Upon arriving in the county town, instead of rushing to the supply and marketing cooperative, he told the two people traveling with him, "I have some business to attend to at the post office first, and then I'll stop by the government office to change the address for the subsidy."
"What subsidy? Didn't we educated youth receive subsidies when we went to the countryside?" Chen Junjie asked, confused.
"Yes, it was issued! But the procedures for the subsidy for the children of martyrs were changed."
Even the children of martyrs, upon hearing this, would feel a deep sense of respect and ask Chen Enpeng a question.
"Yes? My parents recently passed away, otherwise I wouldn't have been sent to the countryside at such a young age."
“No wonder! You were just talking to Pengzi about how you don’t look like you’re being abused at home, so why are you going to the countryside?” Chen Junjie said.
"It's alright, it's all in the past. We should learn from my parents. My mother joined the revolution when she was my age. What will it be like for me to go to the countryside as an educated youth at my age? It certainly won't be as hard as it was for her, right?"
"That's true. If anything comes up in the future, just tell us. We can't help with other things, but we can handle small matters."
"Okay, thanks, I'm heading to the post office now."
“Let’s go together. We can also send a letter home to let our families know we’re safe,” Chen Enpeng said. He truly hadn’t expected that this seemingly young educated youth was actually a descendant of martyrs. Both his and Jiezi’s parents were retired revolutionary soldiers working for the government. Recently, due to some events and rumors, both families had gone to great lengths to arrange for their two children, who were still in school, to go to the countryside, and for those with other jobs to be assigned to the most difficult locations, all to ensure the safety of their entire family. After arranging everything, both sets of parents relinquished all their power, retired, and are now enjoying their retirement at home. Fortunately, the two young men weren’t flamboyant and hadn’t offended anyone, otherwise, things wouldn’t have gone so smoothly for their families.
Hearing that they were also going to mail a letter, they didn't say anything more. After arriving at the post office, they mailed their letter and heard the clerk say, "Are you Comrade Li Mianmian? You are currently working in the Gujiawaizi Brigade of Daying Commune."
"Yes, what's wrong, comrade?"
"Here's the thing, don't misunderstand. Your package arrived yesterday, and I was originally planning to deliver it to you, but you had so many packages. I was wondering if anyone from your group was coming over so I could notify you and have you find an oxcart or something to take the packages back."
"Oh, is that it? It's nothing, but I'm still sorry to trouble you. My parents recently passed away, and I wanted to follow their example and support rural development, so I signed up to go to the countryside. I packed all my things and sent them here. I'm so sorry to have troubled you."
"You are the child of a martyr"
"yes"
"I'm so sorry, do you have a vehicle to pick up the packages? If not, you can use the cart in the backyard."
"May I?"
"It's alright, you're the child of a martyr, we should take extra care of you."
Thank you.
"You're welcome. If you receive any packages in the future, I'll have the postman who delivers to your branch personally deliver them to you."
"That's so embarrassing."
"It's alright, this is just our job."
"Thank you in advance, sister. If the package is too big to deliver, that's fine too. Just let the team know and I'll come pick it up myself."
"Okay, by the way, my name is Liu Jiahui, you can just call me Sister Jiahui."
"Thank you, Sister Jia Hui."
"You're welcome, I'll take you to push the cart."
Chen Junjie and Chen Enpeng, who were standing to the side, hadn't even finished mailing a letter when the two sisters started dating. However, upon hearing that Comrade Li Mianmian had quite a few packages, they hurried over to help. But they hadn't expected that the packages were indeed plentiful, almost like a mountain. They rushed over to help, but to their surprise, they couldn't move them by themselves; it took two people to lift them. Meanwhile, Comrade Li Mianmian easily lifted them up. The other workers watching felt that two strong young men were no match for a young girl.
After loading the cart, seeing that there was too much, I pulled it from the front. Chen Enpeng and the other two didn't stand on ceremony and offered to help pull the cart. They were quite tired from carrying the luggage earlier, so they could only help push the cart from behind.
So I pulled the cart in front, while Chen Enpeng and the other man pushed it from behind. We slowly made our way to where Grandpa Huang had parked his oxcart. Old Huang, who was sitting in the sun, was quite surprised to see me pulling the cart. He quickly came forward to help, saying, "Hey little girl, why didn't you tell me beforehand so I could drive the oxcart over and help you with your luggage? Why did you pull it all by yourself?"
"It's alright, Grandpa Huang, don't be fooled by the amount of luggage, it's not heavy at all."
"Comrade Li Mianmian, aren't you saying that against your conscience? You carried one in each hand by yourself, while Pengzi and I carried the other one, and it wasn't even heavy!" Chen Junjie couldn't hold back any longer and jumped out from behind the cart. He then recounted what had happened at the post office, saying to Grandpa Huang with a wronged expression, "Grandpa Huang, you don't know, when we were mailing mail, all the staff looked at Pengzi and me like we were idiots. Two strong young men, and we weren't as strong as that little girl!"
"I'm so sorry! I never noticed this when I was with my older siblings. I really didn't notice it just now. I'm so sorry!"
"Hahaha!" Grandpa Huang, who was standing to the side, burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"Comrade Li Mianmian, what did you eat to grow up like this? How come you're so strong?" Chen Enpeng asked.
"I grew up eating rice! So what? Don't I just eat what everyone else eats? It's all food, what's the difference?"
"Then why are you so strong?" Chen Junjie asked, puzzled.
"Oh, you mean that? I thought it was something else!"
"Then what did you think I was asking?" Chen Enpeng asked, annoyed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't understand what you meant at first."
"It doesn't matter"
"Comrade Mianmian, why don't you tell us?" Chen Junjie quickly asked.
"Well, it's not really a secret. I've lived with my parents in the military compound since I was little. I've always done morning exercises with the People's Liberation Army soldiers, like weighted cross-country runs and military boxing."
That's it.
"yes!"
"How is that possible?"
"That's definitely impossible, there are also some of their own unique boxing techniques and such."
"I knew it!"
"However, these training exercises make you hungry quickly, and very few people could endure them back in the military compound."
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