Master, That's My Wife and My House! - Chapter 3

Chen Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, and immediately put on his usual gentle smile again, saying, “Master, what are you thinking?! What I mean is, it won’t be long before we’re assigned rooms, so my wife and I need to keep up the act, right? We need to let others know we’re married, right?”

“Otherwise, when it comes time to allocate housing, people will jump out and find fault. Even if we produce a marriage certificate to prove we’re married, everyone isn’t blind. We work at the same factory, don’t live together, and don’t talk to each other. Even a fool would know we’re in a fake marriage to get housing!”

Zhou Zhenglong fell silent because he felt that Chen Feng’s words made some sense. In Zhou Zhenglong’s mind now, nothing was more important than the factory’s housing allocation.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhenglong stared at Chen Feng and looked him up and down, then realized that his apprentice was still as stupid as ever.

“Xiaofeng, if I leave my master’s wife with you… you won’t have any thoughts about it, will you?” Zhou Zhenglong asked.

Chen Feng immediately said, “Master, what are you saying? Do you think I’m that kind of person? We’ve gone through so much trouble just for that house, haven’t we? Besides, even if you don’t trust your wife’s character, don’t you trust me?”

“???” Lin Youwei looked puzzled. What’s wrong with my character?

To everyone’s surprise, Zhou Zhenglong nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, “That’s true. Xiaofeng, you’re a vocational school graduate, so you’ll start as a technician in our factory.”

After saying that, Zhou Zhenglong patted Lin Youwei’s shoulder with a smile and said, “How could I possibly jeopardize my future for a secondhand, cheap woman?”

Zhou Zhenglong felt much more at ease. Chen Feng was a technician with a bright future ahead of him. Why would he play tricks on him for Lin Youwei? He would just have to go to the factory and make a scene. He was sure Chen Feng would be in deep trouble. Although his apprentice was honest, he was definitely not stupid.

“That’s right!” Chen Feng said with a smile.

Lin Youwei stood to the side, her face pale. It turned out that in the hearts of these two men, she was nothing more than a second-hand, cheap woman. Thinking of this, Lin Youwei felt like crying.

Zhou Zhenglong felt relieved and said to Chen Feng, “Alright, anyway, it won’t be long before the rooms are allocated. Xiao Feng, don’t let anyone notice anything amiss. Let’s focus on the big picture.”

“That’s exactly what I mean.” Chen Feng nodded repeatedly.

Although Zhou Zhenglong still felt a little uneasy, he no longer suspected Chen Feng. He said a few words to the two of them and then went home.

After Zhou Zhenglong left, Chen Feng glanced at Lin Youwei and said with a smile, “Master’s wife, let’s go! We’re newlyweds today, how about tonight…?”

Lin Youwei’s heart skipped a beat, and she asked softly, “What…what do you want?”

Chen Feng laughed and said, “What are you saying, Master’s wife? We’re newly married, what do you want to do? Of course we should… celebrate and have a good meal!”

Lin Youwei was startled and looked at Chen Feng, only to find that Chen Feng was staring intently at her. For a moment, she was at a loss for what to do.

Chen Feng laughed and said, “Let’s go! Let’s buy some things first, and then go home.”

With Lin Youwei by his side, the two headed straight for the grocery store. Chen Feng had prepared everything before leaving home that day, bringing meat ration coupons and a grocery ration book.

In the 1970s, when buying meat and vegetables, people either went to state-run vegetable markets or grocery stores.

When they arrived at the store, the two were dumbfounded. In those days, it wasn’t that having money and coupons guaranteed you could buy meat. The daily supply of meat was also limited, and if you arrived late, you couldn’t buy any even if you wanted to.

Chen Feng had just been reborn, and some things were no longer clear in his memory. At this time, the grocery store was empty, with no good meat left. Of course, if you wanted to buy oil, salt, soy sauce, or vinegar, the supply was plentiful.

“Brother, didn’t you order any good meat?” Chen Feng asked the sales clerk at the grocery store.

The sales clerk, holding a handful of sunflower seeds, glanced at Chen Feng and then shook her head, saying, “That’s all. It’s already so late. We’re lucky to have this much. If you don’t want any, come back tomorrow.”

Chen Feng wasn’t angry about the sales clerk’s attitude, because that’s how it is these days. You know, in the 1970s, sales clerks and car drivers were truly high-class people. Not only were their jobs easy and they got extra money, but most importantly, everyone had to be subservient to them, which is why these people all had such bad tempers.

You absolutely must not argue with him. If you do, the things you buy in the future will definitely be different from what others buy, and you’ll also get the cold shoulder from him.

Chen Feng thought for a moment, then took out a pack of Huaihe brand cigarettes from his pocket. These cigarettes cost two cents a pack, which was considered a decent daily staple.

At this moment, Chen Feng handed a cigarette to the sales clerk and whispered, “Brother, could you please help me out? To be honest, I’m getting married today.”

After saying that, Chen Feng took out his marriage certificate from his pocket, showed it to the sales clerk, then put it away and quickly lit a cigarette for her before continuing, “My wife comes from a production team down below. She doesn’t usually get to eat meat. She wants to have some meat for our wedding today. Can you help her out?”

Seeing that Chen Feng had indeed gotten his marriage certificate today, the sales clerk hesitated slightly, so Chen Feng quickly stuffed the whole pack of cigarettes into her hand.

“Alright, alright, it wouldn’t be right for me not to help you on your wedding day.” The sales clerk smiled, put the cigarette in his pocket, and then pulled out some meat from behind the counter.

A piece of pork belly, about half a pound, plus two pig’s trotters and a string of large intestines.

Upon seeing these items, Chen Feng immediately beamed with joy. Half a pound of pork belly was a good thing. Although pig’s trotters and large intestines were offal and scraps, they were still delicious if cleaned properly. Moreover, unlike pork belly, these items were not priced purely as meat and were much cheaper.

Finally, we weighed it, and it came to three jin and four liang in total. The two pig trotters weighed two jin, and all of this only cost less than one yuan.

Half a pound of pork belly, at the current price of 68 cents a pound, would only cost 34 cents. Pig’s trotters were 22 cents each, and no meat coupons were required. Together, they cost 44 cents. The remaining large intestines were also free, costing only 20 cents. In total, they cost 98 cents.

In addition, Chen Feng bought some vegetables, which cost 15 cents. The two of them carried large and small bags of things, and in the end, they only spent 1.23 yuan.

However, although pig’s trotters and large intestines are cheap and don’t require meat coupons, they are normally consumed by people within the family, and there’s no way for people like you to get them. It can only be said that the marriage certificate and cigarettes are useful today.