Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 622 - 390: Time to pour water~_2

"My mom asked me to check if there are any vegetable sellers on the dam, and buy some vegetables to bring home."

Jiang Ning, "Are they coming over to talk about the house?"

"Yep, that’s right. Chuchu will be our neighbor in the future. Are you happy about it?"

Jiang Ning, "It’s okay."

We chatted as we walked and reached the river dam. It was evening, and the temperature had dropped. Lots of people were out for walks on the dam, and there were elderly people selling vegetables on their tricycles at intervals.

"Let’s buy some vegetables and also wait for Chuchu."

Xue Yuantong ran to a vegetable stall, noticed the vegetables weren’t very fresh, and didn’t buy any.

While buying vegetables, Chuchu’s mother passed by on her electric scooter. Xue Yuantong called out, and Xue Chuchu got off the bike.

"Chuchu, come have dinner at our place tonight, come on, and help me pick vegetables."

Xue Chuchu agreed with a nod and then smiled and greeted Jiang Ning.

Xue Yuantong ran to another vegetable stall, bought a lettuce, and stopped at an old man’s fish stall.

She rarely bought fish because Jiang Ning was great at fishing. It was nice to just go fishing with him if she wanted to eat fish.

But it was getting dark today, and obviously, there was no time for that.

Xue Chuchu saw Tongtong stop; she reached for her pocket, which still had ten yuan, that should be enough.

Besides them, a few others were looking at the fish at the stall.

Xue Yuantong squatted in front of the basin, watching the fish swim back and forth, even blowing bubbles. Her black eyes stared at the bubbles in a daze.

She tugged at Jiang Ning and praised, "Look how cute the fish are~"

Jiang Ning looked down and said softly, "Yes, then pick out a couple and we’ll stew them for dinner."

Xue Yuantong grinned, "Okay!"

The two of them chatted and laughed as they picked out several lively crucian carps.

Xue Chuchu, watching from the side, felt something was off for some reason.

...

Dinner was braised crucian carp, with Xue Yuantong in charge of cooking and Jiang Ning tending the fire.

Once cooked, the fish was tender and spicy, and Xue Yuantong even ripped off a piece of bread, dipping it in the soup to eat.

After dinner, Aunt Gu and Chuchu’s mother went next door to chat with Aunt Pan about the house sale.

Xue Yuantong, meanwhile, was cooling off at the doorway, dreaming about summer vacation life, "Chuchu, let’s go out and have fun together this summer break, okay?"

At Fourth Middle School, they could take the whole summer off, a full two months, she could definitely have a blast!

Xue Chuchu sat with her legs crossed and hesitated, "I don’t know when the summer break is."

After saying that, she pursed her lips. As a member of the Qingbei Class at Second Middle School, her schedule was very tight. Apart from the regular curriculum, her classmates were already starting to prepare for various competitions.

Two classmates had even begun participating in the young students program at An Cheng Science and Technology University.

Being part of such competition, Xue Chuchu dared not play too much.

Xue Yuantong felt regretful for a while. It seemed the beautiful scenery would only be appreciated by her and Jiang Ning.

However, she didn’t forget about Chuchu, "Jiang Ning has a camera; I’ll take pictures for you to see when the time comes."

Xue Chuchu smiled, "Okay, okay, great."

It wasn’t long before Aunt Gu returned, and Chuchu’s mother chatted at the doorway, politely declining the offer to stay overnight:

"We’ll have plenty of time after we buy the house, no rush at this moment."

Aunt Gu responded, "Okay, just be careful riding back at night."

"There are streetlights."

After Chuchu left, Xue Yuantong asked, "Mom, is the house deal settled?"

Aunt Gu wasn’t secretive, "We’ve made a deal, but Chuchu’s family is still sorting out the money. It will probably take some time after they buy the house."

...

In the evening, Jiang Ning was cooling off outside, sitting on a small stool playing on his mobile phone.

Xue Yuantong wasn’t playing on a mobile phone.

She was using a tablet.

It was Jiang Ning’s iPad mini 2. For a time, Xue Yuantong really wanted to buy one, so she even made a strict saving plan, such as not eating at school in the evenings to save money and asking her mother to cook, cutting out snacks, and so on.

All in all, she did save some money, but she found that Jiang Ning hardly used his tablet.

After cheekily borrowing it a few times, Xue Yuantong realized something.

If she spent a lot of money on a tablet, she would have to skimp on essentials, and since she dined with Jiang Ning, if she didn’t eat well, that meant Jiang Ning wouldn’t eat well either.

So, she decided it was better to let Jiang Ning eat a little better, in exchange for using his tablet. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Xue Yuantong placed the tablet on her lap, her fingers tapping nonstop, as game music emanated from the speakers.

Jiang Ning glanced over; she was playing "Kingdom Rush." This game was pretty decent—it was among the best of the tower defense genre.

Xue Yuantong had built numerous turrets, swarming the place, blasting monsters dead in droves.

She had placed a stool next to her with a plate of spicy potato chips on it, crunching away on them as she played the game.

Then she took a nice big gulp of water—so satisfying it was beyond words.

"Mom, water, I’m out," Xue Yuantong called out.

Aunt Gu came over with a cup and refilled it for her.

"Mom, isn’t there any ice water?"

"You can’t drink ice water today," Aunt Gu reminded her.

Xue Yuantong focused on the game, level after level.

Jiang Ning scrolled through Emperor’s Bar on Baidu Tieba for a while. Emperor’s Bar was at its peak, having just hit ten million followers not long ago. Many new posts drowned in the flood as soon as they appeared; it was simply impossible to read them all.

After checking out some posts, her class group chat kept popping up with messages. Clicking in, Dong Qingfeng was showing off his new phone, a OnePlus 1.

"What brand is that anyway, never even heard of it?" Cui Yu commented. "And why call it OnePlus 1? Why not just call it 2?"

Dong Qingfeng posted a few pictures and boasted, "I got the 64GB version, and it has a whopping 3GB of RAM, equipped with the Qualcomm 801 CPU. Let me tell you, it’s top of the line right now!"

With that statement, the boys were all struck with awe.

Ma Shicheng said, "3GB of RAM is indeed powerful, can run a lot of apps."

Guo Kunnan added, "My phone only has 1GB of RAM—that’s a threefold difference."

Dong Qingfeng continued to pose with his new phone, thoroughly indulging in it: "It’s incredibly smooth."

Suddenly, Zhang Chi piped up, "Dong Qingfeng, you got a new phone. What about the old one?"

"I’ll keep it as a spare," Dong Qingfeng replied.

Zhang Chi asked, "Why not sell it?"

He was thinking whether he could snag a deal if Dong Qingfeng sold his old phone, buying a classmate’s second-hand phone for cheap.

Dong Qingfeng replied, "I like to use two phones."

Zhang Chi remarked, "That’s extravagant, my screen’s even shattered."

Comparing yourself to others will only make you miserable. He remembered that Dong Qingfeng’s previous phone, a Vivo, had been well-maintained, unlike his own generic brand.

Guo Kunnan inquired, "Is it really badly damaged?"

Zhang Chi replied glumly, "Several cracks, the touchscreen isn’t responsive anymore."

Guo Kunnan said, "Let me see how bad it is to see if the inner screen’s broken."

So Zhang Chi took a screenshot and sent it to the group.

Guo Kunnan looked at it and was puzzled, "It’s not shattered. Looks fine."

Zhang Chi insisted, "Look closer, it’s definitely broken."

Guo Kunnan checked again; the screen still seemed intact. He messaged, "Kaiquan, do you see Zhang Chi’s phone screen as shattered?"

Dan Kaiquan, who was peeping over, replied instantly, "It’s not shattered."

"You messing with me? I can clearly see it’s broken on my end," stated Zhang Chi. Would he lie to his classmate?

He took another screenshot and sent it to the group, "Take a closer look, both of you."

This sparked a debate among a few of them about whether the screen was shattered or not.

Yu Wen was surprised, "I saw Zhang Chi’s screen was definitely shattered that day and now it looks completely fine. Did he change the screen?"

Huang Zhongfei sent a string of ellipses.

Zhang Chi tagged the class monitor, "Zhongfei, you tell us, is it shattered or not?"

Huang Zhongfei had to intervene and clarify, "This is a screenshot, not a photo. You can’t see the exterior from a screenshot."

...

"Mom, I need water!" Xue Yuantong called out, feeling parched after eating too many spicy potato chips.

Aunt Gu went to pour her daughter another cup of water, the third one already.

Xue Yuantong passed another two major levels in the game, then asked her mom to pour water again.

Aunt Gu eyed her daughter’s carefree demeanor with a bit of annoyance and said earnestly, "Tongtong, Mom is tired. Pour the water yourself."

So much for relying on Mom... Xue Yuantong reluctantly paused the game and ran back to her room.

Aunt Gu cracked a smile—her daughter was indeed quite obedient.

After a while, Xue Yuantong shuffled out of the room in slippers, smacking her lips as she brought out an ice pop, which she devoured incessantly.