Chapter 785: It's Your Own fault 2

Cui Shaoyuan glanced at the kang and continued, "It seems that you are living a good life."

Feng Qingxue noticed his look and immediately said, "Yes, without the wise leadership of the old leader, how could we have such a good life today? Our family has always been well-fed and well-clothed, and we can even laugh in our dreams. The things our workers make are good and of excellent quality. The quilts I made at my wedding and the leather shoes I bought as gifts are now four or five years old. Except for the quilt and sheets that are a little worn out, everything else is fine."

Zheng Xuefeng was so smart that he followed up with, "The towel blanket on the kang was given to them by me when they got married. Look, it's almost not worn out. It shows that our country's workers are very attentive and did not cut corners."

"Did Political Commissar Zheng send the towel blanket?" Cui Shaoyuan turned to look at Zheng Xuefeng, "I thought you should at least send a wool blanket."

"Wool blankets?" Zheng Xuefeng laughed. "The Tibetan people do have these, and they are not expensive. They also have sheepskin robes, but we were not here when they got married, weren't we?"

Cui Shaoyuan was surprised and asked, "Is it easy to buy wool and sheepskin products here?"

Zheng Xuefeng nodded. "Don't even mention buying it. We have it in our army. We raise sheep ourselves. We hold bonfire parties during festivals and slaughter sheep and cattle. Aren't wool, sheepskin and cowhide readily available? Many soldiers have developed diseases due to long-term exposure to ice and snow, and they rely on sheepskin to keep warm. Of course, these things belong to the collective, not to individuals."

While Cui Shaoyuan and Zheng Xuefeng were talking, Ding Aihong said to Feng Qingxue embarrassedly, "We came here in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare a change of clothes. Can I borrow two pieces of clothes from you? I'll return them to you before we leave."

"Of course! You choose." In my hometown, borrowing clothes is a common thing.

Feng Qingxue is very smart and will not refuse Ding Aihong's temptation.

Taking the enamel basin off the box, Feng Qingxue opened one box and asked Ding Aihong to choose her own clothes. "The climate here is different from the capital. Although it's just the beginning of spring, everyone is used to wearing jackets in the morning and gauze in the afternoon. Pick two thin clothes first. I'll open the other box later. It contains thicker clothes."

Ding Aihong didn't come to borrow clothes, but took the opportunity to observe the situation in the box while choosing clothes. She looked through it with her hands. There were no valuables in it, not a single new piece of clothing. The most expensive things were probably cashmere sweaters and tweed jackets. Lu Jiang's cashmere clothes had patches on the knees and elbows, but Feng Qingxue and the child had no patches, so it was obvious that they were not new.

"Wow, there are cashmere sweaters in there?" Ding Aihong pretended to be surprised.

Feng Qingxue smiled and said, "Apart from the children's clothes, the box contains all the belongings I bought when I got married. I still wear the military coat and leather boots that Sister Xiuying from Commander Zhao's family gave me!"

In the past few years, apart from the military uniforms issued by the army according to the season, Feng Qingxue has never made new clothes for herself.

Their family was just a little extravagant in terms of food, but their clothing and housing were no different from everyone else. The imported watches they had bought were put into her space after they arrived at the army, because she had read in some information that wearing foreign watches during special periods was considered capitalism or something, and it had only disadvantages and no advantages.

Ding Aihong borrowed an old military cotton-padded jacket and she already had an idea in her mind. The Lu family's life was much better than that of ordinary people, but with this salary level, it could not be considered extravagant. As for corruption and bribery, she would have to continue to investigate openly and secretly.

(End of this chapter)