After a satisfying meal, Zhang Yu bought some fruit on her way home and stopped by the vegetable store at the entrance of the residential complex to scoop up some discounted vegetables.
Once home, she quickly did some cleaning and then started marinating the beef, planning to stew it before going to bed.
"Tomorrow morning, I'll just have a simple beef noodle soup for breakfast," Zhang Yu thought that keeping breakfast simple was better.
With the beef stewing away, Zhang Yu sliced some fruit and then brewed a pot of tea to drink.
After a few sips of tea, Zhang Yu suddenly remembered something — she hadn't called home to check in yet.
She guessed that at this hour, Zhang Dagu and his wife were probably asleep, so it would likely be one of the three family members in Zhang Guohua's household answering the phone.
To her surprise, it was Pan Juan who answered the call, which startled Zhang Yu a bit.
Zhang Yu: "Mom, you haven't gone to bed yet?"
