Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1057: Spending Money on Grain 1

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1057: Spending Money on Grain 1

Change your mind? Feng Qingxue cocked her head to look at him.

Doubt was written all over her face.

"Although Father is indeed very clever, and he probably has had his suspicions about your ways of getting food and hiding things for a while, he could never imagine your background, let alone such a magical space. We don’t need to come clean with him. My wife, the fewer people who know your secret, the safer it is."

Lu Jiang said this earnestly, "You must remember that only the two of us should know your secret, and never let a third person find out, not even our father or our children. Even if Father would never reveal it, we can’t take the risk. Let him guess as he will, as long as we’re clear on it in our own hearts, there’s no need to explicitly reveal it."

Feng Qingxue was very touched in her heart; to tell the truth, she also did not want a third person to know about the existence of the space and the secret of her time travel.

If it wasn’t for Lu Jiang guessing some of it, she would have certainly kept it to herself.

"What about the grain? How will you get it, and where will you put it? We definitely can’t bury it under our bed; it will easily get damp and moldy or start sprouting if left there for a long time. Even if we put it in the west wing room, it would become damp and infested with insects if not aired out over time. The reason we previously talked about storing it in the cellar beneath the cattle shed was that it’s plastered with glutinous rice juice mixed with three-part soil, which is airtight, so the grain is less likely to become damp and can be stored for a very long time."

Lu Jiang thought carefully, "I’ll talk to Father tonight and ask his opinion." He had been away from home for a long time and was very unfamiliar with the situation at home, especially regarding storing grain.

"Alright, after we’ve discussed it, let us come and go early and late for a while to bring some grain back." It would just be a bit troublesome.

After dinner, Lu Jiang followed his father to the cattle shed, and only after coaxing Xibao to sleep did he tell his father the current dilemma, "Qingxue and I have managed to obtain some grain through the pretense of loss, and I wonder where would be the best place to store it."

Lu’s father pointed directly at the cattle pen, "Storing it outside is too conspicuous; anyone coming in would see it, so hiding it in the cellar is the safest."

"Isn’t the cellar already filled with a lot of gold, silver, and other valuables?" Lu Jiang had already considered the cellar here, but had found it inconvenient, thus he was in a dilemma, "Although there’s still some space in the cellar to store the grain, grain is prone to getting damp and infested with bugs. What if it damages the books and paintings we’ve managed to hide? Compared to gold and silver treasures, those books and paintings are truly precious to you."

Lu’s father glanced at him sideways, "Why not just clear out the stuff in the cellar?"

Lu Jiang looked innocent, "Clear it out? You make it sound so easy, where would we put it then? Where could we put it that would be better than this cellar? Haven’t you been guarding these belongings in the cattle shed for so many years for this reason?"

It’s true that the commune’s grain storage also has a cellar below, but isn’t that the commune’s? They are hiding grain precisely because they don’t want others to know about it.

"I don’t care, anyway. It’s up to you two to decide where to hide it," said Lu’s father.

"What do you mean by that?"

Lu’s father stretched languidly, slipping into the slippers his daughter-in-law made for him, and walked over to the bed where his little grandson was sound asleep. He lay down on the outer side of his grandson, not even casting a glance at his son, "How would I know what I mean? You two are the heads of the household, so it’s for you to decide. If you’re going to clear the cellar to store grain, come after midnight tomorrow. The cattle are all in the pen today, and stirring things up might disturb them."