Chapter 207 White Rabbit Milk Candy

Fu Nanzheng smiled and said, "Is it wrong? Well, we all call each other randomly in our family. Calling her aunt is more intimate than calling her aunt, right? Don't worry about it."

Lizhan thought about it and thought, it doesn’t seem a big deal if we don’t care, right?

But never mind, it's just a matter of address. At most he will be my uncle in the future, and it will be the same. So I just laughed it off.

Fu Yuanchao and Fu Heping bowed politely to Xia Juanjuan and shouted, "Hello, Aunt Juanjuan!"

Xia Juanjuan listened without any hesitation and said with a smile: "You guys are good too. Here, I'll give you some candy."

As he spoke, he took out a handful of candies from the bag he had brought with him and stuffed them into the two men's hands.

The candy was White Rabbit milk candy that she bought at a state-owned department store. She had already heard Li Zhan introduce the general members and situation of the Fu family. She knew that Fu Weixin had two children, so she naturally couldn't go there empty-handed.

Of course, it was fortunate that there were non-staple food coupons there, otherwise White Rabbit milk candy would have been a luxury item among candies in that era. Without the coupons, you wouldn’t have been able to buy it even if you had money.

Before coming, she had already given a lot to Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei, and her pockets were full.

In addition, Xia Juanjuan would often "buy" candies and cakes for them. Although the three siblings were rural children and not very old, they had been educated to be well behaved. When they saw someone with delicious food - for example, when Xia Juanjuan was sharing candies with other children, they would look on politely without poking their heads out and looking greedy.

After distributing the candies, Xia Juanjuan handed another bag, which was tied with a string and had a label with the words "White Rabbit Milk Candy" written in brush calligraphy, to Fu Nanzheng and said with a smile, "Third brother, this is for the kids at home. It's not something rare."

Both Mr. Fu and Fu Nanzheng couldn't help being surprised, and then they cheered secretly.

Let's not talk about other things. White Rabbit milk candy costs RMB 1.5 per pound in bulk. Even working-class families in Beijing usually can't afford it. At most, they will make up their minds and buy half a pound or a pound during the New Year.

But seeing how much Xia Juanjuan had just stuffed into her hands and pockets when she went to Yuanchao and Heping, plus the fact that the paper bag alone weighed one kilogram, I'm afraid she bought at least two kilograms.

Although the war allowance was already in the sixties or seventies, life in the countryside was much harder than in the city. After paying the public rations, people were still hungry. This was much more serious and silent than the situation in the city where food was distributed according to quotas.

But Xia Juanjuan was still willing to spend money and bought three yuan of candy, which showed that she attached great importance to this visit.

Moreover, no matter how well Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei are taught, even if they are children from the city, who can be so arrogant and not cry and make a fuss when seeing candies?

Mr. Fu and Fu Nanzheng admired her in their hearts, but at the same time they felt sorry for Xia Juanjuan.

If I spend so much money on candy, my life will probably become even more difficult. Really... I'm not a stranger, why should I buy candy?

However, these words naturally could not be said. Most of the people in the Fu family were men, and they were not very good at the kind of politeness that women would give way to each other. Fu Qingye deliberately hid in the kitchen and did not come out. Fu Nanzheng gave way to him dryly. He couldn't let his old man open his mouth to be polite, right?

"He's not an outsider, why spend the money? Give the candy to Xiaowen and the others."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "I bought some for them. They are not strangers, and this is my first visit. How can I come empty-handed?"

Fu Nanzheng scratched his head, unable to be polite any more, and simply accepted it, saying with a smile, "Okay. Then I'll accept it."

Although Fu Qingye was in the kitchen, he was also paying attention to the situation in the living room. Seeing that Xia Juanjuan actually spent so much money to buy a pound of milk candy, he felt very uncomfortable.

When rural peasants come to visit relatives in the city, don't they usually bring some local specialties such as sweet potatoes, corn, and cabbage? They are all grown in the fields and don't cost money.

How come Xia Juanjuan even knew about the White Rabbit Toffees, a specialty of Shanghai? And she even bought a whole pound of it?

However, she soon figured it out.

Humph! Are you just trying to look good? Are you afraid of losing face in front of the city people?

Let her be proud for a while! She will be embarrassed later!

After a while, Fu Weixin also came back and they introduced themselves to each other again.

The guard went to the kitchen to check and saw that the food was almost ready, so everyone sat down to eat.

The guards, Fu Qingye, and Fu Nanzheng all helped to bring out the dishes and bowls from the kitchen.

The Fu family's rule is that everyone in the family, including the guards and Sun Chunhua, must eat at the table. As for cooking, the men are not very good at it, so Sun Chunhua is mainly responsible for it, but as for other chores and housework, everyone will share what they can.

The dishes included a plate of hand-pulled lamb with dipping sauce, a plate of braised pork, a plate of stir-fried pork with beans, and a plate of chicken soup with mushrooms. There were only these four pickled vegetables on the table. There was also a half-pickled tomato fried egg, a plate of scallion fried egg, and other vegetarian dishes included a pickled cabbage, a pan-fried tofu, a stir-fried cauliflower, a cold-mixed black fungus, and a plate of refreshing pickled cabbage.

There are quite a lot of dishes, but for seven or eight adults and a few children, more food is needed.

The staple food was large white steamed buns - after all, Mr. Fu and Fu Weixin were both veteran cadres, so the supply of fine grains was usually sufficient. However, the two of them often gave their own portions to others, and usually ate more miscellaneous grains.

But today we have guests, so we used only white flour.

There is also a pot of rice porridge.

Sun Chunhua was the last to come out of the kitchen, holding the last cold dish in her hand, a smashed cucumber.

When she walked to the table, Xia Juanjuan looked up at her, and Sun Chunhua also turned to look at her, and their eyes exchanged.

There was a flash of shock in Sun Chunhua's eyes, and then with a "crack", the cucumber and the plate fell to the ground and shattered into pieces!