Zhang Guoqing, a 21st-century orphan, and his pregnant wife, Zhou Jiao, were working hard for their future when a massive inheritance suddenly fell into their laps. On their way to the hospital for...
Zhou Xiaozheng accelerated quickly and hummed a song while driving.
He was secretly pondering what to leave for his precious daughter. He decided to keep the things he liked. His daughter's temperament resembled his, and her tastes were probably similar to his. Neither he nor his daughter liked sweet pastries, which were too greasy; nor did they like whole grains, which made their throats ache; nor did they like greasy food, which made them nauseous.
Well, Jiaojiao agreed, and they happily decided. He'd keep the yellow croaker for Jiaojiao and not give it to anyone else; he'd keep the prawns for himself and eat them slowly, and not give them to anyone else; and he'd give away all the remaining small fish. His daughter must have hated small, bony fish just like he did, so he'd keep all the fish he caught from the sea for her to eat, and he'd also keep some crabs, which he'd store in the cellar so Jiaojiao could eat them whenever she wanted.
As for the old mother, she also packed 20 kilograms of rice, some prawns and two yellow croakers from a broken box and sent them over. As for the other members of the Zhou family, she would not give them anything even if she was greedy.
At the fork in the road, Liu Sanyuan honked his horn. Zhou Xiaozheng slowed down, pulled over, waved, and honked three times in response. If he listened closely, he could even hear Liu Sanyuan's laughter.
Zhou Xiaozheng shook his head and laughed. This foodie!
Zhou Xiaozheng was driving along the road, and when he got close to the county town, he saw that pedestrians turned their heads and stared at his car from a distance. He immediately felt lucky that he didn't see any acquaintances in the car, otherwise he would have made a big fuss.
He thought carefully about the bamboo basket tied to the car, and the straw on it must have almost flown away. It was quite funny. He accelerated all the way and drove straight to the yard.
Seeing the gate locked, Zhou Xiaozheng was happy that no one was paying attention, as he guessed everyone had finished their work and left. He immediately opened the gate and quickly moved all the rice, flour, and vermicelli into the cellar. After a moment's thought, he put all six boxes in the corner of the cellar.
The basement looked like it wasn't empty after all. To prevent the smell from spreading, he hung the dried fish and some seaweed in the storage room. He also piled the items from the car in the kitchen, deciding to sort them out and give them away later.
After finishing his work, he breathed a sigh of relief, but when he smelled the smell on his body, he frowned in disgust.
After Zhou Xiaozheng washed up, he lay down on the kang and thought about what else he had to do. He fell asleep in a daze and saw Zhou Jiao happily eating crabs and smiling at him in his dream.
Zhang Guoqing looked at Lin Lishan and Cheng Hongli beside him. He sighed secretly, wondering how he could have fallen into such a trap.
After returning from the office at noon, he hurried to the yard, worried that his father-in-law and mother-in-law hadn't gone to the restaurant for lunch. But when he got there, he found out that his father-in-law had gone out in the car.
As soon as he saw him, his mother happily pulled him along with Aunt Cheng. How could he refuse? After lunch, he walked with them for the entire afternoon. I don't know how these two people had the energy.
Lin Lishan said with a smile, "You don't know how good my Jiaojiao's craftsmanship is. She just cut a few times, and the needle and thread went up and down quickly, and in a short time, she had a coat. I'm very clumsy, but luckily she's not like me. Today, Guaizi Chen was not as skilled as Jiaojiao, but he seemed quite smart and understood everything I said."
Cheng Hongli nodded in agreement. "He's pretty good at his job. Didn't you see he's already drawn the design Xiaowu mentioned? I think that design is great. I'll make the same design for the twins during the Chinese New Year."
"Our Xiaowu has good vision. It's worth it to have him over here, right? Once this version comes out, Lao Chen's business will definitely be a boom." Lin Shanshan proudly praised her son-in-law.
Cheng Hongli patted Zhang Guoqing. "Haha, young man, you're really good. Keep up the good work next time." She chuckled to herself, but she hadn't forgotten that Xiaowu was secretly rubbing her legs. "Hmph... I'll give you the strength!" See? They still don't have the leg strength.
Lin Lishan looked at the car in front of the door and said in surprise: "Look, is Brother Zheng back? Where did he go? The car was ruined like this."
Zhang Guoqing sniffed the faint scent of seafood in the air, looked thoughtfully at the tire tracks of the car in front, and said, "Mom, I guess Dad went a long way and bought a lot of things. There must be seafood in it. I can smell it. There's no sea nearby. Maybe he went to the provincial capital?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Lishan said excitedly: "Let's go in and take a look. We'll know after asking. Let's go and see if he is alive or dead." After saying that, she immediately pushed the door, and it was indeed not locked. There was someone inside.
The further inside, the stronger the smell of seafood. Zhang Guoqing followed the scent all the way to the kitchen, where he saw piles of bamboo baskets and sacks. This couldn't be from the seafood company; this was from the fishing village.
"Oh my god! Isn't this all seafood?" Cheng Hongli followed Zhang Guoqing in, stumbling with fear and hurriedly holding onto the door. She stared in disbelief at the three bamboo baskets of live crabs, the several sacks of sea fish that smelled fishy even before they were opened, and the other miscellaneous items.
Zhang Guoqing couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw her expression was so vivid. He said, "Aunt Cheng, don't disbelieve me, it's all seafood. Oh, except for this bag of dried sweet potatoes."
Cheng Hongli excitedly took a few steps forward, staring intently at the live crabs in the bamboo basket. Suddenly, she turned to Zhang Guoqing and said, "Xiaowu, there must be a sea nearby. We must go see the sea. Let's go and find Brother Zheng. I knew there was nothing Brother Zheng couldn't do. Oh, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have gone shopping with Brother Zheng to see the sea."
Zhang Guoqing looked at her from behind. He secretly complained, "You're just your handsome brother's fangirl. We haven't even finished shopping yet, and you're the one in the best mood. It's not time yet, and I can't pull you back."
At this moment, in the kitchen, the boss could hear Cheng Hongli's startled shouting from a distance. No wonder Zhao Yuanyuan was so noisy all day long, it turned out to be this.
Zhang Guoqing looked at the traces on the ground leading to the cellar and guessed that his father had simply stuffed all the good and easy-to-store seafood in there.
When the cellar door was opened, it was filled to the brim. Fang Fei had also called his mother-in-law a spendthrift, but it seemed he still didn't understand how generous his father-in-law was. Look at his father, who casually threw away a handful of diamonds. He really could afford to spoil his wife and daughter. He should work hard to get closer to him.
Looking at the sacks of rice and flour, and the straw-like vermicelli noodles, Zhou Guoqing frowned and thought for a long time, searching his memory for the surrounding provinces and cities he had seen and heard about, and finally realized that he might have gone to HX County in K Province.
He immediately smiled. The two counties weren't far apart, and having a car was incredibly convenient. A five-hour round trip was all flatland, no mountains, and no shortage of food. He probably stopped by the fishing village to buy some food.
After looking at the things inside, Zhang Guoqing came out and immediately cleared the traces of the cellar entrance. It was estimated that his father did not want to disclose the things inside.