Chapter 115: She Said to Listen to Her Parents
Lu Zhenping rode his bicycle home with Lu Mingkai, who had a sour expression on his little face the entire way. As they neared home, he hurriedly tugged on the man pedaling in front.
"Dad, should we tell Mom?"
"Of course, what’s there to hide? If we don’t mention it now, we’ll be in trouble once your mom finds out later."
Hearing his dad say this, Lu Mingkai’s face grew even gloomier.
As the early winter afternoon darkened, Shen Meng yawned and lifted the lid of the pot; the meat had stewed until it was falling apart, so she doused the still-burning fire a bit.
Steaming buns made from a dough of wheat and millet flours sat atop the coal stove, with sweet potato tea simmering beneath them.
This would be all for dinner. She didn’t have the time to prepare the sauce for the marinated vegetables, so everything came from her storage space. She fished out a few sheep and pork intestines from the pot, sliced them up, added some pig cheek, seasoned them, and divided it all into three bowls. Though not a lot, it was certainly enough to give away.
When Lu Zhenping, with Lu Mingkai drooling in anticipation, entered the yard, he suddenly remembered that morning when Shen Meng asked him to bring back some cypress branches from the county. Preoccupied with the Shen Family’s affairs, he had completely forgotten about it.
"What are you standing there for? Just in time you’re back, help me deliver this basket of food. One bowl for Jinghao, one for Changhong’s house, and one for Uncle Guai and Aunt Juying. This is the offal I’ve just marinated and seasoned, perfect timing since by the time you’re back, Mingyang and the rest should be almost home and ready for dinner."
"Okay!"