Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 146 - 0146: Miserable Brothers 2_1

Chapter 146: Chapter 0146: Miserable Brothers 2_1

Even with the food that Feng Qingxue secretly brought, Feng Shuanzhu didn’t dare to let the common people in the team eat freely. Until now, it was only when a family was truly unable to survive that he would generously distribute some coarse grains to help them through their difficulties.>

The food wasn’t given for free, the recipients were kept on record, with labor credits used as payment in the end.

As secretary, Feng Shuanzhu’s family was also struggling. Hence, Feng Shuanzhu’s wife immediately accepted with a beaming smile, "Feng Qingxue, we will accept your generous offer. Rest assured that we will take care of Xiaoyun and will not let anyone harm her. Feng Qingyun, being such a small child, how many pieces could he possibly eat? What’s ultimately left is for our family."

Feng Qingxue returned home and set off very early the next day.

It was such a long distance. If she wanted to return the same day, she had to be on the road by four or five o’clock.

On the way, she walked the mountainous paths, cycled the flat ones when no one was around, and had her breakfast on the go. She reached into her space and took out warm porridge and buns, then hurried along, finally reaching her destination around ten o’clock.

Throughout her journey, she realized there was a sizable number of orphans.

She didn’t dare to look too closely, fearing her heart would soften at the sight of the pitiful, emaciated children.

After repeatedly inquiring, she found the dilapidated temple that Chen Ming had mentioned and saw many children of various ages. There were about a dozen children, the oldest around their early teens and the youngest about five or six. Most of them were girls, all dressed in rags and looking unkempt.

When a woman in a plaid coat suddenly appeared in front of the temple, all the children fixed their sparkling eyes on her.

Feng Qingxue felt heartbroken and almost shed tears. She turned around, opened her backpack, and reached in to actually fetch from her space a dozen coarse grain buns. She didn’t dare to take many good ones for fear of arousing suspicion. She then motioned for them and said, "Come here, I have food for you. Can you tell me where Guan Cheng and Guan Yu are?"

Upon seeing the food, the children swarmed around her like mad, their faces turned upwards, glancing eagerly at the buns she took out.

"First, tell me where Guan Cheng and Guan Yu are."

A slightly older girl pointed to a pile of straw in the corner of the broken temple, "Guan Cheng is there, he’s sick with a high fever. His brother went out to find someone to save him, but he hasn’t returned yet!".

The other children nodded in agreement, "Guan Yu went to plead his mother, but we don’t know if that was of any use."

"It’s definitely no use!" The older girl claimed, "Which day doesn’t Guan Yu’s mother beat and scold Guan Cheng and him? She calls them bastards of a rotten ninth-class family! She’d rather they be dead! She has two other kids now and doesn’t care about them at all!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

After hearing the affirmation from the others, Feng Qingxue felt terrible. She quickly distributed the buns, then rushed over to the straw pile. There, she saw a child, looking pathetic and thin, with a bright red face. Visibly, he was not much better than Feng Qingyun when she first saw him, not the appearance of a child his age at all.

Upon touching his forehead, Feng Qingxue found it to be burning hot and she became busy immediately. She fetched some child-specific antipyretic medicine from her backpack, or rather, from her space, and then took out a military water bottle that Lu Jiang had sent her. She picked up the child who was deliriously feverish, feeling feather-light in her arms, and quickly gave him the medicine and a few mouthfuls of water.

With experience in caring for children, Feng Qingxue held his chin and let him look upwards. Probably being severely thirsty, the child swallowed the water mixed with medicine and even licked his dry lips after swallowing. Feng Qingxue then fed him more water.