A 1970s mom raises a cute baby, and a crazy boss spoils her

"Are you eating?" A deep man's voice was heard, and the torn sack at the entrance of the cave was opened.

"Secretary Li is here?" Zhong Ziyan quickly put down the steamed bun in his hand and stood up.

Li Dacheng walked in holding a large package.

"I went to the commune post office today and saw your package, so I helped bring it back."

Zhong Ziyan didn't have time to think about who sent the package, and quickly thanked him: "Thank you for your trouble."

Li Dacheng is a simple man. Although he is young, his face is already weathered.

"Why be polite? It's just a piece of cake." Li Dacheng put down what he was holding, clapped his hands and prepared to go out.

Zhong Ziyan wanted to ask for more food, but he was short of money and there were only two wheat bran steamed buns at home, so he could only send him out awkwardly.

"Who sent this? The last time Ningning wrote to me, she didn't say anything was sent." Bai Jie looked at the huge package on the ground curiously.

Who could have such a big bag?

"They are just those few people. Who else will send us things now?" Zhong Ziyan squatted down, picked up the package and examined it carefully.

"Is it... sent by Qinghuan?" Zhong Ziyan was a little surprised when he read it. He thought it might be sent by his daughter, or his wife's family, but he never thought it was from his niece.

In the past five years, my niece has rarely even written to me, so it’s really strange that she would actually send me something this time.

Of course he didn't blame her, on the contrary he was very grateful to the girl.

He knew that she had a hard time too, especially after moving to the countryside, where she could barely make ends meet and had to take care of her parents and sister.

So he couldn't wait to open the package to see what she had sent.

A pungent odor came, and the two people quickly covered their noses.

Zhong Ziyan endured the stench and took out the small package. When he opened it, he saw two tattered cotton coats that felt soft to the touch.

This length... Zhong Ziyan suspected that it was modified from a military coat, but he didn't know why it smelled so bad.

Sure enough, Bai Jie turned over her clothes and found an opening inside, so she could take off the tattered coat on the outside. It turned out that there was a whole new world inside these two tattered cotton coats.

They were two brand new military coats.

This length can not only keep you warm, but can also be used as a quilt in winter.

Bai Jie touched the two torn clothes and felt that something was not right. She checked them again and found some bulges in the corner.

She found a knife and gently cut it open, and there was actually five dollars inside.

He repeated the same procedure and found ten such bulges from two torn clothes, totaling fifty yuan.

The two men looked at the two military coats and fifty yuan on the kang and were dumbfounded.

Did this girl make a fortune? Why did she suddenly send so many good things?

Zhong Ziyan always had a bad feeling.

"Hehe, isn't there something inside the package? Take it out and see if there is a letter." Bai Jie commanded calmly.

"Yeah, I forgot about it."

Zhong Ziyan opened the package and took out two bags, ten kilograms of black flour, ten kilograms of corn flour, and a bag of black "sticks".

Finally found a letter at the bottom.

Zhong Ziyan opened it and read it, a knowing smile appeared on his face.

Bai Jie thought there was some good news in the letter, so she quickly snatched it away: "Let me see what Huanhuan wrote."

Bai Jie was confused when she saw it.

What does it mean?

If you can help collect the fine grain, please reply to my letter.

even.

"Did Huanhuan ask you to exchange these things for fine grains and send them over?"

Zhong Ziyan shook his head and explained with interest: "No! This is the communication method I taught her when she was a child. I didn't expect that she would use it many years later.

You see, there is an even number written below, which means only read even numbers, so the meaning of the letter becomes: If you can collect grain, please reply.

Even if someone got this letter, they probably wouldn't understand what she meant.

Huanhuan must have some concerns, so she wrote a letter to test us. I'm afraid she put the stench on the clothes on purpose, worried that the things wouldn't reach us."

"Huanhuan is so thoughtful. Then...can we accept these things?" Bai Jie was a little nervous. She knew that her husband was very proud and would definitely not accept that he had to rely on his niece for support.

I touched the brand new military coat on the kang. With these two coats, this winter would not be so hard to endure.

Their old cotton-padded clothes and quilts were no longer warm enough, so when winter came, the two of them had to put on all their clothes, but they were still shivering from the cold. They could only huddle on the kang, reducing their activities and saving food and firewood.

Water is a luxury in this place, and even firewood is hard to find. We can only rely on straw and other things distributed by the team. This amount of firewood is not enough for cooking, let alone the luxury of heating a kang.

Zhong Ziyan thought about it and gritted his teeth and said, "Take it!"

People are about to die, so why should they care about dignity?

He would find a way to repay his niece's favor in the future, but his wife might not survive the winter without these things.

With this food and money, I can finally get through for a while and find a way to cure my wife's cough.

"Here are 20 kilograms of food and this black stick. They look like food to me." After saying that, Zhong Ziyan took a bite and almost broke his teeth.

"So hard?"

He tried it again, not believing it. This time he scraped off a layer of flour, and a wheat aroma spread in his mouth.

It seems to be a kind of dry food made from grain.

"This stuff smells pretty good, and tastes much better than black bran steamed buns. I'll leave it for you." Zhong Ziyan packed up the things.

"Zi Yan, tell me, why did Huan Huan suddenly send so many things? We have already taken into account the money for food and clothing, and judging from what she said in the letter, she is planning to continue sending us things?"

After all, there was nothing like that before, and suddenly sending so much would inevitably make people suspicious.

Zhong Ziyan was also confused.

"I will write a letter later and ask the secretary to help mail it when he goes to the commune tomorrow."

The two packed up their things and hid them.

He put the tattered outer jacket over the military coat and placed it on the kang, so that it didn't stand out at all.

"Huanhuan is such a thoughtful girl. It's worth my love for her in the past." Zhong Ziyan said with emotion.

“Ahem, yeah, I don’t know how they are doing.

As for Ningning and Xiao Youran, I don’t know whether Xu Jianguo will make things difficult for them.

Ningning hasn't written to me for a long time."

Speaking of his daughter, Zhong Ziyan also sighed: "No matter how ruthless Xu Jianguo is, he shouldn't hurt them. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. You Ran is his biological daughter."

"Ahem, after Ningning gave birth to Youran, she was injured and could no longer conceive. Although Xu Jianguo didn't say it, he still wanted a son to carry on the family line.

In the past, he kept it to himself for the sake of the Zhong family and us, but now that we are like this, won’t he…” Bai Jie didn’t say the next words, but Zhong Ziyan understood.

As a father, he couldn't help his daughter, and as a husband, he couldn't save his wife. Sometimes he thought that it would be better to die.

"Ugh!"