Me at two years old, a queen!

After Lu Junxing and his family left, Ni Hao took the shovel that Lu Junxing had left behind and started working little by little, washing her hands and massaging her back every now and then.

Fortunately, we had already completed half of it together, and there were still three small cubicles of a few square meters left.

Her uncle was too lazy to say anything more. Seeing that the sun was almost at noon, and she'd been working for three hours on such a small amount of work, while so many others hadn't finished, he could only spit into his palm.

Grabbing a shovel, he got to work, quickly shoveling away the pig manure. He'll compost it and use it later in the fields to grow crops; it's invaluable natural fertilizer.

When Lu Junxing arrived, he saw Ni Hao sitting on a stool resting, while Ji Jianshu was rinsing the floor with a hose: "Xiao Shu! I'll take care of it, you go play for a while!"

"What about your uncle? Did he help haul the pig manure away?"

Ji Jianshu was too embarrassed to say that he and that woman were both too incompetent, having angered the old man to the point that he had cleaned up the pig manure himself. He simply nodded and handed him the water pipe.

"Uncle Lu! Is An'an alright? How is she? Is she in a lot of pain?"

"She's fine! Don't worry, she's just all bark and no bite, but the noise she makes is terrifying!"

Seeing that he was still standing there, the man said again, "Once I finish this, we'll be able to see her when we get back!"

"Then I'll help you!"

"No need, you go stand over there. There are only two pieces left, I can finish them by myself!"

After Lu Junxing finished, Ni Hao also came over with a large broom to sweep up the water. By the time everyone had finished, the sun was directly overhead.

The eldest uncle also came over carrying a pig's head. He was slightly surprised to see Lu Junxing there. After asking the child a couple more questions, he held up the pig's head and said:

"These are for you to take home and eat! They were just killed this morning. The person who originally wanted them had an accident and their mother went to the county hospital!"

"Take this! Make some sauce for the two little ones to braise; it'll taste good! You can also make a cold salad or stir-fry it!"

Ni Hao looked at the fat, pig-like head, concealing the disgust in her eyes, and smiled, "Uncle! Thank you so much. I was just trying to help you with the work! I didn't expect to cause you so much trouble!"

"We're really embarrassed to accept such a big pig's head as a last resort. But we were indeed short of food at noon. It's fine for us adults to skip a meal, but this child is still growing and can't go without eating."

"On behalf of the two children, I thank you, Uncle. I wish you good health and a happy marriage to your son and daughter-in-law!"

Although the uncle didn't have a good impression of this woman who was useless at everything and always shirked her responsibilities, he didn't hold it against her now that the work was done. Hearing these words, he felt a little more at ease.

"Oh dear, I don't expect you city folks to do a great job! But this young man is quite efficient, and both kids are very enthusiastic; they're good kids!"

The uncle exchanged a few sincere and polite words, then shooed the group down the mountain. He had dozens of pigs to raise, plus piglets, and an orchard to manage; he simply didn't have the time to play with them.

If it weren't for the fact that they were going to build a road and donate boats for the village, he wouldn't have bothered with it. Building a road in the village is a great act of merit; it will also make it easier for his son to get married later, so he couldn't let it be delayed.

As the group carried the pig's head back, many villagers along the way, carrying hoes, came up to them and asked, "Wow, what a huge pig's head!"

"Where did you buy this? Didn't you say the pig's head was already reserved? I couldn't buy it even if I wanted to!"

"Yeah, that's not fair. The pig seller is my husband's cousin, why won't he sell to me? I have to queue up and pre-order!"

"Young man! Your pig's head is so big, are you selling it?"

"Yes, my grandson has been craving this meat for a long time. My husband has asked the pig seller in the mountains several times, but he always says it's all been reserved! If we want to eat it, we'll have to wait in line until the next pig is slaughtered!"

"Yes! My family did too. Last time, we were worried about our family's ancestral worship ceremony being delayed, so my husband booked it months in advance!"

Ni Hao did want to sell it; she thought she could get a piece of pork leg today. Who would have thought she'd get a scary pig's head instead? She figured she could sell it and buy some other vegetables with the money.

Just as he was about to agree, he was hit by a stone. Turning around, he saw Ji Jianshu glaring at him: "You'd better not cause trouble!"

"No! We had the village chief order this pig's head a long time ago; we wanted it for ourselves!"

The villagers, reluctant to part, muttered under their breath, "How can you be so heartless, young man? I'm old, how many more meals of pig's head can I afford? How can you young people be so ungrateful?"

However, one old lady, seeing the man's imposing aura, felt that he was not someone to be trifled with, and insisted on pulling her group of friends away!

"No! Daddy, why won't you sell it? You can have some other kind of meat, but I don't want to eat this pig's head!"

"This was given to us by Uncle Pig, how could you sell it to someone else?"

Before Lu Junxing could speak, Ji Jianshu said to her with dissatisfaction, "This is letting down Uncle Pig's good intentions. He will be heartbroken if he knows!"

"They've already given it to us, so why should they care what we do with it? Besides, even if they give it to us, I can't eat it. We might as well exchange it for something else that we can eat!"

"How about this? Shen Yu and Duo Duo's families went fishing. Shen Yu's father should be bringing back some fish soon. I'll ask him if he'd like to trade some fish for you?"

"but..."

Lu Junxing then looked at them meaningfully and said, "However, this pig's head was originally the ingredient you needed to complete the mission!"

The implication is that, regardless of whether you like this idiot or not, once you participate in the game, you should abide by the rules, and you have to accept it if others don't give you a replacement.

Ji Jianshu nodded in agreement. Although this woman was a bit dim-witted, she wasn't a particularly bad person, and he didn't want her to embarrass their family.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Lu!"

Ji Jianshu looked at Ni Hao, but he wasn't targeting her like before. After all, everyone has foods they don't like: "This is an ingredient we're supposed to use, whether we like it or not!"