veggies from the store

Zhǐyǒu Yí Ge Tǔdòu

Xiàwǔ liù diǎn, wǒ xiānsheng xiàbān yǐhòu kāishǐ wǎng jiā zǒu. Wǒ gěi tā dǎ le yí ge diànhuà, wèn tā dàgài shénme shíhou dào jiā. Tā shuō dàgài liù diǎn bàn jiù néng dào jiā, wǒ tīng le hěn gāoxìng, yīnwèi wǒ yǐjīng hěn è le.

Wǒ wèn tā, wǎnshàng xiǎng chī shénme ya? Tā shuō tā shénme dōu ài chī, ràng wǒ juédìng jiù hǎo. Wǒ kàn le kàn bīngxiāng, fāxiàn lǐmiàn zhǐyǒu yí ge tǔdòu, biéde cài dōu méiyǒu le. Wǒ xīnli xiǎng, bú huì jiù chī yí ge tǔdòu ba? Nàyàng tài méi yìsi le.

Wǒ gēn xiānsheng shuō, nǐ shùnbiàn qù càichǎng mǎi diǎn cài ba, bùrán wǒmen jīntiān wǎnshàng jiù méiyǒu cài chī le. Tā wèn wǒ yào bu yào mǎi qīngjiāo, kěyǐ zuò qīngjiāo chǎo tǔdòu sī. Wǒ juéde zhège zhǔyi hěn hǎo, jiù shuō hǎo a, nǐ zhēn cōngmíng. Wǒ yòu ràng tā mǎi diǎn qīngcài hé mógu, zhèyàng wǒmen kěyǐ duō chī diǎn shūcài.

Xiānsheng tīng le yǐhòu yǒu yìdiǎn bù gāoxìng, tā shuō, jīntiān yòu yào chī sù a? Wǒ gàosù tā, duō chī shūcài duì shēntǐ hǎo, érqiě tā zuìjìn chī le tài duō ròu, yīnggāi duō chī diǎn qīngcài cái duì shēntǐ hǎo. Tā xiǎng le xiǎng, juéde wǒ shuō de yě yǒu dàolǐ, jiù shuō zhīdào le, huì zǎo diǎn huílái.

Xiānsheng qù càichǎng mǎi cài de shíhou, wǒ zài jiā li děng tā. Guò le yíhuìr, tā dǎ diànhuà gàosù wǒ, qīngjiāo, qīngcài hé mógu dōu mǎi hǎo le. Wǒ ràng tā bǎ cài xǐ gānjìng, zài qiē hǎo, zhèyàng huí jiā yǐhòu jiù kěyǐ mǎshàng zuò fàn le. Tā dāying le, shuō hěn kuài jiù huí jiā. Wǒ juéde, suīrán wǒmen chángcháng wèile chī shénme ér tǎolùn bàntiān, kěshì zhè yě shì wǒmen shēnghuó li hěn yǒu yìsi de yí bùfen.

Just One Potato

At six in the afternoon, my husband finished work and started heading home. I gave him a call and asked him roughly when he’d get home. He said he could get home around six thirty, and I was happy to hear that, because I was already very hungry.

I asked him, what do you want to eat tonight? He said he liked everything, and told me to just decide. I looked in the fridge and found there was only one potato inside, no other vegetables at all. I thought to myself, we’re not just going to eat one potato, are we? That would be way too boring.

I told my husband, go to the vegetable market while you’re at it and buy some vegetables, otherwise we won’t have anything to eat tonight. He asked if he should buy green peppers, so he could make stir-fried green pepper with shredded potato. I thought that was a great idea, so I said okay, you’re really smart. I also had him buy some greens and mushrooms, so we could eat more vegetables.

After hearing this, my husband was a little unhappy, and said, we’re eating vegetarian again today? I told him, eating more vegetables is good for your health, and besides, he’d been eating too much meat lately, so he should eat more greens for the sake of his health. He thought about it and felt that what I said made sense too, so he said got it, and that he’d come home a bit earlier.

While my husband went to the vegetable market to shop, I waited at home for him. After a while, he called and told me that the green peppers, greens, and mushrooms were all bought. I told him to wash the vegetables clean and then cut them up, so that we could start cooking right away once he got home. He agreed, saying he’d be home soon. I thought, although we often discuss what to eat for a long time, this is also a fun part of our life together.

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