Love? The Reborn Me Just Wants to Obtain Rewards-Chapter 582 - 253: Gu Tongshu and Wang Zhi, One Knife Each_3

Chapter 582: Chapter 253: Gu Tongshu and Wang Zhi, One Knife Each_3

And then in spring, we’d start off eating potatoes and aubergine with fancy rice, squeezing a pot of scallion and egg sauce and, heading to the wilds, we’d grab some shepherd’s purse to mix in.

When summer kicked in, it was stewed green beans three times a day, all the way till fall set in.

Fall was when the food at our house was at its best, with a complete medley of fresh vegetables to stew.

The method was simple: start with a base of fish or a bit of pork belly in the pot, then toss in whatever we had, stewing everything together. Once my uncle came down from the mountains, bringing a bunch of wild delicacies. That day, we feasted on carp, giant tofu, three kinds of mushrooms, wood ear, cabbage, vermicelli, yam, kelp, dried shrimp, and birch bark, all in one pot!

Cheng LiHua laughed so hard she started wiping away tears, gasping for air, she asked him, "You kid... Are you serious about the birch bark?"

"Really!"

Gou Huai was extremely indignant, lamenting, "That was something my uncle had specially brought for her to use in medicines, who knew she would treat that stuff as a delicacy and stew it too?!"

"Ha ha ha ha..."

Little Gu couldn’t take it anymore and lay on his shoulder, unable to straighten his waist from laughter.

Wang Yuqing asked mischievously, "How did it taste? Any good?"

Su Huai cordially invited, "If you have time, come over and I’ll let my mom really put her heart into it, you’ll know once you taste it yourself..."

Little Gu didn’t understand, "Putting her heart into it makes it worse?"

Su Huai tried to explain, "When someone with talent puts their heart into something, that’s called showcasing their brilliance. But for those whose talent is in the negatives, the more effort they put in, the weirder the results they get, ’I reckon doing it this way will definitely work’, whenever she thinks like that, well, we might as well stick to green beans three times a day..."

"Actually, the green beans from your Northeast are really tasty... Pfft!"

Cheng LiHua threw in a comforting word but couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

They were indeed delicious, but come on, what normal person could endure that much misfortune three times a day?

"Good kid, try our Beijing sauce pork strips, you’ve had it rough..."

Calling him a good kid was utter nonsense, but Su Huai indeed managed to sweet-talk the old lady, who kept happily serving him more food.

Wang Yuqing also basked in his glow, enjoying a small tipple without a single hiccup, finally having a comfortable meal.

Su Huai polished off three bowls of white rice and finished off the noodles that were cooked afterwards, prompting Gu Jiuyue to take a few extra bites herself and Professor Cheng to joyously exclaim, "You should come over for lunch every day!"

Huai had nowhere near that thick a skin.

"No way, eating like this every day, how would I survive the winter break? Unless you come with me when the holidays start, I’ll take you and Gugu up to the mountains to spend the winter..."

Wang Yuqing instantly widened her eyes. How could you, Puppy, be so malicious?

Professor Cheng, of course, was delighted, regretfully saying. "You know, I do really like the Northeast, with its fertile black earth and long daylight hours, everything grown there tastes better than in Guanzhong. A lot of our food comes from that region, and when I retire, I really want to start my own garden there.."

"You do have a taste for good food, the vegetables and fruits from our place do indeed have a distinct flavor," Su Huai said, encouragingly.

Praising in such a way, Gu excited the old lady’s zeal for conversation.

"You see, sunlight and temperature differences are very important factors for the growth of plants and animals. The fruits from the Northwest Desert, the grains, vegetables from the Northeast, even shrimps, crabs, and shellfish from Alaska, the slower they grow, the more nutrients they accumulate. The Northeast is such a great place; I wonder if I’ll ever have the chance to retire there during my lifetime..."

Now that was an interesting statement indeed!

In fact, given the status of both elders, even without Gu Tongshu’s help, retiring anywhere they wished was just a matter of saying the word.

The phrase "if I ever have the chance" needed to be unpacked to understand the hints beneath it.

If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn’t dare to pick up where that conversation left off.

But Su Huai didn’t care about all that, he was all about coaxing first and dealing with the future, well, later.

"Hey! You’re like my own granny; do you really need to look for a special opportunity? This time I go home, I’ll get the yard ready for you, and next summer, you can come straight over to escape the heat!"

Cheng LiHua seemed to take it seriously, her whole demeanor picked up with excitement.

"Really?"

Gou Huai’s heart raced, but he didn’t panic, nodding firmly, "Really! When the time comes, I’ll have my mom keep you company, just don’t let her near the stove..."

"Ha ha! That won’t do~~~"

Cheng LiHua laughed heartily, whether she had seriously set her mind on it or not.

On reflection, coaxing little Gu to the Northeast wasn’t such a bad idea after all. Old Gu was busy running between the Imperial Capital, the Magic Capital, and abroad, and surely wouldn’t have time to keep an eye on his precious daughter.

The summer break was so long; by the end of it, wouldn’t she have completely turned into my image?

Old Gu, do you want to see your daughter?

Come on, submit a request, let me see your sincerity!

Gou Huai felt that if he could really pull it off, he’d most definitely hit a gold coin jackpot, the kind that pours out in a torrent.

A human trafficking plan, highly feasible!

Gou Huai’s heart thumped excitedly at the thought, and glancing over at Jiuyue, who seemed lost in thought, he decided to start whispering sweet nothings into her ear when the time was right.

Goal: next summer, take her down to the countryside!

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Yesterday, I slept like the dead until the middle of the night, now I have to reset my biological clock again...