"Yushan, do you have time to come over for a meal at home today?"
Qiao Yushan saw the WeChat message from Shen Jie on her phone. She initially wanted to decline directly, but in the end, she did not send it. Instead, she deleted it and retyped: Thank you, Auntie, I should be able to arrive around seven o'clock.
"Great, I will go to buy groceries right away. Is there anything specific you want to eat?"
"I... I want to eat silver carp stewed with tofu."
"No problem. Auntie knows a place where the freshwater fish is freshest and another that makes the purest homemade tofu."
Qiao Yushan felt somewhat embarrassed to make such a request, yet she could clearly sense the excitement in Shen Jie's response, which was really just like her own mother. Whenever she would say anything was fine, her mother would frown, but as soon as she mentioned what she wanted to eat, her mother would happily start preparing, no matter how troublesome it might be.
