Chapter 49: How on earth did you catch fish when you went out empty-handed?

Hearing her mother's question, Liu Chuxue realized belatedly that she had done something stupid. She shouldn't have brought the bucket out into the open; this was something from her space. If someone who knew their stuff saw it, she was afraid it would cause trouble.

After all, this was a bucket made of century-old rosewood, which was hard to explain to people.

She quickly changed the subject: "Didn't the physician say my father needs to eat something nutritious to recover? We don't have any meat coupons on hand, so I thought I'd go to the moat to see if I could get some fish. I didn't expect to be so lucky."

At this moment, not only Liu Mu, but the auntie accompanying the patient next door also leaned over: "My goodness, such a big fish."

Before Liu Mu could react, Ji Ganlan, who was following behind Chuxue, smiled: "Sister, you’ve raised a good daughter; she knows how to care for people."

Seeing her mother looking blank, Liu Chuxue hurriedly explained: "Mom, this auntie wants to trade for our fish."

Anxious to take the fish back to make soup for her daughter-in-law, Ji Ganlan spoke up: "Sister, it’s like this. My daughter-in-law just gave birth this morning, but she hasn't produced any milk. I was getting anxious and worried, and then I ran into your daughter.

The child is kind-hearted and agreed to let me trade meat coupons for this fish. She was afraid you parents wouldn't be at ease, so she asked me to come along and tell you."

Liu Mu understood now. Someone wanted to trade meat coupons for her daughter's fish so her daughter-in-law could produce milk. She felt a bit embarrassed for a moment; after all, meat coupons were easy to get, but this fish took some effort to obtain.

However, after seeing the fish in the bucket clearly, she was indeed quite shocked: "The fish was caught by my daughter; she can decide for herself."

Ji Ganlan smiled even more happily: "I spent the morning standing outside the delivery room worrying about my daughter-in-law. It wasn't until I saw the baby that I remembered I needed to make soup for milk. Where would there be fish for sale?"

Since things had reached this point, Liu Chuxue took the opportunity to push the boat with the current: "Auntie, you can take all this fish. If I get meat coupons, I can also supplement my father’s nutrition more. I’ll go to the moat again later; maybe I’ll be lucky enough to catch more fish."

Ji Ganlan was more than happy to do so. She took a handful of coupons from her pocket, deftly picked out the equivalent meat coupons, and threw in two industrial coupons: "Count them. Consider those two industrial coupons a gift from me."

Her family really wasn't short on meat coupons. Ever since they found out her daughter-in-law was pregnant, the family had been trading for meat coupons whenever they had the chance, so giving away a few extra didn't matter. But this fresh snakehead was not common.

They had a refrigerator at home, so she wasn't afraid it wouldn't keep. It was perfect for stewing soup for her daughter-in-law.

The reason she gave the two industrial coupons was that she felt this family was quite honest. She had seen the coarse porcelain bowl on the bedside table when she walked in. Anyway, everyone in her family had a job, and they were issued coupons in proportion to their wages every month.

The young girl had said she wanted to soak up some of her grandson's good fortune, and she loved hearing that.

After Liu Chuxue thanked her, she started to worry: how was she going to carry the fish?

Ji Ganlan knew what she was worried about: "I have a relative who works in the hospital cafeteria. I’ll go find her and figure something out."

She had already planned it out. Once she got to the kitchen, she would cut a portion to stew first, and have her son take the rest home immediately to put in the refrigerator. Anyway, it wasn't too far.

Liu Chuxue had her own plans, so she decided to be a good person to the end. She helped deliver the fish to the cafeteria, and after coming out, she found a place to put the bucket back into her space.

Of course, she had also thought in advance about how to deal with her mother later.

When she returned to the ward, a family member had already brought food.

Seeing her daughter return, Liu Mu pulled her over, worried: "What on earth is going on today? How could you catch fish when you went out empty-handed?" ===== CHAPTER 51 =====