Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 163 - 0163 - One Month Later3_1

Chapter 163: Chapter 0163 - One Month Later3_1

Feng Qingxue planned to visit Wang Jiao once her work was done, and take the opportunity to probe into her background. However, the work that should have been done in winter was delayed until now. To avoid delaying the farming and irrigation, everyone got up early and returned late, exhausting themselves daily. Many women eventually had to join in just to finish the job within a month.

Feng Qingxue felt as if she had stripped off several layers of her skin from exhaustion.

This was the first time she had suffered so much hardship and exhaustion in her two lifetimes.

In the second half of the month, there were so many people working, the food was not enough. The main food changed from plain flour pancakes to wild vegetable buns made with sweet potato and corn flour. Two buns were not enough to satisfy the hunger of those who were exhausting themselves with work, so they could only drink more vegetable soup, causing everyone’s stomachs to rumble while working.

Feng Qingxue, who saved a bun for her sister, managed to sustain herself by eating food from her space in secret.

Did she think she could rest after completing the canal project? How naive.

The farming work of the production team officially kicked off.

The winter snow was thick, nourishing the seedlings in the field which grew robustly. After the snow melted, one could see large tracts of lush greenery, making them think the harvest next year would be great. But after the New Year, not a drop of rain had fallen. Although rain in the spring is as precious as oil, now there was no rain, causing the seedlings to droop.

So, they started irrigating by digging ditches and trenches, and also had to remove the weeds growing among the seedlings.

At this time, there were no pesticides or fertilizers. The crops relied on manure, and the weeds had to be handpicked.

Feng Shuanzhu assigned Feng Qingxue lighter work. She was tasked to help Feng Teng with recording work points while taking care of the two task pigs in the livestock shed. Against others’ protests, he simply stated that Feng Qingxue would earn six work points a day, almost half of what everyone else earned, which appeased them. Who wouldn’t want to do more work and earn more points?

The production team still owed Feng Qingxue money, so she did not lack work points.

Even though they all earned work points, they were converted into money at the time of distributing grains. This money was then used to buy grains from the production team.

The task pigs were easy to care for. They were fed three times a day with rationed feed along with pigweed that the slightly older children had cut and earned points for. The two pigs enjoyed their meals, splashing around in the mud after eating.

The pigs were eating heartily, but the smell in the pigpen was unbearable, almost suffocating the clean-loving Feng Qingxue.

Even though it was tough, Feng Qingxue persisted and cleaned the pigpen once a day. She truly recognized the hardships of this generation, and she had no reason to enjoy comfort.

Feng Teng was the accountant, he recorded the work points. He did not really need Feng Qingxue’s help, it was more ceremonial.

One day, after giving him a heads up, and asking Feng Er Aunt to help her cook the pig feed at noon, Feng Qingxue took her sister to visit Wang Jiao at Wang Zhengguo’s house.

Qingyun was reluctant. She hadn’t forgotten the things Wang Jiao had said in front of her sister.

"Fine, young lady, you sure have a temper! Since our cousin seems to have forgotten those things, let’s not bring them up."

"Maybe she’s pretending. I heard from Auntie that our cousin stole the money and things that our Great Aunt had saved up. Maybe she’s pretending to be injured and have amnesia so she doesn’t have to give those things back," said Qingyun.

"So, we’re going to check if she truly forgot everything or is just pretending."