The two old guys were already starving. Although they disliked eating only sweet potato porridge without any oil or water, it was still better than being hungry, which was not a pleasant feeling.
The two of them immediately shut up, took the largest bowl from the kitchen, and each filled a bowl with sweet potato porridge.
The two of them served first and took away almost all the thickest part of the porridge, leaving only some thin porridge, a little white rice grains and chopped sweet potatoes.
Chen Cuicui ate a plate of seafood and was not hungry anymore, so she took out the remaining dry goods from the pot and put them into Yu Dagang's bowl, and drank some thin soup herself.
Seeing the bland soup in his wife's bowl, Yu Dagang couldn't eat it at all. He got up and went into the house to get some money, then turned around and left. The old man and the old woman called him, but he didn't respond.
When Yu Dagang came back, the old man and the old woman had finished their sweet potato porridge. Chen Cuicui was sitting at the table waiting for him, drawing something with a pen and paper.
"Dagang, where have you been? What are you holding in your hand?" The old woman was very sharp-eyed and saw that Yu Dagang was holding something in his hand.
Yu Dagang said, "I saw there wasn't enough sweet potato porridge, and Cuicui's bowl of rice only had clear soup, so I went to the cafeteria to buy some food."
Chen Cuicui raised her head and looked at Yu Dagang who was walking towards her after the yard manager finished talking to her mother. For the first time, she felt that Yu Dagang's walking posture was so handsome and his voice was so pleasant.
She put away the half-finished drawing and smiled at Yu Dagang, "What did you buy?"
Yu Dagang walked to the table, put down the two lunch boxes and opened the lids.
The old man and the old woman also came over to see, and saw that one lunch box contained white rice, and the other lunch box contained stir-fried pork slices with cucumber. Although there was not much meat, it looked greasy and smelled fragrant, and it looked delicious.
The old woman said dissatisfiedly, "Dagang, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but money shouldn't be so precious. It's enough to get by on a meal. Not to mention that there's still food to eat, even if you skip a meal, what's the big deal? Can you starve to death? When your father and I were in the countryside, we often went hungry, but we managed to survive. Why is your wife so precious? She can't even afford to go hungry for a meal?"
Yu Dagang gave half of a box of white rice to Chen Cuicui and kept the remaining half for himself. He also gave Chen Cuicui half of the stir-fried pork and cucumber. After finishing, he replied, "Cuicui is weak and can't go hungry. I'm very tired from training and can't go hungry either."
The old man snorted coldly, "You and your wife can't starve, but we old couple are hungry. Our lives are cheap, we don't deserve to be full."
Yu Dagang put down his raised chopsticks and turned to look at the old man. "Are you starving because there's no food at home, or because I, as your son, haven't given you enough to show my filial respect?"
He sent ten yuan home every month, the old couple still had a job, the village could provide food, and they had crops to grow on the land, so how could they possibly starve? Then wouldn't those families in the village who didn't see a penny at the beginning of the year or the end of the year have starved to death?
The two elders were choked and could not utter a word to refute.
Compared with other families in the village, the old couple lived a very comfortable life. They had enough to eat every day and could even eat meat from time to time. Other families did not have such a standard of living. It could be seen from their spirits and complexions.
Moreover, because the youngest son was successful and became an officer, he sent money home every month, so the villagers looked at them differently. They lived a very comfortable life in the village. If the eldest son's family had not started to covet the money in the hands of the old couple and wanted to use it to build a house, the family would have been in chaos. They had no choice but to hide with the youngest son.
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