PFC Chapter 439 Great-grandfather, this egg cannot be eaten.
Chapter 439 Great-grandfather, this egg cannot be eaten.
"Great-grandfather, are you hungry?" Wenwen asked patiently.
"Yes, I haven't had a good appetite these past few days, I've only been taking medicine."
Zhou Taifu seized the opportunity and said with self-pity, "When you get old, nobody cares about you. You go hungry one day and eat the next. Sigh!"
After saying that, he let out a long sigh, making him look rather pitiful!
Wenwen's facial features trembled slightly, and she couldn't seem to get them back into place. She thought to herself, "This old man is even pretending to be pitiful now!"
Tsk tsk tsk! A mischievous old man, a mischievous old man, isn't that just like him?!
"Great-grandfather, to be honest, this egg is inedible."
After saying that, she quickly put away the big egg, her face beaming with smiles, and quickly changed the subject, "Great-grandfather, let's go to the side hall next door. I brought you some delicious food this time. Perhaps you'll have an appetite when you see and smell it, right?"
"Let's eat together, food tastes better with more people. If you really don't have an appetite, then just watch us eat, it'll still taste good, hehehe!"
Grand Tutor Zhou's lips twitched. In all his years, he had never heard of the idea that watching others eat could make him feel good. Wasn't this just torturing himself? Purely asking for trouble.
However, he couldn't bear to refuse the younger generation's good intentions, so he could only lean on his cane, with Wenwen supporting him from the side, and the two of them walked step by step towards the side hall.
Zhou Taifu's steps were weak and feeble, moving forward little by little. Wenwen felt a little sad. It had only been a short time since they last met, and a small cold had caused the old man's physical functions to decline rapidly. It truly proved the saying that illness comes like a landslide and goes like a slow, drawn-out process.
Looking at the old man's full head of white hair and hunched body, Wenwen felt a lump in her throat. Her great-grandfather was nearing eighty, which was considered a very old age in Zhongzhao Kingdom.
Although the Wen family had little contact with Grand Tutor Zhou in the past, since the siblings became acquainted with him, they could feel his deep affection and care for the younger generation, which could not be fully expressed in a few words.
Suddenly, fragments of information began to reassemble in Wenwen's mind, and a bold idea popped into her head. However, before she could think about it deeply, the two of them arrived at the door of the side hall.
"Father, why did you come here?" Grandfather Zhou hurriedly got up and came over to help him.
"Grandfather, are you feeling any better?" Master Zhou came over as well.
The father and son helped Grand Tutor Zhou to sit down in the main seat, one on each side.
"Great-grandfather, why don't you sit in that wheeled chair? You can sit on it and go wherever you want, wouldn't that be great!"
Zhou Ruirui shook off her friends, walked up to Zhou Taifu, and tilted her head back to speak.
Today is the anniversary celebration of the clan school. In principle, the Grand Tutor should have made an appearance at the celebration, but unfortunately, the old man was still suffering from a cold and did not come down the mountain.
The wheelchair Zhou Ruirui mentioned was the one that Master Zhou brought for the Grand Tutor a few days ago. It was no ordinary wheelchair; it had many mechanisms inside, including magical artifacts specially crafted for the elderly, as well as talismans newly drawn by Master Zhou. These were all designed by Master Zhou after collecting everyone's suggestions in the valley, and it was a wheelchair that could move automatically for the Grand Tutor.
It is comparable to the solar-powered automatic wheelchairs used by modern elderly people.
However, Grand Tutor Zhou refused to accept his age and had yet to operate this magical wheelchair himself.
"RuiRui is here."
Grand Tutor Zhou beckoned to her, "Come here and sit next to your great-grandfather."
Zhou Ruirui took two steps forward, blinked her eyes, and said sweetly, "Great-grandfather, all my friends are here today. Hmm, shall I introduce them to you?"
The little girl was beaming with excitement, eager to introduce her friends, her teammates, and her partner to everyone.
Grand Tutor Zhou looked toward a corner of the side hall, where several children sat upright, each looking at him curiously.
He knew that these were the naughty children in the video, including those from the Wen family, the Yao family, and the Ren family, plus Rui Rui, making a total of seven children.
"Okay, then call your friends over, let's get to know each other."
Grand Tutor Zhou, keeping pace with the little girl, said with a smile.
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Ruirui waved to the people in the corner, "Cousin Mo, Cousin Jing, Cousin Yu, Cousin Qing, Cousin Xiaomi, Cousin Ning, come here! Great-grandfather wants you to come quickly. Let me tell you, Great-grandfather has lots of good things here, and there will definitely be plenty of gifts for you..."
Zhou Ruirui's words caused those who knew the truth to lower their heads and chuckle.
Those who knew the truth, especially Master Zhou, were heartbroken: it seemed that the lesson on morality had been wasted; these children's understanding of getting something for nothing was deeply ingrained and difficult to change.
Wenwen, on the other hand, kept her eyes down and remained calm: If the good stuff here from Grand Tutor Zhou is just ancient books, I wonder if these kids will be very disappointed, hahaha, I'll wait and see!
Unaware of the truth, Grand Tutor Zhou and Grandfather Zhou exchanged a glance, saying nothing, but their eyes revealed a smile.
Okay, a gift is definitely in order, it just depends on whether you like it or not.
Next, Zhou Ruirui introduced her friends to Zhou Taifu one by one. Children are naturally outgoing, and as long as they feel kindness, their natural instincts will gradually be released.
As a result, under the adults' watchful eyes, the children became more and more lively and talkative. Not only did Zhou Ruirui introduce them, but they also took turns introducing themselves.
Everyone chimed in with their own comment, creating quite a lively atmosphere.
When Grand Tutor Zhou casually asked, "Did your little team encounter anything fun in the mountains?"
The children even stole glances at the adults, and once they saw the adults nod in agreement, they surrounded Zhou Taifu and began to talk all at once about their heroic deeds in the mountains.
The scene of one old person and seven children chattering away was truly quite noisy.
The boasting lasted for more than half an hour before it subsided a bit.
During the brief pause in the display, several gurgling sounds rang out, seemingly contagious, one after another.
It turned out that several children's stomachs were growling.
The children looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Great-grandfather, we're hungry," Zhou Ruirui said with an embarrassed smile.
Wenwen quickly picked up the conversation, "Hmph, you guys actually know what hunger is? I think you're quite the talkers, always finding a way to ease your mind. How could you possibly be hungry?"
With a playful tone, Wenwen rubbed her stomach and muttered to herself, "After talking for so long, I'm hungry too, we're all hungry! Humph, you little chatterboxes, don't you know how to tone it down? All you do is show off, you think you're so capable! Tsk tsk tsk!"
As Wenwen spoke, she took out plates of food.
These are all dishes ordered from Xingyu City Cuisine Xianggen Restaurant.
Wenwen picked out the soft and easy-to-digest ones. Everyone here had eaten them except for Grand Tutor Zhou and Grandfather Zhou.
As the delicious dishes, each with its own unique color, aroma, and flavor, were laid out, one could faintly hear several people slurping their saliva.
Without a doubt, it was the voices of several children.
Ignoring the little glutton's drool, Wenwen looked at Grand Tutor Zhou and Grandfather Zhou and said.
“Great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, this is a delicacy from the celestial realm that we brought back from Xingyu City. Please try it.”
"what?"
"Delicacy from the Celestial Realm?"