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

Mother Cheng returned to the primary room holding a bowl of egg soup, saying to Cheng Baoguo, "Go borrow two ounces of oil from Secretary Huang’s and ask if we can borrow the pig’s ear they bought today. We’ll return it once we get one tomorrow."

Cheng Baoguo nodded, "I’ll go now, and also see what dish is available at the state-owned restaurant."

Father Lu stopped him, "Don’t go!"

He picked up a bamboo basket from the ground and handed it to Cheng Baoguo, "Aunt Cheng, we have brought a lot of grain and oil. I remember we brought an oil jar as well. Our families need not be polite, and there’s no need to borrow from outsiders. If we let you borrow, we would feel uncomfortable staying for dinner. Third Brother, you take this to the kitchen. Since Xibao is here, I can’t leave, lest that he gets scared and makes everyone uncomfortable."

Cheng Baoguo took it without any hesitation.

"Third Uncle, also bring the bag with the grains. And the dried and pickled vegetables I brought." Feng Qingxue, who had initially planned to rent a house in the city, had come well-prepared. She opened the bamboo basket and took out jars filled with oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. Digging a bit more, she found a piece of cured meat, "Aunt Cuilan, let’s make cured meat rice for lunch."

"You’re living quite well!" Wang Cuilan recalled the items Cheng Baoguo had brought from their home.

"Thanks to the care of comrade Ajiang, who sends a good number of local products every year. Otherwise, as a lone woman, I would never have been able to get these things." Feng Qingxue laughed, "Having our own plot of land makes it easy to have vegetables."

As the weather warmed, the vegetables from the private plots were growing vigorously.