Ancestors, I told you to seduce the villains, not to turn evil.

"Uncle, I will speak to your important person about the favor you did for me this time."

"However, there is one more thing I need your help with, Uncle."

Li Wu and the village chief are already beyond the fifth degree of kinship.

At this moment, the two stood together, even closer than uncles and nephews.

The village chief glanced at Li Wu: "What is it?"

A ruthless glint flashed in Li Wu's eyes: "If the village won't sell grain to Fei Huainan, the villagers will probably sell it too."

The village chief hesitated for a moment.

“The climate in Guangping County is harsh, especially in winter when it drops to minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius. Every winter, people freeze to death.”

"Fei Huainan and Xu Manman have no food. It won't be easy for them to get through this winter!"

The village elder's eyes were cloudy, but he knew Li Wu had made something of himself and wanted to befriend him.

But he was unwilling to take human lives.

The village chief has served for many years, always cautious and meticulous. Although he has never made any meritorious contributions, he has also never made any major mistakes.

Li Wu smiled and took out a sewing ticket, which was even rarer than a bicycle ticket.

"Uncle, I know my cousin is getting married and is worried about finding a sewing machine. This is something I got from a comrade-in-arms, and I'm giving it to him as a wedding gift."

The village chief glanced at it, pondered for a moment, and then accepted it with a smile.

"Okay, I'll thank you on behalf of your cousin."

"Don't worry, no one in Xinghua Village will sell grain to Fei Huainan and Xu Manman."

Li Wu smiled with satisfaction: "Thank you for your trouble, Uncle."

The village chief smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then changed the subject.

"Your auntie has cooked a lot of delicious food, let's eat at your uncle's house today!"

"Speaking of which, your cousin hasn't seen you in a long time. You're family, so why don't you take your cousin out and let him broaden his horizons?"

Ideally, one's own son should also catch the eye of an important person.

Li Wu understood the village chief's meaning and smiled as he spoke.

"Of course, no problem. If my cousin is willing, he can come with me to the military base in a few days."

"But I don't need to eat. I haven't even been home yet since I got back to the village. I need to go back and check on things first. I'll go to my uncle's house another day."

Upon hearing this, the village chief nodded and let Li Wu leave.

When Li Wu returned home.

When Li Meng saw him, she almost burst into tears.

Knowing that she was anxious about the jade pendant, Li Wu immediately smiled and spoke up.

"Don't worry, the jade pendant you asked for will be available soon."

Upon hearing this, Li Meng was immediately delighted.

She had to get the jade pendant as soon as possible, fearing that her prophetic dream would disappear.

At this moment, Xu Manman was discussing the matter of pickling sauerkraut with Aunt Lin.

In the north, the winter is long and the weather is freezing cold with few vegetables available. Every year, every household pickles sauerkraut.

The longer the pickled cabbage is stored, the better it tastes, especially when stewed with pork bones—the flavor is absolutely amazing.

Aunt Lin's family plans to pickle three vats.

Two jars of sauerkraut, one jar of salted vegetables, and some soybean paste.

Homemade soybean paste from the countryside tastes excellent.

Xu Manman doesn't know how to make soybean paste, so she was about to ask Aunt Lin to help her make a jar.

Aunt Lin agreed.

"In a few days, they'll be slaughtering the pigs, sheep, and beef for the New Year. We should be able to get quite a bit..."

Before she could finish speaking, she realized that the village chief wasn't even sharing grain with Xu Manman and Fei Huainan, so they certainly wouldn't get any meat either.

Aunt Lin immediately withdrew her smile and looked at Xu Manman somewhat awkwardly.

Xu Manman didn't care at all.

She had already started stockpiling goods.

We bought quite a few free hens, as well as ducks and four wild rabbits caught on the mountain.

However, even though there were quite a few of these things, Xu Manman still wanted to buy some pork.

The last time the editor-in-chief of the publishing house sent her a few kilograms of meat coupons, Xu Manman asked her to send her more coupons when she wrote to her again.

Aunt Lin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Xu Manman really didn't care.

It is said that Aunt Lin's daughter-in-law has also left the courtyard and is now at home breastfeeding her child every day.

The baby is two months old and very cute. The family plans to set up two tables, and Aunt Lin has informed Xu Manman.

Xu Manman readily agreed, and then she talked about the roof.

Aunt Lin glanced at the roof and said, "This roof needs to be repaired properly. The snow here is thick, and we don't want it to collapse under the weight."

After Aunt Lin left, Xu Manman was still thinking about the roof.

The more she looked at it, the more unsafe the roof seemed.

Fei Huainan glanced at it a few times and said, "The snow is heavy here in winter. If the roof can't hold up, it's quite dangerous."

Xu Manman also felt it was quite dangerous, so she gave up the idea of ​​moving back.

Anyway, she and Fei Huainan slept on the kang (a heated brick bed), which was big enough to sleep four or five people, and there was no problem with a table between them.

At night, Xu Manman felt quite cold, but it seemed too early to light the kang (heated brick bed).

Her thoughts jumped around quickly; after pondering the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) for a moment, they drifted back to the meat.

"Could we try to buy some meat?"

Fei Huainan realized that Xu Manman was a foodie at heart.

"Leave this to me."

The meat distributed in the village during the Spring Festival is also sold by some people, but those are too scattered, so he plans to buy it directly from the brigade.

Moreover, after this period of recuperation, Fei Huainan's leg was completely healed. He glanced at the mountains outside the window.

Perhaps we could go into the mountains to see if there are any prey.

My wife is so craving meat, I can't let her go hungry.

The next day, Fei Huainan decided to go into the mountains to take a look. He wheeled himself out of the courtyard and found two cigarette butts lying in the corner of the wall.

There were also a few footprints that didn't belong to him and Xu Manman.

Fei Huainan's house was located in a rather remote area, right at the foot of the mountain. There was only Aunt Lin's house in front of it, and there were hardly any other people around.

The fact that someone could leave footprints and cigarette butts in the corner of his house means they must be watching him.

We'll talk about hunting later; Fei Huainan needs to find out who's watching his house.

That night, while Xu Manman was asleep, Fei Huainan climbed over the wall and left the courtyard.

He exercises indoors every day, and now his body feels much more rusty.

He hid in the corner, and soon he heard faint footsteps.

The dark figure walked to the door, picked up a handful of wild vegetables, and threw them into the chicken coop.

He then leaned against the corner of the wall, squinting as he stared into the dark room, lost in thought.

Fei Huainan stepped forward and knocked the man unconscious with a single palm strike. He picked up a flashlight and saw that it was actually Li Wu.

He quickly stripped the man naked and left him in the cold wind.

The weather in September isn't freezing cold.

As for whether he would get sick or develop chronic illnesses, Fei Huainan didn't care.

He took out the wild vegetables that Li Wu had thrown in, glanced at them, and discovered that they were poisonous.

If these chickens eat this, they'll all die.

These chickens were all fed by Xu Manman, and she's waiting for them to lay eggs soon!

If Li Wu were to poison me to death, I would be furious for days.

Thinking of this, Fei Huainan did not go home, but returned to Li Wu's side and kicked him hard in the buttocks.

Li Wu kicked out with a howl, and the next moment, he was hit on the neck again, plunging back into darkness.

Fei Huainan's kick could keep Li Wu in check for days.

Xu Manman knew nothing about any of this. After she woke up, she went to the backyard to pull up radishes and cabbages.

Pickled cabbage is best made with Chinese cabbage, but radishes, celery, and green beans can also be added.

Add some scallions, ginger, and chili peppers, and the flavor is absolutely amazing.

Once the sauerkraut is ready, she must make sauerkraut dumplings.

Xu Manman's mouth watered just thinking about it.