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

So, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Feng Qingxue was busy in the kitchen, preparing a large feast with the help of Lu Tianjun and Guan Cheng.

Due to Lu Jiang’s advice, she dared not openly use a lot of meat again.

There wasn’t much meat on the table, only two dishes—stewed pork with dried string beans and stir-fried preserved pork with green peppers.

Vegetable dishes surrounded the two meat dishes: spicy and sour shredded potatoes, sautéed baby bok choy, scrambled eggs with green pepper, and a plate of five-spiced peanuts. A plate of mooncakes and another of fried twisted dough sticks were also served.

At that time, she had bought six kilos of mooncakes through Zhang Yuejin. She gave one kilo to Feng’s uncle’s family, and sent one kilo each to her three uncles and aunt’s families. The remaining kilo was kept for their own family to celebrate the festival, totalling just four mooncakes. Cut in half, they revealed the "five kernel" filling, a recipe of the 21st century that people either criticized or admired, made up of sugar, peanuts, sesame, candied fruit and melon seeds.

Seeing that Feng Qingxue only chose vegetables, Father Lu couldn’t help saying, "Qingxue, you should eat some meat to nourish yourself."

"Dad, I’m not used to eating meat in the evening, but don’t worry, I won’t deprive myself." Feng Qingxue replied with a smile.

"You mustn’t deprive yourself. If there’s good food, you should eat it too. Don’t just save it for the kids." It wasn’t that he hadn’t noticed how she was always dishing meat into the children’s bowls since their little arms were too short to reach, leading to them having oily mouths.

Feng Qingxue laughed, "Don’t worry, dad. Do I seem like someone who would neglect themselves?" Living alone in the east bedroom, she would have three walnuts, three red dates, and a handful of peanuts or other nuts every morning. She also took folic acid daily, and had prepared various nutritional supplements for pregnant women in her bag, considering that she would be married and have children one day.