Chapter 577: Rumors after Divorce 9_1
He Teng never expected that even Chen Ya’nan, the student who just came back last Friday, would overhear talk of a green hat. Seeing that He Zhilan’s expression remained calm, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, fearful that she would feel wronged and angry to the point of losing her appetite.
However, it now seemed that He Zhilan was having trouble eating because of the spiciness.
As for He Zhilan’s taste, He Teng had a pretty good understanding. She had the heart to eat spicy food, but not the constitution for it. A little bit of spice was okay, but too much would bring her to tears.
The chili sauce in the army was rather spicy since it was all homemade, which explained why He Teng didn’t add chili to He Zhilan’s dumplings and forbid her from taking any during Chinese New Year.
"You eat mine." He Teng hesitated for a moment, then switched his half-eaten bowl with He Zhilan’s. His years in the military had trained him to eat spicier food. Although not as good as Chen Zheng and his family, He Zhilan’s dumplings were still palatable to him.
He Teng really was He Zhilan’s savior. At this time, making dumplings was no small feat, as everyone lived frugally. She would have felt bad wasting a bowl of dumplings because of some chili.
"She can only dip a bit of chili oil with her chopsticks to taste it." He Teng explained to Chen Ya’nan, "She prefers light flavors."
"Is that so!" Only then did Chen Ya’nan speak again, nodding her head and taking another bite of the dumplings. Suddenly, she looked up at He Teng forcefully and asked after swallowing, "Uncle He, is it true they’re saying you divorced Aunt He because she made you wear a green hat? What’s wrong with that? Don’t all the men in our unit wear green hats all day long? Have you ever seen anyone wearing a hat of a different color? Even your clothes are green! What’s wrong with green? I think it looks quite nice. You look so handsome in your uniforms!"