At the end of May, there were great changes in the family compound. The families who were taken away by the members of the Pigeon Committee moved out of the family compound, and a new group of family members of the members came.
Su Jin is also in her third month of pregnancy. Because of adequate nutrition, she is full of energy and not as tired as other pregnant women.
She also has to teach math classes at junior high school every Tuesday and Thursday. When the students learned that she was pregnant, they behaved well in class and the relationship between teacher and students was very good.
The Pei family was the last family to move out of the staff compound. Su Jin carried a bamboo basket to the post office in the county town to mail some food to the Lu family.
Lu Shiyi and she bought a lot of fine grains from the supply and marketing cooperative, hoping that the elders in the family could eat well.
The situation in the capital was dangerous, the supply from the supply and marketing cooperatives had decreased a lot, and everyone was busy with work. Except for Mrs. Gong at home, no one else had time to queue up to buy food.
As soon as Su Jin left the family compound, Mrs. Pei spat on her back. If Su Jin hadn't been so nosy, how could Peng Hui have ordered a search of every house?
"Master, are we just going to let it go?" Mrs. Pei regretted taking the old lady in. Who knew that the old lady had hidden a gilded Buddha in the kang hole.
"What can we do if it's not counted? It's a fact that my mother hid the gilded Buddha. Even if Lu Shiyi and his wife hadn't informed on us, it would have been found out in the house." Pei Ju smiled bitterly.
After being locked up for a few days, Pei Ju finally understood that the women in the Pei family were too high-profile. Compared with the Wu, Lu and Lin families, Pei's mother and sister-in-law were both flamboyant people, and they had offended many people in the family compound.
"I went back today and told Dad that I was going back to join the army. At least the army didn't send us to the Northwest Farm. They also arranged a job for me in the armed forces department of the county back home." Pei Ju finally came to his senses after Wu Jun's analysis.
"Mom is still in the village. We're closer to home now. Why wouldn't she come to the county town's staff quarters to cause trouble again?" Sister Pei didn't want Mother Pei to come again. Pei Ju had to send an allowance home every month, making life difficult for the family. If Mother Pei were to interfere...
"Mom will be sent to the Northwest Farm, probably in the next few days." Pei Ju called the brigade yesterday and told his father the reason. His father even asked him about his future destination.
Pei Ju just said that he didn't know clearly at the time, and waited until he returned to tell Pei's father the reason for the transfer so that his family could feel guilty.
In fact, Pei Ju had long recognized the gilded Buddha as the one he had placed at the Lin family's house, and he had concealed it from his wife Pei and the two children. The two children had only buried a box containing ten Yuan Datou coins.
Pei Ju decided not to tell this secret anymore and just wanted to get the matter over with as soon as possible.
"Let's go!" Pei Ju carried the luggage in both hands and led his wife and children to the bus station to take a bus back home.
Su Jin didn't take Pei's family affairs to heart. In front of the post office, she put rice and millet into a bamboo basket.
The staff at the post office saw Su Jin coming and immediately greeted her with a smile.
"Teacher Su, are you sending something to your in-laws' family in Beijing again?" The staff member looked at the cloth bag in the bamboo basket and helped her put the things in.
Lu Shiyi had already sewn two bags at home, and Su Jin also put some dry goods in them.
"There's rice and millet, as well as a bag of dried mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms." Su Jin informed the staff, "I'll need to call the capital later. Could the military be of use?"
"Teacher Su, we've already prepared the sacks. Just write down the mailing address. After you call, come back to pay." The staff nodded. "The military line can be used. A military mail truck will take it away tonight."
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