Li Zhengguo followed the two people into the kitchen and shoveled some pan-fried dumplings from the liquefied gas stove.
Tian Jing raised her eyelids and glanced at the two of them. "Eat here in the kitchen. Keep adding as you eat, it's all hot."
Li Zhengguo brought the hot pan-fried dumplings, and the two people shyly took the plates.
Ouyang Meihua squinted at the two and couldn't help but laugh. "Hahaha, you bunch of monkeys, are you scared seeing Captain Tian?"
"Don't worry, your Captain Tian is usually very easy to talk to. Eat while it's hot. In the large pot to your back left is millet congee. The bowls on the stove are clean, help yourselves."
After speaking, she lowered her head and continued to wrap small buns.
Li Zhengguo shoveled out all the pan-fried dumplings and continued to fry them.
The kitchen fell silent, and the two of them quietly helped themselves to congee and sat at the square table in the kitchen.
After taking a bite of the pan-fried dumplings, their shyness disappeared, and they even picked up the small saucers on the table and dipped them in vinegar to eat.
Li Zhengguo looked back and placed the basin of pan-fried dumplings directly on the table.
Half a basin of pan-fried dumplings was finished, and the two of them each drank two bowls of millet congee. Rubbing their comfortable stomachs, they asked Deputy Captain Tian what she wanted them to do.
Tian Jing shook her head. "No rush, the clues haven't arrived yet. You can move freely, just don't reveal your identities."
Move freely?
Joy sparked in their eyes. "Captain Tian, can we go to the greenhouse to buy fruits and vegetables?"
"Yes," Tian Jing nodded. "Put it on my tab."
Song Tianzhu and Ding Zhaogui made scissor gestures at each other. They had never eaten the fruits and vegetables from the reservoir mountains, but they had heard of them.
The deliciousness of the pan-fried dumplings just now made them tacitly think of bringing some fruits and vegetables back to let the cafeteria make a meal for everyone, so that their brothers would know that doing private favors for Deputy Captain Tian was not a loss, but a profit.
When Tian Jing finished her breakfast and was washing up, Song Tianzhu and Ding Zhaogui each carried back two baskets of fruits and vegetables.
Tian Jing was not surprised and just laughed at them for buying them too early.
The two were also stunned, and then told Deputy Captain Tian to eat these fruits and vegetables first, and they would buy more when they left.
Song Tianzhu and Ding Zhaogui went out to wander again, planning to secretly get to know the reservoir mountains. Although they didn't know what private matter Deputy Captain Tian had asked them to handle, it should be related to the reservoir mountains, so they would go and explore some clues first.
At noon, the two returned to the siheyuan for lunch. Tian Jing had not yet received any news from the Niu family, so she told them not to worry and to treat it as a vacation.
While they were eating, Brother Niu arrived and gave Tian Jing a piece of paper with many place names and surnames written on it.
"Captain Tian, this is not very comprehensive. Some people's in-laws have three aunts and six grandmas, so it's spread too wide."
"It's okay," Tian Jing took the paper and asked Brother Niu to sit down and eat.
Brother Niu waved his hand. "I'll go back to eat. My wife is waiting for me. She went to my sister-in-law's side this morning."
Tian Jing didn't keep him. "Tomorrow is the first, the nursery will be open for business. Tell Sister-in-law Niu to go to work and use her after-work time to be attentive. That way, it won't be too difficult to endure."
Brother Niu nodded and told Tian Jing and Li Zhengguo to continue eating and not to see him out.
After Brother Niu left, Tian Jing continued to eat.
After the meal, Tian Jing called Song Tianzhu and Ding Zhaogui to the living room with her and gave them the wife of Niu's nephew's prenatal examination report and the piece of paper together.
"Investigate these people and all their relatives and friends, and find out any pregnant women whose due date is this month, including pregnant women who are hiding from family planning. I need their names, ages, and the addresses of their maiden and in-law families."
"Because I suspect that some of them are colluding with a villager in the reservoir mountains to steal the dragon to replace the phoenix and seize the profits of the Hot Spring Valley scenic area."
"And this villager's prenatal examination report should be for a baby girl. You take the prenatal examination report and have an insider take a look."
Song Tianzhu and Ding Zhaogui's mouths twitched. They never expected that the private matter Deputy Captain Tian asked them to handle would be like this.
How could they, grown men, open their mouths to inquire about such things?
Tian Jing raised her eyebrows. "Is there a difficulty?"
"No!"
"No!"
Song Tianzhu and Ding Zhaogui immediately replied loudly.
"That's good," Tian Jing nodded and said jokingly, "I thought I was going to list this private matter as a personal mission?"
In the special task force's mission hall, there were two boards, one public and one private. The public board was for formal missions of the special task force, and the private board was for personal missions.
Personal missions were issued for personal gain by the issuer, and the issuer could not be someone who committed evil deeds.
The missions issued were not to commit evil deeds, nor to violate morality and the law, and the fees were based on the difficulty of the mission.
Members of the special task force took on personal missions in their spare time to earn extra money, but the prerequisite was that it should not affect the special task force's mission arrangements, nor should they expose themselves.
The private board was a website that was allowed but not allowed to be placed in the public eye, and it was a website managed exclusively by the special task force.
On this private website, they could also catch wanted criminals and recover some national treasures based on clues, etc.
Except for the people who managed the mission hall and some veteran members, new members and hired staff did not know about the existence of this private board.
Tian Jing also found out about it after diligently fulfilling her duties as deputy captain.
Song Tianzhu and Ding Zhaogui did not think that Deputy Captain Tian was joking. If they could not do it, Deputy Captain Tian could really issue a mission and let them be ridiculed by all the veteran members.
The two of them took the prenatal examination report and the piece of paper given by Deputy Captain Tian and left the siheyuan.
...
In the restaurant, Li Min and Mother Li were discussing what to do with the four children, Ji Qing, Ji Xiang, Ji Nian, and Ji Yang.
Tomorrow, she and Suo Zhu Ge would start work, and Xiao Fu and Hua Er would also have to prepare for the business of the Hot Spring Valley store before long.
Mother Li couldn't give any advice. She had to take care of Xuan Xuan and help take care of Si Ji. She was too busy to manage her daughter's affairs.
"Why don't you resign from the nursery?"
Li Min shook her head repeatedly. "How can that be? If I'm not at the nursery, my value will drop significantly."
"Working at the nursery, I'm only busy for half a month a month. Why should I resign?"
Mother Li waved her hand and sent her daughter away, holding her yawning great-granddaughter back to the main house. "Then ask your sister-in-law. I need to coax Xuan Xuan to sleep."
Tian Jing happened to walk into the restaurant. Seeing that Xuan Xuan was sleepy, she was about to go and make milk powder when her sister-in-law pulled her.
Tian Jing had no good solution for what Li Min was asking, and even if she did, she wouldn't tell her sister-in-law.
"You should discuss this with Suo Zhu and Xiao Fu. If it's difficult, Ji Xiang can be returned to Zeng Jingchu."
Li Min was reluctant to give up Ji Xiang. It was easier to bring Ji Qing and Ji Xiang together than to bring one child alone.
Li Min turned to look at her husband and eldest son.
Chen Suo Zhu's opinion was to bring them to the nursery and coax them while working.
Chen Fu's opinion was that if their parents couldn't manage, they would take Ji Nian and Ji Yang to the Hot Spring Valley.
Li Min disagreed. Ji Qing and Ji Xiang were not yet half a year old at that time, so it was fine to take them to the Hot Spring Valley. Ji Nian and Ji Yang were already crawling everywhere, so it was not safe to go to the Hot Spring Valley.
Ji Qing and Ji Xiang, hearing their names mentioned by the adults all the time, asked the two naive children why they weren't taking them to find Xiao Xiao Hei? They missed Xiao Xiao Hei and Aunt Li.
When Aunt Li came, she only played with her uncle and didn't even talk to them much, so they were very unhappy.
Tian Jing smiled and coaxed the two children. "When the weather gets warmer, I'll send you in to find Aunt Li. You need to be obedient and listen to the adults now."
The two older children happily clapped their hands and bounced, saying they would be obedient.
Since the two older children were going to be sent to the special task force, the two younger children could manage with Li Min and Chen Suo Zhu.