"Snap—" Fatty was so startled that he quickly hid behind Lin Chaosheng and dared not move.
Lin Chaosheng looked in the direction from which the sound had come from, and sighed, "It's alright, it's just a tree branch, don't be afraid."
His words seemed to be comforting Feifei, but he was actually comforting himself as well. The moment he stepped on the branch, his whole back went numb, and he thought he had stepped on something.
After walking for another ten minutes or so, he suddenly sensed a fragrance different from the one inside the cave.
He picked up the torch and shone it forward, and saw something incredible—there was a whole bag of flour!
Lin Chaosheng rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things, so he moved closer and used a torch to shine a light on them. Sure enough, it was a large bag of flour!
His intuition told him that there must be more than one bag nearby, because the cave was filled with a strong aroma of grains, which could not have come from just one bag of flour.
So he carefully searched and found the torch standing on the wall. After lighting the torch, he continued to walk around the edge of the torch.
Soon, they slowly lit all the torches around the cave, and the entire cave was suddenly bright.
Lin Chaosheng looked in the direction where the flour had just been placed and saw an even more frightening scene—there were almost countless grains and cereals laid out, enough to feed his family for five or six generations!
Lin Chaosheng looked ahead carefully and saw that there was not only wheat flour, but also rice, sweet potatoes, taro, potatoes and other coarse and refined grains.
He swallowed hard, then slapped his face. "Where am I right now?"
Seeing this, Fatty next to him completely forgot the fear he had felt just from being terrified by the pitch-black cave and began to eat with abandon.
[Congratulations, host, you have discovered a hidden grain depot.]
Lin Chaosheng immediately heard the system's voice, "What's going on? Where did this grain depot come from?"
This was left here by a corrupt official decades ago.
Lin Chaosheng was overjoyed; he wouldn't have to put in any more effort to get all of these things.
However, he did not intend to tell anyone, because a secret known only to himself was the most secure, and besides, if someone came looking for trouble in the future, he would not let his family get into trouble.
Lin Chaosheng was planning a foolproof scheme, fearing that something might go wrong in the future.
After extinguishing all the torches around him, he left the cave with Fatty, who was enjoying his meal.
The sun had mostly set, and the sky still held a sliver of light. Lin Chaosheng picked up his freshly hunted prey and excitedly headed home, trying to suppress his joy as he returned, afraid that his excitement would be noticed.
"What did you do today? Why are you so late?" Lin Shanhai was already sitting in the yard washing vegetables and starting to help prepare dinner.
Lin Chaosheng sighed, feigning sadness. "Don't even mention it, Dad. We only brought back this little bit of stuff today. I was hoping to stay there a little longer and see if I could get lucky and bring back more game, but it's already this late and no animals have appeared."
Zhao Shufang quickly comforted her, "Mom, this is already more than enough. Everyone has an income every day now, and our family can't starve. Besides, you're not a superhero; how could you possibly bring back so much stuff every time you go hunting?"
Lin Chaosheng nodded and then began to process the prey.
When Zhao Shufang saw that Lin Chaosheng had brought back rabbits, she thought of a delicious new dish—cold rabbit head.
These days are the height of summer, and everyone is too hot to eat, so this cold rabbit head is just the right way to whet everyone's appetite.
Moreover, when Lin Shanhai and his companion returned, they brought back a lot of jellyfish. Making a cold jellyfish salad would surely be a hit with everyone.
Seeing that Zhao Shufang's dishes today seemed a bit different from usual, Lin Chaosheng volunteered to cook a new dish for everyone.
"What delicious food is it this time?" Lin Shansheng immediately became interested.
"Just you wait, I guarantee you'll want more after you eat one." Lin Chaosheng tidied up a few potatoes and went into the kitchen.
He learned this from a food program on TV in his previous life; it was called shrimp and potato balls.
Lin Chaosheng steamed the potatoes until cooked, mashed them, then wrapped the shrimp inside and rolled them into balls. He then coated them with a thin layer of flour and arranged them neatly on a large plate.
When more than half a pot of oil was poured into the pot, Zhao Shufang immediately cried out in distress, "You brat, you've put in so much oil! How many people are going to eat this?"
But when she saw that Lin Chaosheng had already poured more than half a pot of oil, she had no choice but to punch him in anger.
Lin Chaosheng winced in pain from the beating and hurriedly explained, "Mother, believe me, this thing will definitely taste delicious!"
"With so much oil, how can it not taste good? If it doesn't taste good, I'll beat you up even more!" Zhao Shufang was so angry that she couldn't stand it anymore, so she turned around and went out to chop vegetables.
Lin Chaosheng quickly picked up the balls one by one and put them into the pot. They turned golden in no time. After all the shrimp balls had been fried once, he put them back into the pot to fry them again.
After this, all the shrimp balls emitted a golden light. Lin Chaosheng picked one up and took a bite, only to hear a "crunch" sound around him.
"Quickly, everyone, try this!" Lin Chaosheng shouted as he ran out with a plate in hand.
Seeing the round, plump thing, which looked quite appealing, everyone picked it up and tried it with some skepticism.
Zhao Shufang was in a bad mood when she took a bite. First, she felt the crispy texture, and then her whole mouth was enveloped in thick mashed potatoes, mixed with chewy shrimp meat.
Seeing Zhao Shufang eating one after another, Lin Chaosheng asked, "How is it, Mother? Is it delicious?"
Zhao Shufang rolled her eyes. "It's delicious! But don't make it again next time, it uses too much oil!"
"Oh, Mom, just let my brother keep doing it. We can earn the money back anyway." Lin Shansheng couldn't stop eating.
Zhao Shufang was annoyed when she heard this, slapped Lin Shansheng, and went inside to cook.
The next morning, Su Ning squatted down next to Liang Fu and Zhao Shufang's stalls and waited. Zhao Shufang was busy tidying up and didn't see Su Ning, but Liang Fu saw Su Ning hiding in the corner because she was handling invoices.
She felt very helpless because Su Ning was indeed a good person. What if she told him her true feelings and broke his heart?
Liang Fu kept thinking about how to phrase things tactfully, which made her clumsy in doing anything.
Zhao Shufang felt that Liang Fu was indeed acting strangely today, but she didn't say much and planned to let Liang Fu get some rest tomorrow.
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