After Tong Xuelu's salary increased, the family's material standard also increased rapidly.
Usually, they had to be frugal when eating meat, and sometimes they would only eat once every two or three days. Now, they don't have to be frugal at all. The children of the Tong family have ate so much that their faces have become round.
Tong Mianmian has been raised to be fair and rosy, with rosy little cheeks, which is particularly pleasing to look at.
In fact, they don't need her salary, because their grandfather, Commander Xiao, left them several hundred yuan for living expenses before leaving Beijing.
After returning to the northwest, he would send some things from time to time, such as malt milk and milk candy, as well as various bills and money.
In short, although he can't come back for the time being, his thoughts and things have never been absent.
That day, the postman delivered a letter to the Tong family. The letter was sent from the Northwest Brigade.
Tong Jiaming and his siblings received the letter but did not open it. They waited until Tong Xuelu got off work to read it together.
The letter was sent by their grandfather, Commander Xiao. In addition to caring words, this time he also talked about the Tong family's hometown.
The letter said that after investigation, their grandmother Tong Manzhi was forced to marry, and the premature bleeding was not an accident. Instead, Tong Manzhi was pushed by Xie Jinhua and hit the corner of the table, so she was born on the same day as Xie Jinhua.
If it weren't for the premature birth and the depression, Tong Manzhi would not have died. This is completely murder!
If Xie Jinhua had not done this, even if they lied last time, Commander Xiao would not have wanted to kill them all because the Tong family saved his life.
But now that he knew the result, he could not sit idly by, so he asked his nephew to set up a trap. Now Xie Jinhua is in the cell, and what awaits her is shooting.
As for what the trap was, Commander Xiao did not say specifically. As for Xie Jinhua's two sons, although they participated in lying, they did not participate in what happened that year.
Considering that they are Tong Manzhi's nephews, and their father Tong Genlai also saved Commander Xiao, Commander Xiao let them go.
Because Xie Jinhua was going to be shot, Tong Erzhu and Tong Sanzhuang were both scared and would behave themselves in the future. As long as they did not commit suicide again, he would not pursue the matter.
Commander Xiao also removed Tong Dajun and his family from the Tong family tree. From then on, they had no connection with the people from Tong's hometown.
When Tong Xuelu read the letter, she felt that a big stone in her heart could finally be put down.
In the book, the tragedy of Tong Jiaming and his three siblings came from the people from Tong's hometown, especially Xie Jinhua, who was simply an old witch.
Because Tong Mianmian was molested since childhood and lived in the shadow all her life, she finally chose to commit suicide. The brothers Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin were not much better.
Now that the old witch is finished, the brothers and sisters will not repeat the tragedy in the book.
Tong Xuelu chose a part of the letter to read. She did not mention the content such as setting up a trap to frame Xie Jinhua. She only said that Xie Jinhua had committed a crime and would be shot.
When the brothers Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin heard the news, they were shocked on the spot.
"Sister, grandma... I mean, will my aunt's behavior affect us?" Tong Jiaming frowned.
Tong Xuelu shook her head: "Don't worry about this, Grandpa has already taken care of it. From now on, we are members of the Xiao family, not the Tong family."
Tong Jiaxin: "Didn't you say that my sister and I don't have to change our surnames?"
Tong Xuelu: "We don't have to have the same surname in one household registration. Our household registration will be in the Xiao family in the future, and it has little to do with whether we change our surnames or not."
Their household registration will be unified in the Xiao family in the future, but she and Tong Jiaxin will not change their surnames, and will take the surname of their grandmother Tong Manzhi.
I don't know if this can be done in this era, but with their grandfather's status and connections, it is definitely not a problem to handle such a small matter.
So they don't have to worry about this matter.
The two brothers were relieved when they heard that their family members would not be implicated.
Tong Mianmian stood aside, squinting her eyes, looking at this and that, with a look of bewilderment on her face.
Yuebing tilted her head, with the same confusion in her big watery eyes, looking very cute.
**
When Tong Xulu woke up this morning, she found that it was snowing outside.
Snowflakes were floating, and the eaves, roofs and trees were covered with a layer of white snow. The branches were frozen into crystal clear popsicles, and the whole world seemed to have put on new clothes.
Tong Xulu exhaled a breath of cold air, and she didn't want to go to work at all.
In such cold weather, she should stay in bed and do nothing.
Unfortunately, no matter how cold it was, she had to get up to work, so she quickly put on her clothes and got up to cook.
As soon as she opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew in her face. She sneezed, startling Xiaoliu who was looking for food on the snow. Immediately, a string of bamboo leaf prints were left on the snow.
Tong Xuelu put the dumplings she had wrapped last night into the pot to cook. Before they were done, the two brothers Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin got up.
During the meal, Tong Xuelu asked them, "I remember that you seem to have the final exam today, right?"
Tong Jiaxin shrank his neck and buried his head even lower when he heard this.
Tong Jiaming nodded: "Well, the final exam is today."
Tong Xuelu glanced at Tong Jiaxin: "Do well in the exam. Although we are no longer a family with the Tong family, the original bet is still valid. Although I can't send you back to the Tong family, I can send you to keep Grandpa company!"
Tong Jiaxin, who was feeling lucky: "..."
He had been studying very hard before, but after knowing that he was no longer a family with the Tong family last week, he couldn't help but relax.
He thought the bet was no longer valid, but he didn't expect that the mantis stalked the cicada, but the oriole was behind.
Woohoo, sister is so scary!
After breakfast, those who went to work went to work, those who went to school went to school, and Tong Mianmian was still sent to the Wei family.
Before, the Wei family saw that the Tong brothers and sisters were so pitiful, and they were willing to take care of them. Later, when they knew that they were the grandchildren of Commander Xiao, they were even more willing, and they loved them as their own grandchildren.
When Tong Xuelu took Xiaotian to buy, she found that mutton was on sale today.
So she bought some mutton and mutton offal and planned to make a pot of mutton offal soup.
In cold weather like this, a bowl of spicy mutton offal soup is refreshing.
She boiled the mutton and mutton offal into mutton soup, and then made some big cakes.
If someone wants to eat mutton soup with steamed bun, they can
eat mutton soup with steamed bun. If you are not very rich, you can also have a bowl of mutton soup directly. For mutton soup with steamed bun, cut the mutton into slices, add vermicelli, garlic sprouts and coriander, and finally pour mutton soup on it before eating.
The mutton soup is rich, the mutton is fat but not greasy, and the aroma is tempting. Then have a big cake, a mouthful of soup and a mouthful of cake, that's so refreshing.
Before noon, Dongfeng Hotel put a big pot at the door, and mutton soup was cooking in the pot. When the wind blew over, the aroma could float far away.
Many people originally did not plan to come to the hotel to eat. After all, people are not rich these days, so they save as much as possible, but this fragrance is really too tempting and overbearing. It's okay if you don't smell it, but once you smell it, your legs can't move.
Especially for those who pass by the hotel with children, the children don't want to leave when they smell the fragrance, and they have to drink the mutton soup.
So soon a long line formed at the door of the hotel.
A bowl of mutton soup is 2 taels of grain coupons plus 15 cents, a large cake is 10 cents, and if you want to add other things, you have to pay money and coupons.
Some people eat in the hotel, and some people bring rice bowls from home to pack.
On the first day of snow, many people drank the steaming mutton soup.
The peppers are spicy and numbing, the scallions are green, the mutton soup is rich and mellow, the spicy and salty tastes are just right, and it is so fragrant that people almost eat their tongues.
What's more refreshing is that after eating, the whole body is warm, as if it is not cold at all.
The Tong family in the General Logistics Department learned about Tong Xuelu's promotion to the first-level hotel manager and that she was Commander Xiao's granddaughter only later from other people.
After knowing this, the whole Tong family was silent.
It was not a big deal to be promoted to the first-level hotel manager, at most they would not go to the hotel to eat, but Commander Xiao's granddaughter!!
This was too shocking!
They racked their brains and could not imagine that a family like the Tong family would be related to Commander Xiao!
Although the Tong family is prosperous in the eyes of outsiders, it is actually strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
Tong's father will retire next year, and the two brothers of the Tong family have average abilities. It is almost impossible for them to move up.
If they had known that Tong Xuelu was Commander Xiao's granddaughter, they would never have severed this relationship.
At that time, the Tong family had so many problems, and even the Fang family offered to help, but their family just sat there and did nothing. Now they want to step in, but they feel ashamed.
The eldest sister-in-law Chen Yueling felt even worse. At that time, she and her husband wanted to lend a hand to Tong Xuelu, but her mother-in-law wouldn't let them help, and even wouldn't let them go to visit.
If her mother-in-law hadn't stopped her at that time, she wouldn't be so embarrassed to step in now.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but resent her mother-in-law.
Tong's mother had given up her resentment towards Tong Xuelu under the persuasion of her husband, and just treated it as if she had never raised such an adopted daughter.
In her opinion, Tong Xuelu and her brothers and sisters were fatherless and motherless, and there were a lot of burdens in the Tong family's hometown. Even if she was more capable, her life would be like that.
She never thought that things would develop like this. Tong Xuelu is actually Commander Xiao's granddaughter, and her target is Commander Wen's grandson!
Thinking of this, her facial expression couldn't help but twist, and she began to regret it in her heart.
If she hadn't said those words in the hospital that day, she and Tong Xuelu wouldn't have torn their faces. Now even if she wants to get close, she has no way to do so.
Tong's father saw the look on his wife's face and guessed what she was thinking.
He sighed in his heart and said nothing.
He also felt regretful and pity in his heart, but they pretended not to know when she was in trouble, and now they found out that she was the commander's granddaughter and got close. It was too ugly.
In the family, the one who was most afraid, regretful and worried was Cai Chunlan.
The last time Cai Chunlan went to the hotel, she had an argument with Tong Xuelu and said bad things about her in front of so many people. Later, she was so angry when she came back that she went around spreading rumors that she was an ungrateful person.
Now that she knew that she was Commander Xiao’s granddaughter, the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.
Because she was worried that Tong Xuelu would do something to her, after work, Cai Chunlan ran to the Dongfeng Hotel.
The Dongfeng Hotel has two floors. As a manager, Tong Xuelu has a very small lounge on the second floor.
When it is not meal time or when there are not many guests, she will go to the lounge to rest.
When Cai Chunlan came over, Tong Xuelu was reading a book in the lounge.
Meng Qingqing ran upstairs: "Manager Tong, the woman who claimed to be your second sister-in-law last time is here again. She said she wants to see you!"
Second sister-in-law?
Tong Xuelu felt sick when she thought of Cai Chunlan's big round face: "No!"
Meng Qingqing ran downstairs to inform Cai Chunlan, and then ran up again: "Manager Tong, that woman said she won't leave unless you go downstairs!"
Tong Xuelu's lips twitched lightly: "If she wants to eat, let her eat. If she doesn't want to eat, ask her to leave. It's her business how long she wants to stand outside."
Meng Qingqing heard this and ran downstairs again.
After hearing this, Cai Chunlan was so angry that her face turned red.
It was so cold outside now, of course she didn't want to stand outside, but she couldn't see Tong Xuelu, so she was unwilling to leave like this.
With no choice, she had to take money and tickets to buy food.
But she drank bowl after bowl of mutton soup, her stomach was full, and Tong Xuelu still didn't come down.
She didn't have enough money on her, so she was asked to leave soon.
Cai Chunlan's face turned the color of a pig's liver. She stood outside and refused to leave, pretending to be very pitiful.
If anyone asked her, she would say that she had offended Tong Xuelu before, and now she wanted to apologize to her, but Tong Xuelu didn't even want to see her.
After hearing this, Meng Qingqing ran upstairs to report.
Tong Xuelu smiled and said, "Let her be. Didn't she say that I'm an ungrateful person? Since she is an ungrateful person, isn't it natural to ignore her?"
"..."
Meng Qingqing thought about it and felt that what she said made sense.
So she left it alone.
Cai Chunlan stood outside for an hour, but Tong Xuelu didn't come down.
She was frozen so hard that her lips turned purple and her whole body was almost stiff.
Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and ran back. That night, she had a high fever.
**
Tong Xuelu didn't know that Cai Chunlan had brought this upon herself. When she got home, she saw Tong Jiaxin's cheeks flushed with excitement.
She glanced at the brothers and sisters and asked, "What happened? Why are you so happy?"
Tong Jiaxin quickly took out the test paper and said, "Sister, I got 61 points in math and 60 points in Chinese. I passed!"
Tong Xuelu took it and looked at it. Although it barely passed the passing line, it was indeed passed.
Tong Xuelu returned the test paper and said, "Very good, you don't have to be sent away. You can eat meat during this winter vacation and the New Year."
Hearing this, Tong Jiaxin felt that he had it too hard.
It was not easy for him to eat a bite of meat!
Tong Xuelu said, "You have to keep trying. If you fail, the bet will still be valid."
Tong Jiaxin: "..."
He just remembered that there was no time written in the bet, which means that it can be valid any time she wants.
He was cheated!!!
Tong Jiaming scored 100 points in both exams again, and Tong Xuelu rewarded him with two yuan.
Tong Mianmian, the cute little girl, saw that both of her brothers were praised, and quickly took out the painting she drew during the day to show her sister: "Sister, Mianmian drew it!"
Tong Xuelu took the painting and saw that there were several vaguely recognizable figures drawn on it. There were three people in total.
Tong Xuelu rubbed her head and asked her, "What did Mianmian draw?"
Tong Mianmian said in a baby voice, "Sister, second brother and Mianmian, as well as third brother, Yuebing and Xiaoliu."
Tong Jiaxin came over to take a look, but couldn't find himself after searching for a long time: "Mianmian, didn't you say you drew me? Where am I?"
Tong Mianmian pointed with her chubby finger at a ball of something and said, "This is third brother."
Tong Jiaxin's mouth twitched . "Why am I different from you guys? What are those two people next to me?"
Tong Mianmian: "Yue Bing and Xiao Liu."
Tong Jiaxin shouted: "Why do I look exactly like Yue Bing and Xiao Liu? What are you thinking about? I am a human, not a dog or a chicken!"
Tong Mianmian poked her finger: "But Third Brother is ugly!"
The implication is that you are ugly and you are not worthy of being a human.
Tong Jiaxin was stabbed: "…………"
Tong Xuelu couldn't help but laugh out loud. The little dumpling's heart-piercing skills are getting better and better.
Tong Jiaming on the side also raised the corners of his lips.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the Wen family solidified and was very heavy.
Old Master Wen threw a bunch of things to the ground and smashed them with the cane in his hand: "What does that woman want? She thinks I really don't dare to hit her, right?"
Uncle Zong quickly comforted him, "Commander, calm down. Don't hurt yourself because of that kind of anger."
Today, the postman delivered something from Jinshi.
The Wen family has no relatives in Jinshi, only that woman is there.
In the past, it would be fine to send some things, but this time she also wrote a letter with a photo in the letter, saying that she was Wen Rugui's sister.
The woman even shamelessly said that she wanted to meet Wen Rugui and let the two siblings meet.
Not to mention that the commander would be angry, even he would be very angry when he saw the letter!
How can she have the face to come and see Rugui now after she treated the Wen family so badly back then?
Old Master Wen said gloomily: "Xiao Zong, go and call her tomorrow and ask her to behave herself, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"
He had tolerated that woman all these years because she was Rugui's biological mother.
When she did that, the Wen family had already given her a chance to live. If she insisted on committing suicide, don't blame him for being merciless!
Uncle Zong poured a glass of warm water and said: "Okay, I'll go tomorrow. Commander, drink some water quickly. I'll take these things out and burn them."
Old Master Wen nodded, frowning.
It's all evil!
**
The Spring Festival is approaching day by day. Although there is no holiday yet, the atmosphere of the New Year can be felt on the streets.
Although the weather was very cold, the children were not afraid of the cold. After the holiday, they ran around in the streets and played to their heart's content.
Department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives had a lot more New Year goods, but they were snapped up as soon as they were released.
Tong Xulu had to go to work and couldn't go to grab the goods. She originally wanted to give the task of buying New Year goods to the two brothers Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin.
But their grandfather, Commander Xiao, called and told them not to prepare anything, as he had already asked the orderly to prepare it, and said that he would return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year with them.
As soon as Tong Xulu arrived at the hotel, she received a call from the Ministry of Commerce, asking her to hurry to the Ministry of Commerce so that they could go to the airport to pick someone up.
The person who could get Minister Lin to pick someone up in person must be the United Nations translator.
Tong Xuelu was speechless. If she had known that they were coming today, she would not have worn this thick cotton jacket.
But it was too late to go back and change clothes now, and she was not an important person, so it didn't matter what she wore.
Tong Xuelu hurried to the Ministry of Commerce, and then took the Ministry of Commerce's car to the airport.
When she arrived at the airport, she was told that the other party would arrive at the airport in more than an hour.
Tong Xuelu couldn't help but swear in her heart.
When everyone was waiting until their hands and feet were almost frozen, the translator finally arrived.
Two men in long black coats walked out of the plane. The cold wind blew over, and the long coats fluttered in the wind.
Tong Xuelu looked over and met a pair of narrow young black eyes.
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