Chapter 251: So Stingy

This side was also ready, and Liu Mu had hurried the mule cart down to the foot of the slope.

After helping them onto the cart, Liu Mu gave anxious instructions: "The first three months are critical. Don't do heavy work; pick lighter tasks and don't exhaust yourself."

Liu Chuxue also said, "Don't worry about home; I'll come over to see you in a while."

She thought of something: "Wait for me a moment."

Having spoken, she ran quickly toward the courtyard.

She entered the room, closed the door, and flashed into the space, quickly picking some apricots, deliberately soaking them in the pool water, then taking them out and shaking off the water. Coming out, she grabbed a small basket newly woven by Liu Fu, poured the apricots in, and immediately ran down the slope: "Sister, I picked these yesterday when I had time; take them back with you."

Seeing what was inside, Xia Qiu was even more moved: "You were so busy yesterday; how did you find time for this?"

"That place isn't too far; thinking you might be leaving today, I made the trip."

Liu Mu glanced at the sky: "Alright, it's getting late; let's go."

Liu Fu cracked his whip on the ground with a "Gee-up," and the mule cart slowly departed.

After watching the mule cart disappear in the distance, the mother and daughter returned to the courtyard: "Mom, which families should we thank? I'll prepare to go to the pool to catch some fish to use as a thank-you gift."

Liu Mu counted on her fingers: "Your Secretary Grandpa's house, the Village Head's house, your Uncle Liangzi's house, Aunt Cuihong's house, plus the Li family over at the old residence, the Yu family who helped us pick the date, your Uncle Lao Wu's house who watched the field, oh right, and your Uncle Xinmin's house; the wages for the wiring work they helped with, his wife had their child bring back, and then there's your Seventh Grandpa's place, though for her, sending cooked fish is fine."

Liu Chuxue nodded: "Alright, I'll go up the mountain and be back very soon."

Liu Mu instructed: "Be sure to stay safe; if you can't catch any, I can steam some sugar-filled buns and send them over instead; did you hear me?"

Liu Chuxue replied: "Understood."

She tossed a small sack into the backpack basket before exiting the courtyard gate.

On the other side, Liu Fu had walked his daughter and son-in-law all the way to the courtyard gate.

After helping his wife out of the cart, Qiu Shaofeng said: "Dad, come in and rest your feet before you leave."

Liu Fu waved his hand: "No need, you two go inside; I still have to hurry back to tidy up."

Hearing the commotion, Qiu Fu and Qiu Mu came out: "Oh, the in-laws have arrived; come inside and sit."

Liu Fu waved his hand: "You two are due to start work; I won't come in; I still have to hurry back to tidy up."

Seeing he wouldn't stay, Qiu Fu stepped forward to help him turn the mule cart around: "How is your leg recovering?"

Liu Fu patted his leg: "Nothing wrong with it, but that girl Chuxue still won't let me do heavy work, saying I should rest for another while."

"Your Chuxue is a girl with her own mind; listening to the children is never wrong."

After the two in-laws exchanged a few pleasantries, Liu Fu greeted Xia Qiu and the others, then hurried the mule cart away.

As soon as the mule cart left, Zhang Shanmei hurried over: "Sister-in-law, I could smell the fragrance from your backpack basket from far away; what good things did you bring for you?"

Ever since Huo Yan Cheng brought her back last time, the eldest branch had been much more restrained; now that her natal family's days were going well, she indeed felt her backbone had stiffened: "We just built a house; what good things could they have brought for me? Sister-in-law, you really love to joke."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Qiu Shaofeng directly lifted the backpack basket: "Wife, the journey was bumpy; come inside and rest for a while."

Having spoken, he supported Xia Qiu and walked toward the room where they lived.

Their couple's attitude made Zhang Shanmei extremely angry: "So stingy."