When they returned to Liujia Village, it was already past five o'clock. Xuemei and Han Chen got off the car directly at the gate of Liujiayuan, and Shengnan also got off with them. Next, Mingwu drove the car to the threshing ground and parked it, and took Mingzheng and the others to the old house.

As soon as Han Chen got out of Xuemei's car, the gate of the Liu family's courtyard opened. Qingya and her two siblings ran out immediately after hearing the sound of the tractor, and Liu's father followed them out.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you are finally back. I missed you so much!" Ruirui was the first to speak.

"Sister, he missed the food you brought, but I am the one who really missed you!" Qing Ya said unconvinced.

When Ruirui heard this, she rolled her eyes and said, "It sounds like you don't want to eat!"

Xuemei looked at the two siblings bickering again, and a familiar feeling of home arose. Xuemei smiled and said, "I bought you some delicious food, and I want to help bring it in!"

As soon as Xuemei finished speaking, Qingya took the backpack off her shoulders, and Ruirui took over Han Chen's backpack. The sacks in the hands of the two were also taken away by Liu's father and Feifei.

Father Liu looked at the two people in a daze, turned around and said, "What are you still doing there? Go home!"

Xuemei and Han Chen looked at each other's empty hands, smiled, and then followed Liu's father home.

Xuemei and Han Chen washed their hands at the well before entering the house. As soon as they stepped into the main room, Qingya and the others looked at Xuemei eagerly. Xuemei deliberately acted mischievously and walked slowly to the backpack, which made Ruirui so anxious that he wanted to reach out to pull Xuemei after just a few steps.

Xuemei first opened the lid of the big backpack, then lifted the coarse cloth inside, took out a roast duck and ten boxes of snacks. In addition to the two boxes of crispy candies, two boxes of dragon beard candies, and three boxes of twisted dough sticks that Han Chen had bought before, the day before they came back, which was the ninth day of the first lunar month, Xuemei and Han Chen went out to buy a few boxes of Beijing specialty snacks, intending to bring them back for their relatives at home.

In addition, Xuemei also bought ten silk scarves that day, five of which were given to her by her colleagues at the supply and marketing cooperative. Xuemei and Han Chen almost forgot about it, but they suddenly remembered it when they were buying snacks on the ninth day of the lunar year.

Among these ten silk scarves, there are five red ones, three blue ones and two yellow ones. The original price is one yuan and fifty cents each. Xuemei bought a lot at one time, so she bargained with the salesperson in the department store. In the end, she sold them to Xuemei for one yuan and thirty cents each, which means ten scarves cost thirteen yuan in total.

Han Chen went to the library specifically to buy two books on mechanics, spending twelve yuan. Han Chen originally wanted to go to the purchasing station to see if there were any books on mechanics, but he couldn't find any after searching for a long time. Then he found an incomplete cookbook, all about home cooking.

Xuemei took out the roast duck and ten boxes of snacks, then stopped taking things out of the backpack. Instead, she looked at Qingya and her two siblings and said, "Take these out first. We'll look at the others when Mom comes back. This oil-paper wrapper contains roast duck from Jing City. Your brother-in-law bought it several days ago. We'll have it tonight."

"Roast duck? Is it the kind described in the book? Then we have to steam some dry rice to eat in the evening." Ruirui said happily.

Feifei said, "I've already made corn cakes!"

"Eat it at noon tomorrow. It won't go bad if you leave it overnight!" said Liu's father.

Seeing that everyone had agreed, Xuemei picked out three boxes of snacks and placed them on the other end of the table. She said, "These three boxes contain crispy candies, dragon beard candies, and twisted dough sticks. If you want to eat, eat from these three boxes. Don't touch the others yet. I'm going to give them away."

Qingya and her two siblings nodded, and then they chose a box of fried dough twists from the three boxes of snacks that Xuemei had just picked out, and opened it. After everyone had one, the three siblings each tasted one.

Han Chen fed Xuemei her twisted dough sticks. Xuemei took out seven boxes of different snacks and opened them. There were at least two boxes of each snack inside. Xuemei was now dividing them, planning to divide them into nine portions so that when she gave them to others, everyone could taste each snack.

Han Chen finished feeding Xuemei the fried dough twist and shared it with Xuemei. Just as Xuemei and Han Chen finished sharing and wrapped the dough in oil paper, Liu's mother came back.

When Liu's mother came back and saw Han Chen and Xuemei, she said with surprise, "Xuemei, Xiaochen, you're back today?"

Xuemei and Han Chen both raised their heads and called out to Liu's mother.

Mother Liu replied happily, "Ah!" Then she asked, "What are you two packing?"

"Let's divide the snacks we brought back from Beijing. Mom, I plan to give a box to grandpa and grandma, my second uncle's family, my aunt's family, my second uncle's family, and my third uncle's family. I will take three boxes to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow and give one box to each of my two directors, and the remaining box will be distributed among my colleagues. The last box is for Yaoyao, and Qingya will give it to Yaoyao when she goes to school in the county town in a few days." Xuemei explained.

"Okay, sure, let's do as you arrange. When you mentioned Yaoyao, I remembered something I had to tell you. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Yaoyao came to wish your father and me a happy new year." Mother Liu replied.

"Oh, then I'll give her some other things." Xuemei said.

Mother Liu nodded and came over to help pack. Xuemei thought for a moment, then took out an oil-paper bag from the large backpack, placed it on the table, and said to Mother Liu, "Mom, this is the two pounds of braised pork from Aunt Lin. Let's take one pound and share it with my eldest uncle, second uncle, the family at the old house, and my aunt's family."

"I have to thank Xiaochen's aunt for bringing back the meat. I'll take a pound to the kitchen and cut it, and then we'll divide it up!" said Liu's mother.

Xuemei nodded, and waited for Liu's mother to cut the meat in the kitchen and wrap it in oil paper. Ruirui and Qingya, the two siblings, also brought Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu back from the old house! Feifei and Liu's father's meal was also ready.

It was the first time for everyone to eat roast duck. Although the taste was not as good as the one Xuemei and Han Chen had bought that day in Beijing, it still left a deep impression on everyone. Both Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu especially liked the roast duck with its shiny skin.

It was already half past seven when the family finished their meal. The two brothers Ruirui and Feifei sent Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu home, and took the specialties that Xuemei and Han Chen brought back from Beijing to the old house.

As for Liu Xiu, Xuemei asked Qingya to send him off. As soon as Qingya and her two siblings left, Xuemei and Hanchen took advantage of this time to get clothes and take a shower. They would wait for Qingya and her two siblings to come back and get the rest together.

As soon as Xuemei and Han Chen came out of the shower, the two brothers Ruirui and Feifei came back. There was sweat on their heads, and it was obvious that they ran back in a hurry.

As soon as Feifei returned, she handed the oil-paper package to Liu's mother and said, "This is the food that my second brother and his wife brought back from Hai City. Let us try it!"

"That's good. You'll be able to satisfy your hunger these days by buying these three guys!" Liu's mother joked.

After Liu's mother finished speaking, everyone looked at Qingya and her two siblings and laughed.