Chapter 159: Bringing his daughter-in-law lunch

Seeing how sensible his child was, Gu Chen was truly both relieved and saddened.

He nodded and said, 'Daddy promises that as soon as mommy gets better, mommy and daddy will come and pick up Tangtang right away, okay?'

'Okay,'

the little one nodded obediently.

Gu Chen held out his pinky finger, 'Then let's pinky swear.'

Tangtang didn't know what it meant to pinky swear, but when she saw her father hold out his pinky finger, she did the same and said, 'Daddy, pinky swear!'

Gu Chen held his little finger tightly against his daughter's.

'Pinky swear to be best friends forever, or else I'll make you a little doggie!'

The little girl was very impressed when she heard her father say this.

She immediately repeated his words in her very young voice, word for word.

'Cross my heart and hope to die, if you change, you'll be a little doggie!'

After returning from Auntie Zhang's house, Gu Chen started to cook as quickly as he could. After all, every minute he delayed would make his daughter-in-law hungry for another minute.

He couldn't bear to see his daughter-in-law go hungry!

Gu Chen took some ginger from the vegetable box, sliced it into pieces, and then entered the space, where he drew some Lingquan water.

Then he placed the crab in the pot and added the ginger slices to start steaming.

Crab is cold.

Adding ginger slices is to ward off the cold.

While the crab was steaming, he took the matsutake mushrooms out, cleaned them carefully, and cut them into small cubes.

Once the crab was ready, she quickly washed some rice, poured in a lot of Lingquan water, and then put it in the pot with the matsutake.

Needless to say, the good stuff is different. Even though nothing was added, the fragrance is just so long-lasting.

It's not as rich as meat, but this long-lasting fragrance is better than meat.

Even Gu Chen couldn't help but exclaim.

'Tsk, this porridge, it really smells good!'

But while he was worried about his daughter-in-law, Gu Chen also didn't forget about his granddaughter. As soon as the porridge was ready, Gu Chen served two bowls, and when the fish was steamed, he also set aside some to take to Auntie Zhang's house together with the porridge, so that the child and Auntie Zhang could also try it.

After all, Gu Chen really couldn't do such petty things as favouring the child over the adults. Besides, Auntie Zhang was no outsider, so it was not a loss for him to give her something.

After stir-frying the matsutake mushrooms and steaming the fish, Gu Chen divided the fish in half, served it on a plate, and took it to Auntie Zhang's house.

The little guy was playing hide-and-seek with Auntie Zhang at the time, and when he saw his father carrying the delicious food,

he immediately stopped playing and ran towards Gu Chen with his little feet.

'Daddy!'

Gu Chen smiled, 'Daddy has come to bring you and Grandma Zhang your lunch. After that, I'll go and bring your mother her lunch.'

Hearing that he still had to go and bring his mother her lunch, the little boy immediately let go of his father's hand.

He followed Gu Chen obediently into the house.

Hearing someone come in, Zhang Sheng'er came out from behind the cupboard.

Seeing it was Gu Chenchen, she couldn't help but smile.

'I wondered why Tangtang wasn't looking for me, and now I see it's you. This child is still closest to her parents.'

Gu Chen placed the plates and bowls on the table, and then smiled at Auntie Zhang.

'Auntie, I've brought you some food that's just come out of the oven. Try it.'

Seeing that Gu Chen had given her a crab and brought her food, Auntie Zhang was really embarrassed.

She hurried over.

'You child, what are you being polite for?'

But when she saw what was on the plate, she couldn't help but laugh, 'Oh, you want to give this to Tangtang to eat, don't you?'

There was fish and congee, both of which were suitable for children.

She didn't believe that it wasn't for Tangtang to eat.

Gu Chen laughed, 'Look what you're saying, isn't this for you and Tangtang to eat together?'

It was true that he had made this trip specifically so that Tangtang could eat it, but he didn't mind giving it to Auntie Zhang to eat.

Auntie Zhang pointed at the matsutake porridge with a smile and said curiously, 'What's the white stuff in here?'

Gu Chen laughed and said, 'Matsutake.'

If this were someone else, he might have just made up an excuse and gotten away with it, but as the saying goes, Auntie Zhang is family.

Gu Chen didn't have the slightest intention of lying to her, so he told her the truth directly.

Auntie Zhang looked at it and looked confused.

'What is matsutake?'

To be honest, she really didn't know what matsutake was. After all, this top-grade ingredient was not accessible to the average person, and in an era with relatively closed information, many people still didn't know about it.

Gu Chen smiled, 'It's just a type of mushroom. You just eat it, it's really good for your health.'

Hearing that it was good for the body, Auntie Zhang nodded with a smile.

This child, all day long he just keeps giving me nice things.

Last time she gave herself wolfberries, and she didn't even finish them. This time it's crab, matsutake mushrooms, and fish.

She really is treating herself well.

She pursed her lips, 'Okay, then I'll take your kindness.'

At this moment, Tangtang's hungry stomach was growling, and the aroma was filling the entire house, but unfortunately, Grandma Zhang just wouldn't budge.

She leaned over the chair at the table, twisted her hips, and climbed up.

Seeing that Tangtang couldn't wait any longer, Zhang Sheng laughed and patted her thigh, saying, 'This child, let grandma get you a spoon.'

After leaving Zhang Sheng's house, Gu Chen went home, took out the only stainless steel lunch box in the house, and emptied all the porridge in the pot. She also packed the crab and fish.

Then she got into the minivan and headed back towards the city.

Because the lunch box was not insulated, Gu Chen was afraid that the rice would get cold, so he drove a little faster the whole way.

So it only took twenty minutes for Gu Chen to arrive at the hospital.

It was already 6 o'clock, the sun had already set halfway over the mountains, and the evening sky was aflame with red clouds, which looked absolutely beautiful.

The spring air was warm, with a faint grassy smell, exuding a vibrant vitality that was especially obvious this evening.

However, Gu Chen had no interest in the sunset. He didn't even look up as he walked down the corridor towards the ward.

At that moment, Uncle Guang happened to be going downstairs to the supermarket to buy something.

After a few steps, he saw Gu Chen in front of the hospital.

He was sure that this was the person who had sold the matsutake mushrooms to his young master the other day, and the smile on his face was so friendly.

He hurriedly walked up to meet him.

'What is this?'

He thought that Gu Chen had come to show his young master the cordyceps.

To be honest, he was a little excited.

Gu Chen was so preoccupied with the food getting cold that he looked up at Uncle Guang.

'Oh, well, about the cordyceps, let's talk about it tomorrow. I have something to do, so I'm going now.'

He said this and without looking back, he walked quickly towards the inpatient department building.

He left a puzzled Uncle Guang standing on the road. He looked at Gu Chen's back and his expression was a little speechless.

What is this person in such a hurry at this hour?