Chapter 449: I Dare Not Guarantee I Can Get It

Watching the car drive away, Qiu Mu patted Xia Qiu's shoulder: "It's gone far, let's return to the courtyard. I've cooked mung bean porridge; come in and have some."

Just now she had heard her son say they had eaten at his mother-in-law's house before returning.

Xia Qiu had eaten flatbread at her maiden home and was indeed a bit thirsty now; she nodded and followed to sit by the table.

Perhaps having failed to gain any advantage, Qiu Shaofeng's eldest uncle's wife, seeing Xia Qiu seated, spoke with a sarcastic tone: "Returning so late, did your maiden home not feed you?"

Hearing her say this, the Qiu family's great-grandmother slapped the eldest branch's table: "You truly are worrying over nothing; with that idle time, you might as well worry about Qiu Shaohe's affairs."

Finishing, she looked at Xia Qiu sitting at the second branch's table nearby: "Qiu, don't listen to your eldest aunt's nonsense. I just heard from Qiu Shaofeng that you ate flatbread at your maiden home; it's just right that your mother-in-law cooked mung bean porridge, so have a bowl to cool off."

Xia Qiu smiled and nodded: "Understood, Great-Grandmother."

She wasn't stupid; anyway, whatever they said, she let it go in one ear and out the other, losing no flesh, so she wouldn't generate such idle anger.

The newly arrived wife of Qiu Shaocheng, Hao Anxiaojing, glanced toward the eldest branch: "Having failed to gain any advantage, she's saying these cold remarks again; truly she won't rest. In the future, I must stay far from the eldest branch people; not one of them is worry-free."

Meanwhile, Zhang Shanmei, sitting in confinement in the room, was nearly desperate; seeing Qiu Shaofeng carry a basket into the room, she longed to open the door and chase after him to see what was inside, but if she dared go out now, Great-Grandmother would truly be angry, and she dared not gamble.

She could only shout from inside the door: "Qiu Shaohu, come in for a moment."

Hearing his wife call him, Qiu Shaohu spoke impatiently: "What is it?"

"Come in; I have something to say to you."

Qiu Shaohu drained the porridge in his bowl in one gulp: "Truly troublesome."

Setting the bowl down, he wiped his mouth with his hand, stood up, and walked toward the room where they lived.

Upon entering, seeing Zhang Shanmei standing on the floor, he frowned: "Why call me in?"

Zhang Shanmei pulled Qiu Shaohu toward the window: "I saw Qiu Shaofeng carry a basket into the room; later ask Qiu Shaofeng if he brought back any melons this time; if so, help me get some to taste, and ask if they have malted milk powder in their room?"

"If you want to eat, go ask yourself; I don't have that ability."

"Isn't it because I can't go out?"

Seeing Qiu Shaohu unmoved, she pointed to the daughter lying on the kang: "Do you remember what the doctor said upon discharge? Except for when you first returned and your mother killed a chicken, and the eggs my maiden home sent, it's nearly time to end confinement, yet I haven't tasted a single mouthful of meat. Not for others, but you must think of our daughter; if I can't eat nutritious things, where will she get milk?"

Qiu Shaohu looked at the daughter on the kang, as small as a cat: "I dare not guarantee I can get it."

Zhang Shanmei was delighted now: "As long as you can go, that's good; if she doesn't give, I'll think of another way."

Xia Qiu knew nothing of her sister-in-law next door coveting the things her maiden home gave her; she had just finished tidying up when she heard Fu Yanwan's voice: "Brother-in-law Qiu Shaofeng, has Sister Xia Qiu returned?"

Hearing Fu Yanwan's voice, Xia Qiu stuck her head out: "Fu Yanwan, come in quickly."

After blocking the person into the room: "Why have you come over?"

Fu Yanwan handed over what she held: "These are raisins my family brought for me; my father's friend mailed them from Xinjiang; I'm sharing some with you."

Xia Qiu hurriedly declined: "Such a precious thing; I cannot accept it."