After dinner, Mu Changhong consciously cleared the table and even washed all the bowls and chopsticks.
Mu Changhong usually did help with household chores, but not much.
Most of the time, Jiang Yun handled practically everything both inside and outside the home.
“Mom, do you want some apples? I happened to come across some while I was out today, so I bought a few.”
Mu Xi stood up, took two apples, and went to the kitchen to wash them.
“I was just about to mention them earlier. These apples look so good, big and red. They must have been expensive, right?”
Jiang Yun had noticed the apples on the table when she came home and had even been surprised.
She had truly never seen apples this large and red before.
“They didn’t cost much. It’s rare to come across something like this.”
Mu Xi washed the apples, cut them into slices, and brought them out.
In an instant, a refreshing fragrance filled the entire room.
“Wow~ Sis, I want some! I want some!”
Little Mu You couldn’t wait and ran over to Mu Xi, jumping up and down beside her.
“Eat, eat. Go sit down properly and I’ll give you some.”
Mu Xi pressed one hand down on the bouncing little fellow.
Mu You obediently went and sat down.
Mu Xi placed the plate on the table and casually handed him a slice.
Then she gave Jiang Yun and Mu Changhong a slice each.
She started eating as well.
“This taste…” Jiang Yun didn’t even know how to describe it.
But she could guarantee that she had never eaten such a delicious apple before. It simply surpassed anything she had ever known.
“I wonder who grew these. Xixi really was lucky to come across them,” Mu Changhong said, equally amazed by the taste of the apple.
“Wasn’t it just fate? We go out every day and have never encountered anything like this even once. These apples must have been grown privately, so the yield is limited. The moment they’re brought out, they’re probably snatched up in the blink of an eye. How would there normally be any left for us?”
Jiang Yun sighed with emotion as she ate.
Mu Xi: “…”
There was no way she could respond to that.
She should just quietly eat her apple.
Time slowly passed amid their casual conversation. As the night deepened, the lights in the Mu family home were extinguished.
In Mu Changhong and Jiang Yun’s room.
“Xixi going to the countryside is already settled. Tomorrow, I’ll take her to buy everything she needs. You go to work and exchange for as many coupons as possible. Whether they’re grain coupons, industrial coupons, or anything else, as long as they’re nationally valid coupons, we want them.
“We need to make sure Xixi has enough. That way, if she needs anything after reaching the countryside, she won’t be left helpless. Oh, right. I’m planning to give Xixi five hundred yuan. What do you think?”
Mu Changhong sat up.
“When Yueyue went to the countryside, we only gave her three hundred. If we give Xixi five hundred, I’m afraid that wouldn’t be appropriate.”
They had always treated the two sisters fairly and equally.
If Yueyue became upset because of the money and it affected the relationship between the sisters, that wouldn’t be good.
Mu Changhong didn’t want to see that day come.
“There’s nothing inappropriate about it. Two years ago, our family could only afford to give three hundred yuan. Now two years have passed, and both of our wages have increased. Giving Xixi five hundred isn’t difficult for us.”
Their finances really had been tight a few years ago. During the first two years after their youngest son was born, their expenses had been extremely high. They barely had any money left at the end of each year, and the three hundred yuan they had given their eldest daughter had been practically everything the family had left.
Now, two years had passed. Their youngest son’s expenses had stabilized, and both of their salaries had increased. Over those two years, they had managed to save more than six hundred yuan.
“No. Let’s still give her three hundred,” Mu Changhong said, shaking his head.
“You! Do you not understand what I’m saying? Our family isn’t short of money anymore. We can give Xixi a little more. When a child is traveling far from home, having more money on her means an extra layer of security, doesn’t it?”
Jiang Yun rattled off her argument in frustration.
“Otherwise, go ask Xixi. She definitely won’t ask for more either.”
Jiang Yun: “…”
She had raised that child herself. How could she possibly not understand her?
There was no need to ask at all.