[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-she-lives-well-with-the-shopping-app-in-the-80s":3,"chapter-she-lives-well-with-the-shopping-app-in-the-80s-she-lives-well-with-the-shopping-app-in-the-80s-chapter-697":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","She Lives Well with the Shopping App in the 80s",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1554650,2018,"Chapter 697: 697: The Old Lady is Also Trying Hard to Matchmake the Two of Them","she-lives-well-with-the-shopping-app-in-the-80s-chapter-697",697,"\u003Cp>Chapter 697: Chapter 697: The Old Lady is Also Trying Hard to Matchmake the Two of Them\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Wang Yuemei felt a mix of emotions. She thought Brother Xiao He made a good point, yet something felt off, and she couldn’t pin down what exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Tianhe also knew that his wife had lived in that family for many years, probably starting to help with chores as soon as she could remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt lucky that she was born in the city instead of the countryside, otherwise, she would have had to do even more work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the wedding, Wang Yuemei settled down and earnestly took on the role of the new bride in the Zhao Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She learned some Southern dishes from her mother-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gradually figured out that when frying dishes, it was essential to add a bit of chili pepper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike before when meals consisted mainly of steamed buns, steamed bread, or cooking coarse grains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rice was seldom eaten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her family, being large, often ate coarse grains; fine grains were saved for feasts during festivals and holidays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, Little Aunt Zhao was not satisfied with Wang Yuemei, asking who would marry without bringing anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, seeing how diligent the girl was, not only keeping the house spotlessly clean but also being eager to learn cooking skills and asking when unsure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How’s your daughter-in-law these past few days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Little Aunt Zhao and her family had moved, they still came to the Courtyard House at noon since their son and daughter-in-law were working and didn’t come back for lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s diligent alright, just a bit straightforward in her thinking. She’s from Capital City and not familiar with Southern cuisine, but she has learned quite a lot from me these days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Zhao had been to Capital City and knew it was very different from their village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting with the food, people there ate more wheat-based dishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in her village, they also ate wheat-based dishes, but it was not exclusive to that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cornmeal, flour, rice, sweet potatoes, and even pumpkin were used as staples in some cases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their area, they also had these, considering potatoes a staple food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In stir-frying, many households favored eating raw scallions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They preferred to use them more as a seasoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frying dishes would often include a little chili pepper for flavor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When does Laosan’s Wife have time to take some photos for us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Aunt Zhao thought simply, planning to go back after her daughter got married.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not sure when she’ll be free, but she definitely gets weekends off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The daughter-in-law was a college student, only resting on holidays, and attended classes the rest of the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to work during her summer break when visiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now in winter, while in Capital City, the daughter-in-law attended school, having to send the grandkids to school early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was never idle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, squeezing time out to go clothes shopping was tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shitou’s mother, Xiao He’s mother, we’re making dumplings tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What, making dumplings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go prepare the fillings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making dumplings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Zhao and Little Uncle Zhao also got involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With so many people, a large batch was necessary; otherwise, there wouldn’t be enough for so many mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laosan’s family of four, plus the two elders makes five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three from the Fang Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add a niece and Er Dan, that’s ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus the younger brother and his spouse, that makes twelve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each person would eat at least twenty, so more than two hundred dumplings were needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Xiaoxiao had come home early today; the children smelled the fragrance but still went to do their homework.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People gradually started coming back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Yang, take some dumplings to Xiao Du.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after Fang Chaoyang returned, he heard his grandmother say this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What, deliver dumplings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady was really trying to matchmake the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, there was no contact between them; one was a college student, the other a factory worker, one studied while the other worked. If one didn’t reach out, they hardly met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry up and deliver them, your bike is fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Fang handed him a thermal container and sent him to deliver the dumplings.\u003C\u002Fp>",698,"2026-06-06T07:30:26.334Z",1,"novelbin.me","7f197118d60b1c161d272f6037cd0fe7b8f612d5b19526c4b0ed18b08c1cad37","she-lives-well-with-the-shopping-app-in-the-80s-chapter-698","she-lives-well-with-the-shopping-app-in-the-80s-chapter-696",1053,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fshe-lives-well-with-the-shopping-app-in-the-80s-cover.jpg"]