196: Chapter 196: Sister, We Are Rich Now 196: Chapter 196: Sister, We Are Rich Now Wang Yunxiao took out the canned food, placed it on the table, a can of yellow peaches, and a can of hawthorn.
In these times, canned yellow peaches actually weren’t as delicious as those in the future era, dominating the fruit canning industry.
One of the main reasons was the lack of the Agricultural Science Institute immortals’ genetic BUFF, leaving the native varieties quite lamentable in quality.
Also, don’t argue that the fruit trees in your backyard that have grown for hundreds of years are so sweet they cloy, for all fruits ripen sweetly on trees, but that’s barely enough for one’s own family to eat, as half would rot before reaching the market.
In the past, many people actually preferred eating hawthorn canned food, like Little Gourd, for instance.
Wang Yunxiao twisted open the can lid, scooped out a hawthorn with a spoon, and passed it to Little Gourd, whose face turned red in an instant.
The young ladies of this era were all very naive, with thin skins, unable to withstand teasing.
“Thank you, big brother, you don’t have to feed me…”
Although she said she didn’t want it, and her face was very shy, under Wang Yunxiao’s relentless pressure, Little Gourd still took a bite, and immediately her eyes and nose wrinkled together from the sourness.
What one savors in hawthorn canned food is exactly that sour punch.
On the other side, Youtiao followed suit and opened a can for Chen Yan.
“I can see!
I don’t need your help!”
Chen Yan refused promptly.
“Didn’t the doctor order you to rest, not to use your eyes or your abilities randomly?”
Youtiao held up the spoon, and with a sudden turn of his head, caught Wang Yunxiao and Little Gourd silently staring at him, making him feel utterly uncomfortable.
Wang Yunxiao coughed and turned his head, scooping another spoonful of peaches: “Gourd, be good and have another bite of peach.”
Little Gourd cooperated perfectly, her mouth full of peaches, chewing and snickering secretly.
Youtiao also extended the spoon toward Chen Yan’s mouth.
Chen Yan’s mouth was tight, stiff as a corpse.
“Are you going to eat or not?
If you don’t, I will!”
Youtiao felt like there were maggots crawling on his back, his tone involuntarily growing heavier.
Chen Yan felt wronged at once, thinking why are you scolding me?
I’m the patient here.
Having swallowed the peach in her mouth, Little Gourd spoke solemnly to Wang Yunxiao: “Big brother, I think I’m fine now, let’s leave right away!”
Wang Yunxiao immediately nodded: “Okay, I’ll go ask the doctor.”
He didn’t want to keep sitting there either.
His throat felt suffocating.
The discharge procedures were not complicated; efficiency was what mattered here.
Last night, regardless of whether you had any issues, doctors would find an excuse to give you an injection.
By this morning, as long as you felt you had no problems, the doctors would let you leave quickly.
No sooner had Little Gourd changed clothes than someone else was brought in and laid on the bed she had just vacated.
It was another young woman, apparently suffering from severe emotional trauma, clutching a bloody bundle of clothes, unwilling to let go, sobbing like a washerwoman, her makeup streaked and her body convulsing.
Wang Yunxiao found her face strangely familiar and it took him a while to remember—wasn’t this the woman who had screamed “An Ran, you can’t die” last night?
Seeing her state, it seemed likely that the one named An Ran was gone.
Upon leaving the Special Service Bureau’s gate, Wang Yunxiao felt somewhat dizzy and disoriented.
Not just because today was sunny and the sunlight was strong, but more importantly…
he had been teleported here directly yesterday, who the heck knows where this is?
Wang Yunxiao had no memory of the original host, and although he had looked at a map of Tianmen City, the problem was he didn’t know his current location on that map.
He wasn’t the only one feeling lost at the entrance.
While he was internally debating, he heard Han Bin’s loud voice from behind: “Big bro, could you tell me which way is Kuisheng Street?”
“You exit and turn left, walk two streets then turn left again, follow along the riverside…”
Han Bin walked to the door, muttering “Turn left, then turn left again,” and suddenly looked up to see Wang Yunxiao with his bandages removed, his face beaming with happiness as he reached out and warmly hugged Wang Yunxiao’s shoulders.
“Come on, bro, let’s go to my place to hang out!
Lunch is on me!”
“No thanks, we need to go back to school.”
Wang Yunxiao politely declined.
Wanna hang out?
Didn’t you see I stitched up these arms with more than forty stitches…
although they’ve already healed.
Hearing this, Han Bin glanced at Little Gourd hiding beside Wang Yunxiao and asked, “Is this your sweetheart?”
“This is my sister!”
“Got a sweetheart yet?”
Seeing Wang Yunxiao’s instantly unfriendly gaze, Han Bin laughed loudly and said, “Still saying she’s not your sweetheart?
I’m just kidding.
Go on, head back to school.
Which school are you attending?
This weekend I’ll come find you to hang out!”
Wang Yunxiao thought to himself how this guy was getting too familiar too fast, wondering what he found so interesting about him that he would change if named…
But upon reflection, he realized he couldn’t truly say he didn’t know.
He was fully aware that what Han Bin wanted was to have a fight with him…
though a more civilized term would be “spar.”
Laozi is only in junior high!
And you have the nerve to bully a kid?
Totally shameless!
But now that he knew the direction to Kuisheng Street, and by comparing it with the map of Tianmen City in his mind, Wang Yunxiao roughly grasped the direction to Qinghe Middle School.
He wanted to call a rickshaw for Little Gourd, but she vehemently refused.
Even though they were better off now, they weren’t that well-off yet.
“Let’s just walk back, it’s not too far.”
Saying it wasn’t too far, it was actually a few kilometers away.
Passing by Nanshi, Wang Yunxiao suddenly remembered something.
He had planned with Youtiao to buy Little Gourd a new outfit, but got distracted with one thing and another, and had forgotten all about it.
Looking up at the sky, it was almost noon.
Wang Yunxiao turned to Little Gourd and said, “Come on, I’ll take you to a restaurant and then buy you new clothes.”
“Really?”
Hearing this, Little Gourd immediately burst into a foolish grin, “Then I want to have lumi soup noodles!”
“Can you aim a little higher?
Lumi soup noodles in Nanshi?”
Wang Yunxiao heartily slapped his chest and proclaimed, “Let’s go for cream cake!”
“Eh?”
Little Gourd was surprised, “That’s expensive!”
“What’s expensive?
Have you forgotten about the five yuan overtime pay from last night?
I’ve already collected the money.”
With money in his pocket, Wang Yunxiao now had his back straight.
They found a bakery by the street, and the rich aroma of baking hit them several steps away.
This was a high-end establishment that most families wouldn’t dare to take their children into.
Little Gourd approached the entrance and took a deep breath, her face involuntarily showing an expression of pure bliss.
“Big brother, I still want to eat lumi soup noodles…”
“Shut up!”
Wang Yunxiao grabbed her hand, pushed the door open, and looked around before pointing at the cream cakes inside the glass showcase, “Now that we have money, this is what we should eat!”