Chapter 1404

“You’re not here to fool around; you’re here to work.”

Baili Xia turned around just in time to see Mu Xiaojiu lift up the hoe, looking as if he were wielding a sword or spear.

She paused for a moment and immediately thought, this guy grew up in a wealthy family; has he ever seen anyone use a hoe?

“Come here, I’ll teach you.” She waved her hand.

Mu Xiaojiu snorted through his nose and ignored her.

With an expression of disdain, who would be willing to go over?

“Fine, no need to come over, I’ll show you.” Such a big shot!

Baili Xia picked up another hoe that Mrs.

Hong had given her and dug into the ground twice.

Two sweet potatoes were thrown out at the same time.

She curved her eyes in satisfaction, put down the hoe, and immediately bent down to pick up the sweet potatoes.

Turning back, she waved the bounty in her hand at Mu Xiaojiu: “Got it?”

Mu Xiaojiu snorted again, swung the hoe hard at the ground several times.

The sweet potatoes were immediately dug up.

His eyes sparkled with a bit of joy, imitating Baili Xia’s manner, he put down the hoe and bent down to pick up the sweet potatoes.

But Mu Xiaojiu quickly became frustrated.

Those sweet potatoes…

The ones Baili Xia dug up were intact, but the ones he dug up…

Why were they all chopped in half?

“You’re too violent.” Baili Xia crossed over.

Looking at the broken sweet potatoes on the ground, she shook her head and sighed lightly: “Violence can’t solve problems, can you be a bit gentler?”

“When have I ever been gentle?”

Mu Xiaojiu snorted again, swinging the hoe once more.

However, this time, he finally knew to be a bit gentler.

Although, compared to others’ violence, his gentleness was still a bit heavy-handed…

…

Next door to Mrs.

Hong’s house was originally where her son and daughter-in-law lived.

Ever since her son moved to the city, the house has been left vacant.

Although no one has lived there all these years, even when her son and his family come back to visit them, they just sit for a while and leave, unwilling to stay overnight.

Yet all these years, Mrs.

Hong has kept her son’s house clean and tidy.

It may not be spotless, but at least it’s habitable.

Mu Xiaojiu decided not to leave tonight, saying he wanted to have a birthday celebration, so Baili Xia had to stay too.

While he wasn’t paying attention, Baili Xia secretly sent messages to Brother and Ye Hua to let them know she was safe.

Neither of them said much, just replied, asking her to take good care of Mr.

Xiaojiu/Uncle.

Take care of him…

Baili Xia looked at Mu Xiaojiu, who was still struggling outside, and felt helpless.

Such a big man, at this moment, really seemed like a child.

If it weren’t for her, would he end up starving to death in a place like this?

Sometimes, money isn’t everything; there are times when money can’t buy things.

Like now, no matter how much money you have, you can’t buy gas or natural gas.

The villagers here still maintain the habit of using firewood because pipelines are hard to bring in.

And there aren’t many households here, just about twenty scattered homes; bringing in pipelines would be too costly and not worth it.

In fact, the North Miao City Government has tried to persuade them to live outside, even promising to cover half of their mortgage.

But people just wouldn’t budge.

Most of the people living here do so out of nostalgia, unwilling to leave the place where they’ve spent most of their lives.

Baili Xia looked at the figure sitting on a small stool by the stove, and suddenly, feelings became complicated again.

Actually, she too is a nostalgic person.

If one day, she were to live here permanently with Uncle…