The worker glanced at the time and said, seriously, "It's time to prepare dinner."
The current time was 4 p.m. sharp, and there were a total of eight people in the house who needed dinner. So, in order to have dinner at dinner time, they really needed to start preparing now, especially since they hadn't determined who would cook or whether there were even any ingredients at home.
However, when it came to dinner, not all eight people needed to eat. Chen Zhi, Yue Xue, Wen Lin, and Lun Yang had just returned home after lunch in the car and had consumed quite a bit of snacks and water due to embarrassment, meaning their lunch had barely digested. Were they supposed to start preparing dinner now?
All four felt they could skip dinner, and this idea seemed quite reasonable.
Yue Xue was the first to voice her thoughts. She said, "We've just had lunch. Can we skip dinner so we don't have to cook?"