lcionline Chapter 264 Arrangements of the Two Parties
Chapter 264 Arrangements of the Two Parties
A family compound on an island in the south
While Xie Yumei was listening to the meal, she asked Liu Jianguo, "Jianguo, it should be your turn to rest, right?"
“It will be my turn to rest in three days.
Is there anything you want me to do?" Liu Jianguo put a small piece of bacon in his son's bowl and asked him to eat it with the rice before answering his wife.
The dried vegetables, mushrooms, and bacon that my little sister sent over are so much more delicious than those bought outside. Not only does little Hu like them and eats a lot more in one meal, but even the adults like to eat them.
With such delicious dishes to go with the rice, the family consumes much more food than before.
Little Tiger ate a lot more at every meal, and with the milk sent by his little sister, he became whiter and fatter.
Even the couple had gained some weight during this period.
"Have you forgotten what my younger sister said in the letter, that my parents miss Xiao Huzi and asked us to take a family photo and send it to them.
You were busy before, so I said we could go to the photo studio to take some photos when you were resting." Xie Yumei reminded.
Liu Jianguo slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my brain, I forgot about this matter.
OK, then on my day off, the three of us will go out of the island and find a photo studio to take some photos."
“I don’t know how long it will take to develop the photos.
If I pay a little more, I don’t know if I can get the photos on the same day.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon. If I send the gifts before the New Year so that they can receive them before the New Year, my parents will be happy too. "Xie Yumei said.
"By the way, Jianguo, what do you think we should send something to our parents?
My parents and younger sister said that they don't have a shortage of food, so we shouldn't save our own rations and send them over.
Looking at the things my little sister sent us, they have abundant local specialties there, so it doesn't seem like they will be short of food.
But this puts us in a difficult position, we don’t know what to send them.” Xie Yumei said with difficulty.
Liu Jianguo also frowned, "If you ask me, I don't know.
Mom and you have always been the ones who worry about the family affairs, and I don’t know what they need.”
"If you really can't think of one, let's just send the money over and let my sister buy it herself with the money," Liu Jianguo suggested.
Xie Yumei said, "Just sending money won't work.
These days, even if you have money, you can’t buy anything without tickets.”
"Or, I can ask someone to go and see if I can get some cloth coupons and make two sets of clothes for my parents and little sister and send them over."
"That's fine, but don't make cotton-padded clothes. Mom and Dad said so. My younger sister has got them cloth, cotton, and wool. Together with the winter clothes you sent them before, they will have enough to wear."
Xie Yumei said, "Then make single clothes.
They had said in their previous letter that they would go to the fields to work in April after the thaw at the end of March.
My younger sister is not good at making clothes, and my mother has to go to work, so she won’t have much time to make clothes. I will make them and send them to them.
I'll go look for some local specialties and send them to them.
Send them some more money and notes.”
"Okay, you arrange it.
I'll go find my comrades again to see if I can exchange some cigarette coupons and get some cigarettes for Dad to send over.
Liquor, my younger sister said that she had someone brew sorghum liquor, and then she would make ginseng liquor and send it to me when it was ready. ", Liu Jianguo pursed his lips,
"I haven't tried ginseng wine yet."
Hearing the word "ginseng", Xie Yumei couldn't help but think of the letter her father wrote, "My dad said that his health has improved a lot since he used the ginseng that mom brought back.
He specially sent a lot of things over and asked me to pass them on to my younger sister."
Liu Jianguo couldn't help but laugh, "It's good as long as it works.
When my younger sister sends the ginseng wine over, I'll give some to dad as well."
"Jianguo, is there still no news from Jianjun?"
Liu Jianguo sighed, "Still no.
His leader had said before that it was normal if there was no news for one or two years while he was on this mission.
I hope I won’t hear from him in the next two years.
After all, if he came back at this time, he might be affected by his father's demotion.
The longer it drags on, the less impact it will have on him.
If he can come back with great achievements, and with the letter of severance, his future will not be greatly affected with his leadership and protection. "
I could see that Liu Jianguo was in a low mood. I knew that he had gone from being a favored child to having to come to this remote place to seek refuge. His future was uncertain and he felt very disappointed.
Xie Yumei held his hand and comforted him, "It will be fine, everything will be fine.
At least we are all alive and well, and my parents are living well over there, not like in the dream..."
Liu Jianguo held his wife's hand and said, "You are right, compared to those people, we are already doing very well.
But we did manage to escape, and it was my younger sister who was fulfilling her filial duty on our behalf.
My husband and I, as well as my second brother, owe her too much."
"Let's be nicer to her in the future and pay her back slowly."
A military compound in Beijing
Mr. Zhou walked in, followed by a guard carrying a package.
Wu Yunshang, who was sitting in the living room, saw it and asked curiously, "Dad, where did you send this from?"
Mr. Zhou glanced at her and said, "It was sent by Liu Jingxue."
Wu Yunshang understood instantly and wanted to take the package and open it to see if there was a letter from her father, but was stopped by Mr. Zhou.
"Okay, let's have dinner first, and then we can dismantle it after dinner."
After dinner, Mr. Zhou and his wife Zhou Yunting came to Mr. Zhou’s study and opened the packages together.
Take the contents of the package out and put them aside.
Their goal is the same, to find the letter hidden in the package.
"Found it." Zhou Yunting raised the letter in his hand.
Wu Yunshang said, "Give it to me quickly."
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhou Yunting said, looking down at the envelope.
He picked up a letter and handed it to Mr. Zhou who was sitting there, "This one is for Dad."
"This one is for you." He picked up the second letter and handed it to Wu Yunshang.
Wu Yunshang grabbed it, quickly took out the letter and started reading.
Zhou Yunting looked at the third letter and said, "This is for Mingxuan."
“Why isn’t mine?
It shouldn't be.
My father-in-law wrote letters to all of you, but he left me out.
Given the relationship between me and my father-in-law, he shouldn't have left me behind." Zhou Yunting was a little confused.
He didn't offend his father-in-law, did he?
Even if he didn't save him, he tried.
Even later on, he only stopped after his father-in-law repeatedly emphasized that he was not allowed to do anything wrong, so as not to drag down his wife and children.
I don't think my father-in-law will bear a grudge against him.
Looking at his father and his wife who were reading the letter, Zhou Yunting felt a little nervous.
After a long while, Mr. Zhou finished reading the letter and handed it to Zhou Yunting.
"Take a look. This is written by your father-in-law to both of us."
Zhou Yunting felt relieved at last. Fortunately, his father-in-law still remembered him.
After reading the letter, Wu Yunshang burst into tears, but she was still happy in her heart.
Her father said in the letter that he had met a noble person and was living well there, so she didn't need to worry.
He also said that the things sent were not prepared by him, but by Liu Jingxue.
Xiaoxue was a good child. She took care of all the people living in the cowshed. Not only did they have enough to eat, they also had good clothes to wear and had a radio to listen to.
Let her remember this kindness and repay it for him in the future.
After his son and daughter-in-law finished reading the letter and calmed down, Mr. Zhou asked, "Now that you have read the letter, what do you want to say about Old Wu's arrangement for Mingxuan?"
“Dad, I still don’t want Mingxuan to go to the countryside.
Let's try and see if we can convince him to go to work honestly." Wu Yunshang said.
She really didn't want her little son to go to the countryside and suffer.
As for joining the army, given my youngest son's temper, he can't stand the many rules and regulations.
“You are all aware of the current situation. It has been delayed for so long and it is already the limit.
Yunshang, now that the weather is cold and the New Year is approaching, others can't force us to send people to the countryside at the end of the year. You can persuade him to either join the army or go to work.
When the weather gets warmer after the New Year, we must make a decision.
Otherwise, those people will definitely use this as a breakthrough to cause trouble for our family."
Wu Yunshang gritted her teeth and said, "Dad, I know.
If he still refuses to agree, we will have no choice but to send him to the countryside."
"Should we give this letter to Mingxuan now?" Zhou Yunting raised the letter in his hand.
Zhou Lao said, "Let's wait for a while until Mingxuan makes a decision, so as not to affect his decision."