CHAPTER 178: CHAPTER 178: TATTLETALE

Gu Nian immediately realized she had underreported.

"Boss, give me 30 sesame pancakes!" Gu Nian said with a generous air.

"Got it!"

Some pancakes on the stall were already made; they just needed a little grilling with tongs to be ready to eat.

But the quantity Gu Nian ordered was quite a lot, with half of them needing to be made fresh.

Knowing Cuihua was hungry, Gu Nian grabbed two for her to munch on while waiting.

In just a few bites, the two pancakes were down her stomach; her eating speed was indeed fast.

Gu Nian handed her two more, and she finished those too.

By the time the rest of the pancakes were grilled, Cuihua had already devoured eight on her own, leaving Gu Nian wide-eyed.

Each pancake was three coins, five coins for two, so Gu Nian bought 30 all at once for 75 coins.

When the pancakes were brought back to the cart, only 22 were left.

Gu Nian gave one to each person and planned to take the rest home for dinner, but seeing Cuihua’s eager expression, she handed her two more.

Gu Nian truly understood her appetite.

No wonder the old man said he’d give his daughter away for free as long as she was fed; such a voracious eater would be hard for a typical family to handle.

Initially, Gu Nian wanted to tell her to eat freely without any hesitation, but seeing Mrs. Jiang’s disdainful and shocked gaze, she wisely kept silent.

Back home, Lin Sanshui’s feelings about Cuihua joining were as mixed as Mrs. Jiang’s.

Especially upon hearing she had eaten ten sesame pancakes by herself, it was not just surprise—he was downright shocked.

However, when he heard Cuihua claiming to be strong, he immediately wanted to test her strength.

So, in the afternoon, Lin Sanshui took Cuihua up to the hill to work, and of course, Erhu went with them.

As for Dahu, his main task was to follow Gu Nian and spend the afternoon learning the methods for curing sausages.

Before this, Gu Nian first went to see Nan Jin Yu.

This time, the entrance to Nan Jin Yu’s home was peaceful, with none of the previous noisy crowds.

Gu Nian walked straight through the gate unhindered, announcing her arrival before she even entered, "Nan, I’ve brought you some delicious food!"

Wuxin came out from inside, eagerly taking the food box from Gu Nian’s hands.

"A food box from Qinglin Restaurant? Did Miss Gu eat at the restaurant?" Wuxin exclaimed in surprise.

"Yep, it was that kid who last claimed to be Nan’s cousin. He’s just so troublesome. My brother works as an apprentice in his family’s restaurant, and he threatened that if I didn’t come in to eat, he wouldn’t let me see my brother!" Gu Nian complained bluntly, but she was just stating the truth.

Whether Zheng Shaochen was serious or joking, he did indeed threaten her.

Gu Nian sensed that Zheng Shaochen seemed quite afraid of Nan Jin Yu, and she simply wanted him to experience being threatened by someone else.

However, Gu Nian didn’t know that after she said that, Nan Jin Yu, who had not yet come out, had his calm expression darkened almost instantly.

Knowing their master’s temperament well, Wuxin couldn’t help but silently light a candle for their cousin in his heart.

"The young master is just childish; he must’ve been joking with Miss Gu." After staying a few days at the Zheng family, where they had been treated well, Wuxin took the chance to say a good word for Zheng Shaochen.

"I knew he was joking with me, so I really got him back, and I even ordered dishes they didn’t have there, and I successfully negotiated a deal." Gu Nian confessed openly, knowing full well she couldn’t hide it anyway.