Chapter 154 News from Hometown
Shaanxi Dashan Village
Lin Baojun brought back another package today, which was bigger than the last time.
While Lin Qi was happily unpacking the package, he was complaining to Lin Qingqing about wasting money by buying so many things.
Lin Yu said from the side: "She has more than 10,000 yuan, how could she be short of money?"
Lin Qi stood up, glanced at Lin Yu, and said with his left hand on his waist, "What do you know as a grown man? No matter how much money you have, it will eventually run out. How can you not save some money? It's not like Ni'er can sell prescriptions to the army every day."
Lin Yu took two puffs of his cigarette and stopped talking.
Damao, Ermao, Sanmao, Daya and Erya all surrounded the big package, waiting for Lin Qi to open it.
After Lin Lu finished speaking to Lin Xu, he glanced at his daughters-in-law in the yard before bending down to continue opening the package.
The items inside were taken out one by one: a package of baby clothes, four cans of malted milk, two pieces of thick cloth, four cans of fruit, a bag of walnuts, and an envelope.
Lin Qi quickly called Lin Baojun to read the letter.
Lin Baojun tore open the envelope and saw several tickets besides the letter. He took out all the tickets and gave them to Lin Qingqing. After opening the letter and reading it, he explained Lin Qingqing's intention to the family: "Mom, you and Dad keep one can of malted milk. The other three cans are for the children, and the canned food as well. The two pieces of thick cloth are for you and Dad to make a set of clothes each, and the bag of walnuts is for the children at home. The industrial tickets in the envelope are for the family to buy wood for furniture, the ten kilograms of meat tickets are for food, and the sewing machine tickets are for Grandpa to find a wife."
At this point, he looked at his sister Wang Chunhua and said, "Sister-in-law, I also sent some small clothes to my nephew. It's the black package."
Li Lanying said happily, "Qingqing is so kind. She still thinks of her nephew from such a far distance. Mom, give me your cloth and I'll make clothes for you and Dad. I'll go to town to buy more cloth and make Qingqing a pair of pants. I'll send it to her when the time comes."
The sister-in-law always thinks about her baby and she is happier than if she had eaten the meat herself.
Wang Chunhua sat aside and said to Li Lanying, "Third sister-in-law, please help me get some more cloth to make a top for Qingqing. It will be a nice outfit after the whole set. I'll give you the money when you buy it."
Lin Li was also happy that her daughter-in-law was so kind to her daughter. She smiled and took the bag of baby clothes and handed it to Wang Chunhua.
Wang Chunhua took it and opened it to look at it. It was some exquisite little bellybands and long-sleeved trousers inner clothes, just right for wearing when the baby is born or a few months old.
The bellyband is made of pure cotton fabric and feels as soft as a baby's skin.
Zhang Guilian came over to take a look and said, "Qingqing is so thoughtful. This little bellyband is so pretty, with a little dragon embroidered on it. Chunhua, your child is born in the year of the dragon, right?"
Wang Chunhua couldn't stop smiling. Her sister-in-law loved her child so much, which would be a blessing for the child in the future.
Li Zhaodi looked at the bag of clothes. Four sets of underwear and a bellyband. How much would that cost? It seemed that her sister-in-law would miss her family now that she had money. She was no longer as lazy and greedy as before, and she had learned to behave herself.
Lin Mi looked at the silly Lin Baojun. She went up to her eldest son and gave him a big slap: "Have you finished reading the letter? You are just laughing here, laughing at your mother."
Lin Baojun stepped aside, touched his head and complained, "Mom, I'm almost thirty, please stop hitting me like this."
Before Lin Li could say anything, he held up the envelope and said, "My younger sister said everything is fine in the army and you don't have to worry. My brother-in-law gave her all the money for safekeeping and also said he would give her a monthly allowance. She has enough money."
Lin Li stopped getting angry after hearing this and said with a straight face, "I don't know if your little sister received the letter I wrote last time. Next time you go to town, write another one and tell her to take good care of her money when she's out there and not to keep sending things home. We have everything we need."
Military Family Compound
Lin Qingqing, who was being talked about, also received a letter from her hometown.
She had been busy all morning. After everyone left, she poured herself a glass of water and sat under the arbour to rest when her sister-in-law, who had brought the salt that day, came over with a letter.
"Team Leader Song's wife, we were just sitting under the pine tree when the messenger said there was a letter for you, so I brought it directly to you."
Lin Qingqing remembered that her sister-in-law's name was Lu Jinfeng. She had asked her to bring salt two days ago, and she also came to sign up today.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Lu Jinfeng: "It's just a matter of convenience. I'm going home to cook." After saying that, she turned around and ran away.
Lin Qingqing sat back under the awning and tore open the envelope. It was a two-page letter.
Look at this note, it's written by my eldest brother Lin Baojun: "Little sister, are you okay in the army? Are you used to the food? Are you used to the living conditions? Are the soldiers easy to get along with?"
"Mom and Dad are both in good health. After taking the medicine you gave me, Dad's legs don't hurt anymore. Mom can now sleep on her shoulders and lie on her side. The foundation of the house has been laid and it will be finished by early September."
"My uncle stole our tiles, and the whole family is in jail. Dad has asked the captain to write a letter of severance, and my brother-in-law has contacted the town police station, so the matter was handled smoothly. Thank you to my brother-in-law for me."
"We've discussed letting Damao go to school after spring. Little sister, thank you for everything you've done for our family. We, your brothers, will never forget it. I hope everything is going well for you in the army. Mom misses you very much."
After reading this, Lin Qingqing felt warm in her heart. Lin Li and her brother were very good to her. Even if they only treated her as her original body, she was happy and felt that someone cared about her.
Once I have settled down here and found a way out for my family, I will be free soon. There are many better ways to make a living than farming.
She put the letter in the space, got up and went to the living room to clean up and prepare for lunch. At noon, she made a bowl of noodles with fragrant bone broth.
Yesterday, I boiled deer bones and roe deer bones until about seven in the evening. The bone soup turned milky white, and then I turned off the fire.
Lin Qingqing took out all the bones, leaving a whole bowl of marrow. She poured the marrow into the soup, which became more and more fragrant as it cooked.
The bone with the marrow exposed was thrown aside by Lin Qingqing. Xiaomei said that the bone was a good thing, so she smashed it with a stone and scattered the crumbs in the vegetable garden.
Such land becomes more and more fertile, and everything grows well.
After dinner, Lin Qingqing slept until about 1:00 p.m., and her sisters-in-law were already outside the door.
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