Chapter 478

"How did my jade pendant break?"

Fan Jinyou felt too much heartache.

The jade pendant hanging on his neck, when his grandfather gave it to him, he repeatedly urged him to keep it safe, saying it could be exchanged for a three-courtyard house.

It shattered!

A three-courtyard house was gone!

"Brother Jin, I'm wronged; I drank with you, I don't know anything, I don't know how it broke either."

The One-Eyed Dragon pretended to be innocent, but laughed heartily in his heart.

The angrier Fan Jinyou was, the more he cared, the more valuable the jade was, and the happier he was; this was just the first step in his revenge against Fan Jinyou.

"Are you sure you didn't break it?"

Fan Jinyou didn't remember anything; he just wanted to bluff.

The One-Eyed Dragon's reaction was very normal; he couldn't see anything.

"Brother Jin, why don't you take it to be repaired?"

"Maybe it can still be pieced together!"

The One-Eyed Dragon suggested.

"Get out!"

Fan Jinyou was furious.

The jade pendant wasn't a mechanical watch; if a mechanical watch breaks, you change a part, and it's like new.

If a jade pendant breaks, it's broken; even if you piece it together, it will definitely leave traces, and it would be good if its value could reach one-tenth of the original.

"Brother Jin, how is my job search going?"

"You must find me a good job; if my job is good, I can provide you with greater help, don't you think?"

The One-Eyed Dragon was doing it on purpose.

"Don't worry, I will definitely find you a good job."

"You can't be too anxious, good jobs aren't easy to find."

"Be patient, I won't forget you."

Cai Quanwu appeased the One-Eyed Dragon.

"Thank you, Brother Jin!"

The One-Eyed Dragon was very obedient, but no longer held any hope; he thought that after his injuries healed, he would escape, otherwise he would definitely suffer Fan Jinyou's poison hand.

At this time.

Something happened at the six acres of land.

Wan Ping'an had just arrived at the six acres of land when he received Cai Quanwu's report.

The two arrived together at the pumpkin patch; seven pumpkins had been gnawed, and three pumpkin vines had been bitten at the root and would definitely wither.

"When did this happen?"

Wan Ping'an inquired.

He carefully examined the gnawed places; he could tell at a glance that it wasn't done by a human, it was definitely an animal, and a small animal at that.

"It must have been last night."

"Before dark, I patrolled it once, and there was no abnormality."

"In the morning, when I patrolled again, I discovered the incident; it's only happening in the pumpkin patch for now, I'm worried it will spread to other places."

Cai Quanwu was full of worry.

"Ping'an, I recognize it, it's field mice!"

"Only field mice can make such bite marks; I suspect there are field mouse holes nearby; let's look together and see if we can find them."

Han Dahe was the oldest and had seen the most things.

"No need to look."

"Da Hei, come here, sniff, and follow the scent to search."

Wan Ping'an called Da Hei over.

Dogs have a keen sense of smell.

The Da Hei he trained surpassed ordinary dogs in all aspects, and its sense of smell was even keener.

Da Hei sniffed the place where the pumpkin was bitten, turned around, and trotted; everyone followed, and soon arrived at a clump of grass not far from the six acres of land.

Da Hei barked at the grass.

Han Dahe walked over, pushed aside the grass, and discovered a hole.

Wan Ping'an squatted down to check carefully and found a few short hairs around the hole.

Han Dahe took them and looked, and very definitely told Wan Ping'an that they were short hairs from a field mouse.

"Why don't we have someone work the night shift!"

Cai Quanwu suggested.

Daytime.

Many people were busy at the six acres of land, so the field mice definitely wouldn't dare to come out.

They only dared to destroy at night.

Wan Ping'an shook his head.

Field mice are about the same size as mice, and their color isn't bright; coming out at night, even if someone worked the night shift, it would be very hard to discover them.

"Regarding the field mice, I'll think of a way, you all carry on as normal!"

Wan Ping'an thought of a local method.

Cats catch mice, can they catch field mice?

If he raised a batch of cats at the six acres of land, would the field mouse problem be solved?

He immediately shook his head; it wasn't very realistic, cats don't only eat field mice; what if other small animals are easier to catch, and the cats are full?

Fortunately, for now, the number of field mice wasn't high, so there was no rush!

When leaving the six acres of land, he saw Seeing Shazhu, who looked a bit haggard.

"Is it because he's too tired?"

"No, his work intensity is the same as everyone else's; is it because he's not used to living here since he can't go home?"

Wan Ping'an shook his head and stopped thinking about Seeing Shazhu's matter.

Even if he wasn't used to living here, it was He Daqing's business; it was He Daqing who strongly requested Seeing Shazhu to live at the six acres of land and didn't allow him to go home at will.

Noon.

Steel mill.

During lunch, Yi Zhonghai found Jia Dongxu.

"Dongxu, I've found a blind date for you; you'll definitely like her, she's very pretty and also very virtuous, definitely a good wife."

Yi Zhonghai turned into a matchmaker.

"Is she really that pretty?"

"Then why hasn't she been married off yet?"

Jia Dongxu still had a bit of self-awareness.

"Sigh, there's one bad thing; she's like Qin Huairu, a country person, with no city household registration and no job."

"If you marry her, your salary alone will have to support three people; when you have children, you might even have to support four or five people."

Yi Zhonghai told Jia Dongxu.

No matter how pretty or virtuous a girl is, she can't compare to a city household registration, let alone a city household registration with a job.

Jia Dongxu nodded; he understood.

No wonder it was his turn; it turned out she was a country person and had no city household registration.

"Go back and discuss it with your mother; if she agrees, I'll arrange for you to meet as soon as possible."

Yi Zhonghai urged.

Jia Dongxu nodded.

In the evening, he went home and told Jia Zhangshi.

"Another one from the countryside?"

Jia Zhangshi was very dissatisfied.

She wanted to find a city girl for Jia Dongxu, one with a job, who was obedient and capable; looks didn't matter, what mattered was listening to her. ===== CHAPTER 480 =====