Chapter 25 Worrying about Shang Ruoting's future
Old Mrs. Shang looked towards the kitchen, a little embarrassed. "There's not much food left at home. You guys can eat boiled eggs first. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some."
As she spoke, she prepared to go back to the house to get out the boiled eggs.
Shang Ruoting stopped her: "Grandma, we brought a lot of food, enough to eat."
Old Mrs. Shang leaned her head into the kitchen to check.
Shang Ruoting originally planned to wait until everyone was not paying attention and secretly take out some food from the space, but she couldn't let Old Lady Shang see the original quantity at this time.
She deliberately acted like a spoiled brat and pushed the old woman away: "Grandma, don't you want to help wash the quilt?"
"You don't have to worry about cooking."
Seeing Shang Ruoting's firm attitude, Mrs. Shang did not insist anymore and took the removed sheets to wash.
While Lin Erniu was talking to Tan Chen, Shang Ruoting hurried into the kitchen, quickly took out some rice and flour from the space and put them into the grain bag.
Looking at the two full bags of rice and flour, she took out a large jar of rapeseed oil and Shang Ruoting breathed a sigh of relief.
She quickly lit the stove, added water to the big pot, and steamed enough white rice for several people. Next to it, she also steamed an egg custard in the old aluminum lunch box from Old Lady Shang's house.
After the egg custard and rice were out of the pot, Shang Ruoting made a dish of stir-fried shredded potatoes. Soon, the aroma of the food filled the entire yard.
Lin Erniu sniffed: "Tan Chen, this smell is the same as what I smelled outside the restaurant in the city."
Tan Chen had tasted the dumplings made by Shang Ruoting yesterday and knew that she was a good cook. He didn't expect that her stir-fried dishes were also so delicious.
After hearing what Lin Erniu said, his stomach growled a few times in a very unpromising way.
"Maybe it's because it's past lunch time and we're all hungry, so we feel this way."
Lin Erniu smiled innocently: "It seems to be true. I am indeed hungry now."
As the two were talking, they saw Shang Ruoting walking out of the kitchen.
"Tan Chen, Brother Erniu, dinner is ready."
After saying that, she walked towards Mrs. Shang's house.
There was a large basin in the open space in the middle of the room, and Old Mrs. Shang was sitting on a small stool helping her wash the sheets.
Shang Ruoting looked at the old man's strenuous appearance and felt extremely guilty.
Just now, in order to cover herself up while taking things from the space, she actually pushed the old man to wash the sheets.
I thought I would bring the sheets back after she took out the food, but she forgot about it when she started cooking.
"Grandma, leave the sheets there for now! I'll wash them myself later."
"I just made some food, you can come over and have some too."
Old Mrs. Shang raised her head with a kind smile on her face.
"I just had my meal in the team, go eat it now!"
Shang Ruoting knew that the staple food in the team's big pot meals was coarse grains, and the dishes were cabbage soup or radish soup without much oil or water. Even so, each person was still supplied with a fixed amount and could not get enough to eat.
She ignored Mrs. Shang's attitude and walked up to pull the man up.
"Grandma, I made two dishes today. Please try some and appreciate my cooking skills."
Old Mrs. Shang shook the water off her hands, her tone doting yet helpless.
"You kid, you've already had milk, how can you eat more?"
Without saying anything, Shang Ruoting took the old man's arm and walked to the kitchen.
At this time, Tan Chen had been guided by Lin Erniu to sit at the dining table, and Shang Ruoting also pressed the old lady to the dining table.
Then she put all the food on the table.
Lin Erniu looked at the steamed egg custard that was a tender yellow and trembling, and the fragrant shredded potatoes, and swallowed his saliva in a cowardly manner.
Shang Ruoting helped everyone serve a bowl of rice.
"Everyone, stop standing there and eat!"
While she was talking, she habitually helped Tan Chen pick up some food.
Mrs. Shang looked at the food on the table and couldn't help but feel
Worrying about Shang Ruoting's future.
Such food is indeed delicious, but their family’s current situation is that the house collapsed, and Tan Chen is blind and unable to work, so their future life can only be supported by Shang Ruoting alone.
How precious are white rice and eggs? The villagers only cook some of them during festivals.
It seems that this girl is too young and has little experience. She doesn't know how to plan for her future and only cares about the present.
However, seeing that everyone was enjoying the meal, Mrs. Shang did not say anything to spoil the fun.
She just sighed silently, thinking only about doing more work in the future, earning more work points, and helping the young couple.
Lin Erniu felt that this was the most delicious meal he had ever eaten in his life.
"Tan Chen, you're in for a treat from now on."
This was not the first time Shang Ruoting had heard such words. Gao Ming and Li Jiasheng had said something similar yesterday.
I thought Tan Chen would remain silent like he did yesterday.
Unexpectedly, he smiled surprisingly.
"Well, Ruoting's cooking skills are really good."
When Mrs. Shang saw the two men praising her granddaughter, the worry in her heart disappeared.
"Hehe... Our Tingting has been clever and skillful since she was young, but unfortunately, she's not having a good life at her uncle's..." She's been spoiled...
When Old Lady Shang said this, she subconsciously stopped talking. She seemed to have said something she shouldn't have said, fearing that Shang Ruoting would feel uncomfortable.
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