You need to raise your pet using a system [Era]

Chapter 307 If we don't make some moves now, we'll be too old.

Time flies, and it was August 77 in the blink of an eye.

August is the hottest month of the year.

Even when Lu Yuanqing went to town, he would always go early in the morning before it got too hot, and then hurry home as soon as the sun got too hot.

A few days ago, I received a message from above saying that Xie Long's assets had been cleared out and were ready to be returned to him.

After receiving the news, Lu Yuanbo and Xie Qianyu followed Xie Long back to Yu'an City.

Since his exoneration, Xie Long has been living with his granddaughter Xie Qianyu. The old man is getting old and can't do much work, so he and Cheng He help take care of the child every day.

Fortunately, all the kids in the family are still young, unlike the two older ones like Tuantuan who run around everywhere and require extra attention.

Xie Qianyu's parents, aunt, and uncle did come to Shihua Village once. Knowing that Xie Long had been exonerated and that the authorities might even return his family property, they traveled a long way to get there.

But Old Master Xie showed them no respect whatsoever, refusing to even let them in the door, and was extremely adamant.

After several days of persistent pleading, Xie Qianyu's parents finally yielded to Old Master Xie's decisiveness and returned to the city.

Now that Grandpa Xie has returned to the city to claim his family property, he's likely to be entangled with them again.

Although Grandpa Xie was quite old and not exactly soft-hearted, he still felt somewhat powerless when facing his sons and daughters.

However, with Lu Yuanbo following along, and since they weren't without help in the city, Lu Yuanqing wasn't too worried.

But since Lu Yuanbo and his group went to the city, his three children were naturally handed over to Lu Yuanqing.

Over the years, Lu Yuanqing has often helped them take care of their children. Although he sometimes lamented his current 'miserable' state, completely unlike the man he once was, he had gotten used to taking care of the children.

Lu Yuanqing has spoiled children at home. His kids are old enough to eat rice, so every day he goes to town early to buy fresh fish or pork to cook at home.

In this weather, meat doesn't keep for very long, so each time I buy meat, it's just enough for one day.

Lu Mingdong and Cheng Xia were chirping crickets behind them.

Despite Lu Yuanqing's constant sighs and complaints about how he, a grown man, had been reduced to childcare, he genuinely loves his children very much.

At the very least, young parents who find it troublesome to go to town early every morning just to buy them some fresh meat to supplement their nutrition are not the kind of things they would do, and would simply use eggs instead.

"Oh, you're here? You're here early today?" The sales clerk at the supply and marketing cooperative greeted Lu Yuanqing familiarly.

Lu Yuanqing smiled and said, "It's getting hotter and hotter. If we buy things early, it won't be hot on the way back."

"Yeah! It's getting hotter and hotter, is it even possible for people to live like this?"

The salesperson's words instantly resonated with the others.

"Exactly, this year is probably the hottest ever, much hotter than in previous years."

"I think this year is a drought, the hottest in fifty years."

Lu Yuanqing: "..." I heard them say the same thing last year.

"There are fish? Give me two." Lu Yuanqing didn't care at all about whether it was hot or not.

He just wanted to buy the goods quickly and then return to the village.

He didn't want to get sunburned to the point of becoming an idiot on his way back to the village.

"Yes, it was delivered first thing this morning, and it's still alive..."

……

Lu Yuanqing bought two fish, one for himself and the other to take to Lu Mingdong.

After buying some snacks that the child liked and that he also liked, Lu Yuanqing prepared to walk towards the intersection.

As Lu Yuanqing passed by the post office, he glanced around and saw a post office employee writing something on a signboard by the door.

It's impossible for a postman to go from village to village delivering mail nowadays.

The usual approach is to hang a sign outside the post office.

The signboard listed who needed registered mail. When passing by the post office, if you saw someone you knew, you could just go in, give them the recipient's name, and they would pick it up right away.

If this happened in later generations, it would be incredible.

If letters were so easily collected, chaos would have ensued long ago.

But it's so easy right now.

Therefore, whenever Lu Yuanqing passed by, he would habitually stand still for a while to see if there was any mail for himself or for the villagers.

Moreover, because many elderly people in the countryside at that time were illiterate, many of them even had difficulty writing their own names, so they didn't recognize the information written on the board.

So most of the time, they just go in and ask directly.

Lu Yuanqing stood there watching the post office employee write.

Before long, he saw the words "Lu Yuanqing of Shihua Village" appear on the board.

Lu Yuanqing raised an eyebrow, picked up all the things he was carrying with one hand, and strode towards the post office.

After entering, he reported to his production team and gave his name. The counter staff skillfully found his letter from a stack of letters and let Lu Yuanqing take it without even having to sign it.

Lu Yuanqing glanced at the cover and saw that it was a letter from Lu Mingxi. He didn't think much of it and decided to go home first and then read it.

Lu Yuanhuan and Lu Mingxi would send letters home every month.

Nothing has changed over the years.

Back home, Lu Yuanqing cleaned one of the fish he had bought and waited for Lu Mingnan to come home from work to cook it. Then he took another fish to Lu Mingdong's house.

"Third Grandfather".

"Third Grandfather..."

"Third Grandpa, did you buy fish for Sen Sen? Sen Sen loves fish the most, especially the fish that Third Grandpa buys."

Lu Yuanqing, who was not yet forty: "..."

That's why people say their own children are making them feel old.

A whole bunch of kids call him "Third Grandpa" every day, and every time he hears it, he can't help but feel like he's already an old man in his seventies or eighties.

"Yes, I just bought some fish today. Look, it's still alive and fresh. Eat more fish, it'll make you smarter." Children are most adorable when they're not causing trouble.

Especially now that she's still young, she's at the very age where she's adorable.

When Lu Yuanqing spoke to them, he unconsciously became a clamp.

While maintaining a close family relationship, Lu Mingdong casually remarked, "Third Uncle, didn't you once tell me that fish that can be caught aren't exactly smart?"

So, can eating stupid fish make you smarter?

This is a very serious issue.

Lu Yuanqing turned and glared at him, so serious that he did.

Cheng Xia covered her mouth and chuckled!

Lu Mingdong was innocent: "..."

Lu Yuanqing swung the fish in his hand twice to signal his presence.

Wow, it's really alive, and it's still on display!

"Waaaaah!!!"

Lu Yuanqing's attention was instantly diverted. After the three little ones had been chattering away around the fish for a while, he finally handed it to Cheng Xia.

"It's best to deal with it sooner rather than later, lest it spoil."

"Okay!" Cheng Xia picked up the fish and headed to the kitchen.

Lu Yuanqing picked up the second daughter of the Cheng family who was climbing onto his lap, took out the letter he had retrieved from his pocket, and handed it to Lu Mingdong. "Take a look. It's a letter Xiaoxi wrote back. It should also be about her concern for us."