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Chapter 445: Chapter 308 Correct Way to Devein Shrimp
Saturday at the River Dam Bungalow.
In the past, Xue Yuantong often stayed in bed until 9 or 10 o’clock on weekends, slowly getting up.
But today, she got up at just 7 o’clock.
Because of the temptation of crawfish.
Although the crawfish was, for the time being, just a big promise Jiang Ning had drawn up, nothing but air, Xue Yuantong decisively bit the bait.
The reason was simple: on big issues, Jiang Ning never lied to her.
Xue Yuantong stood at the doorstep in her flip-flops, dressed in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt.
She gazed at the lush, expansive fields in the distance, her mood serene.
Her fair arms stretched overhead, her waist lazy as she stretched and could not help reciting to herself:
"Today’s weather is clear and sunny, by the flick of a finger, I predict it’s perfect for catching shrimp."
Jiang Ning came out from the next door. The weather was indeed fine, and it had been sunny ever since the rain stopped a few days ago.
He glanced at Xue Yuantong and urged her:
"I’m hungry, cook breakfast quickly."
Hearing this, Xue Yuantong obediently went to cook without a murmur of complaint.
Breakfast was simple: Xue Yuantong made an omelet, stir-fried a small dish, and used a soymilk maker to prepare two bowls of soymilk.
The soymilk maker was a prize Aunt Gu had won at the company, worth two or three thousand, the most popular model on the market, and it made quite nice soymilk.
Xue Yuantong was quite skilled at cooking, her movements swift.
The breakfast was just for the two of them: Aunt Gu’s job gave her weekends off, but on Saturdays, she rarely rested, choosing to work overtime at the company instead.
At Yuzhou Changqing Liquid Group, the treatment for basic-level employees was top-notch among enterprises in Huzhou Province, though of course, it was a bit inferior to certain ’tobacco factories’.
Changqing Liquid strictly abided by the law: working overtime on Saturday meant double pay.
The work wasn’t too heavy, and after years of hard labor, Aunt Gu was extremely dedicated to this job and never slacked off.
Before long, the Gu Family had set the goal of buying a car, and Aunt Gu was full of confidence about the future.
Xue Yuantong was eating while fiddling with her phone, planning to call Chuchu.
She had sent a message to Chuchu last night, but Chuchu had not seen the message and hadn’t replied.
The call quickly connected.
"Chuchu, why didn’t you reply to my message last night?" Xue Yuantong questioned her.
On the other end of the line, in an old neighborhood in the urban area, on the seventh floor of a building,
Xue Chuchu sat by the window in the living room reading a book: "Ah, I was studying last night and didn’t turn on my data."
She had used up a lot of her data this month, couldn’t bear to buy a data package and had no choice but to go offline.
"Chuchu, come to my house for lunch today!" Xue Yuantong invited her because she had tasty food and never forgot Chuchu.
At the mention of eating, Chuchu, who had just finished breakfast, was somewhat tempted. The last time she saw Tongtong was at the beginning of the month during a picnic, 20 days had passed since then.
’That rabbit meat was so delicious...’ Chuchu’s mouth watered.
Compared to the exciting lives of her classmates, Chuchu lacked experiences and hadn’t tasted many delicacies. She considered that meal of rabbit meat to be the most delicious thing ever.
"I still have one test paper I haven’t done." Chuchu habitually made an excuse. 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝖔𝔪
Xue Yuantong replied, "Stop doing it, balance work and rest. I’ll take you shrimp-catching."
Shrimp-catching? Chuchu had done it as a child, but now thinking back, it had been many years since she’d done it.
"Come quickly, my cooked shrimp is exceptionally tasty, I guarantee you’ll be satisfied," Xue Yuantong tempted her.
Chuchu asked, "Should I come now?"
"Mm-hm, waiting for you," Xue Yuantong put down her phone, a satisfied smile on her face.
She proudly said to Jiang Ning, "I found us a helper; Chuchu is really good at shrimp-catching, she even dares to dig up snakes!"
Jiang Ning replied skeptically, "I don’t believe it."
"Just wait till Chuchu arrives, you’ll see."
"Thinking back to those days, my and Chuchu’s figures endlessly roamed the riverbank, you can’t even imagine."
Xue Yuantong bit into her omelet: "What time is Geng Lu coming? Why don’t you contact her?"
"She’s already set off, about fifteen minutes or so." He had already contacted her, in front of Xue Yuantong too.
Jiang Ning’s phone was face-down on the table; without laying a finger on it, he was able to chat using only his Divine Sense and Spiritual Power.
While Xue Yuantong was on the phone with Chuchu, he was messaging Geng Lu.
Xue Yuantong had a pretty good impression of Geng Lu; she often received snacks from her at school.
After breakfast, Jiang Ning cleaned up the dishes while Xue Yuantong prepared the shrimp-catching tools.
Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Ning received a message from Geng Lu and walked towards the river dam.
...
Atop the dam.
A sedan turned around in a spacious area, then drove back a short distance, and Geng Lu at the passenger seat looked out the window:
"Mom, let’s park."
The driver was a woman in her thirties who bore a resemblance to Geng Lu but had a more mature charm.
"Be careful, and call me to pick you up when you come home in the afternoon," Geng Lu’s mother instructed.
"I know," Geng Lu readily agreed, excited as she looked down at the river dam to see Jiang Ning’s figure.
Geng Lu’s mother took an inconspicuous glance and indeed saw a handsome young man.
’He must be the Jiang Ning Lu Lu often talks about.’ Geng Lu’s mother paused for a moment; she had only heard about him before, but seeing Jiang Ning for the first time today, he was certainly handsome.
"Alright, go on," Geng Lu’s mother said.
Before she finished speaking, Geng Lu had already opened the car door, leaving the woman with a resigned expression.
She had educated Geng Lu well and was not worried about her messing around.
Geng Lu got out of the car waving, watching the sedan drive away.
"Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning!" Geng Lu excitedly called out, her cheeks sweet and rosy, her eyes black and bright, her lips curving into a smile.
Jiang Ning quickly climbed up the river dam and scanned Geng Lu with his Divine Sense.
Her clothes didn’t quite fit; the T-shirt was snug, and that tightness served to fully showcase her assets.
Jiang Ning scanned Geng Lu’s waist, and remarked, "You’ve lost some weight."
