Chapter 22 Letter from Home

When Xu Wanning came out of the brigade headquarters, Lin An was nowhere to be seen except for the shadows of the trees.

She was not disappointed, after all she had no expectations in the first place.

However, it was freezing cold and there was not a soul to be seen on the road. She could only hear the whistling sound of the north wind, which made her feel a little scared.

If I had known better, I should have borrowed a flashlight from the brigade headquarters.

Just as she was thinking about it, a bright light that was not dazzling was reflected. Xu Wanning subconsciously covered her eyes with her hands. Then, a glass bottle filled with hot water was stuffed into her hand.

It's the kind of glass bottle used in clinics for hanging bottles.

The glass bottle is packed in a cloth bag. If you put your hand in it, the palms and backs of your hands will be wrapped, which can also prevent you from being burned by boiling water.

"Are you done?" It was Lin An's mellow voice.

Xu Wanning responded vaguely, "I came out just now and didn't see you."

"I saw the captain calling you into the office. I probably wanted to see you for something, so I went back first. It's getting late, and I'm afraid I don't know what to say. Mom and the children are worried."

He patted the back seat of the bicycle and said, "Come on, I'll take you back. It's too cold."

After a while, the two returned home.

When the children heard the noise in the yard, they both ran out and threw themselves into Xu Wanning's arms one after another.

"Mom, you are finally back. I haven't seen you all day. I miss you."

"I miss you too." Xu Wanning knelt down, hugged the two children respectively, and said softly: "Let's go first Go in, be careful if you get sick from the wind."

There are two porcelain basins on the floor in the main room, filled with hot water.

"Mom, Dad, Yaomei and I have boiled some hot water. You two can warm your feet and feel better."

"Dachun'er is so good." Xu Wanning's big hands rubbed Dachun's fluffy hair unceremoniously.

Yaomei originally wanted to remind Xu Wanning of her contribution, but when she saw her brother's messy hairstyle, she silently took two steps back.

"Is grandma asleep?"

"Well, grandma said her legs hurt, so she lay on the kang early. When my brother and I went in to check on her just now, grandma was already asleep."

Xu Wanning frowned slightly.

Mother Lin's leg injury was not serious at first, but because she was afraid of spending money on her son's marriage, she delayed it until it became serious.

In addition, working in the fields all the time did not allow the leg injury to have a recovery period, resulting in severe pain when the weather got cold.

Even though Xu Wanning had bought a plaster before that could provide some relief, it ultimately treated the symptoms rather than the root cause.

"When the weather gets warmer, can you take a few days off from the army? Let's take mom to the provincial capital to have a look at her legs."

Lin An was a little surprised, obviously not expecting to hear such words from Xu Wanning.

His mother's leg disease has always been a pain in his heart, but almost all the allowance he saved in the past few years was used for his marriage. His mother has always comforted him and said that it is not serious. In addition, he is in the army and they are far apart. Slowly the matter fell by the wayside.

But he had always planned to take his mother to see a doctor, and for this he secretly saved his own money.

Unexpectedly, Xu Wanning, who had disturbed the family's peace, was the first to bring it up.

Seeing Lin An in a daze, Xu Wanning thought it was hard for him to ask for leave, so she said: "Actually, you are not required to go. The main provincial capital is far away, and my mother's legs and feet are inconvenient. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of her two children. What's wrong? "

In this era, kidnapping is extremely rampant, and there is no monitoring. If the children are lost, it will be difficult to find them.

Although she avoided the ending of Dachun Yaomei being sold by wearing a book, she was really worried that the world in this book had its own consciousness and would automatically fix all the unreasonable situations and cause the loss of the two children in another way.

She couldn't take the chance.

"I will arrange this matter."

Hearing Lin An's determined tone, Xu Wanning breathed a sigh of relief.

Dachun and Yaomei were already drowsy in their chairs.

After soaking their feet, Xu Wanning and Lin An returned to the room holding their two children respectively.

She took off the children's cotton-padded jackets, covered them with quilts, and tiptoed out of the room.

The basin where I soaked my feet just now was gone. There was the sound of Lin An walking in the yard. I guess it was him who picked up the water and poured it out.

She was shy for a few seconds and then went to wash up.

After returning to her room, she lit a kerosene lamp and began to unpack the package.

First some clothes.

Two small ones, one navy blue and one goose yellow cotton-padded jacket, with the department store's trademark on them. There is also a maroon woolen coat. Judging from the style, it should be for Mother Lin.

In addition, there are two pairs of leather shoes with dotted heels, one black and one white, which is a style that the original body will like.

Then, there are a lot of scattered snacks bought from department stores.

There is also a letter inside, written by Xu's father.

In the letter, he wrote about the recent events at home in a very small space, and the rest was to say hello to Xu Wanning. Xu's father also specially told him that when the weather gets warm, he must take Dachun and Yaomei to the photo studio to take a photo and send it back to Beijing. Grandpa, grandma and two uncles are looking forward to seeing them.

Looking at Xu's father's strong and powerful handwriting, Xu Wanning couldn't help but moisten her eyes.

The original person has never truly cherished the warmth given to her at home, because she has grown up in a loving environment since she was a child. The love of her parents and brothers is like air, existing in every aspect of her life.

But Xu Wanning was different. She was an orphan. Later, she met her master by chance. Through her master's connections, she met many grandfathers.

Her master, mother, and grandfather all treated her very well, and even taught her all their skills. Whenever she encountered something, they would help her.

However, the master and grandfathers also have their own grandchildren, and there is really too little love to share with her.

She had never felt such sincere and pure affection.

Even through the thin letter paper, she could feel it.

It was also at this moment that Xu Wanning finally had a real feeling.

If in this era, she can really gain parents and family members who love her, then this trip through the book will be worth it!

There were also many bills in the envelope.

Food stamps, meat stamps, sugar stamps, cloth stamps, and industrial stamps are all universal across the country. You can imagine how troublesome it is to redeem these stamps.

Xu's father, Xu's mother and two brothers only received so many tickets every month, so these tickets represented the love of the entire Xu family for her.

The Xu family is a big family. The grandparents gave birth to three sons and one daughter. The aunt is the youngest but the most knowledgeable. She married the engineer uncle. The two of them took their cousin abroad a few years ago.

Of course, they had to go abroad with the consent of the state, otherwise their entire family would have been implicated in the great turmoil a few years ago.

Xu's father ranked third, followed by two older brothers.