His mother?
unimportant.
Pei Yuanzheng didn't take this matter to heart at all. Instead, he said to Ruan Niannian very seriously: "Wife, she left me after my father died, which means she didn't want me. I never thought of looking for her."
Left him behind? Ruan Niannian was stunned. Didn't they say Pei Yuanzheng's mother died along with his father? Did the villagers beautify her ending?
But from Uncle Jiu's tone, his mother must have been a very good person, otherwise he wouldn't have been so enthusiastic and eager when talking about her, and he looked like he regretted it.
Is there any misunderstanding?
No wonder he only took her to his father's cenotaph.
"Okay, let's not talk about her. I'd rather not know her when we meet in the future than to know that she might leave me and marry another man and have children for him."
If possible, he would rather the woman go with his father.
Ruan Niannian held his hand with one hand, put her other arm around his neck, and put her cheek against his, silently comforting him.
Seeing her like this, Pei Yuanzheng smiled helplessly. He had stopped being sad a long time ago, but in order to comfort her, he felt that he should go and see the things that woman left behind, to let his wife know that he had really let it go, and was not just sad in silence.
"Forget it, wife, if you want to see it, let's go and see it when the time comes."
"good."
Ruan Niannian just had a hunch that perhaps his mother was not the same as he knew.
It was almost one o'clock when they got home. Pei Qingyang and Wu Lanhua went home early because Pei Xiaoqing had fallen asleep. The lights were off at this time.
The main reason is that electricity is too expensive, at four cents per kilowatt-hour, and ordinary families simply cannot afford to use it.
Although Pei Qingyang and Wu Lanhua are earning more now, who knows whether this business can last long. It never hurts to save a little.
More and more households in the village installed electric lights and had access to electricity, but after the initial novelty wore off, few people used them anymore.
There are also electric fans and black and white TVs, which are not found in other villages. This can be said to be a village at the lower end of the country.
Perhaps it was because of this that the political commissar made a prompt decision to have Pei Yuanzheng retire from the army and return to his hometown, an underdeveloped small place, to carry out tasks related to the economic sector.
Otherwise, how could he be willing to give up such a good talent like Pei Yuanzheng?
After a day of kneeling at the memorial, the couple felt a little tired. After washing up, they fell into a deep sleep as soon as their heads touched the pillows.
The next day was another day of kneeling in mourning.
At lunchtime, a special person arrived at the old house. He ran over while ringing the bell. "Fellow villager, Comrade Ruan Niannian is alone at home. Is he coming here?"
The rural postman appeared in a military green work suit, with a freshly cut haircut, and looked very energetic.
The person he stopped to ask happened to be Uncle Pei Jiu who had just returned from the commune clinic. He went to the clinic to check it out and was told that it was nothing serious. He heaved a sigh of relief and came back happily to eat the banquet.
At this time, when he heard the postman asking about Ruan Niannian, he had heard about Ruan Niannian distributing newspapers before. At this time, his eyes lit up and he started to promote it vigorously.
"Oh, Comrade Ruan Niannian, this is my nephew's wife. Comrade, the article she wrote is in the newspaper again?" He spoke in a loud voice for fear that others could not hear him.
The postman took out a piece of mail and said with a smile, "I don't know either. This is a letter from Comrade Ruan Niannian. Please give it to her."
"Okay, okay, thank you, comrade!"
Uncle Pei Jiu smiled brightly, took the mail and limped inside, "Yuanzheng Wife, Yuanzheng Wife has a letter for you, come and see if your article is in the newspaper again?"
Even though he has difficulty moving, he doesn't want to let others do this.
He walked and shouted all the way, attracting the attention of relatives who came to the banquet and started talking about it.
"Oh, Yuanzheng is a promising man, and so is Yuanzheng's wife. That's the newspaper."
"That's amazing. I heard that he did it more than once."
"What? The newspaper reserved a special page for her. Ordinary people don't get this treatment."
…
At this point, Ruan Niannian's reputation as a talented woman gradually spread among her relatives.
Ruan Niannian, who received the letter at this time, was a little confused. Calculating the time, her new manuscript had only been sent out three days ago, and it might not have even reached the newspaper. How could she get a reply so quickly?
"Yuanzheng wife, quickly open the newspaper and see if you are in the newspaper again?" Uncle Pei Jiu firmly believed that Ruan Niannian was promising and must have been in the newspaper!
Ruan Niannian opened the letter and took a look. It was indeed letterhead from the New Era Newspaper, but the content made her more and more serious the more she read it.
If this can be accomplished, it will be a great merit!
The letter said that Pei Jianhui's composition had attracted the attention of several important figures. After discussion, they decided to entrust a reporter to visit their commune and the reporter had already set off. If nothing unexpected happened, it was very likely that a group of schools would be built in their commune.
Big deal!
Ruan Niannian had thought before that when she made a lot of money in the future, she would come back to invest in building a school, but that would probably be a long time in the future.
I didn’t expect that the goal of building a school nearby could be achieved so soon. What does it matter whether she built it or not?
"What's wrong, my expedition wife?" Uncle Pei Jiu asked carefully when he saw that she looked a little strange.
After asking, Ruan Niannian laughed out loud, "Good news, very good news."
She glanced at the crowd and saw a familiar young man. She called out, "Qingyan, help me find the captain. When you find him, ask him to come to the main hall."
"Okay, sister-in-law." Pei Qingyan ran to find someone without saying a word.
Ruan Niannian called out to the others, "Everyone, stop standing and go sit down."
After saying that, he turned around and found Pei Yuanzheng and showed him the letter.
"Is this true?" Pei Yuanzheng's expression also became serious, even more serious than when he kowtowed to Li Dani just now.
Ruan Niannian nodded. "Of course. I have dealt with Editor-in-Chief Li of the New Era Newspaper for a long time. He is a very smooth person and usually won't talk about things that are not set in stone."
That being said, it's pretty stable.
Pei Yuanzheng's eyes were filled with smiles, "Wife, you are the best."
The praise is particularly sincere.
Soon, Pei Qingshan was found by the children and called in.
"Brother, that's great news." Pei Yuanzheng was about to repeat the contents of the letter. After all, it was a letter from Ruan Niannian, and she might not be willing to show it to others.
Ruan Niannian didn't mind and handed the letter directly to Pei Qingshan, "Brother Qingshan, please read the letter first and then we can talk. This is real."
"good."
The couple was so serious, it must be no small matter. Pei Qingshan read the letter carefully, and his hands began to tremble after reading it.
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