Chapter 1417 Invitation
She had been waiting ever since she learned that Fu Yancheng and the others had returned.
After Mo Ruhua and Sister Tao helped deal with the pig offal and pig heads, they went about their own business.
The vegetables in my own yard are blessed by the water from the spatial pool, and they grow so well that everyone who sees them has to praise them. I just picked a few radishes and stewed them with pork ribs.
After cleaning the pig offal and pig head I brought back, I braised a huge pot of food, which I'll just slice up and serve as a snack with drinks later.
With her big belly, it wasn't good for her to go out anymore, so she processed a few freshwater grass carp in her space and then stewed a big pot of braised fish chunks. Of course, all of this was done in her space, since she didn't want to attract all the children from the family compound to her front door.
She wasn't sure if she could host the dinner as planned, but it was always better to be prepared in advance than to be caught off guard and scrambling at the last minute.
To her surprise, Fu Yancheng returned in the late afternoon: "Wife, I'm back."
Chu Xue looked him up and down: "Are you injured?"
Fu Yancheng shook his head: "No, I came back to tell you about the dinner party."
"So, should we treat everyone tonight or not?"
"I originally thought there might not be enough time, but the matter is too important. Those people have been taken over by the military and they've all been taken away just now. I figured since we've already notified them, we won't change the plan. I'll go to the canteen."
"Alright, stop running now, I'm all ready."
Upon hearing this, Fu Yancheng asked, "You've left the family compound?"
Chu Xue nodded: "In Baifu Village, a family is getting married, and they slaughtered their pigs. I went there and bought quite a few."
Fu Yancheng felt both heartache and gratitude, and was also full of worry: "Wife, I'm so sorry, you're so pregnant and I'm still making you worry about this."
"What are you saying? We're husband and wife, and it's not a big deal."
Fu Yancheng stared into Chu Xue's eyes: "Wife, what's wrong with you right now?"
He looked down at her stomach and said, "I know you feel pretty good, but your situation is special, so please don't make me worry, okay?"
Chu Xue saw the worry on his face and said, "Okay, I understand."
He didn't tell her because he was afraid those people would do something desperate, and it would be bad if they were targeted. But he couldn't say it directly either, firstly because it involved classified information, and secondly because he was afraid of scaring her.
Chu Xue didn't want to continue the topic: "Have you notified everyone who's coming over for dinner tonight?"
Fu Yancheng helped her sit down: "There are a few more. I'll go and inform them in a bit. You're heavily pregnant and it's inconvenient for you right now, so I'll call a few of your wives over to help."
Chu Xue didn't say much to him, only nodded and said, "Then go quickly."
As soon as he left, I quickly moved all the things I had prepared in the space out, lit a small fire in the kitchen, and kept the pot of braised pork ribs and radish and braised fish chunks warm on the stove.
As for the large pot of braised food, it was placed directly on the prefabricated storage platform, covered with a steamer cloth, and was ready to be sliced and plated later.
When Fu Yancheng returned with his men, he smelled a delicious aroma as soon as he entered the courtyard: "Wife, what's that smell?"
Chu Xue laughed and said, "I didn't tell you that I prepared the ingredients. Sister Tao and Ru Hua helped clean them. I just started stewing them in advance."
"Why didn't I smell anything when I came back?"
Chu Xue mumbled, "Before, they were all semi-finished products, and I covered them up tightly, so naturally you couldn't smell them."
Tao's wife, who had come over, said, "You're really efficient. I was saying I'd come over later to help you, but I didn't expect you to have already started cooking."
With Sister Tao interjecting, Fu Yancheng didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he smiled and settled the person under the osmanthus tree: "You sit here and rest. Leave the rest to me and the other sisters-in-law."
(End of this chapter)
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