Upon hearing Zhang Jingya's words, Hou Yan immediately stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go buy you some meat right now."

Actually, he was craving it too. He saw Qiao Qiqi's flesh yesterday but didn't get to eat it, which made him think about it all night. He went out today, firstly to please Zhang Jingya, and secondly to satisfy his craving.

Upon reaching the window, Hou Yan said smugly, "I'd like a serving of braised pork and a serving of chicken stew with mushrooms."

"Okay, the braised pork is 50 cents, the chicken stew with mushrooms is 30 cents, that's 80 cents in total. Do you want rice?"

As Hou Yan took out his money, he said, "I'd like two bowls of white rice."

White rice with meat and vegetables tastes so good; just thinking about Hou Yan makes my mouth water.

But when he took out his money and looked at it, he was embarrassed.

The 10 yuan I brought with me this morning has only 50 cents left, not even enough to buy meat...

The person serving food inside the window saw this and immediately put down their spoon. "Why eat meat if you don't have money? Do you want to change to vegetables? If so, hurry up, the people behind you are waiting."

Hou Yan had never been so humiliated in his life.

He glanced back at Zhang Jingya and saw her looking down at the sun hat in her hand. He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "I want a chicken stew with mushrooms, a 10-cent vegetable dish, and two bowls of mixed grain rice."

The person serving the food happened to be the same one who had bought apples from Qiao Qiqi earlier. He took the ticket and money from Hou Yan before handing him the food.

After Hou Yanduan returned, Zhang Jingya immediately frowned.

He said unhappily, "Why did you only buy one meat dish? And why is there so little meat in this chicken and mushroom stew?"