Chu Wen took a deep breath before continuing, "Captain, you know, I work at the Tuanchang Primary School. My household registration has long been moved out, and I'm not still in the team like my brothers. So I don't get the three-cent head of grain every year. I only rely on the more than 30 kilograms of grain supplied by the team every month... So..."
Before he finished speaking, everyone present knew what he meant, and Captain Sun's face instantly fell.
"Chu Wen, what do you mean? You don't want to take care of your mother in her old age?"
Seeing Captain Sun's dark face, Chu Wen hurriedly waved his hands, "No, no, I didn't say that. I just said that my monthly rations are less than 40 kilograms... If I give up another 5 kilograms every month, then I won't have enough to eat..."
Captain Sun waved his hand and stopped listening to his explanation. "If there's not enough food, we can make up for it with money! You're getting 38 yuan a month now. Since you're not willing to give me food, I'll give your mother 5 yuan a month. When she turns 60, I'll give her 8 yuan a month!"
Chu Wen, "..."
Chu Tian lowered his head and coughed twice to hide the corners of his lips that kept rising. In fact, when he did business with Li Gang last time, he had already asked him about the current salary of primary school teachers.
"What the hell?"
Ma Cuihua exclaimed, "Lao San, you're making thirty-eight a month now? Then why did you keep lying to us and saying it was twenty-eight?"
"I···"
Chu Wen opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain.
Chu Tian sneered, glanced at Chu Wen and said sarcastically, "Sister-in-law, do you even need to ask why? You're just afraid that we'll ask Third Brother for money, right?"
Ma Cuihua's chest heaved with rage. She was about to stand up and say something, but Liu Zhaodi slammed the table and roared, "Have you had enough of this? Get out if you don't want to hear it!"
Ma Cuihua was like a chicken with its neck pinched. She instantly became quiet and sat down with a flushed face.
Liu Zhaodi glanced at the restless Chu Wen, then turned to look at Captain Sun, "Captain, the third brother's monthly rations are indeed not much, and he has to support his own family. Although his salary is now over 30 yuan, he has to spend money to buy everything in the regiment, so..."
Chu Tian stood up and interrupted Liu Zhaodi. "Mom, if that's what you said, then aren't my eldest brother, my second brother, and I even more pitiful? We work hard all year round and only earn a little over a hundred dollars. And part of that is earned by us working at the brigade headquarters every day, twisting hemp rope and weaving sacks, while other team members are at home during the winter off-season."
"What about Third Brother? First, he doesn't have to do farm work. Second, he gets a salary of 38 yuan a month and more than 30 kilograms of rations. Plus, there are four of them in his family, and the two children also get rations. Although they don't get as much as adults each month, how much can two children eat?"
"Also, don't forget, Third Sister-in-law also has a job. Even if her monthly salary isn't as much as Third Brother's, it's probably not much different. The two of them make around 70 or 80 a month. The family of four gets over 100 kilograms of food, along with various coupons, and lives in the staff housing provided by the primary school."
"I just can't figure it out. What's the problem with Third Brother?"
For the first time ever, Ma Cuihua agreed with Chu Tian's words and immediately clapped her hands in agreement. "Old Four is right! If we talk about difficulties, it's obviously more difficult for the three of us!"
Liu Zhaodi looked at Chu Tian with a cold gaze. Chu Tian felt it and turned his head to see Liu Zhaodi's fists clenched tightly together, as if she was suppressing her temper.
Chu Tian curled his lips indifferently and turned to look at Captain Sun. "Captain, we are all our mother's sons. I have no objection to being filial to my mother, and neither does my eldest brother. As for my second brother, I think as long as it's fair, my second brother won't have any objection either."
"So, my suggestion is, if you're going to give it, give it all. If Third Brother doesn't give it, then Second Brother and I won't give it!"
"Also, I demand that my third brother write an IOU and a pension guarantee. If he doesn't pay child support on time every month, or doesn't take the initiative to shoulder the burden of future retirement, I'll take those two pieces of paper to Tuanchang Primary School to confront their leaders!"
Chu Wen was anxious. "Old Four, what do you mean? Why should I write an IOU and a letter of guarantee? I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you!"
Chu Tian raised an eyebrow. "Third brother, why are you so anxious? As long as you pay on time and take responsibility as usual, even if I write an IOU and a letter of guarantee, they are just two pieces of paper and won't pose any threat to you!"
Chu Wen, "I..."
Liu Zhaodi spoke again at this time, "Old Three has written it, what about you?"
Chu Tian said in an extremely serious tone, "Of course I will write it, mother, don't worry. I have never intended to shirk my responsibility to provide for your old age. As long as my third brother sets a good example for me, I will definitely follow his example! I will give as much as he gives me in the future, not a penny more, not a penny less! I will never suppress your beloved third son!"
Liu Zhaodi, “·····”
Chu Army, "..."
Even Ma Cuihua looked at Chu Tian in shock, not knowing what to say.
Chu Wen's face flushed. What did it mean to follow his example? He didn't want to take a single cent back, okay? In previous years, he had always taken food and money from home. Who could have imagined that this year... If he had known, he wouldn't have come back a few days ago to save some food at home... What a mistake.
Captain Sun pretended not to notice and instead tapped his pipe and asked, "How is it? Sister-in-law, do you think this arrangement is okay?"
"good···"
Could Liu Zhaodi say no? Definitely not, because if she said no, then Chu Tian and the second son Chu Min would definitely not give her a penny or a grain of food in the future...
Anyway, when the money is handed over to her, it's her business to decide who she wants to subsidize...
The three captains nodded in satisfaction, immediately placed the paper and pen on the table, and gestured, "Chu Wen, Chu Tian, who of you will write?"
Chu Wen let out an "ah" foolishly, but his body sat there motionless.
"Captain, I'll write it."
Seeing Chu Wen's hesitant look, Chu Tian felt extremely disgusted. He stood up and walked to the table and started writing quickly and neatly. Soon he wrote three alimony guarantees and three IOUs.
Well, although Chu Tian had never written one before, he had learned how to write IOUs and various types of guarantees when he was Chu Tian. Who can't do it by following the example?
Captain Sun glanced at the three support guarantees and three IOUs written by Chu Tian, then handed one to Chu Tian and one to Chu Wen. He raised his chin and said, "Sign your names."
Chu Tian wrote his name in two strokes, while Chu Wen looked at the requirements above, his expression becoming increasingly unsightly. Seeing Captain Sun staring at him with an ambiguous look, Chu Wen gritted his teeth and wrote his name.
Captain Sun handed the two of them their written copies to each other and collected the unwritten copy belonging to Chu Lao Er. "Where's the food at home now? How do we divide it?"
Liu Zhaodi lowered her eyes and spoke slowly after a while, "We have more than 500 kilograms of corn at home now, and there are about 30 kilograms of corn flour that has been ground earlier, 6 kilograms of unground wheat, more than 5 kilograms of flour that has been ground, and some red dates, walnuts, etc...."
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