Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife

After packing up her things, Feng Qingxue, accompanied by Lu Jiang, found Feng Shuanzhu and obtained proof of their household’s relocation. It was nothing more than a letter of introduction, but once they had it, Wang Zhengguo could register her and her sister as residents of the Wanglou Brigade.

In reality, it didn’t matter whether they had this letter or not. After all, what evidence did Jiang He and the others have? But Feng Qingxue preferred to follow this standard process.

Once they arrived back at the Wanglou Brigade, Lu Jiang called his nephew over to help. In accordance with Feng Qingxue’s instructions, they moved the cupboards, pots, pans, condiments, and a jar for pickled vegetables to the kitchen. The two iron pots, large and small, fit perfectly on the stove top, which was lacking pots.

Previously, when Lu Jiang was not at home and his comrades were unaware, Lu’s father and Wang Zhengguo could not get iron pots. It wasn’t an issue of whether they had the right coupons or not, it was that the city lacked warehouse supplies. The Great Leap Forward initially led to a scarcity of iron goods. Even now, iron was scarce - there was not enough to be used for farming tools, let alone pots. As a result, they had been borrowing a pot from the cattle shed to cook meals.

Meanwhile, the bed, couch, table, chairs, and wardrobes were placed in the east side room which was now ready for occupancy.

Feng Qingxue took the old quilt she had brought back with her and spread it out in the west room of the main hall, arranging it for her sister. Afterwards, she took her dowry of new quilts to the east side room, arranging them for Lu Tianjun, his brother, and the Guan Cheng brothers, all of whom would live there together.

Though the cattle shed could protect them from rain and wind, sleeping on the floor was not a long term solution, especially since it was prone to causing bone-chilling colds.

Now that a new room was available, and there was enough space, there was no way they could allow the growing boys to live with Lu’s father in the cattle shed, potentially harming their health.

Neither Lu Tianzhi nor Guan Yu was in robust health, and therefore needed to be looked after more carefully.