CHAPTER 109: CHAPTER 109: WASHING THE LUNCH BOX

After all, it’s lunchtime, and this is the time when people usually go home to cook or eat, so who has time to wander around in the market?

So, the process of having lunch went pretty smoothly.

Jiang Xin is someone who typically enjoys life; although she lives a bit rough, she doesn’t like to be disturbed by others when she’s eating.

If, during her meal, a customer comes to look at the goods on their stall,

it would be somewhat impolite not to attend to them.

But if she divides her attention to serve them, wouldn’t that interrupt her mealtime?

By the time she finishes dealing with the customers and turns back to continue eating, the food might have already changed flavor.

Jiang Xin feels a bit particular about herself because, even though she’s lived two lifetimes, she has never eaten leftovers.

Firstly, because of health considerations.

Secondly, because leftover food loses its taste once reheated.

The taste differs significantly from the first bite, so Jiang Xin never eats overnight meals.

After traversing eras, Jiang Xin found this quirk becoming more severe.

In her past life, Jiang Xin didn’t eat overnight meals, but in this life, she’s upgraded to not eating cold meals, even if freshly made; as long as it’s cold, it’s considered leftovers.

Thus, this meal was enjoyable without interruptions from others.

After eating, Jiang Xin looked down at the lunch box she just used, which was full of leftover soup.

This obviously needed to be cleaned out, and the box should be washed thoroughly for reuse.

Even though the lunch boxes in her space are infinite in number,

the quality of these lunch boxes is too good, and discarding them after one use is truly wasteful.

Even if Jiang Xin can have an unlimited supply of lunch boxes, she finds such behavior too extravagant.

So she thinks the lunch box needs cleaning and reuse, as it will come in handy countless times in the days to come.

Jiang Xin thought about how there’s no place nearby in the market to wash lunch boxes, so she simply sealed the lid to prevent spillage, planning to clean it later at the Fu Family.

As for Lin Ye’s box, he can take it home and wash it himself.

Tomorrow morning, when coming to the market, he can bring it back.

This way, it won’t affect her taking the lunch box to the State-owned Restaurant for food.

This way, Lin Ye can be more comfortable; if Jiang Xin offered to wash the lunch box for him, he might feel a bit embarrassed.

This thought barely crossed Jiang Xin’s mind when, indeed, Lin Ye then offered:

Upon seeing that Jiang Xin, despite finishing eating a bit later than him,

wolfed down his meal quickly as a man typically does, concerned that losing too much time would delay his market sales,

he couldn’t afford to savor the food from the State-owned Restaurant, focused solely on filling his stomach, living roughly without much consideration otherwise.

After finishing his meal and seeing Jiang Xin was done too, staring at the lunch box, he proactively proposed to wash the boxes.

How could he let his boss do such a menial task?

Of course, it should be handled by him, a man.

He planned on casually finding a shop to borrow their faucet to wash the lunch box, which wouldn’t be much trouble.

For him, it’s simply a piece of cake.

But if Jiang Xin were doing it, it mightn’t be as simple.

A young girl like her might not have the face to borrow a faucet from shop owners.

So it’s more reliable for him, a man, to handle this.

Hence, he proposed:

"How about you stay here and watch the stall for a while, and I’ll find a place to wash our lunch boxes."

"It won’t take long, just about five minutes."

After saying this, Lin Ye was about to grab the lunch box Jiang Xin held.

He guessed Jiang Xin must be unsure about how to wash the lunch box, seeing her staring at it post-meal.

Now that he suggested it himself, Jiang Xin probably wouldn’t decline his offer.

Jiang Xin indeed had a blank mind for a moment, surprised that Lin Ye, a man, would proactively suggest washing the lunch box.

Jiang Xin has lived in this era for a while now.

She feels that men of this era are somewhat chauvinistic.

After all, just looking at the Fu Family, it’s apparent that although Mr. Fu doesn’t have much say at home,

the household chores are mainly done by Mrs. Fu.

Even with minimal home standing, Mr. Fu never touches tasks like dishwashing.

Mrs. Fu never complains, as if she naturally feels this is a woman’s job to do.

Mr. Fu, as a man, should just stay cool and clear of such chores.

Perhaps it’s also because she finds Mr. Fu clumsy and careless, hence doesn’t let him touch anything.

Given that dishes in this era are essentially counted out by household members, if broken, they need purchasing, costing money, so letting Mrs. Fu do them seems more secure.

Lin Ye, always an action-taker, after saying this, immediately grabbed Jiang Xin’s lunch box to find a place to wash.

After thinking about it, Jiang Xin suddenly felt leaving the lunch box to be washed later at home seemed tough, the thought being quite bothersome.