At home, there were canned luncheon meat, biscuits, and instant noodles, which were exceptionally scarce these days, but in Sang Zhi's eyes, those were snacks, not a proper meal.
How could they go on a trip without eating real food?
She would stir-fry some shredded potatoes and roll them up in freshly griddled, fragrant flatbreads—that was the proper flavor.
She loved sugar pancakes, so she had also griddled three sugar pancakes and some leavened flatbreads.
With boiled tea eggs, dried meat jerky, canned fruit, and the local specialty they had prepared—maple syrup produced by their own factory—they were ready to set off.
Sang Zhi left the keys with a close friend, asking her to drop by every now and then to make sure no thieves broke in.
Once everything at home was settled, the family of four grabbed their heavy bags and headed to the train station.
Not long after they left, a middle-aged woman came over, dragging a timid-looking little boy around the same age as Sang Bei and the others.
She was too thin, with hardly any flesh on her face, and coupled with an awkward bulbous nose and slanted eyes, she had an indescribable air of meanness.
She asked a passing neighbor if this was the Sang residence, and upon getting the answer she wanted, she knocked on the door.
With one hand knocking on the door, she cuffed the child on the head with the other.
"Useless brat, someone bullies you and you don't even know how to fight back! When that family comes out later, don't you…
Chapter 205