Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 915 - 0915 Like-minded People 3

Chapter 915: Chapter 0915 Like-minded People 3

Wen Ruyu didn’t hide his fondness for his little great-grandson at all and feigned displeasure as he spoke, "Little Xibao, everyone’s your grandpa here, why do you only call your own grandpa to eat and not us? You’re so unfair, I’m really hurt."

"I’m very good!" Xibao blinked her big eyes and, pointing to the approaching Madam Xu, said, "I brought food, tasty pancakes!"

Wen Ruyu was taken aback, and Madam Xu laughed.

"Brother Wen, our Xibao is very smart, not easy to deceive. Look, Xiaoxue made these scallion pancakes, and Xibao has delivered one to each of us. Hurry and eat them while they’re hot, then have some of the wild vegetable soup that Wenyue and I cooked. That way, you won’t go burping out the smell of lard and have others smell it."

Lu Jiang’s father led away his little grandson, not wishing to talk with these shrewd old folks.

Indeed, the food situation for those in the cattle shed was really poor; it was either wild vegetable soup or a thin porridge of dried sweet potatoes and broken corn kernels, causing stomachaches from the poor diet.

Jin Ruochu couldn’t wait to grab a scallion pancake from Madam Xu’s hands. He rolled up the round scallion pancake and took a big bite, "Delicious! Xiaoxue’s cooking skills are really great!"

With his other hand, he patted his stomach and said, "Old buddy, you’ve got some good oil and water today."

The crowd laughed heartily, taking the scallion pancakes from Madam Xu and starting to eat, praising the food as they did so.

The weather was especially good today, with abundant sunshine. Wang Zhengguo hadn’t arranged for them to go to work but had instead called upon a dozen strong laborers to help make adobe bricks, planning to build a row of thatched cottages for this group of demoted elders.

The cattle shed was a sturdy structure and was meant for the livestock of the big brigade; their existence couldn’t be allowed to affect the animals’ lives.

That was the official reason, but which of the elders present wasn’t wise to the true situation? The real reason was that Wang Zhengguo had considered the increasingly hot weather and how inconvenient it was for them to be crowded in the cattle shed with the stench of livestock. Thus, he used this official reason to select a plot of land south of the Jiang Family’s property to construct a few houses.

The group of elders was doing the work for themselves without counting it towards work points, whereas the strong laborers who came to help would each get ten work points and wouldn’t be provided with meals. There were plenty of willing strong laborers available.

After eating, Lu Jiang came over to help. He was strong and made particularly good quality adobe bricks.

The demoted elders thought that Wang Zhengguo was doing this for their sake, but Lu Jiang knew that Wang Zhengguo was really doing it for Lu Jiang’s father. How profound was their friendship back in their school days? Since Lu Jiang’s father stubbornly refused to leave the cattle shed, Wang Zhengguo naturally had to think of a solution.

One person living in the cattle shed was spacious and brisk, but with ten people, it was unbearably cramped.

Madam Xu and Wenyue, after foraging for wild vegetables for cooking, were ready to clean and soak the dried sweet potatoes that had been soaking for most of the day. Feng Qingxue quietly brought over some brown rice, "We’re doing physical labor today. How can we just eat wild vegetable soup? Let’s cook some rice."

"How can we accept this? You already had Little Xibao deliver us scallion pancakes this morning." Wenyue’s face turned a bit red, feeling undeserving.

Feng Qingxue handed the bag of rice to Madam Xu, speaking nonchalantly, "It’s not like I send it every day, what’s there to feel embarrassed about? I can’t let my teacher go hungry. We need to dry these adobe bricks thoroughly before we continue building. We won’t be doing such heavy physical work tomorrow, so I won’t bring rice for you to cook, either."

Madam Xu didn’t stand on ceremony. While washing the rice, she said, "Let Ajiang eat here at noon."

"Alright, later I’ll fry a couple of dishes and bring them over." Feng Qingxue also wanted her husband to build good relationships with these elders; in ten years’ time, they would be invaluable connections. Not seizing the opportunity would be foolish.