Chapter 190 189. Hiding the truth

Zhou Qian couldn’t help but laugh: “You can actually buy coal by yourself.”

Huaiyu was dumbfounded - she had never seen this in the market! But then again: "Is coal expensive?"

Zhou Qian thought for a moment and said, "It should be OK. Honeycomb coal costs three pieces each. People in cities rely on it now. Otherwise, how would they cook? It's not that burning wood is not an option, it's just too inconvenient."

Because of the plant mutation and damage everywhere, the gas pipeline has not been repaired yet.

There are people selling firewood, but it is not cheap, and it is difficult to deliver it to the Rose Corridor.

Huaiyu calmed down again: "Even if there were people selling coal before, I couldn't pull them back."

That's true.

Thinking about how skinny the other party was at the beginning with eleven huge pine cones hanging on his body, it seems that he not only had no money to buy coal in the early stage, but also couldn't move it even if he bought it.

So he simply nodded and said, "Okay, I'll chop wood for you this afternoon."

The family is now back on track. Huaiyu thought about it and realized that there are only two or three kinds of work that require physical strength, so he nodded happily:

"Brother Zhou Qian, it's so kind of you to be my neighbor."

"Help me with the work, and come to my house for dinner later."

She patted her chest and promised: "The food in my house is plentiful and delicious!"

Zhou Qian couldn't trust this more.

but--

"Wait a little longer. I'm going to invite some friends in a couple of days. You can just provide some ordinary dishes then."

He emphasized: "Ordinary."

Huaiyu nodded: "Don't worry! I have never failed!"

That’s true, Zhou Qian felt relieved.

…

This was Zhou Qian's first meal after being discharged from the hospital, and he was eating in his new home. Huai Yu was very happy about this. He walked around his kitchen several times before he scooped out a bowl of rice from the rice bucket.

Then he asked, "Brother Zhou Qian, how much do you want to eat in one meal?"

Zhou Qian came over to take a look: "I have to cook two bowls of rice by myself."

He took the kitchen knife and cut the thick bamboo shoots with a little clumsiness. Turning around, he saw Huaiyu holding his hand above the bowl of rice. It seemed that there was an invisible energy surging, so much so that his legs felt a little strange.

When he looked carefully, the other party had already poured the rice into the basin in a casual manner.

“Is this what you are capable of?”

"Yeah." Huaiyu nodded: "It will make things taste better."

Zhou Qian frowned and said, "I heard that there is a dean in an agricultural college who also has this ability, but he can only change the complete state of the plant."

For example, if you want to improve a tomato plant, you have to improve everything from the stem to the leaves to the fruit at the same time, you cannot just improve the tomato alone.

If it is rice, the other party can also improve it, but the rice that has been husked is not acceptable.

He instantly realized the value of this ability, so he reminded her again: "Don't use this ability in front of others."

"I know."

Huaiyu was washing the rice. What Zhou Qian was eating was not high-quality stuff. It was also old rice with a high mutation value. The rice grains had turned yellow and had a slightly moldy smell.

After her purification, the improvement is actually limited, it just tastes a little closer to normal.

"Lin Xuefeng knew it when I first met him. At that time, I fried the soybeans that the government gave me."

Zhou Qian stopped peeling bamboo shoots and turned to look at Huai Yu: "So you two have been together before."

It wasn't even a one-time encounter as they mistakenly thought at the beginning, but the two of them actually talked and spent time together.

No wonder the other party left the ice sculpture behind before leaving, wanting to protect her...

It turned out that he had known that Huaiyu was carrying the treasure.

Thinking about it now, Zhou Qian couldn't help but feel more regretful.

"If I hadn't reported it to you and brought General Wu with me, you would at least have a trump card to protect yourself."

When he was asked to pay compensation later, he was obviously too conservative! The ice sculpture alone was worth 5,000 points on the black market, but after he rebuilt a house for Huaiyu and gathered a bunch of daily necessities, it only cost him more than 6,000 points in total - although it was based on the internal price.

But the former is priced out of stock and cannot be measured in this way at all.

"It's okay."

When talking about the past, Huaiyu no longer cries as sadly as she did back then. She now has Kuang Biao, Da Zi and Er Zi, Ke Tailang, and even Fatty Ginseng...

In the future, her abilities will become stronger and stronger! At this moment, she said calmly: "Anyway, sooner or later, I will go to the wasteland."

"I will try my best to bring Lin Xuefeng back then."

This is like a child telling his dream, innocent and persistent, without knowing how dangerous the wilderness is.

Zhou Qian realized that Huai Yu and Lin Xuefeng might not have spent a long time together, but their feelings must have been extremely deep.

Isn’t that the case with some people? They are still as close as ever, even though they are old.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Otherwise, why would she keep calling him by his name? And she was so sure that she would even go to the wasteland.

The fate between people is really wonderful! As a garrison officer, Lin Xuefeng only spent a short time with her, but Huaiyu trusted him and was willing to give his all.

Even though his life was hanging by a thread and was being destroyed by the precarious critical value of mutation, he still took the trouble to leave a amulet for her.

General Wu is suspected to have a close relationship with Huaiyu. But the beginning was bad, and Huaiyu still feels unlucky.

But now think about it——

Zhou Qian also muttered secretly in his heart: bad luck.

If he had known that she had so many secrets, so dangerous, he should not have advised Huaiyu not to blame General Wu.

Even myself!

He held his breath and peeled the tender bamboo shoots in his hand again, and then felt thankful again - fortunately he was no longer a defender.

Without any responsibilities, it would be easy for him to choose between General Wu and Xiao Yu.

But then again——

"As expected of a mutant bamboo, it still grows shoots in this season."

Huaiyu paused, and suddenly felt a little confused: "Brother Zhou Qian, did I take you to talk to Kuang Biao?"

Zhou Qian: "?? Chatting? Crazy?"

Huaiyu was a little embarrassed: "Oh, I forgot, Kuang Biao is the mutant bamboo behind my house! He is a chatterbox and has a lot to say every day."

"But growing bamboo shoots is also amazing, and you can have food all year round. Isn't bamboo heart tea also refreshing and delicious?"

Zhou Qian put down the knife he had used to cut bamboo shoots and thought of the many doubts he had before:

"How did this bamboo get from the wasteland to the Rose Corridor?"

"For so many years, the Rose Corridor has not allowed any mutant plants to be near it. Why did Kuang Biao suddenly appear?"

"And it took root behind your house. Does it have anything to do with you?"

Zhou Qian took a deep breath. For some reason he had the illusion that he was constantly cleaning up his daughter's mess.

But he is obviously still a young, outstanding single man who has not yet started a family!

"Xiao Yu, tell me the truth, are you hiding something from me?"

Update 2, good night. Writing furiously next door!

As neighbors, secrets can’t be kept secret.

(End of this chapter)