Chapter 157: Buying seafood for his daughter-in-law

Once they exited the hospital, Gu Chen took his daughter-in-law in his arms and got into the van he had rented.

He put her in the back seat and, not feeling at ease, buckled her in before stepping on the gas and driving down the street.

Once they reached the street, Gu Chen found a decent-looking print shop and went in.

The owner was a young guy with glasses, looking a bit like an IT guy.

Gu Chen communicated with the owner according to what she had originally planned, asking him to make a sample contract.

After double-checking that the sample contract was fine, she had a total of 80 copies printed.

Although she didn't know exactly how many people would be willing to buy land,

80 copies should be more than enough.

After all, the countryside was backward, and at the moment, most people in the village still earned their living by farming.

Holding a thick stack of contracts, the father and daughter stood in the sun as they left the print shop.

An hour had passed, and Tang Tang was clearly a little tired by now.

The little one looked listless and sullen.

Gu Chen tenderly reached out a hand, touched her little head, and said gently, 'Tang Tang, are you tired?'

After all, she was a child, and because she had sent Ji Pianran to the hospital today, she had not let her take a nap.

The little one was exhausted.

She nodded obediently, 'Tangtang is sleepy.'

She was really sleepy.

Gu Chen lovingly carried the little one to the car and placed her in the back seat. After thinking about it, she was still worried, so she fastened her seat belt again and looked at her lovingly.

Only then did she close the door and walked to the front holding a stack of contracts.

She then opened the driver's seat and got in, threw the contracts aside, and drove towards the direction of the vegetable market.

If he is going to bring his daughter-in-law lunch, then he still needs to buy groceries.

Tangtang sat in the car, swaying with the car, and within two minutes she had fallen asleep with her head tilted to one side.

Gu Chen had planned to carry her to the grocery store, but seeing that the baby was sleeping soundly, he really didn't have the heart to do so.

He could only get out of the car silently and go by himself.

When he arrived at the market, there were many people buying groceries, and there were all kinds of products.

Gu Chen discovered that there was even a seafood stall, selling crabs, shrimp and turbot.

This kind of seafood doesn't appear in the market very often, and it is expensive!

Only a small number of people buy it.

Gu Chen's eyes lit up when she saw the huge red basin in front of the owner.

'How much are the crabs and turbot?'

Ji Zhenran likes to eat fish, and Gu Chen knows this better than anyone.

But turbot, as far as she can remember, she has never eaten it before.

Even in their previous lives, they had never bought seafood.

After all, this stuff is really expensive. You spend so much money on it, but you only get a few bites, and it's not filling.

With that kind of money, it's better to buy a few extra pounds of ribs and have the whole family eat them up.

The boss had been sitting there all afternoon. Quite a few people had come, but when they heard the prices, they left again.

Seeing Gu Chen dressed like this, it was obvious that he couldn't afford it, and he was still standing in front of his stall looking at it, which made him feel a little irritated for no reason.

'21 catties of crab, 15 of turbot, would you like it?'

Gu Chen didn't hesitate, simply saying, 'Give me ten crabs, pick the big ones, and the same for the turbot, give me the biggest one.'

On hearing this, the boss was taken aback and immediately began to re-examine the young man in front of him.

Had he not made himself clear about the price or had he not heard?

How could this country boy, who could not afford to buy many things in the city, just ask for the biggest one?

This was against all common sense.

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed a bit unbelievable.

Gu Chen read doubt, disdain and a hint of shock in the boss's narrowed eyes.

But he was not angry.

In today's society, things were no longer as they had been.

It was only natural for people to look down on others and judge them by appearances.

He immediately took out 200 yuan from his pocket and waved it in front of the boss.

This was real 200 yuan!

Whether he earned it or not was up to him.

The boss's pupils dilated at the sight of the brand new 200 yuan.

This guy is really rich!

It looked like he was most likely a newly-minted rich man who had just lost his land.

He had really been blind. If it wasn't for this guy's good temper, he would have lost a live one and earned more than 100 yuan!

For the sake of the money, he smiled warmly at Gu Chen.

'Brother, look at you, I didn't say you couldn't afford it, this is embarrassing for me.'

After saying this, he was afraid that Gu Chen wouldn't want it, so he reached out and pulled a bag from the side, and grabbed crabs for Gu Chen from the basin in front of him.

I don't know if it was because he felt guilty or guilty, but the crabs he grabbed for Gu Chen all seemed to be quite big, and they were all female.

They were big and fresh, and the big claws waved back and forth, looking full of fighting spirit.

After catching ten, he drained the water in the bag and then put them on the scale. There were four catties and one tael in total.

Then he picked the biggest turbot from another basin.

He put it in a bag as well, drained the water, and put it on the scale.

Then he looked at Gu Chen's smiling face and said, 'Two catties and five taels, is that okay?'

Gu Chen nodded, 'Yes.'

Two catties and five taels, just right for three people to eat.

The boss did some quick calculations, and figured that the crab was free, so 4 catties was 80 taels, and the turbot was exactly 30 taels.

He smiled at Gu Chen, and his tone unconsciously became more respectful, 'That'll be 110 taels in total.'

Gu Chen immediately handed over the 200 taels he had in his hand.

'Here's your change.'

He was anxious to go back to the car and check on Tang Tang.

If Tang Tang woke up and realised he wasn't there and couldn't move because he was strapped in, he would definitely be scared.

The owner took the money and then handed over eight ten-yuan bills and two crumpled five-yuan bills from the pocket of his apron.

He bent over and smiled at Gu Chen, 'Here's your change. Come again.'

Gu Chen didn't say anything, took the money the owner handed him, and carrying the bag, walked towards his van.

Fortunately, Tang Tang had not woken up. The little one was just too sleepy.

Leaning her head against the seat, she slept with her drooling mouth dripping wet.

Looking at his sleeping daughter, Gu Chen felt both heartbroken and relieved.

It was a real ordeal for the child, but fortunately she was fine.

He felt in his pocket and pulled out a small pack of tissue paper, took one out and wiped the drool from his daughter's mouth. Only then did he put the groceries in the car, followed by himself, and drove off in the direction of the village.

It was already five o'clock when they arrived home, and little Tangtang had also woken up.

She opened her drowsy eyes and looked at Gu Chen with listless eyes.

'Dad, what should we do now?'

Gu Chen thought for a moment, looked at Tang Tang with some guilt, and said, 'Tang Tang, Dad has to cook now, so I can't play with you. How about you go to Grandma Zhang's house and play for a while?'