Back to the 70s: My Wife is Both Fierce and Crazy

Chapter 153 Dinner Appointment
Bai Jing had no idea what they were thinking. After not seeing the person she had been longing for for so long, she finally sent out the letter she had written to him.

Unfortunately, the two were somewhat destined to be apart; by the time the letter arrived, Jiang Chen had already gone on a mission.

With the Chinese New Year just around the corner, Wang Fei has finished dealing with Bai Jing's wild boars.

I'll also bring her the New Year's goods while I'm at it.

The Bai family members were all stunned when they saw the cartload of New Year's goods brought in.

"This is too much, Xiaojing. Did you make things difficult for your Uncle Wang and the others?"

Wang Fei and Zhong Qiming came to deliver the items at night, fearing that someone might see them and become envious.

Luo Chunhua and Bai Quanfu happened to be at home, and that's when they saw this cartload of things.

"No way, sister-in-law, you've gone too far. We're actually benefiting from Xiaojing's help; otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to do this." Wang Fei quickly chimed in, afraid that his sister-in-law would scold Xiaojing.

“That’s right, that’s right, sister-in-law, you underestimate us. This is what we do. Although it’s a bit lowbrow, it’s really not difficult to get these things back.” Zhong Qiming also said with a smile.

"Alright, hurry up and move the things into the main room. You two should also come in and have a cup of hot water to warm yourselves up. You've both worked so hard."

Luo Chunhua remembered the help these two people had given her. She owed them a lot before, so she didn't care about this one or two more times.

However, all these things must cost a lot of money, and she will have to ask Xiaojing to pay the money later.

To Luo Chunhua's surprise, not only did she not give away her money, but she also saw that they gave Xiao Jing a lot of money.

It was truly a significant blow.

"You count it." Zhong Qiming and the other man gave the money to Bai Jing and smiled as they asked her to count it.

"Alright, I trust your character, uncles. What's the point of counting? But did you deduct the money from all these things?" Bai Jing put the money in her mother's hand without any intention of counting it.

Luo Chunhua, on the other hand, was stunned by the amount of money—over a thousand yuan, that's a lot of money!

The two exchanged a glance, as if they knew Bai Jing would ask that question.

"Of course, would we possibly shortchange ourselves?" the two replied in unison.

Only the two of them know the truth.

They calculated the price of wild boar meat at one yuan per jin (500g) of raw pork, meaning that the seven pigs would cost a total of over two thousand yuan. They rounded it down to the nearest yuan and deducted the rest from the New Year's goods that Bai Jing had asked them to prepare.

There were quite a few items, but it didn't cost much; it only amounted to about two hundred yuan in total.

They didn't put in too much padding.

But it's just their way of showing their appreciation.

They sold the wild boar meat for one dollar and fifty cents, and they made a lot of money from it, so they didn't care about the little money they spent.

Bai Jing understood the two of them clearly; they certainly hadn't been deducted much, but there was no need to be too particular about it.

"Alright, as long as you don't lose out." Bai Jing stopped talking about these things.

However, she remembered that her mother had mentioned inviting them to dinner before.

“Yes, you and Lao San are brothers. If you call me sister-in-law, my husband will be too proud to call you brothers. I’ve been wanting to invite you to this meal for a long time, but I haven’t had the chance. Now that everyone is here for the New Year, when are you free after the New Year? Let me be your host.”

This is not something Bai Jing needs to handle herself; her mother can take care of it.

“Since sister-in-law has said so, we naturally won’t give anything away, brother.” The two addressed Bai Quanfu as brother.

"Oh, you're too kind." Bai Quanfu was a little flustered. After all, he had been suppressed by his family for too many years, and his personality was somewhat reserved.

"Come over for dinner during the New Year, so our family can properly thank you." Bai Quanfu offered a dry invitation, not because he wasn't sincere, but because he was a little embarrassed. "Okay, then let's do it on the third day of the Lunar New Year. I'll be coming up from down there then," Wang Fei suggested.

Zhong Qiming didn't care; his home was in town, so anytime was fine. "Okay, then it'll be the third year of junior high."

“Okay, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, I’ll have my second and third sons come over, and we can all have a good family celebration.” Luo Chunhua was very happy that they agreed to this.

It was getting late, so the two didn't stay long and left after sitting for a while.

Looking at the things in the main room, Luo Chunhua sighed after tidying up, "They've taken advantage of your uncles again."

There were two bottles of liquor and two packs of cigarettes next to Bai Quanfu. These were obtained by Wang Fei and his group, not the items that Bai Jing had written on the note.

"It's alright, I'll go back into the mountains before the New Year to repay the favor. Mom, the bureau should give you a holiday in about four or five days, right?" Bai Jing asked, counting down the days.

"Yes, they said it's a holiday on the 29th, and we don't need to go to the bureau on the 30th."

Luo Chunhua nodded. "What's wrong? Are you going to the bureau?"

Bai Jing shook her head. "No, I was just thinking of giving Director Shao a gift before the holiday. They've taken good care of me while I was working." She thought of the bonuses she had received.

It's likely that Director Shao and Director Wang have said a lot of good things about themselves to their superiors.

It’s really hard for them.

"You want to go into the mountains again?" Luo Chunhua's face darkened at the thought. "The mountains are snowbound now, it's dangerous to go in. Don't do that to me." She certainly didn't want her daughter to go into the mountains at this time.

"If you dare to go into the mountains, I'll teach you a lesson." This time, she wouldn't agree to her daughter taking the risk no matter what.

“We’re not short of money at home. You can take some coupons to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some nice things and send them over. It’s the same thing.”

Bai Jing was speechless. She hadn't said anything about going into the mountains. She would be cold if she went into the mountains at this time.

"Mother, what are you thinking? I didn't say I wanted to go into the mountains. This is what I was thinking: I'll buy some cigarettes, alcohol, tea, candy, and things like that and send them over tomorrow." She still had quite a few ginseng roots left.

This thing is quite heavy to give as a gift.

"That's good." Luo Chunhua rolled her eyes at her. "It's best not to even think about it."

···
A few days ago, Bai Jing took out the pig from her spatial storage and divided it up.

All three families received some food for the New Year, and she also saved some meat for Zhang Cuicui.

The Zhang family was extremely grateful to Bai Jing for this.

However, Bai Jing refused the money they offered.

Zhang Cuicui was overjoyed by this, and she told Bai Jing that she had boasted to her family about having a true friend.

That day, Bai Jing was preparing New Year's gifts, and Zhang Cuicui was also on holiday, so the two of them decided to go shopping and have some fun together.

"Are you coming along?" Bai Jing asked her younger brother and sister-in-law.

Bai Ling shook her head, "I won't go, eldest sister. Mother asked me to steam glutinous rice, and she'll make sugar fritters when she gets back tonight."

She had promised her mother that she would take out the glutinous rice and let it dry.

Bai Jing was also busy with her work. "I'm not going either. If I don't finish my work, Mom says she'll deduct my allowance." Do you want to go?

I wanted to, but my mother was too strict; she wanted to deduct my pay.

Bai Yong, being a boy, didn't want to run around with everyone. "Big sister, don't look at me, I can't help you with the work." He still had to help his third sister, otherwise she would beat him.