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Chapter 338: Is it really on fire?
Meeting Liu Chunhua's expectant gaze, July blinked blankly.
"Don't be in a hurry. Come, try this meat. The cabbage just now might have been a little bland. This meat is delicious and has a strong flavor. You can definitely tell."
July swallowed the cabbage and then slowly started eating the pork.
Su Xiaozhu and Wu Siwang really had no appetite this time and were looking at the paper figure curiously.
One was curious about whether she had a sense of taste, and the other was surprised how a paper figure could swallow cabbage. Where did the cabbage go? Did it have to go to the dry toilet to defecate afterward?
Seeing that the children were also watching seriously, Su Chen simply put down his chopsticks.
"How's it going? It tastes good, doesn't it?"
When Liu Chunhua saw July frowning, she immediately asked in surprise.
July nodded, then quickly shook her head.
"no the same!"
"How is it different? Is it sweet or salty?"
Su Chen was helpless: "Mom, she probably doesn't know what is salty and what is sweet."
Liu Chunhua slapped her forehead and said, "Look at me, I've forgotten that July knows nothing and can't do anything. July, don't worry, I'll teach you how to distinguish between salty and sweet after dinner."
Because she was worried about something, Liu Chunhua finished the meal in no time.
Finally, he pulled July to the stove without saying anything and started letting her taste various seasonings.
Su Xiaozhu ate quickly and soon came over.
While Old Man Su was serving food to the children and telling them to pick up and eat any rice grains that fell on the Eight Immortals Table, he complained to Su Chen, "Making this thing is like raising a child. You have to teach him everything. It's so troublesome!"
Su Chen joked: "Dad, how about I put July back into the furnace?"
Old Man Su: “!!!”
"Are you crazy? This is a living person!"
Wu Siwang was puzzled: "Dad, isn't it a paper figure?"
Old Man Su: "...That's a living person!"
"Achen, if you try to hit Qiyue, be careful or your mother will break your legs!"
"Don't you see how happy your mother is? She's treating you like half her own daughter!"
Just know!
Su Chen put away his playful smile.
"Okay, Dad, when you have time, you can teach Qiyue how to grow vegetables. It's always good to learn more."
Old Man Su: "...What's so good about learning to grow vegetables? It's better to study more and work in an office and get a salary every month."
Su Chen was surprised: "Dad, do you still want July to take the college entrance examination?"
"Why not? This kid looks down-to-earth and motivated, unlike you, a brat. When I sent you to school as a kid, you always ran away."
Su Chen coughed twice.
"Dad, the kids are here."
Old Man Su looked at the children who were staring at them intently, then lowered his head and said, "Eat, eat, eat quickly, we still have to clean up later."
The old house has been almost cleaned up these days, with only some odds and ends left.
After dinner, Wu Siwang and Su Chen washed the dishes, and the three men started to pick up the blue bricks in the corner of the wall in the backyard.
Su Chen was a little depressed: "Dad, there is no need to take this brick to the new house, right?"
"Why not? Your mother said we need to build a stove outside. Do we need bricks to build a stove? It would cost a lot of money to buy bricks in the city. We have them here, so it's not a big deal to bring them with us."
"Also, take that stone trough with you. Your mother might want to raise a few piglets."
Su Chen: “!!!”
"Dad, goodbye, okay? Leaving the stone trough here will make it convenient for my brother and sister-in-law to raise pigs. Raising pigs in the villa would be so smelly."
Old Man Su was unhappy: "What's smelly? It's all fat!"
Su Chen looked at Wu Siwang for help, and the latter nodded in agreement: "Dad, in addition to pigs, we can raise chickens and ducks. I can help feed them after work."
"Chicken and duck droppings can be used as fertilizer for vegetable gardens. I've seen it before, and you can even grow vegetables in the flower beds."
Seeing that the two of them were talking more and more excitedly, Su Chen's shoulders drooped little by little.
Before he even moved in, he could already imagine what a mess the villa would be in.
He took two deep breaths and kept smiling.
It's okay. Isn't it just raising some chickens and ducks? Isn't it just growing some vegetables? It's tolerable. I'll set up a formation to block out the stench later...
Just as I was thinking about it, Aliang came.
"Uncle, I'm going to the city to see Uncle Zhao tomorrow."
Su Chen straightened up: "Have you agreed on the working hours with Brother Zhao?"
"Ah."
Ah Liang rubbed his hands nervously as he spoke: "Uncle, I think it should be OK for me to drive, right?"
Old Man Su glared at him: "Be braver and stop letting your imagination run wild."
Su Chen also comforted: "Don't worry, be careful. It's normal to make mistakes when you first start working. Remember to admit your mistakes in time, learn from them, and try not to make the same mistakes again next time."
"Uncle, I understand. I..."
"Come early tomorrow morning and I'll take you to Boss Zhang."
Ah Liang smiled and said, "Hey, thank you, uncle."
After agreeing to go to the city to work, A Liang was not idle. He followed Su Chen and others to put all the blue bricks piled in the corner into snakeskin bags. He also pushed the cart to the villa and took the snakeskin bags out of the car.
When they returned to the old house, they saw Old Tan sitting at the eight-immortals table with red eyes.
"Old man Su, I don't want to leave."
"We finally waited until our children grew up and our grandchildren were old enough to help out. We wanted to enjoy life, but why do we have to leave home again..."
Old Tan wiped his eyes and said, "Oh, I really owed Ah Xiong this in my previous life."
After Liu Chunhua and Old Man Su were comforted, he left behind half a bag of rice and a bag of sweet potatoes.
He went out, came back home, and took some things to deliver to other neighbors' homes.
Old Man Su took two puffs of his water pipe and said, "Old Tan asked us to cut some more cabbages when we have time, fearing they would rot in the fields if we didn't eat them."
Liu Chunhua sighed, "There's no money to exchange for so many things, so I can only give them away. No wonder he's jealous."
"Let's wrap him up in a red envelope later and wish him a safe journey."
Old Man Su nodded: "Yes, I want to buy one. I don't know if he will come back for the New Year after he went to the south. If he doesn't come back..."
This may be the last time we see each other.
Liu Chunhua and Old Man Su were silent for a long time.
Only when July timidly asked which direction the south was did I come to my senses.
"The south, it is..." Liu Chunhua turned around but couldn't find which direction the south was, so she looked at Old Man Su for help.
The latter glared at him and said, "Are you stupid? The sun rises in the east, so to the left is south and to the right is north."
He pointed to the backyard and said, "Look, July, this is the south side."
Suddenly, his brows furrowed.
Liu Chunhua followed his gaze suspiciously.
"Old man, what are you doing?"
The paper figurine continued to recite word for word: "The south! side! is! black! black!"
Dark?
Su Chen looked at it curiously and his heart skipped a beat.
It's thick smoke!
"on fire?"
Old Man Su still felt a little bit unbelievable: "No, it can't be?"
"The burning of the wasteland should be done after the first month of the lunar year."
Liu Chunhua slapped him on the shoulder and said, "Are you stupid? Go and take a look! Don't turn around and burn down our village. Do you still want the house?"
"Oh oh oh, I, I'll go right away!"
As soon as Old Man Su ran out of the door, Su Chen's figure disappeared in front of everyone.
He was now at the top of the hillside south of Niuwei Village.
Looking down from a high vantage point, one could see that more than half of the mountain below was burned.
That is Chentandi.
It is said that there used to be a deep pool. Suddenly one day, the water in the pool dried up, revealing a bottomless pit. People in Niuwei Village said from mouth to mouth that there was a monster under the deep pit, and they were warned to stay away from it.
So even when people go up the mountain to chop firewood, they avoid this area.
Therefore, there were so many dead branches and rotten leaves in this area, and the fire was very fierce.
"Achen, Achen, is it really burning?"
From a distance, Su Chen heard Hu Shiliang's worried voice.