Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 558 - 64: New Car Modification_2
A little carelessness led to hunger.
Little Xuan remained silent.
Watching Professor Zheng take a big bite of the egg, he then said:
"Grandpa, I didn’t buy this egg from the cafeteria. I got it as tuition from Liu Jia Bao while I was teaching at Teacher Xiao Chu’s home."
"Pfftt cough cough cough..."
Professor Zheng coughed, egg yolk spattering everywhere, hurriedly gulping down water!
...
With his dear grandson causing trouble, Professor Zheng truly didn’t dare think of acting first and reporting later.
He could only sigh and moan in anguish, going to Chu River’s house after dinner the next day.
"Teacher Xiao Chu, I’m here to discuss something..."
The last word got stuck in his mouth.
Because just then, the Shi Family was just starting dinner.
Since there were many people at home and all the kids had good appetites, the meals at the Shi Family were quite lavish every day.
Combined with Da Dan’s excellent coordination, the old man first saw the dining table full to the brim as he stepped into the courtyard.
On the table was a pot of stewed old cucumber with meat, a pot of pickled fish, a pot of stir-fried beans and eggplant, and a plate of garlic greens.
Finally, there was also a serving of tomato scrambled eggs and loofah egg drop soup, with all dishes served in large bowls.
Even though the chicks hadn’t taken their place yet and there were no workers laying eggs at home, the eggs bought at 4 cents each were still deliciously savory.
Only the main courses seemed less high-end, with mixed grain rice paired with pancakes, and a whole sheet of crispy yellow curved pot crust placed in the corner large bowl.
...
When Professor Zheng came in, Chu River had just broken off a large piece.
The little old man clutched his stomach, feeling that the meal at the institute cafeteria tonight was really not up to the mark.
Now he understood why Little Xuan insisted that Teacher Xiao Chu would never work at their unit—
This is the difference!
What kind of unit offers such meals every day? Not even the mayor eats this well!
And Chu River, upon seeing him, was also puzzled:
"Old Zheng, are you here to pick up Little Xuan? You’re early, we just started dinner."
Not a word about inviting him to eat.
Fortunately, Professor Zheng was equally clueless about niceties and pleasantries, so he didn’t think much of it.
Just the reminder made him remember his grandson—staring intently—!
There you go, the one sitting next to Gu An, eating with an oily mouth, wasn’t that the normally serious Little Xuan at home?
He blushed with embarrassment and found it too awkward to stay longer: "No problem, just wandering around, wandering around..."
Hands behind his back, he casually strolled out again.
Outside the courtyard, everyone’s clothes were drying as usual.
Professor Zheng looked again and, well, the white vest and floral shorts, weren’t those what Little Xuan wore at home?
He hadn’t thought about where the new clothes came from!
Turns out, not only was food covered by the Shi Family, but clothing too.
Looking at the large courtyard, it was much more spacious than his small building. If he wanted, staying might even be covered.
...
Meanwhile, Chu River was making a suggestion:
"I see your grandpa is getting older and seems unreliable. Why don’t you just stay at our house, you could even do some extra work at night and supervise them in memorizing lessons or something."
Little Xuan hesitated: "Isn’t that inappropriate..."
Staying wasn’t a problem, his grandpa often burned the midnight oil sleeping at the institute, spending five or six nights there a week.
He had already gotten used to it.
But... eating this well already, if he moved in too, him being a teacher every day wouldn’t be enough!
Da Dan chimed in: "What’s wrong with that? At night you can even cook something special for me—by the way, what are we having for supper tonight?"
Such luxury as supper was something ordinary folks couldn’t afford.
But helplessly, there was a big eater at home, and once she ate, everyone else got tempted too.
Besides, now that there was money to be made... alright! Chef Da Dan decided: if we eat, everyone eats.
Now when asked, everyone had their ideas.
Yun Baoni was the first to shake her head: "No more fried noodles, they’re too dry. I’m dreaming about drinking water all night."
Gu An also shook his head: "I don’t want it either! Drinking too much water before bed, I keep looking for the bathroom at night..."
He was still a kid on crutches!
Going to the bathroom at night was too hard!
Chu River thought for a while, that worked.
"Let’s just make some scallion pancakes with mung bean soup, no need to exert too much effort, our dinner was quite late already."
Da Dan: Got it!
Little Xuan made a quick decision: "I’ll finish dinner and go back with Grandpa to pack my things. This way, he can focus on his research without having to worry about me."
Gu Ping, still shoveling rice into his bowl, suddenly chimed in:
