After Mu Erpang finished shouting, he saw his mother standing there with her mouth twitching, so he rushed to her side with a fearless attitude and pulled her into the yard.
"It stinks so much, why didn't mom run away?" Mu Erpang said to her very seriously, "Let's hide first."
Chen Cui couldn't help but hold her forehead and said, "Fatty, do you think there is a possibility that our manure pit is still fine, and this smell is coming from the snacks that mother made for you."
"This smell... is it food?"
No matter how greedy Mu Erpang was, when he heard this, a look of panic and fear appeared on his chubby face!
"Well, this is called stinky tofu. It smells bad but tastes good. The stinkier it is, the better it tastes."
Seeing that he was scared and wanted to vomit at the same time, with a colorful expression on his face, Shen Cui felt more and more guilty as she spoke, so she gave him her handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose.
When this was picked, Chen Cui was also intoxicated.
Although she is a well-informed modern person who can accept stinky tofu and snail noodles, the smell is too strong in her nose!
If she were to describe it, it would probably be the strong smell of stinky tofu and snail noodles combined ten times.
And you should know that the taste of food is strongest when it is just out of the pot, and will gradually dissipate later.
However, the stinky tofu produced by this system has an abnormally long-lasting taste. She can smell the smell even though she is not in the kitchen!
Chen Cui pulled Mu Erpang to stand a little further away. After a few steps, she figured it out.
This is another trap set by the system!
The system made her think that this side quest was a sure win. Although she had to spend shopping points, she could still improve her cooking skills while allowing Mu Erpang to enjoy the benefits.
I didn't expect the real pitfall was yet to come. It also rates the food, and those with bad ratings deliberately stack debuffs (negative effects) that make people lose their appetite at all.
This is just a waste of shopping spots!
Chen Cui was very depressed.
The system spoke at the right time: [Host, don't think like that. You see, there is stinky tofu for sale in the mall. It has the same effect as the host - it can generate a small random gain after the cultivated object eats it. The price of one serving is 50 points. You can make it and the cost is only 30 points. Although the product was judged as a failed product and sacrificed some of its color, aroma and taste, it did bring in a solid 20-point price difference. 】
I have to say that this dog system really knows its host, Shen Cui, thoroughly. She is just short of money now, and Erpang has a low starting point, so the road to study is long and difficult, so of course they have to save as much as possible on things like shopping points.
Moreover, the voice of the system was really "illegal". Shen Cui was still full of complaints, but under the comfort of his mellow voice, most of her anger was unconsciously extinguished.
[It sounds nice, but you call this "sacrificing some of the color, aroma and taste attributes"? 】
[Ahem, then the host can work hard to upgrade. Once the host's cooking skills reach the elementary level, there will no longer be such a low rating. 】
Shen Cui quickly calculated that even if she could use the same amount of oil to fry nine more portions of stinky tofu, the tofu and sauce would still cost another 180 points.
Or try another recommended recipe?
But other recipes have more complicated steps, require more ingredients, and are more expensive.
But the system stipulates that this thing is only useful if it is eaten by Erpang. If she eats it herself, it can also improve her attributes. She has to endure the nausea and eat it no matter what.
30 shopping spots too! It can't be wasted.
Chen Cui was really stumped at this moment. It was not easy to take advantage of the system!
Mu Erpang, who was standing by, looked at his mother with a frown on her face, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't. After hesitating for a while, he went to the kitchen by himself.
Chen Cui was struggling with her conscience and when she came to her senses, she heard the system prompt.
【System prompt: Cultivation target’s emotional intelligence +1.】 】
Yes, this is also a capability after the system upgrade. She no longer needs to observe Mu Erpang’s panel with her eyes, but can let the system actively prompt.
But why did Mu Erpang's attributes increase for no reason?
Shen Cui turned around but couldn't find him. She looked around the house before she found Mu Erpang who was holding the stove in the kitchen.
And next to him, the plate that Shen Cui used to hold the stinky tofu was empty!
Mu Erpang's face was full of excitement at this moment. He looked like he wanted to vomit but couldn't, and he looked very weak. When he saw her come in, he forced a smile, "Mom is really capable. She can always make food that I don't recognize. This one is... quite delicious."
"It stinks so bad, why are you still eating it? Aren't you afraid of getting an upset stomach?"
"It's made by mom. I know she won't make bad food for me to eat."
Chen Cui felt guilty all of a sudden, and hurried to pour water for him to rinse his mouth. She also asked him if he felt nauseous, and if so, to induce vomiting.
Mu Erpang gulped down a few mouthfuls of water. Strangely enough, after a few mouthfuls of water, the taste of the food in his mouth quickly faded away, and what came out of his stomach was not a bad smell, but the normal aroma of fried tofu.
He carefully described this miraculous change to Shen Cui, and said happily: “Mother really didn’t lie, this thing really smells bad but tastes delicious!”
This was an unexpected reaction, Shen Cui asked the system in her mind.
[Host, please wait a moment. I will check the information.] 】
After a few breaths, the system quickly gave an explanation.
The unbearable smell of the stinky tofu before was a result of the system rating. After the target of cultivation, that is, Mu Erpang, eats it, the negative effect imposed by the system will be eliminated. So now Mu Erpang can only savor the original taste of the stinky tofu.
Of course, since the dish of stinky tofu was rated as a failure by the system, it certainly wouldn’t taste particularly good.
But Mu Erpang was indeed easy to feed. He ate with gusto the few things that Chen Cui had failed to make earlier.
So when he thinks back on it now, he really thinks it is delicious!
[You just said check? Could it be that the food that this system had previously rated as a failure had never been tasted by anyone? 】
The system responded, [Yes, other hosts will generally follow the advice and destroy the failed products directly. 】
Look, this side quest is a naked trap, designed to trick her into finding her shopping spot!
After complaining about the system, Shen Cui finally remembered to ask Mu Erpang why he came back today?
"Grandma asked me to come back. I brought a lot of good things with me!" As he said that, Mu Erpang pulled Chen Cui to see the packages in the main room.
There were two packages, one big and one small. The big one was naturally for Mu Erpang, so Chen Cui unpacked them and folded them.
When she got to the small bag, Shen Cui said with a smile, "You kid, you want to empty your grandparents' house when you go there, right? A big bag is not enough, so you need a small one?"
Mu Erpang said no, and then added: "This is not mine. My grandma gave it to me when she sent me to the village entrance."
While he was answering, Chen Cui unfolded the small bundle, which was full of food. There were five salted duck eggs alone, and two oil-paper packages, one containing a piece of pickled bacon and the other a salted chicken.
Not only was Shen Cui surprised, Mu Erpang was also surprised and said, "Why are there so many delicious foods? Grandma also asked me to bring some back to feed the puppy. I said we don't have a dog at home, and grandma said that I just need to tell mom what she said, and mom will know. Mom, are we going to raise a puppy?"
Shen Cui: ...
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It was New Year's Eve, and Chen Cui had already cleaned the house in the past few days. She had also taken apart the bedding, washed it, and dried it in the sun.
As soon as Mu Erpang came back, he naturally rushed to his favorite kang.
Putting the warm quilt on his body, he sighed comfortably.
Later, Chen Cui lit up the kang for him, and he was so hot that he stretched his chubby feet out of the quilt and swung them comfortably.
Chen Cui patted him amusedly, and then the mother and son sat together and talked affectionately.
Not long after, the system released a new main task.
【System Task: The so-called reading and literacy, it is time for the subject to start learning to write. Please ask the host to accompany you to practice calligraphy. 】
[Task time limit: ten days.] 】
After publishing these, the system showed Shen Cui on the light screen what kind of calligraphy practice results would pass the test.
The task is not to require Mu Erpang to become fat overnight or to learn to write well in ten days, so as long as he does not deliberately scribble or write randomly, even if his writing is crooked, he can pass.
Earlier, Shen Cui was still urging the system to issue the task. Now that the task was issued, she looked at Mu Erpang, who was leaning on the kang and was very leisurely, and she felt a little bit reluctant -
This was a child who was willing to eat even stinky tofu for her, and today was New Year's Eve. How could she bear to lower his mood?
There is still plenty of time anyway, so it will be the same if we start after the New Year.
Thinking of this, Shen Cui simply took out the copybook and writing brush that came with the task, and told Mu Erpang that she had prepared them for him when he was not at home.
After the Chinese New Year, you can start practicing writing.
Mu Erpang flipped through the calligraphy copybook curiously, and soon took the initiative to say, "Why do we have to wait until after the Chinese New Year? We don't have anything to do today, can't we start practicing today?"
It's a good thing that children are studious, but thinking of Mu Erpang's low mood in the past few days, Shen Cui hesitated and asked, "Don't play for a few more days?"
Mu Erpang shook his head, "No, I've been playing for several days."
Later, Chen Cui accompanied him to practice calligraphy.
The copybooks provided by the system here correspond to the previous set of enlightenment reading materials, which are three books of tracing.
The simplest characters among the three hundred thousand are selected in each tracing book, which adds up to thirty pages. The same character on one page needs to be practiced nine times.
All in all, Mu Erpang needs to write a total of 270 words.
No wonder the system gives so much time for the task. On average, one has to write three pages and twenty-seven words a day.
Mu Erpang was most familiar with the "Three Character Classic" and had a general impression of many of the words in it, so he said he would write this first.
Although Chen Cui didn't know calligraphy, she still had some basic knowledge. She didn't let Mu Erpang start writing directly, but first taught him how to hold the pen, and then asked him to dip it in water and write on the table.
When a child first learns to read, it is more like learning to draw than writing.
The mother and son taught patiently while Mu Erpang learned slowly. He kept drawing at the desk. By noon, he could at least make the lines barely straight.
Later, Chen Cui asked him to start writing directly, but Mu Erpang was reluctant to do so.
He knew how valuable calligraphy copies were. He vaguely remembered that his eldest brother once had one, which cost the family a lot of money and caused his parents to have a big quarrel.
He got off the bed and searched all over the house, and finally found a piece of waste paper under the table to serve as a table leg pad.
That was the paper his elder brother Mu Yunchuan used to practice calligraphy. The paper wasn't very good, so Mu Erpang found an empty corner and started writing.
Unlike talking about it on paper, pen and ink are easy to smudge on paper and are more difficult to control.
Especially when compared with the words left by his elder brother, Mu Erpang's handwriting really looks like ghost paintings.
Mu Erpang wrote until there was no space left on the piece of scrap paper. Then he stopped and said in frustration that he couldn't write well.
Later, Chen Cui felt so distressed when she saw this, and told him that one cannot become fat in one bite, and that it takes practice day by day. Calligraphy copybooks are meant for practice. If you are not willing to practice on paper, how can you write well?
"Really?"
Since Mu Yunchuan was not around, Chen Cui closed her eyes and said, "And when your elder brother first started studying, his handwriting was similar to yours. Didn't he write well after practicing?"
Mu Erpang naturally believed her and stopped worrying about it. He put aside his concentration and started to trace the characters.
There is an old saying that you can't talk about people during the day and you can't talk about ghosts at night.
Chen Cui only mentioned Mu Yunchuan once that day. At noon, her eldest daughter-in-law Zhou, whom she had not seen for many days, came to visit.
The author has something to say:
It's time for the question and answer session, and I saw several people asking about the female lead's CP and the male lead.
Let me give a unified answer here. The heroine has a CP, who is not an ancient person, and she doesn’t have many scenes. It is very likely that by the end or the extra story, the heroine will be free again and find a plane to fall in love. So the male lead is of course our Erpang, he is the male character with the most scenes.
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