Yuan Ya, carrying sea cucumbers, found Tong Tong who was struggling with stretching exercises...
Seeing Yuan Ya arriving, Tong Tong, who could not do a split to save her life, acted as though she had seen a savior. She wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead, pretended to gasp for air as she jumped up, and, pulling Yuan Ya, made a funny face at the baby in her arms. Then, enviously looking at Yuan Ya's waist, she said, "Oh my, how are you still so slim after having a baby?
You must not be eating enough..."
As she spoke, Tong Tong looked at the sea cucumbers in Yuan Ya's hand—slurping with her nose, she said, "I heard sea cucumbers don't make you fat. Tonight, let's have Old Tong cook; back in the day, he won my mom over and got her to marry him with a dish of stir-fried sea cucumber with green onions..."
