Chapter 70
"Gurgling? Dad?" Gu Kai called softly.
They both turned back.
Chen Cong immediately squatted down and touched her husband's face with her hand: "Are you awake? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Gu Kai grabbed her restless little paws and smiled: "No, I just feel hot."
After saying that, he glanced at the towel blanket covering himself and frowned.
"Don't look at it. I was the one who set it up for you. You were fainted on the edge of the bed at that time." said Mr. Gu.
"Oh." Gu Kai hit his forehead with his hand and said, "I can't remember clearly. I just remember that Chong Chong said he was sleepy, and then I felt very sleepy. I don't remember anything after that."
He sat up from the bed and said, "What time is it now? Have you missed anything?"
Seeing his son like this, Mr. Gu was a little amused: "Do you know how long you slept? You are still worried about delaying things. You two slept for two whole days!
Okay, now that you are awake, get up quickly. It is already four o'clock in the afternoon and it is almost time for dinner."
"Two days?" Gu Kai was stunned.
He looked at his wife: "Why did you sleep so long?"
"Hey, don't worry about how long you've been sleeping. Gu Kai, tell me first, have you awakened as well? What did you awaken to? Is it the water power?"
Chen Cong wanted to ask just now, but seeing that Gu Kai still looked a little confused, he held it in until now.
She herself really wants to awaken her water power.
Not to mention that it is useful now because of the drought, even when the drought is over, the feeling of being able to raise a cloud of mist just by stretching out your hand would be super cool, right?
But she herself was sure that there was no hope, so she looked at Gu Kai with great anxiety.
She stared at him eagerly, her eyes full of hope.
Hearing his daughter-in-law ask this, the old man also reacted and hurried over.
Gu Kai just sat there motionless.
He looked at Chen Cong and asked, "You hope that I will awaken the water power?"
There was a hint of frustration in his eyes.
Shen Cong was stunned and shook his head hurriedly: "No."
Afraid that her husband wouldn't believe her, she quickly explained, "I hope I can awaken my water power. That would be so convenient! Whenever I get sweaty or dirty, I can just throw a water ball out and wash myself clean."
Hearing his daughter-in-law speak so lightly, Mr. Gu couldn't help but laugh.
"There's so much water in your space, enough for you to throw as many water balls as you want. What's there to regret?"
"Oh, right." Chen Cong smiled and patted his head: "I almost forgot."
Then she looked at Gu Kai again and asked expectantly: "What exactly did you awaken? Tell me!"
Gu Kai got off the bed and walked around the room.
The other two people all had their eyes on him, not daring to make any mistakes.
Gu Kai looked around but didn't find anything suitable. He thought about it and finally walked to the window.
He pushed open the window and stretched his hand out, then his eyes fell on the ground outside the windowsill, without moving.
I don’t know what he is thinking.
Chen Cong stood up curiously and tiptoed to his back.
The moment I looked outside in the direction of his gaze, I saw a tender sprout suddenly breaking through the soil in the grass outside the window that had been withered by the scorching sun!
The bud grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye and soon produced the first pair of leaves.
Then vines grew.
The vines grew longer and longer, with more and more leaves.
She didn't know how many minutes had passed, but for Chen Cong, time passed in a flash, and then she watched the vine bloom and bear fruit, and finally produced a green, round little watermelon!
She took a deep breath and looked at her husband in surprise: "Wood-related supernatural power!"
Gu Kai nodded, with a look of surprise on his face. It was obvious that he himself had not expected that he could do this.
Mr. Gu also came to the window.
I looked at the little watermelon through the window and marveled at it.
The old man is old, and he encountered too many happy things today, so his face turned red with excitement.
He reached out and patted his son on the back, not knowing whether he wanted to express admiration or emotion, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
Finally, he pointed at the watermelon anxiously.
"I'll go out and get it!" Shen Cong said quickly.
"No need." Gu Kai stopped him.
Then he turned around and stretched out his hand. The vines that were originally crawling on the ground seemed to come alive and suddenly rose up from the ground, and the watermelon fell directly into his open palm.
Gu Kai took the watermelon and handed it to Chen Cong, and then the vines fell back to the ground as if they had lost their backbone.
Gu Kai didn't make any move. The moment the vines hit the ground, they turned from green to yellow and soon became shriveled branches, indistinguishable from the weeds.
If it weren't for the watermelon still in his hand, Chen Cong would have felt like he was dreaming while looking at all this.
"So handsome! So awesome!" she exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.
This was the first time Gu Kai used his supernatural powers, and he used up almost all of his mental strength. At this time, his lips were slightly pale.
But when he heard his wife's sincere praise, a smile appeared at the corners of his lips, and there was a hint of pride in his expression.
He reached out and touched Shen Cong's head, and asked, "Do you want to cut it up and eat it?"
"Let's eat later. Let's discuss what to do first. Liu Tuan will definitely come over soon." Old Man Gu stopped them.
"Do you want to tell him about your awakening superpowers?" the old man asked his son first.
"Speak." Gu Kai answered very firmly.
He knew why he awakened the wood ability. It was because when he was breathing before, his mind was full of thoughts about what would he do if Liu Tuan looked down on his strength and only left his father and wife behind?
Gu Kai only remembered that his mind was full of frustration at that time. The depression made it difficult for him to breathe, and his breathing frequency was almost messed up.
Fortunately, his wife patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'm a little sleepy."
He finally pulled himself out of the frustration, otherwise he would have been in big trouble.
Since he awakened his superpowers just to stay and be with his wife and father, what is there to hide?
It was obvious that the special ability he awakened was for the purpose of reclaiming wasteland and cultivating the land. What was the point of keeping it?
The old man seemed to have the same idea as Gu Kai. After hearing what his son said, he did not try to persuade him. He turned to look at his daughter-in-law and said, "Congcong, what about yours? Can you tell me about your new ability?"
"Congcong has also awakened new superpowers?" Gu Kai was surprised.
"Yeah!" Shen Cong nodded proudly: "Not worse than yours."
After saying that, she took the crutch that her father-in-law had put aside and handed it to Gu Kai to show off.
Although he wanted to show off, when asked whether to make it public, Chen Cong shook his head: "Forget it, let's talk about it later when we have a chance, I won't tell them now.
If I remember the timeline correctly, no one has awakened their superpowers yet, or maybe there are only a few people who have awakened and the news has not spread outside yet.
At this time, we both fainted and woke up at the same time. It's a bit too horrifying to tell others. Don't scare people too much. It would be bad if you use us as guinea pigs for research. "
"No." The old man objected.
"When is this? It's not like before, when there were so many idle people. Now they are reluctant to take you for research."
Instead of spending time on research, wouldn’t it be better to grow more crops?
"That will take a while. Let's talk about Gu Kai's special ability first. Liu Tuan and Mr. Zhao will definitely love his ability."
I'd better put this aside for now.
It's better to be safe than sorry. It's not a bad idea to keep something in reserve.
After the three of them finished discussing, the old man left their room.
The two of them packed up and washed up, and the old man went to find Liu Tuan to tell him about what happened this afternoon.
After taking a shower and changing their clothes, the couple left the room. As soon as they went out, they saw Liu Tuan and Zhao Lao waiting at the door, pacing anxiously.
Chen Cong was a little unsure whether her impression was wrong. She just felt that after only two days of not seeing each other, Liu Tuan's complexion was obviously better.
The cheeks are a little red.
She remembered that when she first saw him, his face was pale and his eyes were so dark that they were almost as dark as a giant panda's.
But now, he looks much more energetic.
Seeing the two of them, Liu Tuan came over excitedly: "Oh, you are awake! Old Gu has been worried about you for the past two days. How are you? Are you feeling unwell? Our doctor hasn't left yet, let them come over to check you out later."
"It's okay, thank you for your concern, both of us are fine, we were just too tired before."
Gu Kai greeted.
"That's good, that's good." Liu Tuan nodded repeatedly.
Then he looked at Gu Kai from top to bottom and from bottom to top several times in a row, and his eyes were as if he was looking at some great treasure.
He excitedly clenched his hands together and rubbed them vigorously, opening his mouth several times, obviously having a lot of questions to ask.
It was Old Zhao who came over, pushed Liu Tuan aside, and said, "Let's go, let's go eat first. Xiao Gu and Xiao Shen haven't eaten for two days, they must be starving!"
"Yes, let's eat quickly!" Liu Tuan also reacted and without saying anything else, he led them towards the cafeteria.
Because it was not yet time for lunch and the people in the cafeteria were notified at the last minute, there was no time to prepare too much food for them. They only served a large plate of re-steamed pancakes and a pot of cabbage stewed with military luncheon meat.
The cake was mixed with half coarse grains, so it looked a bit dark, but because it was re-steamed, it was still soft and not too chewy.
"Eat, eat, eat. Xiao Gu, Xiao Shen, eat more. You've been hungry for two days. Don't starve yourself."
Chen Cong and Gu Kai were really hungry.
If she hadn't come to the cafeteria, she wouldn't have felt it, but as soon as the food was brought to her, Shen Cong felt a knot in her stomach. She quickly picked up the pancake and took a big bite.
Gu Kai did the same. The couple stopped being polite and just started eating.
It was not until he had eaten two pieces of bread and a bowl of stew that he finally calmed down.
She looked up and found that her husband had put down his chopsticks.
She looked around and realized that the other three people had hardly eaten anything. The pancakes and dishes were just placed in front of them.
The bowls of the three men were all empty, except for Old Zhao, who still had half a pancake in his hand, chewing it slowly.
Seeing her looking up, Liu Tuan pushed the plate of food towards her again and said enthusiastically, "Eat. If it's not enough, there's more. Would you like another pancake?"
As he spoke, he placed the plate of cakes in front of Chenchong.
"I'm full. I ate two pieces of cake!" Chen Cong said quickly.
She glanced at the plate and found that except for her and Gu Kai, everyone else probably only ate one piece.
Nowadays, there is less oil and water in food. How can one be full with just a piece of bread?
What's more, judging from how clean their bowls were, they probably didn't even touch the food plates.
Chen Cong suddenly regretted that he had forgotten what time it was.
Because their family had no shortage of food, she sometimes really forgot that this was an era of rationing.
The daily ration for a full-time laborer is only half a pound, and this piece of bread is almost two ounces, isn't it the amount for one person's meal?
Then her meal...was taking up other people's food rations.
Thinking about the four dishes and one soup he had eaten on the first day, Chencong felt indescribable the feeling in his heart.
Seeing that the two of them stopped eating, Liu Tuan and Zhao Lao did not try to persuade them anymore, and they left the cafeteria together.
After they went out, no one spoke, and everyone walked towards Liu Tuan's office tacitly.
It can’t really be called Liu Tuan’s office, because he doesn’t usually work here.
That was a small meeting room in the camp, and it was now occupied by him.
The house has a better location, at the innermost of the entire row of houses, and is also a suite.
There is a large room outside separating us, so even if we say something in the room, no one else can hear it.
After several people entered the house, Captain Liu couldn't help but ask directly: "Xiao Gu, Mr. Gu just told us that the reason you were in a coma for the past two days is because you awakened a superpower. What kind of superpower is it? Can you show us?"
"Okay." Since he had already prepared himself mentally, Gu Kai naturally couldn't refuse.
He stretched out his hand toward Chen Cong.
Chen Cong used his clothes pocket as a cover and took out a watermelon seed from the space and gave it to him.
Gu Kai looked at it and gave his wife a helpless expression.
So just because he grew a watermelon, she thought the only thing she knew how to do was grow watermelons?
Chen Cong smiled and said, "We can grow them and eat them together."
Liu Tuan and the others did not see what Chen Cong handed to Gu Kai, nor did they understand what the couple were talking about.
Still looking at Gu Kai with an impatient look on his face.
Mr. Zhao asked, "What do you need to prepare? I'll go get it."
Gu Kai stood up, walked to the window sill, looked out, and said, "No need to do anything else, I'll open the window."
After saying that, he pulled open the window screen.
This row of houses was all built later, and the land outside the windows has not been hardened. The ground is still a wasteland mixed with construction debris.
Gu Kai casually threw the watermelon seed away.
"Wait a minute." Chen Cong suddenly said.
Several people who were concentrating on staring outside all withdrew their gazes and looked at her together.
Chen Cong didn't care how surprised others were and took out the formation plate that she had made for her father-in-law from her bag.
The fine stones on the array plate had been replaced several times. At this moment, it was inlaid with the ruby that Sun Qing brought and several jade ring faces, all of which were fine stones of very high quality.
She placed the formation plate next to Gu Kai's hand, pressed his hand on it, and then silently stepped aside.
Everyone else's eyes also fell on the formation plate, and Liu Tuan raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Gu Kai smiled at his wife, and his expression softened.
Then he withdrew his gaze and looked out the window again.
Chen Cong did not look out the window, but looked at her husband worriedly.
This is the first day that Gu Kai has just awakened his superpowers, and his mental strength is not yet stable enough.
When he made a small watermelon just now, his lips turned white.
She was very worried that this person would try to be too stubborn and then his body wouldn't be able to handle it.
Fortunately, Gu Kai persisted this time.
When he brought the watermelon in from outside and put it into Liu Tuan's hands, even such a strong man's hands were shaking.
Liu Tuan held the watermelon and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Mr. Zhao next to him took off his glasses and wiped his eyes with his fingers.
The way they looked at Gu Kai was as if they were looking at hope.
Chen Cong took out a knife from his backpack and cut the watermelon into pieces right in the office.
The watermelon isn't big, but it's enough for everyone.
After taking a bite of the watermelon he hadn't tasted for a long time and feeling its sweet and juicy taste, Liu Tuan let out a long sigh.
He smiled and said, "Now I really understand what Wei Yan said before. He said that your family are all gods. This is really gods!"
"Don't listen to his nonsense. He talks nonsense." Shen Cong replied with a smile.
"How can you say that? This is too true! Let Mr. Zhao and I see it with our own eyes today!"
After saying that, Liu Tuan turned around and said, "Mr. Zhao, am I right?"
"Yes! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."
Mr. Zhao was also filled with emotion.
He was so excited that he didn't even bother to eat the watermelon. He looked at Gu Kai eagerly, "Little Gu, besides growing watermelons, can you grow other things with your special ability? For example, rice?"
Gu Kai thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible? But I haven't tried it yet. I'll try it tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, don't worry, you should rest first. Wait until you have recovered your strength. This won't happen overnight, let's take our time."
After saying that, Mr. Zhao's eyes fell on the formation plate next to Gu Kai and asked, "This thing looks familiar to me. Is it related to that formation?"
"Yes, my dad made it and asked us to carry it with us so that we can maintain our energy." Chen Cong did not hide it.
Because this array plate was originally made according to the diagram in the book, and there are gems fixed on it.
Both Mr. Zhao and Liu Tuan have read the book, so there is no point in hiding it.
Hearing that the formation was made according to the book, Mr. Zhao became even more interested.
He finished the watermelon in a few bites, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands clean, then walked over, picked up the formation plate and began to study it carefully.
Liu Tuan was also very interested.
You know, ever since that night when he shamelessly slept in the same room with the young soldiers for two nights, he really felt a lot better.
I once broke my calf and I don’t dare walk long distances. If I walk a little bit, the pain at night is unbearable.
But during these two nights, he didn't feel any pain at all.
Not to mention, he slept till dawn for two consecutive nights without even having a dream!
Speaking of which, ever since the entire troop was transferred to Bac Ninh, he has been troubled by insomnia for a long time due to pressure from all sides.
Liu Tuan remembered that the last time he slept until dawn like this was when he was in the capital, which was more than half a year ago.
Liu Tuan was still feeling regretful yesterday, thinking that if he returned to the city, he would never be able to enjoy such a good sleep again.
He even had the urge to take action against Mr. Gu.
I want to wait until I go back and get some more gems myself.
When the time comes, I will ask the old man to go to the city and set up a formation in the regiment headquarters so that his soldiers can enjoy the same treatment.
But before he could figure out how to talk to the old man, Chen Cong took out another good thing!
He quickly leaned over and took a closer look.
Looking at these two people, the old man knew what they were going to say even without them saying a word.
So he simply explained himself: "This formation is not difficult to make, I can do it easily if you need me.
There is just one thing I must remind you, that is, not just anyone can use this array.
There is too much energy in it. When it is released, if you cannot withstand it, it may cause damage to your body. The effect is similar to...forcing the growth of seedlings."
His words made the two of them lean back almost at the same time.
"It's not that serious." Mr. Gu smiled.
"We don't usually use this thing at home. We bring it with us when we go out because we're not too tired or lack energy on the road. We only put it out when we go to bed at night, but usually put it away."
He took the formation plate and showed it to the two men: "You see, the places where the essence stones are placed are movable and can be taken out at any time.
My daughter-in-law will take out the stones when not in use and put them back when needed, so that there will be no excessive absorption.
Today, Xiao Kai has awakened his special ability, and I am afraid that his ability is not stable enough, so I use this array to help him consolidate it. "
After hearing what he said, the two men finally breathed a sigh of relief and became more interested.
The old man didn't act pretentiously and immediately agreed to make a formation plate for each of them once they had gathered all the materials.
Liu Tuan and Mr. Zhao were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
After talking about these irrelevant things, the old man finally asked, "Tuan Liu, we have been here for several days, but we have never had a chance to ask. I want to ask, why did you call us here? Just to test whether the book is true?"
The old man asked this question very directly, and Liu Tuan unconsciously showed a hint of embarrassment on his face.
He laughed.
"Mr. Gu, you've made me not know how to answer. Yes and no.
To be honest, I invited you here because I really wanted to see what the book was about. It's not that I want to see whether it's true or not. I definitely believe it's real, otherwise I wouldn't have reported it to the military headquarters.
I just want to know its exact purpose and how much it can contribute to increasing production and income.”
At this point, he sighed: "This effect is really beyond my expectations!"
Mr. Zhao next to him also nodded in agreement.
"Then what?"
Mr. Gu continued to ask: "Now that you know that the book is useful, and we have no intention of deceiving the country, what are you going to do next?"
At this point, he shook his head and said, "Don't get me wrong, the reason I asked is because we have been out for quite a while, and if nothing else, we would like to go back.
I also have a floor full of herbs planted, and I'm worried about you being out for so many days."
When Liu Tuan heard that he was about to leave, he became anxious.
He sat up straight at once: "No! Mr. Gu, you can't leave. If you are worried about the herbs, I will find someone to move them to you. I will never let you go again."
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