However, it soon smelled the familiar scent, and the little guy instantly hugged one of He Zhiran's legs.
He Zhiran indulgently patted the little guy's head: "Rice Ball is good, let's go back first, hug later."
Rice Ball seemed to understand, although reluctantly, but still obediently let go of the owner's leg.
The little guy followed Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran back to the camp with small steps.
At the same time, He Zhiran took out some wet wipes from the space and simply wiped off the black blood splashed on him.
Seeing Meng Huaining's appearance, he didn't seem to leave immediately.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran looked at each other and walked over to him.
At this time, Meng Huaining and Mo Chuhan were chatting happily, and Mo Chuhan's laughter could be heard from afar.
Mo Jiuye walked a few quick steps and came to the two.
"What's the matter that makes the eighth brother laugh so happily?"
When Mo Chuhan heard Mo Jiuye's voice, the first thing he thought of was the matter of the fifth brother detoxifying.
In front of Meng Huaining, he couldn't ask too much.
However, it was not difficult to guess from Mo Jiuye's tone that the fifth brother had successfully detoxified.
With this in mind, Mo Chuhan's smile widened a bit more.
"Ninth younger brother, Brother Meng said that he wants me to go to the yamen to be a catcher. I have already agreed that after the family affairs are settled, I will go directly there."
In Mo Chuhan's opinion, it would be best for him to be this catcher.
First of all, he could use the fixed salary to make up for the family expenses. In addition, with a catcher at home, at least no one would dare to come to the house to make trouble again.
Most importantly, Mo Chuhan felt that no matter where he went, he needed some connections. By being this catcher, he could get to know more connections.
Mo Jiuye did not object to this. He knew that the eighth brother had a restless temperament and had been used to playing with knives and guns since he was a child. If he was kept at home to farm and hunt all day long, he believed this was not the life he wanted.
Moreover, there was no existence of the eighth brother on the list of exiles. If it weren't for the unkindness of Deputy Magistrate Cui, there would be no need to have the mark of exile on the eighth brother's household registration.
Therefore, there was no problem with the eighth brother being a catcher in terms of legitimacy.
Just as he was thinking about it, Meng Huaining spoke up.
"Tomorrow I will change the eighth brother's household registration status to normal. This way, being this catcher will be completely legitimate."
Mo Chuhan laughed heartily again: "Good, I'll leave everything to Brother Meng then."
After chatting for so long, Meng Huaining finally had time to ask about the black and white ball beside He Zhiran.
"Is this sister-in-law's pet?"
Seeing her little black and white ball being asked, He Zhiran hurriedly picked it up.
"This was given to me by the fifth brother, I like it very much."
Seeing He Zhiran say this, Meng Huaining did not look very optimistic.
"Sister-in-law, do you know what this is?"
He Zhiran raised her eyebrows: "It's an iron-eating beast!"
"Sister-in-law, according to the book, the teeth of the iron-eating beast are very sharp. You think it's cute now, but it will hurt people when it grows up."
He Zhiran was not ignorant at all about the habits of pandas.
Animals, like humans, have feelings. As long as you treat it well and guide it in a good direction from an early age, nothing is immutable.
He Zhiran was clear in her heart that although Meng Huaining said this for her own good, she was also thinking about how to respond to his words.
At this moment, Mo Jiuye spoke up.
"Brother Meng, don't worry. With us brothers here, this little thing can't make any waves."
Meng Huaining was also a martial artist. Although his martial arts were not as strong as those of the Mo brothers, when he thought about it carefully, dealing with an adult iron-eating beast would not be a big problem if it was left to him.
Moreover, there were three people with strong martial arts in the Mo family, and there was indeed no need to worry about this.
"It was me being overcautious."
Speaking, he also reached out to rub the little cutie's head.
Unexpectedly, Rice Ball seemed to have understood Meng Huaining's words. Seeing him reach out, he opened his mouth and bit towards him.
Seeing this, He Zhiran reacted swiftly and took a few steps back, preventing Rice Ball from succeeding.
She pretended to be angry and scolded: "Rice Ball, if you bite someone again, I won't want you anymore."
Rice Ball stared at the owner with big eyes, looking extremely aggrieved.
Seeing Rice Ball's pitiful appearance, He Zhiran's heart was about to melt.
With outsiders present, she couldn't show too much doting, she could only continue to frown.
Seeing the owner not coaxing him, Rice Ball aggrievedly lay on her shoulder, no longer looking at Meng Huaining.
This move made the few big men laugh out loud.
As the laughter fell, Eldest Sister-in-law came over quickly to call everyone for dinner.
At this time, Meng Huaining still did not propose to leave, clearly he had no intention of leaving. Naturally he had to have dinner with them and those officials.
The sister-in-laws had long noticed this point, so today's dinner was prepared much more sumptuous than usual.
In addition to some of the ingredients He Zhiran had purchased earlier, there was also a porcupine that the fifth brother had hunted in the mountains today.
When the Mo family was in the capital city, they had also tasted all kinds of delicacies.
Since their cooking skills were not as good as He Zhiran’s, they simply wrapped dumplings with porcupine meat.
With the addition of several appetizers, this dinner could be described as sumptuous.
While the food was well prepared, the dining environment posed a problem that made them scratch their heads.
They still had to sleep in tents at night because they failed to rent a yard today. Not only that, even eating was outdoors.
Without tables, chairs, benches or stools, oilcloth was spread on the ground with a variety of delicacies on it, just like when they were exiled.
The Fang and Xie families also saw Mo Jiuye bring the county magistrate back together, and they could also confirm that this county magistrate had an extraordinary relationship with the Mo family.
For this reason, they also prepared some side dishes in their own homes and brought them over to invite the county magistrate to taste.
After all, there were quite a few people to entertain today, and the food prepared by the Mo women was not enough to go around. Therefore, they only invited Fang Chuanzhou and Xie Tianhai, the two family patriarchs, to have dinner together.
Meng Huaining knew that there were two other families who came here with the Mo family. They were all one heart with the Mo family. Therefore, his attitude towards Xie Tianhai and Fang Chuanzhou was also very kind.
By now, the sister-in-laws had learned some of the cooking skills of He Zhiran, and the dishes they made were also very tasty.
While enjoying the delicious food, Meng Huaining had already made up his mind.
Since he had come, he must solve their housing problem before leaving tonight no matter what.
After eating his fill, Meng Huaining stood up and called several officials to the village.
He ordered the officials to beat gongs and assemble all the villagers of Xi Ling Village together.
The villagers had been watching the situation outside eagerly to find out if the county magistrate had left. When they heard officials beating gongs and calling them to gather in the center of the village, the Zhao family and Zhou family rushed to the designated location like bees, wanting to know what had happened.
At the same time, the nearest Cui family also came over one after another.
