Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 289 - 0289: Don’t you miss me 1_1

Chapter 289: Chapter 0289: Don’t you miss me 1_1

Knowing the origin of the two types of meat, Aunt Feng accepted it and instructed Ma Haiyan to quickly wash and cook it.

The wind-dried meat was very dry and hard, as was the cured meat. It needed to be softened ahead of time and cooled in preparation for the banquet the next day.

"Cut a few radishes into the meat while it’s boiling," Aunt Feng reminded Ma Haiyan, "We’ll have radishes cooked with the meat tonight to whet our appetites. The soup from boiling meat is all oily, we can’t waste that either, we’ll save it for our meals."

Ma Haiyan laughed, "Got it, mom. I have experience since Xiaoxue left home."

When Feng Qingxue got married, they had treated the cured meat the same way, only that there were no radishes then, so they added plenty of seasonal vegetables and dehydrated vegetables. Dishes made with such flavorful meat had everyone smacking their lips.

Once Ma Haiyan went to do her task, Aunt Feng advised Feng Qingxue to be more economical in the future and not be so lavish.

Feng Qingxue simply smiled without responding.

She was generous, but not to everyone.

She remembered the kindness of Uncle Feng and Aunt Feng, the two boiled eggs Aunt Feng gave her on her wedding morning. She was willing to lend a hand on Feng Aihua’s wedding day.

As for others... except for Lu Jiang’s comrades and Aunt Xu, others did not receive the same treatment.

The supplies in her space were finite; every bit she used meant there was less left.

Despite seeming to have sent food to Lu Jiang’s comrades, the local specialties they sent, especially wind-dried meat, were almost enough to offset the food. The intake of meat reduced the intake of grains, her family didn’t lose out, there was a reason to describe supplies from her space among the packets they sent.

People say that three to four hundred pounds of food can satisfy a person’s yearly needs, as the average person in the 21st century consumes one to two hundred pounds of food.

But they forget, people in the 21st century can enjoy many side dishes like chicken, fish, meat, eggs, etc. These side dishes’ calories far outweigh staple foods, and it’s precisely because they eat side dishes every day that they reduce staple food consumption.

However, the farmers now, even if they consume three to four hundred pounds of food a year along with vegetables, don’t get enough to eat.

Those who are worse off might only have two hundred pounds of raw grain a year.

The scarcity of food and insufficiency of vegetables led to a population looking pale and undernourished.

Even if they can harvest plenty of vegetables from their private fields, they cannot sustain themselves without staple and side dishes, like how many beauty enthusiasts in the 21st century relied on fruits and vegetables for weight loss.

Why? Because the calories intake is too low!

The sincerity of Lu Jiang’s comrades made Feng Qingxue want to treat them well. Despite the supplies in her space being finite, Feng Qingxue was generous toward them. They were just too honest and everything sent was nutritionally rich—from the Northeast, there was no need to list everything, but from the Northwest, there were wind-dried lamb legs, rabbits, walnuts, jujubes, goji berries, dried grapes and more. They must have scrimped and saved or bartered with locals to have so much to send over. No one could accumulate so much at once.

Ma Haiyan didn’t tell Aunt Feng the truth about how much the comrades sent. She didn’t tell the truth to her family either. Lu Jiang’s grandparents only knew that Lu’s comrades sent something, but didn’t know what exactly they sent.

Aunt Feng remarked, "Lu Jiang’s comrades are really good."

"Yes, they all are good people." Life was tough, yet as soon as they received the letter from Lu Jiang, they sent things without a word, simply because Lu mentioned in the letter that his wife was pregnant and he wanted to get some nutritious food to nourish her.

"With the meat you gave, we will be able to successfully organize the banquet of eight big bowls tomorrow!" Aunt Feng rejoiced.