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Chapter 236 Local Features
Liu Ruyan was initially quite happy, even thinking she was about to make a big profit from a small investment, but she didn't expect that Old Lin would just have his son arrange a meal for her.

For a moment, she even considered asking for her things back; how could this person be so clueless?

Of course, the idea only flashed through her mind for a moment. She couldn't possibly lure a grown person away with just a few gifts, could she?
Upstairs, Comrade Lin sat on the sofa looking dazed, while his mother, Zhou Min, handed him a wet towel.

"Quickly wipe your face. What kind of person are you? Going home to visit a grave and getting yourself all drunk like this?"

I left right after breakfast this morning. Look at the time!

Zhou Min naturally gave her husband a good scolding when he left in the morning but returned drunk.

Especially when she called to inquire in the afternoon, her son actually said that his father had drunk too much, Zhou Min immediately became furious.

But when her man comes home drunk, she still suppresses her anger and serves him.

"Honey, it's really not my fault. I only planned to have a couple of beers as a token gesture, and I asked our son to drive us back. I didn't expect Xiao Su to bring her classmates over to play."

Her classmate is incredibly heavy drinker. How could I refuse a toast from a junior? But I must say, that girl is quite nice. She's good-looking and polite. Just now downstairs, she insisted on giving me some tea leaves, and I couldn't refuse." Old Lin wiped his face with a wet towel and immediately became a bit more sober.

"So you dared to accept gifts from a girl on your first meeting? You've been drinking too much, haven't you? Answer me! If you ever cause trouble while drinking, you'd better quit drinking!" Zhou Min, the mother, was furious.

Although their family is not well-off, they don't accept things from just anyone. It was their first time meeting someone, how could they possibly accept such a thing!

"I was also caught off guard at the time. I regretted it before I even got upstairs. But luckily, I had my son go and arrange for them to have dinner," Old Lin sighed helplessly.

The saying "drinking leads to trouble" is absolutely true. If he were sober, he would never accept this stuff under any circumstances.

"Hmph, you really went to a lot of trouble," Zhou Min, the mother, rolled her eyes at him, then looked at the two boxes her husband had brought back: "Tea, and this thing is cordyceps? This stuff isn't cheap, is it?"

"I don't know, but the bottle of wine that girl took out today wasn't cheap, and her clothes, her demeanor, all suggested she was from a wealthy family," Old Lin nodded.

"You even drank their good wine? How can you be so greedy!"

Comrade Lao Lin:
Fortunately, Zhou Min's attention was focused on her anger and she didn't notice the type of gifts; otherwise, she would have noticed something amiss.

Cigarettes, alcohol, candy, tea, nutritional supplements, tonics—these things are meaningless individually, but when they are put together, they become quite significant.

Otherwise, Lin Mo's aunt Zhou Hui wouldn't have suspected that her daughter liked girls.

Meanwhile, Lin Mo was driving around on the outer ring road of Nancheng City.

"My sister spent a lot of money today. Let's go. You came all this way and even brought things for my dad. What would you like to eat tonight? I'll arrange it," Lin Mo said from the back seat of the car.

Today, Liu Ruyan's behavior was truly perplexing to him, but he wasn't sure if it was really as his cousin Su He said, that Liu Ruyan's family valued rules and could only try their best to return the favor.

Besides, even if Liu Ruyan didn't bring anything today, since he's come to Nancheng, he's still considered a host, so treating her to a meal shouldn't be a problem, especially since this is his sugar daddy.

"Cough cough. You think that thing is free? Haven't you heard that there's no such thing as a free lunch? What's free is the most expensive. It wouldn't be unreasonable for them to ask you for hundreds of millions later," Su He sneered, speaking with a pointed remark.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan, sitting in the passenger seat, punched her and spat, "Get lost! Did I not take anything from your house? I didn't lack cigarettes, alcohol, or tea. This is called politeness, don't you know? My dad taught me from a young age that when you're out and about, it's never wrong to be polite to your elders."

Although she said that, Liu Ruyan was still a little uneasy. She knew in her heart whether she had ulterior motives or not.

Hearing Su He's words, she hurriedly tried to defend herself, then continued, "Well, how about we go to the biggest restaurant in your Nancheng City and have a quick meal together? It's not easy for my brother to treat us, so I won't be polite!"

Hearing this, Su He gave the person in the passenger seat a strange look: "Are you sure?" Lin Mo's gaze mirrored his cousin's: "The biggest restaurant?"

"What? You're not going to be stingy with the treat, are you?" Liu Ruyan turned her head and gave him a reproachful look.

Upon hearing this, the siblings exchanged a glance and sighed.

In less than ten minutes, Su He parked the car in Wanda's parking lot.

"What? Aren't we going to eat?" Liu Ruyan asked, puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Su He raised her chin and gestured towards the KFC in front of the car, saying, "Hey, you chose the biggest restaurant!"

Lin Mo: "The building was just completed last year and was just put into use at the beginning of this year. The entire first floor is KFC, and the area is huge. If you don't like that, there are snacks on the second floor, such as self-service boxed meals, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), fried noodles, and all kinds of other food. Eat up, eat whatever you want!"

Liu Ruyan:
"Are you kidding me? I came all this way and this is what you're serving me? You should at least give me something more upscale!"

Su He sneered upon hearing this: "You chose your own idol!"

"Please, this is a small county town, do you think it's Jiangning? There are no fancy restaurants here. Even if the three of us are really hungry, it'll only cost a thousand or eight hundred yuan at most. We can't survive in high-end restaurants here, okay?" Lin Mo said, barely suppressing a laugh.

That's true. In their small county, there are neither star-rated hotels nor high-end secret recipes, and the prices are all very affordable.

Of course, there might be some higher-end options, but the siblings come from ordinary families and wouldn't have access to them.

"I don't care, I'm not eating this, let's go somewhere else!" Liu Ruyan sat in the passenger seat and refused to get out of the car, looking like she would rather die than eat it.

Hearing this, Lin Mo, sitting in the back seat, smiled helplessly and said, "Then tell me, what do you want to eat? You have to have a goal, right?"

"Don't you have any local specialties in Nancheng? Let's eat this. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When you go to a new place, you have to try the local specialties!" Liu Ruyan thought for a moment and realized that she was not familiar with this area. She could only place her hopes on Nancheng, thinking that if it could become a local specialty, it couldn't be bad.

Ten minutes later, the car stopped in front of a shop that looked quite old, with a sign prominently displaying four large characters: "Nancheng Aged Vinegar".

Liu Ruyan:
"No, are you two deliberately messing with me? Who drinks vinegar at a meal? It's food, it's delicious food, don't you understand?!"

Seeing that Liu Ruyan was getting anxious, the siblings were in a pretty good mood.

“Didn’t you say you wanted something special? Here, this is our Nancheng specialty, aged vinegar. It’s very famous. When people in the surrounding counties talk about vinegar, the first thing they think of is our Nancheng vinegar,” Lin Mo said with a smile.

As soon as she finished speaking, Ruyan suddenly turned around and glared at him, looking as if she was about to bite him at the slightest provocation, which frightened Lin Mo so much that he quickly shrank back.

Just then, my cousin Su He suddenly spoke up: "Speaking of special features, we have another one in the South City."

"Really? Then let's try another specialty, as long as it's not vinegar!" Liu Ruyan's face instantly brightened.

Lin Mo, on the other hand, was a little puzzled: "Sis, does our place have any other special features? I haven't heard of any."

He's lived here for over 20 years, surely he knows what local specialties his hometown has.

I've never heard of Nancheng having any other specialties besides aged vinegar.
Hearing this, her cousin Su He smiled and said, "Of course I am, isn't she sitting in the back?"

Let me tell you about Ruyan. My cousin is the biggest local specialty—his personal specialty! If you don't like it, you don't have to pay!

Lin Mo:
Liu Ruyan:
(End of this chapter)