Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 251 - 0251: The Eve of Mid-Autumn Festival 3_1

Chapter 251: Chapter 0251: The Eve of Mid-Autumn Festival 3_1

Feng Qingxue was taken aback for a moment, then broke into a smile.

Indeed, the man standing before her was a renowned master butcher, who was even more influential than the officials in the city.

She considered the tickets in her hand and said with a smile, "In that case, I’ll have to trouble my future cousin-in-law! Ajiang has left most of his tickets for me. Could you reserve two kilograms of pork belly for me, and ask someone to save six kilos of mooncakes, two kilos of egg cake, and two kilos of fruit for me? Any fruit is fine. If there are eggs and brown sugar, could you also have a kilo or two set aside for me?"

For Zhang Yuejin, these tasks were no trouble at all. He agreed readily.

Seeing her betrothed earnestly helping his family, Wang Jiao was pleased, and her smile broadened even further.

"Cousin, if you trust me, I’ll return to the city tonight. Tomorrow, after selling the meat, I’ll come back. You give me the tickets, and I’ll bring the items for you. This way, you and Jiaojiao won’t need to make the trip yourself and exhaust yourselves. After all, you and Wang Jiao are the renowned beauties of the Wanglou Brigade. How could I allow you two to go into the city with all the ill-intentioned people out there?"

It was a welcome proposal to not have to make the exhausting journey herself.

That’s what Feng Qingxue thought, but what she said was, "Wouldn’t it be trouble for my cousin-in-law?"

Zhang Yuejin quickly waved his hands and said, "It’s no trouble, no trouble at all. Surely I can carry just a few kilos!"

"In that case, I’ll have to trouble you, cousin-in-law." Feng Qingxue didn’t refuse any further. From her trouser pocket, she pulled out a handkerchief bundle. Inside were twenty yuan, egg tickets, flour tickets, meat tickets, sugar tickets, etc., which she handed to Zhang Yuejin.

She didn’t have mooncake tickets, but items like mooncakes, egg cakes, and fruit could be purchased with flour tickets and sugar tickets.

Next, she took out the twelve-meter cloth ticket issued by the government when registering her marriage and handed it to Wang Jiao. "Cousin, this is the cloth ticket that Ajiang and I got when we registered our marriage. Ajiang is provided for by the military. I have enough clothes to wear. We don’t need the cloth ticket. Just give it to you. You can use it to make clothes or quilts. It’d make a good impression when you go out."

Wang Jiao handed it to Zhang Yuejin, "You take it and buy cloth to make new clothes for our wedding. On your wedding day, you must wear something new and dress yourself up."

"Alright!" The voice of Zhang Yuejin was exceedingly vibrant.

After he left, Feng Qingxue asked Wang Jiao in her bedroom how she could bear to buy cloth to make clothes for Zhang Yuejin?

Wang Jiao rolled her eyes, "My family doesn’t have much money! My mother always says that when I left home, I took all the money. I haven’t brought it back, so where would they get the money to buy cloth for me? The cheapest cotton costs 60 cents per foot, and twelve feet would be 7.20 yuan. I can’t afford it. What’s the use of the cloth ticket? If I gave it to my parents, I’m not even sure they would make clothes for me. But it’s different if I give it to Zhang Yuejin. He would definitely make clothes for himself, and wouldn’t he make some for me as well? Besides, he can buy processed cloth, which doesn’t require tickets."

"What if he strictly follows your instructions and only makes clothes for himself and not for you?" Feng Qingxue asked.

"If he doesn’t make any for me, so be it. He has already given me plenty of clothes. If he takes my cloth ticket, he’ll be happy, so why would I worry about him not treating me well in the future? In the future, I’ll hold onto my money and tickets, or I may not even need tickets to buy processed cloth. What kind of clothes wouldn’t I be able to make?" Wang Jiao was not a fool. She would depend on her parents at home and catch hold of her husband after marriage. The good days were in the palms of her hands!

Feng Qingxue gave her a thumbs-up.

Who said Wang Jiao was foolish? She was a seasoned operator in life. No wonder she had such a smooth-sailing life. It’s not all about luck. One also needed to have their own means. Look at how she had endeared herself to Zhang Yuejin today, leaving him overjoyed.