Han Bin: "Grandma, what brings you here? The food will be ready in a bit."

"Where is your wife?"

"Grandma, I'm leaving in a few days. I'll help Xiaoman with some chores while I'm at home."

Grandma Han glared at her grandson: "What kind of man stays around the stove?"

"Hehe... Grandma, I'll only help her for a few days. After I leave, she'll do it herself."

"Just keep spoiling them."

"Hehe... I only spoil her a few days a year."

Grandma Wang snorted and went back into her house.

Just as Han Bin was about to chop some pickled vegetables after cooking the porridge, there was a knock at the door.

Han Bin put down his knife, ran over, and opened the door: "Xiaoman, you're back?"

Da Bao and Da Ni also ran out of the house: "Second Aunt, you're back?"

Xiaoman led Xiaohei in. Xiaoman was carrying a basket with many paper packages in it. Xiaohei also had a basket with many paper packages in it.

Han Bin: "Xiaoman, where have you been?"

Da Bao and Da Ni: "Second Aunt, let me help you with the basket."

Xiaoman: "The county town. The two of you can't carry it."

Han Bin: "What are you going to the county town for?"

Dani sniffed: "It smells so good."

Da Bao: "Yeah, I can smell it too."

Xiaoman: "Buy steamed buns."

Da Ni and Da Bao: "Steamed buns? There are steamed buns in the basket?"

Xiaoman: "Mmm."

Da Ni: "Meat buns?"

Xiaoman: "Okay. Wash your hands and eat."

"Okay." Da Ni and Da Bao turned and ran. Da Ni shouted as she ran, "Great-Grandma, Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, Uncle, dinner's ready, dinner's ready."

Grandma Han: It's just some porridge and pickled vegetables, why is this girl so happy? Did Wang Xiaoman catch a chicken again?

Han Bin pointed to the bamboo basket in Xiaoman's hand and the basket on Xiaohei's body: "Are the baskets full of steamed buns?"

"Um."

Han Bin had a slight headache. His mother and grandmother would be heartbroken if they knew Xiaoman had bought so many steamed buns. "Why did you buy so many steamed buns?"

Three meals.

Han Bin's head throbbed even more: "Eating steamed buns for all three meals a day?"

"Hmm. Three kinds of fillings."

The problem isn't the variety of fillings, nor is it eating steamed buns for every meal. It's that store-bought buns are more expensive than homemade ones. If Xiaoman gave the money he would have spent on buns to his mother and grandmother, they could have made four baskets of them.

Grandma Han came out of the house with a dark expression.

Han Bin: "Grandma, Xiaoman wants to improve everyone's lives."

Grandma Han looked at the basket in Xiaoman's hands: "Improving our lives?"

"Hmm. Xiaoman... Xiaoman bought two baskets of steamed buns?"

Grandma Han thought she had misheard: "How much?"

Han Bin: "Two baskets."

"Two baskets! Two bamboo shoots!" Grandma Han pointed at Xiaoman's nose and asked, "Don't you want to cook?"

Han Bin: "No, Grandma, Xiaoman just wanted to improve things for everyone."

Grandma Han glared at Han Bin: "I didn't ask you. Wang Xiaoman, do you not want to cook?"

Xiaoman: "I'm not a good cook."

"So you bought two baskets of steamed buns?"

Tang Huihui came out just then: "What?!"

Han Bin: "Mom, Xiaoman wants everyone to eat something good."

Tang Huihui: "Are those two baskets full of steamed buns?"

"Um."

"You...you..." Tang Huihui originally wanted to say, "Wang Xiaoman, how can you be so wasteful?", but considering that Xiaoman had just married into the family, she brought her son along as well: "How can you two be so wasteful? Who buys steamed buns by the basket? Two baskets, no less?"

Xiaoman frowned: "The buns will get cold if we don't eat them soon."

Han Bin: "Grandma, Mom, Xiaoman just wants everyone to eat something good."

Tang Huihui: "You don't need to buy so many, do you?"

When it comes to food, Da Ni is always quick to respond: "Great-Grandma, Grandma, I'm hungry, I want to eat steamed buns."

Da Bao thought for a moment, then ran over and hugged Grandma Han's leg: "Great-Grandma, the steamed buns that Second Aunt bought smell so good."

The others came out too.

Han Dashan: What's the use of getting angry? We can't back down anyway.

Tian Dahua: Where did Wang Xiaoman get so much money?

Han Gui: Wang Xiaoman spends too much money. Can my second brother afford to support her?

Han Zhuang sniffed: the steamed buns he bought smelled delicious. "Grandma, Mom, I'm hungry."

Tang Huihui: "Eat when you're hungry." We've already bought it, and we can't return it. Young people just don't know how to manage money.

Only Da Ni, Da Bao, and Han Zhuang enjoyed the meal. The others had mixed feelings.

Grandma Han and Tang Huihui ate a few bites and then left. Han Dashan, Han Gui, and Han Zhuang also left after they finished eating. Tian Dahua hesitated for a moment after she finished eating before leaving as well.

Da Ni: "Second Aunt, let me help you clear the dishes."

"good."

Da Bao originally wanted to go out to play, but when he heard that Da Ni was going to help Xiao Man clear the dishes, he didn't go out anymore: "Second Aunt, I'll help you clear the dishes too."

"good."

After putting away the bowls, Han Bin let them go out to play.

Xiaoman wanted to wash the dishes, but Han Bin wouldn't let her. While washing the dishes, Han Bin asked, "Don't you like cooking?" That's why you want to find a man who can cook.

"Hmm." I neither know how to do it nor like to do it.

"So... you're not going to make everyone eat steamed buns the day after tomorrow, are you?"

"Won't."

Just as Han Bin was relieved, Xiaoman continued, "We'll have meat pies the day after tomorrow."

Han Bin paused for a moment. How much does she dislike cooking? "Xiaoman, if I give you less money, will you be angry?"

"No." Xiaoman really didn't care about Han Bin's small amount of money.

After tidying up, Xiaoman went back to her room to read.

Han Bin knocked on Han Gui's door: "Big brother, is sister-in-law home?"

Tian Dahua: "Yes, come in."

"No, sister-in-law, come out for a moment, I need to discuss something with you."

"Okay." Tian Dahua came out of the house: "What's up?"

"Let's go to Grandma's room to talk."

"good."

Han Bin then called his mother to Grandma Han's room as well.

"Grandma, Mother, Sister-in-law, I want to discuss something with you."

Grandma Han thought Han Bin was about to say something important: "Why don't you call me Dad?"

Han Bin touched his nose: "This has nothing to do with my dad."

Tang Huihui: "What do you want to discuss with us?"

Han Bin cleared his throat: "Grandma, Mom, sister-in-law, Xiaoman's cooking is particularly bad."

Tang Huihui: "Just do it a few more times and you'll get the hang of it."

Tian Dahua was afraid that Han Bin would ask her to cook for Xiaoman: "Cooking is actually very simple, you can learn it in no time."

Grandma Han: "Exactly. If she doesn't know how, you should ask your sister-in-law to teach her."

Han Bin: "Xiaoman said she'll buy meat pies the day after tomorrow."

Tian Dahua couldn't help but ask the question that was on her mind: "Where did she get so much money?"

Grandma Han: "No."

Tang Huihui: "Did you give her all the money?" Han Bin earns forty-five yuan a month. He gives Tang Huihui twenty yuan and keeps twenty-five for himself. After they got married, Tang Huihui asked Han Bin to give her ten yuan and kept thirty-five for herself.

Han Bin: "I can't buy many meat pies with my little money. Xiaoman has her own money. Grandma, Grandma, I'd like to ask my sister-in-law to help Xiaoman cook. Of course, I won't let her help for free. I'll give her ten yuan every month. Sister-in-law, do you think that's okay?"

"This..." Tian Dahua really wanted to agree. She couldn't save much money in a year. Besides, she used to cook for herself all the time, and she was used to it: "Grandma, Mom, look..."

Grandma Han: "No."

Tang Huihui: "Exactly. What wife doesn't cook?"