Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1631: A New Marriage 3

Chapter 1631: Chapter 1631: A New Marriage 3

Fubao immediately told Lu Jiang about this, her voice was sweet and clear, like a string of jade beads breaking free and falling into a jade plate, very pleasant to the ear.

Lu Jiang highly approved of his daughter’s behavior and praised her, "Fubao is really good!"

Fubao smiled like a blooming flower, charming and cute.

"Speaking of Baozhu, how is she doing at the Liu Family?" Lu Jiang was busy with work; any remaining time was left for his family, leaving him no time to pay attention to Liu Baozhu’s life after returning to the Liu Family.

Feng Qingxue replied, "I’m not very sure. Baozhu came to our home to play yesterday and seemed to be adapting well."

"Not well at all, dad and mom," Fubao interjected.

Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue asked for the reason. Fubao answered truthfully that except for Liu Zhenguo, no one in the Liu Family welcomed Liu Baozhu’s arrival. The two generations of eight children isolated her, and even her grandmother Wang Guizhen ignored her. Naturally, the family’s maid observed the treatment and acted accordingly. If Liu Baozhu didn’t have Fubao as a good friend and wasn’t resilient in character, she might have collapsed long ago.

Fubao sighed like an adult, "Although Mr. Liu treats her well, he’s often not home, so he can’t manage the family’s attitude towards Baozhu. As a result, Baozhu is eating outside these days."

Lu Jiang frowned immediately.

Eating outside? That implies the Liu Family isn’t providing meals for Liu Baozhu.

"I noticed that Baozhu has grown taller and has a bit more flesh on her face since she first arrived, no longer skin and bones. Has she gained that eating outside?" Feng Qingxue remarked. It was due to these changes in Baozhu that she hadn’t paid extra attention.

Fubao pulled over a chair for Lu Jiang to sit on and then leaned on the backrest, casually saying, "That’s how she gained weight by eating outside. When Mr. Liu isn’t home, and Baozhu is at home, they eat hard-to-swallow sweet potato porridge with pickles or scratchy cornbread. Occasionally, they make boiled vegetables, but the children in their family hardly eat it. They secretly eat steamed buns and rice, occasionally having meat, but Baozhu doesn’t get any of it. Later, Mr. Liu found out, got angry, and started giving her money and Grain Tickets every month. She even brought me a meat bun the morning before yesterday!"

"So many children in the Liu Family, and they have such good meals? Secretly eating steamed buns and rice every day?" With the support of materials and overseas remittance coupons to buy food and oil, even the Lu Family doesn’t dare to eat like that all the time, often balancing between coarse and fine foods.

Fubao wrapped her arms around Lu Jiang’s neck from behind, "It’s not like they eat like that every day. Mr. Liu is home sometimes. When he’s home, they all eat the same, Baozhu included, and there’s no secret meal preparation. Everyone in the Liu Family, except Mr. Liu, is so mean. Baozhu’s grandmother wanted to unravel the sweater I gave Baozhu to knit one for her daughter. Liu Yanyan even threw her clothes at Baozhu to wash and insist she finish when Mr. Liu wasn’t home."

"Under your little mischief-making influence, Baozhu surely isn’t someone who quietly swallows insults," Feng Qingxue said. Her daughter was indeed a little trickster, but fortunately, she wasn’t off the right path. Her cleverness was just to help Liu Baozhu.

Fubao giggled and said, "Mr. Liu discovered it, and Liu Yanyan got slapped. No one orders Baozhu around anymore."

If the Liu Family treated Baozhu well, it would be understandable for her to work hard to please them, given she’s a newcomer to the family. But since they’re so malicious, there’s no way to tolerate it, as indulgence will only encourage them to become even bolder.