"Dad, you are selfless and you are getting rid of harm for the people. The people will only be grateful to you. I believe that my eldest sister also figured it out before she died and will not blame you." Ruan Qiqi comforted.
Lu Desheng smiled bitterly a few times, his voice becoming even hoarseer: "It's OK as long as she doesn't hate me."
"I hate you, why don't you care?"
When Lu Ye heard this, he got angry again and retorted.
If you care so much about whether Lu Chuncao hates you or not, why don’t you care about his hatred?
Lu Desheng choked for a long time, unable to utter a word, and lowered his head guiltily. However, after being criticized by Lu Ye, he was not so sad about Lu Chuncao's death.
My daughter is so cruel that she wanted to poison Xiaoye. It’s better for her to die so that she won’t harm others.
The two men only stayed for more than an hour before they were ready to leave, taking away a lot of wild onions. Lu Desheng was working on the mountain, where wild onions grew wildly, and you could easily pull a bundle of them.
"Qiqi!"
Lin Manyun was standing at the door. When she saw them come out, she smiled and greeted them in a flattering manner.
Lu Ye snorted coldly and ignored her.
Ruan Qiqi didn't want to answer, but was stopped by Lin Manyun, who begged her: "Qiqi, do you know the address of the Jiefang Aid Korea? I miss them in my dreams, and I don't know how they are doing now. I want to send them some food. After all, they are my flesh and blood. I... I feel sorry for them!"
Lin Manyun spoke sincerely and even shed a few tears.
Ruan Qiqi didn't believe a word of it, but she pretended to believe it and asked, "What does Aunt Lin want to send? I can help."
"No...I won't bother you. I'll send it myself. Just tell me the address."
Lin Manyun's eyes flashed. She had other ideas and definitely couldn't let Ruan Qiqi help send it.
Besides, she didn't have much money left, so how could she have spare money to buy food? She was already living a miserable life. Lu Desheng had such a high salary, he would definitely not treat his two sons badly, so there was no need for her to subsidize them.
Ruan Qiqi smiled and said caringly, "I think Aunt Lin must have sent a lot of things. I heard that Jiefang likes to eat beef jerky and malted milk. In addition to these, Yuan Chao also likes to eat egg cakes and luncheon meat. Aunt Lin should send these, right?"
"Yes...that's it."
Lin Manyun's eyes flickered even more and she cursed in her heart, these things were so expensive, how could she afford them now.
"How pitiful are the parents in the world. They are so lucky to have your care and love during the liberation and aid to Korea. Unlike my Lu Ye, ah... it brings back bitter tears just talking about it."
Ruan Qiqi sighed a few times, whetting Lin Manyun's appetite, and then told her the address of brother Lu Jiefang.
"Thank you, Qiqi!"
Lin Manyun went back in ecstasy and planned to write the letter in the evening and send it out tomorrow. It should be received in half a month, right?
She mainly wanted to encourage her son to perform well on the border and take the initiative to fight for some difficult tasks. It would be even better if he could make merit. A while ago, there was an old man on the farm whose son made a second-class merit, and the old man returned to his original unit to work.
She was inspired by this old man. As long as her son made a contribution, she could go back to work in the hospital.
She used to complain that being a nurse was too hard, but now she doesn’t. Even working the night shift every day is better than working on the farm.
On the way home, Lu Ye asked, "Why did you give her the address?"
"Let her show her motherly kindness."
Ruan Qiqi answered with a smile.
Lu Ye snorted and said sarcastically: "She doesn't have much motherly love."
"I just want to let those two idiots see clearly how funny it is to have a mother-son split. It's like your mother being stabbed in the back by her own daughter. It hurts more than you scolding her ten thousand times."
Ruan Qiqi smiled and told her plan.
Lin Manyun must have other purposes. Maybe she would send some food, but definitely not too much. This woman's salary is not high and she is used to enjoying herself, so she can't save much money.
Besides, she just treats her son like that. It is impossible for her to save money from her own food to support her son while living a hard life herself.
"How could Mo Heping be that kind of person? Maybe there's a misunderstanding."
Lu Ye still doesn't believe it.
"People change. How long has it been since you and Mo Heping last met?"
Ruan Qiqi had never seen Mo Heping. She came here in March, and Mo Heping had already started school.
But she had heard Lu Ye talk a lot about Mo Heping. In his words, Mo Heping was a beautiful and kind sister, and the best person in the Mo family treated her.
However, Ruan Qiqi only believed half of it. After all, Lu Ye was the kind of person who would magnify countless times any kindness others showed him and would remember it in his heart.
Of course, it is very possible that Mo Heping was a good person when he was young, but people change, especially when he goes to school in Beijing and in this special era, young people's thoughts change too easily.
Therefore, she didn't find Mo Heping's letter strange at all.
At this time, there were many cases of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters turning against each other.
After returning home, Ruan Qiqi wrote letters to the Lu Jiefang brothers overnight. In order to make the alienation plan more effective, she prepared to send some more things, such as a can of malted milk, a packet of milk powder, and a few boxes of luncheon meat. After all, she had earned a lot from Xu Lina, so she didn't feel bad about these few things.
"I met your mother today. She asked me for your address and said that she was worried that you wouldn't have enough to eat at the border, so she wanted to send you some food. Aunt Lin said that you like malted milk, luncheon meat, and beef jerky, so she plans to send you more. Alas, parents are pitiful. Although Aunt Lin is lazy and has incorrect thoughts, she always likes to hold others back and betrayed our father. She stabbed him in the back and almost killed him... All these things are in the past. Even if Aunt Lin is not good in a thousand ways, her love for you is real.
Dad asked me to send these malted milk, luncheon meat, and milk powder. He misses you very much. He also told you to be self-reliant and strong and not to bring shame to the soldiers. I believe you can do it. And the leeches on the border are actually a nutritious ingredient. As long as they are cleaned and cooked at high temperature, they can be made into a meat dish. You won’t be afraid if you think this way. Come on!
Written by your sister-in-law Ruan Qiqi, who truly misses you, on June 2, 1971.
A letter was quickly written. In the letter, Ruan Qiqi described in detail how Lin Manyun had betrayed Lu Desheng. She also mentioned a leech recipe: stewed leeches with pork belly. She had heard about it in her previous life and it was said to be very nutritious.
Ruan Qiqi had never eaten it before, and she would not eat it no matter how crazy she was. She sealed the envelope, put a stamp on it, packed it into a package, and would send it out tomorrow.
"Sending them something again? That's too good for them!"
Lu Ye went to the bathroom to wash up, and when he came back he saw his wife sewing a package, and he felt a little jealous.
"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. These two idiots are your father's biological sons after all. They are not bad people. We can't let them be kidnapped by Lin Manyun. Besides, they have done you some good deeds."
Ruan Qiqi just figured out something recently, and she was actually a little grateful to these two fools.
"What credit can they get?"
Lu Ye didn't believe it.
Although he didn't hate these two idiots, he didn't like them either, because they were Lin Manyun's children.
"When you were a child, you were bullied by Lin Manyun, and you must have been angry. If it were someone else, they would have gone astray, but you didn't. Instead, you grew up to be a great and upright person. In addition to the fact that you are a good person, there is another reason. You vented your anger on these two idiots. Lin Manyun committed a sin, and they suffered for it. So you still have some merits in you."
Ruan Qiqi explained to him patiently that she was not speaking for the Lu Jiefang brothers, but was just discussing the matter at hand, saying that these two fools did have some merit.
Lu Ye blinked, "That seems to be the case. Sometimes I hate her so much that I want to kill someone. I want to kill Lin Manyun and die with her. Every time I think about this, these two idiots will rush in front of me, and I will vent my anger on them, but I still fail to kill Lin Manyun!"
He patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Then send it to them, as compensation for breaking their bones when they were young."
It’s just a little thing. He is not a stingy person.
"I know you are a prime minister with a broad mind. Most people don't have your broad mind."
Ruan Qiqi flattered Lu Ye and made him smile. He happily picked up the mop, went to the bathroom to get a bucket of water, and went home to mop the floor with a grunt.
[Some people do use leeches as food. If it weren’t for the fact that it can make people live a hundred years longer, the author would never eat it.]