Chapter 99: For some people, calculation is engraved in their bones
She walked slowly on the commune street, thinking of buying some time and waiting for Zhang Ruifeng to get off work so they could go back together.
With nothing to do, Xie Yun turned into the post office.
She actually wanted to see if there was a "The Whole Country is Red" stamp. Although this stamp was urgently recalled due to inaccurate maps after only half a day of issuance, a small number of them were still circulated and later sold at a high price of more than three million.
Unfortunately, no.
Xie Yun stared at the glass counter where the stamps were placed again and again, but couldn't find it.
She also asked the salesperson: "Apart from these, are there any other stamps?"
"No. That's all. Isn't that enough for you?"
Xie Yun: “…”
Nowadays, people in their small place don’t have a hobby of stamp collecting, they buy stamps just to use them.
Xie Yun smiled and said, "That's enough. I just want to learn about our country's prosperous situation and latest developments through stamps. I'm worried that my understanding is not comprehensive enough, so I'm asking if there is anything else."
The salesperson smiled and said, "No more. The stamps you see are new stamps issued this year."
Xie Yun nodded and selected a few to buy, which were basically all model drama photos.
Yes, that stamp with the whole country painted red was issued in Beijing, but was recalled by the post office half a day later. How could it be possible that it "drifted" here?
She also bought some envelopes and writing paper.
When Xie Yun was about to go out after buying things, he met Yan Guixiang.
"Director Yan."
"Binbin? Sending a letter?"
"No, I bought some stationery. What's this?"
"I'll mail the letter. Do you want to go home directly or wait for your mother?"
"I'm waiting for my mother."
"Then wait for me. I'll go find Hongxia after I send the letter. Let's go together."
"OK."
Yan Guixiang walked to the counter and said, "Comrade, send a registered letter."
"What's in there?"
"Brigade documents. Sent to the troops."
"good."
The salesperson took her letter, stamped it, and issued an invoice.
In 1960, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued the "Notice on the Start of Special Registered Mail Services from October 1st", and the registered mail business began.
According to the notice, only food coupons, cloth coupons, oil coupons, household registration transfer certificates, grain transfer certificates, and Youth League organization membership cards could be sent by registered mail. However, in practice, official documents with official seals were also included. Ordinary letters could not be sent by registered mail.
Registered mail is safer than ordinary mail and can be checked.
[A document issued by a county post office to its subordinate post offices. It's on rough paper and mimeographed. It's not handwritten.]
After Yan Guixiang sent the letter, she collected the mailing receipt and walked towards the commune compound with Xie Yun.
"Why are you out buying stationery at this hour?" Yan Guixiang asked Xie Yun. "There's stationery and envelopes at the brigade headquarters. If you need them suddenly, you can borrow them there and return them when you've bought them."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "I was bored, so I brought some cabbages and radishes to sell."
Yan Guixiang smiled and said, "The weather is bad, so there are fewer people selling vegetables. Logically, sales should be good, but there shouldn't be fewer people going out to buy vegetables on this day, right?"
Xie Yun laughed. "I don't know about that. I just happened to be lucky. An old lady bought all my dishes. I didn't even make it to the market. It was still early, so I had nothing better to do, so I went to the county again and walked around the department store. The last time I went there, I didn't even get to shop. I didn't even get through the door when I ran into Wu Mei who had her things robbed. Sister Qingli and I were worried about her, so we accompanied her back."
Yan Guixiang exclaimed, "Wow, you're really fast! You've already fought back and forth."
Xie Yun said, "There's nothing I can do. There's no one on the road, not a single person. I'm walking alone in the wilderness, and all I can see is a vast expanse of white. I'm getting a bit uneasy, and I want to run. It's like there's a wolf chasing me. My fur is almost sparking."
Yan Guixiang thought about the scene and couldn't help laughing. "If I were you, I would have returned home soon after leaving the commune. But you insisted on walking to the county. You are really capable."
"Hey, it was a spur of the moment thing."
She asked Yan Guixiang, "You stepped on the snow to send a letter. Was it because of Wu Mei's matter?"
Yan Guixiang nodded and said, "I ran to the brigade headquarters early this morning and wrote down the whole story. All the brigade leaders signed it, and I also asked Lao Zhang to stamp it with the brigade seal.
Old Zhang wrote a special note about Liushu Village's experience fighting the Japanese invaders and the villagers who had sacrificed their lives. Secretary Yang and Old Zhao also wrote down their previous military designations and the battles they had participated in.
Lao Zhang said that we must make the troops believe that we are not bad people, will not do bad things, and will not maliciously slander a soldier.
When I wrote something, I neither exaggerated nor covered up for him; I just told the truth.”
Yan Guixiang sighed and continued, "It's actually not easy for soldiers like us who left the countryside to get promoted. Zheng Guoqiang was promoted, so he must be quite clever and smart, but looking at what he's done in the past two days since he came back, I don't see any cleverness in him."
Xie Yun curled his lips. "How can he not be smart? He is quite smart! He knows what he wants and what he is pursuing. For his pursuit, he can sacrifice many things, such as his wife.
He worked hard outside without distraction, leaving his wife at home to take care of his parents and the whole family. He didn't care even if his wife was bullied by the whole family. He also didn't care whether the allowance he sent back home could be spent on his wife. Because making his wife happy was not his goal.
This wife was just a tool he married home to share his burden and heavy housework, and to make his rear more stable.
With this wife, his life seems more complete, and he no longer has to worry about anything other than his career. Everything is done by his wife. How wonderful!
If Wu Mei had a softer personality, wouldn't he have been more successful? Wu Mei would have taken care of everything at home. He would have a wife, children, and his parents, siblings, and siblings would all be well taken care of. If they exploited his wife, they wouldn't exploit him. And he didn't have to worry about anything, pursuing his career with high spirits. Think about it, if he didn't succeed, who would?
The only thing he miscalculated was Wu Mei's personality. Wu Mei is a new-age, new-age woman. She didn't fall for his trick and pulled away in time to save herself!
Yan Guixiang was dumbfounded. "Is there really such a person who is completely emotionless, cold-blooded, and calculating everything?"
Xie Yun said, "Then think about it, is this the case?"
Some people don't need to deliberately calculate at all, they will naturally make the most beneficial choice for themselves. Their calculation is engraved in their bones.
To put it bluntly, it's selfish. To put it nicely, it's rational.
She felt that Zheng Guoqiang was one of these people.
When you are weak and helpless in the early stage, you compromise with your family. When you become strong in the later stage, you immediately draw a clear line.
It looked like he'd lost out, but what had he actually lost? A small stipend? Compared to his bright future, that little bit of money was nothing? Did he lose his wife? But he didn't care. Losing something he didn't care about was just a loss; he didn't take it to heart.
In the plot, after the original owner died, he quickly remarried and quickly cut ties with his family, because at that time, he already had the capital to compete with his family, and even if there was a quarrel, it would not affect him.
The original owner's death even helped him escape his vampire family. After all, this family had driven his wife to death and left his children motherless. So what if he didn't care about them? Wasn't that what he should do?
The original novel says that the heroine is good at taming her husband, which helps him change his bad habit of foolish filial piety. He gradually begins to value his family and start to manage his relationship with his wife with care.
The heroine's success is used to highlight the original owner's failure, and the reasons for the poor relationship between the couple are attributed to the original owner. It seems that her husband does not love her entirely because she is not good enough, and all her tragedies are because she is not good enough and cannot keep up with her husband's pace, so it is natural for her to be left behind.
The heroine who traveled through time is not only charming, knowledgeable and interesting, but also has a very high emotional intelligence. It is inevitable that the hero will fall in love with her.
But in reality, every major development in the relationship between the male and female protagonists is led by the male protagonist. He gradually seduces the female protagonist into falling in love with him, and she becomes his virtuous wife, helping him maintain various relationships and helping him advance his career.
Even if his family couldn't help but quarrel with him, the heroine would be there to fight in the front, and he would be completely out of the matter and unharmed. Afterwards, he only had to say a few nice words to appease the heroine.
Who can tell how much sincerity and calculation are in this relationship?
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