So Sheng Xitai kept thinking to himself, hoping to find a few dates with worms on them.

Sure enough, when Zhang Shuzhen cut open a jujube, she found it was infested with worms and immediately let out a regretful "Oh dear!"

"Such a big date, it's a real pity that it's infested with worms."

As he spoke, he tossed the jujube to Sheng Xitai. "Take it, pick at it, wash it, and eat it."

In this day and age, people don't have the idea that food is inedible because it's dirty or has been bitten by insects.

Having experienced years of hunger, any wasteful behavior is shameful.

The jujube was just dented by a worm, it's not a big deal, why would we throw it away? Of course, we'd give it to the child.

Upon hearing this, Sheng Xitai was so happy he almost jumped for joy and quickly took the dates.

"Mom, why don't you cut all those dates open? I'll wash the ones with worms too, and let Fourth Sister and Fifth Sister have some as well."

This kid is greedy. One date isn't enough for him. He'd rather the rest of them were full of worms and ended up in his stomach.

"You wish! You'd cut them all in half? I'm only steaming two batches of date buns, why would I need so many dates?"

Two pots of jujube steamed buns, only about twenty in total.

Zhang Shuzhen was reluctant to use so many dates. She would stick half a date on each steamed bun. For more than twenty steamed buns, she would only use about ten dates. Why would she cut so many dates?

Zhang Shuzhen said this, but she didn't do it.

I took two handfuls of dates out of my pocket and squeezed them one by one. Those that were hollow inside and deflated when squeezed were mostly worms.

Sure enough, it was there when I cut it open. I just tossed it to Sheng Xitai. It wasn't infested with worms. I cut it open and kept it to insert into the jujube buns.

"Then, take these and wash them, you guys can eat them."

Finally, seven or eight dates that were worm-infested were picked out and given to Sheng Xitai.