I simply went into the kitchen and closed the door, thinking out of sight, and ignored He Huiping who was outside, calling her mom and knocking on the door. She was busy in the kitchen anyway, so she couldn't hear anything.
"Mom! Mom! Are you home? I'm Huiping." Huiping pushed the gate but it didn't open. She saw through the crack that there was a bolt on the door, so she knocked on the door and shouted.
After waiting for a long time, no one opened the door, and no one came out. Huiping's face was long, she cursed in a low voice, turned around and walked home.
After returning home, Huiping felt the little money left in her pocket and looked at the empty kitchen. For the first time, Huiping felt that splitting up the family was not a wise move.
But things have come to this point. Even if I regret it, I can't go back to yesterday.
Huiping gathered her thoughts and used what she had in the kitchen to make cornmeal porridge, steamed some steamed bread, and steamed some dried wild vegetables and mixed them together to make a dish.
The family doesn't even have any vegetables now, and they will need the remaining money for a long time, so the more they can save, the better. This is the best she can do with what she has now.
After work, Sheng Yanjun still didn't know about the dispute between Ma Shufen and Nanqiao this afternoon. He was exhausted and just wanted to go home and eat a bowl of delicious food.
When passing by the door of his house on his way home, Sheng Yanjun heard the sound of Nanqiao and Taohua laughing and playing in the yard. He paused and an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart. But thinking of his original intention, Sheng Yanjun's steps became more firm. He turned around and continued to go back to his home.
After entering the yard, Sheng Yanjun went to wash up first. After washing up, he sat at the dining table and looked at the bland rice on the table. Sheng Yanjun paused with his chopsticks in his hand.
Although they don't eat chicken, duck, fish and meat every meal, they don't eat cornmeal dumplings with corn porridge either, right?
"Eat... Let's eat. You must be hungry after working all afternoon." Huiping said in an unnatural tone. She knew that this meal was not very good, but what could she do?
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