Aunt Wang promised to pay the corresponding "compensation", and the matter came to an end. When the villagers saw that the melons had been eaten, they all went home one by one.
Xu Xingchen's house, which was originally crowded, suddenly became empty, and Xu Xingchen sighed.
"Sighing will make you age." Jun Haoyue kindly reminded.
"Nonsense." Xu Xingchen rolled his eyes.
After saying that, he turned around and went into the greenhouse to clean up the mess, gathered the wheat seedlings that could not survive into one place, and filled in the bumpy holes in the land that had been dug.
Munduner was lying on the ground with his butt sticking up, digging something. Xu Xingchen picked him up with a reproachful look.
"Dun'er, the fields are all covered in dirt and dirty. Go out and play."
Mundun'er twisted his body and whimpered, wanting to get off the bed. Jun Haoyue advised him with some concern, "Children are still at the age of playing around. Just wash their clothes when they get dirty."
It's like a kind father admonishing a strict mother for being too harsh on her child.
Xu Xingchen glared at him and said, "Then you wash it."
Jun Haoyue was stunned and nodded helplessly: "I'll wash it, I'll wash it." He felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.
While the two were talking, Munduner had already broken free from Xu Xingchen's arms, hugged Jun Haoyue's thighs, and took him to the corner to dig again.
Xu Xingchen shook her head and went to tie up the wheat seedlings. She was tying up the dead wheat seedlings with a painful look on her face when Jun Haoyue suddenly called her from the corner.
"Stardust, come quickly."
She put down the work in her hands and walked over. Jun Haoyue and the others made way to let her look at the only surviving wheat seedling in the corner.
This was such an unexpected surprise. Xu Xingchen covered his lips in surprise, and his eyes were a little red.
Mundun'er knelt on the ground, blinking his round eyes, "Miao, Miao."
Xu Xingchen picked him up from the ground and rubbed his cheeks vigorously, "Oh, my heart, my liver, my little baby."
Munduner laughed and hummed as she was being rubbed, and her short hands blocked her face in resistance, "Hehe, it's itchy... It's uncomfortable."
Jun Haoyue's hand lightened as he rescued Mundun'er from Xu Xingchen's clutches. "Alright, let's transplant this wheat seedling to the backyard first, to prevent any more accidents."
Xu Xingchen nodded repeatedly. Nothing could happen to this only seedling. This was cold-resistant wheat grown with nutrient solution. Ordinary wheat could only be planted in spring and harvested in autumn, but this kind of wheat could grow indiscriminately regardless of the season. In the north where spring and autumn were not distinct, it could be said to be a panacea.
She wiped away the tears from her eyes and thanked Jun Haoyue sincerely: "Jun Haoyue, thank you, really."
Jun Haoyue paused teasing Mundun'er, turned his head and looked at her intently, his dark eyes seemed to be able to suck Xu Xingchen in.
Xu Xingchen looked into those eyes and for some reason suddenly felt the urge to escape. He quickly smoothed his hair to cover it up and said, "As a token of gratitude, what do you want to eat?"
She felt that if she didn't change the subject, Jun Haoyue would say something that would make her...uneasy.
Jun Haoyue lowered his eyes, hiding the emotions that were about to be revealed, and asked Mundun'er, "What do you want to eat, Mundun'er?"
"Chicken, I want to eat chicken." Mundun said excitedly, clapping his hands.
During this trip, it met a little yellow chicken from the same game as it, and the little yellow chicken explored with it for a while.
The little yellow chicken treats Guamunduner as a friend, but Munduner treats Guamunduner as food. I wonder what the little yellow chicken will do if he finds out.
"Okay, let's eat chicken. Well, let's make beggar's chicken." Xu Xingchen searched the recipe on his light brain and chose beggar's chicken.
"Jun Haoyue, I need to transplant wheat seedlings. The ingredients... you understand, right?"
Jun Haoyue handed Mundun'er to her and nodded in understanding: "I understand."
After that, the two of them divided the work, one did the transplanting and the other went out to catch pheasants.
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After Xu Xingchen transplanted the wheat seedlings, Jun Haoyue also came back with a pheasant and some dry firewood for making a fire.
He went inside and shook the snow off his shoulders. "It's snowing outside."
Xu Xingchen cried out "Ah" and looked out. Munduner slipped out through the crack of the door she had opened and was happily playing in the yard with the snow.
Jun Haoyue boiled water and plucked the chicken feathers on his own, and also removed the chicken's internal organs. Xu Xingchen was the chef, and Jun Haoyue helped him add firewood and pick vegetables. They were in harmony and understanding.
Firewood is a little damp on a snowy day. When it is first added in, thick smoke will come out. Jun Haoyue, who was adding firewood, suffered greatly from this.
There were black and white spots on his fair face, which looked very embarrassing, and in return Xu Xingchen laughed mercilessly.
After working for a long time, it was finally done. Xu Xingchen served the beggar's chicken. Mendun'er leaned on the table with his eyes almost glued to the chicken.
The three of them sat around on the kang and ate happily.
"...Sister Xu..."
Xu Xingchen, who was wiping Mendun'er's face, looked up and asked hesitantly, "Did someone call me just now?"
Jun Haoyue looked through the window, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see if there was anyone there.
Then there was a rapid knock on the door, "Sister Xu? Are you there?"
It was Shuanzi. The two of them could understand each other's feelings by looking at each other's eyes.
Xu Xingchen hurried to open the door, Jun Haoyue followed and handed her a coat.
The door opened and Shuanzi, covered in snow, said anxiously, "Sister Xu, my wife, Miss Zhou, is missing!"
"What?! When did you disappear?"
"No, I don't know. When I went back in the afternoon, she locked the door as soon as she entered the house. I couldn't get in, so I waited outside. It was dark and there was no light in the house. I pushed the door open, but she was not inside." Shuanzi was a little slow in speaking, but he explained it clearly.
Xu Xingchen frowned, and after a moment's thought, he divided the work and said, "Well, let's split up and look for her. Shuanzi, you go ask around at the houses Zhou Xiaoniang often visits, and Jun, my cousin, and I will also split up and look for her."
Shuanzi didn't know how long he had been running in the snow. Frost had formed on his eyebrows and eyelashes. He replied gratefully, "Okay, okay, I'll go right away." After that, he hurried away and disappeared in the snow.
Xu Xingchen also went into the house, put on his clothes and reunited with Jun Haoyue, "Jun Haoyue, let's split up and look for them."
Jun Haoyue's expression was a little cold, and he shook his head and said, "It's not safe for you to be alone, and it's snowing outside."
Xu Xingchen knew that what he said was right, but if they went together, they would waste every opportunity to find the person. She bit her lip and hesitated, thinking about how to persuade him, when Munduner appeared from behind Jun Haoyue.
Her eyes lit up and she reached out to hug Munduner, "I'll take Munduner with me, so I won't be alone anymore. Don't worry, I'm very brave." She patted her chest to assure.
Jun Haoyue frowned rarely, and after thinking about it, he reluctantly agreed. Before parting, he repeatedly reminded Mendun'er to take good care of Xu Xingchen.
Xu Xingchen felt a little embarrassed. How could she let a three-year-old data body look down on her, a living person?
The two separated at the intersection. Xu Xingchen, wearing a straw raincoat, shouted Zhou Xiaoniang's name along the way in the wind and snow, but her voice was covered by the wind and snow. The wind and snow blew in her face and made her throat hoarse.
Xu Xingchen walked confusedly in the wind and snow.
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