hai'er, my aunt always just eats whatever's handed to her and has no idea how difficult it is to catch field mice. Even though we brothers are so good at it, we can only wait for our dad to catch one or two to satisfy our cravings."
The children, worried that Lu Yuehai would be disappointed, gave him a heads-up. "If you want to eat them, I'll ask my dad to catch a couple for you tomorrow!"
As they were talking, they heard the pitiful squeaking of field mice.
Everyone turned to look at Ke Meiyu in astonishment. This was actually possible?!
"Shh," Ke Meiyu said smugly, signaling them to keep quiet.
For half an hour, field mice kept squeaking and falling into the jar with a plop.
There were about ten mice in each of the three jars! And after the bumper harvest, these field mice were all quite plump.
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