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

The oil reached a medium-high heat, so Feng Qingxue asked Lu Jiang to turn it down to a low flame. She tied on an apron herself, washed her hands, and asked Ping Zhengkai to help move the basin filled with radish stuffing to the stove. She reached in, grabbed a clump of stuffing, squeezed out a yolk-sized ball, and gently placed it in the oil pan, where it immediately began to sizzle and pop.

One meatball after another went into the pot. Once they were fried to a golden brown, she would scoop them out with a skimmer to drain, then placed them in the bamboo basket.

A pancake was spread out at the bottom of the bamboo basket, so the oil from the meatballs wouldn’t get on the basket itself.

While she continued to drop newly formed meatballs into the hot oil, Feng Qingxue called out to Ping Zhengkai, "There are chopsticks over there. Try one!"

Ping Zhengkai was embarrassed, "How could I? Sister-in-law, we should wait for the kids to come back and eat together."

Just as he was about to continue, Erxiong burst into tears, running in from outside, stopping right in front of Feng Qingxue with his chubby hands wiping away tears, "Mommy, Mommy, big brother hit me, big brother hit me, you must spank big brother’s butt!"

"Stay back, be careful of the hot oil splattering and burning you." Feng Qingxue wasn’t too concerned about who hit her son, but when she looked down at his pitifully chubby face, she finally offered a bit of sympathy and gently asked, "Big brother hit you, huh? Tell me, why did he hit you?"

The troublemaking child giggled without saying a word, knowing it was his own fault.

Xibao followed him in, huffing angrily, "It’s so embarrassing, it’s not like we don’t have any at home. He saw Du Zhong from Aunt Shuixian’s carrying a little wooden gun, grabbed it and ran. When Du Zhong wouldn’t let go, he tried to snatch it and ended up pushing him over!"

While saying this, Xibao poked Erxiong’s forehead.