Chapter 56: The Chu brothers and sisters met with setbacks
"Brother!" Chu Xiaoxiao was anxious. She lowered her voice and looked at Chu Lizheng, her eyes full of expectation.
She wants to eat too!
God knows how bad she ate yesterday.
Neither she nor Chu Lizheng could cook, and the best they could do was boil the food in water.
In the morning, I have hot milk, boiled eggs and an apple.
In order to create an image of a fairy with a small stomach, she can only eat half an egg.
At noon, we had various boiled vegetables with soy sauce and vinegar, plus a boiled potato cut in half.
The same thing happens in the evening, except there is an extra banana than at noon.
There is no oil or water at all in the whole day, it is simply not a life for a living person.
If it was just to work hard to build her character, she would have endured it for the sake of her future acting career. By the way, she could also comfort herself that Zhong Qihan and his sister knew nothing and might even eat worse than them!
But now seeing others eating so well, how can she bear it?
Chu Lizheng's expression wasn't very good either, but it wasn't because he couldn't eat the delicious food. Instead, he was disgusted by the village chief's discriminatory treatment. He gave Chu Xiaoxiao a reassuring look, then walked to the table and chuckled, "Why didn't anyone tell me that the village chief had opened a small canteen?"
"We went to the village chief ourselves." Cheng Ze didn't hear the special meaning in Chu Lizheng's words, and said smugly: "How can we cook? When we have difficulties, we go to the village chief. Isn't this the ideological awareness that every villager should have? We just integrated better."
"Young Master Cheng has always been smart." Chu Lizheng's face became even uglier when he heard Cheng Ze say this. Was he mocking him for being stupid?
"Brother, it's so lively when they eat together like this, unlike us who are the only two of us at home." Chu Xiaoxiao stepped forward and said something immediately, which was like handing Chu Lizheng a ladder.
"It's indeed quite lively, but we can't let the village chief work too hard." Chu Lizheng walked down the ladder given by Chu Xiaoxiao, and pretended to express his consideration in a subtle way.
"What's the big deal? I'm charging money." Kong Xiyan shrugged indifferently.
"Collect money?" Chu Xiaoxiao blinked. It would be best if they could pay. They gave all the tokens to the village chief. At most, they could add a little extra. How much was this meal worth?
"Two hundred thousand for the two of us." Cheng Ze curled his lips and rolled his eyes in Zhong Qihan's direction: "They have two hundred thousand."
"What? How much?" The Chu brothers and sisters were dumbfounded. Just a few meals here cost two hundred thousand!
Chu Lizheng has been working in the entertainment industry for three or four years, and has only saved two or three hundred thousand!
Chu Xiaoxiao was also confused. She knew in her heart that Chu Lizheng would never give her the 200,000 yuan for food. Unwilling to accept it, Chu Xiaoxiao glanced at Qin Siyang and her brother, and said sourly, "Sister Siyang is so rich!"
Qin Siyang couldn't even compare to her brother's status, so how could he have so much money? Did his sponsor give it to him? He must have slept with her! How despicable!
She was afraid of getting sick from eating with this kind of person! What the hell, if she didn't want to eat it, then she wouldn't eat it. What's the big deal?
"She's different. She doesn't have to pay." Kong Xiyan replied.
"Huh? Why?" Hearing Kong Xiyan say this, a glimmer of light appeared in the eyes of the Chu siblings again. Does that mean that they can also eat for free?
"Look, she invested in technology." Kong Xiyan pushed the plate of flower-shaped steamed buns in front of her.
Chu Xiaoxiao curled her lips when she heard that. What a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. He thinks a mere flower-shaped steamed bun is a skill?
This kind of thing can be made with the intelligence and talent of the brothers and sisters.
"Then..." Chu Xiaoxiao was interrupted by Cheng Yue when she was about to say that she and her brother could also invest in the technology.
"I want to have beef brisket stewed with tomatoes for lunch. It's so hot and I want something sour to stimulate my appetite." Cheng Yue thought for a moment and said, "I also want to have braised eggplant and tofu stuffed with meat."
"Braised eggplant and tofu stuffed with meat, right?" Kong Xiyan nodded. These two dishes were not difficult.
"I'll make the tomato stewed beef brisket. We'll also have some cold beef for lunch. Who doesn't like cilantro, right?" Qin Siyang said, "My brother makes really good cold beef. Cilantro is the soul of it."
"We all eat it." Cheng Ze and Cheng Yue are not picky about food, as long as it tastes good, it's fine.
Zhong Qihan and Zhong Yangyang also said that they can eat coriander.
Qin Siyang then smiled slightly and felt much more relaxed.
If Cheng Ze hadn't told her, she wouldn't have known that other people had to pay so much money to eat at the village chief's place!
"Okay, then the lunch menu is settled." Kong Xiyan nodded, then looked at Chu Xiaoxiao: "What were you about to say just now?"
"I, I..." Chu Xiaoxiao was speechless for a moment.
"I originally wanted to eat with you guys, but we both have a light palate and are quite strict about our body shape, so we might not be able to eat with everyone else." Chu Lizheng laughed dryly: "It's almost time, so we'll go back first."
"Goodbye, I won't see you off." Kong Xiyan said as she slurped a mouthful of noodles loudly.
The Chu siblings froze in their tracks as they turned around. Chu Xiaoxiao's stomach growled and her ears turned red. She quickly covered her abdomen with her hands and quickened her pace to walk out.
After leaving Kong Xiyan's small courtyard, Chu Xiaoxiao slowed down her pace, smelling the aroma of food in the air, her eyes full of longing: "Brother..."
If it really doesn't work, just give her some money. She's really had enough of those boiled vegetables. She also wants to eat braised eggplant and beef brisket stewed with tomatoes. She really wants to eat them!
"Hmm?" Chu Lizheng still had a gentle smile on his face facing the camera. When he raised his hand to straighten Chu Xiaoxiao's collar, he pinched the back of Chu Xiaoxiao's neck.
A feeling of suffocation came over her, and Chu Xiaoxiao's face changed immediately.
"What do you want to say?" Chu Lizheng then moved his hand away and gently touched Chu Xiaoxiao's head.
"I, I'm a little sleepy. Can I take a nap when I get back?" Chu Xiaoxiao's tone was a little stiff.
"What a sleepy little sleepyhead." Chu Lizheng curled his lips and said, "Okay, then go back and get some more sleep."
"Yeah." Chu Xiaoxiao responded with her head down, and followed Chu Lizheng back home silently.
The comments in the live broadcast room kept saying how enviable the brother and sister's harmonious relationship was, and they all clamored to have a brother like Chu Lizheng.
Some people also complained, thinking that the other guests seemed to be excluding Chu Lizheng and his sister, and that they were not even invited to the meal, which was really too much.
Occasionally, there would be some reasonable people who would offer some explanations, but they would soon be drowned out by other news.
While everyone was enthusiastically speaking on the live broadcast room, Chu Xiaoxiao and Chu Lizheng returned to their residence.
Lying in bed, Chu Xiaoxiao couldn't fall asleep. As soon as she closed her eyes, all she could see were delicious food. It seemed as if she could smell the aroma of chicken noodle soup just by breathing. The soft and hot steamed buns appeared in front of her, but she reached out her hand but found nothing.
A feeling of grievance and unwillingness surged into my heart.
Why did she have to be born into such an ordinary family? If she could easily come up with 200,000 yuan, she wouldn't have to suffer this injustice.
Thinking of this, Chu Xiaoxiao hated all the other guests.
On the side of Chu Xiaoxiao's neck, a red pinch mark was very obvious.
While Chu Xiaoxiao was complaining about everything, Chu Lizheng was not idle either. He estimated that the time was about right and went to visit the Cheng brothers and sisters.
The Cheng brothers and sisters, well-fed and well-drinking, were in high spirits, chatting and laughing. Chu Lizheng felt a pang of jealousy when he saw this. "I see you guys are having a good meal at the village chief's house. The village chief is a very nice person and even cooked for you. Will the production team allow this?"
"Since they didn't stop it, then they should allow it. Who knows?" Cheng Ze didn't care about these trivial matters: "But to be honest, the food at the village chief's place is really delicious, but... he's a bit fierce."
"Well, my arms are sore now. I have to do all kinds of work in her place!" Cheng Yue has never washed dishes or swept the floor in his life. This time he experienced it all.
"Still need to work?" After hearing what the brothers and sisters of the Cheng family said, Chu Lizheng's eyes turned and an idea popped into his mind.
"Yes!" The Cheng brothers and sisters then told everything they had done at the village chief's house.
"This shouldn't be the case. You paid so much money, even if you're in the capital, you should receive the proper service and care." Chu Lizheng started to provoke: "Even if you take a step back, you're the customers. How can you let them do the work for themselves?"
The Cheng brothers and sisters looked at each other, as if... that's what was happening!
"She wouldn't be... fooling you and deliberately cheating you out of your money..." Chu Lizheng dragged out his words, looking at the Cheng brothers and sisters.
Seeing the brother and sister's faces change, and they were obviously angry after being fooled, Chu Lizheng slightly raised the corners of his lips.
Since he can't eat it, then don't eat it!
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