Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 331 - 0331: Heading to the Border 1_1

Chapter 331: Chapter 0331: Heading to the Border 1_1

Since bones could be boiled several times, allowing everyone to enjoy and replenish their nutrition with bone soup often, when the soup was served, people didn’t need to be reminded. Some carried water to replenish the pot, some added firewood to the stove, and then continued cooking, preparing to distribute the soup again in the evening.

So, everyone was in high spirits as they carried their share of meat and soup back home.

This situation was true for adults and sensible children only, as some children couldn’t resist their cravings. Fearing that they wouldn’t get to eat if they brought it back home, they would eat all the meat on the spot, their mouths coated with oil and their faces beaming with joy.

The younger ones said, "This is meat! It’s so delicious! I wish I could eat it every day."

"Look at you, delighted! Having a bite of meat is like a blessing to our ancestors, and you’re dreaming about having it every day."

"It’s been several years since I’ve tasted meat; the Branch Party Secretary is indeed a good man." Not selling the pig but slaughtering it for them – others in the production team would surely be jealous if they heard about it.

The Lus would have meat several times every month, so they took their divided meat back home to put it all together.

With a full bowl of jumbled stew, the soup had already congealed into jelly. Feng Qingxue smiled and said, "This will make a great dish for this evening. Uncle, aunt, when it gets dark, come over quietly with dad, and we’ll celebrate New Year’s Eve dinner together."

"Good, good!" Aunt Xu didn’t stand on ceremony with her.

Lu’s father sighed, "We’re all here. If only Ajiang was here."

A mother worries when her son travels afar, and a father, isn’t it the same for him?

Speaking of Lu Jiang, Feng Qingxue lowered her gaze towards her protruding belly. She missed her husband too, but he had a significant duty to fulfill. She couldn’t show her longing in front of others, it would make people think she was discontented with their situation.

Aunt Xu said, "Qingxue, you are six or seven months pregnant now. Will Lu Jiang be able to come back when you give birth?"

A wife carries a child for ten months and endures labor to give birth, but her husband isn’t around. It’s disgraceful for outsiders.

"He definitely won’t be able to come back," Feng Qingxue said. Although she wasn’t clear about Lu Jiang’s specific circumstances, she could infer from their correspondence that they hadn’t given up training and was always preparing for battle. Seeing the guilt in Lu’s father’s eyes, Feng Qingxue quickly said, "Father, you mustn’t feel this way. We can’t let family matters interfere with national affairs."

She knew when she married Lu Jiang that she would be apart from him frequently. Hence, she hold no resentments or regrets.

Aunt Xu also said, "Right, right, Qingxue is correct. It’s already noon, the kids are back, let me and Qingxue go make dumplings! It’s New Year’s Eve today. We have the resources, let’s have a grand feast with meat dumplings!"

While boiling water, Aunt Xu asked Feng Qingxue, "Does your father-in-law often mention Lu Jiang?"

Feng Qingxue thought for a while and nodded. Lu’s father would bring up Lu Jiang every few days, sometimes asking if they had written each other recently, sometimes commenting on how incomplete the family felt without Lu Jiang, etc.

"Crafty old fox!" Aunt Xu took a jab and then, seeing the pot of water coming to a boil, she busied herself with making the dumplings and stopped talking.

A meal of dumplings at noon and a grand New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening, with both meat and vegetable dishes. This is a life she dared not even dream of in the past years.

Early the next morning, Aunt Xu handed a small box to Feng Qingxue.

"Aunt?"

Noticing the puzzled look on Feng Qingxue’s face, Aunt Xu smiled faintly, "This is all that remains of our gold. Luckily, when we tried to give it to old Zhong, he didn’t take it, so I hid it in a secret compartment in our suitcase. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to bring it out if it was buried. Thank heavens the people who monitored us while we were packing were careless, they did not check our luggage."

...Starting our journey home, the next update will be in the afternoon. I’ve been busy taking baths, cutting hair, and washing clothes since noon.