Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 595 - 0595 Family Arrival 1_1

Chapter 595: Chapter 0595 Family Arrival 1_1

Even though she was pregnant, Feng Qingxue didn’t feel particularly fragile or weak, and she mostly took care of Xibao herself, feeding and cleaning him, not letting Lu Jiang bring him to the base to bother people. Lu Jiang didn’t come home every day, only caring for Xibao when he was home. It was the commander, Ye Zhengjun, who occasionally sent a guard to pick up Xibao. She readily agreed, since it wasn’t an everyday occurrence. Whenever the little one came back from these outings, he’d be clamoring about riding horses or seeing sheep and guns.

Either from sheer excitement or tiredness – Little Fatty would fall asleep as soon as he hit the bed, without Feng Qingxue having to fuss over him.

If he stayed indoors all day without going out, his energy had nowhere to vent, and he would frolic and make mischief on the bed late into the night, not falling into a drowsy sleep until ten or eleven.

So, given the chance, Feng Qingxue would take him out to play.

It’s become a habit. This morning after breakfast, Xibao, his toy gun in hand, urged his mother to go out. "Mama, play!"

Calling ’Mama, Mama,’ with a radiant smile, who could resist adoring him.

"Can you wait for Mama for a bit? Mama has to get something."

"Okay!" Xibao obediently stood by the door, a perfect little angel.

After standing for a while, he felt tired and squatted down, took a pee on the ground, glanced at it, moved to one side, looking unhappy. "Mama, no ants."

Feng Qingxue was surprised and then smiled lightly, "Mama will take you to find some later, see if we can find any."

Why did Xibao say that? It was a lesson he learned from the adults.

Most of the soldiers and officers in the army were from hard-working backgrounds. They often joked with Xibao about drowning ants while peeing. Feng Qingxue heard this once. It seemed that Xibao had remembered it.

Hearing his mother’s words, Xibao nodded his small head, "Yes, find ants!"

Feng Qingxue picked up her speed, took out two pairs of cloth shoes with thousands of layers at the sole and a black upper, she had removed the red marks on the inside. These shoes were meant for Ye Zhengjun. Last time he brought Xibao home, his shoes were all torn and tattered.

Ye Zhengjun had this rank in the army, hence, leather shoes were distributed, but he didn’t like to wear them and preferred cloth shoes.

However, being all alone at the frontier, without his wife by his side, and with no ability to make shoes himself, his shoes often wore out to the point of being unbearable. Sometimes the soldier who could make shoes or female soldiers like Guo Xiuying would make a few pairs for him.

These cloth shoes, although looked like handmade, were not completely so. Outsiders couldn’t tell, but it was clear for Feng Qingxue. She had stored many of these in her space, both men’s and women’s. They only cost ten yuan a pair at wholesale price, and the shoe shops in the town sold them for twenty yuan a pair. To put it plainly, it was just to save money, as with other labor protection supplies, including the "liberation" shoes.

Feng Qingxue fetched the shoes and tucked them under her arm. She took her canvas bag with a water bottle, lunch box, and some food, closed the door, took Xibao’s hand, and said, "Xibao, let’s go find Grandpa Ye."

"Grandpa!" Xibao remembered distinctly.

"Yes, we’re going to find Grandpa Ye, the officer named Ye who took you riding on the big horse yesterday."

Xibao became excited, "Big horse! Mama, mama, ride big horse! Sheep, sheep!"

"Alright, mama will take you to see sheep, see cows, see horses." Feng Qingxue didn’t want to disturb the soldiers who were busy training in the military area, so she could only take Xibao out to play. Outside the base, on the grasslands, the soldiers were shepherding horses and sheep.

Xibao could understand and got extremely excited, cheering, "Sheep! Sheep! Sheep!"