Diannan is not peaceful, and Lu Zhenping barely had any rest. He just finished training and saw a service soldier running towards him with a letter.
"Mr. Lu, here’s your letter."
After Lu Zhenping received the letter, he raised an eyebrow. This was the third family letter he received this month, which was unusually frequent. Normally, letters ca only when there were issues at ho from his parents, and as for his wife, it was normal for her not to write for half a year.
After reading the letter, Lu Zhenping found it quite interesting. Since when did his wife beco so astute and actually know how to fight back? He was quite satisfied with it in his heart.
The whole letter was almost filled with complaints from his mother about Shen ng being unfilial and disobedient, withholding her retirent money and food coupons; life was difficult at ho, and she suggested that next ti the remittance and parcels should be directly addressed to her.
The end of the letter once again ntioned Lu Jiaxuan, asking him to help greet the people at the local Revolutionary Committee and arrange a clerical position for him.
After Lu Zhenping finished reading, he stuffed the letter back into the envelope, went back to his office, and placed it with the previous letters. After pondering over it, he finally decided to write a letter to Lu Changhong.
He was curious about Shen ng learning to fight back, but he was also worried about the children. Before he left ho, he had told her directly and indirectly to take care of the children and had also inford Shen Family’s elders; both parents-in-law were sensible people and agreed to visit occasionally. With Lu Changhong in the village, the grandparents from the Shen Family on the outside, and having notified both the commune and the county, he felt he had made ample arrangents. Previously he thought everything was foolproof, but since learning that he beca a father, he realized that no plans could ever make his mind completely at ease, and this restlessness made him feel even more guilty towards Mingyang’s children.
And of course, Shen ng!
Thinking of Shen ng, Lu Zhenping felt a bit strange, and after rummaging through his drawer, he found a slightly damp cigarette in a crevice, lit it, and took a drag, which made him cough harshly for a long ti.
"I could hear your cough from afar, where did you find this cigarette, is it moldy and you’re still smoking it?" Ma Xiang looked at him disdainfully, and threw sothing at him; Lu Zhenping caught it, and laughed, it was a cigarette.
"I’m not really craving it, but since you insisted on giving, I’ll take it." Then he opened it, took out one, and smoked it together with the damp one.
"What’s up? Just saw you looking worried, troubled by the new recruits?"
Lu Zhenping shook his head, he was not worried about the new recruits, he was worried about the squad leaders and battalion commanders who were in charge of training them, such things shouldn’t still require a deputy regintal commander to fret over.
"Nothing much, service soldier."
"Present!"
"Send this letter out."
"Yes."
Ma Xiang glanced at it as he was given the letter to send; it was addressed to his hotown, perhaps he was still thinking about ho. He heard that there was another letter from ho today, it was never like this before, perhaps sothing happened at ho?
He dared not ask, as Lu Zhenping was very secretive about his family matters, rarely discussing them. The first ti he sought help from his comrades was about adopting Mingyang’s kids. He secretly thought that tis might be tough for his family this month, and if Old Lu faced so difficulties, he might squeeze out so money to help, or else he might not be able to help when needed.
Lu Zhenping squinted, fiddling with his fingers, and took a sharp drag on his cigarette, making the corners of his eyes and brows seem even colder. It was ti to separate from the Lu Family.
Lu Zhenping’s thoughts were unknown to Shen ng, but had she known that he had arranged for so many people around her to take care of her and the kids, just to make their life a bit more comfortable, and for the children to have a better life,
she would probably point at Lu Zhenping’s forehead and tap it vigorously, "Naive, so naïve."
The strong gender aura is not sothing a side character like you can balance - it’ll just make you leave the stage faster and more tragically!!!
A couple of days ago, Shen ng sought out Zhang Hongfa to discuss the children’s schooling. He already intended to have Lu Zhenping help, worried that he had energy with nowhere to expend it – the opportunity just ca knocking.
Schooling costs 30 cents per term, and the fact that Shen ng registered three kids stirred things up in the Lu Family. Lu Jiahe, still resentful about the food distribution issue, bluntly said if they wanted to keep eating at the Lu’s, they must pay for their als. Otherwise, dividing up the food was no different from splitting the family.
His elder brother didn’t send much this ti, and his mother still periodically sent soone to deliver als to the main house, which infuriated him greatly.
Because of this issue, he quarreled with Liu Sanjin. Amidst the harsh words, Liu Sanjin disclosed that Lu Jiaxuan planned to build a house, poking a hornet’s nest. Although he only knew about working and eating, it didn’t an he was a pushover; if the fourth family was building a house, he had to build one too.
The Lu Family caused a scene every day like a grand opera, but Shen ng and the children grew closer, especially Lu Mingfang and Lu Mingkai who would cling to her every day, unwilling to leave her side which made Lu Mingyang jealous.
"Mom, what are we eating tonight?"
"Did you learn the characters Aunt taught you today?"
Lu Mingliang hurriedly ran back to fetch his notebook, showing Shen ng the character "亮" written on it, with a crooked and twisted script, missing one stroke in the "口".
"Mom, see how good I wrote it, even better than my brother, Aunt said that I will definitely do well in my studies in the future, I’m like a seedling of a top scholar."
Shen ng: "...."
One dares to boast, and one dares to believe!!!
"Not bad, we’re having dumplings tonight. I prepared the filling this afternoon and added so at. Eat a lot tonight, everyone. I left a little in the bowl. Later, you and your brother call out Daqing, Erqing, and Gao Gao. We’ve eaten a lot with them before, that was all saved by Daqing’s mother and your Aunt Xifeng, we must rember their kindness."
Mingyang watched his younger siblings from outside, happy hearing mother’s words, even though he was worried about the family’s food. After all, when grandmother didn’t provide them with als, it was others who helped.
However, seeing the interaction between Mingliang and their mother, he couldn’t help feeling incredibly envious.
"Mom, have we been eating too well these days? Eating at soup, ribs, dumplings, and buns. Suddenly eating like this, I’m really anxious. Could it be... could it be that we won’t live much longer?"
Lu Mingliang murmured softly, he had heard that one should eat better before death, so as not to beco a starving ghost in the next life. Ever since mother got better, she has been finding various ways to cook for them, and initially, he enjoyed it a lot.
But gradually, he grew fearful, a few days ago an old man in the village passed away and had a wheat at bun before he left. He cried while eating it, saying that he does not have to be a starving ghost in his next life.
Shen ng: "..."
It must be said, sotis your brain is just too clever!!!
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