northernbook Chapter 422: A dull yet restless day
Chapter 422: A dull yet restless day
The next morning, Liu Ping'an slept until noon before he got out of bed. He took out the prepared food from the King's Treasure House, prepared it simply, and then walked towards the shop in front.
Today is Sunday, and Qianmen Street, which should be bustling on weekends, seems a bit deserted now. Pedestrians on the street are also hurriedly walking with their heads down, as if they are in a hurry to go home.
At this moment, the shopkeeper Chen Xueru was sitting on a high stool behind the cashier counter, supporting her chin with one hand, and couldn't help sighing to herself.
"What's wrong? Why are you sighing for no reason?"
Chen Xueru looked up and saw that it was her husband. She wanted to tease him for getting up just now, considering him to be so old. But when she thought of Liu Ping'an's performance last night, she couldn't help but blush.
The words came to his lips, but he swallowed them back. He followed Liu Ping'an's words and said, "It's all because of the incident yesterday afternoon. There's not even a single person on the street now."
"I haven't done a single sale since this morning. Only a few regular customers came to pick up their custom-made clothes and then left in a hurry."
After complaining to Liu Ping'an for a while, Chen Xueru realized that she hadn't had time to eat lunch yet. She looked at Liu Ping'an who had just woken up and said, "I'm hungry. Go make me something delicious."
Liu Ping'an had already handed over the baton of cooking to the eldest son of his family. But now, there were only two people left at home, Chen Xueru and himself. Unexpectedly, the boomerang he threw out finally hit him again.
"Okay!" Liu Ping'an turned around and went back to the backyard. If he had known earlier, he would not have come to the shop in front!
However, since he was admitted to university, he moved out. When he was packing up before leaving, he said to the second son Liu Weiguo: "Finally, I don't have to be oppressed by my father at home."
This is what Liu Pingan overheard outside the brothers' room that day. He was originally worried that this kid would not have enough money when he went out alone in the future. He planned to secretly give him some private money. Unexpectedly, he came with a sincere heart, but in the end he was alienated.
Finally, Liu Ping'an silently put the 1000 yuan in cash prepared for the boss Liu Weidong back into his storage space.
Boy, you really haven't been through the beatings of society. If you didn't have a father who cheated you, how could you have lived such a comfortable life in the past 20 years? When you go out and fight for a few years and hit a wall, you will understand.
You don't know how difficult things are until you experience them. No matter how much you preach, the younger generation will not remember it. Only by experiencing it can you understand the difficulties of this world. Boy, you are not as lucky as your father, who is a man with a golden finger.
Sure enough, within half a year of leaving, the eldest son of his family wrote back to say that the food outside was not tasty. Even if he cooked it himself, it was not as good as at home.
Are you kidding me? The ingredients in the house are all produced in your father's farm space. How can they be found outside? They are unique in this world.
Liu Ping'an immediately replied, expressing that he could make some arrangements to transfer him to the capital. Although Liu Ping'an was currently working in a low-income government office like the Cultural Center and had not worked hard in his official career, he still had some connections.
If nothing unexpected happens, in two or three years, when his immediate boss retires, he will be the first-line heir.
This is the nature of the body, which emphasizes stability. Especially for leadership positions. There is only one position for each person. Only when the leaders above leave, the people below will have a chance, especially for the low-paying government office where Liu Ping'an is now.
From the time Liu Ping'an came here to recuperate under the pretext of illness until now, except for this parachuted deputy director, the personnel structure of the cultural center has returned to its original stagnant state after a period of bustle due to the retirement of a deputy director a few years ago.
Liu Ping'an returned to the backyard, lay on the rocking chair in the hall, and leisurely smoked two pots of tobacco. Then he took out the pre-prepared dishes that he didn't know when they were made from his storage space, put them on a plate, put them in the food box, and walked towards the shop in front.
It was impossible to cook. I would never cook again in this life. Because Liu Ping'an had already cooked all the meals for this life in his own World Tree Space. At this moment, everything was placed in the kitchen area of the King's Treasure House. Anyway, the things in it would not go bad. He could take them out whenever he wanted to eat.
This was what he prepared for his next time traveling when he was bored. Who knows, if he is unlucky next time, will he end up in the apocalyptic wasteland world?
When Liu Ping'an came to the shop in front with the lunch box, what he was greeted with were three words - "So fast!"
How can a man be told to hurry up by a woman, even if it's his wife?
Liu Ping'an tried to defend himself: "What are you thinking about! These are the extra ones I made at noon, just for you, in case you haven't eaten yet. Just heat them up."
"You have some conscience..." Chen Xueru, who had already started to eat, found something wrong after taking a few bites.
After swallowing the delicious food, he said, "No, why didn't you bring the food when you first came here?"
Seeing this, Liu Ping'an didn't want to dwell on this matter, so he picked up the extra snacks, picked up a piece of braised pork and put it directly to Chen Xueru's mouth, sealing the mouth of this stupid woman again.
Then he said unhappily, "Even delicious food can't stop you from eating, right?"
"Why don't you go out and ask around? Who is as happy as you in this area where we live? You've been married for so many years, and now your children are about to have their own families, and you're still a person who has never had to deal with women."
After finishing the braised pork Liu Ping'an had fed her, Chen Xueru, who had temporarily unsealed herself, said unconvincedly, "Why don't you ask around? Is there anyone in the entire city who can make as much money as I do every year?"
"Okay, okay, you're awesome. Come on and eat! It won't taste good if it gets cold."
Braised pork, white rice, fried garlic shoots, braised eggplant, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and finally a seaweed egg drop soup. Even now, many people are reluctant to eat these four dishes and one soup every day.
Chen Xueru certainly couldn't handle so much food, so Liu Ping'an had to finish the final clean-up. He put all the remaining food in the rice bowl and ate it all up in one go.