Chapter 216

216 Vegetable Storm

On White Foothill City’s side, Zeng Youliang rushed home.

Without thinking too much, Zeng Youliang went to the kitchen and made the green b.a.l.l.s himself.

Zeng Youliang remembered clearly what flavor his grandmother liked.

Previously, he had only dictated it to others. Now, he had also learned how to make green b.a.l.l.s.

Therefore, this time, Zeng Youliang planned to make it himself.

His grandmother’s description of green b.a.l.l.s appeared in Zeng Youliang’s mind, but he didn’t stop moving.

Fortunately, the heavens didn’t disappoint. A few hours later, Zeng Youliang finally made six green b.a.l.l.s.

At this moment, Old Madam Zeng woke up.

Looking at the six green b.a.l.l.s on the plate in front of her, Old Madam Zeng, who had been confused, actually laughed.

“It’s my favorite green ball!”

With that, Old Madam Zeng called a servant to quickly bring the green ball over.

When Zeng Youliang saw this, he quickly picked up his chopsticks and handed them over.

Old Madam Zeng, who originally couldn’t hold anything, actually held her chopsticks.

Not only did she hold the chopsticks, but she also picked up the green ball and ate it.

Seeing Old Madam Zeng like this, everyone realized that something was wrong, so someone quickly called the masters at home.

Zeng Youliang didn’t notice at first, but when he saw that his father and uncles were all here, he immediately understood something.

In the past, he often heard people say that there was a terminal lucidity before death. He thought that it was some strange story, but he didn’t know that such a thing really existed in this world.

Did that mean his grandmother was leaving?

Thinking of this, Zeng Youliang’s eyes turned red.

Old Madam Zeng ate a total of two green b.a.l.l.s and left four behind.

After eating the two green b.a.l.l.s, Old Madam Zeng looked at Zeng Youliang with a smile.

“My dear grandson! Thank you for finally fulfilling my wish! This green ball tastes exactly the same as the one your grandfather made for me back then! All these years, I’ve been waiting for your grandfather to pick me up. Unfortunately, I’ve never tasted that familiar taste again. Before your grandfather left, he said that I should live well until he came to pick me up!”

“I cried then! I couldn’t bear to part with your grandfather! I cried and asked, when would you come and pick me up? Your grandfather said with a smile that when you eat my green b.a.l.l.s again, you will know that I’ve come to pick you up! After saying that, your grandfather left! All these years, I kept saying that your grandfather was a liar. How could there be green b.a.l.l.s of the same taste in this world?! In the end, I ate them today! Your grandfather didn’t lie to me!”

At this point, Old Madam Zeng laughed.

It was clearly a wrinkled face, but at this moment, it seemed to have rejuvenated. Everyone saw a young woman with antic.i.p.ation on her face.

“I’m leaving. Your grandfather is here to pick me up. I have to follow him.”

With that, Old Madam Zeng looked at her son and daughter-in-law, who had already arrived, and smiled at them.

“The children and grandchildren will have their own blessings! Remember, don’t do anything outrageous or immoral no matter how difficult it is. Only then can you be safe and sound!”

The children and grandchildren of Old Madam Zeng nodded with tears in their eyes.

With that, Old Madam Zeng looked at Zeng Youliang, who was sitting in front of her.

“Child, you’re a blessed person! It’s not a bad thing to like delicious food, but you can’t go to the extreme! Warmth and coziness is often the source of deliciousness! Remember not to be too decadent!”

Although Zeng Youliang didn’t understand, he still nodded with tears in his eyes.

“Grandmother, I’ll remember this!”

When Old Madam Zeng heard this, she nodded with a smile. Then, she closed her eyes and died!

Wails sounded. All the children and grandchildren knelt down to send Madam Zeng off.

The moment Old Madam Zeng left, Li Xiaoran, who was far away in Hele Village, suddenly felt a warm aura envelop her.

After a while, the feeling disappeared.

Li Xiaoran felt very baffled. She looked at herself carefully and didn’t find anything different.

After that, Li Xiaoran went back to what she was doing.

Today, Zhao Xiu went to the village to get some vegetables. At this moment, she needed to string the vegetables with bamboo sticks and dry them.

After the vegetables were dried, they could be washed, salted, and kneaded with their hands.

After the vegetables were kneaded to a certain extent, they could be placed in a jar and fermented into pickled vegetables.

“Daughter, you’ve skewered too many vegetables. You won’t be able to hang them later! Let’s hang some first and then skewer them one by one. Otherwise, we won’t be able to hang them later!” Zhao Xiu walked over and reminded her when she saw this scene.

Li Xiaoran looked at the vegetables she had already skewered. There was indeed a large pile.

“Mother, if you didn’t mention it, I wouldn’t have noticed it!” Li Xiaoran said with a smile.

Zhao Xiu had originally walked over angrily. After looking at her daughter, the anger dissipated and she became calm.

“It’s fine. Just pay attention next time! Come, I’ll hang these up with you first!” Zhao Xiu’s voice was no longer as aggressive as before.

Li Xiaoran naturally felt the change in her mother’s emotions, but she didn’t ask.

The mother and daughter worked together to hang the skewered vegetables between two big trees and then skewered the other vegetables.

“Mother, you looked unhappy when you came over just now. Did something happen?” At this moment, Li Xiaoran asked about what had happened previously.

Zhao Xiu had already calmed down and spoke calmly.

“I just felt uncomfortable after being gossiped about!”

“Who is it? How dare they gossip about you?” Li Xiaoran asked.

“It’s all because of these vegetables! As you know, Granny Huang planted a lot of these vegetables in the village and asked me to go over and chop them. At that time, Granny Huang clearly said that she planted these vegetables herself. She couldn’t finish them, and she couldn’t make so many pickled vegetables. She didn’t want to waste these vegetables, so she asked me to chop them to make pickled vegetables. Who knew that someone in the village had long been eyeing Granny Huang’s vegetables?” Zhao Xiu told her what had happened.

When the people who had designs on these vegetables rushed over to take a look after receiving the news, Zhao Xiu had already placed the last bit of vegetables in the basket.

Seeing that they couldn’t get the vegetables, the other party directly s.n.a.t.c.hed them.

“Fortunately, your father and Ziyang came. The other party was no match for Ziyang, so he left cursing!” Zhao Xiu said with a gloomy expression. “Later, I heard from others that that family had been eyeing the things planted by Granny Huang’s family in the past. Once they heard that Granny Huang didn’t want so much, they would shamelessly cut it!”