Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife

Among the dozen or so comrades of Lin Yifan and Huo Beiting, except for two who later sacrificed themselves and three who retired and changed careers, the remaining eight stayed in the military. The youngest is also a regimental commander. With the exception of Lin Yifan who was transferred to the Shanghai Military Region, the others stayed in the Kunlun Military Region along with Huo Beiting, and would go stone picking during their leisure time.

As it happens, the station of the division where Lin Yifan belongs is not too far from the Yulong Kashgar River. However, few people value those cobbles, since they aren't food or drink, and taking them back seems to take up space. Feng Qingxue, however, likes them.

Lin Yifan didn't pick up too many stones, nor too few, roughly around thirty or forty pieces of varying sizes.

Although the quality is uneven, they are all bright white pebbles, with the vast majority being of superior quality. Clearly, Lin Yifan put considerable effort into it. Among them, two pieces reached the mutton-fat jade level. Mutton-fat jade is the finest of Hetian Jade, one large and one small. The larger is about the size of a fist, the smaller like a pigeon egg, fine and lustrous, warm and slightly translucent, like congealed mutton fat, extraordinarily oily.

Feng Qingxue loves them very much. She set aside the two pieces of mutton-fat jade separately and temporarily stored the rest in a box after Lin Yifan bade farewell.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered the White Jade Gourd given by Blind Man Dan to the five children, said to be protective charms. Due to various external reasons, only Zhuangzhuang's Jade Gourd was worn from childhood to adulthood, never leaving his body.

It was time to take them out for the children to wear, thought Feng Qingxue.

The reason she didn't take them out immediately was because there were only five White Jade Gourds. The one belonging to Xibao couldn't be denied him. Giving them only to her own children in front of Ye Yan might hurt the child's feelings. It would be better to choose a premium piece of mutton-fat jade later to commission a pendant for him and one more for the children.

Ye Yan grew up without a mother, and his father was busy with missions for years, leaving Ye Yan somewhat sensitive. Just observing how he ordered dishes that Fubao liked showed this.

"Mom, can I eat it?" Lu Erxiong interrupted her thoughts.

Turning her head, Feng Qingxue saw that Lu Erxiong, along with Dundun and Zhuangzhuang, had already loosened the net bag ties, eagerly rummaging through the gifts Lin Yifan had sent. These were quite common gifts, malt essence, canned food, milk candies, white cake, biscuits, and fruits, with a considerable quantity, requiring several net bags.

Seeing her turn around, Lu Erxiong pointed to the largest pear, full of longing, "I feel a bit of a cough, a dry cough, cough cough, I need to eat a pear to moisten my throat and lungs."

Feng Qingxue was amused and exasperated, "If you want to eat fruit, wash it yourselves!"

Lin Yifan sent three kinds of fruits: oranges, apples, and pears. Lu Erxiong hugged the pear and ran off to wash it. After two steps, his conscience suddenly struck him, he turned back, snuggled up to his mother, and said with a grin, "Mom, what would you like to eat? I'll wash it for you!"

Feng Qingxue was eating an orange peeled by Zhuangzhuang and said leisurely, "Oh, my son is indeed so diligent."

"That's for sure!" Lu Erxiong puffed up his chest, then urged her to quickly decide.

"Didn't you see I'm eating an orange? Go wash your pear!"

Lu Erxiong instantly widened his eyes, round and round, hugging the pear in one hand and pointing at his innocent-looking little brother with the other. "The slyest one is you, Lu Zhuangzhuang! Humph!" He held his head high and went off to wash the pear.

Fubao burst into laughter, pulling Ye Yan and Dundun to choose their favorite fruit. They all decided to eat apples.

After eating two or three oranges, Feng Qingxue clapped her hands and said, "Hurry and eat, once we're done, we have things to do. We still haven't fulfilled the promise of buying educational materials for the older brothers and sisters."