[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation":3,"chapter-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-698":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},549377,797,"Chapter 698: 426 Reasoning","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-698",698,"\u003Cp>Chapter 698: Chapter 426 Reasoning\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>River Dam, dusk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the temperature dropped, people stepped out of their homes to enjoy the cool of the summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vegetable seller pointed at the digital scale, “Exactly one and a half pounds, that’ll be 13 yuan and 50 cents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning, with her Divine Sense, judged the real weight was only one pound and two ounces, and the digital scale was cheating by eight ounces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price of 13 yuan and 50 cents was far beyond Xue Yuantong’s budget; firstly, she found it expensive, and secondly, it was too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had intended to buy just a small amount of ginger, but the vegetable seller deliberately grabbed a few extra pieces, a common occurrence where vendors tend to make you buy more. Those who are shy often feel embarrassed to ask for less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir, please take off these few pieces,” Xue Yuantong said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vegetable seller was reluctant, and under Xue Yuantong’s urging, he slowly removed about two-thirds of the ginger, leaving one-third on the scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man said, “This will be nine yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong inwardly complained: ‘That’s too much!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining one-third was priced even higher than the other two-thirds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly something was off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she was about to inquire, a bulky Uncle Zhang, walking his Black Back Wolf Dog, strolled by; residents of the River Dam Bungalow often came to the river dam for walks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Zhang, the pig killer, was a tough and talkative man who never bothered with a leash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adults and children passing by, seeing the large wolf dog trailing behind him, were all intimidated—his dog could kill someone if it went crazy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Zhang had a way with his dog which obediently followed him without sniffing around erratically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Jiang, did you really catch loaches?” he approached, noticing a bucket full of densely packed loaches, and exclaimed, “Good gracious, where did you catch these loaches?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were so many loaches; they must have weighed about two pounds, and wild loaches were at least 16 yuan a pound now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wolf dog poked its head to sniff, and Jiang Ning glanced over as the dog tucked its tail and shrank away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yep, just in that ditch over there,” Xue Yuantong gestured towards a puddle below the river dam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this made Uncle Zhang want to try catching some; it had been hot lately, he didn’t have much to do, plenty of free time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief conversation, the old man interrupted, “I’ve weighed it for you, hurry up and pay, I need to do business.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Zhang glanced at the old man, then suddenly pointed at his nose, “Last time I bought two pounds of cucumbers from you, got home and weighed them, and the amount was off, you swindled me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Zhang got angry, truly embodying a menacing spirit, astonishing in his ferocity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man’s demeanor shrank, and he retorted, “I run an honest business!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, one hand casually stroked the digital scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning judged that there was a reset button nearby; the old man could press it, and the digital scale would return to normal, making the deceit difficult to detect, unlike with manual scale weights that could be caught red-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your grandmother, you dare talk back to me!” Uncle Zhang looked ready to hit someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong still needed to buy vegetables to go home and cook the loaches. She didn’t want to waste time there; she was just about to ask the old man to reweigh the ginger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Xue Chuchu gently spoke up, “Sir, it was 13 yuan and 50 cents for one and a half pounds before, wasn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vegetable seller replied, “Right, would I cheat you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Chuchu looked at the one-third of the ginger on the scale, “And these are nine yuan, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vegetable seller nodded, “The young lady remembers quite clearly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Xue Chuchu pulled out a five-yuan note and crisply said, “Sir, just pack up the half you took off before for us, no need for change.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man’s face changed, he wanted to backtrack, then he looked up and saw the stern-faced Uncle Zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man grimaced, painfully wrapped up the ginger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way home, Xue Yuantong walked on the twilight-suffused country path, chuckling,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chuchu, you’re so good at buying vegetables!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Chuchu modestly replied, “It’s not my merit. It’s because Uncle Zhang was there. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn’t have sold to us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning commented, “Thinking of it was impressive too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being praised by him, Xue Chuchu finally felt she had contributed to the group, the guilt she harbored in her heart eased slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She often felt ashamed for consuming what Jiang Ning provided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning was in charge of procuring ingredients, Tongtong was responsible for cooking, and what about her, Chuchu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primarily in charge of eating; on the surface, Tongtong was the food lover, but in reality, she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Growing up, Chuchu found it hard to sincerely accept kindness. In school, she borrowed ten cents from Tongtong, and not returning it a day later made her unbearably uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, at school, many classmates wanted to treat Chuchu well, offering her breakfast, snacks, gifts, helping her clean, and doing homework, nearly indulging in everything, with someone always taking care of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Chuchu knew that those kind gestures already had their prices secretly marked, and she never accepted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t refuse what Tongtong and Jiang Ning provided, but she always intended to repay them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong shook the bucket; the loaches wriggled wildly, and she asked, “Jiang Ning, how many loaches can you eat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning casually threw out a number, “Five.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong replied, “I can eat six.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning corrected, “I lied earlier, I can eat seven.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I lied too, I can eat ten,” Xue Yuantong declared seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning admitted, “I apologize, I misspoke earlier, I can actually eat 17.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two continued their playful banter as they approached home, with Xue Yuantong eventually resorting to exponential figures, yet still failing to conclude who could eat more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong declared, “Anyway, I can always eat more than you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning teased her, “Did you see the whiskers on the loach?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong naturally had seen them; her vision was excellent, the loach’s five pairs of whiskers were quite apparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll tell you a secret. Loaches have a special effect, after eating them, you’ll grow whiskers,” he alarmed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong’s expression turned particularly vivid, imagining herself with whiskers as she looked in the mirror, and she quickly shook her little head, unable to bear the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>",1109,"2026-05-30T14:40:02.885Z","2026-06-01T04:31:29.709Z",1,"novelbin.me","5c9dbccae43adfd18e3d1e74c2d62dcc8490403165651bf0a0686daa9edaf28b","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-699","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-697",1809,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-cover.jpg"]