Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife-Chapter 1738: My Family Has a Son 3

Feng Qingxue was pondering whether to grab a meal at the Jiang Family or solve it at the canteen when she saw Xibao coming.

"Mom, sister-in-law asked me to call you to come home for dinner."

Xibao was already half a head taller than his mother. Feng Qingxue had to look up to talk to him. The reason being, the original body’s nutrition was poor in childhood. At eighteen, she was only 1.56 meters, short and thin. It was Feng Qingxue who, after crossing over, made efforts to supplement nutrition, and before her height was set, grew six or seven centimeters. Now she’s only 1.62 meters, luckily, when making clothes, they were made a size larger.

Xibao looked down at the envious expression on his mother’s face and her gesture comparing heights. After a moment of thought, he understood and couldn’t help but laugh, "Mom, if you eat more at lunch, you’ll grow taller."

Feng Qingxue slapped his arm, "Do you think I’m a child? Growing any taller at my age would be a joke!"

Xibao wrapped his arm around her shoulders, "Even if you don’t grow taller, you still need to eat. Mom, let’s go. Your eldest son is personally cooking today, he made several dishes, you should come and taste them."

Feng Qingxue happily said, "If my son is cooking, I can eat half a bowl more."

"Just half a bowl? Shouldn’t it be two more bowls?"

"Do you want to stuff me to death? You naughty kid." Feng Qingxue reproached verbally while her face couldn’t hide her relief, "Other families scrimp and save, eating every meal by measure. If I eat two more bowls, I’d be the one suffering, and others would feel it’s unfair."

Xibao whispered, "When will the planned economy be abolished?"

Feng Qingxue was taken aback, quickly looked around to check that nobody was passing by, then gently pinched his arm, "Why are you saying these things? If someone hears, it will definitely cause big trouble. Why would you think like this?"

Xibao sighed, "These past couple of years, I’ve observed carefully, continuing like this does more harm than good. Without abolishing the planned economy, we can’t promote economic development or boost morale in all sectors. Continuing collective production will only make most farmers slack off. Even our brigade manages strictly, yet it’s unavoidable. The yield from private plots has always been higher than from the collective."

"Don’t say such things in front of outsiders, never spill a word." But as her son mentioned this, Feng Qingxue also remembered the situation at their hometown and asked, "How’s the brigade’s harvest this year? With the fertilizer applied?"

Xibao’s spirits lifted, "Mom, fertilizer really is good stuff. Wherever it’s applied, the crop yield almost doubled. While others haven’t reacted yet, my great uncle organized people in his busy schedule to buy fertilizer, with the permit helped by my godfather. Godfather is now the second-in-command in our Huaibei City. If fertilizer can be widely promoted, the increase in grain production could definitely alleviate the current situation."

Feng Qingxue was also very happy, "That’s good, that’s good, grain is the main thing."

Although some say that grain with fertilizer applied might have future repercussions, and it’s evident that the national physique is declining, in the face of hunger, who cares about these? Eating full meals with an open belly is everyone’s dream at the moment.

"With grandpa’s permission, I wrote a letter to the old leader grandpa specifically mentioning this matter. Grandpa replied, saying that he plans to bring this up in a meeting, and there’s future preparation to build more fertilizer factories." Xibao beamed with excitement, "The benefits are huge. With the establishment of fertilizer factories, many job opportunities can appear, and the made fertilizer can further increase grain production. The subsequent advantages are endless."

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