Zhang Yanping watched with envy as they made their travel plans in just a few words, as if they didn't need to prepare or consider anything at all.
Thinking about it again, there really is nothing to prepare or consider...
It’s a 6-8 hour drive. Let’s go today, find a hotel to rest at night, and then come back after visiting the zoo tomorrow. Two days is even too comfortable.
Think about him and Xin Jun, two brothers in need, ugh!
That trip to the seaside last year, apart from the vast sea view, why is it that the only thing that comes to my mind is that I can’t eat well?
Nowadays, the issue of eating has also been noted by Lu Chuan.
He looked at the carrots, cabbage, bamboo shoots, etc. in the basket, but did not remind Qiao Qiao that the zoo generally does not allow you to bring your own ingredients—bring them first, and wait until they are no longer needed.
On the other hand, food for human consumption is fine. You just need to find a place to heat it. So I roughly estimated and said:
"You guys pack up first and bring some daily necessities, and I'll prepare some food."
Song Tan strongly agreed: "Bring more!"
After eating the good things at home, it was not that taste to eat outside. At first, Qiao Qiao was addicted to the children's package of Maimen. As a result, when he went to the city last year, he didn't want to touch it.
Of course, it’s okay to eat food from outside, it just doesn’t taste good under normal circumstances.
Lu Chuan nodded: "Then I'll bring a box of rice and see if I can find a place to steam the rice."
As long as you pay, the hotel or zoo restaurant should provide heated or steamed rice.
“What about the vegetables?” The seventh cousin became happy: “It’s not like Song Sancheng and the others did at that time, canned and bottled vegetables to take to school, right?”
Lu Chuan also laughed: "That's really my idea - but I don't need cans and bottles, which are too tiring to carry. I have a special fresh-keeping box and a small refrigerator in the car."
However, it was a journey of three people and two or three days. After Lu Chuan went through the process in his mind, he said to his seventh cousin: "Please give me a hand and let's set off early so that it won't be at night to get to the zoo."
The seventh cousin nodded: "Okay, what to cook?"
The dishes Lu Chuan wanted to bring were very simple—scrambled eggs with green peppers, braised dried fish fillets, and stir-fried minced pork with pickled cabbage.
As long as lard is not used, these can be eaten cold. Wulan came in and took a look and started laughing: "I brought this to Tantan when she was in junior high school, but no one in school brought food to her at that time. Some people laughed at her... and then she stopped bringing it."
Children from rural areas are raised rough, and anything that is cold or not is more nutritious than the big pot of food in the canteen.
In addition, he also asked Qiaoqiao to bring back a large handful of chrysanthemum and a few carrots.
Chance the chrysanthemum and cut the carrots into shreds. First pour some oil and mix well. Then pour in some flour, salt, seasonings, etc. and mix well. Then place them directly in the box.
This is a reminder to the seventh cousin: "Oh! There are still chrysanthemums on this mountain! I haven't seen them growing in any corner - 30%! Let's have steamed chrysanthemums tonight too! I'll make a separate sauce for you. Son!"
As he spoke, he neatly took the braised fish pieces out of the pot and stuffed them into two fresh-keeping boxes. He then looked at Qiao Qiao's fair face and felt distressed again:
“I’ll give you another stir-fry! Don’t make me, Qiao Qiao, starve and lose weight. What’s so good about the giant panda? We have a hundred acres of bamboo forest for ourselves, so let’s borrow a giant panda too!”
He muttered something that was obviously a child's temper and said something out of tune.
At the end, I did not forget to ask: "Don't forget to bring some tea eggs and tea leaves. Have you brought the tea leaves?"
“This dish hasn’t been put away yet. Let me make you another pot of white fungus soup..."
Zhang Yanping, on the other hand, looked at the rows of crisper boxes piled up next to him—the middle box was not enough, so he used disposable crisper boxes from the warehouse.
In short! "This is too exaggerated!" The gangster brother couldn't understand: "If you don't taste the local characteristics when traveling, how can you call it tourism? Are you just eating leftovers?"
Lu Chuan was dumbfounded—because in fact, if it were just him, he wouldn't be so meticulous.
But maybe that’s what it’s like to fall in love, or that’s what it’s like to get along with an innocent child like Qiaoqiao. It is actually a very happy thing to care about someone in your heart and cannot help but want to take care of and love them.
Just like he is busy packing things to bring, in fact, the corners of his brows and eyes are extremely happy.
Zhang Yanping cleared his throat uncomfortably. Everything was still in love. Guo Dong only had money in his mind now.
He...he is heavily in debt and has no money. What he needs most is money, so he can't do this yet!
Ouch! It’s so shameful to think like this!
So he rolled up his sleeves and said, "Seventh cousin, how do you make the steamed chrysanthemum? What other steamed vegetables can you teach me? I'll make them for Guo Dong later!"
Seventh cousin waved his hands irritably: "Go aside! Didn't you see that I was busy making sauce for Qiao Qiao?"
The gangster brother bowed his head in frustration: "Oh."
He will come back after dinner.
But after all this fuss, by the time everything was packed, it was already afternoon.
Qiaoqiao was a little disappointed: "Will the zoo be closed after today?"
Lu Chuan comforted him: "It's okay, the time is just right."
“The zoo is closed, but the logistics department must still be on duty. We just went to deliver the goods. By the way, I asked if the donated vegetables can be quarantined together.”
“Then you will feed the giant pandas and other animals when you enter the park tomorrow.”
After thinking about it, the giant panda is a national treasure, so I might be more cautious, so I added: "If the giant panda can't do it, other animals can do it."
Although he has never seen a giant panda, he also knows that the zoo has a program that allows visitors to buy food and feed some animals.
He looked at Song Tan: "If Qiao Qiao has this benefit, I guess the bamboo can be given away?"
Regarding the 600 yuan matter, Song Tan naturally knew that the zoo did not allow visitors to bring their own food, so she nodded sharply: "Of course."
Qiaoqiao blinked and understood: "If I feed it, our bamboos won't get any money?"
Seeing Song Tan nod, he refused instead. At this moment, his brows were furrowed and his face was tense: "Forget it! I won't feed him anymore... 600 yuan is a lot."
He has to work for several days to earn it!
"No, no, no." Song Tan shook his head and couldn't help but touch his cheek: "600 yuan is nothing compared to our Qiaoqiao's happiness and experience."
She laughed, her eyes seemed to be filled with stars: "Sister, I work hard just to make Qiaoqiao and my parents live a better life!"
Qiaoqiao’s eyes were also bright.
But after a moment, he wrinkled his nose and said, "Sister, you worked very hard last night, but you haven't done much work this year!"
Song Tan: ...Smelly kid!
(End of this chapter)