Fortunately, the house was well-stocked with plenty of fresh meat and vegetables. Uncle Gu had slaughtered the live cattle and sheep Lu Jian Country sent over, and they hadn't touched much of the portioned meat. Today, they used it all to entertain their guests, which emptied both the kitchen and the refrigerator. Tomorrow was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the farmers' market would likely be completely deserted. In the early 1980s, it wasn't like later years when markets were bustling daily and supermarkets had popped up everywhere. During the New Year festival, the markets really didn't have any vegetables for sale and wouldn't reopen until after the fifth or sixth day.
Therefore, the Tang family would have to budget carefully for the next few days and couldn't host guests so freely.
Xiao Man's Treasure Pearl Space did have plenty of ingredients stored away, but she wouldn't take them out at a time like this, nor would her grandfather and father permit it.
