Meng Si Ning felt a warm feeling in his heart when he heard his mother's praise. He chatted with his mother about family matters and told her about his younger brother Lin's recent situation before hanging up the phone.

Immediately afterwards, Meng Si Ning took a deep breath and dialed Lu Cheng's number.

When the phone was connected and she heard Lu Cheng's voice, Meng Si Ning blushed slightly. She paused and asked softly, "Lu Cheng, did you receive the sweater I mailed to you? Does it fit you?" There was a hint of subtle nervousness in her voice.

Lu Cheng's tone was very gentle: "I got it. It fits me well. The stitching is very detailed."

Meng Si Ning pursed her lips and smiled secretly. That was not knitted by her.

Then he asked, "What about the color? What do you think?"

Lu Cheng coughed softly and said, "I like the color too. My comrades are so envious. They all say that light blue is hard to come by."

A faint smile appeared on Meng Si Ning's lips, and he said, "I'm glad you like it. By the way, I received the things you sent me."

A hint of concern flashed in Lu Cheng's voice: "I don't know what you like, so I sent two boxes of cakes from Laojing City, two cans of food, a can of meat, some sausages, and a bottle of ointment from Haicheng."

When Meng Si Ning heard this, he felt something was wrong and quickly searched in the package. After searching for a long time, he couldn't find any trace of the ointment. He said, "I didn't see the ointment. There was a hole in the package when I got home. I'll look for it along the way I walked."

Lu Cheng was silent for a moment, then said, "It doesn't matter if I can't find it. It's not something particularly valuable."

Meng Si Ning replied softly, "Yeah, but I still want to look for it. It was a gift from you, so you must have put a lot of thought into it."

Lu Cheng pursed his lips and curved them slightly: "I'll buy you a box someday. Also, can you send me a photo next time? I sent the photo you sent back home."

"Well, okay, you gave me so many things, but you never thought of giving me a photo."

"Don't you have one?"

Meng Si Ning had taken many secret photos of him before, and even he didn't know how many photos of himself she had.

Meng Si Ning tilted her head sweetly and said sweetly, "I want a photo of your ID, okay?"

How could a pure boy like Lu Cheng resist such a devastating sound? He immediately agreed: "Okay, when I'm free in a few days, I'll take a nice picture for you."

"Okay, don't forget it.

My mother and Uncle Lin are over there, please take care of them."

"Well, don't worry, they are all fine."

The two chatted for a while. Although there was not much passionate expression in their words, every sentence was full of care for each other. It was not until dark that Meng Si Ning gently hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Meng Si Ning hurried out and searched carefully along the way from the post office back home.

She stared at the ground, not missing any corner, walked slowly, and muttered softly: "Ointment, Ointment, where are you?" But after searching for a while, there was nothing on the road except a few stones occasionally.

Meng Si Ning sighed helplessly, his heart filled with regret: "This is the ointment that Lu Cheng gave me. It's a pity to just throw it away like this."

Jiang Tang hummed a little tune and skipped back home.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Liu Xiulan scolding him, "You kid, you never come home all day long. What are you doing running to the Meng family all day?"

Jiang Tang stuck out her tongue playfully and retorted, "Si Ning has a fan and coffee at home. It's so cool and delicious."

Liu Xiulan heard this and shook her head helplessly: "Didn't you buy a fan before? Your dad and I don't use it, so you can put it upstairs. Don't eat other people's food every day in the future. Everyone has a ration these days, so how can there be surplus food?"

Jiang Tang heard this and realized that people at this time were like this, rarely visiting other people's homes for dinner. Everyone was nervous.

But she and Si Ning were not like that. However, it was hard to refute, so she kept saying, "I know, Mom, I will pay attention next time." After that, Jiang Tang smiled and moved closer to Liu Xiulan, saying coquettishly, "Mom, I did something big today. I went to the provincial government to see Li Zhengmin, and we even negotiated a cooperation on agricultural products."

Liu Xiulan frowned when she heard this: "Why are you going to look for someone? Even though you saved their son, you can't use a favor to ask someone to do something for you."

"Oh, I'm not doing any favors. I'm just following the procedures. I'm using my identity as a commune liaison officer."

"Stop quibbling."

Jiang Tang negotiated an order from the provincial government today and felt like he had accomplished something big. All his previous energy and spirit had disappeared.

I'm so tired.

After talking to her mother for a few words, she went upstairs to take a shower and fell asleep in bed in seconds.

Liu Xiulan came up and called him twice but he didn't wake up, which made her feel distressed.

I went downstairs to bring her the fan, put the quilt over her stomach, and quietly went out.

Jiang Mo, who stayed to eat, argued with Ms. Liu Xiulan about the issue of favoritism.

Liu Xiulan was not afraid this time: "Don't think I don't know, your father secretly gave you all his private money."

Jiang Guangtao, who was eating, shuddered and felt sweat all over his head: "Wife, I don't have any private money. I gave you all my salary card."

"Don't think I don't know because you hid it well. It's in the compartment behind our photo album frame..."

"Wife, that...that's what Old Xia gave me back. You were busy at that time, so I didn't have time to give it to you."

"How many months can I be busy? You can't see me every night, or you can't see me every morning?

I don't want to tear you to pieces. When I found that my money was gone that day, the second brother bought me a new set of clothes.

With her salary, can she buy two sets of clothes a month?"

When the tigress at home shows her power, it’s no joke.

Jiang Guangtao was heartbroken when he saw his daughter curled up like a turtle.

Jiang Mo gave him a look that said "May the best for you". What's the point of being partial? Her mother was the best.

What does it matter if there is a fan or not? As a medical student, she least needs a fan.

Jiang Tang didn't realize that she fell asleep and her sister indirectly sold her father out.

He got up in the morning and pulled her aside to complain, "Third child, Dad is so old, and he's a well-known person in the outside world. Your mom said she would deduct two months' allowance from me. I can't even afford cigarettes. Please help me persuade your mom."

"What's going on? Dad, did you make Mom angry?"

Jiang Mo said with a smile: "Mom found out that Dad hid some private money."

Jiang Guangtao glared at Jiang Mo: "It's all because of you."

When Liu Xiulan wasn't looking, Jiang Mo quickly stuffed five yuan into her father's pocket: "Dad, yesterday was just a delaying tactic. Look how fierce my mom was. Well, your daughter won't ignore you."

Jiang Guangtao lowered his head and touched his pocket, then gave a reserved "hmm" but inwardly he was delighted: "That's pretty good."

Seeing his father being miserably abused by his wife, Jiang Tang went upstairs and took down two boxes of cigarettes and five yuan: "Dad, this is a gift from your daughter to you. Please don't let my mother see it."