Chapter 1014: Chapter 1014: Xibao’s Birthday 3 Chapter 1014: Chapter 1014: Xibao’s Birthday 3 Lu Jiang responded and turned to enter the bedroom.
When he ca out, his leather shoes had been replaced by a pair of thousand-layer sole cloth shoes, and he had also changed into a white vest.
“You’ve been tired from the journey, rest well at ho. I’ll take care of the things when I get back,” Lu Jiang instructed.
“Go on, stop nagging. A big man like you shouldn’t be afraid of being laughed at for staying at ho,” Feng Qingxue urged him out the door. “We slept on the train from Shanghai to Huaibei City overnight. The walk back felt just like taking a leisurely stroll, stopping here and there. I’m not tired at all.”
There were no flights from the Capital to Huaibei City, so they had to fly to Shanghai and take the train ho from there.
Because of the tight schedule, the couple only had ti to et with He Hongjun briefly and learn from him that Senior Ouyang Mo, who was with He Qingyin on the labor reassignnt, had arrived safely at Wanglou Brigade.
Xibao, seeing Lu Jiang about to leave, called out loudly, “Daddy, I’ll go too. I want to go to see Grandpa Jin!”
He wanted to ask Grandpa Jin why there were voices coming from the radio even when there’s no one inside, and about telephones too.
“Well then, you’ll work with Daddy, or you can help Grandpa Jin and let him answer your questions!” Lu Jiang turned off the radio and picked him up, taking him away to spare his wife the worry and prevent him from making their eldest daughter cry at ho.
After the father and son left, Feng Qingyun imdiately beca lively. Squatting in front of Feng Qingxue, she looked up and said,
“Big sister, the cream cake is really delicious. Is it very expensive?”
Feng Qingxue touched her face, “You just said you didn’t want to eat it, now you say it’s delicious? Why hide it in the cupboard if it’s good? Don’t worry about the price. Considering the wages your brother-in-law and I earn, we can certainly afford it.”
Feng Qingyun smiled mischievously, “I didn’t know when Goudan might co in, so of course I hid it in the cupboard. Besides, Xibao and Fubao hardly ate any, so it’s saved for them when they think of it later. Big sister, I’ve aired out the bedding in your room. Go rest, don’t tire yourself out and hurt my little nephew or niece.”
“I can’t just sit around. We brought back quite a lot of stuff. I need to organize it properly. I have to distribute so specialities from the Capital to each of our uncles and my younger aunt.” With just a few relatives, she couldn’t favor so over others.
Feng Qingyun humd in acknowledgnt, “When you weren’t ho, my younger aunt slipped and Xibao and Fubao a packet of honeycomb, my eldest uncle asked my cousin’s husband to buy us two packets of horn honey, my second cousin’s wife brought so eggs and goose eggs, and my third uncle and their eldest cousin secretly caught quite a lot of eels and brought over half a bucket to us in the evening. The old folks in the cowshed were well satisfied with their cravings. My cousin’s husband also brought us a pig’s head, and Guan Cheng, with his own mixed spices, cooked the pork head so deliciously that Grandpa Jin and Grandpa Wen couldn’t stop singing its praises.”
Although she didn’t understand why Lu Jiang’s father, her eldest uncle, and her sister and brother-in-law insisted on treating the old people in the cowshed kindly, she was obedient and didn’t pay attention to the outside world’s opinion of these elders.
Indeed, those old people were really nice. When she took Xibao and Fubao to play in the cowshed, they taught her a lot of knowledge.
After carefully listening, Feng Qingxue kept it in mind and laughed, “This is the custom of reciprocity. Tonight, your brother-in-law and I will deliver to the uncles and my aunt. Let’s first get ready what we have for my cousin and have Goudan take it back later.”
Having said that, she opened the suitcase at her feet, took out a can of Malt essence, a packet of candied fruit, and a packet of biscuits, and a packet of milk candy, and placed them in the basket that her sister had brought over. Knowing that Wang Jiao was pregnant and might not have breastmilk, she added another can of milk powder and then placed the last cake box from the table into the basket, covering it with a coarse cloth.
The contents of the suitcase included gifts received in the Capital and items she took out from the space, all mixed together.
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