Capítulo 1265: Chapter 712: The Dog Blocking the Way
Noon.
It’s the weekend, Aunt Gu is cooking, making so good dishes to nourish her daughter, hoping she grows another 10 centiters.
Jiang Ning reached out to grab the dining table and casually moved it to the entrance of the main room.
Xue Yuantong followed him like a little tail.
She saw Jiang Ning effortlessly grabbing the table with one hand and felt envious, yearning for that kind of strength!
The view here is expansive, facing the fields, with a sense of pastoral beauty.
Aunt Gu called out, “Tongtong, go and call Chuchu to have lunch.”
Although today is a rest day, Hua Fengi, due to debts from buying a house, always chooses to work overti on weekends, running around to find high-quality suppliers of vegetables, at, and poultry to ensure the employees of Evergreen Liquid have good als.
Hence, Chuchu always eats alone on weekends.
Xue Yuantong said, “Jiang Ning, did you hear? You need to call Chuchu.”
Jiang Ning turned around to call people.
Aunt Gu glared at her, and Xue Yuantong proudly raised her chin, “He wouldn’t dare not listen to .”
When Chuchu arrived, they started eating.
Jiang Ning and Chuchu were sitting properly, while Tongtong had no proper sitting posture. She knelt on the stool, holding onto the heavy dining table, gazing eagerly at the dishes.
Braised bass, roasted ribs, stir-fried beef, assorted shrimp, chili eggplant, and a bowl of diced cantaloupe; the staple food was pumpkin rice soup and unleavened bread, making it quite a sumptuous al.
Xue Chuchu felt a bit embarrassed seeing the good food at Tongtong’s house, thinking she was freeloading once again.
Tongtong, being at her own ho, was more assertive. She didn’t even pick up chopsticks, reaching directly for the roasted ribs. Just as her hand touched the ribs, she suddenly sensed a terrifying shadow looming.
In an instant, even the surrounding atmosphere beca stagnant.
Xue Yuantong slowly turned her small face and saw her mother’s angry eyes.
She understood her mother’s aning.
She was being blad for grabbing food directly with her hand.
Now Xue Yuantong had a choice, which was to pick up the roasted ribs and put them in Jiang Ning’s bowl to redirect the bla.
But, this thod wasn’t perfect and still exposed her rough way of grabbing food!
At the critical mont, Xue Yuantong had a quick-witted mont.
She remained composed under pressure, changed her grasping hand to a finger pointing at the ribs on the plate, innocently counting: “One, two, three…”
anwhile, she muttered, “I rember winning more small ribs from Uncle Zhang last ti!”
Xue Yuantong held back under pressure and naturally retracted her hand.
Aunt Gu didn’t find an opportunity to reprimand her for the mont.
Jiang Ning and Chuchu exchanged a smile.
To show sincerity, Xue Yuantong used her chopsticks to pick a piece of rib for Jiang Ning, then thought and picked another piece for her mother, and one for Chuchu.
Aunt Gu looked at the ribs in the bowl and sighed, “Raising you all these years has finally been sowhat useful.”
Xue Yuantong said, “Who said I’m not useful, I can bring warmth to the family.”
Xue Chuchu asked, “What kind of warmth?”
Xue Yuantong said, “For example, my mom used to get angry just seeing .”
Xue Chuchu responded with silence.
Before her mom could lose her temper, Xue Yuantong triumphantly revealed her achievent, “Helped Uncle Yang today and earned eight hundred and fifty.”
She raised her eyebrows, Jiang Ning took out a small wad of cash, and gently placed it on the dining table, imdiately catching everyone’s attention.
In 2014, house prices hadn’t risen yet, and eight hundred and fifty was enough to buy the latest model of the high-end Redmi phone. Today’s al cost less than one hundred yuan.
Aunt Gu asked, “How did you earn it?”
Xue Yuantong honestly recounted her success story, making Xue Chuchu feel envious.
Aunt Gu wanted to say there is risk, but knowing her daughter only knows how to eat every day, she figured it was Jiang Ning’s idea, so she changed her tone, “Not bad, quite impressive, mom can’t even earn half of that in a day.”
Xue Yuantong boasted, “See my capability now!”
She had a sense of being the head of the household.
At this ti, outside in the open space, a man wearing a duckbill hat passed by.
After he walked away, Xue Yuantong whispered, “Doesn’t look like a good person.”
Aunt Gu glanced at her, “Focus on your al, he’s probably going to Jiale to eat.”
If it were in the past, a stranger appearing near the bungalow would have caught Aunt Gu’s attention, but now with the existence of Jiale, it’s common for guests to co to eat, making it less unusual.
Jiang Ning spread his Divine Sense outward like ripples.
In the next mont, countless information entered his mind.
The triangular dagger in the duckbill hat’s coat pocket imdiately beca apparent.
‘Triangular dagger?’
This object has extrely strong penetration power, capable of piercing through even heavy cotton clothing, and due to its special shape, it causes wounds that are extrely difficult to suture.
anwhile, the photo in the duckbill hat’s pocket was also discovered by Jiang Ning, with Yao Yiyao’s father clearly shown.
And Yao Yiyao’s father is currently eating at Jiale.
Jiang Ning scanned the duckbill hat again, finding that this person’s various physical data, such as heart rate and gait, were all at normal levels, clearly indicating an experienced offender.
Normally, the duckbill hat would likely stab Yao’s father and take him away directly.
If a client were stabbed to death in broad daylight at Jiale, how could Yang Fei continue his business?
Would anyone still dare to co?
If Jiale went out of business, where would Jiang Ning enjoy barbecue at night, or do a part-ti job on weekends?
Jiang Ning thought to himself: ‘Annoying.’
He activated his Divine Sense.
Next door, Aunt Zhang was out eating joy noodles, Uncle Zhang was enjoying the dining table alone. He opened a can of beer and had a basin of at, holding onto a big bone and eating heartily!
The black-backed wolfhound squatted under the dining table, drooling.
Suddenly, the black-backed wolfhound sensed movent; it “shot” out the door, barking loudly at the duckbill hat man.
The huge size of the large dog made the man in the duckbill hat jump in fright.
Before humans are broken by animals, they are often extrely cautious and mostly just want to avoid conflict.
Faced with the threat of the large dog, the man in the duckbill hat quickly retreated.
The more he backed away, the more the large dog chased him to bite.
He retreated all the way to the edge of the bungalow, only then did the large dog stop, standing still and staring at him.
The man in the duckbill hat was really frustrated!
He touched the triangular dagger in his pocket, thinking about letting the large dog bleed a bit.
But that seed too unreasonable!
The barking was so loud that Jiang Ning and the others heard it all.
Xue Yuantong whispered, “Not a good person, otherwise why would Xiao Ben bark so fiercely!”
Uncle Zhang heard the noise and ran to the door.
After all, it was his dog, and if it really bit soone, he couldn’t handle it.
The man in the duckbill hat beca furious when he saw the dog’s owner co out, and yelled, “How do you raise your dog? Don’t you know it bites?”
Uncle Zhang looked displeased and shouted, “Ba Wang, co back!”
But Ba Wang completely ignored him.
Uncle Zhang was enraged.
He went up, grabbed Ba Wang, and dragged it back ho.
The man in the duckbill hat breathed a sigh of relief, ‘Damn it, things aren’t going smoothly!’
He continued to walk away.
But he hadn’t taken a few steps when Ba Wang caught up from behind, barking crazily, and the man in the duckbill hat was chased again.
Uncle Zhang quickly ran over and picked up Ba Wang again.
The man in the duckbill hat was angry, never had he hated dog owners as much as this mont. He shouted, “Don’t you have a dog leash at ho?”
Uncle Zhang: “I never use that thing.”
The man in the duckbill hat furiously exclaid, “Truly no public morality!”
Butcher Zhang, the number one bully of River Dam Bungalow, couldn’t take being insulted like that.
Butcher Zhang yelled angrily, “Who are you calling lacking public morality? Watch your damn mouth!”
The man in the duckbill hat had once been in the army but was discharged for breaking the rules. Later, he beca a thug for the Wu Brothers and was notorious for his ruthlessness.
Such a person was far more terrifying than ordinary people.
Now he no longer hid his intentions, revealing murderous intent: “What if I don’t watch my mouth? Do you believe if I say I’ll kill you?”
He reached for the triangular dagger in his coat pocket.
Butcher Zhang went into the house and ca back out a few seconds later, holding a heavy cleaver used for chopping bones; the destructive power of such a weapon was evident.
Butcher Zhang pointed the cleaver at the man in the duckbill hat: “You think you can kill ? Go ahead, try it!”
The man in the duckbill hat’s face darkened when he saw the large cleaver.
Damn it, what’s with this place, are the people so simple and unembellished now?
His tone softened a bit, trying to reason: “Isn’t it your fault for not leashing your dog?”
Butcher Zhang: “I keep my dog at ho, why should I use a leash?”
The man in the duckbill hat: “But it bit , didn’t it?”
Butcher Zhang: “Why did it bite you and not others? Clearly, you’re the problem.”
The man in the duckbill hat was extrely frustrated.
The two argued fiercely, drawing out Uncle Tang, Mr. Qian, and all the neighbors to watch the commotion.
Even more outrageous was that Jiang Ning moved the dining table to the doorway, half in and half out, eating while watching the spectacle.
The man in the duckbill hat couldn’t fight, nor could he out-argue them, so he obediently retreated to the west side of the river dam to play on his mobile phone.
He planned to lie low for a while and wait until the large dog left to go back and deal with his target.
Xue Yuantong whispered, “Uncle Zhang is really tough!”
Even though his dog bit soone first, in the end, Uncle Zhang forced the man to run off, yet he still acted righteously.
Xue Chuchu’s thoughts were similar to Tongtong’s. It was her first ti seeing Butcher Zhang’s fierce side, and it was hard to imagine why such a bully would always lose to Jiang Ning and be tricked out of so many ribs.
Aunt Gu wasn’t too surprised; after all, she had seen such things twice before.
Tongtong’s family ate dinner rather late, and by this ti, the neighbors had mostly finished their als.
Mr. Qian, seeing the Gu family’s al, comnted, “Made so good stuff because you earned so money today, huh?”
Aunt Gu replied, “It’s the weekend, they’re tired from studying every day, better add so nutrition.”
Mr. Qian, recalling the frustration he felt at noon, his mind spun as he said in his usual manner:
“They should indeed get so nutrition, but besides focusing on the children’s physical health, more attention should be paid to their spiritual education.”
As he cracked sunflower seeds, he said, “Which parents wouldn’t want their children to grow up understanding propriety and virtue, and to be filial to their parents?”
“And a person who doesn’t respect the elderly and love the young, how can they be expected to be filial when they grow up?”
Mr. Qian leveraged his professional expertise to talk at length about education.
Aunt Gu quietly watched him.
Mr. Qian got carried away, bringing up old stories, “Rember last year?”
“My grandson ca to visit over sumr vacation. That noon I had to go out and left your Tongtong to help take care of him. But what did she do? Left him hungry all afternoon!”
Xue Yuantong rembered that incident. Mr. Qian went out on business and left his grandson at the river dam.
At noon, Xue Yuantong made food and prepared so with a stead bun, but the child just threw the large bun away. That afternoon, Mr. Qian ca back ho claiming his grandson was abused and started lecturing Yuantong.
At that ti, Xue Yuantong chose to endure.
“Not that I’m saying your Tongtong can’t even take care of a child. How can you expect her to care for you when you’re old?” Mr. Qian manipulated the situation.
Recalling the past, Xue Yuantong gritted her teeth.
More than a year later, now she said without hesitation, “Uncle Zhang’s dog can feed itself, yet your grandson can’t feed himself even at that age; you should really worry more about him!”
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