Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 507 - 0507: Family visit opportunity 2_1

Chapter 507: Chapter 0507: Family visit opportunity 2_1

"Lu Jiang fell silent at this.

He had not seen his biological father for the first four years of his life. He should feel fortunate that he had the opportunity to go home last year.

Zhao Yong suddenly hit Zheng Xuefeng’s outstretched hand with his chopsticks. "Old Zheng, what’s the idea? You don’t eat the peanuts in front of you, but secretly try to take mine? Taking one or two is bearable, but you’re grabbing more and more. Do you think you can just eat mine and save yours? What a beautiful world you live in."

Ye Zhengjun immediately guarded the peanuts in front of him. "Old Zheng, don’t touch mine!"

With reluctance, Zheng Xuefeng withdrew his hand. "Why are you guarding them so intensively? What’s wrong with me eating a few of them? It’s not like I’m eating your meat."

"Peanuts are even more precious than meat, don’t you know?" Zhao Yong pushed his pile of peanuts a bit sideways, moving them as far away from Zheng Xuefeng as possible where he couldn’t reach. The pile was now closer to Lu Jiang, but he wasn’t worried about that. Lu Jiang had brought the peanuts, so he surely had more. They could take an opportunity to sneak some out and share them among themselves.

Noticing Zhao Yong’s ill-intentioned look, Lu Jiang quickly said: "They’re all here. Do you know how hard it was for my wife to save some peanuts and send them to me? How much can we grow at home? I can’t handle you guys staring at them like a tiger."

"Your family grows peanuts?" Zheng Xuefeng asked.

"Of course. Our production team exchanged a large piece of land with other teams for grain last year and planted many cash crops such as cotton, soybeans, and peanuts. We did it to support the national construction." Lu Jiang certainly wouldn’t reveal that they planted a bit more on their own plots these past two years as a cover for Feng Qingxue as she fenced off some space because the peanuts from the two thousand mu of land could only be harvested in the summer and autumn.

In fact, they’re not supposed to plant cash crops or grains on their own reserved plots; those are for every household’s vegetables, but Wang Zhengguo turned a blind eye, and every household would plant some to sell to the supply and marketing cooperative to supplement household expenses.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Yong swept most of his peanuts into his own pocket.

Seeing the expressions of the three men, he immediately said: "Peanuts are hard to come by, I have to save some to eat."

"We get it, we get it. You want to save some for your wife! Everyone understands, really, we all understand." Lu Jiang nodded knowingly while being interrupted by Zhao Yong’s slap on his hand.

They had a good laugh before they started asking about Zhao Anbang again.

Lu Jiang, who doesn’t drink much, just moistened his lips and said, "The district’s political commissar. When Anbang arrived home, the previous political commissar had just been executed for committing a rapist crime. Consequently, the position was vacant and Anbang was timely."

Ye Zhengjun slightly nodded. "It’s good for the current Anbang to be a civil servant, very good."

He had lost an arm, his right one to be precise, and was physically impaired in all sorts of ways, making any physical work inconvenient for him. It’s far better to be a stable civil servant. With his brains and knowledge, he doesn’t have to worry about his future."

Zhao Yong and Zheng Xuefeng deeply agreed.

Speaking of Zhao Anbang, they all felt sentimental because Zhao Anbang wanted to stay in the military. He trained the use of his left arm frequently during his recovery, he became very proficient in using chopsticks, folding quilts, and handling internal affairs. But in the end, he chose to leave.

As comrades, they all understand his thoughts.

"Alright, alright, no more thinking about it. I get mad whenever I think of him." Lu Jiang broke the gloomy atmosphere. "The first ’Dad’ my precious son uttered, was snatched by him. How could he have the face to accept it?"

He became increasingly angry the more he thought about it. That pesky little fat boy didn’t even know the difference between his biological father and godfather.