"How could you have given him a bald haircut!" Feng Qingxue finally spoke up after Lu Jiang entered the room.
With his shiny bald head and tender skin, Xibao at this moment resembled a plump glutinous rice dumpling.
It wasn’t that he looked bad, in fact, this new look made Xibao even more adorable.
However, she was used to Xibao’s watermelon hairstyle, and it would take courage to face Little Baldy every day from now on.
"A bald head is so much more convenient. From now on, no need to force him to wash his hair. Just wiping with a damp cloth will do. It saves him from screaming and crying every time he has to wash his hair. You can’t control him by yourself; I’m just reducing your burden," Lu Jiang said confidently as he sat down on the kang bed and glanced at his daughter who was still asleep.
The daughter was sleeping on her stomach, butt puckered up, with her lotus-root-like arms and legs sticking out, looking just like Xibao when he was small.
Lu Jiang gently turned her over and covered her with the towel blanket she had kicked off.
Not knowing what pleasant dreams she was having, Little Fubao smiled with her mouth agape.
Feng Qingxue gave Lu Jiang a look and hugged Little Baldy into her arms, unable to resist reaching out to touch the top of his head, "Baby, don’t cry. Mommy will get you some fruit, only for baby and not for daddy, okay?"
"Two!" Xibao held up two chubby fingers, laying out his terms.
"Okay!" After all, it was fruit canned with rock sugar that she made herself, just disguised in jars to fool others. The real purpose was to allow Xibao to eat more fruit on a regular basis.
With the promise of something delicious, Xibao finally stopped crying and regained his spirits, although the area around his eyes was very red and a bit swollen.
Lu Jiang quietly cursed at Little Baldy.
But Xibao, with his sharp ears, while poking at the canned peaches, complained to Feng Qingxue, "Daddy is Big Baldy!"
"Wow, you are so young and you already know ’bald’ isn’t a nice word, huh?" Feng Qingxue smiled, "Next time, let’s give daddy a bald haircut too, then he’ll be the Big Baldy you’re talking about."
"Uh-huh!" Xibao’s voice was louder than it had ever been before.
Lu Jiang grimaced at Xibao and glanced at the pile of old military clothes on the kang, "Why did you take all these clothes out? They’ve started issuing new uniforms, so other than at home, these won’t get much wear anymore."
Feng Qingxue started packing the neatly folded clothes, "When we had to part with Dad in the Capital, he wouldn’t let us return home, so I decided to pack these clothes and send them back! I’ve prepared two pairs of shoes for Dad and each of the kids, along with two sets of autumn clothing and one set of wool clothing. Acheng and Tianjun are seventeen this year, they are all grown up and can wear your old military clothes just like Dad. My old clothes can be sent back home for Xu Daniu and Dajiu to alter for Tianzhi, Ayu, and Xiaoyun. This way, they’ll have clothes for all seasons, and it won’t stand out."
"Thank you, wife," Lu Jiang said, his thoughts always on his family.
Feng Qingxue gave him a look, "Do we need to say thank you for taking care of our own family?"
She then took out some scarce goods from her storage space, added them to the pile of clothes, shoes, and Grain Tickets they had saved up, and mailed them off. As usual, the letter specified that the food being sent home included Wang Jiao’s share.
In addition, she sent some items to Cheng Baoguo’s family and Chen Xueniang, Chen Feihong, and others, and wrote letters to them.
To ensure that it was clear they actually had items to send, she specifically asked Lu Jiang to go to the military district service center and buy some high-priced goods. Once their supplies were used up and quite a bit of money was spent, she managed to mail everything out without raising anyone’s suspicions, safely and soundly.
...Many barber shops around refused to cut Xibao’s hair in reality, as it really took three people to hold him down, o(╥﹏╥)o. Eleven Chapters now, I’m asking for votes