Chapter 1020: Xibao's Birthday 9

Leave it all to him? Impossible.

The next morning, Feng Qingxue started to get busy, kneading dough, washing vegetables, boiling cured meat, and slicing what needed to be sliced.

Meanwhile, Lu Jiang had set off at around four or five o'clock and by noon returned with a chunk of pork belly, half a pig's head, and some bones. He had traded the rice and flour Feng Qingxue gave him for urban meat tickets and, after much effort, managed to buy two jin of pork belly.

The main reason was to put on a show for the family; otherwise, he wouldn't have made the trip.

"That's enough, we will add a little more, and make it all into braised pork," he said.

The staple food was rice and steamed buns, with a varied menu since there were twenty-one elders alone to feed.

In addition to the original twelve elders including Elder Xu and his wife from Shanghai, there were six more, including He Qingyin and Ouyang Mo, who was forcibly renamed, and three old ladies from Huaibei City.