Chapter 962: People from the Grain Station Arrive

After hearing Liu Chuxue's explanation, Qiu Mu wore a thoughtful expression and asked, "Why must it be two weeks after childbirth?"

Seeing that Liu Chuxue had gotten through to her, Qiu Mu felt relieved, lowered her voice, and said, "Eating it too early might affect the discharge of lochia, or even cause indigestion."

Qiu Mu did not think Liu Chuxue was meddling; after all, she herself had only heard a little from others before. Had she not heard Liu Chuxue's explanation, she feared her daughter-in-law would have used it to make soup immediately after giving birth, causing her a moment of fright: "Fortunately you told me, or I would have taken it to make soup for your sister right away. Good thing, good thing."

Seeing that his in-laws did not think Liu Chuxue was meddling, Xiao Fu's eyebrows and eyes brightened considerably; as a father, he was truly proud of his learned and talented daughter.

Just as they were conversing happily, Qiu Shaofeng ran into the courtyard: "Wife, I'm back."

His words were full of joy.

Xia Qiu got up and went to the door, only to see Qiu Shaofeng already there: "By your look, you didn't make the trip in vain?"

Qiu Shaofeng smiled so broadly he showed eight big white teeth: "More than not in vain! Two traps yielded three chickens and one rabbit. Today is truly a good day; I've really hit the jackpot. Now we can fulfill our duty to my father- and mother-in-law."

On the way back, he had already decided: the one given to his sister to handle would serve as an extra meal for the whole family tonight; after all, it was fine as long as his own wife's portion was not missing.

As for the harvest in the backpack basket, he would let his father-in-law take it all away, keep one chicken and one rabbit for himself, and have him send one chicken each to Grandpa Xiao and Uncle Xiao's households as their New Year's gift. His wife had reached her due date, so it was inconvenient for her to go to the city for New Year greetings.

Seeing the pheasant and rabbit in the backpack basket, Zhuifeng kept leaping with eagerness, which scared Qiu Shaofeng into calling out to his sister-in-law: "Liu Chuxue, come out quickly and manage Zhuifeng."

The moment Liu Chuxue came out, she saw Zhuifeng staring at the prey in the basket, drooling; the look was so silly it made her burst out laughing: "Zhuifeng, just starve yourself to death."

Just as she thought of saying something more, a woman from the village who had come to visit spoke up: "Don't say dogs crave these; yesterday I even heard someone at the commune grain station was craving dog food, so much so that the dog, starved, actually snapped its tether and ran away."

The woman was only joking, but Liu Chuxue frowned upon hearing it: "Auntie, what exactly happened?"

Seeing Liu Chuxue's interest, the woman treated it as a joke: "I heard the commune grain station borrowed a dog to guard the granary, and the station master even specially sent someone to take care of that dog. Guess what? That person actually embezzled the dog food, starving the dog until it had to run away."

At this, Liu Chuxue's face went dark. She had already said Zhuifeng wouldn't have run home for no reason; she had only thought Zhuifeng ate worse at home, which was why it had grown so thin. She never expected its rations had been withheld.

It was likely the fur baby could no longer bear it, so it simply quit and left.

What she didn't expect was that the moment the auntie finished speaking, two bicycles stopped at the courtyard gate.

Someone called out: "Excuse me, is this Qiu Shaofeng's house?"

Liu Chuxue recognized the speaker at a glance as someone from the commune grain station; she had gone with them to deliver public grain before: "What do you want with my brother-in-law?"

The man clearly paused, startled. Calling Qiu Shaofeng 'brother-in-law' meant this was Xiao Changsheng's daughter: "Are you the Xiao family daughter?"

Liu Chuxue's face showed no hint of a smile: "Yes."

The man's face flickered with awkwardness: "Is your father here?"

Liu Chuxue turned toward Chunxiao at the doorway and said: "Call Dad out; someone is looking for him."

Dear readers, good night!