Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1237 Leisure Time 2

Chapter 1237: Chapter 1237 Leisure Time 2

Feng Qingxue looked at her with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, "Milk candy? Four yuan per jin or was it five? My son’s milk powder costs only about three yuan per bag, where would I find the leisure money to buy milk candy? Having hard candy to eat is good enough."

Did she really think Feng Qingxue couldn’t see through Xiu Qinghe’s little schemes?

Seeing through them without pointing them out was only because she had been busy taking care of her children and recuperating lately, too lazy to bother with such pettiness. Now that she’d recovered seventy to eighty percent, with the rest needing a gradual approach, she naturally had the energy to bicker with others.

Xiu Qinghe hurriedly waved her hands, earnestly explaining: "Sister-in-law, I didn’t mean it like that. It’s just that you used to give Ma Rui milk candy, and seeing hard candy today seemed a bit odd, that’s all. I didn’t mean anything else, really, don’t overthink it, sister-in-law."

"I’m not overthinking," Feng Qingxue said with a beaming smile.

Xiu Qinghe was at a loss for words, not sure whether to spit out the prepared excuses to deal with Feng Qingxue or keep them to herself.

Ma Rui licked the hard candy in his hand, and then threw it away, sat down on the spot, flailing his hands and feet on the ground, "Not milk candy, not milk candy, I want milk candy, I want to eat milk candy!"

Feng Qingxue ignored him and turned to pick up her youngest son, who had woken up crying, patting his back, "Mommy’s here, Zhuangzhuang’s not afraid anymore, Zhuangzhuang’s not afraid anymore. Scaring is only for the big, not the small, just lift your ears and it’ll be okay." At the last sentence, her hand playfully pinched his almost translucent ears and gave them a little lift.

Dundun and Xiongxiong also woke up, but they didn’t cry. Dundun stretched out his little hands and feet, while Xiongxiong rolled over and got up, wobbly taking a few steps before sitting down beside his sister, reaching out to touch her face.

Fubao remained unchanged, as long as she was asleep, it was hard for thunder to wake her.

Xiu Qinghe, seeing Feng Qingxue attending only to her own children and disregarding Ma Rui, looked at her son and then back at Feng Qingxue, awkwardly started, "Sister-in-law, this..."

"If Ma Rui wants milk candy, shouldn’t you, his mother, hurry and buy it for him? What are you waiting around for?" Feng Qingxue’s face was all smiles, her voice soft as a gentle spring breeze, "Though milk candy is a bit on the expensive side, with Comrade Ma Wei’s salary, you surely can afford it. If you can’t, just let me know, and when we get our wages, I’ll ask the children’s father to lend you five yuan."

Regardless, she was determined not to mention anything about providing milk candy herself.

Xiu Qinghe’s face flushed red, then turned white.

Ma Rui continued his tantrum on the ground, crying loudly, "I want to eat milk candy! I want to eat milk candy!"

Feng Qingxue gently said, "Ma Rui, stop crying now. Your mother has all your father’s salary, if you want to eat, just ask her to buy it for you. Auntie’s house has run out of candy, and the last few pieces you threw away, what a shame. However, the service society has plenty, they have a lot of candy. Whatever kind you want to eat, just make your mother buy it for you."

Upon hearing this, Ma Rui jumped up and grabbed Xiu Qinghe’s hand, "Mommy, buy me candy, let’s go buy me candy, I want to eat milk candy!"

Knowing she wouldn’t gain any advantage today, and initially hoping to let Ma Rui eat a bit when Feng Qingxue fed her kids, Xiu Qinghe bit her lower lip and still managed a smile towards Feng Qingxue, "Well then, sister-in-law, I won’t bother you anymore."

"Go ahead, I won’t keep you guys. Don’t let the child cry, doesn’t it hurt you to see him like that?"

No sooner had Xiu Qinghe taken her son and left, than another person showed up.