"It's a letter from Andao. I brought it with me." Wang Baogen told Cheng Zhenzhu.
"An Dao?" Why send a letter when it's so close?
Cheng Zhenzhu was a bit puzzled and immediately searched through a few acquaintances on An Island. Wang Aixiang? That couldn't be her. Could it be the young educated youth Gu?
When I got the letter, I found it was indeed from the educated youth Gu. "Comrade Wang, thank you."
"No thanks, I'll be leaving first..."
Cheng Zhenzhu took San Tiao back to the house and opened the letter. It contained two main things. The first was a happy event: the educated young girl Gu was three months pregnant.
Another thing I can say is also a happy one. It's been confirmed that Comrade Lu will be promoted soon, but he'll be transferred to a different location. Because of some morning sickness, he won't be here for the time being...
Cheng Zhenzhu immediately wrote back a congratulatory letter, then prepared some brown sugar, red dates, and other things, waiting for Comrade Wang to come again and take the letter and the things with him. Ever since two groups of educated youth arrived in the village, Comrade Wang had been coming here more frequently...
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"Jiamu, who are they?" The day before leaving for Cao City, Gu Xixi looked at the strangers in her house with some surprise.
She had seen all of Lu Jiamu's relatives before, and they didn't look like this.
The woman before him wore a new, ill-fitting suit, her face thin and sharp. The man looked old, his clothes also new. The two children standing beside them were skinny, wearing only ragged, patched clothes that barely covered their navels.
The skinny little girl had two crooked pigtails and lowered her head, looking very reserved. The boy held his head high, holding the little girl's hand and standing straight, his eyes unblinking, with a sense of determination.
"They are Comrade Fang Guanjun's elder brother and his wife, and their two children. Xiaoze and Xiaoting." Lu Jiamu introduced his wife and the two children.
So they're Comrade Fang Guanjun's older brother and sister-in-law. No wonder...
"Hello, Auntie." Fang Ze called out with his sister.
"Hey, Xiaoze, Xiaoting, hello." Gu Xixi touched the two children gently. She didn't show any good face to Comrade Guanjun's unscrupulous brother and sister-in-law. She took the two children to sit at the table.
Fang Guanhua and Chen Zhaodi secretly said, "How rude."
Lu Jiamu glanced at Fang Guanjun's brother and sister-in-law, and took them to the study to talk.
Gu Xixi felt a little uncomfortable looking at the two skinny children. She quickly gave them some peach cakes and made them a bowl of malted milk. "Xiao Ze, Xiao Ting, it's okay. Just treat this place like your own home..."
Fang Ting felt her hand being pulled up, and then a bowl of hot food was stuffed into her mouth.
"Xiao Ze, Xiao Ting, are you thirsty? Drink some of this. Auntie made it specially for you, but you must finish it..."
Fang Ting stared at the fragrant white water in her hand, and mustered up the courage to look up at Gu Xixi.
Gu Xixi saw the little girl looking up at her and smiled gently. Ever since she became pregnant, she'd been feeling more drawn to children. She wanted to have a chubby son and a pretty little girl, so they could have a companion, and she could even give the little girl a pretty bun...
This aunt is so beautiful and gentle! Fang Ting looked at Gu Xixi intently.
In the room.
"Jiamu, we have no choice. Our children need to go to school, and we only have 20 yuan a month. It's very difficult for us to live..." Fang Guanhua looked at Lu Jiamu with a serious face, rubbed his hands, and felt a little scared.
This guest, really, isn't he quite talkative at home? Today, after being frightened by those soldiers outside, he couldn't even say a word.
"The child's tuition fees add up to less than ten yuan a year. Twenty yuan a month is enough for eating half a pound of meat every day. Now you tell me that the money is not enough?" The good-tempered Lu Jiamu was amused by the shamelessness of these two people.
"Besides going to school, don't you also have to buy some clothes and food? You know, little kids are prone to greed..." Fang Guanhua said with a smile.
"Yes." Chen Zhaodi said two words tremblingly.
The two children came today, and none of their clothes fit them, even though he'd taken them out to eat. And now Guanjun's brother and sister-in-law were telling him this? He felt really bad for Comrade Guanjun.
"Where are the clothes? Where is the food? The two kids are getting thinner and thinner. You uncles and aunts, have you lost your conscience? If you still want to get the remaining thousand yuan safely, treat the children well. Otherwise, you will get nothing."
He had come here originally to ask for money, but now that he heard that he might not have any of it, Fang Guanhua immediately exploded. "Why? You don't have that right! You're a soldier, you have to obey the organization's discipline. We are Guanjun's brother and sister-in-law, and we are raising the child. Why do you want to take our pension?"
"Because I'm Comrade Fang Guanjun's comrade-in-arms. If you don't believe me, try it yourself." The last beating was only temporary, but it looks like this time it's going to be a bit more drastic...
Lu Jiamu submitted an application and led the two men to the place where the people were imprisoned, and showed them outside the window for a few glimpses.
"This is what a heartless person deserves!" Although they had a principle of not killing prisoners who surrendered their weapons and treating them well, there were always exceptions. The ones who showed Guanjun's brother and sister-in-law around were one of them.
Fang Guanhua was trembling. Why was he still being tortured? He was covered in blood. How could he still be alive? He had just seen those soldiers bowing and scraping to Lu Jiamu. Could he really have such power?
After Fang Guanjun's brother and sister-in-law finished their work, Lu Jiamu took them back home. At home, his wife was having dinner with Xiaoze and Xiaoting. The two children's bowls were piled high with food.
"Come on, Xiaoze, Xiaoting, try this..." Gu Xixi ignored the mountain of food in the two children's bowls and continued to pick at the food. She had someone coming today, so she had specially made a few extra dishes. Of course, these dishes were for the children, not Comrade Fang Guanjun's brother and sister-in-law.
Chen Zhaodi looked at the greasy dishes and meat on the table and immediately swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva. She no longer cared about being afraid and said with a wry smile, "Comrade Lu, your wife is really virtuous. I can tell from the smell that she is a good cook..."
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