Chapter 67
Your daughter brought meat to your house.
These words were spoken.
Old Mrs. Qin's eyes instantly turned red with anxiety.
"Hey, what's with you? You're so calculating! You won't change anything, you're dreaming. You should go to work."
After saying that, she turned to Xu Sui and said, "Sui Sui, don't listen to your Aunt Ma's nonsense. We won't trade with her. She's obviously trying to take advantage of us."
"Aren't you going to deliver meat to your mom and grandma? Go on, Grandma will be waiting for you at home. When you come back, Grandma will cook meat for you."
That's what we were saying.
Hearing the commotion, the rest of the Qin family came out of the house, including Qin's father, mother, and Qin Yunzhou.
Apart from Qin Yunzhou, who knew it was meat, the rest of the Qin family were shocked to see the large piece of meat Xu Sui was carrying, thinking they were seeing things.
Meat, it really is meat!
The youngest, Qin Yan, couldn't help but shout excitedly, "Mom, my second sister-in-law is carrying meat, lots and lots of meat, and it's all fatty meat!"
Qin Hai couldn't help but shout it out as he ran up to Xu Sui.
"Second Sister-in-law, will we be able to have meat at home today?"
He hasn't eaten meat in so long that he's almost forgotten what it tastes like.
Tian Hua and Qin Youtian hurried over, their eyes glued to the meat, drooling. "Sui Sui, did you and Yun Zhou get this?"
In the whole family, only the couple who had just returned from the army had the ability to produce meat ration coupons.
Even Xiao Fen, who had just had a falling out with Xu Sui yesterday, changed her expression, staring at the piece of meat in Xu Sui's hand, her mouth practically watering.
She felt remorseful and wished she could go back to yesterday and curse herself to death.
Meat, this is meat.
I shouldn't have fallen out with Xu Sui and Qin Yunzhou so early.
Xu Sui raised her eyes and glanced at everyone in the Qin family. Finally, her gaze fell on Qin Yunzhou, who was walking out with a cane to fetch water to wash his face. She paused for a moment, then looked away and nodded to her parents-in-law.
"Yes, there are two pounds of meat in total. Half is for my family to improve our meals, and the other half is for my mom and the others. I'll head over there now."
After saying that, she walked to the stove, picked up the cleaver, and with a swift stroke, divided the meat into two equal parts. She then took one of the pieces and left the yard, heading towards the neighbor's house.
This is what Qin Yunzhou agreed upon with her yesterday.
The meat arrived this morning, and the Qin and Xu families each received half.
Treat it as your first visit to our families, and show respect to both sets of elders.
Of course, hostages are hard to come by.
The reason for being so generous this time was that it was Qin Yunzhou's first time returning to this home, and he would be recuperating here in the future. It would inevitably disturb both families, so the proper etiquette had to be observed to avoid anyone bringing it up later.
Xu Sui had just left.
Immediately afterwards, the entire Qin family surrounded Qin Yunzhou.
The two youngest children of the Qin family looked at Qin Yunzhou with sparkling eyes, full of admiration.
"Second brother is amazing."
"Yes, Second Brother is the best; he managed to get so much meat."
The second brother was also very capable, but they were younger, about ten years younger than him. When they were very young, the second brother had already joined the army.
They didn't have much of an impression of that second brother.
My current second brother seems to be doing quite well, not as bad as others say.
Qin Youtian, the usually taciturn head of the family, reached out and patted Qin Yunzhou on the shoulder, then sighed.
"Yunzhou, you're doing well."
"Don't spend money on these things anymore. Your mother and I don't need to eat such good food."
I just got back and I bought so many things for the family, including so much meat.
On the contrary, his parents never raised him for a single day. Now that the child has finally come back, he and his wife have to endure the anger of the eldest daughter-in-law.
Tianhua felt a mix of emotions; seeing so much meat made her both touched and guilty.
"Yunzhou, your dad is right. This meat isn't cheap, and you have to pull strings to get it. You two should save your money. When you have children, there will be many expenses."
Grandma Qin, who was originally planning how to cook a good meat dish, couldn't stand it anymore.
"What are you two saying? This is Yunzhou and his wife's way of showing filial piety. Others would love to have such a dutiful son and daughter-in-law. Countless people outside envy you two."
"Alright, alright, Youtian, you should get ready and go to work. And you, Youtian's wife, if you have nothing to do, take the eldest son's wife and clean the house. Thanks to Yunzhou and Suisui, we'll have a good meal of meat today to replenish our nutrition."
Qin Yunzhou, who had just washed his face and was wiping it with a handkerchief, nodded slightly.
"Dad, Mom, and Grandma are right. This meat and the things from yesterday are all a token of our filial piety. It's not just you who have it; the Xu family next door has it too."
"Xu Sui and I will be staying in this county for a while, and we will inevitably be bothering you. We may need your help."
"We're all family now, so don't be so polite with me."
He could sense that Qin's parents felt more guilty towards him, and that guilt turned into politeness.
If it were the old Gu Shu, the Qin family would likely have been more pleased and reassured to accept the many things he bought.
Unlike him, he acted as if a customer was bringing something to his door, his first reaction not to accept but to refuse.
……
Xu Sui had just knocked on the Xu family's door with meat in her arms when she was seen by many neighbors, and the news spread.
Suddenly, countless families in the courtyard couldn't help but feel envious.
Yesterday, the Xu family's daughter and her husband came to visit.
They brought quite a lot of things, all good stuff, like malted milk powder, face cream... none of them were cheap.
Those things are one thing, but in times of famine, food is more important.
Who would have thought that the man Xu's daughter married was truly extraordinary? They had only been married a short time, yet he was willing to take such a large, fat piece of meat to his mother-in-law's house.
These days, most married daughters are lucky if they don't bring their husbands and children back to ask for food. How can they be like Xu Sui, who sends this and that to her family?
at the same time.
The Xu family.
Wang Yinhua and Liu Feng both work at a textile factory. They had just finished packing up and were getting ready to go to work at the factory when Xu Fei also planned to go to school soon.
The group was just about to leave.
Then I heard a knock on the door.
The door opened, and there stood her daughter, looking pretty and carrying a large piece of meat.
"Mom, sister-in-law, Yunzhou and I got some meat and brought it to you."
"It's hot now, so we can't leave it out for too long. You guys should hurry up and cook this meat."
Wang Yinhua was shocked, her eyes widening in disbelief.
"This...this was brought by my son-in-law?"
She knew her daughter's abilities very well.
Liu Feng couldn't help but be surprised, staring intently at the meat and swallowing hard.