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

This time they brought back a lot of things, half a bag of dried sweet potatoes, a few pounds of fine grains, and various wild vegetables, greens, and spring buds.

First they took Lu Tianjun to school. By the time Feng Qingxue and the others returned to the big courtyard, the afterglow had receded, and night had just appeared. Chen Xueniang said goodbye to them at the back door and went straight into her own house, paying no heed to Wang Erniu’s cursing sounds after hearing the commotion.

Mother Cheng had saved some rice for them and specially cooked egg noodles for Xibao. While feeding Xibao, she said, "I smell the scent of toona buds, I haven’t eaten them for a long time. Tomorrow let’s buy a piece of tofu and we can mix it with the tofu for dinner. Oh, I also smell the scent of locust buds. We relied entirely on these to survive a few years ago! However, they made everyone’s body swell up from eating too much, alas!"

"The swelling didn’t come from eating locust buds." Feng Qingxue swallowed her food, "The swelling was caused by extreme malnutrition due to hunger, lack of protein and vitamins, which led to edema."

Mother Cheng sighed, "This year is finally a bit better than previous years."

Feng Qingxue deeply agreed.

Although hunger is still the biggest challenge, it’s much better than those three years.

After eating, she and Wang Cuilan cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, locked the grain they brought back into the cabinet, and put the fresh vegetables in the kitchen. While they were busy, they heard a knock on the door outside.