Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

Yu Congcong asked Tiezhu to keep an eye on their intelligence agent to gather information, while she sat in the yard sulking. When Yu Dazhuang came back, he saw Yu Congcong sulking.

"Congcong, look, daddy caught a big rabbit for you. We will cook it for lunch today." Yu Dazhuang walked up to Yu Congcong with a flattering smile on his face and gently shook the rabbit in his hand.

"Hmph!" Yu Congcong turned around, with her back to Yu Dazhuang, and stomped the ground with her little feet.

"What's wrong? Why doesn't Congcong pay attention to dad?" Yu Dazhuang scratched his head and asked puzzledly.

"If you ignore me, I will ignore you too!" Yu Congcong answered angrily with her hands folded across her chest.

"When did I ignore you?" Yu Dazhuang was even more puzzled, his brows furrowed tightly.

"You ran away without even listening to what I said!" Yu Congcong pouted her little lips, her cheeks puffed up.

"No, Dad might have been too anxious and didn't notice it." Yu Dazhuang explained anxiously, waving his hands around in front of him.

"I really didn't mean it." Yu Congcong was still angry, "Really." Yu Dazhuang said affirmatively.

"Then if you agree to the request I just made, I will forgive you." Yu Congcong rolled his eyes and said cunningly.

"What request? Dad can't agree to any dangerous request." Yu Dazhuang deliberately frowned and pretended to be embarrassed.

"It's not dangerous." There was a hint of loss in Yu Congcong's eyes.

"What is your request? Just mention it again and Dad will seriously consider it." Yu Dazhuang said softly with a smile on his face.

"I just want to join your plan." Yu Congcong looked down at the ground, her little hands nervously clutching the corner of her clothes, and said in a low voice.

"This won't work. You are still too young. This plan is very dangerous." Yu Dazhuang put his hands on his hips and said firmly.

Yu Congcong raised his head, looked at Yu Dazhuang firmly, and said, "But I'm grown up now, I can help." Yu Dazhuang touched Yu Congcong's head and said, "Congcong, Dad knows you are smart and brave, but this plan is really dangerous."

Yu Congcong took a step forward, grabbed the corner of Yu Dazhuang's clothes, shook it and said, "I'm not afraid of danger. I want to avenge my mother with you."

Yu Dazhuang had no resistance to Yu Congcong's coquetry and almost agreed. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and said, "It's not just Dad's agreement that's needed, but also your Grandpa Nan's agreement." Yu Congcong searched his memory and remembered that Grandpa Nan loved the original owner very much and would almost agree to her every request. Thinking of this, Yu Congcong nodded.

"Come on, Dad, I'll make you some rabbit." Yu Dazhuang took Yu Congcong's hand and walked towards the kitchen. Yu Congcong followed behind, walking slowly, as if she was still thinking about something.

Yu Congcong and Yu Dazhuang walked into the kitchen together. After letting go of Yu Congcong's little hand, Yu Dazhuang stood up and took a knife to peel the rabbit. Congcong obediently brought a stool to Yu Dazhuang. Yu Dazhuang said happily: "Congcong, you are really good. You know how to care about your dad." Yu Congcong showed a shy smile on her face. "Congcong, where is grandma?" Yu Dazhuang wondered why his mother hadn't come back yet at noon.

"Grandma, go to Third Grandma's house to get vegetable seeds. Grandma said she wants to plant a crop of autumn beans to dry and pickle vegetables." Yu Congcong responded.

"How long have you been gone?" Yu Dazhuang asked.

"I'll be gone for a while." Yu Congcong replied.

Yu Dazhuang was very skillful. He removed the rabbit's skin in a few strokes, then cut open its belly and took out its internal organs. Yu Congcong watched Yu Dazhuang's actions and thought to herself: If I could have met such a good man in my previous life, that would have been great! The past ten years have been miserable and messy. Living in such a marriage with such a man is simply wasting my life. Oh, don't think about it anymore. It's all in the past. I will never be bound by marriage and men again in this life. Yu Congcong kept cheering herself up in her heart.

"Congcong, what's wrong with you? Why are you staring at dad in a daze? You didn't respond when I called you. What are you thinking about?" Yu Dazhuang asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"It's okay. I'm thinking about how to convince Grandpa Nan to let me join your plan." Yu Congcong replied.

"Congcong has such a little brain, thinking about so many things. What if he gets his head damaged?" Yu Dazhuang joked, and then said: "Go and fetch some water for dad to wash the rabbit." Yu Congcong hurriedly got up to fetch water.

"Congcong, where did you go to play today?" Yu Dazhuang asked while washing the rabbit.

"I went to Su Mingrui's house, and then went to Honghua's house." Yu Congcong replied.

"Congcong, why do you want to go to Su Mingrui's house?" Yu Dazhuang asked.

"Dad, I feel that Su Mingrui's dad is weird." Yu Congcong said.

"Oh, what's so strange about it?" Yu Dazhuang asked curiously.

His behavior makes people feel a little strange. He seems to be very well-educated, not as casual as the people here, as if they are bound by a specific framework. "Yu Congcong tried hard to describe the unique feeling that Su Mingrui's father brought to her.

"Oh..." Yu Dazhuang also fell into deep thought, trying to recall Heizi's behaviors when he met him. "Dad, why do you say he is called Heizi? He is not black. This is too strange." Yu Congcong continued.

"Hehe..." Yu Dazhuang couldn't help laughing after hearing what Yu Congcong said, and said, "Okay, don't think about it anymore. Dad is going to start cooking. You can go out and play. It's hot in the kitchen."

"Well, I'm not afraid of heat, I'll help light the fire." Yu Congcong responded. Yu Dazhuang smiled and nodded. The father and daughter began to act together tacitly, and soon, the aroma of braised rabbit meat came from the kitchen. The aroma drifted slowly, and Yu Congcong couldn't help swallowing her saliva. In fact, during the time she traveled through time, the only meat she could eat was eggs, and she was really craving meat.

Amid the tempting aroma, grandma came back with brisk steps.

"Grandma, you're back! Dad hunted a rabbit and we will have rabbit meat to eat today!" Yu Congcong trotted out of the kitchen and said happily to her grandma.

"Really? Then we are in for a treat today." Grandma's face was also filled with joy.

"Well, Dad has prepared everything. We are just waiting for Grandma to come back for dinner!" Yu Congcong could not hide her excitement.

"Well, let's go! Let's go eat rabbit meat. We haven't tasted meat for a long time. When you are done with your work, let your father go to the mountains to hunt more game, so that Congcong can eat more meat!" Grandma joked with a smile. Yu Congcong held grandma's hand and skipped back to the kitchen.

Here, after Tiezhu and Yu Congcong parted ways, they immediately went to find Fu Wu and his friends. When Fu Wu and his friends saw Tiezhu, they couldn't wait to report: "Today, Fourth Uncle and Wang Fu were drinking together and didn't go out. Wang Fu went to the valley behind to take a look and then went back. Xixi from Wang Fu's family was so pitiful. Wang Fu beat her up all over her body after he got home, and she was so hungry that she was just skin and bones."

Tongzhu interrupted, "Let's get her something to eat!"

Tiezhu nodded and said, "Okay, you can send her some dried sweet potatoes every day. They are small in size and have no smell, so they are not easy to be found. Is she still chained? You can persuade her to follow Wang Fu and find a way to remove the chain." Tiezhu looked around at everyone and asked, "Where are Gou Wa and Hu Zi?"

Tongzhu replied: "Gou Wa and Hu Zi are staying at Su Mingrui's house."

"Well," Tiezhu said seriously, "You continue to watch, you don't have to guard it alone, we can develop some subordinates to help, but we must not disclose our actions." Everyone nodded and dispersed. Tiezhu ran towards Su Mingrui's house.

The two little brats were squatting in the bushes like two lazy cats, their bodies twisted and distorted, as if they were asleep. Tiezhu ran over to take a look, hey, they were really asleep! The two little guys had their mouths slightly open, and a little string of drool was flowing out, which was as funny as it could be. Zhao Tiezhu thought, they must have dreamed about something delicious, and their saliva was flowing out. Looking at their sleeping positions, one was lying on his back, and the other was curled up like a little meatball. Zhao Tiezhu looked at this scene and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Tiezhu carefully woke them up, gently asked them to go back, and then he quietly squatted here. Not long after, he saw Su Mingrui coming down the hillside in the backyard of Huangma's house.

At this time, the surroundings were quiet, with only the occasional chirping of insects. Tiezhu wondered, "Didn't he go home? Why did he go to Huang Mazi's house again? He must have gone back to look for something again." Zhao Tiezhu shrank his neck unconsciously while thinking.

Tiezhu looked up at the time. The sun had already shifted, suggesting that it was almost time for dinner. So he quietly stood up and prepared to leave. However, Su Mingrui, like a vigilant cat, keenly caught the movement here and quickly looked in the direction where Tiezhu was squatting. This scared Tiezhu so much that he "slipped" and hid his whole body deeper into the bushes like a frightened rabbit. Even his breathing became cautious, for fear of being discovered by Su Mingrui.

Tiezhu waited for Su Mingrui to get into the yard for a long time before he reluctantly came out. Then he ran home like a rabbit being chased by a dog. When he got home, his little heart was still beating wildly, and it was obvious that he was still frightened.

Grandpa was just about to go find him for dinner, and seeing his appearance, he asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Tiezhu panted and replied, "Nothing, I just ran too fast."

"Oh, then wait a moment and have dinner. Congcong and her grandmother just brought a small bowl of delicious braised rabbit meat. You are in for a treat today!" Grandpa said happily.