After Su Yueya returned, she placed the small food box on the table.
This thing doesn't look cheap. I'll wait until Lu Zhengjun comes back and ask him what to do.
Su Yueya took some more vegetables and knocked on the door of the house on the right.
The door opened, and out came a woman who looked younger, probably around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.
"Hello, sister-in-law, I'm your neighbor next door. I just moved in today."
Su Yueya smiled and used the same excuse, "I bought too many vegetables today, but my husband is busy and said he won't be home for dinner tonight. It's hot now, and they might spoil if left overnight, so I thought I'd share some with the neighbors so they can try them."
This was the wife of Commander Chen. When she saw Su Yueya, a stranger, she was initially wary, but later felt embarrassed.
She opened the door completely and said, "Thank you, but the vegetables won't spoil even if they're left out for a day. Why don't you take them back?"
"How could I? I've already taken everything out, there's no reason for me to take it back. Besides, I just delivered some things to Sister Li's house. It's nothing valuable, just some vegetables, enough for one or two meals."
Su Yueya smiled, a shallow dimple appearing on her cheek.
Zhao Huijuan felt a little embarrassed to accept it, but since they had already said so, it wouldn't be appropriate not to.
Anyway, I haven't cooked yet tonight, and she'll be buying groceries later anyway, so I might as well accept it; it's just some vegetables.
At worst, she can just send some return gifts another day.
"Thank you so much, little sister. I'll get you something else next time."
Zhao Huijuan smiled and said, "Why don't you come in and sit for a while?"
"No, I just moved in today, and I still have a lot of things to unpack." Su Yueya then asked, "Sister-in-law, where do you usually buy your daily necessities?"
"There's a small shop to the south, next to the willow tree in the middle of the residential compound, and another small shop with a wide variety of goods. Just go out along this road and take that main road, and you'll see it in a little while."
"Okay, thank you, sister-in-law. I won't bother you any longer."
After asking her question, Su Yueya turned and went home.
Besides delivering vegetables, she also wanted to make an appearance so she could become familiar with the place later, and also to find out about the situation inside the compound and where to buy things.
Lu Zhengjun said too much to her at noon, and she really didn't remember it.
Having asked again, Su Yueya felt confident and went back.
Zhao Huijuan stood at the door, and after everyone left, she closed the door and carried the groceries into the house.
It's already 5:20. It's a bit early to start cooking in the summer, but they usually eat dinner early and start cooking around 5:00. Today, they were a little late because they had something else to do.
I made some soup, heated up some steamed buns, and stir-fried two dishes. That's dinner for tonight.
They don't have many family members. Zhao Huijuan usually takes care of her five-year-old son by herself and also does housework, so she is quite busy. Fortunately, Zhao Huijuan's mother lives with them.
Chen Xiaoan is already in kindergarten.
At his age, he loves excitement and can't stay still at all.
Sitting on the stool, Chen Xiaoan started making a fuss after seeing a stir-fried cabbage and a tomato and potato dish on the table.
"I don't want to eat it! I don't want to eat it!"
"The cabbage doesn't taste good, I want to eat meat!"
Chen Xiaoan goes to kindergarten and usually stays with Zhao Huijuan in the family compound. However, his grandparents, who live in the countryside, sometimes miss their grandson, so Zhao Huijuan sends him back during holidays.
The old folks doted on their grandson, so he often ate meat when he came home. After a month of this, when he came back, he not only gained a lot of weight, but also started to lose his appetite for vegetables.
Zhao Huijuan tried to correct this habit for a year, but she still couldn't get rid of it.
Later, as the children grew up, Zhao Huijuan couldn't manage everything on her own, so she discussed it with her husband and invited her mother, who lived alone, to come and live with them.
They had considered bringing the husband's parents over, but the two elderly people had lived in the village their whole lives and couldn't bear to give up their small plot of land, so they kept making excuses.
When Zhao's mother saw her daughter scolding her grandson, she remained silent. This happened every few days.
Zhao Huijuan said sternly, "There are only vegetables today. If you don't want to eat, then you'll have to go hungry!"
Chen Xiaoan pouted and insisted, "Mom, I don't want to eat cabbage. Cabbage doesn't taste good!"
Zhao Huijuan lost her patience and simply picked up her son, placed him on her lap, and spanked him several times.
It wasn't very heavy, but Chen Xiaoan still cried loudly.
Such incidents are common in their family, occurring almost every few days.
Unfortunately, Chen Xiaoan always tells Zhao Huijuan that the food isn't good.
At first, she thought the food was really bad, but later she found out that her child was just a picky eater.
Yesterday when I made leafy greens, he said they weren't tasty. Today when I made cabbage, he said it wasn't tasty either. But whenever I make meat dishes, Chen Xiaoan is always the first to run to the table and stand guard.
Zhao Huijuan knew exactly what her son was thinking. With a cold face, she said, "Eat quickly!"
"Waaaaah..."
Chen Xiaoan cried in grievance. Upon hearing this, she quickly ran to a stool, sat down, looked at Zhao Huijuan, and then lowered her head to pick up some food.
He thought the food would be the same as usual today, with little flavor, so he planned to just eat a couple of bites while Zhao Huijuan was watching.
He picked up a piece of cabbage, put it in his mouth, and then froze.
Why does this cabbage taste so different from usual? It's exceptionally delicious.
Chen Xiaoan couldn't think of any words to describe it, but he just felt it tasted delicious.
With his chopsticks still in hand, Chen Xiaoan tasted the tomato and potato dish again, and it was even more delicious!
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