Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 84: Eighty-four she spoke for herself_1

Chapter 84: Eighty-four she spoke for herself_1

As long as Mom and Dad like it, he could buy it for a lifetime!

Upon hearing this, Shen Cuizhi felt like she had consumed honey.

Actually, if Gu Chen really bought her things every day, she couldn’t accept them, but at least Gu Chen dared to say it.

Not like those other two, just looking at them was upsetting.

After the drinks were finished, the family began to eat.

Gu Zhigang, who had been hungry all morning, grabbed his chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat, and the moment it entered his mouth, even his complexion changed.

This meat was just too delicious!

He looked at everyone in surprise, "This meat is fragrant, delicious!"

Hearing him say that, Liu Lizhen and Fan Xiaoli also picked up their chopsticks and eagerly began to eat.

"Hmm, the meat today is really well made!"

"Yeah, Mom, are you playing favorites now? When Gu Chen comes back, even your cooking skills change?" Fan Xiaoli, after tasting a piece, felt it was not enough and added another to her bowl.

Shen Cuizhi gave Fan Xiaoli an annoyed glance.

How could her comment imply her cooking skills had changed?

Had she ever treated anyone of them poorly?

Really, when the food was prepared, she always put them first!

Her heart must be made of stone, impossible to warm no matter what!

She looked somewhat displeased, "Hmm, as though I have two faces!"

Fan Xiaoli realized she had misspoken and immediately shut up, bowing her head, not daring to speak.

Ji Pianran smiled, "Sister-in-law, this was made by Gu Chen."

As soon as everyone heard it was made by Gu Chen, all were collectively shocked.

Wow, this Gu Chen was really something, huh? Had he been to New Oriental in the years he’d been away?

The food he made could rival a top chef.

Shen Cuizhi also had a taste and, truthfully, it was delicious.

She looked at Gu Chen, puzzled, "Chen’er, you have such a great talent for cooking, why not become a chef instead of selling vegetables?"

She thought being a chef must surely make more money than selling vegetables, and being a chef sounded more prestigious than a vegetable seller.

Gu Chen smiled, "Mom, selling vegetables is actually quite good."

After speaking, he took a bite of a dumpling, filled with pork. The taste was unchanged, exactly like his childhood, with the only difference being that there was more meat and it was more fragrant.

It must be Shen Cuizhi doting on him, deliberately adding more.

Seeing everyone talking about it as if through divine inspiration, Gu Hang also took a bite.

He, too, found it delicious.

Honestly, he hadn’t seen the child for years, and upon entering he saw that everyone had finished cooking and were waiting to eat with him.

He hadn’t even had a chance to ask a single question yet, much less knew what Gu Chen was up to now.

He heard from Shen Cuizhi that he was selling vegetables.

Gu Hang also felt that with such skills, he really should be a chef.

Selling vegetables seemed quite a waste.

He glanced at Gu Chen, "Chen’er, your mom isn’t wrong. Being a chef is indeed better than selling vegetables, at least you don’t have to endure the cold outdoors. In winter it’s freezing, in summer you’re scorched by the sun, it really is hard work."

Hearing her father-in-law, Liu Lizhen’s spirits rose, and she said with an air of confidence, "Exactly, I said selling vegetables wasn’t good, but Mom disagreed with me. Now Dad has said it too, it definitely isn’t as good as following our Zhigang to the furniture factory to learn a trade."

Ji Pianran had been holding Xiao Tangtang, feeding the little girl dumplings.

When she heard Liu Lizhen’s words, she couldn’t help but look over at her.

She wasn’t foolish; the implication behind Liu Lizhen’s words was clear to anyone.

It was nothing more than the sentiment that her own husband was impressive as a carpenter.

But her Ji Pianran’s wasn’t any worse!

So what if he sells vegetables?

Gu Chen earned hard-earned money through his labor from dawn to dusk.

She didn’t think there was anything wrong with selling vegetables, whether as a carpenter or a cook, she never found Gu Chen’s work shameful.

Instead, she was truly grateful from the bottom of her heart because he was able to provide a better life for them with his own two hands.

She fed the half dumpling in her hand to Tangtang leisurely before she spoke lightly.

"Sister-in-law, what Mom and Dad said was to have Chenzi work as a chef, not to learn carpentry."

Gu Chen’s heart fluttered.

His wife was speaking up for him!

She had always seemed calm, composed, and not the kind to bicker.

But just now, he distinctly read a hint of sharpness in her indifferent tone.

She was defending him!

Hearing Mom’s words, little Tangtang also showed a face full of agreement, her chubby cheeks moving as she ate and said in her milky voice, "Daddy is the best at selling vegetables, Daddy is number one!"

Her daddy was the greatest person in the world and would not accept any rebuttal!

The little one’s adorable antics made everyone laugh uncontrollably.

After laughing, they couldn’t help but glance at their own sons who were busily eating with their heads down.

Even the proud Liu Lizhen couldn’t resist taking a look at her Xu Xu, and her glance just met her son’s somewhat dazed eyes.

"Mom, another piece of meat!"

Liu Lizhen: "..."

Every father hopes to be a hero in their child’s eyes, and hearing Tangtang praising Gu Chen, Gu Zhigang could no longer sit still, smiling at Xu Xu beside him, wanting his son to praise him, too, for a boost of self-esteem.

"Xu Xu, did you enjoy the slingshot Dad made for you a few days ago?"

To this, Xu Xu stuffed his mouth full of the vegetables from his bowl, not lifting his head and mumbled, "Dad, another piece of meat please!"

Gu Zhigang was speechless, and people say sons are like leather coats, good-looking but not practical, and now it seemed to be true.

Looking at how well the daughter of another family was doing, then at his own son, why at this age did he still only know how to eat!

Xu Xu’s response made everyone burst into laughter.

Especially Gu He.

The first thing his son said to him every day when he got home was, "Hands up, you are surrounded!"

The most repeated phrase was, "You pretend to be the White Bone Demon, I’ll be Sun Wukong!"

What hero.

In his son’s eyes, his own worth was probably to play various monsters.

Gu Hang coughed twice, having long become accustomed to his grandson’s behavior, now curious about Gu Chen’s vegetable selling business. Since the children knew to return home, as parents, they ought to care about their children’s living situation.

He picked up a piece of beef and looked towards Gu Chen, "Chen’er, how’s your vegetable selling business going?"

Gu Chen swallowed the dumpling in his mouth and said seriously, "Well, it’s okay, I sold some goji berries a few days before the new year and made some small money. Anyway, this year I can build a second floor, I can only hope things will keep improving."

After all, he had just started and didn’t know how much he would be able to earn each day in the future.

Hearing about building a second floor, Liu Lizhen instantly felt as if a jar of vinegar had been knocked over in her heart.

Gu Zhigang, able to earn so much money and still not able to afford a yard, and here was Gu Chen, who could build a second floor after just a few days before the new year?

Was this robbing money or earning money!

If one could build a second floor, was that still called a small amount of money?

Then what about the three thousand yuan she had saved?

Peanuts?

Moreover, wouldn’t building a second floor take their mother-in-law away to enjoy her life?

Wouldn’t that mean no one would be left to take care of her children?

The more she thought about it, the more upset she felt.

Right then, she reached out and gave Gu Zhigang’s thigh a hard twist.