"I actually know this person. Let's talk about it when we get back tonight." Seeing that they were about to arrive at the restaurant, Liu Chunmei was about to start working, so she asked Ning Xi to go home and wait.
Ning Shaolan came home from school and was about to take out her key when she found the gate was closed. However, her parents were not resting today, and her brother and sister-in-law did not have the key to the house.
"Is there a thief?" She didn't open the door directly. Instead, she bent down and looked inside through the crack. The person sitting at the door looked very familiar.
"Second sister?! Why are you at home?" Ning Shaolan then boldly pushed open the door.
Ning Xi recounted the story of how she had retired due to illness and returned to the city.
"Are you feeling better now?"
"It's okay. Look, I'm full of energy. There's some fruit on the table. Wash your hands and have some."
Ning Xi had nothing to do at home just now, so she took the fruits out of the basket and put them away separately. The bananas were ripe and needed to be eaten quickly, but the pears and mangoes could be left for a while longer.
She also packed a separate copy to give to Zhu Yue. She really needed her help with something, or to be more precise, Director Zhu.
Ning Shaolan looked at the pears and yellow bananas on the plate on the table, his eyes sparkling with stars.
Apples and pears are quite common in the north, but bananas are really hard to come by.
"Second sister, did you bring this back from the south? Are the mountains and fields over there covered in fruit?"
Ning Xi laughed heartily: "Yes, yes, you have to be careful when going up the mountain, otherwise the fruits from the trees will fall and hit your head."
It's rare for this little cousin to talk so much. It seems that this fruit is quite to her liking.
In the future, you can do more business with Chef Lin. His family is from Lingnan, so fruits should be the most abundant thing for them.
"Second sister, you are making fun of me." Ning Shaolan realized after thinking about it carefully that everyone was short of food, and the wild fruits on the mountain must have been picked before they were ripe. How could they wait until they were ripe and fell down to hit their heads?
Uncle Ning gets off work at 8 o'clock, and Aunt Ning doesn't get off work until 8:30. There is still a long time to go, so Ning Xi sits in the yard and chats with Ning Shaolan.
Most of the questions were asked by Ning Xi and answered by Ning Shaolan.
"Do you eat in the cafeteria at noon? Do you bring your own lunch box or buy food directly?" Ning Xi was quite curious about what technical secondary schools were like in this era.
Going to high school was not uncommon at that time. City dwellers could go if they wanted to. There were even schools for children of employees of large factories. I heard that there was no tuition fee!
But if someone in the family goes to a technical secondary school, it is very prestigious.
Ning Shaolan puffed out his chest proudly: "The school subsidizes 17 yuan a month for food expenses. You can bring your own rice to steam, or use food coupons."
Because she is a native of Mingjiang City, her food supply is still at home. Students who were admitted from other places also need to transfer their food supply.
Ning Xi: "Amazing! Your subsidy is comparable to that of an apprentice!"
No wonder technical secondary schools are so popular.
......
Liu Chunmei specifically instructed them not to cook in the evening. She and Ning Zhisong would pack up some food to eat and let them eat some biscuits if they were hungry.
It was almost nine o'clock when the two of them came back on their bicycles, bringing a portion of braised pork, a plate of braised hairtail fish, a dish of pickled cabbage, and a few big steamed buns.
Four people sat at the dining table, eating and chatting.
"It's not easy for you to find Lin Yongjun's ex-wife." Liu Chunmei broke the steamed bun and stuffed cabbage and braised pork into it.
Ning Xi: "Why do you say that? Isn't she in Mingjiang City?"
Liu Chunmei shook her head. "That's not true. Her father was the director of the Commerce Bureau before he retired. I heard she's now the director."
What she meant was that even if she knew something, she would never tell Ning Xi because she had no shortage of money or job.
It is those people who have everything they need that are the hardest to deal with.
"Hiss~" Ning Xi gasped, "How could a family like this fall for Lin Yongjun?"
He has no ability at all, but the two wives he married are not bad, of course, that is, putting their character aside.
"I heard she couldn't have children, so she took in a son-in-law..." Liu Chunmei choked up and dropped her steamed bun on the table. "Oh, right, she can't have children, so where did the child come from?"
Ning Xi didn't expect such a situation to happen.
She initially speculated that Lin Yongjun's ex-wife had some leverage over her, and when they divorced, she took Lin Zhendong away in order to get Lin Zhendong's food.
Because food supply is determined by where the household registration is. With Lin Zhendong's household registration and food quota, you don't have to support him and you can get a lot of food coupons for free every month.
It would be easy if the other party needed money, as she still had a lot of it.
Now it seems that there is something else going on.
After dinner, Ning Xi and Ning Shaolan were responsible for washing the dishes. The oil droplets in the bowls could not be wiped clean, so they just needed to be boiled in hot water.
"Second sister, you still have to go back at night?" Ning Shaolan couldn't understand why she didn't just stay here to avoid the annoyance of seeing those people when she went back.
"Let's go back. My illness is due to their mobility issues. I have to do my job well and not give others anything to talk about."
Ning Xi wiped her hands and returned to the living room with Ning Shaolan, one after the other.
Uncle Ning came out of the room, holding something wrapped in red cloth: "Take this."
"What is this?" Ning Xi opened it and saw two pieces of white cloth and a paper certificate inside.
There were a lot of things written densely in black on the white cloth.
"Comrade Guan Xiaofeng, home address: XXXX, three yuan
Comrade Lu Anguo, home address: XXXX, Wu Yuan
Comrade Pang Aihua, home address: XXXX, 20 yuan
......
My dear friend Zhu Liangcai, home address: XXXX, 50 yuan
......
The above money, totaling 1,065 yuan, was voluntarily given to Ning Xi, the only daughter of my comrade Ning Zhibai, and deposited in the People's Bank of China. Ning Xi can withdraw it with the receipt after she reaches adulthood.
sign:......
Handprint:......
Witnesses: Liang Zhi, Gong Wei...”
Uncle Ning coughed and suppressed his hoarse voice:
"This is the money your father received from his former comrades, friends, and classmates when he passed away. I recorded it on top. The money below is his inheritance, which I took to the Public Security Bureau and had stamped."
Ning Xi felt a pang of sadness. The fact that so many people gave money was enough to show how outstanding the original owner was. It was a pity that good people did not live long, while the evil couple He Hongjuan kept on causing trouble.
She unfolded the second white cloth.
"Comrade Ning Zhisong's estate has been unanimously recognized by the Municipal Government, the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and the Mingjiang Xingfu Food Factory as follows:
One property, located at No. 23 North Yingchun Street, Xicheng District, Mingjiang City;
RMB 1,230...
It will be divided equally between He Hongjuan and Ning Zhibai's only daughter, Ning Xi."
The sources of the final 1,230 yuan were carefully recorded. Part of it was Ning Zhibai's retirement allowance, some was saved wages, and some was consolation money from the factory and the city.
"Uncle, how do you have this?" The original owner didn't seem to have any of this in her memory. She only remembered that the house was in chaos when her father died, with quarrels and crying sounds all mixed together.
But the original owner was only five years old at that time, so it's normal that he can't remember it clearly.
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