Grandma shook her head. "I didn't hear your grand-uncle mention it, and I don't agree either. Xiaoju, you're a big girl now, so you should understand what I'm about to say: We've just split from the main family and don't have much food. You've seen that we've been eating nothing but congee these past few days…"
"That's okay, we eat congee at my house too! I think my grand-uncle's congee is fragrant and sweet, much better than ours. And my grand-uncle's family has lard! When my family cooks, we just crush a handful of hemp seeds to put in. You can't even see a speck of oil. It tastes awful. I want to live at my grand-uncle's house!"
Xiao Man was speechless. 'Hemp seeds are good for you, you idiot! In a few years, they'll be a super expensive health food, a prized local specialty. Hemp seed oil is actually delicious. You guys just don't know how to prepare it, or don't have the patience to, that's why it tastes bad!'
