Lunch was made by Zhou Wanwan and Su Huazhu. After eating chicken yesterday, which drew attention, the family decided to keep a low profile for the next two days.
Aside from the steamed egg custard specially prepared for Dabao and Xiaobao, there was stir-fried shredded radish with oil dregs, cabbage, steamed buns, and corn porridge.
Although the food was simple, Dabao and Xiaobao, the two little ones, always had malted milk extract to drink, and water infused with one White Rabbit creamy candy each day.
In just two days, the two little ones had regained their vitality, and their complexions looked better and better.
After the meal, Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze tidied up Su Feng's bedding in the living room; the father and son first tied it tightly and then packed it. The plan was to send it to him later when Su Feng departed, but they wouldn't tell him about it yet.
"Come, these are Qiangshen Jiantivan. Each of you take one. Your maternal grandfather made these before he passed away. Your father and I went to the Qiao family old residence this morning to get them back. We've already taken them, and the effect is good."
With the whole family gathered, Qiao Jiuru took out a bottle of Qiangshen Jiantivan from her space and gave one to everyone except the two little ones.
The Qiao family had been doctors for generations, so they naturally had their own prescriptions and well-made pills, which is why Qiao Jiuru taking them out didn't arouse any suspicion from her three children and daughter-in-law.
After Su Ze, Su Huazhu, Su Feng, and Zhou Wanwan each took one, Qiao Jiuru handed the bottle of Qiangshen Jiantivan to her youngest son.
"You're going to work so far away, and you probably won't be able to come back even once a year. There are still Qiangshen Jiantivan at home, so take this bottle with you. Take one a month, and when you finish them, Mother will send you more."
After this bottle of Qiangshen Jiantivan is finished, there would still be about ten pills left, which Su Feng could take for over a year, ensuring his body stayed strong.
Su Feng didn't think much of it and accepted them without declining. Besides this bottle of pills, his mother had also secretly given him three hundred yuan, three jin of national grain coupons, several meat coupons, several industrial coupons, and sugar coupons.
In addition to these, she also packed his clothes and belongings from home, which would be sent to him once he arrived at his unit.
Su Ze, Su Huazhu, and Zhou Wanwan found that the pills personally developed by their maternal grandfather seemed to truly have an effect; they dispelled the usual feeling of heaviness in their bodies, and their bodies seemed much lighter.
"Su Ze, does Mother still have these pills? Can you send some to my family too?!"
Zhou Wanwan secretly asked her husband in their room, as she had been constantly worrying about her family who had been sent down. If her family took such good medicine, would they not get sick?! Or get sick less often?!
"I'll ask Mother later. If Mother has some, she'll definitely give them, and then I'll send them to your parents."
Of course, there was no problem; his parents were reasonable and not stingy people, Su Ze comforted his wife.
Zhou Wanwan immediately felt relieved. Her in-laws were very understanding, fair, and generous, so she wasn't worried about this, she was just embarrassed to ask.
Sure enough, before going to bed that night, Su Ze showed her a bottle of Qiangshen Jiantivan, which would be sent to the Zhou family tomorrow.
Su Ze and Su Huazhu left for school that afternoon. Qiao Jiuru packed several boiled eggs, half a jin of biscuits, half a jin of pastries, and a dozen White Rabbit creamy candies for her son and daughter, and made sure the siblings ate their fill before going to school.
After seeing off her son and daughter, Qiao Jiuru handed over the task of making dinner to her daughter-in-law, and then she and Su Huaiyuan entered their room and hid in the space.
The couple had been frantically purchasing so many supplies these past two days and hadn't had time to organize them yet.
"Aru, since this space can preserve freshness, we can prepare meals here in advance, just in case we don't have time to cook. Also, there are many fields here; we can also farm, grow vegetables, and raise chickens here, so we won't have to worry about not having food."
After Su Huaiyuan entered the ink bracelet space, he looked at the large expanse of land outside the courtyard and had many ideas, feeling that it could all be utilized.
"Huaiyuan, you're right. Not only can we farm, grow vegetables, and raise chickens, but have you seen that river over there?! We can also raise fish and shrimp. As long as we can get through the next five years, we can come back then."
"Then you go cook, and I'll start reclaiming the land."
"Okay, we'll go to the black market tomorrow morning to buy fish and shrimp, buy a few more chickens, and find some grain and vegetable seeds."
They acted immediately.
The couple didn't dare to delay and immediately split up. Qiao Jiuru went to the kitchen to light a fire, then steamed buns, cooked porridge, and boiled eggs. Su Huaiyuan found a hoe from the tool shed and headed straight for the land outside the courtyard.
Fortunately, time here passed twice as fast as outside, essentially giving them double the time.
After working for an hour inside, they heard a knock on the door from outside, followed by their eldest son calling them for dinner.
Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan immediately exited the space, responding as they tidied themselves up, then opened the door to eat.
After dinner, Qiao Jiuru first put Su Huaiyuan back into the space to continue working, while she played with Dabao and Xiaobao in the living room for a while. Only after Zhou Wanwan and Su Ze took the two children back to their room to rest did she go to wash up, and then let Su Huaiyuan out to wash up.
After Su Huaiyuan washed up and returned to the couple's room, Qiao Jiuru took him back into the space.
"Huaiyuan, you're so capable! You've cleared so much land so quickly."
Qiao Jiuru didn't expect her husband to clear a plot of land about twenty square meters in less than three hours; that speed was too fast.
"This land is easy to work with; it's all good soil, with no weeds or stones, and it's easy to dig. Although I don't know much about geology, I can see that the quality of this land is excellent, at least top-grade."
Su Huaiyuan also didn't expect the land here to be so easy to dig, which made his progress quick, and he was quite happy.
"I'll go cook another pot of millet porridge and corn porridge, and boil a pot of water to keep, then I'll dig with you."
Cooking porridge usually doesn't require constant tending; one only needs to check on the fire occasionally.
So, after throwing out that remark, Qiao Jiuru rushed into the kitchen with gusto.