Chapter 1051: I Guarantee I Won't Embarrass You

Over at the Xiao family, Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Xiao had called early in the morning: "Chuxue is coming back tomorrow. You must prepare properly. We'll have a good family gathering. I've had someone source some ingredients—someone will deliver them first thing tomorrow."

Thinking of something, he added: "Oh right, should we hire a cook?"

After all, his daughter-in-law was heavily pregnant, and his eldest granddaughter was only a few months old—neither could really handle it.

Xiao Fu didn't refuse: "Then I won't stand on ceremony with you, Dad. Don't let good ingredients be ruined in my hands."

He laughed as he said it.

After Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Xiao hung up, he dialed another call: "Yo, Chef Sun, it's me, Xiao Yude."

"Oh, Commander, long time no see?"

"Chef Sun, I'm calling today because I have a favor to ask."

"Now you're being too polite. Back then, if it weren't for you, I'd have been dead long ago. Just say what you need."

"Here's the thing—my granddaughter is coming home tomorrow. I had someone track down some ingredients for me, but I'm afraid the folks at home won't be able to handle it properly, so I was wondering about your end..."

Before he could finish, the man on the other end already understood: "Commander, just tell me what time to come over tomorrow and give me the address. I'll bring my people personally. I guarantee I won't embarrass you."

Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Xiao gave the address once, then said with concern: "Your health—take it easy. Bring an apprentice with you when the time comes."

"I was just thinking it's been so long since I've seen you, so I'd take this chance to have a get-together."

"Alright, I happen to have some good tea here too. I'll have you taste it tomorrow."

Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Xiao knew that aside from his dedication to cuisine, Chef Sun's only other pleasure was tea.

"Then it's settled."

Brightness Village

The moment Qiu Shaofeng stepped into the courtyard, he heard someone talking to his family: "Qiushui, your eldest daughter-in-law didn't come back with you?"

Qiu Mu's hands never stopped their work: "She's taking the chance that her younger sister's getting married to move the baby's nest over, and she can stay a few extra days at her parents' home."

"I heard the place in the city isn't even as spacious as our village. Can she and the baby really get used to living there?"

Qiu Mu glanced up at the woman speaking, knowing she was deliberately making snide remarks: "You mean your younger sister-in-law who married into the city to be someone's stepmother, right?"

The woman clearly hadn't expected Qiu Mu to say that: "My sister-in-law came back and said that in their compound, some families have three generations sharing one room—they have to sleep in bunk beds, and just pull a curtain between them for the husband and wife to do... that sort of thing. Honestly, it's mortifying."

Qiu Mu finished the work in her hands: "Your sister-in-law also said it was only some households."

Qiu Shaofeng picked up the thread then: "Aunt Qu, Xia Qiu's wife's family lives in their own little courtyard in the city—it was her great-grandfather's compensation to her father. Even Xia Qiu has her own room. What you said doesn't apply."

"Oh, Shaofeng's back. Why didn't you stay a few days at your in-laws'?"

"Aunt Qu, the way you ask that—as if I don't need to come back and earn a living for my wife and son. I can't be like your second brother Gui, living off handouts from you all, can I?"

"Why'd you have to drag Er Gui into this, child?"

Saying that, she couldn't quite save face, and walked out while saying: "It's getting late, I need to go back and make dinner."

Once the woman had left, mother and son both laughed.

Qiu Shaofeng shook his head: "Aunt Qu's habit of making up stories about people—she'll never fix it in this lifetime. Doesn't it bother you?"

Qiu Mu, however, laughed: "She's just loose-tongued. She doesn't really have a bad heart. Besides, we're neighbors—can't exactly bar her from the door just because she runs her mouth, can we?"