Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1105 - 1104 Nagging 4

Chapter 1105: Chapter 1104 Nagging 4

Feng Qingxue, concerned that Father Lu would immediately accept Grandfather Lu’s suggestion, hurriedly called out to him, "Dad, Xibao is so young, still in the growing stage, how can he be separated from his parents’ company? In a child’s life, no one can replace the parents’ role. Being away from the parents for too long may lead to estrangement, which isn’t conducive to getting along in the future."

Besides, no matter how harsh the living conditions are, with her presence, there would be enough nutritious supplies. The living environment in Wanglou Brigade is somewhat better than at the border defense forces, but what about the supplies?

Father Lu opened his mouth, but before he could speak, they heard someone knocking on the door.

The rain outside was heavy, its sound pounding the ground. It took a while before they could hear the knocking. Guan Cheng vaguely heard Jiang He calling from the door and quickly went out with an umbrella to open the door, and, indeed, it was him.

He was holding an umbrella in one hand and a porcelain basin in the other, filled to the brim with liangfen.

"You’re out here in such heavy rain without a shirt; aren’t you afraid of catching a cold?" Guan Cheng reproached.

Jiang He replied with a grin, "In this hot weather, who would catch a cold?"

Once inside, he didn’t care about his pants that were rolled up to his knees and half-soaked; he put the porcelain basin on the table, greeted Grandfather Lu, Father Lu, and Wang Zhengguo in turn, and smiled at Feng Qingxue, "Auntie Qingxue, since it’s raining today and there’s no work to do, Erya made a lot of liangfen and asked me to bring some over for you to have for lunch."

"Life is not easy for you, having to take care of so many children. You should just make enough for yourselves to eat. Why send some to us? Look at you, braving such heavy rain without even wearing a coat, aren’t you afraid of catching a cold!" Feng Qingxue was somewhat embarrassed.

Xibao liked liangfen, and it was almost universally known that she couldn’t make it.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t tried, but the liangfen she made turned out half dry and half wet, always mixed unevenly—the dry parts were clumps of sweet potato flour that hadn’t mixed with water, wasting the precious sweet potato flour, which was essentially starch.

"Auntie Qingxue, look at what you’re saying. I’ve never brought anything I couldn’t spare to you, but we didn’t hesitate to receive the things you sent or brought us. What’s wrong with sending a basin of liangfen? Not to mention one basin; even a hundred or a thousand would be no less than you deserve."

Jiang He was moved to tears with gratitude toward Feng Qingxue for her secret financial support over the years. Like Guan Cheng and Guan Yu, he had long come to regard Feng Qingxue as a close elder relative; without the money she had given them, they would never have been able to go to school.

Upon hearing Jiang He’s words, Feng Qingxue immediately smiled, called him to sit down, and asked Feng Qingyun to pour him a bowl of hot water.

"Here, sugar water." Feng Qingyun handed it to him.

Jiang He gave her a smile, "Thank you, Little Auntie." He called out just as Guan Cheng did, not feeling embarrassed because Feng Qingyun was younger than him—after all, she was Feng Qingxue’s sister.

Feng Qingyun walked away with a smile, taking on the air of an elder, and squatted down to play cat’s cradle with Fubao.

Jiang He’s arrival temporarily deflected the previous discussion among everyone. Although Shan Dianzi said Xibao was a lucky star, they didn’t make a show of it. It was something only a few elders knew.

Feng Qingxue would rather no one brought up keeping Xibao at home. She looked at Jiang He, who had grown into a young man, "Jiang He, you’re about the same age as Acheng and Tianjun. When you decide to get married, be sure to let me know. And when Erya gets married, even if I’m in the army, I’ll send gifts over to you."