"Then we really have to be more careful, otherwise we will be in trouble if we offend those people." Lu Qingyan also knew the seriousness of the situation, so when she heard her sister-in-law say this, she just told her to be more careful. As for the rest, she couldn't say it.

"Of course not. I have to be more careful. Otherwise, if I get targeted one day, it will be a matter for my ancestors!" Niu Lili knew the seriousness of the matter very well, so she took the red armband very seriously.

But after she finished speaking, she changed her tune and said, "Sister-in-law, you have a job in the army now, plus the allowance from the fourth brother, you should make about 180 yuan a month, right?"

"We earn a lot, but we also spend a lot. The city is not like the countryside, where you can grow some vegetables in the garden and have no worries about food. It's different in the city. If you want to eat something, you have to buy it with coupons, otherwise you will starve." Lu Qingyan didn't know why the person in front of her asked about her family's salary, but she still lied and said that she earned a lot every month, but she also spent a lot, and basically couldn't save any money.

"Ah? Do I have to spend that much money every month?" Niu Lili didn't know whether Lu Qingyan was telling the truth or not. She was stunned.

"That's not good. Just like the house we divided, it's not our own. We still have to pay rent every month, and the furniture in the house also has to pay for electricity, water, honeycomb coal bills, and other miscellaneous expenses every month." Lu Qingyan was afraid that Niu Lili would not believe her, so she counted on her fingers, one by one.

Niu Lili looked at Lu Qingyan counting her fingers and saying something, her eyes a little dazed.

The city is so expensive, why do people try so hard to go there?

Thinking of this, he asked, "Sister-in-law, you said it's so expensive to go to the city, so why are you all so eager to go to the city?"

"Even though it costs money to go to the city, there are still people who are willing to go there. After all, they don't have to work in the fields like rural people do every day, facing the loess and the sky. It's not as easy as going to work and earning a salary every day for city people." Lu Qingyan looked at the person in front of her who was confused by her words, and explained with a smile.

"That's right. Factory workers go to work cleanly every day and earn money respectably. We are not like that. We work in the fields every day, which is not only dirty but also exhausting. We can't earn much money a day. We are really not as good as the city people." Niu Lili felt that what the fourth son's wife said was right. The city people simply had a much more comfortable life than them.

"Everyone has their own way of living. There's no point in envying others." Lu Qingyan heard her sister-in-law say this and smiled slightly, "Actually, you don't have to envy others. After all, it's not easy for us rural people to find some work in the city. These are not something you can envy. Besides, you need money to buy anything in the city, but our brigade doesn't need money, don't you think?"

"Yes, we in the team don't need to buy vegetables or anything, which is indeed better than the people in the city." After Niu Lili said this, she realized that this was not what she was asking in the first place. Why did she go around in circles? Didn't she envy the people in the city?

After thinking it through, he looked at Lu Qingyan and asked, "Sister-in-law, you said that you and the fourth brother can spend a hundred or eighty yuan every month. Do you eat meat all you can every day?"

"Look at what you said, sister-in-law. Who can eat meat every day? Even if we want to eat meat every day, we still need meat coupons." Lu Qingyan was amused by Niu Lili's words, but still explained: "Mingze takes out a part of our monthly salary to mail back to the families of those sacrificed soldiers, so our two salaries are not enough for our family to spend."

"What the hell? You're giving money to others. You have really big brains! Why do you give the money to outsiders instead of your family?" Niu Lili never thought that the fourth brother and his wife would give the money to outsiders instead of their family. It really made her angry.

"Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. Those soldiers' families are our friends and sisters, not outsiders at all." Lu Qingyan disagreed with what Niu Lili said, so she said with a serious face: "Besides, those soldiers who died were all Mingze's brothers. If he didn't help, how miserable would those families be."

"How difficult their lives are, what does it have to do with our family?" Niu Lili doesn't care whether other people's lives are difficult or not, it has nothing to do with her.

But the fourth brother’s family now gives their money to others and does not let them use it.

Section 91

This made her feel very uncomfortable.

After all, everyone’s life is hard nowadays, but the fourth brother and his wife don’t help their own family, but instead help outsiders.

Whoever knows this will feel bad.

"Sister-in-law, this should be our family's business, it should have nothing to do with you." Lu Qingyan looked at the angry person in front of her and kindly reminded her.

After all, this is a family matter. Why should she, an outsider, be angry here?

"Why is it okay? You give the money to outsiders, and don't even mention supporting us. It's obvious that you look down on us." Niu Lili didn't care if Lu Qingyan was angry or not. In her opinion, the fourth brother and his wife looked down on them.

"Sister-in-law, it's our business to decide who to help. Besides, isn't your family doing well? Why do you need our help? Don't you think so?" Lu Qingyan finally understood what Niu Lili said.

It turned out that the people in front of me were angry that I didn't give them the money but gave it to outsiders instead, so they were so angry.

"What's good for us? There are so many people in the family. We work hard every day to earn work points just to get more money and food at the end of the year so that we can fill our stomachs." Niu Lili was getting angrier and angrier as she spoke.

But no matter how angry they were, Lu Qingyan said something well: the money and notes belonged to the couple, so they could give them to whoever they wanted to use, and they had no right to say or ask for it.

"You can still fill your stomachs now, but those families that Mingze helped may not even have enough to eat, let alone fill their stomachs." Lu Qingyan thought about what the man had said to her, and said to her sister-in-law:

"Sister-in-law, Mingze's family members all come from the mountains. They rely on their allowances to buy food to support their families. This person has died. If we don't help them, they may all starve to death."

"I, I didn't know this would be the case." Niu Lili didn't expect that the family that the fourth brother and his wife helped would be in such a difficult situation, so she felt embarrassed after hearing what Lu Qingyan said.

"It's okay. Actually, I didn't agree when Mingze first told me about it. But after he told me about the situation of that group of people, I thought that the little we give them every month is not enough." Lu Qingyan once thought about it. If their family was also in financial difficulty and couldn't even have food to eat, how desperate they would be if no one helped them.