Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 140 - 0140: The Wild Goose Delivering a Letter 4_1

Chapter 140: Chapter 0140: The Wild Goose Delivering a Letter 4_1

After saying that, Hongling’s mother added, "My sister-in-law is a well-known matchmaker in the nearby villages. The Zhang family approached your uncle for a marriage proposal and they sought her help in mediating."

Upon hearing this, Feng Qingxue and her aunt understood the accuracy of the information.

Feng’s aunt questioned with doubt, "Wang Jiao is quite a beauty and dresses fashionably, but her temper isn’t the best. One look at her and it’s obvious that she’s not easy to get along with. How did the Zhang family come to like her? Although Xiaoxue’s uncle is a secretary, Zhang Yuejin is a master butcher. The Zhang family isn’t inferior to the Wang Family. It’s strange to see them willing to marry such a difficult woman."

Having met Wang Jiao before, Feng’s aunt who prides herself on her keen judgment, had a very poor impression of her.

"Bah! What’s so strange about that? When a family has a daughter, a hundred families are seeking. It is normal! Wang Jiao is beautiful; Zhang Yuejin likes her! As for her temperament and personality, who knows unless they’ve lived together? Since becoming a master butcher, Zhang Yuejin’s standards have risen. Many families wanted him as a son-in-law, but he did not agree. Who knew that he set his heart on Wang Jiao when she went to the city some time ago? He came back home immediately and asked his mother to find my sister-in-law to go to the Wang family to propose. In his family, he is the most successful, his mother wouldn’t dare not to listen. Xiaoxue would have had more meat on her if we weren’t so poor before, her appearance wouldn’t deteriorate due to hunger. Who would wait till Lu Jiang comes back!"

Feng Qingxue hurriedly said, "I dare not compare with my cousin. I am not a beauty."

Hongling’s mother gave her a look, snickered and said, "Are you telling me I don’t know what you look like? Your mother was a beauty when she was young, how ugly can you be? Besides, who wouldn’t notice the soot on your face at a close look? It’s a good strategy for a girl without male labor at home to dress up a little more shabbily. As long as the good-looking side of you is hidden and not revealed to those with ulterior motives, there’s nothing dangerous."

"Mom!" Feng Qingxue giggled shyly.

While Hongling’s mother was speaking, her hands never stopped. She dug up a fresh plant of wild shepherd’s purse and placed it in the basket, and then found two shepherd’s purses in the nearby bush and dug them up as well.

She and Feng’s aunt recognized a wide variety of wild vegetables. Anything edible was quickly and accurately harvested.

Feng Qingxue only dug capsella and shepherd’s purse. After returning home and having lunch, she spent all afternoon cleaning half a basket and half a load of wild vegetables. She washed them thoroughly three or four times, and drained them in a bamboo basket.

By the evening, she chopped a few capsella sprouts, and finely diced a handful of peanuts. She sautéed the peanut dices in oil until fragrant, then added the capsella, a little salt and five-spice powder. After sautéing it thoroughly, she added water and brought it to a boil, beat two eggs into the pot and stirred it until it formed ribbons in the soup. Then, she poured in some water mixed with flour. After stirring it all together and bringing it to a boil again, the half pot of vegetable porridge was freshly made.

The fresh scent of the capsella and the crispy peanuts was a divine combination. Feng Qingyun drank two bowls of it in one go.

"Don’t eat too much tonight. If you want more, we can dig more wild vegetables tomorrow." said Feng Qingxue.

Feng Qingyun curiously asked "Why would we need to dig again tomorrow? We haven’t finished today’s portion!"

Feng Qingxue solemnly said "The rest of the vegetables will be used tomorrow when I knead dough to make steamed buns. We will keep some and send some to the Lu family. Also, haven’t you noticed the number of people digging up wild vegetables? Aren’t they drying the cleaned vegetables in the sun for future use? We’ve only been living comfortably for a few days and you’ve already forgotten the hardship of having nothing to eat?"

"Sister, let’s go dig wild vegetables early tomorrow, we also have to dry and store them!"