Chapter 148: Bought Sandals for the Whole Family

Wang Yuqing didn't hear it. If she had, she would definitely have stopped her bicycle and said a few words in response.

When she returned home, Grandma Ji was sitting at the door weaving baskets, Ji Daming was cooking, Ji Xiaoming was washing clothes, and Ji Meimei was playing with the newly bought sows in the pigsty.

One has to admire how well these three children have been raised. How could their mother bear to abandon them? Will she regret it later?

Thinking of this, Wang Yuqing recalled another matter: in her previous life, she knew that Ji Xuening and Chen Xiangxue had a daughter, but she had never heard of these three children.

So where did these three children go?

While she was lost in thought, the three children noticed her and their eyes were all on the two large bags in her hands.

Wang Yuqing said with a smile, "Come and distribute the food."

The three children were dazzled by the huge pile of things on the table. After all, it was the first time they had ever seen so many nice things, and each of them had a pair of comfortable sandals.

Ji Xiaoming was overjoyed and couldn't wait to put on his new shoes. They fit perfectly, and he said happily, "Ah, this is such a blissful life."

Ji Meimei imitated her, small in stature, wearing tiny shoes, and said sweetly, "Ah, this life is so wonderful."

Ji Daming, being more mature, was reluctant to put on the new shoes. He lowered his head and said to Wang Yuqing, "Mom, thank you."

Grandma Ji sat beside her, displeased: "Why spend so much money? You work so hard to earn this money, you keep it for yourself to buy things, why are you buying things for us? All these things must have cost a lot of money, right?"

He said that, but his face was full of smiles, and he was even very pleased to have such a good granddaughter-in-law. He suddenly thought of his eldest grandson's and second grandson's wives, and they were simply incomparable.

Wang Yuqing was happy to see everyone so happy, but it was a pity that they couldn't buy pork and grain. In those days, farmers still had to earn work points by working and then the brigade would distribute grain rations at the end of the year.

Meat could only be obtained by selling live pigs to the state and receiving meat coupons as a reward, or by the production team submitting applications to the brigade or commune to slaughter pigs during festivals. If there were no collective pigs, they would check each member's pigpen and select a fat and strong pig to slaughter and distribute to the members. Each family could only get about two catties, which was not enough to fill the gaps between their teeth, given that most families had many members.

However, if a family raises two pigs, one can sell it to the commune for food, and the other can be kept for the family to slaughter for the New Year. This is called "slaughtering the New Year pig".

Wang Yuqing thought about it and realized that no one in this brigade currently raises two pigs. Even if someone does raise two pigs, no one would be willing to keep one at home to slaughter. They would all be eager to sell it to the food station.

Currently, Ji Xuening's family has two pigs, but one of them is a sow.

She sighed. Whether we can eat pork soon depends entirely on Ji Xuening. Ji Xuening, you have to work harder to raise pigs!

And those cloth coupons were even rarer than grain coupons and meat coupons, because cloth coupons were issued in fixed quantities per person every year, and you couldn't just buy them whenever you wanted. Everyone was short of cloth coupons, and you couldn't get them even if you asked Aunt Huang.

After dinner, the three children took a nice bath and a fresh bath, smelling wonderful. They played for a while and then went to bed comfortably.

Grandma Ji usually goes to bed very early, and sleeps in front of her three children.

Wang Yuqing also took a bath with facial cleanser, washed her hair with shampoo, applied hair oil to her head, brushed her teeth with toothpaste, and finally washed her clothes with laundry detergent.

Before going to bed, I drank a glass of honey water and applied face cream.

Wang Yuqing felt refreshed and invigorated. It had been a month and a half since she had transmigrated to this era, and this was the first time she had felt so clean. Normally, it was so uncomfortable to wash her hair, take a shower, brush her teeth, and do laundry.

The Ji family used to use a single piece of alkali from head to toe, and they even used grey water for washing clothes.

Having lived in the 21st century, although not extremely wealthy, her daily necessities were certainly much better than those of this era, so she found it very difficult to adapt and saved up enough money to solve the problem as soon as possible.

Ji Xuening hadn't gone home yet; after finishing work, he went home with Cao Huan to check on the sows.

Wang Yuqing had already made Ji Xuening's bed and placed the razor on the bedside table, but when she thought about Ji Xuening going home with Cao Huan to look after the pigs, and then recalled Cao Huan's tone during the day, she felt a little unhappy.

He blurted out for no apparent reason: "You just go because I tell you to?"

On second thought, Ji Xuening is, after all, a demobilized soldier. He has a deep-rooted sense of justice and puts the people first. It's only right that he helps out with this small amount of assistance.

However, she was still unhappy, so she messed up the bed she had made and then jumped onto her own bed to go to sleep.

After returning home, Ji Xuening ate first and then sat at the door to work. Around 11 o'clock, she finished making the wardrobe and bed that Yang Hui needed.

He ate a meal and took a quick shower before going into his room.

As soon as he reached the door, he saw that his bed sheets, blankets, and straw on the floor were all in a mess.

He glanced at the person already asleep on the bed, thinking it must have been her doing it, but he couldn't understand why she would do such a thing. What had he done to upset her?

He remade the bed, moving quietly and trying not to make a sound. As he lay down, he inadvertently touched a small box under the headboard.

Upon opening it, I found a brand new set of razors inside.

He turned to the side, his face facing Wang Yuqing's back, holding a razor in his hand. He examined the razor in his hand by the moonlight shining in from outside, feeling a warm feeling in his heart.

He also noticed something: ever since Wang Yuqing moved into the room to sleep, the whole room has always been filled with a faint, pleasant fragrance. Today, the fragrance seemed a bit stronger, but it still smelled nice.

Smelling this scent, he quickly fell asleep, though, as every day, he had to force himself to sleep.

the next day.

When Wang Yuqing woke up, Ji Xuening had already prepared porridge and cornbread, and even brought them in, her voice extremely gentle: "Awake? They're still warm."

Wang Yuqing yawned, scratched her messy hair, unaware of how silly she looked, and said, "Why are you still here?"

After all, when I usually get up, Ji Xuening has already gone to work, and I can't find him at all.

Ji Xuening's tone was a little awkward: "You got up late today. I just finished cooking when you got up. Since we're going to the brigade headquarters anyway, let's go together."

Wang Yuqing casually asked, "You tend to wake up late?"

Ji Xuening's eyes flickered, and she hummed in agreement.

Wang Yuqing suddenly noticed that Ji Xuening had shaved, which made him look less rough and more handsome.

Ji Xuening noticed the look she was giving him. He was actually conflicted because he had shaved his beard specifically for Wang Yuqing, afraid that she would think he was ruining himself. But she said she liked him with a beard because he was manly, so he kept it.

Last night she bought herself a razor, which means she wants to shave her beard, right?

However, he sometimes likes to grow a beard and sometimes doesn't, and he's almost unsure of what to do.

Wang Yuqing didn't think much of it. She smiled and asked, "Is the razor easy to use?"

Ji Xuening nodded: "Mm."

After thinking for a moment, I added two words: "Thanks."

She chuckled and said, "You gave me face cream, so I'll give you a razor. We're even. You're welcome."

After saying that, she added, "I'll go brush my teeth first and then come back to eat."

Ji Xuening knew that the two of them had a polite, friendly relationship, and he wanted to take things a step further, but he didn't know how.

While Wang Yuqing was eating, Ji Xuening started feeding the pigs and also cleaned up the pigpen. Then the two of them went to the brigade headquarters together.

When Ji Xuening came home last night, he saw a lot of things in the house. He asked, "Did you spend all the money?"

Wang Yuqing nodded: "Yes, we bought a lot of things, and even sandals for everyone. You got yours too."

Ji Xuening was told about it by Ji Xiaoming when he got up in the morning, but he couldn't bear to wear it.

Wang Yuqing looked down at his still-worn shoes and frowned: "I bought them for you, so wear them. Don't be reluctant, go back and change into them."

Ji Xuening did not set off.

Wang Yuqing glared at him fiercely, and he quickly said, "I'll go back and change now."

This made Wang Yuqing burst into laughter; it has to be said that this man can be quite adorable at times.