Chapter 1025: Want to Ask You for a Favor

Xiao Fu thought for a moment: "I won't divide it separately; I'll take a piece along, have the canteen help process a dish, and just add a dish for them."

Hearing this, Liu Chuxue also formed an idea: "Alright, then let's do it that way."

The few who left carrying the meat, to avoid trouble, naturally went home avoiding people, and didn't forget to remind their family: "Keep this locked in your stomachs; don't eat someone's meat and cause them trouble."

The Party Secretary wasn't an old stick-in-the-mud, plus his old wife had been feeling unwell lately; seeing the meat, he actually felt a bit of gratitude.

Not long after, several men arrived at Uncle Liangzi's house; the men toasted and drank, making a lively scene. Liu Chuxue didn't join them at the table; she ate and chatted with Auntie Liangzi in the kitchen: "Chuxue, your mother is due to give birth soon, right?"

"The due date is at the end of May."

"That's about two and a half months away; by then you'll be married off."

Suddenly thinking of something, Auntie Liangzi wore a playful expression; she couldn't hold back and said it anyway: "In the future, when your eldest nephew has such a small uncle, your family is sure to be lively. If you get married and have good fortune with children, it will be even livelier then."

If this were a native local, Chuxue would probably have been shy by now, but Chuxue, a person from the future, heard this and actually laughed along, even boldly saying: "It's not impossible."

Auntie Liangzi liked Chuxue more and more the more she looked at her, and couldn't help sighing in her heart: Ultimately, our family doesn't have this fortune.

Over there, the men still had endless topics to chat about. After Liu Chuxue helped Auntie Liangzi clean up the kitchen, she went home first.

Following their earlier agreement, Liu Chuxue portioned the meat piece by piece and packed it into the carrying basket, then stewed a small pot of ribs on the stove before returning to her room and entering the space behind the door.

After collecting the fruits inside the space, she thought that in a few days she would need to go to the black market to try to exchange the grain, fruits, and medicinal herbs in the warehouse for money; after the Reform and Opening Up, hoarding houses or making investments would all require money.

Looking at her small sea, which was still empty, she wondered when she would have the chance to take a business trip south; then she could collect some marine creatures to bring in, otherwise leaving it empty there was truly a waste.

Only after hearing movement at the outer gate did Liu Chuxue exit the space. Seeing that Xiao Fu wasn't drunk, she added a small piece of firewood to the stove in the kitchen before returning to her room to rest.

Early the next morning, Liu Chuxue, her mind occupied with matters, got up early.

She lit the fire to reheat the ribs stewed the night before and placed a few two-grain buns brought back from the city on top. She just waited for Xiao Fu to get up, eat, and set off.

But as soon as she opened the main gate, she saw someone standing outside, which startled her: "What are you doing standing at my gate so early in the morning?"

The person standing outside was no one other than Liu Jiandong, the man who had been cuckolded.

He now wore a look of utter dejection. Hearing Liu Chuxue's question, he said: "I want to ask you for a favor."

Liu Chuxue frowned slightly: "Given our relationship, do you think I would help?"

It was hard enough that the two families were no longer related; was she crazy to help him?

She only heard Liu Jiandong speak in a hoarse voice: "I won't ask you to help for free."

Saying this, he extended his hand, on which lay a small golden fish: "As long as you are willing to help me, this small golden fish will be yours."

What kind of person Liu Jiandong was, she knew all too well; to offer a small golden fish right off the bat meant something was wrong—either it was a trap, or it carried risk, or the difficulty was too great: "I'm sorry, no matter what favor it is, I have neither the time nor the interest to help you."