## Chapter 15: Spitfire Grandma Shen
“It’s not a fishing net, nor is it a spider web.” Lu Zhuoyuan didn’t know how to explain it to little Guaibao.
He simply changed the subject and said, “Anyway, tell your family first so they can help you get those five hundred catties of rice later.”
Little Guaibao obediently nodded, responded in her mind, and then trotted over on her short little legs to find Old Man Shen and Mrs. Shen. “Grandpa, Grandma, Brother Lu said he’ll give us five hundred catties of rice in a moment.”
“What?!” Hearing what little Guaibao said, Old Man Shen and Mrs. Shen were so shocked they almost jumped on the spot.
They even thought they had heard wrong.
Mrs. Shen held little Guaibao and asked in disbelief, “Guaibao, what did you just say? Say it again.”
Little Guaibao didn’t understand why her grandma was so excited, but she still answered obediently, “Brother Lu said he’ll give us five hundred catties of rice later.”
“Oh right, Brother Lu is Wok Brother! He told Guaibao that his name isn’t Wok Brother, and asked Guaibao to call him Brother Lu.”
Upon hearing the four words “five hundred catties of rice,” Mrs. Shen almost passed out from joy. She hugged little Guaibao and showered her with a frenzy of kisses.
“Grandma’s good Guaibao! You really are Grandma’s little lucky star! You’re still so small, yet Grandma gets to enjoy a life of ease because of you!”
Old Man Shen was also grinning from ear to ear, reaching out as he wanted to hold little Guaibao too.
Mrs. Shen hurriedly held little Guaibao away, glaring at Old Man Shen in disgust. “You haven’t taken a bath or changed clothes in ages, you smell, and your beard is all tangled up. You’re not allowed to kiss Guaibao!”
Hearing this, Old Man Shen touched his beard with some embarrassment and said, “Haven’t we been rushing on the road the whole time? You’re talking about me, but haven’t you not bathed in ages either?”
Mrs. Shen glared at Old Man Shen, and Old Man Shen instantly lost his nerve and stopped talking.
This old woman of his had a fiery temper ever since she was young, and now that she was old, her temper was even fierier. He didn’t dare argue with her at all.
Thinking that five hundred catties of rice would soon appear in the large iron wok, Mrs. Shen quickly held little Guaibao and summoned everyone else from the Shen family over.
Once these five hundred catties of rice appeared, they had to be hidden away immediately and couldn’t be exposed to the refugees, otherwise they would surely be mobbed and looted.
Hearing that five hundred catties of rice would soon appear in the iron wok, the eyes of the rest of the Shen family grew wider than copper bells.
Shen Qiang looked at Mrs. Shen in disbelief and asked, “Mom, are you serious?”
Mrs. Shen looked at her eldest son and replied, “Why would your old mother lie to you?”
Hearing this, Shen Qiang finally dared to believe that what his mother said was true—the deity in the iron wok was really going to give their Shen family five hundred catties of food soon!
“The Wok Immortal is just too good to our Shen family…”
Watching the excited Shen Qiang, Mrs. Shen corrected him, “The Wok Immortal isn’t being good to our Shen family; the Wok Immortal is being good to Guaibao! All this food is for Guaibao!”
“It’s Guaibao who is being good to us, and is willing to let us eat this food!”
Hearing this, Shen Qiang shifted his gaze to little Guaibao in Mrs. Shen’s arms and solemnly said, “Guaibao, whatever you want in the future, as long as your eldest uncle can get it for you, your eldest uncle will get it for you!”
With that, Shen Qiang even called his three sons over and made them swear that they would treat Guaibao well in the future.
Hearing this, Shen Zhuang also quickly looked at his son, Shen Qiming, and said, “Qiming, come here. Swear in front of your grandparents that you will definitely treat Guaibao well from now on!”
Shen Qiming already liked his little sister Guaibao very much, so he spoke without the slightest hesitation, “I will definitely treat Guaibao well in the future!”
And that went double for Shen Gui. Since he was little Guaibao’s biological father, he had always treasured Guaibao, his only younger daughter, like the apple of his eye.
The two sons he had with Gu Hanmei—fourteen-year-old Shen Yuheng and eight-year-old Shen Chang-geng—also loved and adored their little sister Guaibao the most.
Shen富 (Shen Fu) also pulled his four sons over, making them swear that they would definitely treat their sister Guaibao well from then on.
Wang Juhua kept tugging hard on Shen Fu’s clothes from the side, but Shen Fu completely ignored her.
It made Wang Juhua’s face turn red with anger.
Her own four sons hadn’t even sworn to treat their birth mother well! Yet they were swearing to treat that little brat Shen Xihe well first!
Even without swearing, as if Shen Xihe wouldn’t share that five hundred catties of big rice with their third branch to eat!