"You two go to class now," Aunt Wei shooed the two children away.
Only Song Yan and his mother-in-law remained in the house. This time, Aunt Wei inquired in detail about her son's injuries.
Song Yan wasn't hungry, so she just ate a sweet egg soup. She then explained Wei Aiguo's situation in more detail; he would not only receive military merit this time, but also be promoted.
The mother-in-law's face lit up with a smile. "I know about your meritorious service. The commendation was delivered the day before yesterday. It was delivered by the same county magistrate as last time."
Of all the soldiers, none have been as exemplary as the second son.
After speaking, the mother-in-law reached into the box and took out an envelope. "Look, there's still a bonus this time. Quickly put it away and save it all. In the future, no one in the brigade will have as much wealth as our family."
Song Yan softly agreed, "Okay!" Her mother-in-law always gave her money; such a mother-in-law was truly rare.
"Sun Lan is Ji Dagang's wife? What exactly happened today?" Song Yan asked.
"Oh dear! Sun Lan! She must have had the worst luck to marry such a wife." Aunt Wei was filled with mixed feelings when she mentioned her.
Ji Dagang is already quite old, but because his family is poor and he has no parents, his marriage has been delayed.
Sun Lan is from the Hexi Brigade; since we live so close, everyone knows her background. Sun Lan was originally engaged, and I heard her fiancé is quite wealthy.
The two families were engaged, so they became quite close. After visiting Sun Lan a few times, they discovered that her character was terrible. Not only was she a bad person, but she also valued her younger brother far more than herself. Even before the wedding, she was already taking things from their property for her brother. The other family realized this was unacceptable! They refused the bride price and broke off the engagement.
This is a customary rule. Whoever proposes to annul the engagement without cause is considered at fault. If the man proposes, the bride price cannot be accepted. If the woman proposes, she must return the bride price.
Sun Lan's reputation was already tarnished after her engagement was broken off, and her family's reputation wasn't much better to begin with. Therefore, her marriage was delayed for a long time. It's unclear why she took a liking to Ji Dagang, but she asked a matchmaker to propose marriage.
If we're only talking about looks, Sun Lan is presentable. Ji Dagang agreed.
This happened just two days after you left.
Ji Dagang's family was poor, so they only gave him ten yuan as a bride price. The two of them then registered their marriage.
At this point, Aunt Wei sighed, her heart filled with pity, yet also with immense relief. She was thinking of Wei An and Wei Ping. Both were motherless children, and these two were incredibly fortunate. Ji Xiaochun, on the other hand, was in a living hell.
Aunt Wei continued.
"Sun Lan is lazy and greedy. After she married into the family, Xiao Chun still had to do all the housework, such as cooking and feeding the chickens. In addition, Xiao Chun also had to wash her clothes and cook for her, so he had to take care of another person."
Ji Dagang didn't say a word; he just watched his sister work from the side.
Just a few days after the wedding, she brought her younger brother home. She came to Xiaoxiao and asked if the child could audit some classes for a few days. Xiaoxiao told her to ask the brigade leader. The brigade leader didn't think much of it; it was just a child auditing classes, so why not?
That's Sun Dabao. The Sun family only had one son after four daughters, so they treasured him terribly!
After Sun Dabao came to class, he took over Xiaochun's pen and notebook.
Xiaoxiao and her classmates discovered this. They definitely couldn't let Sun Dabao bully Ji Xiaochun like this. After Xiaoxiao criticized him, Ji Xiaochun came to class with injuries on his body.
Xiaoxiao gave Ji Xiaochun a pen and a notebook, but wouldn't let her take them home; she could only use them in the literacy class.
The kids in our brigade are very frugal with their notebooks and pens. This Sun Dabao not only takes Ji Xiaochun's share, but he also squanders things. He uses up his notebook in just a few days. He can't take advantage of Xiaochun if she doesn't take her pen and notebook back, so he secretly bullies her.
The two were about the same age, and Sun Dabao was quite strong. Xiao Chun didn't dare to fight back and could only take the beating.
This morning, Sun Dabao secretly pinched Xiaochun.
When Wei An saw this, he had the boys in his class beat up Sun Dabao.
If you ask me, well done.
Xiaoxiao felt that Sun Dabao really couldn't stay here anymore. So she chased the beaten Sun Dabao away.
Then in the afternoon, Sun Lan brought Sun Dabao to cause trouble.
"Oh dear, that little girl Wei An, she never gives an inch. When Sun Lan came to cause trouble, she immediately retorted."
Aunt Wei felt a little happy. Wei An was so young, what gave him such confidence? It was because her second uncle had military merits, so everyone looked up to him, and her second aunt had a firm foothold in the brigade.
Ji Xiaochun is a pitiful child, but quite sensible. With a sister-in-law like that and a spineless, cold-hearted brother, how will he live his life?
"By the way, how did Wei An become the class monitor?" Song Yan asked.
"I don't know how the kids kept pestering Xiaohu to tell them stories. I don't know how we started talking about how even the commune's primary school had class monitors. Wei An said that the literacy class should also have a class monitor."
The class monitor should be a student who excels academically.
These children sat together to take the exam, and Xiaoxiao prepared a test paper.
Ji Xiaochun had the best score. Wei Ping was second, and Wei An was third.
Everyone says Ji Xiaochun is too timid. Wei An is the one who talks about it the most enthusiastically.
Wei Ping always gave in to his younger sister. When Wei An wanted to be class monitor, he gave up the position. As a result, Wei An, being the youngest, became the class monitor.
Even the children in the literacy class know that their families were able to get money back this spring because of you. They all gave her preferential treatment out of respect for you.
Surprisingly, this child is quite adept at being a good kid.
On his first day of class, Sun Dabao bullied other students.
Wei An had him kicked twice that very day; the kid just never learns his lesson.
Sun Lan was going to cause trouble. But when she heard that it was the militia captain's child and Wei An who beat her up, she decided not to come.
"That's what everyone told me."
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