Married to a Disabled Man in the 70’s

Ji Ya’s joy at her son return was reflected in the food.

Her cooking skills were good, but even better were the dishes.

They lived inland, and seafood was hard to see.

But half of the dishes were seafood, and the other half were meats usually only available during the Chinese New Year.

“This roast duck is the signature dish of a chef in Jinyang City. There’s only a hundred every day.” Ji Ya gave them a few good cuts.

Su Jiaojiao was always willing to eat, and after taking a bite of roast duck, she smiled happily, “It’s delicious!”

Ji Ya felt happy, “This crab was the largest I could find. Try it with this dipping sauce. If you like it, we’ll make it at night too, since there are still a few left.”

“Yeah, I like it!” Su Jiaojiao was about to reach out to grab the crab.

However, Song Qinghan took the fist-sized crab and peeled it seriously.

Su Jiaojiao smiled and gave other dishes to Song Qinghan to eat, “This is abalone. I’ve heard it’s delicious.”

She stretched her chopsticks over, and Song Qinghan took the initiative to open his mouth.

Suddenly, Ji Ya, who was sitting across from them, felt that she had done too much. She touched the goosebumps on her arm and looked at her husband helplessly. She decided to let them eat by themselves.

To make Song Qinghan more comfortable with his new parents’ treatment, Su Jiaojiao decisively chose to take him shopping.

Song Qinghan and doesn’t care about anything in the family. He had given her all the money in the house and didn’t ask for anything.

Everything Su Jiaojiao bought him were cherished, however. He likes books very much, but she never remembered, and he never asked for them. [1] He kept reading his two books until Song Huaijin found out and sent him some.

When Su Jiaojiao found out, she felt ashamed. He even comforted her.

Su Jiaojiao didn’t even know what he liked or didn’t like to eat, as he ate a little of everything. This was a habit of his as he wanted to save food for others.

Of course, he was mainly saving food for Su Jiaojiao. Before, he only finished what she had left over.

This only changed when Su Jiaojiao found out and forced him to eat.

It was obvious that Song Qinghan hadn’t spent much money on himself.

After lunch, the two went out.

Ji Ya and Song Huaijin were going to go out with them, but Ji Ya decided against it after seeing them interact.

They didn’t want to be a third wheel again.

Ji Ya and Song Huaijin put three hundred yuan and a stack of various vouchers in the desk drawers.

Su Jiaojiao felt quite sceptical. The Song family should’ve spent a lot of money on Song Yu’an, who had heart disease. Since medical technology hadn’t advanced to this stage yet, they could only strengthen his body using a lot of money.

Even if they had good jobs, they wouldn’t had that much money left, right?

But since they gave them this money, Su Jiaojiao wanted to meet their expectations. They would be happier if Song Qinghan used their things.

So she took Song Qinghan out with the money and vouchers in hand. There were smiles in their faces.

In this era, Su Jiaojiao has never been short of money, so she never saved any.

Song Qinghan used to hand over the money directly to her. Naturally, he didn’t know how she spent it. This experience gave him a shock.

The two went to the largest shopping mall in the city.

Although the shopping malls were a lot worse than in 2020, they were still prosperous by the standards of the 70s.

From the beginning, Su Jiaojiao’s impression of the 1970s was of poverty. However, everyone there were dressed fashionably. In comparison, their nice clothing looked plain and shabby.

Ji Ya and Song Huaijin had bought them more fashionable clothes, but Su Jiaojiao and SOng Qinghan were disinclined to those fancy dresses and suits.

They aren’t the kind of people who care about this. For Su Jiaojiao, she preferred to use this money for a good meal.

She thought that dress would be enough for her now, but she still felt embarrassed when she came to this mall.

Song Qinghan noticed her unnaturalness, immediately patted her hand, and said softly, “Don’t worry that much.”

“Yeah.” Su Jiaojiao nodded, smiled and calmed down.

The two entered the mall.

This shopping mall was state-owned, so customer service wasn’t that good, but it was unexpectedly better than in the county.

There are a lot of things in the mall, but Su Jiaojiao went to the cosmetics area first.

She didn’t have a chance to buy this before, but now she had the opportunity and the money, she mustn’t miss it.

“I want this, this…” Su Jiaojiao pointed at a few lipsticks, “Can I try the colours?”

“Here’s a trial.” The woman in charge of this counter handed her the trial lipstick.

Su Jiaojiao took a look. Although it wasn’t anything special, the colours were pretty good.

“I want three.” Su Jiaojiao finished and gave the cashier the three she wanted.

Song Qinghan paid for it, and was surprised by the price. A tube of lipstick cost ten yuan!

It cost thirty dollars total! Prices these days are so expensive!

Song Qinghan was stunned, but he still paid unhesitatingly.

Then, Su Jiaojiao bought simple makeup tools such as eyebrow pencils.

When she finished buying her things, she thought about buying hair gel for Song Qinghan. However, he declined.

He touched his short hair, which had been cut once more by someone else after Su Jiaojiao mangled it. There was no use for gel.

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[1] I genuinely forgot he liked to read. I think it was mentioned previously.