Chapter 356 Grandpa Chi Who Eats Leaves
After a brief conversation between Grandpa Chi and Chi Yanzhou inside the house, tender, lovely, and vibrant vegetable seedlings have sprouted from the soil that was just turned over a moment ago!
Even the wooden sunshade pavilion in the corner of the yard, which was specially built for playing chess and drinking tea, has grapevines wrapped around its supporting pillars at some point, and the leaves are unfurling under the light!
Grandpa Chi: "You...you bunch of little rascals! Didn't we agree to not use our superpowers tonight and just honestly experience the feeling of working with our own hands and sweating on the soil?"
Lu Nange smiled and gently rubbed the top of Lu Beiye's head, who was tilting his little head up.
Lu Beiye put his forearms behind his back and said, "Grandpa Chi, we need to use superpowered seeds to ensure that every seed can survive and grow lots and lots of vegetables!"
Grandpa Chi was amused by Lu Beiye's serious, grown-up-like demeanor and burst into laughter: "Hahaha! Good! Good! Our A-Ye is right! Seeds are precious and shouldn't be wasted!"
Chi Yanzhou glanced at the time: "Old Gu, it's getting late, you should all go back and rest. We still have a lot of things to deal with tomorrow, and we still have to go out with Nan Nan to 'hand out flyers'."
Gu Qi, He Zhuo, and the others nodded upon hearing this, their joking expressions fading.
"Okay, got it...we'll be going now!"
Goodnight, Grandpa!
"Nan Nan, see you tomorrow..." they said, and then they went their separate ways.
After everyone left, Chi Yi, Wen Qing, and Luo Xingyou went upstairs to wash up and rest.
The noisy courtyard gradually quieted down, leaving only Grandpa Chi, Chi Yanzhou, and the three siblings Lu Nange, Lu Beiye, and Lu Xici.
The searchlights were off, leaving only the warm glow of the wall lamps under the eaves, outlining the tranquil night scene...
Grandpa Chi sat down in the rattan chair and looked at Lu Nange with gentle eyes: "Nannan, Ayan just told me... Grandpa's old arms and legs are getting old, but I really want to try it and see if it's really that magical."
Lu Nange sat up a little straighter: "Grandpa..."
Grandpa Chi interrupted her with a smile, his tone kind: "As long as this mutated plant doesn't harm our Nan Nan, it can improve her health. Grandpa has really benefited greatly..."
Chi Yanzhou also gave her a reassuring and reassuring look: "Nannan, don't worry!"
Watching the grandfather and granddaughter's back-and-forth banter, Lu Nange picked up Zhizhi from her shoulder and placed her on the tea table in front of her: "Zhizhi, give Grandpa Chi one of your leaves."
Zhizhi, its leaves wavy like tiny waves, swayed gently: [This old man's breathing is very peaceful, and he's very kind to his master and his brother... Should I be gentler when feeding him?]
Seeing a tender leaf curled up on a branch, Lu Nange immediately stuffed it towards Old Master Chi's mouth...
"Zhizhi!" Lu Nange's brow twitched suddenly as she instantly remembered the time Zhizhi had roughly fed the zombie leaves: "Just put the leaves in Grandpa's palm! Let Grandpa do it himself!"
The rapidly advancing vines froze in mid-air, just centimeters away from Grandpa Chi's lips.
Then it deftly changed direction, gave a human-like "look back," and let out two pitiful "chirps"...
[Okay, okay, whatever Master says...]
It gently placed the leaf in Grandpa Chi's outstretched palm.
Grandpa Chi put the leaf in his mouth without hesitation and swallowed it directly.
The moment the leaf entered his mouth, Grandpa Chi stood up, shook his arms, and moved his legs, his face showing unbelievable joy: "Hey! It's amazing! I feel... I really do feel much more agile!"
Chi Yanzhou, Lu Xici, and Lu Beiye: [If we hadn't eaten it ourselves, we almost would have believed it!]
Seeing that no one was cheering him on, Grandpa Chi chuckled dryly twice and waved his hand dismissively: "Alright, alright, it's getting late. You've all been up all day. Go wash up and go to bed early. Don't you have important business to attend to tomorrow? Go back and rest!"
Lu Nange: "Then Grandpa, you should get some rest too."
Grandpa Chi: "Alright, alright, this old man will go upstairs with you. My dear grandchildren, let's go home and rest..."
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The following morning, sparse sunlight pierced through the clouds, casting a touch of warmth upon the "Flameheart" base.
After yesterday's commotion, the base seemed to have returned to its usual operational order, but an indescribable, subtle excitement and anticipation still permeated the air.
The front yard of the Chi family villa was bustling with activity early in the morning.
Chi Si brought a number of efficient staff members, while Shi Xu, He Zhuo, and others also gathered early with their parents and elders...
The first thing to do this morning is to fulfill the promise of reward made to the parking lot staff yesterday.
Lu Nange took out a portion of the large sorting boxes from the parking lot yesterday...
Gu Wan: "The things we dismantled yesterday were quite a mixed bag, what kind of reward should we give them?"
Grandpa Chi saw the younger generation all looking at him and said, "Don't look at me, I'm retired. You decide for yourselves!"
The elders said, "You decide, we're just here to do the work!"
Everyone: "Brother Yan, Nan Nan..."
Lu Nange: "Yan-ge, you decide!"
Chi Yanzhou: "With so many people, the rewards must be consistent. Let's see which ones have the most..."
Finally, I chose a pound of rice, and some foods that keep well—compressed biscuits, candy... the portions weren't large.
Everyone gathered around and worked together, like an assembly line, chatting and laughing as they packed various items into transparent plastic bags.
In fact, the smart home system in Lu Nange's space can instantly complete the repackaging and packaging...
But when she thought of her friends' subtle advice and all-around protection, Lu Nange silently gave up this convenient idea.
After all, being repeatedly "educated" by her friends to be more discreet was quite torturous; they would run away before she could even finish speaking...
Once all the reward bags were loaded onto the vehicle, Chi Si, along with his staff, headed to the dormitory area and various work stations to distribute them...
Lu Nange and her group then began preparing rewards for Chi Si and Chi Qi's ten-person group who had gone out with them the day before.
Compared to the usual rewards, this time there were additional items such as a plastic basin, toothbrush, toothpaste, and towels... some daily necessities.
Chi Qi and the other ten people were also given an extra ten level-one crystal cores and five level-two crystal cores.
Yesterday, the crystal cores obtained by Chi Qi and his group of ten from killing zombies were already theirs to keep. These crystal cores were given to them by Lu Nange and the others out of their own pockets.
When Zhang Ao, Wang Xingchen, and the other eight people saw the crystal cores and supplies laid out in front of them, they were all stunned...
"Brother Chi Qi, this...is too much?!"
"We did nothing yesterday, we just dragged the team down... How can we possibly get so much?"
"Exactly! It's supplies and crystal cores... Even with our country's huge size, I dare not accept them! This is too hot to handle!"
"Brother Chi Qi, how about... we send it back to Captain Chi and Miss Lu? We appreciate the sentiment, but it's too much, too precious..."
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