Tan Yajun's excuse was just something she came up with on the spot, and she didn't need to go through all that trouble during the New Year. He responded naturally, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.
"What's wrong with that? We were all sent-down youth together, and we live in the same courtyard. We're neighbors, so isn't it normal to help each other?"
"Well......"
Mingzhu nodded as well.
"Yes, that's right. A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. There's no need to bother my Lin Dongfang anymore."
"Huh?" Tan Yajun stared at Mingzhu with wide eyes. The saying "a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative" had brought back the things she was trying to forget, but Mingzhu's words, "my Lin Dongfang," surprised her.
"You're really shameless."
The four of them chatted and joked around, and before they knew it, they were almost at the village entrance when Jian Dan suddenly remembered a practical problem.
"Sister Yajun, how's Bai Xiaoqin doing?"
"It's alright. We've been cooking together these past few days. It's not that I'm lazy; I'm quite clean."
"That,"
Jian Dan and Mingzhu exchanged a glance.
"Then stay with her. Let her bring yours out when she cooks. I'll make you some more bone broth tomorrow or the day after."
Mingzhu interrupted,
"I don't need you. You're still a patient yourself, and you have two children at home."
"I live nearby, I'll deliver it," Lin Dongfang said, adding that he would just do it anyway.
Seeing that they were about to speak, he added another sentence.
"It was also thanks to Xiao Jian, the educated youth, that we got so much meat and bones."
Tanya Chung also laughed.
"What I was trying to say was that I have the bones, and I can just ask Bai Xiaoqin to help me cook them."
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