When Su Nian arrived home, Chu's mother was baking mooncakes. The fillings were mixed by her own. The five-nut mooncakes contained peanuts, walnuts, rock sugar, rose jam, lard, and there were also salt and pepper black sesame fillings and fresh meat fillings.
"How is it? If you want sweet, eat sweet. If you want salty, eat salty," Chu's mother was very proud.
"Wow, it's delicious," Su Nian said with her mouth full. "Auntie, is this too much?"
I don’t know when Chu’s mother started to get busy, but the chopping board was already filled with baked mooncakes.
"Not much," Mother Chu calculated with her hands. "I need to send one box to Aunt Liu in the neighborhood, and give gifts to all of Old Chu's old comrades. Nancheng needs to give two boxes to his colleagues, and Beichen has also reserved two boxes for his colleagues in the department!"
Su Nian understood that Chu's mother was using this opportunity to do a favor. "This thing is good, clean and suitable for the occasion!"
Mother Chu smiled and took out a box. While filling it with mooncakes, she said to Su Nian, "I've also prepared two boxes for you. Take them to the Han family. Although they are your patients, they have helped you a lot. It's just the right opportunity to give them some snacks during the holiday!"
"And your advisor, Professor Liu, send him two boxes too. Remember, the round mooncakes have five-nut fillings, the square ones have fresh meat fillings, and the salt and pepper ones have it written on them!"
"Auntie, you're really thoughtful," Su Nian swallowed the mooncake and looked at the time, "I'll go right away!"
"Don't worry, kid. Beichen worked the night shift yesterday and has a day off today. He will be back soon. He will drive you and we can visit all the houses along the way!" Mother Chu had planned it long ago.
Only then did Su Nian realize that Chu's mother had been dealing with people for many years and was much more considerate than she thought.
Sure enough, not long after, Chu Beichen returned home. He and Su Nian got into the car carrying eight boxes of mooncakes.
"Have you planned this a long time ago?" Su Nian looked at the neatly packaged mooncakes, a little curious.
"Hey, my family has had this habit since I was a kid. During festivals, we would give our relatives and close friends some delicious homemade food," Chu Beichen explained with a smile, "I've been running errands for them since I was a kid, and now I find this method is quite good. It can help us build closer relationships!"
Su Nian nodded, agreeing deeply. This route started from the Su family, first went to Dabei to deliver mooncakes to Professor Liu, and then went to Grandpa Han's house. The other two families were on this route, so they would just stop when they arrived at the destination.
Professor Liu couldn't stop smiling when he received Su Nian's gift. He was from the south and loved fresh meat mooncakes, but he hadn't eaten authentic ones for many years. Now that he saw the fresh fresh meat mooncakes, he immediately broke one open and tasted it, nodding in praise, and invited Su Nian and Chu Beichen to stay for dinner.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen naturally would not stay, so they rode as fast as they could to the next house. When they arrived at Grandpa Han's house, Su Nian explained their purpose, left the mooncakes and was about to leave.
Grandpa Han's face darkened. "Doctor Su, you're such an unethical doctor. I only allow you to express your good intentions, and now you're running away so quickly. What will become of my kindness?"
Su Nian then understood that Grandpa Han wanted to give her a gift in return!
Grandpa Han gave the order, and the chef quickly came in with several boxes. "These are the mooncakes I made at home, and there are some other snacks too. Take them home and try them!"
Su Nian accepted the gift with a smile and set off on the journey home with Chu Beichen. "I wonder what Mr. Han got?"
Chu Beichen looked at Su Nian with understanding, "You're not curious, you're just greedy, right?"
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