Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife-Chapter 75 - 00 Reciprocity 3_1
Chapter 75: Chapter 0075 Reciprocity 3_1
Chapter 75 -0075 Reciprocity 3_1
Despite being stuck in the Wanglou Brigade, Lu’s father retained some freedom of movement due to Lu Jiang’s military service, thus he was well informed of the outside world.
In an era where the average monthly wage was thirty yuan, a watch cost about a year’s wage. Most wage earners had to bear the burden of supporting their entire family, including high-ranking officials, so they simply had no spare money to buy imported watches.
Only single young men like soldiers and sailors like Lu Jiang, who had no family burdens and higher wages, could afford to buy them.
The majority of imported watches sold, like Rolex, Omega, and Dita Von Teese, were bought by them.
Feng Qingxue was indeed not simple.
Lu’s father and Lu Jiang exchanged a glance, an unspoken understanding between them.
Feng Qingxue’s honesty made them feel reassured and pleased.
For the next two days, Lu Jiang kept running back and forth to town, buying candies, grain, and vegetables.
Candy was to be presented when visiting the prospective bride’s home, while grain and vegetables were for preparing the meal when they welcomed Feng Qingxue at the door.
Lu Jiang’s main goal for going to town was to buy meat, a task which he found incredibly difficult. He even queued overnight only to find that there was no meat left by his turn in the early morning. In the end, he could only get a piece of pork bone and a pig’s ear through asking for someone’s help.
Seeing that the dishes prepared at home were not enough, Lu Jiang went hunting in the mountains.
Truth be told, due to extensive logging during the Great Leap Forward and the shortages caused by famine, many people had taken to the mountains for sustenance. Thus, game was rare in the past two years. However, Lu Jiang managed to hunt down two wild rabbits and a pheasant in the deep woods, and also caught a large wild black fish along with some small crucian carp and white barber fish in the mountain brook.
Meanwhile, Lu’s father took his two grandsons to clean the cowshed in which they lived, even going so far as to scrub the entire bodies of their cows, horses, mules, and donkeys, in an earnest effort to leave a good impression on Feng Qingxue.
Even if they were living in a cowshed, they still kept it impeccably clean! That’s the mark of decent people!
Despite their change in circumstances, Lu’s father still maintained his meticulous habits from childhood.
At the same time, Feng Qingxue was not idly sitting at home either.
Firstly, she used the decent malt essence sweets she had brought back to nourish Feng Qingyun, while secretly nourishing herself with more nutritious foods from her storage space. Secondly, she entertained the curious villagers who came seeking news and sweets, given that her meeting with Lu Jiang was public knowledge.
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Feng Qingxue, with her sufficient food and clothing, was becoming increasingly beautiful, attracting the attention of many. On hearing that she now had a boyfriend, some were curious as to why she chose Lu Jiang, whose family background wasn’t great, while others regretted not having sent a matchmaker earlier.
Once she managed to see off these inquisitive villagers, Feng Qingxue focused on making clothes.
She was about to officially visit the Lu family, and wanted to make a good impression. Hence, she decided to dress up nicely.
The dressing up started, first and foremost, with clothing.
She made an overcoat from the newly-bought plaid wool, specifically in the style of a trench coat with a notched lapel and double-breasted buttons. It wasn’t particularly unusual for the time, reached just to the knees and she wore it with black corduroy pants and Blue Begonia leather shoes.
Although she could do patchwork, she was not fast, so she secretly used a sewing machine to make it in time.
The black buttons and thread came from her space, as did the unobtrusive but very soft grey fabric used for lining. She had prepared these items when setting up the sewing machine and now they came in handy.
