Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 135 - 130: Benefiting from Association

Chapter 135: Chapter 130: Benefiting from Association

Table soccer had become a widely popular national fitness sport in later generations. Once Gu Feng and Gu Meng understood the game rules, they got completely engrossed in playing. Eventually, even Gu Tianming, Lu Aiguo, and Shitou also joined in.

Seeing their enthusiastic and forgetful engagement in the game, Lu Yun went to her mother and aunt, only to find them cooking in the kitchen and whispering secrets to each other. After listening for a bit and finding it uninteresting, she didn’t disturb them and returned to the living room to find a single-seater sofa and quietly hold a book in a "trance."

The family had long been accustomed to Lu Yun’s habit of cuddling with a book and being alone whenever she had the chance. Xia Na and Gu Tianming, on the other hand, were extremely envious, and when comparing her to their own mischievous child, they felt even more that girls were much cuter.

At the dinner table, everyone praised Lu Yun, but Gu Feng and Gu Meng were completely indifferent. They hastily scoffed down a few bites of food and then ran back to play table soccer. Seeing how much they loved it, Xia Yuan couldn’t help but tell them they were welcome to come over and play anytime. This delighted them so much that they kept saying, "Auntie Xia is the best," and "Auntie Xia’s cooking is the most delicious," which made Xia Na laugh and also a bit jealous.

Afterward, Gu Feng and Gu Meng really made themselves at home and would spend at least half a day playing every Sunday, always reluctant to leave.

Seeing their enthusiasm, Lu Yun simply arranged a corner in the living room for them with chess, checkers, sets of comic books without price tags or publication dates, and some extracurricular reading materials suitable for elementary students, such as world-famous novels.

The comic books that Lu Yun brought out were different from those rented at street stalls at the time, but still looked extremely exquisite packed into their cardboard cases.

Now, Gu Feng and Gu Meng were even less willing to leave. By Saturday night, they hurried to finish their homework and then ran to Lu Yun’s house early in the morning, no longer wanting to wander outside, and would not leave until after dinner.

Xia Yuan was delighted with this arrangement, as having her nephews come over was something she greatly desired. She always prepared different scrumptious dishes for them. Lu Yun, seeing this, thought she might take the opportunity to get her cousins in better physical shape and directly introduced them to the intermediate level of the Body Strengthening Elixir.

Thus, with her encouragement, Xia Yuan even persuaded Xia Na to let Gu Feng and Gu Meng come over for lunch. It was perfect, as they could also escort Lu Yun home after school and then go back to school together in the afternoon.

Gu Feng and Gu Meng were very willing to do so, and after cajoling and rolling around at home, they got Xia Na and Gu Tianming to agree, although they still insisted on paying for the children’s meals.

Gu Feng and Gu Meng didn’t care about these arrangements; they only knew that they usually stayed at school for lunch, and the food wasn’t as good as Auntie Xia’s, nor could they play on the playground afterward but had to stay in the classroom.

At Auntie Xia’s place, there were toys to play with, comic books to read, delicious meals and fruits, and even snacks... In their eyes, Auntie Xia’s house was simply paradise.

Unable to resist Xia Na’s decision to accept the money, Xia Yuan turned around and ordered milk for Gu Feng and Gu Meng, just like she did for Lu Yun, and also provided each child daily with a boiled egg and some fruit.

And because Lu Yun had mentioned not to eat eggs and milk together, she started bringing the milk to school every morning, and Gu Feng and Gu Meng would run over during the long break to drink it.

In fact, Gu Feng and Gu Meng didn’t really like milk, but while drinking it, Lu Yun would vary their snacks with cakes, unwrapped Oreo cookies, bread, sausages, and other items to eat along with it.

Seeing the other delicious treats, the two kids could run so eagerly. Gradually, these three gathering every day during the long break to eat snacks became a scene at Haicheng No. 6 Elementary School as well. It even influenced many other children to follow suit. The teachers did not oppose this.

The long break occurred after 9:30 every day. By this time, even adults would feel hungry, not to mention the children. Eating something at this time meant that the students would not be distracted by hunger during the following classes, so many teachers were actually happy to see it happen.

Of course, aside from Lu Yun bringing them snacks, Gu Feng and Gu Meng, as in their previous lives, would also bring her any tasty food their family made.

In this lifetime, the cousins’ interaction was completely different from the almost nonexistent one in their last life. So, their feelings towards each other compared to the previous life, which was always distanced, were completely different as well.

Of course, these are all stories for later.

The same goes for what follows.

After visiting Xia Yuan’s house and hearing about the land allocation, Gu Tianming and Xia Na discussed it at home for a long time. In the end, Xia Na, feeling quite embarrassed, quietly asked Xia Yuan if they could also ask Lu Aiguo to help their family get a piece of land in Jingtou Village to build a house on.

After all, they had two boys, and the issue of housing had always been a worry for the couple.

When his sister-in-law had a request, Lu Aiguo naturally wanted to do his best, so he went to Zhou Yi again. Before long, he had indeed managed to get land allocated for the couple. However, the plot was not the largest type, but six by nine meters. The land allocation fee was handed to the village for just two hundred yuan.

Xia Na and Gu Tianming were overjoyed to get the land, not caring that the plot they received wasn’t the largest available. In the end, Gu Tianming even insisted on giving an extra hundred yuan to Lu Aiguo, saying that since they had benefited from his influence and relationships, they should not let him also pay the accompanying favors.

Lu Aiguo had no choice; now his family really did not care about such a small amount of money. But Xia Na and Gu Tianming were different; they earned a combined monthly salary of only sixty to seventy yuan, and they had elders and children to care for at home. For them, a hundred yuan was indeed a significant amount.

As long as they had the intention, Lu Aiguo felt that his efforts were not wasted, so in the end, he insisted on giving the money back, claiming he hadn’t spent any money on favors.

Gu Tianming and Xia Na naturally did not believe this, but Lu Aiguo persisted, and he really hadn’t spent any money; all he had used were some mountain produce and game. Even if there were no land allocation matters, he would occasionally send these things to Zhou Yi.

Xia Yuan also echoed this sentiment, and in the end, the couple had no choice but to accept the money. They even secretly offered to lend Xia Na money afterward to help them build their house quickly.

Xia Na and Gu Tianming felt deeply grateful for being under the patronage of their sister-in-law’s family at every turn. Subsequently, when there was anything that needed help, the couple became even more proactive and eager to assist, bringing the already close families even closer and more frequent in their interactions.