Every Sunday morning, Huang Yuelan would knead a large bowl of dough and then steam a large pot of yellow flour cakes. After they were cooked, she would pack them for her two younger brothers in two school bags specially used for dry food.
A bag of dry food is basically a week's ration. Although there is a cafeteria in the school, you need to pay for it. In order to save money, the two brothers bring dry food from home, which can save a lot of money and tickets.
Not only did the Yueqiang brothers bring dry food from home to school, but now most students who go to school in town also bring enough food for a week or so.
People like Huang Yueqiang brought yellow flour cakes, and occasionally two white flour steamed buns. In addition, if there was any leftovers from what my brother-in-law sent back, my sister would take some with her.
Although it looks shabby, many classmates are envious of this ration.
Life is generally not good nowadays, there are many children, and few ways to make money. If they go to school, the expenses will become even higher. Many middle school students don’t even have yellow flour cakes and can only bring some vegetable dumplings.
In spring and summer, there are relatively more wild vegetables. Some of them taste good and are quite eatable after being made into vegetable dumplings.
In winter, the grass and trees dry up and there is no place to dig wild vegetables. In order to fill their stomachs, many villagers peel off the bark of trees, chop it up, mix it with cornmeal or sorghum flour, and then knead it into vegetable dumplings.
This vegetable dumpling can barely fill my stomach, but it is very difficult to swallow and makes my throat feel uncomfortable. I have to drink some water before I can swallow it.
But not eating is not an option. Going hungry is uncomfortable and unbearable.
So when everyone saw that Huang Yueqiang and Huang Yuehu not only had yellow flour cakes to eat, but also some rare snacks, they were all envious.
"Class monitor, is your father the team leader of the village?" One of the classmates asked Huang Yuehu curiously.
Huang Yuehu is not only an excellent student, but also has strong personal abilities. He is the class monitor and study committee member of his class.
When the classmates saw that Huang Yuehu brought some rare snacks, they were full of envy.
Seeing that he often brought some snacks, everyone couldn't help but be curious about Huang Yuehu's family background and identity. After all, most children in most families now can't even afford white steamed buns, let alone these snacks. So everyone guessed that Huang Yuehu's family background was not simple, and he had to be a team leader to afford them.
Huang Yuehu smiled after hearing this, "Our father used to be a miner, but he died in an accident seven or eight years ago. Our mother died even earlier, and now there are only three of us left."
The classmates sighed after hearing this. They originally thought that his family was well-off and that he had an amazing father, but they never expected that his parents had died a long time ago and his fate was very tragic.
According to what he said, their family conditions are not as good as yours.
After all, people in rural areas now rely on working in the fields to earn work points and food. There are only three siblings left in their family. He and Huang Yueqiang both go to school, and his sister is the only one who earns work points. It is difficult for them to make a living. How could they have such a good life?
"Then you are so pitiful, but I have a question. Since you have no parents and only a sister, how can you afford these snacks?" One of the classmates asked curiously, feeling that it was not scientific at all.
Huang Yuehu: "There are indeed only three of us left in our family, but my sister is married, and my brother-in-law is an officer in the army. He is now a regimental cadre. Although his salary is not high, he always sends us some snacks. Look, these chocolates and other things are all sent back by my brother-in-law from outside, and some are even foreign goods! We don’t even sell them here."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. It turned out that the girl had such a powerful brother-in-law!
The regiment commander in the army is very powerful. Those at the level of captain have to stand aside and at least have to be as powerful as the president.
Everyone has a heroic dream in their heart, especially boys, who like to worship the strong and heroes.
When they learned that Huang Yuehu's brother-in-law was the head of the group, everyone immediately became interested: "Your brother-in-law really loves you guys. He actually sent you so many snacks."
Huang Yuehu: "Of course, our sister-in-law is very nice. She has loved us very much since we were young. Besides being a good person, she is also very capable. She started as an ordinary soldier and became the head of a regiment in just a few years!"
"Oh my god, this is really awesome!"
"Does your brother-in-law have any background? We also have someone in our family who is serving in the army. He was promoted to platoon leader after serving for seven or eight years. You have become the regiment commander in recent years. Why does it sound so far-fetched to me? Are you bragging to us? Do you think we don't understand and are just fooling around here?" One of the classmates deeply doubted Huang Yuehu's words.
Huang Yuehu was not angry. After all, his brother-in-law was indeed the head of the group, and it was not a fabrication at all. Why should he be angry with him?
"What kind of background does he have? He was born a hunter. He used to stay in the mountains all year round and wore tattered clothes. People in our village called him a savage. Later, after my sister married him, she cut his hair and found that my brother-in-law was actually a handsome guy. Later, the commune held a militia competition, and my brother-in-law won the grand slam..." Huang Yuehu told many classmates about the glorious deeds of his brother-in-law, and a look of pride unconsciously revealed on his face.
The student who had questioned it just now immediately understood that Huang Yuehu had not lied at all, because he had heard about his brother-in-law.
"When you say this, I understand. What you said is indeed right. Your brother-in-law is really awesome. I have heard my mother talk about your brother-in-law. At that time, your brother-in-law relied on his own efforts to make your production team stand up and get rid of the label of backwardness. Later, he was specially recruited into the army and soon became a platoon leader." The classmate who questioned just now had heard of Wang Jianguo. Although many of the students present had never seen him, many of them had heard their parents talk about him.
"So he is your brother-in-law!"
"So your brother-in-law is a famous person in our commune. I just realized now that you hid it very well. If we hadn't asked, you would still be in the dark."
"Why have you been hiding this from me? If I had such an awesome brother-in-law, I would have let my classmates know on the first day of school so that no one would dare to look down on me."
Huang Yuehu smiled and said, "My brother-in-law is great, that's just my brother-in-law, not me. But I do feel proud."
"Of course I'll tell you! By the way, you just said that your brother-in-law is the regiment commander now? Wasn't he a platoon leader before? How did he get promoted so quickly? As far as I know, there were also company commanders and battalion commanders in between." This classmate also has a relative who is a platoon leader, so he has a relatively clear understanding of the military positions.
Huang Yuehu continued, "This is where my brother-in-law is great. He has outstanding personal abilities. He didn't mention the specific reason in the letter, but it must be because he is great that he was promoted out of turn. I heard from my sister that the probability of being promoted out of turn is very small."
"I can tell you clearly that the probability of this happening is not only very small, but also very difficult, especially for someone like your brother-in-law who has no background or connections. It is even more difficult unless he has made great contributions or has outstanding personal abilities. So your brother-in-law is really amazing." The classmate who had questioned him just now was also full of admiration for Huang Yuehu's brother-in-law, because he knew how difficult this situation would be.
Huang Yuehu understood what was going on. It seemed that his brother-in-law was even more powerful than his sister.
"Everyone, eat together, don't just stand there and watch." After Huang Yuehu said this, he took out a bag of snacks and shared them with other students in the dormitory.
Although snacks are rare, Huang Yuehu is very generous and never stingy. He often shares delicious food with his roommates.
Especially if one of his classmates' family is particularly poor, he will share some of his food with him.
In fact, everyone’s life is not rich now, and they are generally very poor. However, poverty also has different levels. For example, people like Huang Yuehu are considered to be slightly better off among the poor, but some of my classmates are so poor that they have nothing at home, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have nothing at all.
There was not even any change of clothes. There were only a few sets of clothes for the four seasons. Not to mention food. It was very little. We had to combine two meals into one. Sometimes we would go hungry if we had nothing to eat.
Whenever Huang Yuehu saw this classmate was hungry, he would share the food he brought with him.
Although there were few snacks, there were definitely enough yellow flour cakes, and my sister also gave us some money. Although two people couldn't eat too much, it was better than going hungry alone.
Every time Huang Yuehu went home for dinner during the holidays, he would eat very fast, like a wolf. Huang Yuelan saw her brother eating so quickly and thought he hadn't eaten for several days.
"Eat slowly, there's still a lot in the pot. Don't choke." Huang Yuelan reminded.
But Huang Yuehu had no intention of stopping. While eating, he said, "Sister's cooking is too delicious. There is really nothing I can do."
Seeing Huang Yuehu's condition, Huang Yuelan was puzzled. She had clearly brought him a lot of dry food, and also gave him some snacks and money, so why was he so hungry?
"Yue Qiang, is the food in your school bad?" Huang Yuelan asked curiously.
Huang Yueqiang said: "Sister, why do you ask this suddenly? It's very good."
"Then why does your brother look like he has been hungry for days, as if he hasn't had a full meal?" Huang Yuelan said.
Huang Yueqiang whispered in Huang Yuelan's ear for a while, Huang Yuehu discovered something, and then hurriedly said: "Brother, don't say it."
"It's too late, your brother has told me everything." Huang Yuelan said.
Huang Yuehu said with a smile: "Sister, that classmate's family is really in financial difficulty. I saw that he often combined two meals into one. Moreover, the vegetable dumplings basically did not have much noodles, unlike ordinary people's. They would fall apart as soon as you pinched them. And they were often not enough to eat, so I gave him some of mine."
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