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She nervously bought five buns and then, hiding her face with her sleeve, scurried back home.
When the five plain buns were placed in front of Wei Jiani, she was so hungry that her stomach was stuck to her back, almost starving to death, but even then, upon seeing the buns, she felt as if she had eaten her fill.
"Mom, why are we eating this again?" Wei Jiani clutched her stomach, reluctant to reach out and take one, hungry for the whole day, "I want to eat braised pork, I want to eat shrimp, I want to eat fish; didn't you go ask that woman for money? Hospital wages are so high, how come you're so reluctant to spend more on buying me some meat?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Sang Zhilan grabbed a plain white bun and started gnawing on it, but she ate in such haste that she choked, frantically searching for water. Failing to find any hot water after a long search, she could only go outside to drink tap water from the faucet.
