[Ahem, hurry up and do your quest.] The system fell silent.
"Cai'er, I haven't touched these dishes. Please sit down and eat."
"Then, young mistress..."
"I'd like to wander around by myself. I'll probably be back by the time you finish eating."
"That won't do, what if something happens..."
"It's alright, I'll have your young master accompany you." She regretted saying it as soon as she said it, but words spoken are like water spilled and cannot be taken back. Su Chen could only walk up to Qian Duo under Cai'er's hopeful gaze.
"I'm going out for a stroll, and while I'm at it, I'll give you a green hat. Bye-bye~" Su Chen smiled in an extremely eerie way.
Qian Duo clenched his fists so tightly they cracked, and his voice sounded like it was being squeezed out from between his teeth: "Don't even think about it."
"Hey? That's not right of you. You're allowed to set fires but I'm not allowed to light lamps? You can seduce Lanzhi, but I can't seduce a pale-faced scholar... Hey, no, I should at least find someone with a better figure than you." Su Chen extended her middle finger.
"What do you mean by this?" Qian Duo asked, suppressing his emotions.
"I'm praising you." Su Chen smiled brightly.
Qian Duo asked in a low voice, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"Can't you say anything else? All you do all day is do whatever you want, what's it to you? I can do whatever I want? Let me tell you, cheating on you is no joke." Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in attention, Su Chen quickly darted away.
By the time Qian Duo realized what was happening, she had left behind only a tiny, bean-sized silhouette.
Enraged, Qian Duo slammed his fist on the table and stormed back home. Tonight! He had to divorce her!
Su Chen followed the map provided by the system and found her way to the pork stall.
"What kind of meat would you like to buy?" Li Tiezhu asked enthusiastically.
Seeing his expression and actions, Su Chen realized he hadn't recognized her, which put her at ease.
"I'm here to see your wife, Lanzhi."
"Lanzhi? You are..."
“I heard your wife is a doctor, and I’d like to have her take a look at me.”
"Oh, I see. She's getting her medicine at the pharmacy now."
Which pharmacy?
"You're not from around here, are you?"
"No...?" Did I give myself away?
"I knew it. There's only one big pharmacy in our town. The others are all small, unreliable workshops."
He pointed in a direction, "Look, you see where I'm pointing. Just keep going straight until you see the Jianghu Restaurant, then turn right. It'll be on your left."
"Thank you. I just need to buy some meat, so I'll buy some from your store." Su Chen thought she couldn't just ask for directions for nothing, and besides, to get closer to the female lead, it would be best to bring some meat from her store as well.
What are you going to do?
"How do you make it..." She doesn't know how to cook meat either. "It's the kind that's stir-fried with garlic sprouts."
"Ah, I understand."
"Don't cut too much, just a little for the family is enough." The key is that succulents are prone to spoilage on this day, and they are also heavy to carry.
"Okay, I'll wrap it up for you."
Li the butcher took two large leaves and some cotton rope, tied the meat into a tight knot, and handed it to her.
"Wow, your packaging is so clean." Su Chen noticed that the leaves had been soaked in ice water. The leaves used to wrap the meat were taken out of the basin of ice water just now. She could feel the coolness even without touching the leaves directly.
"It was my wife who came up with this idea."
"Your wife is so capable! She's knowledgeable in medicine and has so many ideas!" Praise is always due.
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