Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Yan Bugui watched as Yu Shui angrily turned and left, then noticed that Xu Damao's mouth was stuffed full, and he was chewing with relish.

The aroma of stir-fried meat filling the air, along with the plate on the table that Xu Damao had just finished with his last bite, made his heart clench painfully.

He wore an exaggerated expression of regret, his finger trembling as he pointed at the empty plate, and said, "Zhu Zi, you guys were secretly eating meat at home."

Upon seeing this, Sha Zhu quickly stood up and said, "Teacher Yan, what brings you here? Please have a seat."

"Xu Damao heard I moved back, and we thought we'd have a little drink to celebrate. Teacher Yan, want a drink?"

Yan Bugui, with his "a fool wouldn't pass up a chance to get something for nothing" mentality, never let go of any opportunity to profit.

As long as the owner doesn't kick him out directly, he'll stay and enjoy the food without feeling guilty.

He listened to Sha Zhu's words, and although he regretted not being able to eat meat,

But seeing the remaining peanuts, pickled vegetables, and steaming cornbread on the table, he still sat down without hesitation as Sha Zhu instructed.

He said, "Zhu Zi, I was just passing by on my way back from fishing when I heard you moved back, so I thought I'd come and see you and your brother as soon as possible."

Sha Zhu secretly chuckled at Teacher Yan's true intentions, but on the surface, he said enthusiastically, "We just moved back today, didn't we?"

My master and mistress helped me move at noon, and my brother Da Mao and I finished off the leftover twice-cooked pork.

"If Teacher Yan doesn't mind, there are some peanuts and some pickled vegetables I made myself on the table. Let's have a drink."

Teacher Yan was a little embarrassed after sitting down, but after hearing what Sha Zhu said, she picked up the cornbread from the plate and started eating it without any hesitation.

When Xu Damao heard that Yan Bugui had just returned from fishing, he asked curiously, "Teacher Yan, how many fish did you catch?"

Teacher Yan was chewing on a cornbread bun with pickled vegetables on her chopsticks when she heard Xu Damao's question.

He stopped what he was doing and said, "There are more people than fish, how can you catch any fish? I only caught one small fish about two fingers wide all afternoon."

After saying that, he picked up the pickled vegetables from his chopsticks and put them in his mouth, praising them indistinctly: "Zhu Zi, your pickled vegetables are really good. They are just as good as Liu Bi Ju's pickled vegetables. They are crisp, delicious, and have a refreshing aroma."

Sha Zhu poured Teacher Yan a glass of loose liquor, but it was unclear whether it was mostly water or liquor.

He quickly changed the subject, knowing that Teacher Yan would definitely want to take more pickled vegetables home, and given Teacher Yan's personality, he was certainly capable of doing it.

After filling Teacher Yan's cup, he said, "Teacher Yan, I, Zhuzi, am a chef by trade. Pickling some vegetables is a piece of cake for me."

Teacher Yan and Da Mao, welcome to my home on my very first day back! Cheers!

As he spoke, Sha Zhu downed the little bit of Erguotou he had in his glass in one gulp.

Seeing this, Da Mao also finished off the little wine he had left in his glass.

After they finished their drinks, the two men continued to stare at Teacher Yan. Seeing how heartily the two young men had finished their drinks, and then looking at his own overflowing glass, Yan Bugui...

He said, feigning expertise, "You guys don't drink like that. You have to take it slow."

Without waiting for their reaction, he took a small sip and put down his glass.

Sha Zhu and Da Mao exchanged a helpless look at Teacher Yan's shameless behavior.

Sha Zhu turned to Xu Damao and said, "Damao, are you still not full? Don't be shy, have some more."

As he spoke, he picked up a cornbread from the table and handed one to Xu Damao, then took one for himself and began to eat it heartily with some pickled vegetables from the table.

Xu Damao looked at the cornbread in his hand and felt secretly annoyed.

It's all Yan Bugui's fault. Sha Zhu had prepared steamed buns for himself, but this old rascal ruined it.

He could only take a bite of the cornbread, silently cursing Yan Bugui in his heart.

As for Yan Bugui, he didn't care what Xu Damao thought.

In his opinion, Xu Damao had already eaten all the meat, so what was wrong with him eating some pickled vegetables and cornbread?

Besides, if we eat our fill at Sha Zhu's place, we can save on a meal when we get home.

Therefore, Teacher Yan had no concept of politeness; he was only concerned with eating and drinking.

He only slowed down his eating pace after taking the last cornbread from the table into his own hands.

By the time the food on the table was completely gone and it was already quite dark, the three of them lost interest in chatting.

Sha Zhu urged Yan Bugui and Xu Damao to go home quickly so that their families wouldn't worry.

After seeing the two off, Shazhu recalled Yushui's angry expression and felt a headache coming on.

Now is clearly not a good time to make braised pork, even though they live in a detached house.

However, once the rich aroma of braised pork is released, it can easily drift to the homes of nearby neighbors, and it's not impossible that the neighbors will become curious and come knocking on the door.

However, Yu Shui hadn't eaten dinner yet, even though Sha Zhu had promised Xu Damao he would cook for Yu Shui after he left.

Of course, he couldn't just take out the already prepared braised pork from his spatial storage.

Because Rainwater is becoming increasingly shrewd, if braised pork suddenly appears on the table without her witnessing its preparation, it will definitely arouse her suspicion.

For the sake of a happy life in the future, Sha Zhu decided to bring food home from outside.

Now that the weather is getting colder, he can hide two empty lunchboxes in his clothes to coax the little girl, Rain.

As for the source of the food, he said that he had prepared it in advance in the cafeteria and brought it back for her to eat.

Anyway, my sister wouldn't go around telling everyone.

As for tonight, Sha Zhu decided to take out some other delicious food from his spatial storage to appease the rain.

Let's cheer her up first. As for the braised pork, we'll bring it back for her to try tomorrow.

Stepping into the kitchen, Sha Zhu flashed into his secret space.

In this space, the areas not directly controlled by Sha Zhu are in sync with the outside world, where grains and vegetables grow freely and will soon be ready for harvest.

Meanwhile, small animals such as chickens, ducks, geese, cows, and sheep grow up leisurely within the area designated by Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu didn't care about this. If there really was a food shortage, he could simply use his mind to speed up time and make grain and meat flow into the warehouse continuously.

Therefore, given the abundance of food, he did not interfere too much with the natural growth here.

But today, in order to amuse the rain, Sha Zhu had no choice but to come to an apple sapling, which was not even as tall as his waist.

Sha Zhu chuckled softly and began to manipulate the area near the sapling to accelerate time.

Having previous experience in accelerating tree growth, he appeared calm and composed.

He watched the apple sapling grow taller until it became a towering tree, bursting forth with magnificent flower buds. Only then did he slowly stop the acceleration of time.

Next, Sha Zhu used his mind to cut off the small branches on the big tree one by one, and then guided the bees in the space to the apple tree to pollinate and fertilize.

He carefully controlled the pace of the acceleration, afraid that it would kill the bees if it went too fast.

The bees busily flitted about in the apple tree, flying back to the hive and then back again, until all the bees had left the apple tree and flown to other corners of the space.

Shazhu knew that the pollination process had been successfully completed.

So, Sha Zhu activated time acceleration again, causing the apple tree to grow rapidly.

Sure enough, before long, the apple tree was covered with small fruits.

He continued to speed up the nearby area until all the apples on the apple trees had turned into tempting, bright red fruits.

Several fruits even fell off the tree because they were too ripe.

Seeing this, Sha Zhu knew that the fruit was fully ripe, and then he stopped the acceleration of time with satisfaction.