Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 890 - 0890: Family Reunion 2

Chapter 890: Chapter 0890: Family Reunion 2

Lu Jiang had clearly seen this situation as well and couldn’t help but frown, driving straight home.

Having not returned for several years, logically, the days in the city should have gotten better since the famine had passed for a few years now, and things should have recovered. Yet, the result was a smoggy mess, completely in ruins, practically hell on earth.

The procession on the streets, the posters plastered all over the walls, the stages erected all over—it all melded into a bitterly unbearable landscape.

Fubao was extremely sensitive and shrank into Feng Qingxue’s embrace in fear.

"Fubao is good, Fubao isn’t scared, Mommy is holding Fubao," Feng Qingxue hugged her, preventing her from seeing outside, even covering her ears so she wouldn’t hear the sounds of smashing and insults coming from some houses as they passed by.

Wang Zhengguo exhaled deeply, a glimmer of distress flashing across his eyes, but he said nothing.

Silence pervaded the entire carriage.

It wasn’t until Chen Xueniang’s voice came through, "Xiaoxue? Xibao? Is it really you? I thought I was seeing things!"

Lu Jiang immediately pulled on the reins, and Feng Qingxue looked toward the voice to see Chen Xueniang standing by the roadside, pushing an old bicycle with a bamboo basket hanging from the handlebars. Her face, still bearing traces of her past charm, was alight with surprise.

"Xueniang, sister," Feng Qingxue, holding Fubao, got off the carriage, "aren’t you at work? I was planning to visit Uncle Cheng, Auntie Cheng, and you in a couple of days."

"What work? With all this chaos, who has the mind to work?" Without mentioning the fact that the textile factory was paralyzed because most of its workers were caught up in the movement, Chen Xueniang parked her bicycle, came over to hug Xibao, and looked at Fubao with both eyes smiling, "Is this Fubao? She’s grown up so well, looks just like you! Can I give you a kiss?"

Fubao bit her little finger, gazing curiously at Chen Xueniang, "You can’t kiss me, let Mommy kiss me."

Chen Xueniang laughed heartily, patting her little head, "What a good child, that’s right, don’t talk to strangers."

Xibao waved to her, and when she drew near, he said, "Auntie, you can kiss me!"

He looked as if he were doing her a great favor.

"Ah?" Chen Xueniang was momentarily stunned, then couldn’t help but kiss his forehead, "Xibao, why have you gotten so thin? Even your double chin is gone, hasn’t your mother been feeding you? You even seem a bit darker."

"Not at all!" Xibao squinted his big eyes, "I’m very handsome, I’ve eaten a lot and lots of food."

Chen Xueniang chuckled, "Yes, yes, Xibao is the most handsome, we all know this fact."

After saying this, she turned to Feng Qingxue, "I’ll come to see you in a few days, don’t come into the city. You’ve seen the state the city is in, don’t get into trouble."

Feng Qingxue didn’t put on airs, "Alright, we’ve been on the train for the whole journey and are quite tired, so we’ll head back first."

Chen Xueniang nodded, watching them off, then quickly mounted her bicycle. She wanted to spread the good news of Feng Qingxue’s return to Wang Cuilan and her family. Before Cheng Baoguo and his wife had passed away, they often spoke about Feng Qingxue and Xibao, so knowing they had come back, Cheng Baoguo and Wang Cuilan would surely be very happy and surely the Chengs in the afterlife would be overjoyed as well.

It was only after Feng Qingxue returned home and saw Lu’s father that she learned Cheng Baoguo and his wife had passed away one after the other, and she couldn’t help feeling a wave of sadness.

The children who were naively innocent didn’t understand what eternal separation meant; Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu, who had grown into teenagers, huddled by Feng Qingxue’s side, chattering and laughing, all teeth and no eyes in their amusement, while Feng Qingyun clung to her sister, refusing to leave even for a step.