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"Teacher Su, I'm full. I'm going out for a walk." Lin Ge was ready to slip away after ruining Zhou Bowen's plans.
"You scoundrel, with time to rest, don't you know how to stay in the classroom and study? With that attitude, how are you going to get first place in the whole school?" Su Yalin playfully chided, then followed him. At the same time, she was holding the instant noodles Lin Ge gave her, along with a large pile of snacks.
She was actually quite excited, anticipating what this Master Kong instant noodle, advertised on TV, would taste like. Lin Ge had eaten all the meal. She hadn't even had lunch yet. So Su Yalin decided that today's lunch would be this cup of instant noodles and all those various snacks.
Honestly, she felt a little thrilled now, and quite grateful to Lin Ge. If it weren't for Lin Ge, with her barely sufficient salary, she wouldn't have had the chance to eat so many snacks. As for giving Lin Ge a political lesson, Su Yalin had long forgotten about it. When you eat someone's food, you can't speak harshly; when you take someone's gift, you can't act unfairly. Lin Ge had given her so many snacks, how could she criticize him?
And so, their figures disappeared from the office, leaving behind a lonely Zhou Bowen.
"Lin Ge, you little rascal, I'll remember you." Zhou Bowen gritted his teeth in anger. The loving lunch was made by him. In the end, it was eaten by Lin Ge. This meant Su Yalin naturally wouldn't feel indebted to him. Instead, because of the pile of snacks Lin Ge gave her, Su Yalin felt a bit awkward towards Lin Ge.
Zhou Bowen always had a strange feeling. He saw the shadow of a love rival in the eighteen-year-old Lin Ge. This kid posed a huge threat to him.
"No, it must be an illusion." "An 18-year-old kid, barely grown up, how could Yalin possibly fall for him?" Zhou Bowen shook his head, shaking off the chaotic thoughts from his mind.
However, if he knew that Su Yalin was originally his wife in the previous life, and Lin Ge's current goal was to ruin their affair and kick him out of the game, who knows what Zhou Bowen would think.
"First, a trip to the supermarket." After parting with Su Yalin, Lin Ge left the school. He boarded a bus bound for Lianhua Supermarket.
Stepping onto the bus, Lin Ge felt a wave of nostalgia for the era. Here, there were no automatic fare boxes, only ticket conductors. No air conditioning; windows could be opened at will. The style of the bus was also a product of the 90s. The fare was three jiao per person, and monthly passes could also be purchased.
When he first transmigrated, Lin Ge definitely wouldn't have had three jiao. The smallest denomination of money the system gave him was 100 yuan. But luckily, he had received change after buying snacks at the school tuck shop. So he simply paid and found a random seat.
"Lianhua Supermarket, arriving! Get off, get off!" There was no voice broadcast; it all relied on the ticket conductor's loud shouts.
"This supermarket is too small, isn't it?" Standing in front of the less than 200 square meter Lianhua Supermarket, Lin Ge was a little speechless. And this was already Jiangbei City's largest supermarket.
In 1991, Lianhua Supermarket opened in Quyang, Baoding. This was truly the first supermarket in China. In 1993, Lianhua Supermarket expanded, opening its first branch in Jiangbei City. At this time, there were no Carrefours or Walmarts like in later generations, because foreign supermarkets wouldn't enter China until after 1995. With no experience to learn from, the development of domestic supermarkets to this extent was already quite good.
"Forget it, small is better than nothing." Lin Ge didn't come just to see the supermarket. He primarily came to stock up. It was impossible to eat pickled radishes for lunch, and there was no takeout food outside the school. Under these circumstances, Lin Ge decided to buy some snacks to store and eat. Another goal was that Lin Ge decided to use these snacks to entice Yu Kelan. As for how to entice her... hehe.
Since he chose to come to the supermarket, Lin Ge naturally wouldn't choose to buy those domestically produced small snacks. He went to the import section, which featured snacks imported from abroad. The snacks here were expensive, definitely unaffordable for ordinary people. But Lin Ge had no such concerns. He simply swept items into his basket.
"Cookies, Shaqima, potato chips, cola, Maltesers, chocolate... Eh, these snacks are no different from the snacks of later generations, just the packaging is a bit old-fashioned," Lin Ge said with some surprise.
As for the price...
"Sir, that will be 402 yuan in total." At checkout, the saleswoman looked at Lin Ge with envy. Since Lianhua Supermarket opened, this was the first time she had seen a customer buy so many snacks at once. After all, 402 yuan was equivalent to two months' salary for an ordinary person. Looking at the school uniform Lin Ge was wearing, she guessed he must be a child from a wealthy family.
"Seventeen-five.""Seventeen-seven.""Eighteen-two."
As soon as he returned home, Wang Cheng opened his drawer and counted his secret stash of money. This money was saved from small amounts, like one or two jiao, received during New Year's or when running errands for the family. He counted it; it was exactly eighteen yuan and two jiao.
"Little Cheng, come eat." Wang Cheng's mother's voice sounded from the living room.
"Mom, I'm coming!" Wang Cheng quickly replied. Looking at the pile of small bills in his hand, Wang Cheng thought for a moment. He ultimately kept 10 yuan. Then, with a pained heart, he put the eight yuan and two jiao into his pocket.
When Lin Ge arrived in class, he was again carrying a large bag of things in his hand. This time, however, the bag was black, obscuring its contents. Although the classmates looked at him with curiosity, they weren't as shocked as before. They thought these were just snacks Lin Ge had bought from the tuck shop that morning.
In the first row, Yu Kelan was sitting at her desk, writing something. It seemed she was studying. Yu Kelan was truly studying at first. But when Lin Ge entered and she saw him in her peripheral vision, her heart suddenly panicked a little. Although her hand continued to move, she no longer knew what she was writing.
"Yu Kelan, quite early, aren't you?" Lin Ge put down the bag, sat down, and then smiled at Yu Kelan.
"None of your business." Yu Kelan said in a grumpy tone. It was all Lin Ge's fault. If he hadn't fed her that mouthful of instant noodles, would she be so shy now? Of course, this shyness didn't mean Yu Kelan liked Lin Ge. It was simply a girl's natural, thin-skinned reaction.
"Kelan, I have something for you." By a stroke of coincidence, Wang Cheng also arrived in the classroom at this moment. He, too, was carrying a bag.
"Something for me?""What is it?" Yu Kelan didn't lose her temper with Wang Cheng. Wang Cheng was a good student and very considerate, and Yu Kelan had always had a good impression of him.
"Look." Wang Cheng first glanced at Lin Ge, then pulled a cup of instant noodles from his bag. It was identical to the cup of instant noodles Lin Ge had eaten that morning. Master Kong Braised Beef Noodles! It was both Master Kong's first version and its signature flavor.
Wang Cheng's voice wasn't quiet; the entire classroom heard him. The classmates immediately looked on with envy.
"The tuck shop owner only brought in three cups of instant noodles, and he bought them all up in one go, right?""A cup of instant noodles costs 2.5 yuan. Where did Wang Cheng get so much money?""He's such a good student, probably from his family's rewards.""My grades are good too, but my parents never reward me. I'm so jealous!""Is Wang Cheng planning to give this instant noodle to Yu Kelan?""Maybe, he seems to like Yu Kelan.""Isn't that an early romance?""They're top students, the teacher will probably pretend not to see it even if they date early. We can't be jealous!""I think Lin Ge likes Yu Kelan too.""No need to tell me, I saw it long ago, otherwise why would he switch seats with Wang Cheng?""Wang Cheng buying such expensive instant noodles for Yu Kelan is definitely to target Lin Ge, right?""One hundred percent, we're in for a good show."