Chapter 40 Handing in the deposit

After returning home, Lu Changzheng handed the 243 yuan he had just received, as well as the red envelope that Li Yue'e had just given him and received at the wedding banquet yesterday, to Su Mo.

"Wife, keep this money. From now on, all our family's money will be under your control."

Then he took Su Mo back to the room, took out a military luggage bag from the kangqin, took out two passbooks from the bag, and handed them to Su Mo.

"Wife, this is the money I have saved over the years. These two passbooks, one is from the bank in my army, and the other is from the bank at home." Lu Changzheng motioned Su Mo to open it and take a look.

At Lu Changzheng's suggestion, Su Mo first opened one of the passbooks, which was in the bank of Lu Changzheng's army. The last deposit was in 1968, with a total of 1,000 yuan. Su

Mo then opened another one, which was in the bank of Qingxi County, with 1,500 yuan. Originally, there was 2,000 yuan, but 500 yuan was withdrawn a few days ago.

Su Mo was a little shocked. She didn't expect that Lu Changzheng could save so much money after sending so much money home.

"You haven't spent any money in these years?" Su Mo asked subconsciously.

"The army doesn't have much to spend money. I started early, so I saved some money." Lu Changzheng said. He often takes on missions and has little time to spend money.

"So, wife, if you don't want to do farm work, don't do it, just stay at home. Our family has savings, and my salary is not low now, so I can support you." Lu Changzheng said seriously.

His wife is delicate and tender, and he really doesn't want her to suffer.

"How much do you earn per month now?" Su Mo was a little curious.

"After I was promoted to deputy battalion commander last year, I have a monthly salary of 89 yuan." Lu Changzheng said. "

Then how much did you earn at the beginning?" Su Mo was still very curious about the salary of soldiers in this era.

Lu Changzheng was very happy to see that his wife wanted to know more about him, so he explained to her in detail: "In the first two years, I was still a soldier. At that time, there was no salary, but there were allowances. It was 6 yuan per month in the first year and 7 yuan per month in the second year."

"In the third year, I was promoted to officer and became a platoon leader with a salary of 57 yuan. However, after the promotion, I had to pay food expenses to the army every month. According to the soldier's food standard, 14 yuan would be deducted every month, so I only got 43 yuan."

"In the fourth year, I made merit again and was promoted to deputy company commander, and my salary increased to 63 yuan. In the fifth year, I was promoted to company commander with a salary of 72 yuan. Last year I was promoted to deputy battalion commander with a salary of 89 yuan."

Don't think that Lu Changzheng said it easily, as if promotion was easy, but Su Mo knew that he paid for it with his life. She didn't notice it last night because it was dark, but this morning, she saw that the man had many scars on his body, all of which were gunshot and knife scars.

"Don't fight so hard in the future." Su Mo said.

"Okay." Lu Changzheng replied halfheartedly. How could he not fight hard? He had to make her eligible to follow the army as soon as possible.

"I'm serious." Seeing that Lu Changzheng was not serious, Su Mo emphasized.

"Wife, do you feel sorry for me?"

Su Mo nodded.

"If you really love me, follow me at night, okay?" Lu Changzheng leaned close to Su Mo's ear and whispered.

Su Mo rolled her eyes at him, what a frivolous guy.

Forget it, there's nothing to feel sorry for, she still feels sorry for herself.

Lu Changzheng smiled with his lips curled, turned his wife's face over, and gave her a deep kiss.

Su Mo was simply mad at him. When he was so serious, all he could think about was what kind of colored waste.

Su Mo was about to hand the passbook in her hand back to Lu Changzheng, but something seemed wrong. She quickly calculated in her mind.

According to the salary Lu Changzheng just mentioned, even if he didn't spend a penny in these years, he could only save 2,232 yuan at most. But the two passbooks added up to 2,500 yuan, not to mention that he built a house and spent a lot on the wedding.

"Don't you have any other allowances besides your salary?" Su Mo asked.

"There is no allowance, but there will be rewards for completing the task." Lu Changzheng said. He felt a little proud in his heart. His wife was really smart. She immediately found out that the savings did not match the salary.

Their leader always quarreled with his wife because he loved to hide his private money. He was not going to follow his example, so it was best to explain every income and expense to his wife.

"Over the years, I have received about 1,500 yuan in rewards from the mission unit. I didn't have any big expenses. The biggest one was when I built the house, and I sent another 300 yuan back."

"The rest was spent on our wedding. I paid 200 yuan for the betrothal gift myself, and then spent 138 yuan on the sewing machine. The rest was to buy meat for the banquet, cigarettes and alcohol, and things for our family. A total of nearly 300 yuan was spent."

Su Mo calculated that Lu Changzheng was quite frugal. Over the years, he spent less than 300 yuan.

"Wife, don't worry, your husband doesn't have any hidden money." Lu Changzheng walked over and said with a smile.

Su Mo glared at him, "It doesn't matter if he hides it. How can

a man be without some money when he is away from home?" After that, she handed all the passbooks in her hand back to Lu Changzheng. She was not the kind of person who wanted to take all the money from her husband.

But Lu Changzheng refused to take it.

"Wife, I told you to manage the money. From now on, I will send back the rest of my monthly salary except for a few yuan for pocket money."

"Are you really going to give it all to me?"

"Yes." Lu Changzheng was very serious.

Su Mo thought about it and handed the passbook with 1,000 yuan to Lu Changzheng.

"Keep this passbook with you. If you need money urgently in the army, you won't be without money."

Su Mo thought that this was also the reason why Lu Changzheng kept the money in two places. With money in both places, no matter which place needs money urgently, you can take it out. At that time, banks did not have the function of inter-provincial withdrawal.

Lu Changzheng thought about it and accepted it.

"Wife, keep this passbook with me. I promise you won't spend it carelessly."

"Also, your monthly salary in the future will remain the same as before. Just save 20 yuan and bring the rest back to the bank when the time comes."

Lu Changzheng frowned. How could this be possible? How could his wife spend 20 yuan?

"Listen to me first. 20 yuan is a lot in the countryside. The problem is not the lack of money, but the inequality. If it's more, someone will have bad intentions."

There is no privacy in this era. The amount of money remitted is clearly written on the remittance notice, and it is easy for someone with ulterior motives to see it. She didn't want to cause any trouble because Lu Changzheng sent her a lot of money.

20 yuan, this amount is just right, not too much and not too little.

Lu Changzheng thought about it and it made sense. Anyway, there is still some money in the family, enough for his wife to use for a while.

"If you don't have enough, go to the county bank and withdraw money yourself." Lu Changzheng said, "Don't be reluctant to eat, I will ask my comrades to exchange food coupons when I return to the army, and then send them back to you to buy rice."

"It won't be enough." Su Mo saw the big bag with red envelopes on the side, and remembered that she hadn't told Lu Changzheng how many red envelopes Geng Changqing gave.

"Uncle Geng gave two red envelopes yesterday, each containing 200 yuan." Su Mo added.

Lu Changzheng was startled. It seemed that Geng Changqing had a good relationship with his wife's family. After thinking for a while, he asked.

"Wife, what is the relationship between Secretary Geng and your family?"

"He was raised by my grandfather. Although he was not adopted, he was almost like an adopted son."

Lu Changzheng understood. With such a relationship, the 200 yuan envelope was possible. Geng Changqing's salary should be similar to his. 200 yuan is only more than two months' salary, which is still affordable.

Speaking of this, Su Mo suddenly became curious about Su Tingde's salary, so she asked, "How much does the division commander earn?"

"The salary varies in each region, but it fluctuates a few yuan, probably between 200 and 217." Their unit is a dangerous unit on the front line, and the salary has always been relatively high. Their division commander's salary is 217 yuan.

Su Mo nodded.

"Let's open the red envelopes. If there are names on them, please write them down so that you can repay them next time." Su Mo said.

So the two of them opened the red envelopes again, and received a total of 223 red envelopes, including 100 50-cent notes, 75 1-yuan notes, 46 2-yuan notes, 1 5-yuan note, and 1 10-yuan note, for a total of 232 yuan in gifts. There were also 4 grain coupons of 4 liang.

The 5 yuan one was from the captain Lu Baoguo, and the 10 yuan one was from Lu Guoping.

Lu Changzheng laughed when he saw it.

"This kid got married this year, and I asked my father to give him 10 yuan, but he returned it to me."

Su Mo also had a good impression of Lu Guoping, so she said, "I think he is a good person. When I can help him in the future, I will help him."