Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 208 - 0208: Respectful Toast to Recognize Relatives 4_1

Chapter 208: Chapter 0208: Respectful Toast to Recognize Relatives 4_1

Feng Qingxue glanced over and quickly greeted her aunts-by-marriage from her mother’s brother’s family.

She often visited Wang Zhengguo’s house and was naturally aware of the circumstances of her aunts-by-marriage and could perceive their personalities.

Her oldest cousin, Wang Dachun’s wife, was named Wu Cuihua, her second cousin, Wang Daxia’s wife, was named Wang Haiping and her third cousin, Wang Daqiu’s wife, was named Fen Xiaohui; coincidentally, she was the daughter of Fen Erhu who made furniture for them.

It was said that Wang Zhengguo had invited Fen Erhu and his son to help with the furniture for the Lu family and Wang Jiao’s dowry.

After marrying into the Wanglou Brigade, one had to pay attention to social relationships.

Fen Xiaohui said with a beaming smile: "Today is the big day for our cousin. Don’t stand on ceremony with us, sit quickly. We all live in the same production brigade now, we’ll have plenty of opportunities to chat together later!"

She had barely finished speaking when someone outside cried out: "Dinner is ready, dinner is ready, everyone to their seats, quickly!"

Those words worked better than any others. In the blink of an eye, people in the room dispersed like a receding tide, leaving only Miao Fengqin alone in the room. Among them, Wang Jiao scurried off faster than anyone else.

"Ah, these people!" Miao Fengqin laughed without any hint of displeasure. She clearly understood that, with the help of Lu Jiang’s comrades, the eight large bowls prepared by the Lu Family were no worse than those prepared for Feng Qingxue. Since it was rare for these people to enjoy such oily and rich food, they were naturally eager to start the feast. Therefore, she said to Feng Qingxue: "I’m going out first. I’ll ask someone to bring you something to eat. You’ll need to go out for the family introductions shortly."

Just as she was speaking, Lu Tianjun sneaked in, holding a bowl of noodles made from fine white flour. "Uncle asked me to bring a bowl of noodles for my aunt to fill her stomach so she doesn’t go hungry."

Miao Fengqin smiled. "That’s even better, saves me the trouble."

After she left, Feng Qingxue accepted the bowl of noodles from Lu Tianjun’s hand. With fried spring onions and lard, it was warm but not too hot. After chewing and swallowing a couple of noodles, she asked, "Have you eaten, Tianjun? Would you like to eat with me?"

"I’ll go out and have the eight large bowls later. Aunt, you eat quickly. I’ll take out the bowl and chopsticks when you’re done."

"Okay!"

At the bottom of the noodle bowl, two soft poached eggs made Feng Qingxue feel warmed.

After finishing the noodles, Lu Tianjun darted out with the empty bowl and chopsticks, his eyes full of anticipation for the eight large bowls on the table.

Lu Jiang didn’t keep Feng Qingxue waiting long. He came to take her out to make the family introductions and to toast the guests.

It was not difficult for Lu Jiang to acquire alcohol.

Maotai, seven or eight yuan a bottle.

Eight tables of banquets, eight bottles of Maotai, eight packs of Daqianmen cigarettes, which had already made the alcohol and tobacco lovers mouth watering. They hadn’t had a drink or smoke for many years due to the famine, let alone Maotai, the national liquor that only the cadres could enjoy!

With the help of Lu Jiang’s comrades, the Lu family had enough pork belly to make braised pork, a bowl of stewed pig’s skin and blood purchased without needing meat tickets, besides that, there were dry beans stir-fried with bacon, stir-fried sausages, stir-fried eggs, braised tofu, peanuts as a side dish in one bowl, plus a big bowl of steamed vegetables. Eight large dishes, full and genuine!

After the Lu family was classified as landlords, Lu Jiang demonstrated his strength to the outside world for the first time!

Niu Yibao, Chen Ming, Xu Aiguo, important figures from around the region, and Cheng An from the grain depot all attended. This clearly told all the villagers of the Wanglou Brigade that despite the Lu family’s bad classification, Lu Jiang was capable. He had comrades all over, and anyone wanting to trample on Lu’s father or cause trouble for the Lu family, should weigh their strength first.

First, they used the soft approach, taking advantage of human greed, since accepting one’s favour would generally soften one’s judgement. Then, intimidation was used.