When she got home, opened the letter, and saw its contents, she was so angry she laughed.
"Little sister, I heard from Mom and Dad that your husband is dying, is that right? Oh, I'm so sad for you. In this village where I'm stationed, a widow whose husband has died is buried with him."
"Luckily, I wasn't blinded by that thousand yuan dowry back then, otherwise I'd be a widow now, hahaha. But don't be too sad, come to me, I'll find you a man, how about that? Otherwise, I can't let you be a widow forever, can I?"
"Although men in the countryside are not clean and smelly, you, a widow, should not look down on them. These are the only men you can find these days."
Looking forward to your reply!
Looking at the letter that cursed her with a dead man and wished her to become a widow, Lin Xiaoxiao clenched her fists. She realized she hadn't beaten her enough back then.
Lin Wanwan, you'd better not fall into my hands.
Otherwise, you'll learn the consequences of being a smart aleck.
After memorizing the mailing address, Lin Xiaoxiao tore up the letter.
Thinking of Lin Wanwan's letter, in which she said that Lin Dashan and his wife told her that Qin Yushen was critically ill, she wondered how Lin Dashan had found out. Apart from Qin Jinye and Yao Huixian, she couldn't think of any other possibility.
Lin Xiaoxiao calculated the time; it had been four days since she sent the letter to Beijing, and the ginseng Qin Jinye had promised still hadn't arrived.
She snorted and swaggered off to the place in the military base where she could make phone calls.
When Qin Yushen came home from get off work, he found no one at home, but Lin Xiaoxiao's bicycle was in the yard, which meant that she had already returned.
After cooking the rice and preparing the dishes, I went out to look for the person.
When they finally found the phone booth, they saw Lin Xiaoxiao roll her eyes and say to the person on the other end, "Alright, I knew Dad had the power. Now I'll just wait to receive my package."
"Then I'll leave what I said to Dad. Yes, yes, don't worry, you don't trust me, do you?"
Lin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes again, not knowing what the person on the other end said.
"Okay, I'm hanging up now, Dad. Don't forget to send the package."
After hanging up the phone, she saw Qin Yushen and ran over to him. "Why are you here?"
Outside, Qin Yushen didn't hold her hand, but walked side by side. "Calling the old man?"
Qin Jinye was only in his forties, not even fifty, yet he was called an old man, which shows how much Qin Yushen didn't want to call him "Dad."
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded, looking smug. "I was wondering why the old man hadn't sent anything yet. Turns out it was your stepmother causing trouble again."
"Hey, I knew she'd cause trouble. Look, I made one phone call, and your dad had no choice but to reluctantly agree to send it tomorrow."
Upon returning to Beijing, Qin Jinye received a letter from Lin Xiaoxiao the very next day.
Words spoken are like water spilled; they cannot be taken back.
So he asked his assistant to buy a ginseng root on the black market and some imported candies and chocolates from the Friendship Store, intending to send them over.
Upon learning this, Yao Huixian delivered the items to her son, Qin Huaijun, that very evening.
It just so happens that Qin Huaijun was inexplicably transferred to the Market Research Department. Although this department is also a relatively important department in the Commerce Department, it is nowhere near as important as the Central Purchasing and Sales Department.
In order to find out who he had offended, Qin Huaijun had been making a lot of trips lately.
When Yao Huixian delivered the goods, he immediately took them to bribe his superiors in the original unified purchase and sales department, spending a considerable amount of money to finally get them to talk.
When Qin Jinye learned that Yao Huixian had taken the things, he was about to get angry when his youngest son came back and told him about being targeted.
It was Chu Weinian's secretary who made the move; weren't the secretary's orders Chu Weinian's orders?
Qin Jinye couldn't just stand by and watch his youngest son be suppressed, so he's been trying to pull strings these past few days.
If it weren't for Lin Xiaoxiao's phone call, he probably would have forgotten about his eldest son who was far away in Jiangcheng.
Now, he could only squeeze some money out of the old man and have someone buy ginseng on the black market. In order to get rid of Lin Xiaoxiao in one go, he also bought some Ganoderma lucidum from Northeast China and sent it out together.
He was anxiously running errands for his youngest son, hoping that Lin Xiaoxiao would be sensible and not bother him.
Lin Xiaoxiao: It's impossible for a child to be sensible; sensible children don't get candy.
A few days later, when she received a package from Beijing, Lin Xiaoxiao decided to write a letter to Qin Jinye every other day from now on, in order to make her presence known to the wealthy old man.
Who knows, one day he might get impatient and send over another savings book.
Half a month later, Commander Wu and Qu Yu finally got married. Their wedding was very simple. The political commissar was asked to be the witness, and they read their vows in front of the portrait of Chairman Mao. That was it.
Commander Wu did not hold a wedding banquet, as the conditions were not right at the time, but he still paid for the canteen to prepare a meat dish so that the soldiers could share in the joy.
On the third day after their wedding, Qu Yu busied herself inviting Wu's close comrades and leaders to dinner.
This meal is a must, and Qin Yushen and Lin Xiaoxiao are also among those invited.
At the level of Regiment Commander Wu, besides Army Commander Zhao and Political Commissar Liu, only a few regimental commanders and deputy regimental commanders of the same rank, as well as the three battalion commanders of the regiment he leads, need to be invited.
There weren't many people, but with their families and children, it would take up three or four tables.
These past few days, Lin Xiaoxiao has run into Qu Yu on her way to work. Qu Yu is going to the city to buy meat and vegetables. After they got married, Commander Wu also bought her a bicycle to make it easier for her to get around.
Qu Yu saw Lin Xiaoxiao but ignored her. Now that she was the regimental commander's wife, she was a level higher than Lin Xiaoxiao.
Even though he was still afraid of Lin Xiaoxiao, his status was different now, and his mindset had changed.
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