"I'm just gonna go ahead and thick-skinned about it then," she said with an embarrassed chuckle, "but since I'm not being polite with you, you can't be polite with me either. I made some fried rice noodles tonight and will bring some over for you. You can't refuse."
"Sure, I definitely won't be polite with you," Lin Xiaoguai's smile held two extra servings of sincerity.
She liked people who knew their boundaries.
Of course, Lin Xiaoguai couldn't only attend to Wu Ermei, it's just that the others didn't have the same realization as Wu Ermei did, shamelessly taking more than their share without a hint of embarrassment.
—These days, although living conditions in the Military District were decent, they were only relatively so. Everywhere there was a shortage of supplies.
After sending everyone off and closing the door, Lin Xiaoguai sighed. Her son's snacks for the week had all gone.