Chapter 922: Zui Feng, Don't Rub Against Me

As Liu Chuxue walked out, the Party Secretary held a large cloth bag: "Liu Chuxue, I've packed some dried vegetables sun-dried at home for you; take them."

Liu Chuxue knew it was his kind intention, so she did not refuse directly: "Party Secretary, I still have to go to my sister's; carrying them would be inconvenient. Besides, I'm coming back on the third day of the New Year; you can give them to me then."

Hearing her words, the Secretary said: "Very well, these few days don't matter. And you, child, why bring so many precious things? Don't do that again in the future."

Liu Chuxue smiled and waved at him: "That is our respect for you. Besides, we still need you to take care of the house, so just accept it peacefully. I'm leaving."

The Secretary slapped his forehead: "Right, the few radishes and cabbages left in your field earlier, I had them help harvest and store them in the cellar. Keep that in mind; see how to take them away later, so you won't have to spend money buying vegetables again."

Liu Chuxue nodded: "Alright, I'll figure out how to bring them back to Huicheng later. You've really worked hard for us."

The Secretary waved his hand at her: "Hey, it only took a moment; what hard work? The snow that fell a few days ago still remains in the shaded fields. When you cross the mountain later, be careful."

After bidding farewell to the Secretary's family, she returned all the way to the front of her own courtyard, only to find Zui Feng, who had been borrowed by the Commune Granary, standing before her gate. Seeing her at the foot of the slope, it excitedly rushed down.

It excitedly wanted to leap onto her.

She shouted loudly: "Zui Feng, don't rub against me."

But it was too late; the dog stood up directly, placed its front paws on Liu Chuxue's shoulder, sniffed and nuzzled, and kept barking: "Zui Feng, how did you come back on your own?"

Originally, they had wanted to take it when moving, but considering they didn't know the situation of the house in the city, they planned to settle down first and then return to fetch it. However, the day before departure, a staff member from the Commune Grain Station came, saying they wanted to borrow Zui Feng.

At first, they did not want to agree, but that staff member said someone had stolen grain from the station at night; they had guarded all night long yet still failed to catch the thief. Coincidentally, the father of another staff member who came with him had worked on the reservoir with Xiao Shanliang, and when he was injured, that person had helped send him to the health center, so they could only ask Zui Feng to endure the inconvenience.

They had left the telephone number of the section chief's office, agreeing that once they caught the grain thief, they would return the dog, and they also said they would not use the dog for free.

They thought this was good too, saving them from leaving the dog in the village and troubling others to feed it, so they agreed.

Before her business trip, she had even called to inquire. The Grain Station side said it might be until after the New Year; once the grain was transported away, they would return the dog, and they would calculate subsidies by the day. Given the favor of the person whose father had sent Xiao Shanliang to the health center, even if she was not very happy, she could not say so.

She never expected Zui Feng to come back on its own.

After the joy, her face was full of worry again: "Zui Feng, when did you run back?"

After asking, her face turned angry again: Did the people at the Grain Station know whether it just happened to run back and meet her by chance, or had it been running for several days without them noticing, or had they noticed but simply never contacted her?

She couldn't help feeling somewhat angry in her heart: "Zui Feng, let's go, circle the house once, and after finishing business, I'll take you to the new home in the city."

At this moment, the Commune Grain Station was in chaos: "What do we do about this? Why did you release the dog without authorization? And when you discovered the dog was missing, why didn't you report it immediately?

If we can't find it, how can we explain to the owner?"