After a bowl of noodles, without any fancy ingredients or worrying about hygiene, my stomach was hugely satisfied, and I felt alive again.

Jiang Qu tasted such delicious noodles for the first time!

He wasn’t fussy as usual and even finished all the soup.

[The Everyday Life of Struggling Siblings on the Streets]

[Wow Jiang Qu could totally be a food livestream host, he eats so well]

[Isn’t this against the rules? The show didn’t say they could spend their own money to buy food]

[Yeah, but they didn’t say they couldn’t, haha, anyway, I’m quite fond of these siblings now]

The silent Jiang Qu was more likable than the talkative one, even the old woman selling noodles said the young man was capable of eating and doing things well.

Jiang Qu kept his head down without speaking.

He looked as if he was shy.

In fact, he was still hungry, but he chose not to look at Jiang Lai who was still eating slowly in front of him because he couldn’t speak.

After eating, the siblings returned the way they came.

The round trip and shopping took an hour and a half altogether.

It was already ten o’clock when they got back.

The other sibling groups had already prepared the other ingredients and were just waiting for Jiang Lai’s noodles.

The van stopped at the empty space in front of the building, and Jiang Lai honked the horn, and people inside immediately ran out.

Lu Huan was the first to come out, with a smile on her lips.

"Didn’t expect you to drive so many vehicles, well? Did you bring the flour back?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Qu silently moved half a bag of flour out of the trunk.

A bag of wheat husked and ground became half a bag of flour, and Han Li and Qu Yongjia, who had been waiting inside, also came out, equally surprised to see the flour.

They didn’t expect Jiang Lai to really bring back the flour!

"Wow Jiang Lai, you’re amazing, grinding so much must’ve been for us."

Han Li kept complimenting from the side, and Jiang Lai nodded and smiled.

"Of course, didn’t we agree earlier that you would trade your reward for the next game for my flour?"

Then Jiang Lai looked at them.

"The flour is here, let’s divide it up."

At this time, Lu Huan spoke in a not-too-loud voice.

"Ah, so it was a transaction. Does that mean we need time to trade the honey we collected for you too?"

Han Li nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

"Yes, yes, it was Lu Ming who bravely went to get the honey from the hive for you."

Honey?

Jiang Lai looked at Lu Huan.

"I heard you telling your brother this morning that you wanted to eat honey crepes, so how did it become that you collected honey specially for me here?"

Lu Huan never liked to beat around the bush, so Jiang Lai gave it to her straight.

Upon hearing this, Lu Huan’s smile turned slightly awkward. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Oops, sorry, I did have some selfish motives, but we collected a lot of honey and eggs, so let’s just bring out all the ingredients and share them, what do you think?"

Han Li was the first to agree.

"Sure, let’s just call it division of labor and cooperation."

Qu Yongjia, being a mediator who was best at easing the atmosphere as a comedian, also smiled at Jiang Lai.

"Lu Ming really had a hard time getting the honey, he even got stung once, you guys also had a hard time harvesting wheat.

Actually, it’s me and Lili who are taking advantage of you."

Jiang Lai looked at the three of them, one suggested, one agreed, and one eased the situation.

One after another they equated "harvesting wheat" with "collecting honey."

"Hearing you say this puts me at ease, sigh... I was worried you’d be disappointed."

All were momentarily stunned by Jiang Lai’s words.

"Hmm? What’s wrong?"

"There’s nowhere in the village to husk wheat and grind it into flour, so I had no choice but to borrow money to buy some flour.

Since everyone agrees to call it division of labor and cooperation, how about we all pitch in to pay back the loan together?

It’s just over a hundred dollars.

We just have to see if it was against the rules and whether the director will punish us."

"Borrowed money to buy it?!"

Han Li widened her eyes.

The director had said at the beginning of the show that all guests must follow one rule, which is that they cannot borrow things from the villagers for no reason, let alone borrow money.

Otherwise, there would be severe punishment.

Jiang Lai’s actions were definitely against the rules.

Given the show’s fastidious nature, who knows how they’d penalize this.

"Yes, I’m a bit worried too, luckily you said let’s just call it division of labor and cooperation, so let’s just treat the flour as something we borrowed together and pay it back together later, alright?

The previous agreement is void!"

The scene went dead silent.

Han Li glanced at Lu Huan.

Lu Huan thought for a moment and smiled helplessly.

"We wish we could, but the show is on the air, and deceiving the audience and the director isn’t right.

You really should’ve just ground some flour yourself when we talked about it, no need to go down to get it ground.

Everyone was waiting for you, and now you’re saying the flour was borrowed.

Didn’t you consider everyone before doing things? Come on, you’re an adult, you should use your brain a bit more."

She said this with a smile.

After all, her persona was straightforward, saying whatever came to mind, and Jiang Lai was indeed at fault.

Han Li sighed along.

"Jiang Lai, you really shouldn’t have done that."

"So, do you still want the flour?"

They exchanged glances.

The task on the card was right there.

Lu Huan thought for a moment.

"Let’s go with what you said before, we’ll trade, and I’ll trade honey for your flour."

"Forget it, my brother likes honey. Let’s stick to the original plan, rewards for flour.

Those trading should bring a bowl, those not trading, I’m not forcing you."

Lu Huan looked at Lu Ming.

"Sister, I’ll listen to you."

"Let’s just trade, it’s just a reward."

Indeed, who knows what the next task’s reward is, besides, giving it to Jiang Lai means she doesn’t have to work hard for the next task.

If they don’t get a prize, they can’t blame her.

Thus, all three of them traded flour back.

In the end, there was quite a bit left.

Since Lu Huan didn’t cook, she lay on the sofa idly while others busied themselves, and when she saw Jiang Lai with the bag of flour, she said directly.

"You should still go tell the director."

"Tell him what?"

"About borrowing money for the flour."

Jiang Lai kneaded dough without lifting his head.

"I was joking, did you really believe it?"

Lu Huan frowned while lying on the sofa.

"Joking? What kind of joke is that? Everyone was sincerely worried about you, and you think this is a joke?

Is it funny?"

Jiang Lai raised his head, glanced at her, with a look of disdain in his eyes.

"You were joking with me first, I thought you liked playing that way."

Exchanging honey for flour, wasn’t that a joke.

She and Jiang Qu had worked hard from harvest to husking and grinding flour, wasting so much time and effort, and they expected to split her labor’s results with a light-hearted declaration of cooperation?