Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 138 - : 138. The last trump card_1

Chapter 138: 138. The last trump card_1

What a smooth talker!

Her aunt sat aside, looking at her niece in surprise: if she knew she had this ability, why would she bother coming back and forth?

What she said was so well-organized and to the point, wasn’t it even better than what she herself had said?

As far as Song Tan was concerned, she even brought tea leaves; how could she return without accomplishing anything?

Now she was speaking with even more gusto:

“Besides, our old home is right there. If I do anything wrong, you two can just pack up and move back to the city, and it won’t affect anything,” she said.

“Or you could let slip to the villagers. As the elder, you can simply make a comment; if I still want to do things in the village, I have to take it into consideration, right?”

She even brought out a mixture of soft and hard tactics.

Seventh Uncle fell silent.

She didn’t speak, but Seventh Grandma had already been moved. She hadn’t said that she couldn’t live in the city, but the elderly women nearby were either doting on their grandchildren or starting dance groups.

Unfortunately, she didn’t have any grandchildren to take care of, nor did she have children at her side, and she disliked crowded places even more.

Besides listening to operas at home and strolling around, her daily life lacked any entertainment.

Television sets were tricky to handle; just turning one on took several minutes. And when it was on, she didn’t know how to use it—what played depended on luck… Seventh Grandma wouldn’t say it, but she was actually growing increasingly anxious by the day.

After the aunt and niece’s repeated persuasions over the last few days, she almost wished she could grab a hoe and run back to the countryside, feeling that even digging two vegetable patches would be better than turning in circles at home!

Her wavering was so obvious that even Seventh Uncle’s stubbornness was about to collapse.

Song Tan smiled in satisfaction, feeling that this time it was a sure win.

Of course, she had brought her trump card, so it was still necessary to show some effort—

“Seventh Uncle, don’t worry about the wages for work in the countryside being unstable. When I say I’m not after your house, I mean it,” she said.

“Qiaoqiao, make some tea for Seventh Uncle and brew some honey water for Seventh Grandma.”

Qiaoqiao was well-practiced at this task!

He put the carton aside and obediently took his bag to the kitchen. While the environment was a bit unfamiliar, making tea and preparing drinks was quite interesting, like exploring a new world.

So, although he was a bit clumsy, it didn’t bother him at all.

Seeing Song Tan’s proud demeanor, Seventh Uncle also remembered: “Was the sophora flower from yesterday grown on your mountain?” he asked.

Song Tan’s brow twitched, then she furrowed it slightly:

“Ah, you tasted it? Actually, that sophora flower didn’t grow very well; it can’t compare with the vegetables we take care of properly in our fields. It’s just for a change in taste,” she replied.

Her modesty in the style of Versailles didn’t sit right with her aunt, who immediately protested:

“Nonsense! Tantan, you didn’t taste that sophora flower, did you? It was so clear, sweet, and fragrant. Do you know how many pancakes with sophora flower I made last night, and how many your brother ate?”

She exaggerated a number with her hands: “Seven!”

In the middle of the night, the entire family was still searching for stomach digestion tablets.

Such high-quality sophora flower, her aunt was resolute not to let it be slandered.

Then she didn’t forget to brag to Seventh Uncle:

“Uncle, this is truly the kid’s heartfelt effort. All the good stuff were sent your way! My sister-in-law also went back to her hometown. We barely got a small handful of sophora flowers to try something new, not even half as much as you got!” she said.

Then she started to play the victim: “And you still say I’m stingy—where have I been stingy?”

Seventh Uncle glanced at her and thought to himself, where haven’t you been stingy? If you had to pay for that sophora flower, you wouldn’t have brought it over!

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But—

the quality of the locust flowers was truly excellent.

They chatted until midnight yesterday, and couldn’t resist adding a steamed egg with locust flowers as a midnight snack. They ate with such satisfaction that they felt their stomachs and intestines were comfortably smooth as they slept.

Seventh Grandma even grumbled to Seventh Uncle, “Have we been away from our hometown for too long? Why didn’t we realize how good everything was when we were in the village?”

It was only when eating the leftover spicy stir-fried locust flowers with millet porridge in the morning that Seventh Grandma discerned the difference in quality.

Right now, watching Qiaoqiao fumble in the kitchen and hearing Song Tan’s resolute confidence about not being fond of this house, the couple’s anticipation grew, and they held their backs even straighter.

Qiaoqiao came out very soon.

Wu Lan had taught him well; it was his first time in a stranger’s kitchen, but he was content to just find the kettle he was looking for and did not annoy anyone by poking around everywhere.

Seventh Uncle had also organized the kitchen quite logically; several glass teacups were upside down on the draining tray, and he simply washed them for use.

Now he was busy pouring hot water back and forth between a few cups, and it took quite a while to make one cup of warm honey water and one cup of piping hot tea, his movements meticulous and patient.

Seventh Grandma laughed her eyes into slits—children may be foolish, but they are sincere and patient!

Just this one aspect could cover up most of the shortcomings.

The hot water lazily spread out, the unique fragrance of the tea leaves and the intoxicating sweetness of the honey intertwined without conflict, yet somehow increased the anticipation even more.

Seventh Uncle, who had spent his whole life immersed in the culinary arts, could tell whether something was good or not just by the fact that he “swooshed” to his feet at that moment!

Then, without waiting for Qiaoqiao to come over, he had already hurried over and took both cups in his hands.

The aromatic scents soaked from head to toe, and even the elder cousin couldn’t help but be immersed, taking a deep breath.

“My goodness, such fine things must be worth quite a bit of money!”

Look at Song Hongmei!

Seventh Uncle thought gloomily: What fine things become worthless in her hands! With such quality, could it be about money? Even if you have money, you can’t get your hands on this!

Song Tan also whispered to the elder cousin, “Elder cousin, I came here in a hurry this time. Next time I go downtown, I’ll bring some for you to try.”

She really hadn’t thought of it in the rush.

The elder cousin waved her hands repeatedly, “I don’t want it, I don’t want it!”

“However good the stuff is, can it be more substantial than money? Tantan, don’t always send me vegetables; they’re too good for meals, and now I have to rethink my monthly food budget.”

“If you really care, in another ten or eight years when I’m older and you come to visit, sneak an extra two hundred bucks into my purse.”

The elder cousin calculated cunningly—as ten or eight years pass and she gets older and earns less, that money will be her confidence.

As for why it needed to be sneaky… giving money openly would mean that the child would have to reciprocate! Of course, it had to be done on the sly, a sign of filial piety from a niece to her aunt without invoking obligation.

She spoke with utmost earnestness, sincerely planning it all out this way.

That left Song Tan speechless.

Honestly, in all her years in the Cultivation World, she had never encountered someone like her elder cousin, which shows how rare such people are in the mortal realm.

But at this moment, she still nodded solemnly, “Elder cousin, don’t worry, I promise to do it!”

Everyone has their own thoughts.

For the elder cousin, her niece’s character was beyond question; now that she had promised, she had an extra amount of money to look forward to in the future.

No matter whether it was two or three hundred or five hundred, it was delightful! Satisfying!

So she took another deep breath, “Wow, this smells incredible!”