After hearing the captain's words, Fatty's first reaction was, "I won't leave any leftovers from now on. I promise to eat everything in one go, and see who dares to snatch from me."
After Fatty spoke, the next person to react the most was Xiao Ai, a typical beauty who could eat anything without getting fat.
Ever since she got in touch with Xin Ci, the snacks in her pocket had never run out.
Hearing the captain's words at this moment, she immediately bristled, "Whoever dares to snatch Grandma's snacks, Grandma will beat them to death."
"It's over, no one in Dragon City would have imagined that a bag of snacks could lead to a murder case."
Yang Xin Jie's words made everyone present laugh.
Xu Ru Yi laughed a little exaggeratedly. She put her arm around Xiao Ai's shoulder and began to ramble, "They say your place produces beauties. When I first saw you, I believed it. But later, I deeply realized that your place not only produces beauties, but also produces beauties as fiery as a chili pepper."
Xiao Ai: "You only found out today?"
Little companion: "Of course, we knew it the day we met you."
Seeing her companions laughing without any pretense, a female ability user in her forties took the opportunity to walk up to the captain and whispered solicitously, "Long Teng, can you ask Fu Xiao Niu if she still has any pork? I was alone just now and didn't buy much, so I didn't dare to crowd forward."
The captain knew the person who came and knew her difficulties, so he turned to look at Fu Xin Ci.
Fu Xin Ci also had some impression of this female ability user, so she directly asked, "Sister Huang, I still have a pork hock. Do you want it?"
"Yes, yes." Sister Huang didn't expect Fu Xiao Niu to recognize her, so she eagerly said yes.
"The crystal cores can be given to the captain. I'll give you the pork hock."
"Okay, thank you, Fu Xiao Niu." Sister Huang took the pork hock, put it in her backpack, and left with many thanks.
The captain looked at the crystal cores they received that day and secretly complained to Fu Xin Ci in a low voice.
"Xin Ci, why did you exchange all these things for crystal cores again? Isn't it better to exchange them for gold and silver jewelry?"
Hearing the captain's words, Fu Xin Ci frowned slightly, "Captain, with this space I have, and the gold and silver jewelry I've collected over the years, I can conservatively say that I can make it into the top ten on the rich list in the Liaodong region."
The captain gave her a look and said no more, then took out a small pistol and a few boxes of bullets from his spatial ring and traded them.
"Wow, this is a good thing. Captain, where did you get it?"
"I snatched it from the base leader today during the day. Didn't you see how long the base leader's face was then? It was as long as Changbai Mountain."
"Your face isn't long, it's like Wuzhi Mountain."
The base leader had returned early, waiting for Long Teng and his companions to return so he could distribute the meat.
He waited and waited, but no one returned. The base leader's heart was full of anxiety. His wife and children were also urging him, so he had to go out to find them.
He never expected that as soon as he entered the trading hall, he would hear Long Teng speaking ill of him, and he immediately retorted.
Changbai Mountain and Wuzhi Mountain glared at each other. Fu Xin Ci, afraid they would spark a passionate fire, wisely pulled out a beef leg for the base leader.
The base leader was instantly delighted, and the wrinkles on his body all creased with joy. He repeatedly praised, "Fu Xiao Niu is truly righteous."
After the base leader loaded the beef leg and hurried back, Fatty came over again and secretly discussed with Fu Xin Ci.
"Xin Ci, next time you have pig intestines, save us a set. I want to eat braised intestines. I saw just now that the pig intestines were cleaned very thoroughly and had no strange smell."
"Yes, I saw it too." Uncle Sun also had a fondness for it.
"Okay, next time I'll save all the heads, trotters, and offal."
"Ah, Xin Ci understands us the best."
"I didn't expect that today, these almost led to a fight."
"Of course there would be a fight. Most people in Dragon City haven't eaten real meat in years."
"That's true. In the past few years, Xin Ci occasionally got some seafood, otherwise, the fight might have been even more intense."
"Yes. Even with such a fight, the meat might not have been enough to eat. I guess they'll all go back to make dumplings. That way, even with less meat, it'll be passable, otherwise, they'd fight again when they got back."
"Uncle Sun, let's go back and make dumplings too."
"Okay, tomorrow morning we'll have boiled dumplings with one meatball each."
"Okay."
Fu Xin Ci was also tempted by the conversation, so she secretly kneaded two pounds of pork filling and sent it to the kitchen early the next morning.
Who would have thought that she would sleep until dawn? The boiled dumplings in the morning had to be postponed until the evening. This also gave her time to go to the seaside to catch some sea shrimp to put in the filling.
After Fu Xin Ci ate breakfast, she led her horse and found an excuse to go to the seaside to have a look.
Before Fang Shi could stop her, Ning Er heard her and ran over, hugging her thigh and flattering, "Sister, Ning Er also wants to go to the seaside with you."
Yesterday, the family had intended to go, but such a change occurred. Ning Er was young and didn't understand the matter of pirates. He only knew that he hadn't gone to the seaside yesterday, and he felt a little depressed.
Hearing her younger brother's request, Fu Xin Ci readily agreed. Although she had a few small secrets today, it was not difficult to hide them from little Ning Er.
Fang Shi watched her daughter put her younger son on the horse and swallowed the words of objection. Instead, she changed her tone and urged the siblings to return soon.
"Mom, we know. We just want to go to the seaside to catch some shrimp, so the boiled dumplings tonight will taste better."
Ning Er liked seafood, and he fully agreed with his sister's words. Seeing the little fellow nod his head like a woodpecker.
Fang Shi had nothing more to say and dryly said, "Come back early," before letting the siblings leave the house.
Ning Er sat on the tall horse, ignoring the fact that he was leaning in his sister's arms, and felt as majestic as Qi Ge.
At this time of year, it was time to till the land. The Meng family hired many idle people from the town to help with the work.
Every year, the Meng family paid quite high wages, so there were many people willing to work.
The siblings only glanced at Uncle Qi Cheng, who was leading the work, and Fu Xin Ci urged her horse to run further away.
In the gentle spring breeze, a child's tender voice occasionally echoed, "Giddy-up, giddy-up, trot along."
Fu Xin Ci watched her lively younger brother and didn't restrain him, letting him have his fun.
Finally, they reached the seaside. The sea had not yet receded. The first thing Fu Xin Ci did after dismounting with Ning Er was to take out her binoculars and scan the entire sea area carefully.
Good, no unexpected ships were found.
"Sister, sister." Ning Er stood by the sea, stomping his little feet, looking like he wanted to wade into the water.