Nan Quanyou didn’t understand the menu prices, so he didn’t know how much he would spend. Plus, he was eating large mitten crabs for the first time, so he ate with gusto, sucking the shells after finishing, and then sucking his fingers clean.
Seeing her father enjoying himself, Nan Feng suddenly didn’t hold it against Wu Yang anymore, and picked up another shrimp to put in Nan Quanyou’s bowl, “Dad, these are sea shrimps, we don’t usually get to eat them, but….”
Nan Feng looked at Wu Yang sitting across the table: “You need to peel the shell before you eat it, otherwise, it will be very hard. Of course, if your teeth are hard enough, then you can do as you please.”
Wu Yang was biting into a shrimp, initially thinking it was not tasty, stiff and chewy, he didn’t understand why this fine restaurant served such an oddity.
Now, following Nan Feng’s method, he peeled the shrimp and ate the tender and white shrimp meat inside, it was then he realized that shrimp was incredibly delicious.
Nan Feng stopped worrying about the cost and focused on peeling shrimp for Nan Quanyou.
But Nan Quanyou was always hospitable and felt it was rude to neglect a guest while treating them to a meal, so he started chatting with Wu Yang: “Judging by your accent, Brother Wu Yang, I presume you are not a local?”
Wu Yang replied while eating: “Mmm. I am originally from the north. We fled here a couple of years ago due to some unpleasant circumstances at home. By chance, there was a recruitment for martial artists at the county government office, I tried out and surprisingly, was accepted.”
Nan Quanyou said: “No wonder you are so tall. I’ve heard people from the north are usually tall.”
“…”
Finally, the meal was over. Nan Feng got up to settle the bill, but was stopped by Wu Yang: “Lady Nan, let me take care of it.”
“No, we agreed that I am treating. You can’t pay,” Nan Feng detested reneging on her commitments.
However, Wu Yang continued to obstruct Nan Feng, chuckling: “Let me go first. After we settle the bill, I will tell you why I should do it.”
In the course of their conversation, Wu Yang had already handed one tael of silver to the restaurant’s waiter.
Afterwards, Wu Yang turned back and laughed: “Lady Nan, just to tell you, this silver is from big brother Ye. When he left this morning, he specifically asked me to take you two to a nice meal. He would feel guilty if you came here from afar, but he couldn’t accompany you. At the time, I asked him about the silver. It’s not a trivial amount. How much food can we eat that would cost all this? But he said it must be spent, so… I could only… bring you here to the Restaurant.”
So, it was Brother Ye who instructed.
Nan Feng couldn’t help but ask: “Why didn’t you mention it earlier?”
“If I told you, you definitely wouldn’t let me come in here,” Wu Yang added, “wives like to save money for their husbands.”
Nan Feng prodded Wu Yang’s head.
However, deep down, she felt warm and thought Brother Ye was really considerate.
…
When they got back to their place after eating, Nan Feng started tidying up the house.
She just moved things inside at noon. Now she needed to open up the boxes and packages and put everything in its place.
She brought the dressing table, face masks, which all take up a lot of space. She even brought the pots from home. However, there was no kitchen in the house, so she needed to cook in the yard. Each household had a small cooking shed, so there was no need to worry about rain.
After setting up their new home, Nan Feng lay on the bed for a while.
The county town was different from the rural area. This apartment complex was both crowded and noisy, with sounds of children playing, people washing dishes, and adults scolding kids coming from outside…
It got even busier in the evening.
The men who went out to work had returned, and every household was busy cooking. Nan Feng and Nan Quanyou also started to prepare dinner.