Chapter 1021: The Banquet Tomorrow Is Sure to Satisfy Everyone

As soon as Qiu Mu entered, she saw the pork in the carrying basket and the fish, chicken, and rabbit lying on the ground beside it: "This, this, this—could it be that all these extra dishes were sent by our in-laws?"

Xia Qiu answered first: "Mom, my sister was sent by our family to bring these, but most of them were actually obtained by my second sister."

Seeing these items, a hint of awkwardness flashed across Qiu Mu's face; after all, the family had only prepared five jin of pork, and the ration coupons had been saved with great difficulty. She had also planned to go to the farm early tomorrow morning to exchange for a few fish. She never expected the in-laws to be so generous as to send fish, chicken, and rabbit.

Thinking this was the heartfelt gesture of Xia Qiu's family, she said: "Originally, the family only prepared five jin of meat, planning to go to the farm tomorrow to exchange for a few fish to make tofu stewed with fish chunks. With this, plus what the in-laws sent, the banquet tomorrow is sure to satisfy everyone."

Qiu Shaofeng nodded and said: "Alright, just follow Mom's plan. There's something I want to tell you."

Qiu Mu looked at these ingredients, thinking about what she had prepared, and quickly calculated the menu for tomorrow in her mind. Hearing her son's words, she asked: "Speak, what is it?"

Qiu Shaofeng pointed to the wild boar meat in the carrying basket: "Mom, I was thinking of keeping the five jin of pork from our family and the farm, and using the ten jin of wild boar meat sent by my wife's family for tomorrow's banquet dishes. Do you think that's okay?"

Qiu Mu naturally understood. Although she felt somewhat uncomfortable in her heart, since those meat coupons had been saved with great difficulty by the family, she thought that exchanging them for ten jin of wild boar meat for the banquet meant having fully double the amount of meat, so the family still gained: "Alright, then let's do as you say."

Anyway, even if the daughter-in-law cooks a special meal, the son won't miss out. If the daughter-in-law eats well, the grandson will have milk to drink; she understood this calculation clearly.

Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Chuxue stood up: "The items have been delivered, so I should be going back now."

Qiu Mu hurriedly held her back: "At this hour, there probably won't be any vehicles left. Anyway, tomorrow is the full-moon banquet, so you should stay. Auntie will make you something delicious."

Liu Chuxue quickly explained: "I'm returning to Willow Tree Village. My father came back with me; if I stay any later, he will worry."

Upon hearing that the in-laws had also returned to the village, Qiu Mu said: "Is that so."

Liu Chuxue was a decisive person; once she said she was leaving, she didn't linger: "Alright, you all tidy these up. I'll leave first. Sister, I'll come over tomorrow."

When Qiu Shaofeng heard his sister-in-law say she was leaving, he took out the carrying basket and used stove ash to clean the bloodstains at the bottom: "I've cleaned the carrying basket for you; just wait until I shake off the ash and it will be ready."

Qiu Mu also came out, ran quickly into the kitchen, took six steamed buns made of mixed flour from the cabinet, and brought out a small bowl of pickled vegetables: "Take these with you; tonight you can just boil a soup with them."

Liu Chuxue was about to refuse, but Qiu Mu seemed to sense it: "I wrapped bean paste filling inside these steamed buns; they are very delicious. This is my small gesture of goodwill, and you must not refuse."

Liu Chuxue glanced at Xia Qiu, who was leaning against the window watching her: "Alright, then I'll accept them. This really helps me a lot and will save trouble when I get back."

Qiu Shaomei smiled and poked her head out from the kitchen: "That's right. Come over early tomorrow."

Liu Chuxue nodded: "Alright, then I'm leaving."

She waved to Xia Qiu inside the house and quickly left the Qiu family home.

Thinking that her sister-in-law had already returned to work for some time, the wild boar meat in the space was still unskinned and naturally unsuitable to take out, but giving her a few fish to enjoy a treat was acceptable, since the space had no shortage of freshwater fish.