Chapter 88

Not seeing Wang Yong, the Li Hongxing family, who were very excited, could only entrust Wang Dahai to call them as soon as Wang Yong returned.

Early in the morning, after receiving Wang Dahai's call, Li Hongxing immediately drove with his family of three, except for his eldest son who had already returned to work, and hurried over.

Hearing that Wang Yong liked to eat fish, Li Hongxing specially ran to the county early and bought two large grass carp, each weighing over thirty pounds, from a fish vendor he had greeted.

"Don't just talk, Old Cao, go get the wine. This is a grand occasion, drink more with Old Li," the godmother said, bringing in a plate of cold jellyfish head.

Hearing this, the godfather stopped Wang Yong, who was about to get up to get the wine: "I'll go get it. Your godmother specially made a wine cellar while you were away, and you don't even know where it is."

After saying this, the godfather turned and walked out. Uncle, upon hearing this, hurriedly got up and followed. He knew the godmother very well and was sure that the wine cellar she built would have plenty of good wine. If he didn't go to see it, he would be itching inside and might not even be able to eat later.

After a while, the two returned. The godfather brought two bottles of twenty-year-old Maotai, while Uncle held a bottle of red wine in his left hand and a bottle of XO in his right.

"Wow! I've only seen XO on TV before, it's something only big bosses drink. Today, we can taste it too!" Uncle said excitedly.

"You, you're closer to the wine than to your wife. How can you still have this habit at your age?" Second Aunt scolded Uncle, but didn't oppose his drinking.

"Hehe, there are a few bottles left in the wine cellar. If you like, you can take them all. We don't drink that stuff. It was originally prepared by Liu Hui for Wang Yong. How could he say no to you, his uncle?" the godfather said.

"Exactly, pour it all out. You start eating, we'll be done soon." The godmother walked in with a small bowl of fried peanuts. She was very grateful to Wang Dahai. Regardless of Wang Yong's relationship with him, she had heard Old Cao tell her how the Wang brothers helped him and his brother through the toughest times without asking for anything in return. Moreover, her godson Wang Yong had caused them a lot of worry. What were a few bottles of wine?

"Godmother, bring the fish jelly from the fridge," Wang Yong said to the godmother.

"You child, you don't know anything. Can't you get it yourself? Don't you see your godmother is busy?" Second Aunt said unhappily.

"Second Aunt, it's fine, I'll go. Let him sit and eat. He's the main character today," the godmother said without hesitation, even happily going to get the fish jelly for Wang Yong. When she brought it over, she placed it near Wang Yong.

"You, you'll spoil him," Second Aunt said to Liu Hui, giving Wang Yong a glare.

The godmother didn't respond, just smiled and went back to the kitchen.

After a while, the re-fried small yellow croakers, braised eggplant, braised beef, and red-braised large prawns, each as long as a palm, were brought in, making everyone's appetite increase. There was also the green pepper and egg stir-fry that Xiao Xia loved, and the pork ribs stew from yesterday. All were served in large bowls, with plenty of food.

"Come, Wang Yong, the Li family of three will toast you first. We won't say thanks, Li Uncle knows you don't need anything. But if you need anything from Li Uncle in the future, don't be polite!"

"Li Uncle, why say such things? Our relationship doesn't need such formalities," Wang Yong quickly stood up, seeing the Li family all holding their glasses to toast him.

"Right, Old Li, what are you doing?"

"Old Li, you're making it too formal. I've never been formal with you. If you keep this up, I won't allow it! Sit down quickly!" Uncle also stood up and pressed Li Hongxing to sit down.

"Right, Li Uncle, our families are like one. Do you need to be so formal? When I was down and out, you still took care of Wang Liang. I never considered you an outsider and never said thank you."

"Alright, no more talk, let's drink." Li Hongxing tilted his head back and finished the three ounces of glass in one go. Whether it was the alcohol or something else, his eyes were filled with tears. Sun Qin and Xiao Xia's mother also had red eyes as they followed Li Hongxing in finishing their glasses of red wine.

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and no one spoke. Everyone knew about Xiao Xia's condition, a disease that could only be waited out, with no hope of a cure. They had all given up on curing Xiao Xia, only hoping she could live out her remaining days happily.

But no one expected that Wang Yong would create super vegetables, and even more surprisingly, the special substances in the super vegetables could actually treat Xiao Xia's disease.

When he learned that Xiao Xia's condition had truly improved and that continuing to eat the super vegetables for a while would definitely cure her, Li Hongxing's feelings were indescribable. His mind went blank, and then he was overjoyed, not knowing what to do.

When he heard the chief doctor say that in the capital, the super vegetables were priceless, and that even wealthy people were willing to pay one million yuan per pound to buy them, Li Hongxing snapped out of his joy.

Since Wang Yong and Wang Dahai came to his house once, his family had never run out of vegetables from Wang Yong's greenhouse. At that time, he felt that the two families had a good relationship, especially since Wang Liang and his son got along very well. He never thought to refuse, after all, it was just a few pounds of vegetables. He even thought that Wang Yong might have known about his help with Wang Liang and wanted to express his gratitude.

Xiao Xia particularly liked the delicious vegetables, and he even said that Wang Yong was quite capable, as the vegetables he grew were much better than those from ordinary greenhouses.

Even when he learned that Wang Yong's greenhouse vegetables were more expensive than meat, he never refused the vegetables they sent. The vegetables were a bit expensive, but not much for the two families.

After all, they were grown by Wang Yong himself, with little cost. Moreover, every time Xiao Xia ate the vegetables Wang Yong grew, she was very happy. For so many years, he had never seen his daughter smile so much.

As long as his daughter liked it, he would do anything to make sure she could eat the vegetables every day. He had planned to go to Ban Shan Village to buy the vegetables from Wang Yong at the price he sold to city customers after they finished eating, but before he could go, Wang Dahai or his wife would always deliver the vegetables on time.

Whenever he tried to pay, they would refuse. With so many years of friendship, there was no need to be so particular about a few pounds of vegetables. Moreover, a secret he discovered by chance made him feel that paying was inappropriate.

What Li Hongxing didn't know was that Wang Yong had also discovered this secret. So, after learning the secret, he became even more attentive to Xiao Xia, whom he had already considered his sister.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Wang Liang came back, Wang Yong noticed that Wang Liang seemed to have a good impression of Xiao Xia. Whenever he talked about Xiao Xia, a happy smile would appear on his face. Wang Yong, who had dating experience, realized that his brother, who was about to graduate from high school in half a year, was in love.

Wang Yong wasn't surprised that his handsome and academically excellent brother had a girlfriend. But the key was how he and Xiao Xia got together.

Unable to figure it out, Wang Yong decided to talk to Wang Liang directly. He wasn't planning to oppose them. Even if his super vegetables couldn't cure Xiao Xia's disease, he could have Xiao Guang place an order in the space trading system to buy the medicine and methods to treat the disease, which wouldn't be too difficult.

But just as he was about to ask, he mentioned it to Uncle during a chat, and Uncle told him: "Everyone in the family knows, and even your Li Uncle's family probably knows. They're just pretending not to know. Let them develop their relationship slowly! They're both unfortunate children, as long as they're happy!"

Wang Yong finally accepted Uncle's advice and let them develop their relationship on their own. To be honest, if it weren't for Xiao Xia's cruel disease (Eisenmenger syndrome, where treatment could actually shorten her life, as supported by data), with her looks and family background, she would have had a whole platoon of suitors, and Wang Liang wouldn't have had an easy time winning her heart.

After that, Wang Yong sent vegetables to Li Uncle's house every few days. When he was busy, he would have Uncle and Aunt deliver them. When asked why, Wang Yong would simply say: "Xiao Xia likes to eat them, especially the green peppers."

After that, Aunt, who loved Xiao Xia deeply, took on the task of delivering vegetables to her. Moreover, a portion of the green peppers from the greenhouse was always reserved for Xiao Xia.

Uncle even came up with a clever idea, planting a few green pepper seeds every few days. With Wang Yong around, the survival rate was 100%, ensuring a steady supply of green peppers, so Xiao Xia could almost eat fresh green peppers every day.

Moreover, Wang Yong would occasionally bring out the original green peppers from the small world to replace the "export version" grown by Uncle. The peaches, the first plants grown in the small world, which Wang Yong gave to Xiao Xia, had an incredibly powerful effect, playing a decisive role in her rapid recovery.

"Since everyone is here, especially Wang Yong, I want to say something," Li Hongxing suddenly said, looking at his daughter who was competing with Wang Yong for the fish and his wife who was looking at him.

"Old Li, didn't we say no need to be so formal? We've known each other for so many years. Just say what you want, don't beat around the bush," Uncle said, holding a large bone and gnawing on it.

"This matter, I couldn't bring myself to say it before, but now..."

"Now that Xiao Xia is better, you want to talk about Wang Liang and Xiao Xia, right? What's so hard to say? Do you think only you know about them, and we're all fools? Even Wang Yong, who just came back, noticed it. How could we old guys not notice?" Uncle continued gnawing on the bone, ignoring the various looks of resentment, disdain, or surprise from the others, showing a heroic spirit of standing firm against the wind and rain.

Xiao Xia, who was playing with Wang Yong, blushed so much that Wang Yong thought about taking her to the hospital for an IV.

"This matter, we have no objections. The main thing is what they two think," Second Grandfather, the highest authority in the family, gave important instructions.

"The two are still young. I think we can set the engagement first, then let them develop their relationship slowly. Whether they can end up together in the future is up to them," Second Aunt, who had almost absolute authority in family matters, said, finalizing the matter. She also loved the lovely and beautiful but unfortunate Xiao Xia, always giving her the best food when she visited Aunt's house.

"Wow! Our mother thought of it so well. Why didn't I think of it?" This was Aunt, who didn't know how to flatter.

"Too wise!" This was Uncle, who was too direct.

"Second Aunt, you thought of it so well. In the future, when we encounter problems, you must help us, the younger generation, and be a good advisor, a good advisor!" This was the godmother, who knew how to speak.

Wang Yong, of course, was much better than them. Being the main character, he had to be different. So, he said something that stunned everyone:

"Whatever Second Aunt says, we will always follow. Whatever decisions Second Aunt makes, we will firmly support." (To be continued.)

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