“But you didn’t eat any Korean food?” Kyunghee couldn’t comprehend this. “On the weekends we ate it. At a restaurant.” The women understood that the mother was busy and hardworking, but it seemed inconceivable to them that a Korean mother didn’t cook for her family. What would Solomon eat if he married this girl? What would their children eat? “She didn’t have time. That makes sense, but does your mother know how to cook?” Kyunghee asked tentatively. “She never learned. And none of her sisters cook Korean food, either.” Phoebe laughed, because the fact that none of them cooked Korean food was
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