Unable to talk them out of it, Xu Lei's wife could only hand them a basin of vegetables. "Then help me wash these vegetables."
Chi Shuran took the basin, glanced inside, and nodded. "Okay."
Washing vegetables was no difficult task. At least, that was what both of them thought-provided what followed hadn't happened.
"Shuran, why did you throw away all the celtuce leaves?" Crouching in front of Chi Shuran, Ren Anwen looked back to find that Chi Shuran had stripped every last leaf off four celtuce stalks and tossed them all to the side.
"What's wrong? Is there some other use for these leaves?" Thinking Ren Anwen needed them, Chi Shuran picked up a leaf and handed it to her. "What do you want this for? You can't eat it."
"You can't eat it? Shuran, don't people eat celtuce leaves where you're from?" A rare look of astonishment appeared on Ren Anwen's face. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "We've always eaten the leaves where I'm from."
"What?! Isn't celtuce grown for the roots?!" This time, Chi Shuran was the shocked one. She looked down at the pile of discarded leaves beside her. "We've always eaten the roots where I'm from. I've never eaten the leaves."
"Why don't we keep both and see how the old lady uses them?" Unable to decide, Ren Anwen found a basin and put all the leaves inside.
Chi Shuran said, "Sure, let's leave it at that for now. Let's hurry up with these. They'll be back soon."
[You can tell Chi Shuran really has done this before, because I don't even know what this is called.]
[Isn't celtuce grown for its leaves? My family throws the roots straight out.]
[Throws them out?! In my family, the leaves are what get thrown out.]
[Stop