Ruan Qiqi got up early on purpose and rode her bike to the vegetable market to buy a lot of vegetables. Tanzhou Vegetable Market occasionally sells eels, but it depends on luck. She took out two eels from the space and thought they were bought at the vegetable market.

"Sister Ruan, do you want a guest?"

When I returned to the family building, people greeted me along the way.

"My eldest sister, my younger sister, and my niece are coming over to stay for a few days!"

Ruan Qiqi responded with a smile.

"No wonder you bought so many vegetables? Sister Ruan, these are the dried grapefruits I made. Give them to your niece!"

Wang Cuihua enthusiastically handed over a small bag of dried grapefruits. There were not many, only about two or three taels. They were crescent-shaped, with green skin and snow-white flesh, and looked very nice.

Ruan Qiqi took a piece and ate it. It was sweet and a little hard, with a fresh scent of grapefruit. It was very refreshing and tasted very good.

“Is this made of grapefruit?”

It was her first time eating this and she was very curious, and she also developed a strong interest in Wang Cuihua's hometown.

There are many foods she has never eaten, and they all taste delicious. She must go there to have a try if she has the chance.

"Yes, it's made from the green grapefruit from my hometown. It's called orange peel. It uses a lot of sugar, so I rarely make it."

Wang Cuihua talked about the production process, which was very complicated and costly. She only made a little every year for herself and her children. If she didn't want to flatter Ruan Qiqi, she would not be willing to give it away. Orange peel is a specialty of Yongxin, Jiangxi. The author has only eaten it in Jiangxi. It is delicious. Ruan Qiqi understood what she meant and accepted the dried grapefruit. She also said: "When the time comes, I will provide the materials, and you can help me make a batch, and I will pay you."

"How much salary do you need to live in a building?"

Wang Cuihua smiled, and the reluctance in her heart immediately disappeared, and she even said a few polite words.

"I'll pay you, but you have to finish the work with all the materials I give you, and it has to be clean and hygienic. If you can't do it, I'll find someone else to do it next time."

"It's absolutely clean and hygienic. You can rest assured that I'm doing the right thing. I'm not bragging. All the women in the family building combined are not as good as me in cooking. When it comes to cooking, I'm second to none and no one dares to claim to be the best!"

Wang Cuihua was so proud that she was about to get high up in the sky, and she took the opportunity to step on all the women in the building.

Liu Dani, who happened to be passing by, heard her shameless words, snorted heavily, and stuck her butt out hard, pushing Wang Cuihua to the side, and almost causing her to fall flat on her face.

"I'm sorry, I saw you, but I didn't see my butt. It's because I have a big butt. In this building, my butt is second to none!"

Liu Dani imitated her way of speaking, raised her chin, and was full of arrogance. After she finished speaking, she squinted her eyes and walked away with a swagger.

Wang Cuihua was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she only dared to curse in a low voice. She was no match for Liu Dani in terms of fighting strength, and her popularity was not as good as Liu Dani's. She couldn't win!

Ruan Qiqi watched the show and left with a smile. Although the women in the family building each had their own shortcomings, they generally did not have any bad intentions. In the past, it was Ji Xianglian who was doing bad things. After she left, the atmosphere in the family building improved a lot.

At noon, Lu Ye went to the bus station to pick them up. They all looked tired after sitting on the bus for such a long time.

Ruan Qiqi prepared a large table of dishes, including steamed eel, braised pork, fried prawns, sweet and sour spare ribs, dried bamboo shoots and old duck soup, etc.

"Second sister, I picked some ground vegetables this morning, washed them, and fried them to eat in the evening."

Ruan Xiaoxue handed over the basket with a smile. She had gone up the mountain to pick ground vegetables before dawn in the morning, and washed them clean in the river, bringing them specially for her second sister.

"And the snail meat, wash it clean and stir-fry it with chili and basil."

Ruan Shuangjiang took out everything from the backpack, most of which were wild vegetables, snail meat, dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, dried wild vegetables, etc., which were piled up into a small hill on the ground.

She and her child didn't bring much with them, just some clothes to change into.

"Eat first, Nian Nian and Pan Pan are hungry."

Ruan Qiqi put the things aside and would clean them up later. Ruan Nian and Ruan Pan kept swallowing their saliva, but they didn't dare to move until the adults started eating.

As soon as the family sat down, Manzai's voice came from the corridor: "Qiqi, yeah yeah, eat dumplings!"

Mamajiang ran fast and arrived before Manzai. She rushed in front of Ruan Qiqi and wagged her tail.

Ruan Qiqi picked up a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into its mouth. The pork was swallowed in one gulp and it raised its head to eat more.

"We haven't eaten yet, wait!"

Ruan Qiqi cursed with a smile and pushed the dog's head aside. Mamajiang came closer again shamelessly, with its tail swung like a phantom. The dog also had its own ideas -

"It must be because it didn't shake it hard enough, so it won't eat the meat. Oh, oh, oh, oh... It needs to shake it harder, so it can have more meat to eat!"

Ruan Qiqi was so annoyed that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She had to get a basin and mix a large bowl of rice with the broth for it, and put some of each dish in it, even the green vegetables that Ma Ma Jiang hated.

"A combination of meat and vegetables is good for health, so eat it!"

She brought the meal to the door and let Mamajiang eat by herself. Manzai also arrived, holding a large bowl of dumplings. He stood at the door and didn't dare to come in. He had never met the Ruan Shuangjiang sisters and felt a little restrained.

"Qiqi, yeah, eat dumplings!"

Manzai said in a low voice, trying to shrink his tall body as much as possible for fear of attracting other people's dislike.

"They are my sister and my niece. They are my family. Don't be afraid, Manzai. Today we have your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs and prawns. Do you want to eat them together?"

Ruan Qiqi walked over and pulled him into the house, and Lu Ye also went over to comfort him. Manzai then came in hesitantly, looked timidly at Ruan Shuangjiang and Ruan Xiaoxue, and finally chose to sit next to little Ruan Nian.

"Hello, uncle!"

Ruan Nian called out politely.

"Call me daddy!"

Manzai suddenly perked up and corrected her.

"My father is dead and you are my uncle."

Ruan Nian corrected him seriously. She felt that this uncle was not very smart.

Ruan Shuangjiang didn't care. Manzai was different from normal people, and she could tell it at a glance, so her words couldn't be taken seriously.

Manzai and the sisters Ruan Nian got along very well and made an appointment to play the statue game after dinner. In just a few minutes, Manzai became very active with them.

“Fish is delicious.”

Ruan Pan likes to eat steamed eel. The meat is tender, boneless and very fresh. She ate a big piece and wanted to eat more.

Manzai also liked to eat it. He picked up a piece of eel for Ruan Pan, picked up a piece for Ruan Nian, and picked up a piece for himself. He said to them: "It's called eel. It can be a father or a mother. It's amazing!"

"Aren't they male and female?"

Ruan Nian didn't quite understand. Just like chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, and cows, there are male and female ones. Fish are also divided into male and female. Female fish have eggs, but male fish don't. Why is this fish neither male nor female?

“Because they’re awesome!”

Manzai couldn't explain it clearly, he just said that eels are powerful.

It was the first time for Ruan Xiaoxue and Ruan Shuangjiang to eat eel. They had never even heard of it before. They were so surprised. Ruan Shuangjiang smiled and asked, "Is it the same as yellow eel?"

She knew that there is no distinction between male and female eels. They are female when they are young and male when they grow up.

There are also earthworms, both male and female.

Manzai's big eyes were confused and he didn't know how to answer.

Lu Ye was also a little confused because he only knew how to eat and had never paid attention to the issue of male and female.

Everyone looked at Ruan Qiqi, subconsciously thinking that she should know.

Ruan Qiqi ate a piece of eel meat and said with a smile: "The gender of eels can change with the environment. They can be male or female. That's why Manzai said that they can be both mother and father."

"This is really amazing! If people can do this, they can save money on marrying a wife!"

Ruan Shuangjiang sighed, now she could save all the money on betrothal gifts and dowry, what a relief!

"Sister, what are you talking about? If people were like eels, they would become eunuchs!" Ruan Xiaoxue said with a smile.

Ruan Qiqi was listening with a smile on her face, but suddenly her expression changed. The confusion that had been bothering her for a long time suddenly became clear.

Eels...can be male or female, changing gender as the environment changes.

So, she only let the trees find men, which was the wrong direction.

That damn eel might be hiding in Tanzhou City disguised as a woman, watching her make a fool of herself!