Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1052: Cause and Effect 2

Chapter 1052: Chapter 1052: Cause and Effect 2

"So what if the space is stocked with lots of fruits and melons? I don’t dare bring them out for everyone to eat!" Feng Qingxue felt depressed thinking about how for the past two years, the only way to give her children some fruit to supplement their nutrition was to make it into canned goods and sneak it past everyone.

As the children were becoming more sensible, she was afraid of leaking the secret, so she didn’t dare to take it out openly.

Xibao was too clever. If he saw fresh fruits and melons at home, he would surely keep asking until he got to the bottom of it.

After handing a stainless steel spoon to Lu Jiang for him to dig in, Feng Qingxue said helplessly, "Ajiang, you’re smarter, think of a way to use the supplies from the space to improve everyone’s lives. In the early years, I was counting the number of people who needed help, worried that the stored grain wouldn’t be enough and almost lost my hair over it. Now though, it seems like there’s no end to it no matter how much we eat."

When the reform and opening up came and the country abolished the Grain Ticket system, and supplies gradually increased, the chances of using space-stored grains became less and less frequent.

Other supplies would definitely be needed; after all, it’s unlikely that we will reach the level of forty or fifty years later within the next thirty years.

Lu Jiang scooped up a big chunk of watermelon and stuffed it in his mouth, its sweet juice moistening his parched throat. He laughed and said, "I don’t have any foolproof plans either. Who around us isn’t shrewd? We can only say we have some connections to get some grain and fabric—the kinds of things that exist in this era. Bringing out other things would only raise their suspicions."

Not to mention far-off people, he couldn’t even hide it from his father.

Feng Qingxue remembered that Lu Jiang had mentioned his father might have noticed something but was just pretending to be unaware.

"Living with smart people is really exhausting. Are you all too smart, or am I too dumb? Even though it’s all for a good cause, it has left a problem that keeps me on tenterhooks," Feng Qingxue pouted, about to scoop some watermelon when she suddenly remembered that pregnant women should probably not eat watermelon. She stopped midway and switched to taking out an apple instead.

"Who says you’re not smart? You are the smartest person in our family!" Lu Jiang complimented her without stinginess. Then he set down the watermelon spoon and peeled the apple for her, the peel coming off in a single continuous strip.

With the smoothly peeled apple in her hand, Feng Qingxue said with a cheerful smile, "You eat the watermelon, just eat a little to quench your thirst. We still have to eat lunch later. We can put the rest of the watermelon in the space and eat it tomorrow." Although there were many watermelons in the space, she had grown accustomed to being frugal and economical.

Lu Jiang glanced at the meat on the table and nodded without hesitation.

Compared to watermelon, meat was of course more delicious.

After about a dozen bites of watermelon, Lu Jiang abandoned it and turned his attention to the lunch on the table.

Living in a time of material scarcity, the vast majority of people had an intense craving for meat, and Lu Jiang was no exception. A meal wasn’t complete without meat. Feng Qingxue worried about him frequently eating pork and developing health issues associated with wealth, so the meat she took out today had nothing to do with pork, but was a roast goose instead.

Lu Jiang ate with relish. "You spent quite a bit of money buying all these supplies, didn’t you?"

"A few million perhaps, I put all my assets into it!" Feng Qingxue thought about it. First, she sold the house along with the savings, then later liquidated some of the gold and jewelry. It definitely amounted to several million, of which a string of vibrant green jade necklace was worth a lot. It was a wedding anniversary gift her father gave to her mother in the millennium year, costing over a hundred thousand. Later it appreciated tenfold; now thinking about it, she admired her own crazy decision at that time.

Lu Jiang nearly choked on a piece of goose, exclaiming in disbelief, "Several million?"

His monthly salary was just over two hundred. What kind of concept was several million? It was a sum he could never earn in a lifetime!