154: Perm! Happy perm!

Night, with the city lights just coming on.

Z City at night was no longer like it was before Xu Bai arrived, pitch black, where sometimes the moon's light might have been brighter than the faint glow of streetlights.

Now, with the continuous development of electric lights, various forms, brightness levels, and colors of lamps have appeared.

The Tianlong Republic also paid great attention to urban construction; after the appearance of electric lights, he first researched streetlight cardss, and then installed streetlights in various places.

Also, due to the appearance of streetlights, the city at night appeared very bright, and since it was too hot during the day in summer, people were unwilling to go out, so they came out to activity at night, making the night even more lively.

At the same time, night markets, which might have only occurred once a month before, now happened every day, and some elderly men and women even stayed up at night, wandering the streets in their slippers.

Xu Bai, wearing black shorts, a white T-shirt, and a pair of classic blue flip-flops, carried Lele and walked his dog to the night market to find food.

Feeling the cool night breeze and smelling the aroma of food, Xu Bai showed a satisfied smile.

Nightlife again.

Everyone, don't get the wrong idea.

As a single man, eating late-night snacks was his nightlife... "Fugui, oh wait, no, Lele, what do you want to eat?"

Xu Bai, in a moment of habit, almost treated Fugui as a person, intending to ask him what he wanted to eat, but thankfully he reacted when he spoke his name.

"Meat, I want to eat meat."

"Okay, then we'll go eat meat, let's go have some barbecue."

Lele clapped his hands in agreement: "Good!"

Actually, Lele had never eaten barbecue, but he was happy just hearing there was meat... Xu Bai walked into the night market, and he didn't know what everyone was thinking, there were even people selling vegetables. Weren't vegetables usually bought in the morning? Would anyone buy them now?

As soon as this question popped into Xu Bai's mind, he was immediately proven wrong.

There really were people buying them!

One can only say that in this vast world, there is nothing that is not strange.

Continuing to walk forward, he also bought half a large watermelon on the way. This boss was quite business-savvy, offering two spoons with half a watermelon so you could scoop it out and eat it.

Xu Bai, who originally had no intention of buying, bought half when he saw it. The price of the watermelon was also exceptionally cheap, only 0.99 yuan per jin.

After buying the watermelon, they walked for another ten minutes before reaching their destination.

Xu Bai rubbed his stomach; although he had eaten dinner, his digestion was very fast, and he felt very hungry now, so he couldn't control himself and chose a large basket of barbecue.

Xu Bai looked at Lele and Fugui, who were sitting obediently beside him, then looked down at the basket in his hand, as if he had thought of something, then turned around, grabbed another basket, and took some more skewers.

"Boss, the basket on my left, the one with more items, I want medium spicy. The one on the right, no spice, and less seasoning."

The barbecue shop owner had already seen the child sitting in the back.

"No problem, I know what to do, don't worry."

With that, the boss gave Xu Bai a thumbs up.

It was as if to reassure Xu Bai.

Returning to his seat, Xu Bai placed the half watermelon he had just bought in front of him, then used a spoon to scoop out the less sweet parts from the side, put them on a bag for Fugui to eat, and the rest was for him and Lele.

The reason he gave the less sweet parts to it was because too much sugar can easily lead to obesity or diabetes in dogs, so it's better to eat less overly sweet food.

Xu Bai scooped out a small spoonful and fed Lele.

"Lele, come, eat watermelon."

Lele opened his mouth and ate it, then said to Xu Bai.

"Brother, Lele wants to eat by himself, Lele is grown up."

"Okay, okay, okay, Lele is grown up and wants to eat by himself."

Perhaps all children are like this, hoping to grow up quickly, wanting to eat like adults, wanting others to treat him like an adult.

Xu Bai handed the spoon to Lele, letting him eat by himself.

Lele was seen scooping out a small piece of watermelon, trembling as he brought it to his mouth, occasionally dropping it on the ground by accident, at which point Fugui would walk over and eat the watermelon on the ground... Their barbecue was grilled very quickly, Xu Bai had only eaten a few bites of watermelon when it arrived.

The aroma of the barbecue enticed the gluttonous worms in people's stomachs, and Xu Bai quickly put down the spoon in his hand and reached for the barbecue.

"Brother, hehehe."

Lele noticed his brother had forgotten him and quickly spoke to remind him, but as he smelled the aroma of the barbecue, his mouth involuntarily salivated, and drool dripped down.

There was no help for it, he couldn't control his drool yet, he would have to wait until he was a bit older.

"Lele, the barbecue is very hot right now, yours needs to cool down. Look, here is yours."

Xu Bai pointed to the barbecue that the boss's wife had separated on the side.

However, children are very impatient, and even if Lele was well-behaved, he was still a child.

"Brother, Lele is hungry, Lele wants to eat. Brother, I love you."

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Xu Bai couldn't resist Lele's pouting, but he remembered seeing in a video before that you shouldn't spoil a child too much, otherwise the child would always use pouting to achieve his goals later on.

Xu Bai's eyes darted, and he poked a piece of meat from the bowl, handing it to Lele.

Lele unsuspectingly reached out to take it.

"Ah!!! Hot! Lele is hot!"

Lele felt the temperature of the grilled meat and quickly shook his hand, flinging the meat away.

"Brother, bad, you're bad!"

Hmph!

"Hahahahahahaha~"

Xu Bai was amused by Lele's reaction.

Actually, the meat had already cooled down a bit, but for Lele's tender skin, it was still a bit hot. However, this temperature wouldn't burn Lele, so Xu Bai laughed without any guilt.

Seeing Lele so wronged that he was about to cry golden beans, Xu Bai stopped laughing and comforted Lele.

"Alright, don't cry, don't cry, brother will blow on it for you."

"Hoo~" "Hoo~" "Hoo~"

With an excuse, Lele went along with it.

Then Lele stopped clamoring for barbecue and learned to wait patiently, learning from his mistakes.

As for the meat that Lele had flung away, of course, Fugui took care of it.

Another minute passed, and Lele finally heard the four words, 'You can eat now.'

His eyes sparkling, he looked at the meat in front of him. This time, he had learned his lesson, first carefully touching the meat with a finger to confirm it wasn't hot, and only then did he pick up the meat and start eating.

"Brother, it's delicious."

Lele held up a piece of meat and brought it to Xu Bai's mouth, sharing it with his brother.

Xu Bai opened his mouth and ate the barbecue meat that Lele offered.

"Mm, it's delicious. Lele, eat more, and you'll grow tall and big very quickly."

"Mm, Lele wants to grow up."

Lele said, and then took another bite of meat.