Ji Huan stopped Widow Xie from going to cause trouble, but she never expected trouble to come knocking on its own.
These days, everyone was busy with the vegetables, so the task of cooking naturally fell to Hu Ximei.
She was just a young girl, so no one could expect her to be a master chef. She'd either forget to add salt or burn the pot. But no one held it against her; they all just shoveled down a few mouthfuls before dropping their chopsticks to get back to work.
The adults could make do, but Dabao was unfortunately neglected.
He woke up as early as Ji Huan did and waited up for her no matter how late she went to bed. He wasn't resting well or eating well, and the little bit of weight he had finally managed to gain was visibly disappearing.
So that day, Ji Huan gave everyone half a day off and made a special trip to town to buy some meat and a few soup bones.
