The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s-Chapter 1740: Admiration (2)

In the dining room, both Ruan Jie and Ruan Jianguo were present, along with the Ruan family’s third uncle and his family. Seeing Ruan Jiaojiao bouncing over, Ruan Jianguo smiled and asked, "Why is my good girl so happy? Is there something good happening?"

Ruan Jiaojiao replied with a shy yet sweet smile, "Mm, Uncle Duan just said he would come to pick me and Brother Xi up at nine."

"For what?" Ruan Jianguo’s expression immediately changed, and he asked with a wary look.

The revolutionary friendship he had with Duan Qianyang had long collapsed after Ruan Jiaojiao and Duan Xi’s relationship became clear. Despite Shu Jiao trying to persuade him multiple times, he still found Duan Qianyang more annoying than Duan Xi!

So whenever he heard Ruan Jiaojiao mention Uncle Duan, he would instinctively become alert.

"To choose engagement dresses," Ruan Jiaojiao answered.

"!!!" Ruan Jianguo exclaimed, "You’re not going!"

Next to them, Ruanlin handed Ruan Jiaojiao a bowl of millet porridge. After watching her start eating, he casually glanced over at Ruan Jianguo: "You should go and pick up the yellowed cabbage leaves from the field later, chop them up for the chickens in the backyard. Also, it’s getting colder, have you made the stove I asked you to make last time? Hurry up, if another chick dies, you’ll have to handle it!"

A few days ago, the hen that Ruanlin raised had hatched a brood of chicks. Ruanlin cared for them greatly, but due to an incident with Ruan Jiaojiao, she couldn’t feel at ease and stayed at Hengya for a week, leaving the newly hatched chicks in Ruan Jianguo’s care. Who knew that upon her return, half of them had died! It left her quite upset.

Normally, a hen taking care of its chicks wouldn’t result in fatalities. But this hen was hatching chicks for the first time, and was not very attentive. Often, it would accidentally step on them. Now that the weather was getting colder, any chick left alone could freeze to death. Hence, she had instructed Ruan Jianguo to watch over them. Who knew he would manage to kill half of them, which naturally enraged her.

After all, they now lived in Beidu, unlike before in Yuansu, where they could head to Xiahe Village whenever something happened. Let alone farm chickens, even the wild ones in the back mountain were plenty, and they could always make a chicken soup to nourish Ruan Jiaojiao.

So ever since the last incident when half of the chicks died, Ruanlin had grown even more protective of them. Seeing Ruan Jianguo still having time to chat nonsensically, she blew up regardless of the situation at hand.

Looking at the enraged Ruanlin, Ruan Jianguo’s previously straight back immediately slumped. The last time half the chicks died, Ruanlin had lectured him to a point of leaving a psychological shadow.

He begrudgingly mumbled an acknowledgment to Ruanlin, then under her increasingly stern gaze, hesitantly went to the backyard to pick cabbage leaves.

After Ruan Jianguo left, Ruanlin finally smiled again and said to Ruan Jiaojiao and Duan Xi, "Eat quickly so you don’t keep your dad waiting."

Seeing all this, Ruan Jie and Ruan Lei exchanged glances and instantly lost any will to stir up trouble.

With Ruanlin present as the authority, Ruan Jiaojiao and Duan Xi smoothly left. At one point, Ruan Lei and Ruan Jie tried to sneak along, but just as they stepped out of the villa gate, they heard Ruanlin shout from behind, "Where do you two think you’re going?"

Ruan Lei immediately replied, "Grandma, we’re going next door to play with Lu Zishu."