The last time he lost his mind was with Wesley, who was sentenced to 20 years. A person who could speculate and hustle in the cigarette business couldn’t be a morally selfless saint; cursing Kay a couple of times could be seen as a mad dog barking, saying Whitaker Scarlett just wasn’t good enough.
All the henpecked husbands in the world act the same when they lose their reason!
Whitaker Scarlett sold clothes as if she were picking up money.
With her pockets full, she wasn’t a stingy person.
She directly called Leo, intending to pick up Elizabeth on the way home, but Elizabeth said she had already eaten. Elizabeth was quite resilient, but her honest and clumsy nature wasn’t something that could change overnight; taking her to a restaurant would only make her restless. Whitaker Scarlett knew she needed to bring her mother along to such places more often, and over time, things would improve.
However, in front of Kay and Leo, she didn’t want Elizabeth to feel uneasy, so she didn’t push it.
After sending so many eels to the restaurant, it was Whitaker Scarlett’s first time ordering crispy eel strips there.
Food in the 1980s wasn’t tasty?
It was delicious to the core!
There was no gutter oil, no various additives; even the pigs were raised honestly on pig grass and husks for a whole year before being slaughtered. The ingredients were naturally high-quality, so how could the food not be delicious?
People simply didn’t have extra money to enjoy gourmet food, but the delicacies were right there in state-run restaurants and various time-honored brands.
Whitaker Scarlett looked satisfied.
In her past life, she wasn’t someone who valued culinary pleasures, but now that she was younger, she found herself tempted by a few dishes.
Her culteries moved quickly and steadily, each time precisely picking up a few strips of eel.
The evenly sized eel strips trembled as they were lifted, and the rich oil and red sauce made the crispy eel strips just right; the perfect cooking made them tender, smooth, sticky, and chewy in the mouth… The current eels were also good, caught from ditches and fields, not the kind that were rumored to be fed with contraceptives to hasten growth in later generations.
Whitaker Scarlett ate with comfort and peace of mind. Although she seemed quite proper while eating, Leo couldn’t help but swallow hard.
The Howard family didn’t lack food; even during famines, everyone had to tighten their belts, but Grandma wouldn’t let Leo go hungry. He had eaten plenty of good food, and while the crispy eel strips at this restaurant were quite good, Whitaker Scarlett’s expression while eating was too engrossed.
Could it be that good?
Had she never seen anything good since childhood?
Leo recalled Whitaker Scarlett’s background: a country girl, poor family, and not well-loved.
Leo paused with his culteries holding the eel strips; forget it, let her eat a bit more.
Kay glanced at him lightly, really bold, daring to show sympathy for his wife?
Kay didn’t pity Whitaker Scarlett; he felt heartache.
Watching her enjoy her food, he would rather not eat at all and just be happy.
“You’ll like the stir-fried shrimp and sweet and sour fish too, try them…”
Whitaker Scarlett smiled at him, swallowing the eel strips before murmuring, “After selling eels for so long, I’ve never eaten this dish in a restaurant. Now that I have, I feel at ease.”
Did she not find the eel slimy, fishy, and greasy?
She was a woman too; she had never engaged in the business of selling eels in her past life. It was strange for Whitaker Scarlett to like something so slippery and slimy like a snake!
But it was just for a living; she had to endure the disgust to do this business. Whitaker Scarlett found the crispy eel strips delicious not only because the food itself was good, but sitting in a restaurant and ordering a dish of crispy eel strips meant that Whitaker Scarlett was living a better life.
Having money and leisure allowed her to step into a state-run restaurant and order a whole table of dishes to treat others.
When it came time to pay, Whitaker Scarlett handed over the money.
After all, she had been a senior executive in a multinational corporation; ordinary food couldn’t make her lose her composure like this.
But Elizabeth truly hadn’t eaten much good food. Whitaker Scarlett wasn’t excited to see seafood, yet she ordered the most expensive “food” in the restaurant to take home.
“I said I wanted to give my mom a good life; it’s just a dish.”
Whitaker Scarlett said, swaying the takeout bag.
After being kicked out of the Whitaker family with 20 pounds of sweet potatoes, she could let Elizabeth eat a 20-dollar dish ,” and in the future, she could let Elizabeth enjoy even greater blessings! What was the Whitaker family? Bah!
Kay knew she was happy.
He sent Whitaker Scarlett home, watching the door close before turning around with a serious face, looking quite fierce with a forced smile:
“Leo, your sister-in-law is too beautiful; there are always people eyeing her… I can’t guard her every day in the business city; what do you think we should do?”
Leo was almost ready to raise both hands in surrender.
