Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 299 - 0299: Kissing You A Thousand Times 3_1

Chapter 299: Chapter 0299: Kissing You A Thousand Times 3_1

When he received a letter from his wife, he always chose a secluded place to read it.

By his calculation, this letter must be from Feng Qingxue in response to his own. He wondered if the contents had changed this time.

"Ha!" Zhao Yong gave a laugh, "Anyway you look at it, I’m the one who’s been delivering messages and goods for you. How can you just grab what I brought and leave me outside the gate?"

Lu Jiang ignored him, his mind and eyes only focused on his wife’s letter.

What did the letter say? Would it be filled with affection? Or would she simply narrate trivial matters in a serious tone?

"Enough joking around," Zhao Yong straightened his face and saluted Lu Jiang, "On behalf of our former comrades and soldiers of our nation, I thank you and your wife!"

Lu Jiang was taken aback. He returned the salute then asked, "What happened?"

Zhao Yong lowered his hand and said in a hushed tone, "I just got a call from Huo Beiting, he wanted me to thank you and your wife for saving his life. He also wrote a letter to Qingxue - it was sent out not long ago, but it would take about ten days to half a month to reach your home, so he called us in advance." He used a military phone to do so, allowing him to connect to his unit more easily than sending a telegram.

"What’s the situation?" Lu Jiang furrowed his brow.

"Do you know? The food supply at Huo Beiting’s campsite has dropped down to just three kilograms of corn flour per person, per month. Three kilograms - that’s only enough to feed us for three days!" Zhao Yong’s eyes welled up with tears. "The conditions there are harsh: scorching summers, freezing winters, sandstorms in spring, and even when it occasionally rains, the environment is not suitable for crops to grow, resulting in no harvests. Furthermore, due to it being several thousand miles away from central China and recurring turmoil from ethnic minorities, supplies meant to be transported there can’t be delivered."

The food sent by Feng Qingxue had saved Huo Beiting and over a dozen comrades.

By the time the food supplies got there, they had been without food for three days.

That’s because they had given their own food to the starving local civilians and to fill their own bellies they relied on drinking snowmelt and eating wild roots.

The local wild rabbit population had basically been wiped out, having been hunted by the starving civilians.

Thus, when he received Lu Jiang’s letter, he had no food to exchange and send to Feng Qingxue. He had no choice but to send her some unused military vouchers. The Jiang Family could use those vouchers to purchase military supplies, whereas he and his fellow soldiers, stationed in a difficult area, couldn’t buy enough food and supplies despite having vouchers. And so, he had accumulated quite a lot of them.

He’d never fathom that he would receive food from Feng Qingxue shortly after sending her the vouchers.

That food had kept him and over a dozen comrades alive until the belated regular supplies arrived.

Without this food, they wouldn’t have survived until the regular supplies arrived.

After hearing this, Lu Jiang closed his eyes tightly. His emotions did not settle for a long time. Soldiers going without food — one could imagine how dire conditions must be, a living hell on earth does not adequately describe the situation.

"Qingxue never mentioned this incident to me." Lu Jiang opened his eyes and told Zhao Yong.

Zhao Yong fiercely wiped his face and patted his shoulder, "Good brother, you’ve married an amazing woman! She’s an amazing daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, and role model for us soldiers. When I received Huo Beiting’s call, I could hardly believe that our sister would have sent food supplies to him. Her act of kindness saved the lives of more than a dozen soldiers in our country!"