Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 753 - Chapter 753 743. Ideas from each family_1

Chapter 753: 743. Ideas from each family_1 Chapter 753: 743. Ideas from each family_1 Song Hongmei had been selling egg pancakes at her stall for many years, and all the sauce she brushed on them was wholesale purchased by her.

Glass jars, plastic jars, over the years, she had amassed quite a few, all locked away in the narrow bike storage area of her old residential complex.

Now bringing just two or three over was hardly worth mentioning.

Her son Zhu Lingqi was somewhat embarrassed:

“Mom, should we buy something on the way back?”

Otherwise, with empty baskets, plastic bags, and large glass jars in tow, it was indeed hard to save face.

Song Hongmei thought it over and agreed, “We should buy. Your grandpa said he’ll also give his share to Tantan’s family–I really shouldn’t have taken these things. Tantan’s family has delicious food, and later if you each have two or three bowls more, can we still live this way?”

Once she said this, her cousin Zhu Jun also felt quite distressed–it was indeed the same reasoning. But it wasn’t their fault either; whatever Tantan offered was really delicious. How could there not be a way to have the best of both worlds?

He could only grit his teeth and say, “Damei, when you cook rice later, add more water, make it stickier. Then eating two bowls in one meal could save on rice, right?”

It was a solution, but his wife thought about the prices of Tantan’s family’s dishes and couldn’t help but feel heartache, “Maybe we just shouldn’t eat it.”

“I think I’ll just pull whatever I can from the garden to set up a stall and sell. All the money from it can go to them… Why are you looking at me like that?!”

“Isn’t our dad about to build a house? They’re contributing a lot of money. I can’t give that much, so what’s the big deal about helping to sell some vegetables?”

It had been said before that they would contract the work out, but now there were so many vegetables, probably because the prices were too high and fewer people were buying.

Her side of the vegetable market didn’t have such quality produce yet, so it was worth a try.

In theory, this proposal was both money-saving and hassle-free, which was great. But after father and son exchanged glances, remembering the taste of the previous meals, they couldn’t help but want to indulge–

“Forget it, it’s also Sancheng’s family’s kind gesture. If we don’t take it, they might feel bad…”

“That’s true.”

Song Hongmei thought it over and eventually just had to bite the bullet, “Lingqi, let’s head to the vegetable market first. Let’s get 20 pounds of meat!”

The price of pork wasn’t too high nowadays, but 20 pounds would still cost 300 yuan!

This wasn’t just 300 yuan; it was like cutting flesh from her own heart, making her face wince painfully when paying.

Once in the car, she glared at the father and son:

“It’s all because of you two, why do you have to eat like that? Couldn’t I have refrained?!”

“Had you two been able to refrain, we wouldn’t have had to spend so much today, and 10 pounds of meat would have been enough.”

The father and son, no matter the scolding or hitting, knew they couldn’t give in on the matter of eating. Thankfully, Song Hongmei had an optimistic temperament. After grumbling for a while and seeing no one else responded, she let it go.

She then resolved firmly, “Today’s a holiday; let’s not compete for vegetables at the supermarket. We’ll have dinner at Sancheng’s place too, which could save us another meal.”

…

Unlike her cousin, her aunt’s side was bustling about, arranging deliveries for various stores in the city as well as sporadic individual customers, while the couple chatted:

“Wu Lan invited us all to come over for dinner today. She said mom and dad will be there too. What should we bring tonight?”

Her uncle Zhang Hong thought for a moment, “I see these gift boxes selling well this year; let’s pick a few more tonight and bring extra.”

Yanping was there every day, though he did some work, but could his parents not know? Surely, he still fell short compared to others.

Besides, Tantan’s family’s things were so expensive. The kids grew tall and burly, who knows how much they’d eat in one meal!

With this thought, Wu Fang changed her mind again:

“No need to bring a gift box, I heard from Tantan that they also buy meat and fruits for the engineering team on the mountain during the holidays. I’ll give her a call, let’s not buy fruits.”

“After we finish work in the afternoon, we’ll sort out the fruits in storage, those that are loose or slightly defective in appearance, and take them all over.”

They were fruit wholesalers, and gathering the loose ones would probably amount to a hundred or two hundred pounds. The price of fruit is expensive these days, so it was quite a substantial gesture.

But still…

The couple thought it over and looked at each other again, “Yanping said he liked that girl from his village, didn’t he? Wu Lan guessed it was probably Doctor Xiaoguo from the village… do you think we should prepare something for the holidays when we visit?”

As soon as this was said, both were taken aback.

Prepare what? They had no experience with this!

So, when lunchtime came, Wu Fang hurriedly called her son:

“Yanping, last time you mentioned you liked that girl, what does she like to eat? I’ll bring some boxes of fruits, and you can give them to her later.”

“No need,” Zhang Yanping’s voice sounded steady, without a trace of fluctuation, “Mom, don’t bring anything. I don’t like her anymore and have no such worldly emotions.”

If a person’s mind is filled with winter melon and soybeans, they probably won’t remember that insignificant flutter of the past.

And Wu Fang was caught off-guard, totally not expecting her perfect daughter-in-law to have flown the coop!

She wanted to say something persuasive, but didn’t know how, and in the end could only huff and puff, “It’s fine, Yanping, I’m not rushing you… we’ll talk about it later… So, since you’re not dating anyone now, how about we go back and continue preparing for the public service exam?”

“Sitting for the civil service exam is also fine. As long as your job is stable, your salary doesn’t matter much. Your father and I have saved some money for you.”

Zhang Yanping: …!!!

How could this be?!

He struggled to find an excuse, “Mom, forget it, I’m not in the mood right now, I’m feeling kind of down, let’s postpone it…”

Before he finished speaking, Wu Fang cut in firmly, “That’s right, I saw on the internet that you have to seize the momentum of a heartbreak to study well!”

Zhang Yanping: …

He took a deep breath, “Mom, stop talking about this. It’s normal for us young people to have ups and downs in relationships. Why do you have to ask in such detail? I’ll tell you when there’s news. Anyway, just bring some fruits for tasting, to try something fresh.”

Wu Fang looked at her cell phone and thought about the complicated love and hate entanglements in the TV dramas these days, unable to help shaking her head in distress:

“Why isn’t dating among young people as simple as it was back in our days?”

Meanwhile, Zhang Yanping turned to Song Tan:

“Tantan, what should I do? Think of a way to convince my mom! Taking the public service exam really has no future!”

Song Tan scrutinized Zhang Yanping carefully–

When her cousin was first yanked back to the countryside, he was pudgy and soft, with just a large frame. After some time of labor, Zhang Yanping had actually slimmed down quite a bit and could even be described as a standard muscular man–

Except he was simply too dark.

And somehow, when he was fat, his features seemed friendly and kind, but now that he had slimmed down and his features sharpened, he looked just like those characters in the policies who were rigorously cleaned up and wiped out…

She honestly said, “Brother Yanping, there’s no need to rush; with our current image, you wouldn’t pass the interview for the civil service exam, right?”

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