Chapter 17: It's all because of poverty



Qin Lang was originally so angry that his face turned red, but when he met Lu Chen's dark and oppressive eyes, his mind couldn't help but turn a few times.

He pretended to be serious and said, "How about we make a bet and see who Cheng Mingyue chooses."

Lu Chen knew what Qin Lang wanted to do without even having to think about it, and he simply ignored it.

He only messed around with Qin Lang because he had nothing to do.

He still has a lot of things to do now.

Cheng Mingyue's old house has been uninhabited for many years and has become dilapidated. Now so many villagers are helping, how can he, the person involved, just hide away here?

Besides, making a bet with Qin Lang would only do him harm and no good.

If Cheng Mingyue knew about this, he would be in big trouble. He was penniless now and had to rely on Cheng Mingyue for everything.

He can tell the difference between the big and small kings!

Lu Chen looked at Qin Lang with disdain, and said with a half-smile: "You are jumping up and down like a clown now!

Or are you regretting now that you weren't nicer to Cheng Mingyue back then?!

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world for you to take! "

After Lu Chen finished speaking, he didn't even look at Qin Lang, and walked quickly towards Cheng Mingyue's old house.

When Lu Chen arrived at the old house, the village chief and his wife greeted him warmly, but the three Cheng brothers and sisters ignored him.

He could understand why Cheng Mingyue ignored him, after all, they had some minor incidents just now, but what was going on with Cheng Xiangdong and Cheng Xiangnan?

He didn't seem to have provoked them. Weren't they fine in the morning?

Lu Chen was a little confused, but he didn't feel embarrassed and kept busy beside the village chief.

This old house was built when the village chief's father was alive.

This house is made of adobe. There was a mountain flood at that time. Although it was not damaged, it was too close to the foot of the mountain and everyone was a little scared.

Except for a few families who stayed here because of financial hardship, everyone else in the village had moved away.

I didn't expect that the damn girl insisted on living here now.

Thinking of this, the village chief asked everyone to reinforce the courtyard walls and roof.

Soon it was evening and the village chief wanted to invite everyone to his house for dinner, but everyone refused.

No one is rich these days, not to mention that the village chief's family has to prepare a banquet tomorrow, so they just save their stomachs for something good to eat tomorrow.

In the end, only Lu Chen was left, and was dragged by the village chief and his wife to eat.

Cheng Mingyue, her sister-in-law and her two sisters cleared the weeds in the yard of the old house, opened a large vegetable garden, and then went home together to cook.

When the village chief took Lu Chen and the others home, the three of them had already prepared the meal.

Cheng Mingyue saw Lu Chen coming back and said nothing. She went to the kitchen to get another set of bowls and chopsticks and put them on the table.

Zhang Lan had already prepared water for everyone to wash their faces and hands.

After everyone finished their work, they took their seats one after another.

The dining tables in the village are all square tables with a long bench on each side.

The village chief and his wife sat on one side, the eldest brother and his family of three sat on one side, the second brother and his family of three sat on the other side, and finally Cheng Mingyue and Lu Chen sat on one side.

Tonight's meal was still simple: wild vegetable porridge, wild vegetable dumplings, and wild vegetable soup, but Cheng Mingyue extravagantly cracked an egg into it.

The wild vegetable soup, which was originally green and dark, looks quite realistic with the addition of egg drops.

Xiaolong and Xiaohu, in particular, had been staring at the bowl of wild vegetable egg drop soup.

Cheng Mingyue served a bowl of soup to the village chief and his wife, and also served a bowl of soup to Xiaolong and Xiaohu. Then she put down the spoon and told everyone else to serve themselves if they wanted to drink.

The others were also very conscientious, doing things themselves and having enough food and clothing.

Only Lu Chen was holding the bowl of wild vegetable porridge and drinking it slowly.

The village head and his wife glared at Cheng Mingyue and kept winking at her.

Cheng Mingyue felt really suffocated. She really felt like a little maid now, and she had to serve food to the young master.

But what can we do?

Cheng Mingyue pouted reluctantly and served Lu Chen a bowl of soup.

In fact, she fully understood that Lu Chen couldn't let go, but she was very angry because the guy bullied her during the day.

Just wait, when the spiritual spring in my space is upgraded, I will kill him with one punch!

At this time, Cheng Xiaolong blinked his big eyes and came close to Zhang Hongying and asked: "Mom, how do you make this wild vegetable porridge and egg soup? Why are they so delicious?!"

"Did your aunt make it? Mom thinks it's delicious too." Zhang Hongying gently touched Cheng Xiaohu's head and said with a smile.

"Aunt, you are so awesome. I love the food you cook the most." Cheng Xiaolong raised his thumb and gestured to Cheng Mingyue.

"Me too. I also like the food cooked by my aunt." Cheng Xiaohu said loudly, not wanting to be left behind.

Cheng Mingyue responded vaguely and added some more egg drop soup to their bowls with a smile.

Cheng Mingyue was already good at cooking, and she secretly added a drop of spiritual spring water to the water tank, so the rice she cooked was naturally delicious and bubbling. In addition, she was willing to add seasonings when cooking, so the taste was even better.

In fact, these days people cook with less salt and oil, not to mention in some poor areas.

Because now buying things not only requires money, but also various kinds of tickets.

These rural people only get a few tickets throughout the year and have no other options, so they can only live frugally, and the food they cook is naturally tasteless.

It’s all because of poverty!

Cheng Mingyue looked at her two little nephews with heartache.

The two little ones were at the stage of growing up, but they were both skinny. Looking at her own fat body, Cheng Mingyue felt very uncomfortable.

Although she is not the Cheng Mingyue of the past, now that she has taken over this body, she wants to improve everyone's food to the best of her ability.

Thinking of this, Cheng Mingyue said, "Dad, Mom, I bought a big bag of vegetable seeds at the supply and marketing cooperative. I want to plant them in our vegetable garden."

Wang Guihua was stunned for a moment and asked doubtfully, "Aren't we already growing cabbages in our vegetable garden? What else do you want to plant?"

Cheng Mingyue curled her lips and said, "Cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, beans... I don't like cabbage. If I eat cabbage every day, everything I eat will look like cabbage to me."

"If she likes to eat it, just plant it. The seeds have already been bought. It would be a waste of money if we don't plant it!" The village chief made the final decision.

The village chief then called out to the Cheng Xiangdong brothers, "Big brother, second brother, help your sister tidy up the vegetable garden."

Two brothers: "..."

Why are they always the ones who get hurt?!

Dad is so biased!

Cheng Xiaolong and Cheng Xiaohu, the two little brats, couldn't tell the difference in their expressions and kept yelling, "Dad, hurry up and turn the soil over so my aunt can plant some vegetables. I love cucumbers and tomatoes the most..."

"I like to eat it too. I also like eggplant and beans..."

"...Do you like to eat shit?" Cheng Xiangnan lightly kicked Cheng Xiaolong and Cheng Xiaohuhu and cursed with a smile.

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