Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 906 - 0906: Visiting Relatives and Friends 4

Chapter 906: Chapter 0906: Visiting Relatives and Friends 4

Every time Qingxue mentions Wang Jiao, she can’t help but laugh.

"How’s cousin Jiao? And Goudan, how is he? He was even fed by me when he was just born. I was too busy since arriving home yesterday, didn’t get a chance to visit her, but I’ve prepared lots of food for her, I’ll bring it to her later."

Miao Fengqin let out a snort, "Goudan takes after his dad, not too bad, but your cousin, she really can’t change that dog temperament of hers."

"Your cousin gave birth to another son, so now she has a good reason to stay at home and not work in the fields," Wang Zhengguo said casually, it was quite a coincidence that she gave birth at the end of the year, all the meat and fish distributed by the brigade ended up in her stomach.

Qingxue was stunned, "That’s great news, what’s his name? I still have some of Fubao’s unused formula, I’ll send some her way."

"His formal name was given by your eldest uncle, called Zhang Yi. Isn’t Goudan named Zhang Heng? ’Persistence and willpower’, it makes a pair for the brothers. As for the nickname, he’s called Yangdan, it was given by Goudan’s grandma." Miao Fengqin’s face was a picture of misery; while giving cheap nicknames was believed to make it easier for the child to survive, did they have to be so unpleasant to hear? Goudan, Yangdan, what would be next? Jidan, Yadan, E’dan, Yangshidan?

Qingxue chuckled, if her family’s baby were given such a nickname by the elders, they’d protest loudly as soon as they learned a bit of sense.

She and Lu Jiang stayed at Wang Zhengguo’s place only for a while, they exchanged a few words to catch up on recent events, but not wanting to hold up their work, they soon took their leave, and then went on to visit her second and third uncles and aunt, with gifts the same for each, without partiality.

She visited all the relatives in the Wanglou Brigade, but she still needed to pay a visit to the closer families of the Lu Family.

The relatives were Qingxue’s, with the surname Wang, but not part of the Lu family. However, there were quite a few elders alive within Lu’s close relatives; maintaining these relationships was essential for the family’s wellbeing.

Each household was given a bag of yak jerky and a bag of candies; the total was indeed a substantial amount of supplies.

Going from house to house, it was almost eleven o’clock by the time they finished their rounds.

Lu Jiang and Qingxue checked the time and hurried home to cook.

As they were busy in the kitchen, Lu Jiang kept an eye on his daughter while saying, "After you married over here, except for the first year when we paid New Year’s respects at your second uncle’s, you haven’t gone back. Let’s take the kids to visit Caohu Brigade in a few days when we’re free, meet the brigade secretary, meet your second uncle. We can’t let them think that a married daughter is like water thrown away."

As for Qingxue’s two brothers, Lu Jiang didn’t even mention them.

Qingxue thought about it and didn’t reject the idea, "Alright, it’s time we visited."

She wanted her two brothers and their wives to see that without them, she and her sister were leading a much better life.

Their midday meal couldn’t compare to last night’s feast, there was only a thin porridge made with sweet potatoes mixed with cornmeal, coarse grain steamed bread, and a few types of rehydrated vegetables stir-fried, the only meat dish being dried beans stir-fried with cured meat.

The cured meat was old, probably sent by one of Lu Jiang’s comrades-in-arms. They had cut a piece last night, leaving half.

"I don’t know how they managed when I wasn’t at home; the food was certainly not as good as when I am," Qingxue said, deeply sympathizing with her family’s living standard, "We four haven’t brought much grain with us on our return, and it’s a difficult time for food. After we eat, let’s go to the city and get some grain."

Lu Jiang understood what Qingxue meant; she planned to take the opportunity to go out to retrieve some supplies from their space to supplement the household, so he nodded, "Alright, let’s go to the grain management office first with our Grain Tickets and exchange some grain."

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