Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1217: Picking Up Xibao 4

Chapter 1217: Chapter 1217: Picking Up Xibao 4

Upon mentioning this, Lu’s father added, "Hu Ping said, their land is fertile, and the recent harvests have been even better than ours, with high grain yield. They now have enough grain."

Of course, having enough grain merely meant not lacking it; whether they could eat their fill was another matter.

The adults in Wanglou Brigade were allocated 450 jin of unprocessed grain per year, which, outwardly, meant they had enough grain. But without any side dishes, it meant an adult could not be fully satiated with 450 jin of unprocessed grain alone.

Feng Qingxue did not hesitate to say to Lu Jiang, "Don’t forget to buy some expensive goods to send separately to Hu Ping next time you have the chance."

After all, favors were a two-way street, that lasted through the ages.

Lu Jiang nodded, but then saw his father rummaging through his luggage for clothes, "Dad, what are you looking for?"

"I received something from Comrade Hu Ping before New Year, and I replied to him right away, asking him to quietly collect some wild ginseng for us. He didn’t have any, so he asked the local elders if they did. At the beginning of this month, he sent them to me, and I brought them over for you."

He found a red cloth package and handed it to his son, then whispered, "You previously mentioned that Xiaoxue is pregnant with twins. I thought that giving birth to twins would definitely drain her energy, so I wanted to get some ginseng for her to replenish it. How to use the ginseng, Xiaoxue is more knowledgeable than I am. Hu Ping didn’t have any; he collected it privately from local elders. They asked for money, and it cost a total of three hundred bucks, which I sent over before boarding the bus."

Feng Qingxue, carrying a child on her back, opened the package and her eyes widened, "Seven liang for regular ginseng, but eight liang for precious. Dad, these two ginseng roots you brought are definitely precious!" They were even better than what Hu Ping had procured before, perfectly shaped, showing the owner’s skill in processing.

Lu’s father smiled faintly, "We should thank Comrade Hu Ping."

"We should indeed thank him, a big thank you!" Although Feng Qingxue had bought plenty of nourishing products in her previous life, she lacked Korean Ginseng because she knew she couldn’t get her hands on authentic wild ginseng, so she had bought some Korean Ginseng.

The ginseng of this era was undoubtedly wild, a priceless treasure.

Feng Qingxue carefully stored the ginseng in her space. Once the elderly and children had gone to sleep, she plucked a few ginseng whiskers and asked Lu Jiang to stew chicken soup with them.

After simmering it for a few hours, she stored it in her space, saving it for the next day’s meat and soup meal.

Tian Ling came every day on time to wash clothes, cook, tidy up the room, and take care of the children, but she never ate at the Lu Family, even if Qingxue asked her to stay. So, she would eat breakfast at home, go to the Lu Family, cook lunch, and return home to eat before coming back again to prepare dinner and then leave.

While cooking, she was surprised to find that the cupboard had many new items, most of which were scarce commodities.

"Peanut oil! Peanuts! White flour! And cured meat! Air-dried chicken!"

"My father-in-law brought these from his hometown. He saved them over a long time, thanks to the care from friends and comrades. A little bit collected here and there by all," Qingxue explained with a smile, "Let’s stir-fry the cured meat for lunch, and don’t skimp on the oil."

If there was anything about Tian Ling’s behavior that made Qingxue feel helpless, it was definitely her cooking; she was really reluctant to use even one extra drop of oil.

Now that there was a jar of oil at home, surely Tian Ling could afford to be a bit more generous, right?

Yet, Tian Ling just glanced at Qingxue as if looking at a spendthrift, "The cured meat is already full of fat. Just wiping the pan with oil will draw out half a pot of oil when fried; why would we need to add more?"

Not only did she not use extra oil, but she also saved more than half of the oil rendered from the cured meat in a bowl to use for cooking next time.