Chapter 69 I Called My Lover

Ye Muqi came out of the kitchen not long after entering it. Sun Chao followed her, not really understanding what Ye Muqi was going to do.

"Grandma, I'm going out to buy some food and will be back soon." Ye Muqi said to Cai Dongmei and prepared to go out.

Cai Dongmei knew what was going on at home, and when she saw Ye Muqi was about to go out to buy groceries, she wanted to hold her back.

"No, just eat something casually." Cai Dongmei felt that the food at home was edible.

She can just eat as much as she wants and give the rest to her grandson.

Ye Muqi thought about the vegetables in the basket just now, a small cabbage and a small tomato, which could barely be used to stir-fry two dishes, but the quantity was only the amount she usually made for one dish for Rong Jingchen. The old and the young usually ate this little bit of food.

Ye Muqi subconsciously glanced at Sun Chao who was following behind him. No wonder Sun Chao looked so thin. If he only ate these on a daily basis, how could he get enough nutrition?

"The child is still young and growing. How can he eat this every day?" Ye Muqi shook his head. "And it's not enough for the three of us."

Sun Chao already looks shorter and thinner than his peers due to his poor health. Isn't it too pitiful for him to continue eating so little?

"This..." Well, normally it was fine for her to just eat with her grandson, but today Ye Muqi was coming too, so the food was definitely not enough for three people.

So he took out the money allocated for today's business, counted out some and prepared to hand it over to Ye Muqi.

"Here, take it and buy some groceries."

"Hmm... OK." Ye Muqi thought about it and did not refuse. He took the money and went out.

Ye Muqi went out, but didn't really go to buy vegetables. She already had them in her space, so she just took them directly from there.

"It should be about time." Ye Muqi walked around the neighborhood, and thinking that he had been walking around for a while, he walked towards Cai Dongmei's house.

At the staircase entrance of the tube building, Ye Muqi stood there and looked around like a thief. After making sure that no one was here, Ye Muqi took out the dishes he had wanted from the space.

Ye Muqi took out some meat and a few side dishes, and took some extra so that Cai Dongmei and Sun Chao could also eat for the next two days.

The weather is getting cooler now, so we can put all these things here.

When I returned to Cai Dongmei's house, Cai Dongmei had already cooked the meal and was waiting for Ye Muqi to come back.

Sun Chao stared at the door eagerly, and greeted Ye Muqi the moment he entered.

Cai Dongmei looked at what Ye Muqi was holding. There were meat and vegetables, and they looked quite fresh.

"Wow - there's meat. We have meat to eat today!" Sun Chao also saw it and cheered happily.

He is just a child and doesn't think too much like adults. He will get excited just by seeing delicious food.

"Grandma, this is the remaining change." Ye Muqi took some of Cai Dongmei's money and returned it to her.

"Huh? There's still some left?" Cai Dongmei was also quite surprised.

The main thing was that I saw Ye Muqi also bought some meat. Although it was only a small piece, but with a few other side dishes, the money should have been used up. How could there be some left over?

"When I got there, there were only a few dishes left, so they sold them to me at a low price so I could go home earlier," Ye Muqi explained.

"Is that so..."

Cai Dongmei didn’t think too much about it. After all, she had already ordered this, and the dishes left over were indeed cheap.

"Xiao Chao, you go out first. We'll be able to eat soon." Ye Muqi went into the kitchen carrying the dishes and asked Sun Chao, who had come in to help, to go out and play.

When she entered the kitchen just now, Sun Chao followed her in, and now he followed her again. Whenever he saw what Ye Muqi was going to cook, he wanted to help choose the vegetables. It seemed that he usually helped Cai Dongmei a lot.

"Oh." Sun Chao nodded obediently, but before leaving, he did not forget to say to Ye Muqi, "Then if sister needs my help with anything, just call me."

"good."

Ye Muqi was preparing the ingredients and looking at the small kitchen. Cai Dongmei was getting older, and it was not convenient for her to come back and cook every day, and the two of them could not eat much.

"Grandma, after the big bowl of rice is released next week, please leave two extra portions. You can bring them back in the afternoon so you don't have to cook after you come back." Ye Muqi said.

Bring it directly from the store, the vegetables are rich and much more nutritious than eating just a few vegetables every day at home, and it is also convenient.

For Ye Muqi, there was no burden at all. It was all a big pot of rice, and one or two more or less portions made no difference.

"How can that be?" Cai Dongmei was about to shake her head subconsciously. Originally, Ye Muqi had contacted a vegetable merchant, and he took care of everything for her. He also packed meals for her to take home every day, including meat and vegetarian dishes. Isn't that taking advantage of him?

Although Cai Dongmei is short of money, she can't always take advantage of a little girl!

"Then..." Seeing Cai Dongmei's serious face, Ye Muqi thought for a moment and said, "How about this, let's pay for the food together, and then you can save two portions for dinner every day."

"Okay!" Cai Dongmei agreed without saying a word.

Cai Dongmei looked at the menu listed by Ye Muqi. Even if she and her grandson ate little, they would at least have meat to eat every day.

As an old woman, it doesn't matter to her, but seeing how happy her grandson was after seeing the meat today, how could she not wish that her grandson could eat better?

Ye Muqi was busy in the kitchen and soon prepared four dishes and a meatball soup. The table was full of delicious food that made people drool just by looking at it.

Sun Chao looked at the meat covered in oil. The room was filled with the delicious smell of meat. He secretly wiped his saliva, carefully set the table, and looked forward to the meal starting soon.

Ye Muqi looked at the time. Rong Jingchen should be home by now. If he saw that she was not at home, he would probably be worried.

Fortunately, there was a telephone installed in the house, and Rong Jingchen asked her to memorize the phone number on the day the phone was installed.

"Grandma, is your phone working?" Ye Muqi asked, looking at the old, even a little rusty landline phone placed in the corner of the living room.

"It works, it works!" Cai Dongmei nodded quickly in response.

Because of his poor health, Sun Chao stayed at home and did not go to school all year round. Cai Dongmei was selling breakfast outside during the day and was worried about her grandson being alone at home. If he got sick, she would call him immediately.

Although installing a telephone was indeed expensive, she still gritted her teeth and installed one so that she could be the first to know if anything happened to her grandson.

"Then I'll call my lover to let him know I'm safe." Ye Muqi said.

"Okay, you should say something." Cai Dongmei asked her to hurry up and not let her family worry.

After two dials, the call was finally connected.

"Hello, who is this?" Rong Jingchen's usual low voice came from the other end of the phone.

A little cold, but nice to listen to!