Chapter 65: His Previous Surname Was Li
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“This is my first time eating Egg-Fried Rice.” Shao Qingyuan looked at the big bowl in front of him. The golden eggs and white rice grains were intertwined on it. The grains were distinct. Amidst the smoke, a rich smell kept drilling into his nose, making his appetite increase.
Gu Yundong had just taken off her apron and was stunned when she heard that. Then, she remembered that he had been treated as a wolf cub.
She had heard a lot about Shao Qingyuan in the past two days.
Shao Qingyuan was carried out of the Nine Tigers Mountain by his grandfather. It was said that he was a newborn baby at that time. At that time, there was the corpse of a wolf beside him. It was unknown how it died.
His grandfather’s surname was Li. At that time, the Li family’s eldest branch only had two daughters and had never had a son, so Grandpa Li put Shao Qingyuan under the name of the couple.
Later on, the eldest branch gave birth to a son and did not treat Shao Qingyuan very well. When Shao Qingyuan was 14 years old, he was chased out by the eldest branch. Grandpa Li refused to accepted it and left the Li family with Shao Qingyuan.
However, not long after, Grandpa Li fell seriously ill and passed away. From then on, Shao Qingyuan changed his surname to Shao. This surname was discovered when he was still an infant.
Shao Qingyuan’s life in the past ten years was actually not much different from the previous Gu Yundong. Later on, he was alone and probably had never learned how to cook egg fried rice.
However, Gu Yundong did not know that Shao Qingyuan was not just incapable of cooking egg fried rice. He was simply a kitchen killer, the kind that could burn down half the kitchen with just one meal.
Ever since Grandpa Li passed away, as long as the weather was hot, he would mostly work in the town and county and buy some food on the streets. Whenever he was in the village, he would buy dry rations and steamed buns in town for a few days. His food was very… rough.
Gu Yundong was at a loss for words as she watched him gobble down the food.
After he finished eating and left, Gu Yundong returned to his room with the warm 40 taels of silver.
The three of them had already fallen asleep in the room. Gu Yundong’s heart was relieved and he quickly fell asleep.
However, Shao Qingyuan had returned. At this moment, he was on a roof not far away. One hand was behind his head, and the other was touching his stomach. He was lying on his back and looking at the sky above his head.
The light in his eyes was even brighter than in the day.
Gu Yundong slept contentedly. Without Madam Fang and her daughter’s banter early in the morning, she felt that the entire world was quiet.
With the money, she couldn’t wait to go to the homestead to look at the newly built house.
This time, she brought Madam Yang and the other two along. The homestead was in full swing. Feng Daneng had already brought more than 20 young men to work.
When he saw her, Feng Daneng immediately walked over. “How is it? Everyone looks good, right?”
It was indeed not bad. Most of these people were from this village, and some were from the neighboring village. They were all hired by Feng Daneng.
Gu Yundong offered a high price, so the people who came were naturally happy. Most people only paid 30 copper coins a day to build a house. Although lunch was included, they only ate boiled cabbage and plain steamed buns. How could these be worth 10 copper coins? They might as well go home and eat their own food.
Someone also greeted Gu Yundong. Seeing that the young lady was clean and refreshing, their impression of her increased.
Gu Yundong smiled and nodded one by one. Seeing that everyone was sweating profusely, she thought for a moment and turned to knock on the door of the house next door.
Her homestead was remote, and there were only two or three neighbors around..