In fact, Zong Shao had no intention of hiding any private money, it was just that he and his wife had been living apart, and it took half a month to send a letter. Without any money, if anything happened and they needed money, they would be at a loss. So every month when he received his salary, he would keep ten to twenty yuan for himself and send the entire amount back home.
The army provided food and accommodation, and he didn't have much expenses on a daily basis. At most he would buy some cigarettes, and most of his money was saved.
Little by little, he accumulated a lot. After four years, he had saved up several hundred dollars. However, most of it was used to renovate the house, and with the purchase of new furniture, pots and pans, he didn't have much money left.
Lin Wei rummaged through the tin cans that Zong Shao kept his things in and poured out all the money and bills from them.
There were not many tickets in it, just seven or eight food coupons, all of which were military food coupons that had not been redeemed. Together they could buy more than ten kilograms of food. There were two or three sugar coupons, including both brown sugar and white sugar, but together they were not enough for a pound of sugar. There are also a few industrial coupons, but their face values are small and cannot make up a full set of industrial coupons. Large industrial products cannot be bought with them. At most, they can buy some needles, thread, and daily soap. But I can save them up for more.
Oh, there were also two cigarette coupons in it, one could buy two packs of Grade B cigarettes, and one could buy Wubao Grade C cigarettes, which was quite a lot.
Holding the two cigarette tickets, Lin Wei suddenly thought of the ending of Zong Shao in the novel. He died of lung cancer at the age of less than 60.
Lin Wei pursed her lips, put down the cigarette ticket and asked: "Do you smoke a lot?"
Zong Shao did not hide it and said, "About one pack a week."
Lin Wei herself does not smoke, but there are many smokers around her. There are two heavy smokers in her office who never put down their cigarettes and smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day.
Because of this, the older sisters in the office often quarreled with them, thinking that their smoking made the office smoky and made those of them who didn't smoke suffer as well.
Lin Wei didn't argue with anyone openly, but she raised the safety issue with her leader. You have to know that their unit is a cotton spinning mill, and the warehouse is full of flammable textiles. If someone smokes at work and a spark falls in the office, not only the people in their department, but all the leaders in the factory will be doomed.
In fact, their leader is not unaware of these matters, but he is too lazy to care unless the fire burns to his eyebrows. But after hearing what Lin Wei said, he felt a little scared and started to restrain the two heavy smokers in the office, not allowing them to smoke in the office.
Compared to them, Zong Shao's smoking addiction was not that serious. Moreover, from the time he returned to Shicheng until now, Lin Wei had never seen him touch cigarettes, except for the time when he was at her house and smoked a cigarette in front of everyone when he accepted the cigarettes her father sent him.
But the harm caused by cigarettes to the body will not disappear just because he smokes less, and the addiction to smoking is developed slowly, starting with one cigarette every two or three days, then two or three cigarettes a day, and finally you may be smoking two or three packs a day.
Although Lin Wei is not sure about the authenticity of the novel, regardless of whether it is true or not, she hopes that Zong Shao can quit smoking.
However, Lin Wei also knows that it is easy to smoke but difficult to quit. Just look at the two heavy smokers in her office. Even if their leaders are watching them, they will at most not smoke in the office. It is common for them to sneak out to take a few puffs during working hours.
Moreover, she couldn't force him to set rules and regulations like a leader, because that could easily cause quarrels. She didn't want to quarrel with Zong Shao for the time being. At least she wanted to get more familiar with him and test his bottom line.
Lin Wei thought about it, but still mentioned it tactfully: "Mingming Ruirui is still young, it's not good for her to smell too much smoke."
Ever since the wives of his comrades-in-arms followed them to the army, Zong Shao had often heard them complain about their wives asking them to quit smoking. After every complaint, they would pat him on the shoulder and tell him to cherish the relaxed days he had now.
Therefore, when Zong Shao heard Lin Wei asking about his smoking, he had already realized it. After hearing her euphemistic words, he said, "I will try my best to quit."
This was a pleasant surprise. Lin Wei smiled and said, "Okay." She lowered her head and continued to count the money.
Zong Shao looked at the smile on her lips, his heart moved slightly, and he stretched out his hand.
The roll of money in the tin was not big, especially compared with Lin Wei's small piggy bank. But no matter how much money you have, it's good to have money. Lin Wei didn't mind and untied the rubber band that bound the money and started counting it.
But before she had counted the money, Lin Wei felt someone touching her face. She reached out and patted Zong Shao's hand and said, "Stop messing around. I'm counting the money."
Seven ten-dollar bills, five five-dollar bills, six two-dollar bills, and one-dollar bills at most, about ten or so. Then there were scattered coins, the largest denomination being only five cents.
Excluding the coins, the total amount is one hundred and two.
Electric fans are not cheap these days. A slightly better floor fan costs about 150 or 160 yuan. Big brands will be more expensive. For example, a Watson floor fan costs at least 170 or 180 yuan.
With the money Zong Shao had, he could at most buy a fan, and not a very good one, unless she paid more money.
"Do you think it's better to buy a table fan or a floor fan?" Lin Wei raised her head and saw Zong Shao's face close to her.
He was handsome, but she was too close to him. She could almost see the hairs on his face. Lin Wei's face became hot again. She lowered her head and pushed him, saying, "Sit tight."
Zong Shao sat back down, but his right hand was still supporting Lin Wei's back. With his left hand, he threw all the money and bills she had just taken out into the tin can. After closing it, he moved his upper body over her, put the tin can under the pillow and said, "We'll talk about the fan tomorrow."
As he spoke, he backed away, stopping in front of Lin Wei. He raised his hands that were supporting her from behind and pressed them on the back of her neck. He lowered his head and kissed her rosy lips.
Lin Wei opened her eyes slightly and looked into his eyes which were so close to her.
He has beautifully shaped eyes, with double eyelids and slightly upturned corners, but with a sense of distance, which makes him quite intimidating when he looks serious.
When they first met, Lin Wei was a little afraid of him. Seeing that she was reserved, the clan mother said a few words to her son and asked him to smile. But in the end, Zong Shao didn't laugh, so his mother had to try to smooth things over by saying that he had been like this since he was a child and asked her not to mind it.
Because of this, when they went to the park, the clan leader was worried and pulled him aside to tell him a lot of things. I also gave him ten dollars.
Zong Shao refused to take it. At that time, he had been promoted to deputy company commander and his salary was higher than the old lady's. How could he be willing to take her money?
But the clan mother still forced the money on him and said that she would check it when he returned home in the evening. If the money was not spent, he did not need to go home and could sleep on the street.
Zong Shao took the money reluctantly, then turned around and asked Lin Wei if she was hungry. He wanted to treat her to a meal at a state-owned restaurant, the most expensive one among all the state-owned restaurants in Shicheng.
At first Lin Wei refused to go because it was too expensive and she couldn't eat in peace.
Zong Shao sold his mother when he saw this, and took out the ten dollars to show Lin Wei, asking her to help him as he didn't want to sleep on the street at night.
Lin Wei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she just nodded and agreed.
After dinner, she asked Zong Shao to accompany her to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some fruits for him to take back, so that they could be considered as a give-and-take relationship. But she didn't try to snatch the money from him when paying. He was the one who paid for the fruit and refused to take it away, asking her to take it back.
At that time, Lin Wei was not very happy, thinking that there was nothing between them, so why was she eating and taking things?
Then Zong Shao asked her if she was willing to date him and told her about his situation.
Zong Shao was good-looking and wore a military uniform, so his words seemed particularly sincere. Therefore, Lin Wei, who originally had no idea, was attracted to him and agreed to date him without thinking.
They had agreed to go to the movies together the next day, but that night he received a military order and hurried back to the team.
Four years have passed and Lin Wei thought she had forgotten the details of what happened, but now, in this kiss, the things in her memory have become vivid.
Lin Wei blinked, and then she heard Zong Shao's voice: "Breathe."
Lin Wei let out an "ah" and lowered her head to breathe heavily.
After a while, Zong Shao's lips came over again. Because of the posture, Lin Wei couldn't help but tilt her head back slightly, and her body leaned back with his hand on the back of her neck until she lay on the bed.
The temperature in the room rose rapidly.
Beads of sweat appeared on Zong Shao's forehead.
Lin Wei wasn't much better either. Her mouth was dry and her body gradually softened. She let him pull up the hem of her clothes, revealing her flat waist and abdomen, and obediently put her hands together.
When the clothes were about to leave Lin Wei's hands, she suddenly heard a knock on the door.
"Knock, knock, knock."
After three knocks, no one answered, and the knocking turned into a "dong dong dong" sound.
Lin Wei suddenly came back to her senses, pushed Zong Shao aside and sat up, saying as she put on her clothes: "Go open the door quickly, it must be Mingming Ruirui and the others."
"good."
Zong Shao gritted his teeth and let out a long sigh, then got out of bed and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was Ruirui. He woke up and didn't see his mother, so he got up from the bed and wanted to go find her. But when he opened the door, he saw an unfamiliar and dim corridor. He was stunned and stood there thinking for a long time before he remembered that they had arrived at their new home and his mother lived in the master bedroom, so he started knocking on the door.
I knocked three times and no one answered, so I knocked on the door. After three more knocks, the door opened.
However, after the door opened, the first thing he saw was not his gentle mother, but his dark-faced and fierce father. He felt wronged and burst into tears: "Wu... I want my mother..."
Lin Wei heard Ruirui crying in the room, and came out without even bothering to put on her shoes. She pushed Zong Shao aside, hugged her little son and said, "Ruirui, be good, mommy is here."
Smelling the fragrance of his mother, the little guy cried a little softer, but still felt aggrieved, and complained in a choked voice: "Mom, where have you been? I couldn't find you when I got up..."
Lin Wei carried Ruirui into the house, patting his back and coaxing him: "Mom is not going anywhere, she is at home." She reached out to wipe away his tears, "Look at you, you are so old and you are still crying like this."
Ruirui looked up at his father standing next to him. He didn't dare to say that he was scared by his fierce father. He frowned and said, "I woke up and didn't see you."
"Didn't you and your brother say in the afternoon that you had grown up and wanted to sleep alone?" Lin Wei said with a smile.
Ruirui was completely awake, and quickly recalled what happened in the afternoon. She said, "That was my brother who said that, not me. I don't want to grow up." Then she hugged Lin Wei's waist, raised her head and acted coquettishly, "Ruirui wants to sleep with mom tonight, okay?"
Zong Shao, who was watching nearby, frowned slightly. He had been sleeping alone since he was less than three years old. Now his two brothers were already three to four years old. Why did they still have to sleep with their mother?
Still too delicate.
Based on the principle that children should not be spoiled too much, Zong Shao opened his mouth to say no, but just as the words came to his mouth, he heard his wife say yes and turned to him and said, "They have always slept with me, so they may not adapt so quickly. Let them sleep with us tonight, okay?"
When saying the three words "okay?", Lin Wei's tone was about 70% similar to Rui Rui's, but it sounded different to Zong Shao's ears, like a feather gently caressing his heart.
He turned around and went out, saying, "...I'll bring Mingming over here."
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