Chapter 48: A snack for Lu Yuan
Gu Qingshi guessed that Bai Zhen came with bad intentions, but he didn't expect her to be so shameless. "If I give it to you, it's gone and there's no return. This is absolutely impossible. Don't even think about this in the future."
Bai Zhen was dissatisfied, "What do you mean by going but not coming back? I told you I would collect it for your dowry, so why would I covet your little money?"
Gu Qingshi replied with certainty, "You will."
There is no such thing as helping her to collect it. Gu Qingshi didn't believe a word of it. She looked around the room carefully and found that her room seemed to have been ransacked.
So, Bai Zhen had looked for it before, but she didn't find the money so she told her again. Gu Qingshi sneered, "Thief."
Gu Qingshi had put all the important things in the space, and he slept in the space after entering the room, so he didn't notice it at first. He didn't expect that Bai Zhen had already turned it over.
Bai Zhen was not deaf, so she naturally heard the word "thief". She was so angry that she was shaking, "Gu Qingshi, who are you calling a thief? I just helped you clean up the room, isn't that enough? Why are you so ungrateful?"
Gu Qingshi's face was full of sarcasm, "I haven't seen you clean up for the past ten years. Are you trying to get my money to help me clean up the room? Bai Zhen, if you have no money, ask your husband or your filial stepson for it. Why are you stealing it?"
Bai Zhen's face turned pale and blue, "I said I was just helping you clean up the room."
Gu Qingshi's face turned cold, "I'm too lazy to argue with you. Remember, from now on, you have no right to touch my money or my things."
Gu Qingshi closed the door directly. Bai Zhen was locked outside the door. She was furious and said, "Unfilial daughter."
She shouldn't have had any hope in Gu Qingshi. In the past, in order to allow him to study, he coaxed her by saying that he would keep all his wages for her in the future. But now, he is not even willing to keep the money he earned from setting up a stall for her.
No matter how much her daughter is like a little cotton-padded jacket, she would not sympathize with her difficulties. She would only sneer at her and scold her, calling her by her name.
Bai Zhen felt very aggrieved. She had a very difficult time during this period. She was ridiculed and mocked, and treated like that by Duan Gang. But Gu Qingshi seemed not to see it, let alone that she was short of money.
Bai Zhen had never felt the need for money before. Although she didn't spend money lavishly, she always had some money on her. Gu Feng was good to her, and Duan Gang was also generous.
But during this period of time, he was not as generous as before, and the interest on money was not good, which made Bai Zhen feel the feeling of being short of money. Just knowing that Gu Qingshi made money, she paid attention to him, but she didn't expect to be rejected like this.
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Qin Zeming counted on his fingers, waiting for Gu Qingshi to come, but after waiting for three, four, or even five days, Gu Qingshi never came.
The dishes he brought back last time were finished again, and Qin Zeming was completely trapped in the dilemma of everything he ate tasted like chewing wax.
Just when he was hesitating whether to go look for Gu Qing again, he met Gu Qingshi again in the hospital.
Gu Qingshi was still as busy as before, holding the lunch box. Qin Zeming's eyes lit up, "Gu Qingshi, you are finally here."
Gu Qingshi frowned habitually when he saw Qin Zeming, "What's the matter?"
Qin Zeming looked at the lunch box in Gu Qingshi's hand, "Didn't you send it to me? You said you would send some more food to my house. We have been waiting."
He also prepared return gifts in advance. Gu Qingshi never came, so the return gifts contained more and more things, and the fruits were changed twice.
Qin Zeming thought of the gift he had given her before, and then asked, "Did you like the chocolate with liquor filling last time?"
If Gu Qingshi liked it, Qin Zeming decided to give him some more.
Gu Qingshi was about to refute him when she heard this. Thinking of the confiscated chocolate, she frowned, "Why are you asking so many questions? I'm not giving you this lunch box. As for the food, it's Bai Zhen's promise. She will give it to you. It has nothing to do with me."
Qin Zeming frowned, "Bai Zhen? Just call her by her name. You don't have a good relationship with her?"
Gu Qingshi was puzzled by his focus, "You know everything she has done, do you think I can have a good relationship with her?"
Qin Zeming recalled that Bai Zhen had helped Duan Lingling deceive them before, and said awkwardly, "I'm sorry."
As he spoke, his eyes were still attracted to the lunch box in Gu Qingshi's hand. Thinking of the delicious food inside, he swallowed and hinted at it again, even apologizing.
"Before, I scolded you for not delivering food. It was my fault. I was just afraid that everyone would deliver food to me, which would be annoying. But you can deliver food."
Before Qin Zeming finished speaking, he heard Gu Qingshi impatiently say, "I told you this is not for you. This is a meal ordered by my client. What? You want to order it too?"
Qin Zeming was stiff, "Do you want to order more food?" He had already given her a chance, why was she still like this?
Gu Qingshi looked at Qin Zeming with more obvious disdain in his eyes, "What else? Do you still want to eat for free?"
"Free food." Qin Zeming was very unhappy. "How can you say that? I don't want to eat it. Is it okay not to eat it?"
She actually said that he was eating for free, so he was giving her face by eating her food.
Qin Zeming was about to say something when Gu Qingshi strode away, "Of course, no one told you to eat it."
Qin Zeming looked at her back with an unpleasant expression.
Gu Qingshi came to Lu Yuan's ward familiarly. Lu Yuan put down the information she was reading, rubbed his eyes, and said, "Sit down."
After that, he took out a bag from the drawer and handed it to Gu Qingshi, "The flower seeds I promised to find for you last time, basically all the ones you mentioned are in here. There are also some others, but I didn't look at them. You can pick the ones you need."
Gu Qingshi was overjoyed. At that time, logistics were not very good and many varieties were out of stock in the county. It was quite difficult for her to find seeds. She mentioned it to Lu Yuan last time and Lu Yuan said he could help and he really did.
"That's great, thank you so much, Lu Yuan."
Gu Qingshi opened the lunch box attentively, "You have worked hard, come and eat. In addition to the meal today, I also prepared fruits for you." There was another layer of fruit in the lunch box.
"Everything you prepare is delicious." Lu Yuan paused as he looked at the fruit, "Do you need fruit seeds?"
"Yes, of course."
Seeing the desire in Gu Qingshi's eyes, Lu Yuan smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll find you some fruit seeds as well. Do you want other vegetable seeds?"
Gu Qingshi’s dishes are all delicious, but Lu Yuan found that the dishes are relatively simple, and most of them are mostly grown locally.
"Yes!" How could Gu Qingshi not want it? "Lu Yuan, can you get the vegetable seeds?"
"I'll try to find them for you. I know someone who does agricultural research. Call and ask."
Gu Qingshi was even more surprised when he heard this. The increase in the varieties of grains, vegetables and fruits nowadays was all related to these researches. With Lu Yuan's question, maybe he could get improved varieties. Not only would the yield increase, but the quality and taste would also be better.
"Lu Yuan, thank you so much. No matter what I grow, I will bring it to you to taste first."
Lu Yuan nodded, "Okay." He used to think that eating was something he had to do, but now eating has become something he looks forward to.
Since he started eating well, sleeping soundly, his mood has improved.
Listening to Gu Qingshi excitedly talking about what dishes he could cook in the future and his vision for the future, Lu Yuan felt happy and nodded as he ate. This was a rare moment for him to relax.
When facing Gu Qing, he didn't need to think too much, because there was no calculating greed in the look she gave him.
(End of this chapter)
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