Chapter 193 Send ten yuan every two months
Wang Mei walked into the main room angrily and saw a male soldier sitting there. After hearing from her sister-in-law that he was the youngest son's orderly and was responsible for sending Qiu Yan back, she kept asking him about Gu Huai.
"The youngest in our family is now the deputy head of the group. Isn't his monthly salary much higher?"
Comrade Li laughed dryly and didn't know how to answer. Compared with theirs, the deputy regiment commander's salary was definitely much higher.
Zhao Changying frowned. "Why are you asking about this? Why, the youngest one's salary is much higher, and you still want some?"
Wang Mei pursed her lips and whispered, "I'm just asking."
Zhao Changying snorted.
Why don't others ask, she is the only one who is so cunning.
After a while, Wang Mei came back again.
"What about our Qiuyan, who is serving in the army? How much allowance can she get this month?"
Comrade Li said, "For someone like Comrade Gu, once he finishes training in the recruit company and is assigned to a company, his monthly allowance will be 6 yuan in the first year, 7 yuan in the second year, 8 yuan in the third year, and 10 yuan in the fourth year."
When Wang Mei heard this, she looked at her daughter and said, "From now on, you can spend only one dollar a month. In the remaining two months, you can collect ten dollars and send it back home. I'll save it for you."
In the army, we have food and clothes, and one dollar a month is enough for pocket money.
Xiao Li: “…”
He has been in the army for three years, and only sends twenty or thirty yuan back home throughout the year.
Before Gu Qiuyan could say anything, Zhao Changying couldn't help but look at Wang Mei and said, "How can one dollar be enough for a month's pocket money? And you have to collect ten dollars in two months to send it back to you? Why don't you let Gu Feng send you ten dollars every two months?"
Gu Feng had been in the army for two years and had not been home. He had never sent money home, but he did send twenty yuan during the Chinese New Year.
The grandsons no longer eat at home, and Zhao Changying didn't accept the money they sent back during the Chinese New Year and other holidays. Instead, their parents kept it.
"That's right." Gu Qiuyan took her mother-in-law's arm and said with a pout.
She has no problem with her brother, but she has problems with her mother's double standard behavior.
Her brother doesn't have to send ten dollars every two months, but she has to. Why?
"...Gu Feng is a boy and Qiu Yan is a girl, how can they be the same?" Wang Mei said with her hands spread out.
Although there is no shortage of food and clothing in the army, Feng'er has to spend some money and eat some meat to satisfy his hunger when he is on vacation.
A bowl of meat in the state-owned restaurant in their town is not cheap, let alone in those big cities.
"Why are they different? Don't they all have two eyes and one mouth?" Zhao Changying asked back unhappily.
Wang Mei was choked by the question and felt that this godmother was annoying. She would refute whatever she, the mother, said to her daughter.
"Don't listen to your mother." Zhao Changying looked at her granddaughter and said, "The allowance is the army's living allowance for you. Keep it for yourself and spend it however you want."
In the past, Ah Huai would save money and send it all back home. Life at home became better now, and they even built a house with his allowance.
But when he returned home, she saw how thin he had become, and heard from the villagers who had served in the army with him that in order to save money, he never went out to eat meat, and at most he would buy a bottle of pickles. She felt guilty and distressed.
Therefore, she doesn't want her granddaughter to learn from their father anymore.
Besides, life at home is not as bad as before, and we can still save some money throughout the year.
"Okay." Gu Qiuyan responded crisply.
But she was thinking that she could use half of these allowances herself every month, and send the rest back home to her mother-in-law during the Chinese New Year.
Wang Mei stammered, but under the glare of her mother-in-law, she didn't say anything else.
Gu Pingshan, the three brothers of the Gu family, and Tian Ying came back with the two younger ones. When Gu Bin and Gu Yang saw their cousin whom they hadn't seen for more than ten days, they surrounded her.
Gu Qiuyan gave them some candy and called a few elders who had just returned home.
When Gu Pingshan saw his granddaughter wearing a military uniform and heard her say that she had become a female soldier, he was very happy and kept saying good things.
Gu He also felt very proud. Not only did his grandson serve in the army, but his granddaughter also served in the army. All his grandsons and granddaughters were promising.
Although Wang Mei was reluctant to let her daughter join the army, at this time, she couldn't help but show off in front of her sisters-in-law how much allowance her daughter Qiuyan received every month when she served in the army.
Tian Ying was filled with envy. Looking at her daughter Qiuye who was sitting next to Gu Qiuyan, she said, "That's quite a lot this past year. I should have let Qiuye stay with the youngest to serve in the army."
Being a soldier gives you allowances, isn’t that better than studying?
You have to pay for studying.
Gu Qiuyan said, "Third Aunt, you have to be sixteen to sign up for the army. Qiuye isn't old enough. Besides, if Qiuye gets into high school, and then gets into college, and graduates and works, she'll earn a lot of money."
Tian Ying curled her lips and said nothing. It was more back then, but the premise of this more is that they also have to pay a lot now, right?
By the time Qiuye graduates, she'll be in her twenties. Shouldn't she hurry up and get married? Once married, no matter how much money she earns, will she still be able to send it back to her parents?
Even if she is willing to take it, her husband and parents-in-law may not be happy about it.
Tian Ying still feels that it is not worthwhile to let her daughter continue studying and take the college entrance examination.
The Gu family didn't have dinner until seven o'clock in the evening. They stewed chicken and fried bacon.
After dinner, we sat in the yard and chatted, and then started to wash up and go to bed one after another.
There was a room reserved for the fourth bedroom in the house, so Comrade Li was arranged to sleep in the fourth bedroom.
The next morning, Gu Pingshan took Gu Qiuyan to the commune to transfer food relations.
The commune clerk was an old acquaintance of Gu Pingshan. When he heard that his granddaughter had become a female soldier, he kept praising her for her promising future.
Other people in the commune also looked at the grandfather and grandson in curiosity.
Gu Pingshan felt very proud.
After staying at home for two days, Gu Qiuyan and Comrade Li returned to the city.
When she left, Zhao Changying stuffed several large bags into her pockets and asked her to take them back.
I even specially harvested fifty kilograms of this year's new rice for her to take back for her parents and their family to eat.
When Gu Qiuyan left, she didn't take much with her, so when she came back, she asked Comrade Li to help her carry the things.
"I'm back." Gu Qiuyan walked into the yard, put the bag on her shoulder on the ground, and shouted loudly.
Comrade Li followed her into the yard and put the two large bags in his hands on the ground with a smile.
"Sister Yanyan." The three Gu Dong brothers in the main room heard the shout and ran out happily.
"Sister Yanyan, you are finally back." Gu Xixi hugged her cousin's thighs and said with her little head tilted up.
"What? Did you miss me?"
Gu Xixi nodded vigorously.
Gu Qiuyan rubbed her little cousin's head happily.
"Why did you bring back so many things?" Yu Hui came out holding Beibei.
Gu Qiuyan smiled and said, "My grandmother asked me to bring this, along with 50 kilograms of new rice harvested this year. She said she wanted you, my father, and my brothers and sisters to try some."
"Sister-in-law, now that the person has been sent away, I'll leave first." Comrade Xiao Li patted the dust off his hands.
Yu Hui: "Why are you in such a hurry? You've worked so hard on this journey. Sit down and have a rest and drink some water. It won't be too late to return to the team after dinner."
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