Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaobei felt a sense of frustration. He couldn't lash out at Sun Aiqin, so he thought to himself, 'It's just a few vegetables, why am I making a fuss?' Smiling, he said, "Aiqin, you can eat our vegetables without asking, just don't waste them, okay? When it's time to harvest the cabbages and radishes, I'll give a share to your family."
Since he couldn't prevent her from taking them, he decided to endure the small loss and let her eat them.
Sun Aiqin did not expect Gu Xiaobei to be so generous all of a sudden, and she was somewhat at a loss, thanking him somewhat embarrassingly: "Thank you then, sister-in-law."
It was only when Sun Aiqin carried the basket into the yard that Li Fengmei said: "So, she has also plucked vegetables from your garden?"
From the implication of Li Fengmei's words, Gu Xiaobei understood that Sun Aiqin's encroachment wasn't limited to her own garden:
"She's been taking from your garden as well?"
