Chapter 160 160 Turning
Seeing the Wen family's puzzled expressions, the Samoyed's owner scratched the back of his head.
"I forgot to mention, I'm a pet photographer..."
Pet photographer—this profession surprised Wen Fan. The Samoyed's owner simply took out his own camera and showed it to Wen Fan.
Inside, there are dogs jumping up to catch frisbees, big cats stretching their backs, even a few brightly colored birds, and a small white snake that looks quite intimidating.
Wen's mother was terrified of snakes, and rubbed her arms, saying, "People actually keep these as pets?"
Photographer: "Hey, there are tons of them. If I hadn't gotten into this industry, I wouldn't have known that there are so many people in our city who keep exotic pets."
She even filmed a movie about raising crocodiles before.
The adults were chatting, but Egg Yolk and the Samoyed hadn't made up because of the duck's butt. The two dogs stopped fighting, but they were still barking, one barking and the other barking, which was funny as if they were arguing with people.
The photographer looked at his own Samoyed, then at the cat family in the distance who had already eaten both duck butts clean, and could only ask the mother if there was anything else to eat.
"...Shall I take some pictures of your dog?"
Without saying a word, Wen Fan pulled out two packets of prepared food from her bag. They were small snacks she had baked herself. She diced potatoes and chicken, added some starch and seasonings, mixed them well, shaped them into small patties, and baked them until they were golden brown. Both people and dogs could eat them.
The photographer took the items and asked Wen Fan to play with the dog for a while. Less than ten minutes later, he confidently said that the shoot was over.
"I'll send it to you after I've finished editing the picture. Let's add each other's contact information!"
After exchanging contact information, the photographer finally managed to win over his greedy dog with chicken and potato pancakes.
...
The Wen family reached the summit around 4 or 5 p.m., enjoyed a magnificent sunset, and then checked into their hotel.
Wen's mother finally found some time alone with her husband and pressed him about why he had been acting strangely that day.
"I've never seen you like this before. What? You have a problem with Baiyi?"
Mr. Wen changed his clothes in a sullen manner without saying a word. Only after being pressed by Mrs. Wen did he finally say, "Just eat the cake if they give it to you. Why say 'Happy Holiday'? This kid's got something up his sleeve!"
Wen's mother almost burst out laughing, finally understanding her husband's thoughts.
"You really are... It's wrong for people to be polite."
"Does this have anything to do with being polite? Now that I think about the kids I used to work with, none of them were as attentive as him!"
Wen's mother was overjoyed: "Hahahaha!"
"You're still laughing! Aren't you worried?!"
Wen's mother: "Why wouldn't I laugh? Oh, they just said 'Happy Holiday' and you're making such a fuss, really..."
Seeing that her husband was still sullen, Wen's mother said helplessly, "Just look at our daughter on this journey, digging for wild vegetables and playing around. How can you think she's interested in Ji Baiyi? If she were really interested, she would probably be distracted on this journey thinking about how Ji Baiyi is about to be blackmailed."
His wife's words somewhat dispelled Mr. Wen's suspicions, but he still stubbornly insisted, "I didn't say our daughter, I said Ji Boyi!"
"Then you're overthinking it. When Baiyi delivered things before, Xiao Fan wasn't there two out of three times. That doesn't seem like the intention at all!"
After being scolded by his mother, Wen's father finally felt a little relieved.
"I'm just afraid my daughter will..."
Now the family is living in harmony, and Mr. Wen often marvels at how he never knew life could be so peaceful. Looking back on previous years, he recalls how his daughter always seemed distant, as if he could never warm her heart. Especially the incident in her first year of high school, with that boy named Fu Chuan or something like that, which almost drove her to run away from home.
If he had a choice, Mr. Wen would even like to talk to his daughter right now. It's not like the family can't afford to support her. Why bother with marriage in the future? Life is so much better with just the family. Marrying out means going to integrate into someone else's family! Just thinking about it makes him anxious.
"You should find someone who will live with you as a son-in-law!"
Mr. Wen turned over a few times, and finally said this in a stiff voice. Mrs. Wen rolled her eyes silently.
"Go to bed early, we need to watch the sunrise tomorrow morning!"
...
Wen Fan first used the towel he brought to wipe Egg Yolk's limbs and belly clean. Egg Yolk obediently turned its belly over to Wen Fan, who then patted its belly and poured out a small half bowl of dog food.
"Eat up, then go to sleep."
Egg Yolk looked at Wen Fan for a while, but Wen Fan didn't give him any more food. Finally realizing that there was no more food, Egg Yolk quickly finished eating and lay down on the mat that Wen Fan had brought.
Wen Fan breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't always so heartless. When she first got a dog, she thought that Danhuang would know when it was full, so she always put a lot of food in its bowl. She would add more food when Danhuang finished eating, and she would also occasionally give it a special hot meal.
One day, Wen's mother said that Egg Yolk had vomited. Wen Fan hurriedly took the dog to the hospital and only then did he realize that Egg Yolk was a dog that didn't know the meaning of its own stomach.
"Is the puppy full?" Wen Fan couldn't find out. He could only touch its belly every day and stop feeding it when it was about full.
But since it's his own dog, Wen Fan couldn't resist Danhuang's pitiful eyes and would often cross the line.
The dog lay asleep on the mat, but Wen Fan couldn't sleep.
She scrolled through her phone, watched some videos, and then browsed the messages in her classmates' group chat.
Han Lulu went rafting during the May Day holiday and posted a picture on her WeChat Moments looking like a drowned rat, clearly having a great time.
He Yuzhen went back to her grandmother's house and posted pictures of the wheat that had already formed ears on her WeChat Moments. She even picked some wheat ears that were almost fully filled and crushed them with a millstone, turning the green wheat grains into strips. This is called "milling" in the local area.
Wen Fan replied from below: "Is there any more tomorrow?"
He Yuzhen replied instantly: "Yes, shall we come?"
Wen Fan gave an OK sign, already thinking about how to eat green wheat grains.
After racking his brains, before turning off his phone, Wen Fan sent Ji Boyi a message, politely inquiring about the follow-up.
Unexpectedly, Ji Boyi sent a voice message. Wen Fan opened the voice message and heard Ji Boyi's voice as usual.
"Everything's fine. The thrombolysis was timely, and there are no problems. How about you? How were things with your aunt and uncle?"
Wen Fan replied with "smooth sailing," then thought for a moment and sent a picture of a sunset.
Ji Boyi replied quickly.
It's beautiful.
The cookies you gave me were also delicious.
Wen Fan corrected: "It's baked buns."
Ji Baiyi replied with a grinning dinosaur emoji and wrote "Got it".
Wen Fan stared blankly at the little dinosaur, which had nothing to do with Ji Boyi, and replied, "Asleep."
Ji Baiyi sent another "goodnight" message.
...
On the other side, Ji Baiyi was dragged to dinner by a group of boys who were very excited about doing a good deed that day. After drinking a few bottles of beer, they started bragging about it.
A boy leaned closer to Ji Baiyi: "Who are you messaging?"
Ji Baiyi closed his phone.
The boys opposite immediately started teasing him, saying it was his girlfriend, and everyone stared at Ji Baiyi and laughed.
Ji Baiyi: "...Was the baked bun with meat delicious today?"
The boy next to him slurred, "What blanket? Who ate a blanket today? You can't eat that stuff!"
Ji Baiyi's eyes revealed a hint of disdain: "It's that kind of cake we had today, called a 'beizi'."
Everyone got excited when the topic turned to those two pancakes.
"It's so delicious! I've never had such a good pancake before! If we weren't in the hospital, I would have asked you already, where did you buy it?"
Ji Baiyi said calmly, "Haven't you heard anyone say they made it themselves?"
"Dude, you should give him some advice! With such great skills, you should open a shop! It's such a waste to just make this stuff for yourself. If you sell it, I guarantee your shop will become the new king of pancakes in the whole city within a month!"
"...Baiko."
"Oh, the king of baked goods in the whole city!"
Ji Baiyi took a sip of cola calmly: "Then you're too late."
"What's late?"
"His restaurant is now the best in town."
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The family who lived in the best restaurant in the city were woken up by the hotel at 4:30 in the morning. The mother did not expect it to be so cold on the mountain, so the family members each rented a cotton coat and wrapped themselves up to wait for the sunrise.
The sun, like a bright yellow ping-pong ball, suddenly burst into dazzling light. In that instant of its intense blaze, Wen Fan's eyes welled with tears, and he involuntarily held his breath.
The sunrise was breathtaking, and people kept taking pictures around us. Wen's mother also had a family photo taken. Egg Yolk was held in Wen Fan's arms, looking so well-behaved that it didn't seem like a beagle at all.
After watching the sunrise, the family quickly ate some instant noodles and then took the cable car down the mountain.
This was Wen Fan's first time riding a cable car. He clung to his parents' sleeves the whole time, looking out the window for a while to calm himself down, then looking out again for a while to calm himself down again.
Wen's mother: ...Is this what you mean by "good-for-nothing and loves to play"?
After getting off the cable car, the foot of the mountain was right in front of him. Driving his own car, Wen Fan still felt light on his feet.
"...Dad, let's go to Aunt Huijuan's house from here."
It wasn't even noon yet, and the family didn't even mention lunch; they headed straight for the village.
It was also a lucky coincidence that Wen Fan arrived at the village. Not long after entering the village, he looked around and soon spotted He Yuzhen. He Yuzhen was watching other families make rice dumplings, and when she saw Wen Fan, she quickly waved to him.
Mr. and Mrs. Wen were also familiar with the rolling mill, and they stopped the car and went over to take a look.
He Yuzhen grabbed a piece of rice and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Try it, it's delicious!"
The aroma of green wheat is indescribable. It is very different from the aroma of mature wheat. It has a natural grassy fragrance that is intoxicating.
Wen Fan chewed it and found it to be very fragrant.
Mr. and Mrs. Wen hadn't eaten this for a long time, but the hospitable villagers offered them a taste.
Wen Fan walked over: "Mom and Dad, how about we order this from the shop?"
Mr. and Mrs. Wen naturally agreed, but they were also curious about how to eat this stuff.
"Besides eating it directly or frying it with eggs, how else can you eat it?"
Wen Fan: "There are so many, I can't list them all at once, but they're just so edible!"
When her daughter said she could eat it, Wen's mother immediately planned to talk to Feng Huijuan later and ask her to buy some.
Upon hearing this, He Yuzhen knew that Wenji was going to launch new products again, and she was overjoyed.
"Will we be able to eat it when school starts?"
Wen Fan calculated the time: "Okay."
Yay!
Wen Fan said goodbye to He Yuzhen, and the family went to Feng Huijuan's house for a while. Wen Fan then wrote out his prescription.
"I want pumpkin blossoms, green wheat grains, millet, loofah, peas, bitter melon, and a pig..."
Feng Huijuan was already used to Wen Ji ordering large portions, and upon hearing this, she asked again, "Would you like some crayfish?"
Feng Huijuan explained, "Some people in the next village raise them. I went to see them, and they are quite clean."
crayfish……
Wen Fan cautiously said, "Let's start with two hundred jin."
It's only the beginning of May, and crayfish have just come into season. If you want them to be really delicious, wait until next month.
However, this kind of thing would never have been served on the imperial table before, so Wen Fan still needs to try to figure out how to cook crayfish.
"Okay!"
As soon as the Wen family left, Feng Huijuan excitedly drove her tricycle out to harvest vegetables.
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