38. Admit defeat

She could have taken a break, dragged it out until half past five and then left work on time, but she opened another document, flipped through the new product report she got from the R&D department, and began to compile the draft of the trial report.

She just doesn't want to get off work, just do more, do more, it's all her work alone anyway, do more now, and it will be easier next week.

She didn't want to admit that she didn't want to go back to cooking. She doesn't rest at noon every day, and she is so busy that she is in a hurry to get off work on time. If she doesn't like to eat, she won't do it.

For a month, she fought with those raw meat, I don't know if it was a problem with the meat or the cutting board, her left index finger was allergic, and there were two or three small packets on the knuckles, which were itchy to the touch.

It's not too much of a hindrance, she will squeeze some dermatitis before going to bed, but it has not been better. Maybe she won't be able to cook anymore, and she'll be fine.

What about dinner? It doesn't matter what he does, doesn't Pan Rui like fast food, he has a lot of money. Xia Zhi thought of their flowing expenses, and she wondered how she couldn't settle the accounts, but now with his lunch fee, it was much clearer.

The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and before she knew it, she crackled into the computer until it was past seven o'clock.

Her stomach was so crumbling that she had to stop, maybe she should go for a quick snack too, and she couldn't get along with her stomach when she was angry......

She glanced at the mobile phone on the table, and for an afternoon, it didn't shake for a moment, let alone the phone, and she didn't even receive a text message.

She was fluttering in her heart, dragging the mouse in her hand, moving the pointer to the start menu, and clicking Shut Down.

Just as she was about to stuff her phone into her bag, it rang.

Pick it up? Take it. If she didn't answer, she told him that she was stingy, and it was her fault again.

"Summer solstice, haven't you come back yet?" At half past seven, it was time for him to get home from work.

"No, I'm working overtime."

"And when are you coming back?"

Xia Zhi thought about it for a while, and could only tell the truth: "I'll come back now." ”

Liang Lu went back to her hometown after the trip, or Xia Zhi really wanted to go back to Nanshi to squeeze in with her for a night. Now, her pockets are empty, and there are no acquaintances who can take her in, where can she go if she doesn't go back to the rental house?

Pan Rui said on the phone: "Have you eaten?" ”

Isn't this nonsense, how can she eat if she has been working overtime until now? She almost yelled at him, not only did she not eat now, but she also did not eat at noon, but she just faintly spit out the word "no".

Now it's okay, at half past seven, the vegetable market is going to close, what do you want to do? Xia Zhi thought, anyway, she didn't say it, she had a mischievous pleasure.

"That's it, I'll go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables after I've finished the rice now, and you can come back quickly." This time, Pan Rui reacted very quickly.

Xia Zhi said nonchalantly: "If you like to go, go there." ”

She added in her heart, even if you pounce on the air, you deserve it. Every day she buys vegetables when she gets off work, even on weekends, Pan Rui sleeps lazily and sleeps later than her, he has never been to the vegetable market. Now he should know how happy he is to open his mouth when he eats?

After hanging up the phone, she felt much more comfortable, and while sitting in the car, she made up for Pan Rui's stupid appearance that she couldn't find Bei in the empty vegetable market, and she even thought of his embarrassed appearance when he slipped and fell. A smile tugged at the corners of her mouth.

But to her surprise, Pan Rui really bought the vegetables.

She stepped on the stairs, and before she had reached the fourth floor, she saw his small table propped up in the doorway, on which was placed the induction cooker and the black and shiny wok, next to the stove were oil cans and soy sauce bottles, and the oil stains scattered on the table deepened the mess of the accident scene.

What is he doing here? Did you burn all the dishes?

She stood still in the doorway, glanced down, and he came out.

He grinned and said, "You're back?" I bought half a white-cut chicken and fried a green vegetable. The dishes may not be very good, they are all picked by others, and if you go later, there will be no leftovers picked by others. ”

"Hmm." She deliberately deserved to be cold, "The cooking table should be placed in the house, just open the door, and let the corridor block the way." ”

He put the things on the table into the room and said, "It's okay, who's going out at this time." ”

Why doesn't anyone go out at this time? That's how he always excuses his actions. Xia Zhi ignored him, but still helped bring the seasoning into the house when he entered the door.

Soy sauce? She glanced at the soy sauce bottle in her hand, and then at the two dishes on the table in the room to confirm. That's right, the white-cut chicken is ready-made cooked food in a disposable lunch box, and another plate of greens with an eerie black and shiny sheen.

She squeezed her eyes and asked him in disbelief, "You put soy sauce and stir-fry vegetables?" ”

"Questions?" He rightly said, "I don't think it tastes good with salt." ”

She put the soy sauce back on the plastic shelf, and couldn't hold back her laughter: "Do you put soy sauce in your fried vegetables?" ”

"No, let's give it a try. Isn't it possible? When eating out, don't you often put soy sauce in the green vegetables? I tasted it, and it was delicious, but I don't know why it's so dark. ”

Xia Zhi began to complain repeatedly: "The five grains are not divided into four bodies, and you are not diligent, and you are the one who is not diligent." People are rape, and they use boiling water to blanch the vegetables and then pour oil on them, not fried like you. You see, you're almost scorched. ”

Pan Rui scratched his head, still trying to argue: "What's the difference between this and putting salt?" Isn't it all salty? Anyway, as long as you can eat, you don't pay so much attention to eating at home. ”

Xia Zhi laughed and his shoulders trembled: "Okay, then eat, I'm hungry." ”

She lifted the rice cooker on the table, only to see Mi Li lying quietly in half a pot of water...... She was silent, and the pot of rice was silent in the water......

“…… Mr. Pan Rui, do you know that cooking rice requires the push of a switch? She struggled to speak.

"Did I forget to press it?" He suddenly puffed out his chest in realization, "Of course I know to flip the switch!" Am I stupid? I just forgot about ......"

"Okay, I'm throwing in the towel." Xia Zhi pursed her lips and smiled, she put the lid on the rice cooker and flipped the switch, this meal will take at least half an hour before eating.

"Shall we have some food first?" Pan Rui proposed.

Xia Zhi is completely angry now, Mr. Pan Rui, he is simply a child who has not grown up, what is she angry with the child? He didn't mention the unhappiness at noon, and she could accept it when she saw it, although the meal was not finished yet, but she received it anyway.

She said, "I'd better go take a shower first, and I'm almost done with my meal." ”

She went to pull the suitcase under the bed, and Pan Rui stopped her: "Xia Zhi, shall we go buy a refrigerator tomorrow?" I borrowed a thousand from my mom. ”

Pan Rui emphasized that it was borrowed, he knew that Xia Zhi insisted on not living independently at home, he said: "Didn't I just start working and didn't pay my salary, my mother also knew, and she asked me if a thousand was enough." ”

Xia Zhi sat on the bed and thought for a while, and said, "The money left over after buying the refrigerator can't be spent indiscriminately, and I have to pay it back to my aunt as soon as I pay my salary next month." We come out to work, don't we bring money home and ask for money, aren't we shy? ”

Pan Rui smiled with a sunny face: "I listen to you." ”