"You want to stay for dinner? Don't you even consider whether Brother Shen would be okay with that?"
Black Dog said as he cast a glance in Shen Yanshan's direction.
A Fei also walked over and nudged Hu Zi's arm. "Come on, will you? Haven't you noticed that ever since Li Chuchu came, Brother Shen has been on full alert around her? He's so afraid that others might take an extra look at her. Do you think we could really have Sister - in - law cook for us? How big do you think our faces are? Brother Shen and Sister - in - law haven't seen each other for a few days. It's obvious that he wants to have a romantic evening with her tonight."
Hearing this, Shen Yanshan's eyebrows twitched. He raised his eyebrows and glanced at them, but didn't say a word.
The man whose thoughts had been exposed pretended not to hear.
Hu Zi slapped his palm, as big as a palm - leaf fan, on his head, then suddenly realized. "Oh, it seems so."
He didn't have a wife, so he didn't know what it felt like to miss one. Since A Fei and Black Dog said so, there must be some reason. He'd better just listen for now.
"Forget it if I can't have dinner here. I'll go have another bowl of mung bean soup."
Hu Zi lifted the lid of the kettle. There wasn't a single drop left. It had all been drunk.
He resigned himself to continue working, muttering as he did so.
"Do you think Brother Shen will let me stay and taste Sister - in - law's cooking because of how hard I've been working? Sister - in - law's cooking must be delicious. It would be great if I could get a chance to taste it."
A Fei and Black Dog exchanged a look, both seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.
...
It was not until nightfall that Shen Yanshan returned.
He shook off the mud on his body at the door before entering the house.
There were hot, freshly - cooked dishes on the table. Li Chuchu was sitting on a rattan chair, reading a book. The night breeze blew in through the window, making the curtains flutter. Her serious profile was especially charming under the half - fluttering and half - covering curtains.
Shen Yanshan gave a soft cough.
"Haven't had dinner yet?"
Li Chuchu closed the book. "I've been waiting for you to come back and have dinner together."
His eyes flickered slightly. For some reason, Li Chuchu felt that he was like a dog with a bone in its mouth.
Shen Yanshan quickly went out to wash his face.
Li Chuchu set the chopsticks at the table.
When Shen Yanshan came back after tidying up, the rice had already been served. There was a Mapo Tofu, a plate of potato slices, and a seaweed and egg drop soup on the table.
There wasn't a single piece of meat.
Based on Shen Yanshan's understanding of Li Chuchu, this didn't seem quite normal.
He recalled that there hadn't been any meat on the lunch table either.
Shen Yanshan sat down at the table and casually asked, "Have we run out of meat coupons?"
"No, we still have them."
Li Chuchu was a bit confused. She looked at the table and then realized later that Shen Yanshan might be complaining about the lack of meat on the table. Logically, after a day of hard work, they might need some high - protein food to replenish their energy. She quickly said, "I'll go buy some meat tomorrow."
Shen Yanshan didn't say yes or no. He just said, "Don't save on meat coupons or money. Buy more if you want to."
This statement was extremely overbearing. In this era, who could pat their chest and guarantee that they could have meat every day? Only Shen Yanshan could say this calmly and make people believe it without a single doubt.
Li Chuchu was greatly shocked and deeply touched in her heart.
Even so, she still pretended to decline. "Oh, which family eats meat every day these days? Eating it once or twice occasionally is enough."
Shen Yanshan gave her a sidelong glance, and the suspicion in his eyes was palpable.
Li Chuchu: ... Okay, stop talking. I'll feel so embarrassed if you keep looking at me like this.
Li Chuchu took a big sea - bowl used for eating noodles and filled it with a full bowl of rice for Shen Yanshan, as if trying to shut him up with it.
Shen Yanshan didn't say anything else and buried his head in eating.
A faint smile inadvertently appeared on his lips.
Today's two dishes and one soup seemed to suit his taste very well, or maybe he was really hungry. He even asked for seconds twice.
The three dishes were eaten clean.
This gave Li Chuchu a great sense of accomplishment. It was worth it for her to redeem two packs of chicken essence, two bottles of oyster sauce, and a pack of Liupo chili powder from the Dog - Licking Mall this afternoon.
After dinner, Shen Yanshan rushed out with a bag of things.
Li Chuchu thought he was going to the public bathhouse to take a shower.
At this time, each family didn't have an independent drainage system yet. Bathing and going to the toilet were all in public facilities. Just outside the alley, there was a public bathhouse nearby.
Lianhua Steel Factory had good welfare. There was also a company bathhouse inside, which was quite clean. Sometimes, she would take a shower there before coming back.
While Shen Yanshan was out, Li Chuchu took out all her money and counted it.
The original owner's mother had left an inheritance of more than 5,000 yuan for the original owner, as well as two gold bowls, each weighing about 200 grams, a total of 400 grams. The current price of gold was about 17 yuan per gram, so it was about 6,800 yuan in cash.
There was also a gold - inlaid jade longevity lock. The price was not known for the time being, but it was estimated to be very valuable.
Oh my god!
Looking at it this way, the inherited property was estimated to be more than 10,000 yuan. The original owner's mother was actually a small rich woman.
Whether it was the family background or the ability, they were not low. So why did she fall for Li Jianmin, a man who had nothing but a strong sense of male chauvinism?
Li Chuchu smacked her lips while looking at the remaining bankbooks.
The 7,000 yuan that Wu Li had brought,
The 1,000 yuan that Shen Yanshan had given before and the 50,000 yuan this time, as well as more than 2,000 yuan in system rewards and 2,000 yuan in negotiation rewards. However, the 1,000 yuan that Shen Yanshan had given before had been spent on buying a jade bracelet. Besides that, she had a total of 66,000 yuan in cash.
However, Li Chuchu planned to put the 50,000 yuan that Shen Yanshan had given aside for the time being. This amount was too large. She decided to wait and see for a while before considering whether to keep it.
She currently had 16,000 yuan on hand.
Coupled with her monthly salary of 90 yuan, the occasional gold coins from the big villain, and the occasional system rewards, even if she couldn't rely on the villain in the future, she could live on her savings. As long as she was careful enough, she didn't have to worry about not being able to survive in this era.
The more Li Chuchu calculated, the more hopeful she felt about life. Who said that being transported into a book was bad? It was actually great!
But there was only one problem now.
There were people coming and going in this compound. The room wasn't very safe. The cabinet didn't even have a lock, and the door wasn't very strong. If there was a thief, she would lose everything.
Where could she put so much money safely?
Li Chuchu sighed, feeling a headache. She casually picked up the bracelet she had bought on the black market and observed it carefully.
This bracelet was really beautiful. It was a deep and transparent imperial green all over.
How could she forget? This big treasure was worth at least 15,000 yuan! The female protagonist sold it for 15,000 yuan. Without the female protagonist's halo, it was reasonable for her to sell it for 10,000 yuan, right?
With 10,000 yuan, she should be able to buy a house, right?
Just then, the long - absent system suddenly beeped. [Picked up the female protagonist's functional item: Hidden Space System. Achieved the achievement: Spend Lavishly, Seize by Force]
Li Chuchu was so shocked that she almost dropped the bracelet on the ground.
One after another. Is this going to end?
"What? Why is this an item again?"