Chapter Fourteen

  Under the call of Cheng Zihan, more than a dozen children nearby came to help pick the golden lotus, and Cheng Zihan promised that when he had money, he would invite them to eat sugar and bought them off.

  Kids these days are so easily deceived, a single candy can get them to work hard.

  Cheng Zihan didn't idle around either. Since things that were worthless in the countryside could sell for such high prices in the city, what about other medicinal herbs with similar value? She gathered some of all the useful medicinal plants she knew and put them into a small woven bag.

  The total amount of golden mushrooms collected was probably around 7 or 8 catties, but Zihuan was already very satisfied.

  "Everyone has worked hard today, tomorrow I'll treat you to sugar and chocolate!" At that time, a small can of chocolate beans cost two dollars. Children from poor families didn't even have a few dollars in pocket money for the whole year. Chocolate was already a luxury item in their eyes.

  "Okay, okay! Zi Han sister, next time we have nothing to do, we'll help you pull out the grass!" In the eyes of simple children, those valuable medicinal herbs were just a few small weeds.

  "Good." Cheng Zihan was also straightforward. After saying goodbye to everyone, she took Cheng Zixi back home with her.

  Those medicinal materials naturally did not bring back, if let Lai Ying see, estimated all took to give to the uncle who bought a house in the town.

  Li Lan hasn't come back yet, and at home there are only Lai Ying and Cheng Shihao. It's just five o'clock, but the two of them have already finished cooking dinner and are sitting down to eat.

  Chengzi Creek crouched silently beside him, drawing circles from time to time, looking at the dinner table and drooling.

  Cheng Zihan took a look and furrowed her brow. At that time, no family was particularly wealthy, and those who had meat to eat every day were considered rich. Cheng Shihao was originally a village cadre, and his family was quite well-off, so they could afford to eat meat every day. But when Cheng Zihan took a look at the meat on their dinner table, she felt that it looked somewhat familiar.

  Lai Ying saw that Cheng Zihan was back, but she just gave her a cold glance and continued eating by herself, without any intention of inviting her to join in.

  Cheng Zihan hummed and then went over to pull Cheng Zihan up, dusting off the dirt on his body. "Zixi, come out with sister."

  Cheng Zixi nodded and turned her head to take another look at the dishes and meat on the dinner table, then whispered to Cheng Zihan: "Sister, I want to eat meat."

  Cheng Zihan felt heartbroken as she listened, so she pulled Cheng Zixi's small hand and walked out.

  "Zi Xi, wait here for a moment, sister will be back soon." Pulling out the door with Cheng Zi Xi, Cheng Zi Han let her wait there, and she went to the backyard to take a look at those ducks.

  After counting the number, it was indeed a few less. It seems that what Lai Ying ate at the dinner table earlier were these ducks. These ducks are only a few months old, and Li Lan has been busy working outside for a long time, without much time to take care of them, so they all look a bit thin. Unexpectedly, Lai Ying didn't even spare such small ducks, killing and eating them.

  Cheng Zihan let out a cold hum and remained silent, directly returning to the front yard, pulling Cheng Zihan along as they exited the house.

  Li Lan won't be back from work until at least six o'clock, and there's still more than an hour to go. Cheng Zihan has been holding onto the money in his pocket, which isn't much, only two yuan, picked up on the embankment today. This little bit of money should be enough to buy a roasted goose leg for Cheng Zixi to satisfy her cravings. Tomorrow, he'll sell all the medicinal herbs they collected today and then buy some more delicious food back home.

  In the village, there was only one shop selling roast duck, and the price was exorbitant. With the two dollars that Cheng Zihang had, he could have bought half a kilogram of roast duck.

  Cheng Zihan bought some food and then pulled Cheng Zixi to sit on the edge of the dam to eat. After finishing, they wiped their mouths clean before heading back home.

  Lai Ying saw the two return, and she was furious. Cheng Zihan had recently made her lose face. First, he exposed Cheng Huiling's theft, and then he also revealed that she had been seeing a wild man outside, making her the subject of gossip whenever she went out.

  "Are you back? Haven't you seen that the bowls and chopsticks haven't been collected yet? Why don't you go collect them?" This lazy guy is quite calculating, he doesn't contribute to eating but wants others to do things for him.

  If it were in the past, Cheng Zihan would have helped with some things, but now she can't even be bothered to glance at Lai Ying.

  "Who eats, who pays." With that cold remark, Cheng Zihan pulled Cheng Zixi into the room and went in.

  "You!" Lai Ying was furious, staring at Cheng Zihan, also feeling surprised in her heart. Normally, Cheng Zihan didn't have such a big temper, how did he suddenly seem to become a different person? Thinking of what Cheng Huiling said when she left, Lai Ying's heart became even more suspicious.

  This Zhang Huan is probably really possessed by some filthy thing.