Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 904 - 0904: Visiting Relatives and Friends 2

Chapter 904: Chapter 0904: Visiting Relatives and Friends 2

As the child woke up, the whole courtyard came alive with activity.

However, Guan Cheng and Lu Tianzhi were not young; they ate well and were well-nourished. Guan Cheng was a robust laborer, and Lu Tianzhi, along with Guan Yu, could each earn seven or eight work points a day. As soon as their meal was over, they had to go down to the fields to work.

Spring plowing had begun, and no one could afford to sit idle.

Lu Xibao had just made a good relationship with his elder brothers and eagerly followed them, claiming, "I am very capable!"

"Acheng, take Lu Xibao with you. When you’re plowing and weeding, just make sure to keep an eye on him and prevent him from going near the river," said Feng Qingxue as she found a small hoe for Lu Xibao. "Lu Xibao, go help Grandpa and your brothers with their work!"

"Okay, Mom! Wait for me to finish the work and come back for the meal!" Lu Xibao marched off, carrying the little hoe with pride and confidence.

Feng Qingyun was very thoughtful and worried that Guan Cheng and the others might overlook Lu Xibao if he wandered off while they worked. So, she promptly followed behind, taking the opportunity to carry a manure basket with a small iron shovel and a sickle inside, ready to cut pig grass and dig wild vegetables.

Wang Zhenguo and Miao Fengqin indeed doted on girls; their son had not been spared from work, but their daughter had been lazy and indulged previously.

Now, with Feng Qingyun living in their home, even during the busy farming season, Wang Zhenguo and Miao Fengqin rarely let her do field work, saying she was too young to handle the physical labor. At most, she could wash clothes, cook meals, and tend to the family’s private plot at home.

But Feng Qingyun was very sensible. She often earned work points by cutting pig grass, digging medicinal herbs, and wild vegetables, which both provided medicine for Guan Cheng and filled their bellies.

Knowing her sister liked wild vegetables, Feng Qingyun was of course ready to go dig some.

She watched as Lu Xibao greeted the elders and neighbors they passed along the way with great enthusiasm.

"Grandpa! Grandma!"

"Big brother! Big sister!"

"Uncle! Auntie!"

He called each one sweetly.

Since he was not getting the generations wrong, those he greeted were especially pleased and praised him continuously. The little fellow grew even more proud and shouted to an old man in his fifties by the roadside, "Hello, Grandpa!"

The old man laughed heartily, "Little Xibao, you’re calling me grandpa? You mean to have your dad call me uncle? Would he spank you for that?"

Lu Xibao was stunned for a moment, his eyebrows, identical to Lu Jiang’s, furrowing instantly.

Lu Tianzhi immediately felt embarrassed and pulled Lu Xibao aside to say, "Lu Xibao, he’s not grandpa, but big brother."

This man was a close relative of the Lu Family, and they were quite closely blood-related, within the five degrees of mourning, his generation named ’Tian’, called Lu Tianyi.

"Big brother?" Lu Xibao was confused in an instant. He gripped the little hoe on his shoulder with one hand and pointed with the other at Lu Tianyi’s white-flecked hair, "No, it’s not big brother; it’s a grandpa’s head!"

His meaning was clear, considering Lu Tianyi’s graying hair, almost as old as Lu Zhiyuan’s, it would normally be appropriate to call him grandpa.

But now, it was not the normal situation!

Guan Cheng coughed softly and explained gently, "Lu Xibao, let me tell you, generation ranks are not called by age. Although this big brother is a bit old, if we go by seniority, he has to call your dad uncle, and your grandpa grandpa, so you should call him big brother. Come on, say big brother, remember, it’s not grandpa, it’s big brother."

Lu Xibao was dizzy with confusion, "Old big brother, ah!"

"That’s right, old big brother!" laughed Lu Tianyi, patting Lu Xibao’s head fondly. "You can call me old big brother in the future! You’re a young child with a high senior rank, grandpa is not a title to be used casually."

"Hello, old big brother!" Lu Xibao obediently corrected himself.