Chapter 26: Someone still cares about him
Liu Sanjin didn't go home immediately. She covered her chest and cried for a long time. She wanted to wait for Lu Mingyang to come out so that she could say bad things about Shen Meng. No matter whether Lu Mingyang's children were her grandchildren, they were all in the Lu family's household register. They were legitimate eldest sons and grandsons. When they grew up, they had to be filial to her. Shen Meng was different.
She was married and an outsider. In her heart, she was still very good to Lu Mingyang's children. So she firmly believed that as long as she and Shen Meng had a conflict, the children would definitely stand by her unconditionally.
But she waited for a long time and no one came out. She stomped her feet and turned around and left angrily.
Shen Meng took the letter and the remittance slip back to the main hall. There was 35 yuan on the remittance slip. Shen Meng was delighted. The original owner kept it for himself, plus the compensation from Liu Sanjin and the production team, plus the remittance slip, a total of 62 yuan. In this era, having such a lot of liquid funds was already a lot. After
opening the letter, there was a remittance slip inside. Shen Meng frowned. There was only 18 yuan on it, and there were five ten-jin grain coupons, eight feet of cloth coupons, and some other miscellaneous coupons.
Shen Meng frowned. What happened to Lu Zhenping? Why did he get two remittance slips? And this notice of picking up the package seemed to be sent separately.
While she was stunned, Lu Mingyang walked over.
"Mom, did Dad send a letter back?"
After hesitating, Shen Meng said, "Yes, your dad sent two remittance slips, and this package seemed to be sent separately, what's going on?"
"Mom, then, that might be collected by the uncles in the army and sent to me, Mingliang and Mingfang." He said this with a heavy heart and slowly lowered his head. Only at this moment did he feel that there were still people who cared about him and loved him, those were his father's former comrades-in-arms.
Shen Meng was surprised for a moment, looking at the allowance sent back by Lu Zhenping. Last year, he had been promoted to deputy regiment commander, and the allowance should be more than 50 yuan a month. The original owner was very happy when she knew that he had been promoted, and she was reserved and did not ask about the allowance, thinking that it must be indispensable, but this month Lu Zhenping only sent 18 yuan.
She suddenly understood why there was a saying that "poor soldiers" in the past. Ordinary soldiers only had 6 or 7 yuan a month, and their food and accommodation were naturally provided by the army, but some of the sacrificed people had a very difficult life for their families. I wonder how many families like Lu Mingyang, Lu Mingliang and Lu Mingfang there are.
Shen Meng was deeply moved. Suddenly, she felt that the letters, parcel vouchers and remittance slips in her hands were heavy, and she could hardly hold them. Shen Meng pulled the corners of her mouth, but still couldn't smile.
"Hey, mother knows. I'll take these home later. Mingyang, come and take a look at this letter and read it to your brothers and sisters."
Lu Mingyang: "..."
Why did you mention this? Didn't you say you didn't want to go to school? I'm so forgetful when I get older!!!
"Mom, my elder brother can't read, and I can't read either, hehe!"
Shen Meng: "..."
Hehe, you are at the age of learning, how can you not go to school? Look at your loud voice when you said you can't read. If you don't know, you would think it's something to be proud of!
"After autumn, I asked someone and asked Mingyang, Mingliang and Mingfang to go to school. No one should be left behind. Xiaokai is young, and he should go to school when he grows up."
"Mom, didn't you say that going to school is useless? Besides, you see, many educated youth who went to the countryside are there to study or work in the fields." Lu Mingliang said hurriedly. He didn't want to go to school. Daqing is in the third grade this year. He said that the teacher asked him to recite, but he couldn't recite it, so he pinched his eyelids and tears flowed from the pain. He didn't want to go!
Shen Meng raised the letter in his hand, smiled at the child who was obviously resisting, and said, "If you don't go to school, you won't be able to read. If you can't read, you won't even understand what your father said in the letter. Your mother can't read much either, but when you go to the post office to pick up something, you still have to put your fingerprints and sign your name. In recent years, the educated youth have returned to the city one after another. They are all recruited back and will have stable jobs and salaries in the future. Don't you think so? Do you want to farm for the rest of your life? Of course, I didn’t say that farming is bad. The money in my hand is sent to you by the uncles in the army. Don’t you want to repay them? If you can’t read, you don’t know where to go when you go out, right? "
Lu Mingliang: "......"
Lu Mingyang: "......"
The other two people who eat melons: "......"
What you said makes a lot of sense! ! !
"There is no room for negotiation on this matter. You all have to go to school after the autumn harvest. I'll go back and ask the village chief to help register your names. It's a headache. Your aunt seems to know quite a few words. When she comes, let her read them to us illiterate people. It's such a headache every day. Mingliang, please wash the dishes in the morning. Take your time. Mother is going back to the house."
Lu Mingliang: "..."
Why should it be my responsibility? I have to go to school and suffer so much. Why do you still let me wash the dishes? ? ?
When Xie Jing came over, she saw the children with sad faces. Her heart skipped a beat and she tightened her hand around Xiaogang. Xiaogang was timid and didn't want to come out from behind her. He had seen his aunt beat people and it was very scary.
“Mingyang, what happened to you guys? Where’s your mom?”
“Aunt, my dad sent me a letter. My mom can’t read and couldn’t understand what he wrote. She got angry and told us not to go to school after autumn. She got so angry that she went back to her room and lay down because of a headache.”
Lu Mingyang/Lu Mingfang: “…”
You’re a good messenger!!!
Xie Jinghao heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what Lu Mingliang said. She thought it was her sister-in-law who started to quarrel with the kids again!
"It's good to go to school. It's a good thing to be able to read and write. They will have a bright future. Your younger brother Xiaogang is still young. When he grows up, let him go to school too. He can't suffer the loss of being uneducated. Xiaogang, you stay here and play with your brothers and sisters. Mom will go to find your aunt."
"Okay."
Lu Mingliang was a little disappointed. He thought Xie Jinghao would side with them, but she didn't expect that she would let them go to school too. What's so good about studying? You have to sit in the classroom every day. It's not as good as him going up the mountain to catch birds, going down the river to catch fish, or stealing sweet potatoes and roasting them in a valley!
Shen Meng read the letter. The main idea was to ask about the children. She didn't know if her family leave could be approved this year. She told her to take care of herself. If she had anything to do, she should ask someone to write to him. She should remember to respect her father-in-law and mother-in-law. She also gave Liu Sanjin three yuan and shared some local customs and practices in southern Yunnan.
Last year, Lu Zhenping gave up his family leave to a comrade who had not been home for three years. If he didn't come back this year, he would have not been home for three years. Shen Meng sighed. She had only heard that being a military dependent was not easy before, but when she was really in this position, she realized that it was an unspeakable grievance and powerlessness. She couldn't explain it. She had only been a military dependent for two days. Anyway, she had mixed feelings in her heart.
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