Chapter 670: Leave a letter to refund 1

When they arrived, Father Lu was driving a mule cart, transporting dried sweet potatoes from the fields back to the granary. He was wearing an old military uniform that was washed white and patched, with a sweaty white towel draped around his neck.

"Comrade Lu Zhiyuan!" Cheng Baoguo came up and shook Lu's father's hand.

Facing Cheng Baoguo's enthusiasm, which was a little abnormal, Father Lu was simply stunned. He lowered his head to look at the letter and remittance slip that Cheng Baoguo placed in his hand. Without reading the whole thing, he said, "Did Ajiang and Xiaoxue send it to me? It's been less than a month since I last received a letter and a remittance slip, right? I told them not to send it anymore."

Cheng Baoguo was almost choked by him, "Brother, please read the contents above carefully before you speak!"

Father Lu was even more puzzled. In front of so many people, Cheng Baoguo called him "old brother"? This had never happened before. After Feng Qingxue and Xi Bao went to visit their relatives and then joined the army, Cheng Baoguo had no reason to come often.

"Hearing what you said, I have to take a closer look." It must be a very important letter, otherwise Cheng Baoguo would not have been the postman.

Father Lu thought about it while reading the contents of the envelope. His hands began to tremble as he read it. "Is this a letter from the leader? Why would the leader write to me?"

No one dared to write a letter in the name of the leader, and few people could imitate the leader's handwriting.

The Lu family has preserved the IOUs and thank-you letters from decades ago. Lu's father could recognize the leader's handwriting at a glance, but compared to the IOUs and thank-you letters, the calligraphy of this letter was very smooth and the level was ten times better than before.

"Yes!" Cheng Baoguo said, "Look at what instructions the leader gave in the letter. We are all here to understand. Before this, the government also received a telegram from the leader, asking us to take good care of your later years. We were discussing this matter and had not yet reached a conclusion when the leader's letter to you arrived."

This is also the main reason why they came forward as soon as they received the report from the post office.

Just rely on the leaders' letters? It is impossible to get so many people to come forward. Because many hard-working people, especially the leaders' fellow villagers, can't make ends meet, so they write to the leaders for help. The leaders always send them living expenses, and everyone gets used to it and doesn't think it's strange anymore.

Father Lu's heart moved, "Then I'll open it and take a look."

He thought about it and asked Cheng Baoguo to hold the letter for him. He went to the river to wash his hands, and came back to wipe them clean with a towel. Then he carefully opened the letter. Every move he made showed his respect for the leader.

"What did the leader say?" Cheng Baoguo asked after Lu's father finished reading it. It was a very thick letter.

Father Lu was excited but pretended to be calm. "The leader said several things. The first thing was to thank our family for donating money and other things to the soldiers during the war. I didn't use the donations to ask the government for a debt, so the leader felt bad and sent me 300 yuan as living expenses. The second thing was that the leader mentioned Xiaoxue and Xibao. The mother and daughter were fortunate to be received by the leader. From this, they learned about the living conditions of our Wanglou Brigade and expressed great appreciation for our branch secretary."

Upon hearing that Cheng Baoguo and other government officials were coming, Wang Zhengguo arranged the work in the fields and hurried over. When he arrived, he heard what Lu's father said and could not believe his ears.

(End of this chapter)