Chapter 277: Chapter 282 Various Delicious Foods
In this life, she had a dad and the best mom. Was she about to have another mom now?
“Yes Mom, you guys will definitely get along well!” Xu Qigang’s eyes were resolute, and every word he spoke was so convincing.
It made it impossible not to believe.
“Go back and sleep early!” Xu Qigang glanced at her, got into the car, and drove away.
Sheng Ning, carrying bags big and small, made her way back to the dorm, her arms sore from the load!
In the dorm, everyone was still awake. Zhang Hongmei was knitting a sweater, Wu Youli was studying a script, and Chen Huaying lay in bed reading “How Steel is Made.”
Although she was also selected for the Hope Field this time, she was short on funds and entirely uninterested. Despite discussions with the instructor and Qiu Bai, it hadn’t helped at all.
Mainly because Chen Huaying joining the Song and Dance Troupe was arranged by her family, her lifelong goal had been to join a rescue team, especially an ace team like the War Wolf Rescue Team.
As soon as Sheng Ning pushed the door open, everyone looked up, their eyes widening as they saw what she was carrying.
“Why did you bring so much good food?” Wu Youli felt her mouth watering.
Chen Huaying tossed her book onto the bed, ran down to take the things from Sheng Ning’s hands, and started rummaging around.
“Dried peanuts, red dates, soybean paste, salted duck eggs? My gosh, even this is here! Sheng Ning, your family is well-off, huh? What is this?” Recognizing the common items, she had never seen the flat, dry one.
“Our family is almost too poor to open the pot.” These salted duck eggs must definitely be from Xu Qigang’s house; she wondered if he had kept any for himself and hoped he hadn’t foolishly given them all to her.
“Come on, stop being modest. Do you really think I can’t tell wheat from chives? Enough nonsense. Let me try this!” Chen Huaying took a bite and found it unexpectedly tasty with a sweet, robust flavor.
After a moment’s recognition, Sheng Ning’s eyes lit up, “This is dried sweet potato, dried by my own family. You can snack on it when you’re free; it’s really tasty!” The land was scarce at her place, and since she had never grown sweet potatoes, this must be from Xu Qigang’s mother.
Thinking of this, Sheng Ning’s face flushed slightly.
With sharp eyes, Chen Huaying shouted, “Wow! Sheng Ning, you’re actually blushing. Didn’t you go on a date tonight, did you?”
“No!” Sheng Ning said guiltily.
“Really?” Chen Huaying leaned in, skeptical. “Why do I feel like you’re lying to me?”
“Really! This is something a fellow villager brought over, and my mom asked me to carry it.” Sheng Ning answered earnestly, actually fooling Chen Huaying.
Zhang Hongmei also put down the sweater she was knitting, came over, and scratched her head, “Your mom is that good to you?” She remembered hearing from Sheng Ning that her stepmom usually wasn’t nice to her.
With rural families everywhere lacking clothes and food, her own mom was reluctant to send her things, always hoping she would send money home instead. Sheng Ning’s stepmother, suddenly sending so much stuff?
Seeing Zhang Hongmei’s expression, Sheng Ning thought about all the nonsense she said when she first joined the General Union and assumed everyone who had interacted with her at the General Union Song and Dance Troupe knew about her ‘harsh’ stepmother!
How foolish she had been.
“Yes! My mom is really good to me!” Sheng Ning’s mom had even carefully fried a whole bag of peanuts, which were too precious to eat even in the countryside.
She wondered if this will be enough for planting peanuts next spring?
Now, she really needed to earn money urgently.