Hu Wenhua felt he deserved to die; how could he have conceived such a despicable thought!
He secretly berated himself and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm going back now. Don't skimp on the pastries and candies; I'll buy them next time I go to town."
Without waiting for a reply, the tall figure practically fled in panic.
However, the thought that Jiajia had accepted the things he bought for her filled him with a sweet feeling. He was very happy and joyful, and he felt that earning money had meaning. He couldn't wait to earn more money!
Ding Jiajia looked at the tall figure fleeing in disarray, a look of confusion flashing in her eyes.
Why did he run away first?
But I still have so many questions I want to ask him.
If I don't ask clearly, how will I answer when my parents come back...?
Ding Heli and Qin Yilin thought that Jiajia was home today and had come back early, which was rare for the family of three, so they had dinner together.
During this period, the two of them were like locusts, plucking up all the herbs they encountered, except for a few for seed. They had also produced several sacks of finished products, and finally they could catch their breath and have a meal and a heart-to-heart talk with their daughter.
The two men carried the large sacks home, humming and scraping as they entered the main room, where they saw their daughter sitting at the square table, lost in thought.
The moon had already risen outside, and the mud-brick house was dimly lit, without even an oil lamp.
"Jiajia, why isn't the light on?"
"Have you had dinner yet?" they both asked at the same time.
Ding Jiajia suddenly came to her senses and quickly stood up. "I...I forgot, Mom and Dad. I cooked rice. Go and bring it over so we can eat together."
Seeing her daughter's obvious panic, Qin Yilin reminded her, "You light the lamp first, your father and I will wash our hands and then go get the food."
"Okay, good." Ding Jiajia took out the oil lamp, straightened the wick, blew on the tinderbox and lit it.
The dimly lit main room suddenly became much brighter.
Ding Heli and Qin Yilin also brought out the food.
A plate of steamed sausage, a plate of smashed cucumber, a bowl of vegetable and egg drop soup, and three bowls of white rice—it was a world of difference from the meals at Shuiqing's house, but a qualitative improvement compared to the meals they used to eat at home.
The quality of our meals is thanks to Shuiqing, because she provided the sausages and taught us how to make the dressing for cucumber salad. It's simple, easy to learn, and delicious, and they've discovered that this dressing also tastes good with other dishes!
For example, you can use shredded wood ear mushrooms, shredded radish, tofu, etc. Once you learn this seasoning, you can add more than ten dishes to your family's dining table.
After a day of traveling through the mountains and fields, Ding Heli and Qin Yilin felt wonderful to be home to a hot meal waiting for them.
Especially when the food is really delicious!
The sausage is sliced into evenly thick pieces, each slice with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, glistening and translucent, making it especially delicious with rice.
Smashed cucumber is refreshing.
The bok choy was fresh and tender, and the egg drop soup was smooth and delicious. As they ate, they felt that this was the kind of life a person should live, and this was the kind of food a person should eat!
What I used to make was pig feed, just like feeding pigs!
Ding Heli finished a bowl of white rice first, and seeing that there was only a little left in Yilin's bowl, he took the bowl from her after she finished eating before going to the kitchen to get more rice.
While waiting for her food, Qin Yilin glanced up and saw that Jiajia's bowl of rice was barely touched, and she was eating it half-heartedly, counting the grains of rice.
In the past, she would have definitely reflected on whether her cooking was too bad, causing Jiajia to be unable to eat.
But today, not only were all three dishes made by my daughter, but they were also incredibly delicious! There's no way I couldn't eat them.
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