Chapter 251: Awkward Family Dinner
With the two guys from the dealer around, no one came to cause trouble. After a busy day, Xu Salin gave two guys who were in a daze some crystal cores two kilograms each in the evening.
"This is the first time I've discovered that counting money really wastes your arms." Gu Qingyue leaned back on the sofa, and Gu Qingji reached out to massage his arms.
Lu Weiyi came out of the bedroom with a sleepy face, stepped on the "mountain" of crystal cores on the ground, staggered, and was helped by Li Zhuang who was passing by to stand firmly.
He rubbed his face and sobered up a little. "How much did you sell it for?"
"About one ton," Xu Sa estimated, "how much did we bring?"
"Countless" Lu Weiyi gave a vague number.
"I guess we can't sell them all. I set a high price. Otherwise, we can just sell them to some wholesalers here. I asked around and found that almost every faction has their own business store. If one of them comes, we can sell 80% to 90% of the goods." After Xu Sa finished his plan, he asked Lu Weiyi, "When are we leaving?"
Lu Weiyi looked at the few people who were going to look for someone.
"We haven't found anyone. We've posted a missing person notice and have already looked for him among the registered persons. The base gave us the location and asked me to verify it." One day is not enough.
"How long do you think it will take them to defeat that mutant plant?" Lu Weiyi asked Zhuang Mingxu who came out with a cane.
"Stay one more day tomorrow. If it doesn't work, let the banker's people do it. Then we'll leave." After Zhuang Mingxu finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside the yard.
It’s Zhuang Mingwu.
"I think the dealer is reluctant to let you go." Lu Weiyi's eyes suddenly turned cold.
Zhuang Mingxu motioned for someone to open the door and whispered, "I told him that there is still a plant crystal core in the team and asked him to exchange it for seven thousand kilograms of jade."
"Yeah," Lu Weiyi nodded.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at him and asked in an ambiguous tone, "How much more do you need?"
"We still have to order more." The smaller the scope of repair became, with more than 7,000 kilograms of repairs in the morning, less than one-third had been repaired. Lu Weiyi was a little anxious.
Zhuang Mingwu came in with Liu Ma, who was cooking, and Liu Ma went into the kitchen quickly.
Zhuang Mingwu looked at Zhuang Mingxu with embarrassment, "Brother, grandpa asked you, Lu Weiyi and the children to go home for dinner." He avoided Zhuang Mingxu's gaze and glanced casually at a pile of crystal cores on the ground.
As soon as Zhuang Mingxu saw his expression, he knew that his family was unwilling to give that part of the jade, and they might even have some other ideas. He turned to look at Lu Weiyi, "Do you want to go?"
"...Go." They still had to stay at the banker's for another day. In order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Lu Weiyi reluctantly stood up and said in a serious tone, "I seem to have learned to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens."
"puff……"
"Ha ha……"
…
There was laughter in the hall, and Lu Weiyi looked at everyone unhappily, "Light up the crystal cores and put them away. One hundred yuan per person as travel expenses."
Ordinary low-level crystal cores are no longer of much use to them, and high-level crystal cores are rarely taken out for trading, so it is better to distribute them to everyone as pocket money.
"Thank you, Captain"
"Long Live the Captain"
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"Brother, should I go with you guys?" asked Lu Xi, who was accompanying Zhuang Aiyi.
"...Come together, keep an eye on Aiyi and don't let him get in touch with those people from the Zhuang family. They have become shameless and have no bottom line." Lu Weiyi helped the father and son tidy up their clothes. Zhuang Mingxu was leaning on a crutch, while Lu Weiyi and Lu Xi each held one side of Zhuang Aiyi.
Zhuang Mingxu pretended not to hear. Zhuang Mingwu glared at him with gritted teeth, but finally held back his words because of Zhuang Mingxu's silence.
"Okay, I'll pay attention." Lu Xi felt responsible and lowered his head to remind Zhuang Aiyi, "Always follow your uncle. Other adults and children are not allowed to play with them. If you are caught by the bad guys, you won't be able to find your dad."
"Aiyi is the best and wants to follow his uncle," Zhuang Aiyi said seriously and pulled their arms, "Little daddy, Aiyi wants to jump high."
"Okay," Lu Weiyi responded. He and Lu Xi each grabbed one of the man's arms, lifted him up and jumped a section. When he landed, Zhuang Aiyi chuckled and wanted another one.
Zhuang Mingwu, who was walking slowly behind Zhuang Mingxu, tried to find a topic to talk about unnaturally, "The kid is so cute."
Zhuang Mingxu glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and his understanding look seemed to see into his heart. Zhuang Mingwu turned his eyes away and was too embarrassed to say anything.
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At this time, there was not only their family in the Zhuang family's first room, but also an elegant middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses and a scholarly air. When he saw Zhuang Mingxu, he smiled and walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, "Good boy, you haven't changed much."
He looks young, but actually he is of the same generation as Grandpa Zhuang. He is Grandpa Zhuang's youngest half brother, Zhuang Mobai, a maverick who has never been married in half his life.
Lu Weiyi remembered that he seemed to be some kind of scientific researcher, but he had no impression of him in his previous life.
"Little Grandfather" Zhuang Mingxu has a good relationship with him, and he is also the only person in the Zhuang family who does not object to him being with Lu Weiyi.
"Xiao Weiyi, I haven't seen you for many years. Your aura is different." Zhuang Mobai looked at Lu Weiyi, "It seems that you have suffered a lot this year."
"Not bad," Lu Weiyi replied.
Zhuang Mobai lowered his eyes and teased Zhuang Aiyi for a few words, and then the group entered the house.
Several managers of the banker's business were still talking in the living room as if they had nothing to do. When they saw a few people coming in, they changed their silence from yesterday.
Old Master Zhuang smiled as he looked at the man who had to rely on a wheelchair yesterday but could get up and walk today, "I heard from Old Zhou that you have recovered, but I didn't believe it. Now that I see it, I can feel relieved."
"Well, thank you for your concern," said Zhuang Mingxu.
Lu Weiyi took Lu Xi to sit on an empty sofa, protecting Zhuang Aiyi in the middle, and Zhuang Mingxu sat at the edge.
"Is this Ai Yi? Hello, I'm your grandpa." Zhuang Chengli felt that it was impossible to wait for someone to introduce him, so he could only go himself.
"Hello." Zhuang Aiyi glanced at Lu Weiyi beside him, and seeing that he had no intention of saying anything, he did not take the initiative to call anyone. His pair of dark eyes kept moving between the few people.
"This is your great-grandfather, this is your great-grandfather, this is your eldest uncle and your younger uncle." Zhuang Chengli introduced the people in front of him one by one.
Zhuang Aiyi looked around and said in a neither loud nor low voice, "Aiyi has his own little uncle." He hugged Lu Xi beside him tightly with his two little hands.
Lu Xi nodded to several people and looked at the relatively familiar Zhuang Chengye, "Hello, Colonel Zhuang."
"This is Xiaoyi's cousin Lu Xi," Zhuang Mingxu introduced at the right time.
"Are you Lu Xiao's son?" Zhuang Chengye looked at Lu Xi, "I remember your father said that you were studying weapons research and development."
Lu Xi smiled and nodded, not knowing which question he was answering.
"Your father is out on a mission. He will be back in a while, and you and your son will be reunited. After the end of the world, he has been missing you very much and has been checking for news about you. He said he would come to find you as soon as he got the news." Zhuang Chengye talked a lot more when he mentioned Lu Xiao.
Lu Xi, who didn't know that they had met before, "…"
"I miss my father too. The best news is that he is alive and well."
The two chatted awkwardly for a while, and Xia Xiaorong brought over some fruits and dried fruits. While inviting everyone to eat, she picked out the reddest peach and handed it to Zhuang Aiyi, "This is a newly picked peach. It's rare in general bases. Would you like to try it, kid?"
Lu Weiyi couldn't help but gave her a sarcastic look.
Lu Xi also had a look of naked surprise. She really didn't know who gave her the courage to think that they couldn't afford to feed a child with fruit.
"Yes, these are new fruits, Aiyi, please try them," said Zhuang Chengli.
Zhuang Aiyi took a closer look, and just when Xia Xiaorong thought he was going to take it, he returned to the sofa and sat down, tilting his fair little face up and said seriously, "Thank you, but I can only eat the mutant fruit, so leave it for you."
The mutated fruits are good for the body and have obvious effects in strengthening the body. Most of the mutated fruits at home are indeed left for a few ordinary people to eat. Instead, these ordinary fruits become the fruits of those with special powers.
Zhuang Aiyi is usually taken care of by Xi Shi. Probably in order to give him enough space to eat the mutant fruits, he is taught to believe that he cannot eat ordinary fruits.
"Puchi" Zhuang Mingxu laughed out loud, like a slap in Xia Xiaorong's face.
The faces of several men in the hall also looked unhappy, and Zhuang Chengli even glared at Xia Xiaorong.
"Big Daddy?" Confused, Zhuang Aiyi leaned over to look at Zhuang Mingxu.
"It's okay." Zhuang Mingxu reached over Lu Weiyi in the middle and touched his son's head, almost saying "You're awesome."
"Are the mutated fruits delicious? Great grandpa has never eaten them. Can Xiao Aiyi talk to great grandpa about it?" Zhuang Mobai spoke to Zhuang Aiyi in a gentle voice, breaking the stiff atmosphere.
"It's okay," Zhuang Aiyi said unconsciously, "My grandfather said that the mutated fruits are good for my health and will keep me from getting sick."
"Who is your grandfather?" Zhuang Mobai's eyes turned away from Lu Weiyi, thinking that he was talking about Lu Weiyi's father Ji Heng.
"It's Grandpa Xi who cooks for us. His cooking is delicious. He can even pinch rice balls into little rabbits. Can you do it?" Zhuang Aiyi usually follows Xi Shiduo at home and was very interested at this moment.
"I can't do it, you are awesome, Grandpa Xi"
"I think he is awesome, too. My Grandpa Bear can lift me up and I can sit on his neck. He is so tall," said Zhuang Aiyi, and couldn't help but gesture with his hand, "Taller than this."
"Is it so powerful?" Zhuang Mobai's tone was exaggerated.
"Yeah, my uncle is also amazing," Zhuang Aiyi said like a little kid who got recognition and couldn't help showing off, "My uncle can make Transformers and robots for me. He can also let me sleep on the waves, and the little fish will kiss my feet..."
He combined all the abilities of everyone and became an omnipotent person, making the "real" uncle Zhuang Mingwen on the opposite side look even more useless.
It was also the first time that Lu Weiyi realized that without him knowing, Zhuang Aiyi had become the darling of the entire base.
Before dinner, the scene became a complete show-off for little Zhuang Aiyi. Although it was exaggerated, it alleviated everyone's embarrassment to a great extent.
Lu Weiyi was naturally not the kind of person who would flatter them, and with Xia Xue, his illegitimate daughter, constantly making her presence known in front of him, Zhuang Mingxu no longer had the mood to reunite, especially as he had some guesses in his mind about the purpose of this trip.
In the living room, the only sound left for a moment was Zhuang Aiyi's baby voice.
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