Kawasaki Saki couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as she looked at the shopping cart full of intestines that Tanaka Masao had.
Fortunately, she didn't have to eat dinner at Tanaka Masao's house.
Her gaze towards Yukinoshita Yukino and Kasumigaoka Utaha even held a hint of schadenfreude.
I must ask Tanaka Masao tomorrow about his experience with the intestines.
A satisfied Tanaka Masao turned to the two girls, who were still stunned, and said, "Alright, we've bought the main ingredients. Let's go buy some other side dishes."
"We're done buying?"
The two girls looked at the cart full of intestines and couldn't help but shiver. How were they going to eat this for dinner?
"Aren't you going to buy anything else? Like what Uncle and Auntie, and Kashi, like to eat?"
Yukinoshita Yukino asked tentatively.
Kasumigaoka Utaha also nodded, indicating that she also wanted to add another dish.
Tanaka Masao glanced at the items in their hands and smiled.
"Oh, so you two like to eat these, just say so."
As he spoke, he reached out and took the salmon and beef from their hands.
"Is there anything else you want? Feel free to take it."
Yukinoshita Yukino and Kasumigaoka Utaha exchanged glances, both sighing in relief and shaking their heads simultaneously.
"No, this is enough."
With these two dishes added to dinner, they finally wouldn't have to face an intestine feast.
At this moment, they were incredibly grateful that they had picked up these two boxes earlier.
After buying the meat, the group headed to the vegetable section.
This time, Yukinoshita Yukino and Kasumigaoka Utaha chose with extra care.
Since most of the main course was inedible, they decided to eat more vegetables, considering it a diet.
Kasumigaoka Utaha picked up a carrot and ran her fingers back and forth over it.
"This carrot looks beautiful, and it's so fresh and juicy. It should be delicious."
"Carrots are good, but they can only be a side dish. This eggplant looks even more delicious; it can be a standalone dish."
Yukinoshita Yukino, on the other side, picked up an eggplant that was several sizes larger than the carrot.
The eggplant was straight and thick, with a smooth skin and no blemishes, looking particularly good for... cooking.
Kawasaki Saki leaned over and squeezed the carrot and eggplant they had chosen, then shook her head.
"You've both been fooled by appearances. These kinds of carrots and eggplants look impressive, but they haven't ripened to their most delicious stage yet.
They only look good; in reality, they're not that great.
They look fresh and juicy, but that's just because the staff sprayed some water on them beforehand to make them more appealing for sale."
She spoke while selecting from the counter.
"These two are better."
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the slightly crooked carrot in her hand; not only was its shape not pretty, but its surface wasn't very smooth either, full of bumps.
The eggplant in Yukinoshita Yukino's hand was in a similar condition; it wasn't as large as the one she had chosen before, its shape was also curved and bent, and it even had cracks.
The two looked at the carrots and eggplants that were handed to them, then at the ones they had picked; they still preferred the ones with a more attractive appearance.
Tanaka Masao also spoke up at this point to explain.
"Saki chose well. Although these vegetables don't look very pretty, they are fully ripe, and their taste is at its best.
They don't have wormholes, which means they were carefully tended to, and were only accidentally bumped during picking and transportation.
Plus, buying them has another advantage."
"What advantage?"
"These usually come with a discount, so they're economical and practical."
"I see."
Tanaka Masao spoke eloquently, and with Kawasaki Saki, an experienced person, corroborating his words.
Yukinoshita Yukino and Kasumigaoka Utaha believed their smooth talk, abandoning their originally chosen attractive vegetables in favor of these less aesthetically pleasing but more practical ones.
Besides these, they also bought many other types of vegetables, such as cucumbers, bitter gourds, corn, daikon radishes, bamboo shoots, lotus roots, black fungus, enoki mushrooms...
Of course, in addition to vegetables, after-meal fruits couldn't be omitted.
"It smells so good."
Tanaka Masao picked up a bunch of golden bananas and nodded in satisfaction.
"These are the ones. With rich yogurt, the taste will be even better."
Although eating just bananas tastes good, the flavor is a bit singular, and eating too many can be cloying.
But with sweet and sour yogurt, it's different. The combination of the two not only significantly enhances the flavor but also elevates the texture.
Yukinoshita Yukino had no objections to Tanaka Masao choosing bananas, as she knew they would taste good just by smelling the aroma in the air. What she couldn't understand, however, was why they needed to be paired with yogurt.
She imagined the taste of the two combined in her mind.
Although I haven't tried it, it should taste good.
Kasumigaoka Utaha, with her rich knowledge, immediately understood the problematic nature of this way of eating.
However, she looked at the other two girls and then at Tanaka Masao's serious expression.
Although this way of eating was problematic, the taste was indeed good. If she said something now, it would make her seem to have a dirty mind, associating simple food with that aspect.
So she also pretended not to know, acting as a pure girl for once.
"Just buying bananas doesn't seem like enough. Do you two have any favorite fruits?"
"How about strawberries?"
"Strawberries, huh? They taste great with thick yogurt. Bought them."
"What about mangoes?"
"Mangoes, huh? They taste great with thick yogurt. Bought them."
"Lychees."
"Lychees, huh? They don't seem to taste very good with thick yogurt, but I bought them anyway."
"If they don't taste good with yogurt, then how are you going to prepare them?"
"How do you want me to lychee? Of course, I'll just eat them as they are, they're delicious on their own."
Next, they selected a few more fruits, and Tanaka Masao's sales pitch remained the same.
This made Kasumigaoka Utaha a bit speechless. She looked at Tanaka Masao and complained, "Junior, why are you so devoted to yogurt, and it has to be thick?"
She now had reason to suspect that Tanaka Masao was definitely doing this on purpose.
"Because yogurt is delicious and healthy, and it really goes well with fruit. Don't you like it, thick yogurt?"
"I like it."
Kasumigaoka Utaha hesitated for a moment. Although she felt that Tanaka Masao's words were a bit strange, she still said it, as she indeed liked it.
"Like what?"
"I like thick..."
Mid-sentence, Kasumigaoka Utaha saw Tanaka Masao's teasing and somewhat lewd expression, and immediately realized that Tanaka Masao was playing a trick on her again.
Her cheeks flushed as she recalled Tanaka Masao's enticing her to say such ambiguous and embarrassing words, and she instantly became flustered with anger.
"Junior, you... you're naughty."
Saying this, she lightly punched Tanaka Masao.
A shy expression, an ambiguous action, a coquettish remark...
Heh, Tanaka Masao was pleased again.
Yukinoshita Yukino tilted her head, looking at the flirting pair with a puzzled expression.
Weren't they talking about fruit and yogurt? What's going on now?
Kawasaki Saki also expressed that she was somehow having trouble keeping up with the pace.
Could it be that she was already outdated and couldn't keep up with the rhythm of today's youth?.