Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away-Chapter 66 - Fifty-seven This is simply a master of love _1

Pretty soon, Tangtang would need to go to school, and what in the future wouldn’t require money?

Hearing what the seller said, Gu Chen nodded in agreement.

Then he looked back at the shiitake mushrooms. Although they were expensive, the seller didn’t have much left—only about two or three jin.

Moreover, the shiitake mushrooms didn’t look very good quality; they were small and didn’t have a good appearance.

No matter how he looked at them, something seemed off.

They didn’t feel authentic.

The uglier something was, the more he found himself inadvertently wanting to take a longer look.

Gu Chen frowned and took another glance at the shiitake mushrooms.

At this look, he suddenly discovered why these mushrooms were so ugly; their stems were long and somewhat thin.

But the cap’s flesh appeared thicker than that of shiitake mushrooms.

All in all, they just didn’t look right!

Looking at these inferior shiitake mushrooms, an image from his previous life suddenly flashed in Gu Chen’s mind—an image he had seen in the news.

A dish of matsutake mushrooms had been sold for thousands of yuan.

There was also a picture of fresh matsutake mushrooms accompanying the article.

The matsutake mushrooms in that picture were the spitting image of the ones on this mushroom stand.

Could it be that these mushrooms weren’t shiitake mushrooms, but matsutake mushrooms?

The thought made his scalp tingle!

Seeing that he hadn’t said a word for a long while, the seller thought he was put off by the high price and didn’t want them. He glanced at the other stalls around him.

The few stalls left were gradually dwindling in number.

Unable to help feeling anxious, the seller said, “How about this, brother? Five yuan per jin, and I’ll sell them to you. What do you think?”

After saying this, he couldn’t resist muttering, “Just take them so I can go home. If I hadn’t been thinking about making some money today, I wouldn’t have come out here in the first place!”

He really didn’t want to hang around here any longer, out in the cold, while everyone else was at home celebrating the New Year.

He too wanted to go home!

Gu Chen smiled, “Oh? Is this your first day selling vegetables, then?”

Honestly, he wasn’t certain whether these were shiitake mushrooms or matsutake mushrooms.

He wanted to ask, but he couldn’t just come out with it. What if the seller really didn’t know?

Upon hearing this, the seller pursed his lips.

“Isn’t it just? To tell you the truth, I drive a tractor. My wife saw others envious of the vegetable selling and nagged me into joining the crowd, hoping to make a quick buck for the New Year.”

Hearing the seller say this confirmed the suspicions in Gu Chen’s mind.

No wonder he didn’t know.

It seemed there was an extremely high likelihood that these were indeed matsutake mushrooms.

Matsutake mushrooms are naturally rare and valuable edible fungi; they’re also precious natural medicinal mushrooms!

He smiled at the seller.

“I’ll take all of these. Let’s not fuss over this on the New Year. Twenty yuan, I’ll take them all!”

Hearing him say that, the shopkeeper’s eyes lit up with excitement!

It’s just a bit over three pounds, twenty yuan, so this brother isn’t planning to haggle, huh? And not only is he not bargaining, but it also seems like I’ve earned a few more coins?

“Alright, alright, no problem!”

The shopkeeper immediately agreed with a beaming smile and stuffed all the mushrooms into a bag without hesitation.

Ji Pianran tugged at Gu Chen’s sleeve, but it was not appropriate to say anything more.

She just sighed.

Gu Chen was a man, and she knew that men cared about their pride.

Gu Chen patted her hand.

“It’s fine. It’s the New Year, and everyone has it tough.”

The shopkeeper packed up all the matsutake mushrooms and handed them to Gu Chen, who smilingly paid the twenty yuan and then left with Ji Pianran and Tiantian.

After getting the mushrooms, Gu Chen took his wife and daughter around the market for a bit longer.

They bought some spare ribs, carp, lamb, and plenty of fruit, like apples, oranges, and bananas.

Moreover, Gu Chen was very proactive, not even giving Ji Pianran the chance to bargain.

The vendors at the market were just about to head home, so meeting a customer who paid quickly without haggling made them extremely happy.

Of course, Gu Chen wasn’t there to be taken advantage of.

As long as the price seemed about right, he would pay immediately.

If anyone tried to take advantage of his ignorance with outrageous prices, he simply wouldn’t even look at them and would walk away.

This was a trip to buy vegetables, not to argue. There was no point in getting upset over a few small coins during the New Year.

Watching all this, Ji Pianran felt both distressed and helpless.

Gu Chen didn’t even give her a chance to show her bargaining skills!

Just for a little bit of spare ribs, it cost thirty yuan, that was practically daylight robbery!

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Although it was already noon by this time,

the weather was still a bit cold.

Gu Chen walked ahead, carrying a lot of things in one hand and holding Tiantian in the other.

He wasn’t cold at all; in fact, he even felt a bit warm.

But Ji Pianran, following behind, felt colder as they walked.

Her fingers felt as if they were about to freeze, and she couldn’t help but put her hands to her mouth and breathe on them.

Since the place was crowded, Gu Chen feared Ji Pianran might get lost. When he turned around, he caught sight of Ji Pianran rubbing her hands and blowing on them.

Seeing her fingertips turning a bit red, Gu Chen couldn’t help but feel pity.

Just then, there was a vendor selling roasted chestnuts ahead. Without thinking much, Gu Chen walked over with Tiantian in his arms.

“Boss, two portions of chestnuts!”

The vendor replied with an enthusiastic smile, “Sure thing!”

After scooping two helpings of hot sugared chestnuts from the pot, he put them into two paper bags, one scoop in each.

He weighed them and smiled contentedly, “Look at my hand, just like a scale, see? Two bags, exactly alike, each a half-pound, eight yuan total.”

Upon hearing eight yuan, Ji Pianran couldn’t help but shake her head in resignation. He had bought so much already, was there no end to his appetite?

Buying two bags of chestnuts too, as if not knowing the cost of today’s purchases!

She hurried over.

“Hey, you…”

Ji Pianran had not yet finished speaking when she saw Gu Chen smilingly holding the two bags of roasted chestnuts, stuffing one into his left pocket and then the other into his right.

He looked at her with a face full of tenderness.

“Put your hands in your pockets, it’ll be warm!”