Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife-Chapter 1486: Be Good Friends 3

"Yes, a return gift. You need to get approval for that; we need to prepare a return gift." Feng Qingxue recalled.

Porcelain gifts, Fen Liquor Moutai, crafts and more, these are all grand gifts for formal occasions and not something one can buy on their own.

"Leave it to me. Dealing with foreign friends is something the nation will make smooth." The Lu Family has no overseas ties, merely a few foreign friends made after the founding of the new China and the establishment of diplomatic relations with France. The government treats foreign guests with high regard.

Actually, this is sometimes conflicting.

Many people with overseas relations have suffered, yet the country also favors foreigners and overseas Chinese, including those from Hong Kong and Macau, with many policies. Issuing remittance coupons to attract foreign exchange further adds to the contradiction, doesn’t it?

Can’t think too much. Once you start, you think too much.

Lu Jiang quickly dealt with the task his wife had assigned, obtaining the approval to shop at the Friendship Store.

The related departments didn’t claim the gifts Christine sent to the Lu Family for state ownership. They just reminded Lu Jiang that it could be received but not used, as they are capitalist luxuries, and socialists shouldn’t be corrupted by capitalism.

Lu Jiang smiled and said, "Rest assured, we understand the consequences."

Aside from food and books, their family had no intention of using the other items anyway. Perfume, jewelry, and scarves, aren’t they all targets of criticism?

Lu Jiang returned home with the approval, and Christine was having tea with his family. She and all the kids were having such a fun time, sweaty and euphoric as though they had just returned from outdoor.

With the kang heated and a brazier lit in the main bedroom, it was very warm inside. Thus, Christine confidently unbuttoned her cotton coat, revealing a cashmere dress stitched together in black and white beneath it. She wore a necklace adorned with a diamond pendant in a teardrop shape, sparkling brilliantly.

Christine herself was good at conversation, and her demeanor was relaxed and elegant, shining like a diamond.

Fubao was enviously whispering into Feng Qingxue’s ear, "Mom, Sister Christine looks so beautiful. She gave me two lovely dresses. Can I wear them?"

Dresses, for the first time she owned her own.

One red, and one pink, they looked better than any photograph of anyone wearing a blazer or cheongsam.

Feng Qingxue hugged her and earnestly said, "No, Fubao. The country currently does not allow wearing dresses, not for adults or children. You see, no one is wearing them outside, right? So, you cannot wear them either. People will make trouble for our family if they see it."

Seeing her daughter’s disappointed expression, Feng Qingxue whispered in her ear, "But you can wear it in the evening for mom and dad to see."

Fubao’s nearly rolling tears were retracted in an instant, and she was overjoyed, pointing to the arriving Lu Jiang, "Dad is back, let’s go eat dinner. The roast duck Grandpa Luo treated us to is delicious. We’ll invite Sister Christine too!"

After dinner, if we return home early, it will quickly be night, and she would be able to wear her beautiful dresses.

"Yes! An absolutely delicious roast duck!" Christine, tired from playing, was now hungry. "Roast duck, I’m coming!"

The family moved to Quanjude, where their reservation for a complete duck feast was soon served.

Watching the chef swiftly slice 108 pieces of duck meat from a single duck, with swift knife movements nearly transforming into a blur of light and shadow, Christine was immensely impressed, "Wow, Chinese Kung Fu!"

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