Chapter 117 Only One Bite
Gu Tingyun nodded and said she remembered.
Then Chen Honghong saw him expertly press a string of numbers and dial it.
They look like they make phone calls all the time; they probably even have a telephone installed at home.
She sighed inwardly once again, thinking how much better the living conditions were for the people in the capital than for those in her remote little town. She vowed to visit the capital someday if she ever had the chance!
The call was answered after three rings.
"Grandpa, it's me, Tingyun..."
After Gu Tingyun finished his call, Helian Jiao had already finished a bottle of soda, and was eating walnut pastry in one hand and osmanthus cake in the other, her cheeks bulging from eating.
He leaned closer and asked, "Is it good?"
Helian Jiao thought he wanted some too, so she reluctantly handed over the walnut pastry in her hand, saying, "You can only have one bite."
Gu Tingyun was taken aback, then a bright smile appeared on her face as she lowered her head and took a bite.
"tasty!"
Even though it was cloyingly sweet, Young Master Gu felt he could eat several pieces while sharing it with the little hamster.
The little princess was stunned to see the big bad dragon smiling so brightly and happily for the first time: "Then, then you can have another bite."
Gu Tingyun took another bite.
Then Helian Jiao blankly switched hands and gave him the osmanthus cake as well.
However, Gu Tingyun frowned slightly after taking only one bite of the osmanthus cake; he didn't really like the taste.
Seeing that he reacted the same way he did in the Demon Palace, Helian Jiao took back the osmanthus cake and ate it herself, while reluctantly handing him the walnut pastry.
Although there were still plenty of walnut shortbreads in the supply and marketing cooperative, the big bad dragon liked to snatch the ones from her hands.
Gu Tingyun shook her head and said, "I'm not eating, my darling, you eat."
He is very happy now because the little hamster loves to eat so much, yet he is still willing to feed it.
Upon hearing this, Helian Jiao quickly withdrew her hand, as if afraid he would change his mind.
Seeing the two children being polite to each other, Chen Honghong found it both funny and gratifying; her mother had raised such excellent children!
She said cheerfully, "Auntie will go get you two more pieces."
After saying that, she went behind the counter and asked the two little ones, "Look, which kind of pastry would you like to eat?"
The counter was piled high with all kinds of pastries: walnut shortbread, osmanthus cake, jujube cake, mung bean cake, round biscuits, and small shortbread cookies.
Gu Tingyun turned to look at the little hamster: "Which one does my darling like to eat?"
Without hesitation, Helian Jiao replied, "I like them all!"
That little baby voice was so full of bravado!
So Young Master Gu said to Chen Honghong, "Auntie, could you please weigh out one pound of each kind of pastry?"
Chen Honghong: "...Huh?"
She suspected there was something wrong with her ears.
Gu Tingyun repeated, "Please have Auntie weigh out one pound of each kind of pastry."
"I also want three bottles of soda," Helian Jiao added, holding up three chubby fingers.
The little princess, who had been fed by the Demon Lord for a hundred years, naturally assumed that all these pastries were bought for her.
After all, pastries are expensive these days; even a small amount can cost several yuan, and they don't keep well. So Ma Xiulian only buys pastries for her granddaughter when she comes to town.
But with the busy work in the fields, Ma Xiulian sometimes wouldn't be able to come even once a month.
Seeing that the two little ones were serious, Chen Honghong said with a mix of laughter and tears, "If each kind of pastry weighs a pound, it will cost almost twenty yuan. I'll just pack two pieces for you."
(End of this chapter)
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