190 Child, the show is over!

Su Taotao put away the notebook Fu Yuanhang gave her, and walked to the door. After thinking for a while, she brought the children back.

She glanced at her watch. The members had just finished work. If she went to the private plots to pick some vegetables, she would run into a lot of people.

"We may not be able to avoid people at this point. I just didn't think carefully enough. We can't go out now. There are too many people in the village paying attention to us. Let's eat first. A few minutes won't matter."

The smallest things in the village can spread quickly, and it is easy to arouse suspicion if you walk out immediately after entering the house.

Especially their family, they were the center of the topic, and the children also noticed that even though time was tight, they could not afford to waste a little time.

The whole family finished the meal in less than ten minutes.

Being full of worries also greatly reduced the taste of this delicious meal.

The catfish that Mumu had been thinking about no longer tasted good. What he and Fu Yuanhang were thinking about now was the hero who was still starving in the air-raid shelter.

Zhou Linglan took this opportunity to bake a few egg pancakes.

"Let's do a scene at the door," Su Taotao said, "Mumu, you asked for the braised pork from the state-owned restaurant, so I went to buy it."

The children were so clever that they understood immediately. Mumu immediately ran to the door and shouted:

"Sister Taozi, the food you cooked today is not to my taste. The catfish is too fishy. I want to eat the braised pork from the state-owned restaurant!"

Su Taotao replied loudly: "This place may be sold out. Can we eat there tomorrow? We can also buy it on the train."

Mumu ran to the door and started rolling around like a naughty kid:

"No, no, I'm not full yet. I want to eat now. My mother asked you to take good care of me! The food in your shabby village is not tasty. Only the cold potatoes are barely edible! Anyway, I want to eat braised pork now! And the food on the train is not as delicious as the one in the state-owned hotel!"

Su Taotao: "..." Child, the show is over.

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you, but I can't guarantee that I can get it."

Mumu shouted, "If you hurry up, you will definitely be able to buy some. If you are slower, they will be gone! Ah Hang, come with me to dig some more radishes. It is so hot and there is not even a watermelon. I can only eat radishes! Oh, remember to buy a watermelon if there is one!"

Su Taotao: “…” Mumu, if you don’t apply to the Comedy Academy in the future, I will be the first to disagree.

Zhou Linglan also joined in: "It's not the season for sweet potatoes yet. They will grow several times bigger in the future. It would be a waste to dig too much. Can I go get you some cantaloupe instead?"

The naughty boy Mumu shook his head like a rattle: "No, no! I only want to eat cold potatoes, the kind I dig myself!"

Fu Yuanhang packed up his things and came out. Zhou Linglan took the opportunity to put the baked cakes and water into his backpack: "Go ahead, try to pick the bigger ones, and let the small ones grow longer."

Mumu put his knowledge into practice: "Mother, you don't understand. Only small and tender ones are delicious. Big and old ones are not delicious!"

Zhou Linglan didn't know what to say for a moment.

Now is the official start of the two-pronged attack.

Sure enough, as soon as they left, the neighbors who had been keeping an eye on them began to look out from over the walls or doorways:

"Zhengtu, he's teasing your sweet potato again? Where did this little ancestor come from? Why is he so difficult to please?"

Zhou Linglan smiled softly: "The child of a colleague in the Zhengtu unit is a good child, but he has not experienced much hardship and is a little bit delicate."

The neighbor curled his lips and said, "How can you be so coquettish? You are clearly an ancestor. You want braised pork and cold potatoes in the middle of the day. If it were my child, I would have beaten him a long time ago."

Another neighbor who was leaning against the wall also said, "Yes, I heard you bought some big pig's feet this morning. Isn't that enough for him?"

Su Taotao was right. There were too many eyes staring at their house. Although there was no ill intention, it really made people feel uncomfortable.

Zhou Linglan: "I'll save the pig's trotters for dinner. I haven't cooked them yet."

Another neighbor who came out with his rice bowl in the sun said, "That kid is really an ancestor. I heard him say he wanted to touch frogs last night, so Zhengtu's mother took him to touch frogs in the middle of the night."

Zhou Linglan: "…It wasn't the middle of the night. I had just finished my meal. I hadn't touched a frog for a long time, so I went to join in the fun."

Mumu is such a good kid, Zhou Linglan still wants to help him restore his reputation.

The neighbor leaning on the wall said, "That kid is a troublemaker. Don't let him corrupt your Ah Hang. Ah Hang is getting better and better as he grows older. He looks so innocent and pure. I almost didn't recognize him."

The neighbor holding a bowl of rice came closer and closer, looking into the yard constantly: "You caught a catfish last night, right? I just smelled it and my mouth is watering. But you don't like the fishy smell, how about I help you eat some? If there's no fish, I can just give you some soup with rice."

Zhou Linglan held the door and said, "Excuse me, Chenchen and I have to eat."

After saying that, he closed the door with a bang.

The neighbor was turned away and left cursing, saying something like "The richer you are, the more you try."

Zhou Linglan closed the door and turned around to see Chenchen standing behind her with a stick.

"Chenchen, what are you doing?"

Chenchen raised his little head and looked at his grandmother very seriously: "Mom, I have a mission for you~~Watch over the house~~beat up the bad guys~~"

Zhou Linglan bent down and picked him up: "They are not bad people, they are just good people, they don't have any bad intentions, Chenchen, eat some more."

…

Su Taotao went straight to the commune post office. It was lunchtime and there were not many people in the post office. The aunt on duty was eating with a lunch box in her hand.

Su Taotao found a phone number farthest away from her mother and called the city police station.

After the call was connected, she lowered her voice and spoke according to what was written in the notebook, then added a detailed address. She also said that if she needed someone to lead the way, she should send someone to her house to tell her quietly, and it must be done quietly.

After she hung up the phone and paid the money, no gossip was heard. The aunt even said slyly, "I don't know what she is saying. It's so mysterious and doesn't seem like a good thing."

Afterwards, Su Taotao went to the state-owned hotel and confirmed that the braised pork had been sold out long ago.

On the way back, she actually met a farmer who was exchanging watermelons.

Su Taotao changed one and tied it to the most conspicuous position in the back seat, making sure that everyone in the village knew that she came out in the hot sun at noon to buy braised pork and a big watermelon for Mumu, that "naughty kid".

Fu Yuanhang and Mumu chatted and laughed all the way to the private plot.

When he met other members on the road, Mumu took the initiative to ask them if they had watermelons to exchange, because if they didn’t, he could only eat cold potatoes.

Now, everyone in the village knows that Mumu is a greedy person. One moment he is greedy for braised pork, the next moment he is greedy for big watermelon.

Li Guobang didn't expect them to come back so soon. His legs were already numb and painful. If it wasn't for the coolness in the air-raid shelter, he would have been soaked all over.

"Don't worry, my sister-in-law has already gone to report the news. You can eat something first." Fu Yuanhang said.

Li Guobang thought his sister-in-law was a young wife in the village, so he asked him, "Is she reliable? Can I trust her?"

Fu Yuanhang said with a straight face: "There is no one in this world who is more reliable than my sister-in-law. She can run a factory, so why can't she do such a small thing?"

…