Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1433: Trivial Life 1

Chapter 1433: Chapter 1433: Trivial Life 1

The plan was great, but unfortunately, the weather was not on our side as a blizzard struck once the door was opened.

The winds were fierce and the snowstorm was raging.

Seeing such weather, Chen Xueniang was troubled as it was impossible to go outside.

"I promised Erxiong I’d take him to have hot pot mutton, I can’t break my word."

For children, adults must keep their promises, to avoid gradually becoming unreliable in the eyes of the child and making the child think that promises are worthless.

Feng Qingxue said with a smile, "Let’s discuss it with him once Erxiong wakes up."

"That’s the only way," Chen Xue nigh sighed. Erxiong was stubborn and very clever; it wouldn’t be easy to persuade him to change his mind.

After a pause, she continued, "Last night after work, I instructed older Zheng to wake up early to buy lamb spines. He’s going to make some bone soup for us to enjoy for a few days. But, if possible, I still want to take Erxiong to the Ethnic Restaurant for the mutton hot pot."

"Xue nigh my dear, look at you, sending older brother Zheng out to buy things in the early cold dawn, don’t you feel sorry for him?"

Beef and mutton are considered warming foods, and are in particular demand during winter; they are not easy to acquire.

Chen Xueniang pursed her lips and smiled, "He has already arranged it; the master butcher will keep it aside for us and won’t display it in the counter."

Working at the department store has its perks like these, where one can benefit from colleagues in matters of food and clothing. Zheng Jinrui, despite being a minor official with his wife specializing in selling cloth, would often need Chen Xueniang’s help whenever they were short of Cloth Tickets to make new clothes for the family during New Year. Everyone helped each other out.

"If that’s the case, then there’s no need to take Erxiong out for the mutton hot pot; we can just make it at home."

"That won’t do, eating at home is one thing, going out is quite another."

Irrespective of spring, summer, autumn, or winter, Lu Erxiong always wakes up on time and is always the earliest among the triplets and Fubao. Last night, he slept with Wang Cuilan and now was yelling for his grandma, "I need to pee, pee, I can’t hold it anymore!"

Although Lu Erxiong was the naughtiest, he was the most beloved by the elderly, second only to Xibao in terms of popularity.

Wang Cuilan hurried into the room and shortly after, Lu Erxiong came bouncing out, dressed in a red cotton jacket, blue one-piece cotton pants, without an overcoat, his hair sticking out here and there. His big eyes rolling around, he looked even more rosy-cheeked and plump, somewhat resembling Xibao when he was younger.

Feng Qingxue took over the chamber pot from Wang Cuilan, "Auntie, you wash Erxiong’s face; I’ll go empty this."

Being one family, Wang Cuilan had no objection, "With heavy snowfall, dress warmly and be careful not to slip when you walk outside."

The snow was deep, and since Feng Qingxue didn’t bring her fleece-lined boots, she wore an old pair of leather boots. She emptied the urine from the chamber pot in the toilet, rinsed it with some water from a bucket nearby, and brought it back to the bedroom. Using the chamber pot inside the house was more convenient for the children on snowy days.

Feng Qingxue washed her hands and was preparing to start cooking when she heard someone knocking at the door, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!"

It was the voices of Ping Zhengkai and Nie Jianguo.

Feng Qingxue opened the door to find seven or eight young men, all students from Viva Army. The eldest was twenty-four and the youngest just nineteen, each running around sweating buckets with no hats on and steam rising from their heads, "Oh, you guys have started training early in the morning? It’s snowing heavily, come inside quickly, don’t get cold, it’s no small matter if you get frostbite."

Ping Zhengkai smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, we came to help you clear the snow, to sweep the snow off the roof."

The snow had yet to stop, but the accumulated snow needed to be shoveled away to prevent it from piling up and possibly collapsing the roof.