Early the next morning, they went straight to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative.
Along the way, we met many colleagues of Shen Yanli. Most of them had received wedding candies at home and knew that they had obtained the marriage certificate. They generously sent their blessings to the newlyweds.
There were also many men of the same age as Shen Yanli, who jokingly said that Professor Shen, who never came to buy vegetables, actually came to buy vegetables for the first time after he got married.
Shen Yanli glanced at Zhou Yunwan beside him and replied with a smile: "I have been here too."
If one person is well fed, the whole family will not worry, so Chen Yanli usually eats in the cafeteria and rarely appears in the vegetable stalls, but it is not that he has never been there, such as on weekends when the cafeteria at home is closed.
Zhou Yunwan didn't care. They both knew how to cook, but they were the type who could cook but didn't do it often. Cooking was so troublesome and she didn't like to cook when she was alone.
However, now that I’m married and there’s one more person in the family, it’s of course better to cook at home more often.
She is not opposed to cooking for the one she loves. After all, isn't there a saying that to capture a man, you have to capture his stomach first?
However, in order to make amends to her, Shen Yanli took the initiative to take care of the meals for the next few days and not let her interfere. If she didn't want to cook all the time, he could always do it.
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While talking to the people around them, it was soon their turn.
Zhou Yunwan looked around at the vegetables on the stall. It was summer and there were a lot of varieties. She was suddenly afraid of making choices and was about to let Shen Yanli decide, after all, he was the one responsible for cooking.
As soon as she tilted her head, she saw the vegetable seller saying to her, "What vegetables do you want to buy?"
As the saying goes, since ancient times, men have been the breadwinners and women have been the homemakers. Men earn money outside and women cook and take care of children at home. This is natural. Those who come to buy groceries are basically women. If there are men, most of them come to buy groceries with their wives.
So the vegetable seller thought that Chen Yanli was also here to accompany his wife to buy vegetables, and she looked at him with more regret. He is such a good man, handsome, good at making money, and also caring about his wife.
Alas, why didn’t I like her daughter at the beginning!
However, Shen Yanli's young wife is so beautiful, which shows how high his standards are. It is estimated that even if he really met her at the beginning, he might not be interested in her daughter.
Seeing that the aunt was looking straight at her, Zhou Yunwan didn’t think much about it, and turned her head to look at Shen Yanli: “You cook, you decide.”
As soon as these words were spoken, a huge wave of controversy instantly arose, and everyone around looked over in surprise again.
The aunt was no longer calm, and her voice unconsciously raised two points: "Does Professor Shen in your family cook?"
Zhou Yunwan didn't expect her to be so excited. She was stunned at first, then smiled politely and said, "Yes, is there any problem?"
Any questions? This is a huge problem!
The aunt's face darkened, and as an experienced person, she pointed out: "You are too ignorant, Professor Shen works so hard, how can you let him cook at home?"
When Shen Yanli heard this, his brows immediately frowned. What’s wrong with this aunt? How dare you teach his wife a lesson?
Just as he was about to speak, Zhou Yunwan quietly pulled on the corner of his clothes, stopping him.
Being caught off guard by a lecture, Zhou Yunwan's smile froze, and she relaxed and replied expressionlessly: "Auntie, since you care so much about Professor Shen, why don't you come to our house and cook for Professor Shen?"
The auntie was so angry that she almost laughed, "Why should I go to your house to cook?"
Zhou Yunwan blinked innocently: "Because Professor Shen feels sorry for me."
“Professor Shen feels sorry for you, what does it have to do with me?”
Zhou Yunwan rolled her eyes secretly: "Yes, Auntie, you also know that it has nothing to do with you. Who cooks in our family is our family's business. Why do you care so much?"
These words left the vegetable seller speechless, because Zhou Yunwan was right, it really had nothing to do with her, but she couldn't stand it, and she had to intervene when she couldn't stand it.
"Professor Shen is out there earning money to support the family, and when he comes home he has to serve you and cook for you, don't you feel bad? Besides, you are an unemployed person who doesn't earn money, so are you just going to stay at home and do nothing but eat dry meals?"
Zhou Yunwan didn't argue with her, nor did she get angry because she misunderstood that she didn't have a job. Instead, she asked calmly, "Do you mean that men shouldn't cook?"
The aunt agreed with what she said. In the minds of the older generation, men shouldn't cook. But now new ideas are being advocated. She was afraid that she would be criticized for saying so, so she snorted, "That's not what I mean. Whoever earns money outside and works harder shouldn't cook."
In her opinion, Zhou Yunwan looked like a spoiled child, so how could she make money? She doesn't make money and doesn't do housework. If she were her daughter-in-law, she would have asked her son to kick her out of the house long ago!
Zhou Yunwan raised her eyebrows and continued, "Auntie, so you are the one who cooks in your family?"
The aunt was puzzled: "Of course."
Zhou Yunwan added calmly: "Auntie, you work in the supply and marketing cooperative, so you must have made some money, right?"
When Shen Yanli heard this, he probably understood what she was going to say, and his frown, which was caused by his worry that she would suffer a loss, slowly smoothed out.
His boy Wanwan never loses in an argument. If she doesn't let him interrupt, then he won't interrupt.
The aunt raised her chin proudly: "Of course."
Working in a supply and marketing cooperative is a popular and secure job! The salary is also high, I wonder how many people envy me.
Zhou Yunwan said "oh" and blinked innocently: "Since you have a job and earn money like your husband, why do you still need to cook?"
This question made the aunt stunned, and she was successfully fooled by her. Indeed, she also made money, so why did she still have to cook?
Seeing her stunned, Zhou Yunwan added slowly, "Aunt, it must be very hard for you to sell vegetables in the supply and marketing cooperative, right? So is it because your husband doesn't care about you that he makes you cook every day?"
The old lady blushed and said subconsciously: "What do you mean by feeling sorry for me? What nonsense are you talking about?"
But she was deeply touched. Although the work in the supply and marketing cooperative was stable, it was very tiring and hard. She had to get up at three or four o'clock every day to help her colleagues count the dishes, and then put them on the shelves one by one. After putting them on the shelves, they had to sell them, and it was always eight or nine o'clock in the morning when she finished selling.
I have to repeat the morning routine at three or four in the afternoon and get off work at seven in the evening. I also have to find time to go home and cook for my children and grandchildren. I have almost no time to rest throughout the day.
The man in her family would not only not be able to help, but would also be scolded if the food was not to his liking.
The family eats together, but cooking is done by one person. Why?
Zhou Yunwan's words not only made the aunt fall into self-doubt.
At the same time, the women watching the show nearby fell into collective silence.
Yes, in today's society, women are laborers just like men. In order to support their families, there are very few housewives. Most of them have jobs and need to go out early and come back late just like men. They even earn almost the same amount of money.
But at home, let alone cooking, even a series of housework such as washing clothes, sweeping the floor, and taking care of children are tacitly contracted by women!
Many women feel angry when they think about how their men habitually lie on the sofa after work, doing nothing and leaving all the mess to them.
In fact, some of them are aware of this problem, but in other families, it is women who do the work, and men never offer to help, as if housework is something that naturally belongs to women.
So even if you have complaints and grievances, you have to swallow them down, after all, we are all the same!
But why?
Since both of them earn money, men should also do housework!
There’s nothing wrong with Professor Shen being in charge of cooking!
They may think it is abnormal at first because their men have never cooked.
Even if he did, he said it was to "help" her, and he had no awareness at all that he should do housework!
The more each woman thought about it, the angrier she became. She didn't even bother to see what was happening next and rushed home angrily.
After this episode, countless families in the compound were about to have a quarrel.
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