Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 80 - 79: Letter from the Gong Family

Cai Meina brought out a freshly made vegetable dumpling soup, which wasn’t just vegetables; of course, it had to include smoked meat.

The smell was incredibly fragrant, making Renee feel deeply that her own mother just didn’t love her enough.

Even though yesterday was equally exhausting, she only ended up eating some gruel, and although there were eggs, that’s not meat.

Seeing Renee’s craving expression, Cai Meina also served her a bowl, "Eat up, eat well, and then rest."

"Remember to drink ginger tea." Cai Meina knew her daughter shouldn’t catch a cold while working, but still wanted her to be careful.

Renee was happy at first upon hearing there was food for her, but later became unwilling when she realized she had to drink ginger tea.

"Not drinking?" Cai Meina asked softly, very gently, without any sense of threat at all.

However, Renee suddenly became vigilant. After all, her mother’s combat skills weren’t great, but she had a strong backing, like her father’s support.

"I’ll drink, I’ll drink. Mom, don’t worry, I will. But you can’t forget Brother Guangran." Renee’s peripheral vision caught the mocking smile of Zhao Guangran.

Since that’s the case, then everyone should share good things together. Today, she nearly got trapped by this fool, so how could she let him off without some hardship?

No way, he still had to drink ginger tea today. Zhao Guangran’s little face immediately fell, but no matter how unwilling he was, he could only drink.

Primarily because Zhan Jing felt strongly that he should drink, "And make sure Gangzi and the others drink some too. It’s good for the body."

Upon hearing he had to drink ginger tea, Zhao Gang’s first reaction was he didn’t want to. Although he wasn’t picky, drinking bitter and spicy ginger tea was simply unbearable.

In the past, whenever they went out, Zhao Gang would always avoid this benefit, but this time he really couldn’t.

The reason was his own son was watching him, coupled with his wife’s insistence on setting a good example for their son. Zhao Gang unwillingly had to agree to drink.

Gong Tao was much more straightforward, smiling and indicating he would definitely stand with his daughter.

"By the way, Taozi, you’ve got mail." Zhao Gang remembered when he passed by the village office earlier, the secretary called him in and he brought back several letters.

He hadn’t checked the contents, but Zhao Gang knew the letters wouldn’t bear good news.

Mail? Both Zhao Gang and Cai Meina felt very strange. They’ve been in the Northeast for quite some time now, and neither the Gong Family nor the Cai Family had sent any news.

Even when they sent a letter back to report their safety per custom, they received no response, so why were they getting mail now?

Cai Meina’s first instinct was that there wasn’t any good intention—a letter with spent postage from families who cherished money so dearly, it was surely asking for money or things.

No way, they wouldn’t be planning to dig up the turf now, right? Renee speculated it was near Spring Festival, and the mushrooms and black fungus in the Northeast were quite famous; could they be coming for these?

Even though they had these things at home, why would she want to give them?

Renee would rather let those things rot than give them away; those folks were just too disgusting, weren’t they?

Gong Tao was surprised seeing his friend when he noticed they had mail from his family, which Zhao Gang hadn’t mentioned, yet these letters were directly handed to his wife.

"After you got them, you might sneakily send stuff to your family." Zhao Gang straightforwardly explained why he wouldn’t hand over the items.

My goodness, is this still his friend? How could he slander him so? Gong Tao wanted to jump up and refute, but Zhao Gang’s face said he wasn’t wrong, leaving him helplessly silent.

If the family’s demands weren’t excessive, Gong Tao might really comply with them, knowing his family doesn’t care for affection, but he truly couldn’t completely let go.

After looking at the letter in her hand, Cai Meina considered for a while and decided to open the one from her in-laws.

Anyway, she could anticipate a bit of the in-laws’ requests, and might need to trouble the Zhao Family, but even with psychological preparation, she was dumbfounded upon opening the letter.

Cai Meina was furious, on the verge of bursting into rage, her face turning very unpleasant.

Renee noticed something was wrong with Cai Meina, leaned over to take a look, and was shocked.

Gong Family members were shameless in all sorts of ways, but to be even more shameless, they wanted to send ginseng back, and expressed it in a casual manner.

No matter how dissatisfied Renee was, she had to conceal her feelings. She had to act like she was a clueless child that couldn’t read.

Seeing his wife’s unusual reaction, Gong Tao took the letter and looked at it, becoming furious, "Sending ginseng back? Do they think Northeast Ginseng is so easily obtainable?"

"Asking for well-aged ginseng, preferably Centennial Ginseng?"

"Do they think I’m omnipotent?" Gong Tao was so angry at those shameless words that he nearly wanted to tear the letter apart.

What, asking for Centennial Ginseng? Zhao Gang, who didn’t understand much about medicine, even knew how hard it was to find Centennial Ginseng.

Not to mention, his wife had been in the Northeast for so many years; although she found some wild ginseng, the biggest was only a few decades old, close to a hundred years. Yet, they still kept it for emergency use.

As for the price of this ginseng, it’s worth discussing further. Even on the black market, it would fetch a hefty amount. At the supply and marketing cooperative, it could also be sold for a decent price.

And now the Gong Family wants several pieces, "How can they be so brazen?" Zhao Gang shook his head continuously.

"Seriously, they never write, but the moment they do, they ask for this and that." Zhao Gang could see the letter wasn’t just asking for ginseng; it was asking for rice, meat, and also money.

Zhao Gang really wanted to know how the Gong Family could be so shameless, truly an extraordinary family, though Zhao Gang believed his friend’s indulgence was part of the reason.

If initially he hadn’t allowed the Gong Family to endlessly push beyond limits, would they have become like this?

But now it was better; let Gong Tao properly awaken to see how shameless his family really was.

The second letter Cai Meina opened was from the Cai Family. Upon seeing its contents, she laughed.

Ah, her own mother laughed? Could it be the Cai Family had a personality change? It couldn’t be they were showing concern for the daughter?

Renee leaned over again for a peek and laughed, it was just too amusing, but equally as greedy.

Gong Tao took the letter from Cai Meina’s hand and also found himself speechless, "What do they take us for?"

Did they really think the family came to the Northeast to live happily ever after? The time they asked them to look after Ni Zi was recalled vividly by Gong Tao.

"We don’t have anything. We’re borrowing grain from the village to get by." Both were so shameless, obviously the things couldn’t be given away, or else it would lead to more problems.

However, the contents of the Cai Family’s letter made Gong Tao ponder deeply.

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