"How much money did she borrow from you?" Lin Meiyu asked.
"Five dollars!" Tian Tian said, and then she glanced at Chen Guihua.
Chen Guihua didn't think much about it. Both families had some money, and Tian Lisong and his family were no exception. Chen Guihua just thought that the money in Tian Tian's hands was given by Lin Meiyu and others. After all, everyone knew that Lin Meiyu and Tian Lisong both loved their children.
Chen Guihua didn't say anything, and Lin Meiyu and Old Lady Tian naturally didn't say anything more.
"Okay! Although five dollars is not a lot, she will feel more at ease having some money in her hand." Lin Meiyu said.
Five yuan is not a small amount, but to be honest, it is not enough to buy a train ticket to Beijing.
"Five dollars isn't a lot?" Chen Guihua was furious when she heard this. "We work hard for a year to earn ten dollars, and this is what I earned in half a year. And she's just a little girl, how can she pay back five dollars?"
The repayment of the money was indeed as Chen Guihua said. Five dollars was indeed hard to earn for a little girl, and the money distributed at the end of the year would not be given to Shen Lingling.
I don’t know how Shen Lingling will pay back the five dollars.
"Shen Lingling wrote me an IOU." Tian Tian said.
She was quite surprised that Shen Lingling would take the initiative to write her an IOU. She was still thinking about how to tell Shen Lingling about the IOU.
"Just write an IOU." Mrs. Tian didn't think much about it. She turned around and started mumbling about other things. "Tian Yuan should be taking the exam soon, right? I don't know what the result is now."
"He has an exam on July 13th. I heard that he has to write a test paper and do some physical test. I don't understand." Lin Meiyu said.
Tian Yuan and his team are taking an internal selection exam within the military. What to test and how to test are all decided by their own troops.
Tian Yuan did not tell them the specific content of the exam, and only mentioned it casually.
"After the exam, Tian Yuan should write a letter to tell us." Chen Guihua said uncertainly.
"Whether she talks about it or not, you are not allowed to shout about it outside, even if Tian Yuan has finished the exam." Old Mrs. Tian warned.
Everyone agreed.
Three days after Shen Lingling borrowed the money from Tian Tian, she went to the brigade to get a certificate, bought a ticket and took the train to Beijing.
Before leaving, Shen Lingling came to say goodbye to Tian Tian and promised to bring some delicious food to Tian Tian.
Tian Tian didn’t ask Shen Lingling to bring any delicious food, just asked Shen Lingling to come back safely.
After saying goodbye to Tian Tian, Shen Lingling happily packed her luggage and went to Beijing with Fang Siwen.
On the third day after Shen Lingling left, Tian Yuan's letter arrived.
They are all in the same province now, so Tian Yuan's letter arrived very quickly.
After everyone finished their meal in the evening, they all gathered together tacitly, waiting to read the letter.
Tian Mu opened the letter skillfully and began to read it to everyone.
Now reading letters is Tian Mu's exclusive job and he has gotten used to it. Every time his elder brother sends him a letter, he consciously waits until the evening to read it to everyone.
In the letter, Tian Yuan greeted everyone as usual, then talked about his life in the army, including how he was doing and how he got along with his teammates. Finally, he mentioned his exams, but he didn't say anything else. He just said that he had finished the exams and it would take some time for the results to come out.
Finally, I asked how everyone in the family was doing, and whether there were any other things happening at home recently. If there was anything I needed his help with, I must tell him in advance.
After reading the letter, Tian Mu ran back into the house, took out a notebook and a pencil, and prepared to write a reply to Tian Yuan.
Old Mrs. Tian dictated and Tian Mu wrote down everything she said on paper.
Old Mrs. Tian only said one thing, that everything was fine at home and nothing had happened, and asked Tian Yuan to behave well in the army, eat more when he was hungry, and wear more clothes when he was cold.
Even if all these words were written down, they would only take up one-third of the paper.
"Grandma, just say more. It costs the same amount of money to send the letter anyway, and it takes up a whole piece of paper. You might as well say more and fill up the whole piece of paper." Tian Mu said.
Old Lady Tian really didn't know what to say to Tian Yuan, so she simply said to the others: "You all should say a few words to Tian Yuan, so that he won't miss you over there!"
Then everyone said something to Tian Yuan. In fact, the meaning was almost the same, which was to ask Tian Yuan to perform well and live a good life in the army.
Only Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo said different things, both asked Tian Yuan for delicious food.
After finishing the letter, Tian Mu read it to everyone again. After making sure there were no problems, he packed the letter and handed it to Tian Lisong. Tian Lisong had to go to the commune to do something tomorrow and could send the letter at the same time.
More than a week after the letter was sent, Tian Yuan returned.
When they saw Tian Yuan appear in front of them, everyone was surprised and happy.
Old Mrs. Tian patted Tian Yuan's shoulder fiercely and said, "Why did you come back at this time? You didn't even tell us in advance!"
Lin Meiyu looked at Tian Yuan with some worry, "Didn't you finish the exam? Why are you back? Did you fail the exam?"
"Mom! Grandma!" Tian Yuan did not answer their questions. Instead, he pushed their shoulders and pushed them into the house. "Let's talk inside."
"Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo, you two go and call your father and the others back." Old Mrs. Tian said to Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo who were also very excited.
Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo ran out after hearing this.
When they got into the house, Lin Meiyu asked anxiously, "What on earth is going on? Tell us quickly, have you committed any crime in the army?"
Before Tian Yuan could say anything, Old Lady Tian retorted, "What are you talking about? Our Tian Yuan is such a good child, how could he commit a crime?"
"Mom! That's exactly what I meant. I didn't say that Tian Yuan really did anything wrong." Lin Meiyu cried out in injustice.
"Mom! Grandma!" Tian Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I didn't do anything wrong. I finished my exams, right? The results are out, and I was admitted to the Northern Military Academy. The army gave me a special vacation. I'll come back and stay with you for a while, and when school starts in September, I'll go directly to the university."
"Is this true?" Chen Guihua was the most excited person in the room. "So, Tian Yuan is a college student now? We can have a college student in our family! This is really great, and we actually passed the exam."
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