1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 997 I Don't Want Them to Get Used To It
Before dawn, Chu Xue carried her things home.

Fortunately, she took the things out before she reached the intersection, and saw a person standing at the entrance of the alley from afar.

After focusing my mental energy, I realized it was my own father.

Seeing the frost on her eyebrows, she knew she had been standing there for a while. She feigned surprise and asked, "Dad, what are you doing here?"

Mr. Xiao reached out and took the sack from her hand, looking guilty. “It’s all my fault. Everything at home depends on you. Don’t worry, when I have time, I’ll go out and explore more. Once I’m familiar with Beijing, I can go if needed.”

Chu Xue naturally understood what he meant: "I didn't go to the black market. I knew someone before and went directly to his house to get it. It wasn't as dangerous as you think. But I brought the item back, so you have to pay for it."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Xiao quickly replied, "Of course, it should have been paid for by the family."

When the father and daughter arrived home, Xiao's mother had just put the steamed buns made from two kinds of dough into the pot: "You're back?"

After saying that, he stepped forward and patted Chuxue's arm: "How can you be so brave? What would we do if something bad happened to you?"

Chu Xue naturally saw the complexity on her face and quickly understood what she was thinking, but she didn't explain: "I'm just thinking about the family. I can't let others laugh at my sister and make her lose face in her husband's family."

After all, once he found out his eldest daughter was pregnant, he was just excited but didn't take any action.

The three of them did not return to the living room, but went into the kitchen.

Xiao's mother pointed to the things on the table: "I set aside some things for your sister, including two or three catties of flour, the beef jerky you brought back earlier, and some eggs that your grandfather asked to send before the New Year. I set aside fifteen for her."

After saying that, he stared at the sack that Xiao's father had put on the ground: "What's in this sack?"

Chu Xue looked at Xiao's father: "Dad, go and get a basket, that'll be just enough to fill it up."

Mr. Xiao hurried out and returned shortly with a basket. Chu Xue took out the items one by one, and not only Mrs. Xiao but also Mr. Xiao's eyes widened: "This, this, so many good things."

Seeing that Chu Xue had also prepared flour, Xiao's mother said, "You've prepared flour too, so why don't you bring the ones from home?"

Chu Xue didn't refute, since he wasn't planning to pay for these things himself, lest they get used to it: "These cost a total of twenty-two yuan and six jiao."

Xiao's mother was clearly taken aback.

Then she heard her husband say, "Go get the money for Chuxue. We can't let the child do both the work and the money."

Xiao's mother opened her mouth as if to say something, but Xiao's father's face turned cold: "This is something we parents should prepare."

Xiao's mother coughed lightly to cover up her lapse in composure: "Okay, I'll go get it right away."

She had originally thought that Chu Xue didn't hand over all her salary to the family, only receiving ten yuan a month for living expenses. She had money in her own hands, so she wouldn't ask the family for it. Unexpectedly, her husband spoke up first.

Although she was a little unhappy, she knew that what her husband said made sense.

He turned around, went inside, took out the money, and came out exactly twenty-two yuan and six jiao.

Chu Xue readily accepted the items and began packing them into the basket one by one: "Dad, do you have a bigger basket at home? Do you still have any sawdust from when you were doing carpentry? We can use it when we empty the basket of eggs later."

Mr. Xiao went to the storage room and brought over a bottle of urea: "It's here. I was just worried that I wouldn't have anywhere to find it if I needed it, so I kept some at home."

Chu Xue immediately gave it a thumbs up and said with a smile, "Brilliant."

(End of this chapter)