Chapter 875: Preparing to Set Out

Xiao Fu came back and smelled the fragrance in the air: "Stir-fried mushrooms with chili sauce?"

Xiao Mu was not in a great mood and did not respond to anyone.

Xiao Fu looked at her like that: "What's going on?"

Xiao Mu glanced toward the west: "Chuxue has to go on a business trip, to Inner Mongolia."

Xiao Fu stopped smiling: "To Inner Mongolia?"

It was nothing new for people from the Finance section to go on business trips, but he thought the same as Xiao Mu — their section plus the section chief only had eight people, so how could they let one young girl travel that far?

Liu Chuxue, who had already mostly finished packing, heard the noise and came out to the kitchen.

After greeting Xiao Fu: "Mom, I have an empty canning jar here, perfect for putting the mushroom chili sauce into."

Xiao Fu washed his hands while asking: "Chuxue, your mom says you're going on a business trip to Inner Mongolia?"

Liu Chuxue nodded: "Dad, if you're thinking of trying to talk me out of it like Mom, then don't bother. I know you two are worried about me, but this is what I like — taking the chance of a business trip to see the scenery along the way. Isn't that a wonderful thing?"

Seeing their daughter was already decided, they could only support her.

When Cheng Dali came back and heard her second sister was going to Inner Mongolia: "Second Sister, remember to bring me something good to eat."

Before Liu Chuxue could speak, Xiao Mu directly slapped her on the back: "The broadcast said there are wolves on the grassland. All you think about is eating — you don't even worry about your second sister's safety."

Cheng Dali turned her head to look at Liu Chuxue: "There really are wolves, and you're still going?"

This time it was Xiao Fu, who glared at his youngest daughter: "She's drawing a salary from the factory, so naturally she has to do the factory's work. You think she can just not go if she doesn't want to?"

Cheng Dali was unhappy now: "I was just asking — why are you two losing your temper at me?"

Liu Chuxue saw that she hadn't even left yet and the two were already worrying: "Just relax. I'm not the only one going, and besides, the Security Section will have someone following along this time. And you both know perfectly well what I'm capable of — there's really no need to worry."

After saying that, she also looked at Xiao Fu: "Mom's pregnant right now, so it's best for her to be happy every day."

Saying so, she casually picked up a brick from the corner and broke it in half with her bare hands: "See? What is there left for you to worry about?"

Xiao Mu saw her daughter's ability with her own eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking of what Liu Chuxue had just said, the desire for a son ultimately won out. She figured Liu Chuxue did have the means to protect herself, and wasn't as worried as before.

Liu Chuxue put part of her things into her spatial storage, packed a set of spare outer clothes in her travel bag, and also stuffed quite a bit of the family's pickled vegetables and kimchi into the bag, along with the mushroom chili sauce Xiao Mu had made and the steamed vegetarian buns from the night before.

The next day, while it was still dark, Liu Chuxue got up and started packing.

She hadn't expected Xiao Fu and Xiao Mu to be up early too. Xiao Mu cooked noodles for Liu Chuxue, and Xiao Fu insisted on seeing her off at the factory.

When Liu Chuxue arrived at the gathering spot, she saw Jiang-jie from Logistics: "Sister, you're going too?"

Jiang-jie smiled and pulled her over: "Yes, I'm going along too."

Pointing to another female comrade beside her, she introduced: "Let me introduce you — this is Comrade Huang Lirong from the Procurement Section. Just call her Huang-jie. This time the three of us female comrades are going together, so we can look out for each other."

Just as Liu Chuxue had finished greeting Huang Lirong, she heard the leader of the transport team call out loudly: "Come on, everyone gather around. I'll arrange which vehicle each accompanying person will be on now. Once it's set, you'll stay with that vehicle for the rest of the trip — this makes it easier to manage. Got it?"