Peng Kaiyuan was reading in the room as usual.
But this time, when he heard the sound of a bicycle in the yard, he did not take it for granted that it was Yin Linjiang.
Instead, it brought some expectations.
Seeing that it was indeed Shen Chu Ning who came, the old man smiled.
He was about to go out to pick up Shen Chuning when he saw Shen Chuning coming in neatly with a new quilt in his arms.
"Teacher, I made you a new quilt. You can cover yourself with this from now on. It will keep you warm."
Listening to Shen Chuning's crisp voice, Peng Kaiyuan felt his heart swell up.
This girl...
They said they would take care of him in his old age, and they really did so, even providing him with new cotton quilts.
This time, he didn’t say anything polite to Shen Chuning, and nodded repeatedly: “Okay…”
Shen Chuning replaced Mr. Peng’s old cotton wool with new cotton wool and put it in the quilt cover.
While preparing, he said, "Teacher, I have asked someone to make you a new quilt cover and a new cotton-padded jacket. They will be made for you in a few days when the farming season is over.
I hope you will spend a warm winter. ”
Peng Kaiyuan felt that he didn't even need new cotton-padded clothes or quilt covers. Just hearing these words from the girl made him feel warm in his heart.
"Okay, since you have already found someone to prepare it, then teacher won't be polite to you." Peng Kaiyuan said with a cheerful smile.
After Shen Chu Ning put on the new cotton wool, he took out the old cotton wool and tied it to the back seat of the bicycle.
Old cotton wool won’t keep you warm anymore.
But you can send it to a cotton spinning factory to have it re-spinned, and if it becomes fluffy, it can be used as padding.
After tying up the old cotton wool, Shen Chu Ning carried the vegetables and meat to make lunch.
Peng Kaiyuan looked at her busy figure, his eyes full of satisfaction and a little moist.
At this time, there was another person who was looking at Yin Linjiang just like Peng Kaiyuan.
Yin Linjiang saw that Shen Chuning was going to cook.
He quickly stepped forward and said, “Comrade Shen, the crucian carp and tofu soup you made last time was really delicious. I exchanged a few crucian carps and a piece of tofu with my fellow villagers today. Can I light the fire and you cook, and we can eat together at noon.”
Yin Linjiang had rehearsed this sentence in his mind countless times before Shen Chuning came, but when he really said this sentence to Shen Chuning, he was so nervous that he almost stuttered.
"Sure!" Shen Chuning agreed readily.
She had originally planned to invite Yin Linjiang to have lunch together.
After all, they will work in the same office in the future, and accounting and cashier are two jobs that require cooperation with each other, so the relationship must be good.
When Yin Linjiang heard the three words Shen Chuning and looked at her beautiful face, he felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
I felt a sudden sense of regret for no reason.
Why didn't he meet her earlier, before she got married?
When Shen Chuning returned to the village, he first went to the brigade headquarters.
Because when the postman delivers letters to the countryside, he will not deliver them door to door. He usually puts all the letters of the members of a brigade together at the brigade headquarters.
It had been half a month since she sent the letter and scarf to the man. This was the third time she had come to the brigade headquarters during this period, but she still had not received a reply from the man.
I can't help feeling a little disappointed.
But then she thought again, the man was urgently recalled to the army because of a mission, and he might not have returned to the base yet and had not received her letter at all.
Wait a little longer!
This wait lasted another five days.
Five days later, when Shen Chuning had just returned to the production team from the commune, someone told her that there was a letter from her in the brigade headquarters.
Her mood brightened instantly.
He rode his bike quickly to the brigade headquarters.
When they arrived at the brigade headquarters, the brigade secretary Shen Weidong said to Shen Chuning: “Ningning, there is a letter and a remittance slip for you, which were sent from the army.”
It was the time to get off work, and the members of the production team were queuing up at the brigade headquarters to send their work points.
Hearing Shen Weidong's words, an aunt next to him snatched the remittance slip faster than Shen Chuning to look at it.
When she saw the number, the aunt was stunned, "Eighty dollars!"
"Mr. Zhou sends 80 yuan home every month. How much money does he earn in a year?"
Someone who is good at math has already helped figure it out, "That's nine hundred and sixty dollars a year."
"Goddess, this girl Chu Ning is in luck. No wonder she doesn't have to work in the fields all day and can go to the commune every day. She doesn't have to worry about money at all.
We earn work points throughout the year, and it's considered pretty good if our family can get more than 200 yuan. ”
"Who told you that you don't have the ability of the Shen family's girl? In the past, everyone said that the second son of the Shen family was stupid, and he raised a little girl like a treasure. But this little girl is worth it!"
"That's right. Once Chu Ning gets married, Shen Qingsong will have enough money to pay off all the debts owed for repairing the house. I heard that the director of the women's department has been to the Shen family several times recently to propose marriages to the three sons of the Shen family!"
…
Everyone was talking about it in a sour tone.
When Shen Chuning saw Lin Shulan in the crowd, her face darkened.
She was worried that her mother-in-law would misunderstand her because of these gossips, and her eyes turned red with anxiety and tears flowed uncontrollably.
She wiped her tears and said, “You only know that my husband sent me 80 yuan at one time, but did you know that he went back to the army urgently three days after we got married?
Do you know that he has been gone for almost three or four months, and he only sent me a letter and eighty dollars?
Woo woo woo…"
The more Shen Chu Ning spoke, the sadder she became, and her tears fell like beads from a broken string.
Lin Shulan had actually heard a long time ago that when Shen Chuning married into their family, Shen Qingsong paid off all the debts he owed to the villagers.
Although she felt a little uncomfortable, she saw that Shen Chuning was filial and sensible, and now she was a student of the commune accountant, and would soon have a job and officially become one of the "eight members" of the commune. She liked him in her heart and did not intend to care about her leaving the betrothal gift to her parents' family to pay off the debt.
After hearing the sour words from the audience just now, she felt a little sorry for her old daughter-in-law.
Now I see Shen Chu Ning is crying so hard that she is hiccuping.
He was even more angry, and he stood up to protect Shen Chuning.
"Didn't my son just send 80 yuan to my daughter-in-law? If you are jealous, why don't you let your own men join the army and go to the battlefield?
What? My son is fighting bravely in the army to defend our country, but his wife at home doesn’t even deserve to spend 80 yuan? ”
"If any of you feel jealous, please stand up. Today, in front of the team leader and the brigade secretary, we will have a good argument. When the country wanted to recruit soldiers, who were the people who stopped their husbands and sons from going?"
Lin Shulan rolled up her sleeves angrily.
Zhou Yubai joined the army three years earlier than Shen Zhengrong. When he joined the army, the national situation was still unstable, with internal and external troubles.
When the conscription notice came out, many people were reluctant to let their men and sons go to the battlefield.
Lin Shulan was also reluctant at the time, but her son had a stubborn temper and once he made his decision, no one could change it. She had no choice but to let him go.
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