Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1018: Xibao’s Birthday 7

Chapter 1018: Chapter 1018: Xibao’s Birthday 7

After dinner, Zhang Yuejin left the bowls and chopsticks for his mother to clean up and went to the kitchen to handle the pig offal he had brought back.

Apart from the pig’s head, he kept all the offal for himself. Of course, he had paid for them, just without using any tickets.

Pig ears, pig liver, pig lungs, pig heart, pig large intestine, pig trotters, pig tail, and especially the pig large intestine, required repeated washing and shaving off grease and filth from inside. Once everything was clean, Zhang Yuejin divided it into two, putting the larger portion into a basket. He had intended to ask Wang Jiao to come along, but she was already fast asleep.

Zhang’s mother couldn’t help but say, "You can go alone, Jiaojiao is heavy with child, what if the long walk tires her out?"

"I know, I’ll go by bike, and I’ll be back soon."

The Lu Family had just finished dinner when Guan Cheng and Feng Qingxue were cleaning up the dishes.

Hearing the knock at the door, Lu Jiang went to open it and, seeing Zhang Yuejin, hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law? Come in, please sit in the house."

To speak of things inside the house was the polite thing to do.

"I won’t come in," said Zhang Yuejin as he handed over the basket from his bike handlebar to him, "Tomorrow is Xibao’s birthday, I have work and definitely won’t be home. I snagged some pig offal today and brought some over to you, to add to the meal tomorrow."

Lu Jiang, holding the basket, replied, "Then thank you, brother-in-law!"

"Don’t mention it, our family has benefited so much from yours, it’s all counted here in my heart!"

With those words, Zhang Yuejin hopped onto his bike and pedaled away.

Lu Jiang shook his head with a smile, closed the door, and brought the basket inside. When Feng Qingxue asked what he had brought, he relayed exactly what Zhang Yuejin had said, "It’s hot, we need to deal with this properly."

"First, soak it in well water and put it in the hall, we’ll deal with it later, and stew it early tomorrow," Feng Qingxue winked at Lu Jiang.

Lu Jiang got the hint; she wanted to wait until everyone was asleep to put the stuff in the space to keep it fresh until morning.

"Alright, I’ll go soak it in water."

After setting the basin with the pig offal inside the cupboard, Lu Jiang heard Xibao say, "Grandpa, grandpa, take me to find Master Jin, I want to know why people can talk inside the radio and also about telephones. Master Jin is so mean, he ignores me when I talk to him, saying I’ll understand when I’m grown up. I’m already very big!"

Lu Father was always indulgent with his grandson, "Alright, alright, you come with grandpa, sleep with grandpa tonight, okay?"

Xibao pinched his nose, "The cow shed smells so bad, I want to sleep with mommy."

"Then don’t go to Master Jin, and don’t worry about why there are people talking in the radio."

Lu Father spread his hands and had just finished speaking when he saw his grandson conflicted, unsure of what to do.

"If you don’t go, I’m leaving!" Lu Father said, pretending to get up.

"Don’t leave!" Xibao hugged his arm, "Grandpa, grandpa, I’ll sleep with you, let’s go find Master Jin together. If Master Jin won’t tell me the radio’s secret, we won’t let him sleep!"

Feng Qingxue said, "Dad, ask Ajiang to invite the teacher and Mr. and Mrs. Xu, let’s have cake, cream cake."

Seeing the two half cream cakes brought out by Guan Cheng and Feng Qingyun after placing the dishes away, Lu Father waved his hand, "We old folks have eaten all sorts of good things; our current poverty is just due to the times. After finishing work and coming home tomorrow night, we’ll celebrate Xibao’s birthday together then. Just make a couple of good dishes. Those tiny bits of cake, gone in one bite, let the kids have them."