Chapter 5 A Promissory Note
Sewn on the back of the pocket is a promissory note and a black-and-white photo!
The person who sewed this thing into the cotton jacket was very careful and wrapped it tightly with waterproof oil paper. Even if the original owner cleaned the cotton jacket, the things inside would not get wet.
The promissory note clearly states the borrower's name, date of birth, detailed home address, immediate family members, when and why he borrowed 200 yuan from Comrade Su Donghan for a period of two years, and the signed photo of the two of them is a keepsake. After two years, the repayment of 250 yuan plus interest should be made. When the repayment is due, the promissory note and the keepsake can be used by someone other than the borrower.
In addition to the signatures of the lender and the borrower, there are also two witnesses' signatures, all with red handprints.
It can be said that the person who wrote this promissory note was very thoughtful.
The date of the loan note was more than three years ago, which happened shortly before the original owner went to the countryside.
Su Taotao tried to recall it, but it seemed that this paragraph was not written in the book. It was probably because the original owner did not find the loan note sewn into her cotton padded jacket after returning to the city. Because she came into the book and made different choices from the original owner, the development of the plot was greatly deviated. It can be said that except for the objectively existing people or things, the original plot has no much reference significance.
Su Taotao picked up the photo and took a look, and couldn't help but smile. Genetics is really a great subject. The original owner's fox eyes were inherited from his father. Even if he had never seen the person in person, he only needed to see who was the lender, Comrade Su Donghan, that is, the biological father of "Su Taotao".
The original book did not write much about Su Taotao's family, and just said that the relationship was not good.
The borrower Cao Guohua's home address in the IOU is in the county town where Qinglian Commune is located, only about ten kilometers away from the brigade where Su Taotao is located.
It is not a coincidence that Su Taotao joined the production team here, and there is an IOU sewn in her cotton-padded jacket. It is possible that it was manipulated by Su's father. The so-called "bad relationship with family" may just be the original owner's vision. Her family should still be good to her. It's just that people believe in more children and more blessings these days. Generally, there are several children in a family. She has two older brothers and a younger sister. She is the one who is most easily ignored in the middle.
Su's father or mother didn't tell the original owner that they had kept this secret, probably because they knew the original owner's extravagant nature. When the time came for him to really need help, they couldn't help him with their distant help, so they buried this "near fire" in advance, which might be able to solve the urgent need at the critical moment.
It can be said that they were very well-intentioned.
Su Taotao put away the loan note and photos. She only had 13.85 yuan left from her entire family. She would probably need this "near fire" soon. Even if she didn't eat it, she had to raise Chenchen, who was still in the growth stage, as she couldn't let such a smart kid's talent go to waste.
While continuing to clean up, Su Taotao found the letter written by her childhood sweetheart to the original owner.
She took a quick look at it. The handwriting was good and the writing was good. There was no mention of love between the lines, but the love was overflowing and sincere. No wonder the original owner could not forget it for so many years.
Su Taotao thought about it, found the matchbox directly, and lit the letter with one match.
In this day and age, men and women should be separated. If she was discovered, she would not be able to explain herself even if she had ten mouths. She did not want to perform the pig cage immersion.
After soaking in the cold water in the river, her body was weak. After cleaning up for a while, she was exhausted.
She took out her watch from under the pillow and saw that it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, which was considered staying up late in this day and age.
Su Taotao resisted her sleepiness, changed the quilt and bed sheet, and took an old piece of clothing as a pillowcase before lying back on the bed. Before going to sleep, she was still thinking in a mess that the watch was one of Fu Zhengtu's betrothal gifts. Although it was not well-made at the time of marriage, it was already considered good in the countryside.
It was the original owner who took advantage of Fu Zhengtu's return for vacation and took a fancy to him. She used some dishonorable means to successfully marry into the Fu family. In fact, Fu Zhengtu and the Fu family had never treated the original owner unfairly, let alone said a word against her.
It was just that the original owner thought that she could leave here with Fu Zhengtu after getting married, but she didn't expect that the process went wrong and it took three years to take her over.
She couldn't keep it, and she accidentally traveled through it. She didn't know if she could return to the 21st century after waking up from a sleep.
Facts have proved that Su Taotao is still the Su Taotao of the 1970s when she wakes up. She can't go back.
She used to have the habit of staying up late and suffering from insomnia, but now her sleep quality is very good.
In the morning, when she opened the door, the kitchen was already filled with smoke. She breathed in the sweet air of the 1970s and greeted the exquisite and beautiful little kid: "Good morning, Chenchen!"
Chenchen, who was less than two years old, developed more slowly than other children and could not even walk steadily. He was staggering to feed water to the chickens with a gourd ladle. When Su Taotao called him, the water almost spilled.
He looked at Su Taotao in confusion. After all, he had never seen her at this time before, never seen her laugh so happily, and never heard her say good morning to him in such a cheerful voice. He froze in place for a while, unable to respond.
Not to mention Chenchen, even Fu Yuanhang, who had just come back from digging earthworms and was feeding chickens, had his brows wrinkled like earthworms. In his opinion, this sister-in-law had not been normal since she fell into the water.
She looked even more scary like this, maybe she was holding back some big move.
Fu Yuanhang suddenly thought of something and looked at her in horror. She was suddenly so nice to Chenchen, could it be that she wanted to trick Chenchen into selling him out?
Su Taotao had no idea that her "good morning" would cause Fu Yuanhang to imagine such a big drama. She was simply in a good mood because she had enough sleep and opened the door early in the morning to see such a delightful little cub.
Su Taotao smiled and walked to Chenchen, squatted down, looked into the child's eyes, pointed at his gourd and asked: "Chenchen, what are you doing?"
Yes, yes, this is the look and smile of Grandma Wolf!
Fu Yuanhang felt that he had seen the truth, and shouted to Chenchen: "Chenchen, come here quickly, the chicken is thirsty!"
Hearing the call of the little uncle, Chenchen didn't think twice and walked over slowly on his short legs.
Su Taotao felt regretful. She almost poked Chenchen's baby fat. She hadn't yet taught the little guy to call her "Mom". She didn't know if he could speak.
Don't worry, take your time.
Su Taotao didn't disturb the two children feeding the chickens. She put her hands behind her back and inspected the small yard.
It's a typical farmyard building, covering a fairly large area. It has a main house with four rooms in an airplane-style layout. The kitchen and bathroom are opposite the main house, but they are made of green bricks and black tiles, and it can be seen that they were built not long ago. There is an open-air yard of 20 to 30 square meters in the middle. In the middle is a water pump, and there is a small pond surrounded by cement, so you can wash things directly in it. There is an asparagus fern on both sides of the door. One side of the wall is surrounded by a fence for raising chickens, and various farm tools are hung on it. On the other side is a small vegetable plot where some side dishes such as coriander, garlic, and green onions are planted. Next to it is a simple clothesline made of two wooden forks and a bamboo, on which a few clothes are hung.
It can be seen that the house is quite old. When she woke up yesterday, she said it was a dangerous building, which was a bit too much. The main reason was that she had never seen such a blackened mud brick house. Today, it still looks quite solid from the outside. The tiles on the roof are also very new and clean. There should be no leakage and no safety hazards.
The key is that it is very clean. You can tell at a glance that the owner of the house is very diligent and loves cleanliness. In short, she can accept this living environment. It is much better than she thought.
The most important thing is that the bathroom was built in imitation of the toilets in the city at the strong request of the original owner and Fu Zhengtu when they got married, so it has a squat toilet, so she doesn’t need to go to the public toilet that is said to be smelly!
This can be said to be the only thing the original owner has done that makes her feel satisfied.
Su Taotao was about to go to the bathroom to take care of her physiological problems when a figure flashed in from the door and ran into her bathroom at the speed of teleportation. Without even saying hello, he slammed the door shut. Su Taotao
blinked and looked at the two children who were happily feeding the chickens, asking with her eyes, who is this person? What does he mean?