I awakened the cultivation panel.

Chapter 97 Next Time I'll Go to Your House

"Is it too late to ask this now?"

Li Shiming sighed.

Chen Jingle was slightly taken aback upon hearing this: "Uh, it's already started?"

"No," Li Shiming said, sipping her sweet soup. "But it'll be ready soon."

"When exactly?"

"tomorrow."

"..." Chen Jingle twitched the corner of his mouth: "Looks like the exams are over."

awkward.

He really didn't pay attention to these things, not even the previous college entrance examination.

For him, these things are too far removed from his life and have little to do with him. Even if he sees them online, he's too lazy to comment.

There are no relatives taking the college entrance examination or attending high school.

Besides, he has plenty of things to deal with in reality, so he doesn't have time to care about anything else.

“Yes,” Li Shiming said with a smile. “The exam was a few days ago. After the exam, I just finished grading the Chinese test and handed in the scores. That was it.”

Although she had only been working for a year, she had already mastered the art of slacking off. Since she wasn't a homeroom teacher, she felt perfectly justified in doing so.

Neither the grade level nor the school leaders dared to say anything to her; it was already a good thing if she could just keep up with her classes.

"Then..." Chen Jingle hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

I originally wanted to ask the other person what their plans were for the summer vacation, but that seemed like I was inquiring about their private travel plans.

It seemed very presumptuous.

"Are you trying to ask me where I'm planning to go this summer?" Li Shiming instantly guessed what he wanted to ask, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Chen Jingle nodded slightly.

Li Shiming blinked, thinking for a moment, and said, "I haven't decided yet. I've already been to many places, and I haven't found a new destination. Besides, my friends might not be available, and my parents have been quite busy lately."

At this point, she subconsciously looked at Chen Jingle.

Their eyes met and then looked away.

She immediately rejected the idea, saying it wouldn't work because their relationship wasn't at that stage yet.

So I said, "Let's rest at home for ten days or half a month first, and then wander around Jiangbei to see if there are any newly opened restaurants or food stalls that I haven't discovered before. Jiangbei isn't that big or that small. If you really want to know, even in the city center, there are still many shops that I haven't explored, not to mention the many rural farmhouses. Here, the food at rural farmhouses is just as good as those high-end restaurants and hotels."

This girl really has a passion for food.

The key is that she doesn't gain weight despite eating like this. People who can't lose weight no matter how much they eat will be so envious and jealous.

Chen Jingle nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Li Shiming's eyes sparkled: "You're the most comfortable, you get a vacation every day!"

Chen Jingle chuckled: "Anyone can take a day off every day if they don't have to work, as long as they don't get bored and aren't afraid of becoming more and more useless from lying around."

Do you think you're completely useless?

Li Shiming's big eyes were full of curiosity: "Why do I feel that your energy and spirit are getting better and better?"

Chen Jingle thought for a moment: "People are different, right? I'm not just lying at home doing nothing."

"So what do you usually do at home?" Li Shiming asked.

doing what?
There's so much to do!

Chen Jingle thought for a moment: "Grow vegetables, grow flowers, manage the orchard, raise cats, raise birds, raise fish."

This is something that can be said.

As for things that cannot be mentioned, there are cultivation, alchemy, talisman making, collecting moon dew, and so on.

Anyway, there's a lot to do.

Chen Jingle didn't even know if he could still be considered to be "lying flat" now.

If the definition of "lying flat" is simply not going to work, then he is indeed lying flat at home right now.

However, he personally feels that lying down doesn't mean doing nothing; it can mean doing whatever you like and doing whatever makes you happy.

It's more like a change of lifestyle.

The only difference between him and those young people in big cities who can work when they want and lie in their rented rooms when they don't is that the latter are in the city, while he is in the countryside.

Given the current pace and trends of social development, it is clear that we can no longer adhere to the mindset of decades ago; people must learn to be flexible.

When you realize that your personal efforts can never keep up with the rising costs of marriage and childbirth imposed on you by society, and when you perceive that the mainstream values ​​and current state of society have become distorted and abnormal, you no longer need to take fame, fortune, status, and so on as the sole criteria for measuring success.

In this situation, lying down becomes a rational strike.

Clearly, Chen Jingle knew what he wanted and what he didn't want.

Focus on yourself, let go of expectations, and live a comfortable life. Isn't that better than struggling and dying?
Like I said before, in this day and age, I've only ever heard of people dying from overwork, never from starvation. If all else fails, just go to the market and pick up rotten vegetable scraps.

If you maintain your old way of thinking and feel powerless to change the status quo, all you'll get is suffocation and pain.

……

Li Shiming's eyes lit up when she heard this.

She knows about raising cats and birds, but not much else.

"That sounds interesting. What kinds of flowers do you grow?"

"Roses, bougainvillea, sunflowers."

Chen Jingle said, "We've set up a flower arch and a flower wall, and they should be in full bloom in a while."

Huh? There's a flower archway and a flower wall too?

Just thinking about it made Li Shiming feel incredibly happy. Her eyes widened, and she quickly asked, "Can I go take a look?"

Uh……

Chen Jingle hesitated for two seconds: "If you want to come then, it's not impossible. But there's nothing to see in the countryside."

Li Shiming didn't take it to heart: "Hey, my hometown is also in the countryside. Although it's not as good as the city, it's also better than the city. For example, you can grow this and that at home, which I can't do in the city."

In fact, there aren't many flowers planted in the courtyard of her villa, as space is limited.

Even so, her mother cherished her dearly, and Aunt Wang loved her too, often trimming her hair.

Of course, what made her happiest was that Chen Jingle sincerely invited her to his home.

That's a huge step forward!
……

After finishing the sweet soup, Chen Jingle checked the time and realized it was time to leave.

Just then, Sister Xin sent a message saying that he was almost done with his work and needed to take Lin Yuqing back.

After saying goodbye to Li Shiming, Chen Jingle drove Lin Yuqing back to the Forestry Bureau.

"I played a round and didn't spend any coins." Chen Jingle returned the money Chen Kexin had transferred to him that morning.

Chen Kexin was immediately stunned: "Don't tell me that neither of you had lunch."

Chen Jing chuckled: "No way, would I let Yuqing go hungry? Someone's treating."

"Who's paying?"

"friend."

"It's Sister Piaoniang~!" Lin Yuqing raised her hand and shouted.

Chen Jingle: "..."

Don't do it!

"Hmm?" Chen Kexin's expression immediately became subtle, a half-smile on her face: "Quickly, tell the truth."

Chen Jingle explained helplessly: "It's just a regular female friend. I had helped her out a little before, and we happened to run into each other. She treated me to a meal, it's that simple."

He wasn't lying.

She was indeed an ordinary female friend, she did help people, and it just so happened that we met.

Is there a problem?

No problem! Absolutely no problem!
Sister Xin asked curiously, "What do you look like?"

Chen Jingle replied, "So-so."

"Really? Didn't Yuqing say she was very pretty?" Sister Xin asked, half-believing.

Chen Jingle retorted, "You believe what a two-year-old says?"

“Uh…” Chen Kexin was speechless.

Chen Jingle yawned and waved his hand: "Alright, I should go back now. I've been out all day and I'm so sleepy. I can take a nap if I go back now."

Seeing this, Chen Kexin stopped arguing and quickly said, "Okay, be careful riding your bike on the way back."

"Well, bye~"

"Bye-bye, Yuqing, say goodbye to your uncle."

Goodbye, Uncle!

"Goodbye, sweetie~"

"..."

To be honest, my WeChat steps today are more than I did in the previous few days of this week combined.

(End of this chapter)