Chapter 148 - 145 Hungry... Really Hate It
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In those days, without a proof of employment from her unit, Zhang Shanni found it quite difficult to arrange personal family visits, especially across provincial borders. Moreover, her previous application had been rejected. All in all, it took her a considerable amount of time to prepare the necessary travel documentation for the visit.
Busy with these affairs from late November until early December,
as the weather turned cold and the mountain vegetation turned yellow and withered, the temperature had already dropped to seven or eight degrees Celsius, Zhang Shanni thoroughly explored the Qingshan Mountain Range for nearly half a month’s winter food reserves.
The amount of game she hunted and stored was astonishing.
Zhang Shanni was also very good at social relations. Considering she would not be home for the New Year since marrying into the Xie Family, she asked her in-laws for consent in advance and then presented each elder in the Xie Family with meat gifts, along with six pieces of festive rice cakes she made herself, as a sign of her husband’s filial piety.
Once a Xie Family man got married, he had to present New Year’s gifts to family members over the age of sixty-six every year during the festival season.
Zhang Shanni thought this was a good practice. Caring for the elderly is essential,
and it was important not to tarnish the reputation of her own husband. That was the main point.
The mindset of men in this era was easy to understand. As long as a wife was devoted to her husband and protected his male dignity, the man rarely betrayed his wife.