Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 230 - : Eyes Light Up at the Sight of Food

Chapter 230 -230: Eyes Light Up at the Sight of Food

Lu Jianguo found it a bit unbelievable as he looked at the two: “How long were you out? There’s less and less game on the mountain now.”

Gu Pan scratched her head: “Just a day, it’s not much.” In fact, she knew it was quite a lot and wondered if she should take out less.

Lu Ruisheng said, “We were lucky. To avoid making others jealous, we cleaned and prepped it outside before bringing it back, so no one knows exactly how much we got.”

Although Lu Jianguo was somewhat puzzled, he didn’t ask further. He respected the children’s privacy and knew the two were smart enough to hide things, so he felt reassured: “Okay, then you should bring some to Uncle Li and Chief Qin.”

Lu Ruisheng pulled out six packages of meat from his bag, two small ones with chicken and two with rabbit. The remaining rabbit meat and wild chicken were kept separate, saved for their own dinner.

Carrying four small portions of meat, Lu Ruisheng went to deliver them to Secretary Li, and Chief Qin—they didn’t get much, just a quarter of a chicken and a quarter of a rabbit each.

Li Shukang and Deputy Base Commander Wang happened to be discussing work with Chief Qin. Seeing Lu Ruisheng, they happily waved him over to sit.

That put Ruisheng in an awkward situation. He hadn’t brought anything for Deputy Base Commander Wang. It felt a bit disrespectful since he was an important figure at the base, and a decent person too.

But he was already holding the meat, and everyone had seen it; he couldn’t just take it back.

After weighing his options, he placed three bags of meat on the table: “Panpan and I went out today and caught some wild chickens and rabbits, thinking of bringing some to show our appreciation to Uncle Li and Uncle Qin. Deputy Base Commander Wang is lucky to be here today; everyone present gets a share.”

Deputy Base Commander Wang hurriedly tried to decline: “No, no, I really shouldn’t. These can’t be bought with money these days. I can’t take them since every family is lacking in nutrients. Your dad was ill not long ago; take it home for him to boost his health.”

Lu Ruisheng raised his hand holding a portion: “We’ve got more, don’t worry. It won’t cut into my dad’s share, so you guys continue working. I’m heading back.” He took a bag of rabbit meat with him.

After he left, Deputy Base Commander Wang couldn’t contain his joy: “I’m really lucky. It’s been days since I had such good meat. I’m not going to be polite with you guys.”

Li Shukang and Qin Jun knew why Lu Ruisheng had brought four bags, but what could they do? Base Chief Wang was just fortunate.

The three of them put the meat together then divided it again so each bag contained both rabbit and chicken meat. After that, they lost interest in work and soon returned to their offices, fearing someone might see and ask for a share.

Lu Ruisheng returned with a bag of rabbit meat and explained everything to Lu Jianguo, who urged them: “You better hurry home lest you can’t protect that little bit of meat. Also, stop bringing good stuff to the office; there are too many wolves around here.”

Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng couldn’t help but laugh and hurried home, planning to go to dinner at Lu Jianguo’s place after work.

As soon as they left the building, Secretary Wen reached Lu Jianguo’s office. Seeing that the children weren’t there, he reluctantly discussed some work matters and left, envious of Deputy Base Commander Wang’s good fortune.

Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng laughed as they walked. Their in-laws were truly amusing.

At home, Gu Pan soaked lots of dried potato slices, as well as mushrooms and glass noodles, and then notified two neighboring families. She told them they just needed to prepare rice; she would bring the dish, a meat stew.

When it was about time, Gu Pan began stewing the meat. The aroma filled the yard, making saliva uncontrollable.

Cheng Yang got off work and instead of going home, he ran directly to the yard: “Sis, are you making stew?”

Gu Pan smiled, “Chicken and rabbit, with potato slices.”

“It smells amazing. How long before we can eat?” Cheng Yang nearly dove into the pot.

Lu Ruisheng handed him a pair of bowls and chopsticks, “Try this and see if the meat is tender enough?”

Cheng Yang knew this was Lu Ruisheng’s way of getting him to eat, so he happily took them, “Bro, you’re always the best to me.”

Lu Ruisheng said, “I’m best to my wife.”

While picking up the meat, Cheng Yang quickly replied, “Of course.” He already had a piece of meat in his mouth as he said this.

The hot and fragrant chicken made him jump with joy as he praised its deliciousness.

Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng were used to this. In fact, they weren’t really lacking meat, but Cheng Yang always acted like a starving wolf when it came to meat, his eyes shining.

Lu Ruisheng asked Cheng Yang, “My dad is coming over for dinner tonight, do you guys want to eat together, or shall I pack it up for you to take back?”

After thinking for a bit, Cheng Yang said, “Let’s take it back to eat, I’d feel nervous eating with the Base Chief.”

Gu Pan agreed, “That works. Dr. Feng is on a night shift today and can’t make it, so we’ll pack up a portion for each family.”

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That wasn’t the only reason, they could save a part of it for the next day, adding some potatoes and dried vegetables, which would be enough for another meal. It was actually better than eating there and only having one meal.

Lu Ruisheng took two basins, one slightly larger than the other, portioned according to the number of people, less for Feng Zhekai’s family with two members, and more for the three-member household of Cheng Yang. Then he separately packed a bowl of chicken soup for Cheng Yang to take to Squad Leader Fang.

Cheng Yang first delivered Lu Xuerong’s portion, then called Fang Lanlan to help take their own portion back.

Seeing that Lu Jianguo hadn’t arrived, Gu Pan casually made two more dishes, spicy diced chicken and mouth-watering chicken, using chicken taken out from the “Space”. Since it was all cooked, Lu Jianguo wouldn’t be able to tell how much meat they actually had.

Lu Jianguo had a meeting today, so he was an hour late getting off work and hurried in, “It smells so good, Panpan, your cooking skills are truly great. I could smell it from the gate.”

He then turned to Lu Ruisheng, “You should learn from Panpan too, don’t always make Panpan work.”

Lu Ruisheng was really wronged, as cooking was always done together with Gu Pan, and he was in charge of washing and cutting vegetables.

Gu Pan, who loved teasing Lu Ruisheng, didn’t explain but instead said to him, “Did you hear that? Dad said you should work more.”

Lu Ruisheng chuckled and lightly knocked on Gu Pan’s head, “Have you learned to snitch now?”

Lu Jianguo also knocked on Lu Ruisheng’s head, “A wife is to be cherished, what are you doing?”

Lu Ruisheng felt truly innocent, he was doting on his wife, not hitting her.

Gu Pan couldn’t stop laughing and said to Lu Jianguo, “Dad, Ruisheng is really good to me. He helps with washing and cutting vegetables, and he always does the dishes.”

Lu Jianguo nodded, “That’s more like it.”

Enjoying the laughter, they started the meal.

With the dishes on the table, Lu Jianguo swallowed his saliva, “To eat like this during the apocalypse feels like a dream.”

Lu Ruisheng served him a bowl of soup, “We both have to go out tomorrow, Dad, just tell us whenever you want to eat something. Our home isn’t short on food. Today I brought back a wild boar; I thought about saving a leg but considering the base is really short on meat recently, we didn’t keep it. Next time we get a wild boar, we should keep more for ourselves.”