Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 244 - 0244 Careful Arrangements 4_1

Chapter 244: Chapter 0244 Careful Arrangements 4_1

At noon, everyone enjoyed the soup and mutton. A portion was set aside for Lu Tianjun, who was at school, and the rest was saved for later.

Even though the cooked half lamb shank had shrunk by almost a third, it was deemed too extravagant to consume it all in one meal.

In the evening, Feng Qingxue kept her promise and boiled a large pot of vegetable gruel using the shepherd’s purse the children had picked after school.

"It’s not bitter at all! And it’s delicious and fragrant and so good!" Guan Yu kept taking bowlfuls, filling his small belly and leaving no room for a staple, Lu Tianzhi and Feng Qingyun did the same, saving quite a lot of grain for the family.

Father Lu shook his head, "it doesn’t taste bitter because your aunt used good ingredients. Try boiling it with pure water and see if it’s bitter."

Guan Yu immediately shook his head. He didn’t want to try. He understood well enough.

Since it was an evening meal, the adults didn’t mind that the children didn’t have any staples.

However, shortly after dinner, Father Lu, considering that tomorrow would be the last day of his son’s acupuncture and massage treatment, asked, "Ajiang, will you be heading back to the army right after tomorrow?"

"I will," Lu Jiang nodded, "I delayed my return for the acupuncture and massage, I can’t delay any longer."

Feng Qingxue said, "Let father go with you tomorrow, I’ll stay home and prepare food for your journey."

"I’m almost recovered, I can go by myself. I’ll be sitting on a mule cart anyway, I don’t need to walk. Let’s keep father at home, with farming season upcoming, the farm animals can’t do without father." If Father Lu wasn’t home, who would take care of the farm animals? Lu Jiang didn’t want his wife to work too hard, he wanted her to rest at home, not work.

Determined as he was, Feng Qingxue found it difficult to argue against him. The next day, after seeing him off, she got busy.

Luckily, as he’d said, he was mostly healed. He was ready to return to the army for a period of recuperation before moving on to the next round of shrapnel removal surgeries. Once he was properly healed from that, he’d be able to move around unhindered.

Even though it was late in the autumn, the heat from an Indian summer lingered, making it so that many types of cooked food could not be brought onto the carriage.

So, Feng Qingxue prepared two days worth of dry food for Lu Jiang, the staple being pancakes made from mixed grains.

While Lu Jiang was away and she had sent Guan Yu and Feng Qingyun, who didn’t have to go school, off to play, Feng Qingxue hid in her bedroom, took out various canned meats from her dimensional space, and started to rub off the information, especially the production dates and expiry dates on the cans using sandpaper until only a white trace remained.

She planned to do the same with the vacuum-sealed packages of cooked foods like chicken, donkey meat, and five-spice beef. Realizing that once the bags were unwrapped, the vacuum-sealed aluminium or plastic bags inside just needed to be unmarked, she relaxed a little bit.

Feng Qingxue was always worried about not preparing enough food for Lu Jiang, worrying that he might starve on the road.

Except for the matter of her time-traveling, there were no secrets between them. In their bedroom that night, after Lu Jiang closed the door, Feng Qingxue took out the items directly from her dimension, filling up two large luggage bags.

Two pairs of cashmere clothes and shoes with tags and labels cut off, a few pairs of thousand-layer cloth shoes, two sets of fall underwear that she made herself...

Oranges and apples, common fruits, as well as red-skinned, pomegranates, were seasonally appropriate.

"That’s enough, you keep some for yourself, for nourishment." Knowing that the supplies in that space weren’t unlimited, Lu Jiang wanted to save some for his wife to enjoy, the nutrition could benefit both of them.

"Don’t worry, there are still lots of fruits in the space!" She’d run to so many places and bought countless fruits before.

Lu Jiang held her, his chin resting on her shoulder, and sighed, "I really don’t want to leave."

"I don’t want you to leave either!"

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Seeing so many of you are night owls, you should be getting a good night’s sleep. Early to bed, early to rise keeps you healthy!

Although the nest updates in the wee hours, it’s actually scheduled in advance, I’d made an appointment with the God of Dreams at nine o’clock!