Yan Jie was only focused on getting the contents of the snakeskin bag into the car. When he met her bright, smiling eyes, he inexplicably agreed.

He only thought that he was hungry himself.

The three of them went into the old noodle shop and sat down at a table by the window.

While waiting for the beef noodles to arrive, Chai Fei joked with Jiang Hexi, "No man likes to go shopping with a woman, and Yan Wang is no exception."

Jiang Hexi poured herself a cup of tea, took two slow sips, and joked:

"King Yan, next time you go to the town market, will you still—"

"Won't."

Before Jiang Hexi could finish speaking, Yan Jie coldly shut her up.

"What if I'm still sitting in the passenger seat, and Shen Yingyu is handing out money in the car, and I accidentally take two of your large bills?"

"Here's the money."

Chai Fei sat on the chair opposite him, laughing so hard he slapped his thigh and said, "Xi Mei, what did you do to him while you were shopping today that made him so scared of you?"

"I only took two hundred yuan from him."

Jiang Hexi honestly pushed the remaining money after paying for the beef noodles in front of him, "To be precise, it's one hundred and twenty-five."

Yan Jie took a sip of water, not even glancing at the money, and said with uncanny foresight:

"Take it. Maybe on your way back, you'll come across a jianbing (Chinese crepe) stand and you'll fall in love with their jianbing and be unable to resist it?"

“King Yan, what you say makes sense.”

Jiang Hexi silently took the money back, saying, "I'll keep this money for you for now."

Seeing that the beef noodles hadn't been served yet, she returned to the previous topic, circling back to the previous one:

"Gossip Girl, in reality, my dad is the kind of person who can go shopping with my mom."

"Really?" Chai Fei asked with delight, "How long does Uncle accompany Aunt shopping each time?"

"It usually takes three or four hours, but sometimes it can take a whole day to walk around."

"My God, there are still such good men as my uncle in this world."

Jiang Hexi first praised and then criticized, then changed the subject:

"But this only happens two or three times a year. It's only when my mom forces him to go shopping to buy him clothes for the whole year that he has no choice but to go out. Most of the time when I ask him to go shopping, he's like this—"

She picked up the folded menu on the table, held it to her ear like a phone, and imitated her father, saying:

"Hello, company secretary, what's going on? Why are you only telling me now? It's hard to explain over the phone. I'm coming to the company right now."

Chai Fei continued, "My uncle took his phone and went out, and then he never came back."

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Yan Jie sat to the side, his face expressionless, but his raised eyebrows still revealed his joy.

Three bowls of beef noodles were served together.

Jiang Hexi asked curiously, "Boss, other places sell beef noodles for twenty yuan a bowl, why is yours twenty-five yuan?"

The owner said confidently, "You'll know once you taste the beef."

The three of them each took a bite of the beef, and then they were all amazed.

Jiang Hexi had eaten all kinds of top-quality beef. She took another bite and savored it carefully, saying, "It has a very pure taste, and the flavor of beef is very rich."

Chai Fei nodded in agreement: "It even has an incredible sweetness; this beef is top-notch."

Yan Jie didn't have a rich vocabulary to describe the taste of the beef, so he rationally said:

"Where is this beef from?"

"Local yellow cattle, slaughtered on the spot, very fresh."

The owner spoke of local scalpers, and the pride in his voice was palpable:

"Don't be fooled by the fact that this is the countryside and the cattle raised here are of unknown breeds. The mountains and waters here are excellent, and the cattle are all fed with barley, corn stalks, and grain residue from brewing. How could the meat not be delicious?"

"It really is delicious," Yan Jie agreed.

The owner got more and more excited as he talked, and couldn't stop boasting: "You guys are obviously from out of town. To be honest, my bowl of beef noodles is nothing special. If you've ever had a whole beef feast here, you'll crave the beef here for the rest of your life."

"A whole cow feast," a storm suddenly raged in Yan Jie's mind, countless thoughts flashing through his mind, but he remained unmoved and said, "Interesting."

At the other end of the market.

Xie Wanyi carried a newly bought bamboo basket and followed Yu Xiangwan, stopping and starting along the way.

Half an hour passed, and the two of them were still standing fifty meters from the parking lot exit, not even having walked out of the long street.

Yu Xiangwan walked up to the scallion pancake stall, and the aroma of fried scallions was irresistible. She spoke to the owner:

"Give me two pounds of scallion pancakes."

"Wait, boss, let's not do it yet."

Xie Wanyi pulled Yu Xiangwan aside and lifted the heavy bamboo basket, saying:

"Big Zhuang steamed bun, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), egg pancake, five-spice sesame seed cake, beef sesame seed cake, aren't these enough for you?"

"Does this include scallion pancakes?" Yu Xiangwan asked him confidently.

Xie Wanyi looked troubled and said, "Can you eat so many pancakes by yourself?"

"Can I try a small bite of each one to satisfy my craving?"

Yu Xiangwan lifted her eyelids and looked at him resentfully, saying, "I'll have Chu Yang try the rest, have Xi Mei try the rest, and have the crew members who are filming try the rest. How is that a waste?"

"Well, you just won't let me try it." Xie Wanyi knew she had offended her and took the initiative to admit defeat.

Yu Xiangwan, considering he was free labor, said kindly, "Pick whatever you want from the basket, and don't stop me from buying pancakes anymore."

With this unique "favoritism," Xie Wanyi no longer stopped her from squandering it.

The long street was divided into east and west ends, and Jiang Hexi and Yu Xiangwan each led a group to stroll through it.

The remaining horizontal vegetable market, selling various poultry and pets, was visited by the village chief, who led Chu Yang and Shen Yingyu around it.

Chu Yang pinched his nose and was forced to follow them inside:

"Brother, it stinks here. How about we go for a walk along the long street?"

Do you think I can't smell the stench?

Shen Yingyu scolded him, "You don't need to buy fish fry, you don't need to buy chickens, you don't need to buy queen bees, right?"

Chu Yang exhaled a breath of foul air, nearly suffocating from the stench. He lowered his voice and said:

"Brother, then why don't you buy something? What's with following the village chief all the way here and just looking without buying anything?"

"What do you know?"

Shen Yingyu watched as the village chief knocked out a cigarette and handed it to a vendor, and he roughly understood what was going on.

"The poultry on display aren't any good quality. The really good stuff requires negotiation to reach an agreement on the price."

Chu Yang immediately learned his lesson.

Shen Yingyu instructed him, "Go to the convenience store and buy two packs of cigarettes. I'm going to have a good sparring match with that guy."

Chu Yang knew that this was about to get down to business, so he dropped his previous affectation and immediately said, "I understand, I'll go buy it right away."