In the book, the female supporting role dreams of being an idle fish

Chapter 189 Chicken Soup for the Soul

She asked me to go find the leader in the army and ask him to help me find a solution.

I went to find Uncle Liang and finally found the army.

The army found the cannery and forced me to go through the employment procedures.

I arranged for my uncle's eldest son to resign.

There was an uncle in the army, and he didn't make a fuss at that time.

When I got home, it was my mother who asked me to return it.

The job that originally belonged to me had been given to someone else by her for 14 years.

You still want to give in.

When I went to work in the factory, I realized that my mother had to work in this job herself.

In our case, the yard is sealed off.

Our family is city dwellers.

That's why I complain.

Now that I have a job, why should I owe so many favors?

During those two chaotic months, except for work and school, the four of us brothers and sisters stayed at the beach.

Especially during holidays, my younger brothers and sisters spend the whole day at the beach.

We worked hard and picked up a lot of seafood.

I hope my uncle and aunt won’t dislike it.

Also wishing Aunt Jiang well.

Hello, brothers.

Guo Zili.

1970.08.20

Gu Lixia has read a lot of news and is actually not surprised by it anymore.

But my heart still feels heavy.

He stood up and gave the letter to Jiang Wen.

Jiang Wen looked at it and put it away. There is no harm without comparison.

Fortunately, my sister-in-law's parents' home is very far away from my home.

In fact, they are all the same.

However, my sister-in-law passed away, and although they received the telegram, they did not come to attend the funeral.

The eldest brother is cold-hearted.

However, gifts should be given during festivals and holidays.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wen wanted to write a letter and called Gu Lixia out to discuss the matter of his sister-in-law's family.

My eldest brother passed away during the holidays for the first time.

Gu Lixia thought for a moment and said, "To be honest. My eldest brother and father are gone. We adopted them. We don't have the extra ability to take care of them on behalf of their daughter and son-in-law. When the grandson grows up, it's entirely up to him to choose. We won't interfere."

Jiang Wen wrote it down.

When the time comes, go pick up Huainan and Huaibei from school first.

Handed the letter to Huainan.

I went to the post office to pick up the package again.

Take it back to the family compound.

Huainan had finished reading the letter and was washing eggplants.

"This is from my brother who wrote the letter. I don't know what's inside. Wait until you come back at noon to open it. You can write a letter to your grandma, grandpa, and uncle later. I won't send any holiday gifts given our family's current situation." Jiang Wen said and pushed the cart away.

"Brother, are grandparents good to us? Is grandpa good to us?" Huaibei saw his brother in a daze, so he asked.

In fact, Huainan was also thinking about the kindness of his grandparents.

Grandpa didn't attack me verbally.

I didn't steal anything from the house.

But my grandmother was different from my aunt. When she was taking care of my mother during the confinement period, she took many things from home back to my uncle's house.

The milk powder given to Huaibei was said to be for a baby in the postpartum period and would not need much, so it would be better to give it to his own child.

She said there was no thermos at her grandma’s house, so when she woke up at night and wanted to drink some hot water, she couldn’t even get one.

He said that his family hadn’t eaten fine grains for several months and it was difficult for them to go to the toilet.

The food at home disappeared.

Said that the older brother and younger brother didn’t wear new clothes.

The only clothes left at home were those on my body; the rest were gone.

When Dad came back, Mom said that my uncle's family was poor.

It turned out that his situation was exactly the same as that of Guo's brother.

The difference is that Brother Zili’s mother is still alive?

My mother gave birth to my younger brother.

Yes, since I came back to Jiangcheng, I haven’t seen my grandparents and my uncle’s family again.

At the beginning, my mother would always cry when she received letters from there.

But later, my mother passed away.

No one cares about them except Dad.

Huainan thought that he didn’t have the ability now.

I can only write a letter and ask.

"Grandpa, grandma, uncles, aunts, cousins, hello,

I am Huainan. My father is gone and our home is a mess.

My little brother is often sick.

My aunt, my second uncle and my second aunt worked hard to take care of us.

The situation at home is like this now. We are three brothers and I am still in school. I don’t have the ability to send you things, money or tickets.

Second Aunt has her own parents to take care of.

It will take another seven years after I graduate from high school before I can start working.

If I go to work, I will have to support my two younger brothers.

My second uncle and second aunt will only support me until I take over their job.

Because they will have their own children in the future.

After I start working, I will go to Huaibei and Huaixi to work. It will take about 2 years to raise a dog in Huaibei.

Huaixi started first grade in elementary school, probably in 1974 or 1975.

I probably need to keep Huaixi until 1985.

It will take another 15 years before I can take my mother's place in being filial to you.

Huainan

1970.09.06

At the appointed time, Jiang Wen picked up Jiang Xiu, and Jiang Xiu pushed the bicycle back.

Jiang Wen continued to come over and wait for the end of get off work.

When Jiang Xiu returned, Huainan had finished writing the letter.

"Huainan, what are you writing? Homework? It's not right to assign homework at this time?" Jiang Xiu asked as she put down her bicycle.

"I wrote letters to my grandparents, uncles, aunts and others. My second uncle said that it's a holiday and he won't send any gifts." Huaibei chattered.

"That's right. He is your relative. You can just interact with him from now on." Jiang Xiu sighed.

After saying that, he saw a large package on the ground. "What is this? It's such a big package. It's been a long time since our family received a package. The last time was during the Chinese New Year last year. I guess it was sent by your father's comrade-in-arms. Let's wait for Second Uncle to get back from get off work before opening it."

"It's from the family of a comrade-in-arms that my father supported before, and it was sent by my brother Zili." Huainan replied as he folded the letter.

Jiang Xiu steamed rice and fried vegetables.

Braised eggplant.

Shredded potato with vinegar.

Gu Lixia and Jiang Wen brought Huaixi back just in time for dinner.

After dinner, Jiang Wen opened the package, which contained dried shrimp, dried scallops, dried squid, dried cuttlefish, dried snail meat, dried whitebait, dried sea cucumber, dried abalone, fish maw, seaweed, and kelp.

Put them all together.

Take it out and put it in different jars.

Everyone went back to their rooms for lunch. Jiang Wen asked, "How do you reply to Zili's letter?"

"Let me reply. I'll do it. Just use me as an example. I'll take a lunch break first. I'll finish writing it in the afternoon and send it after get off work." Gu Lixia said without hesitation.

Go upstairs separately and take lunch break.

When the time comes, wake up.

After leaving the space, Jiang Wen sent his children to school.

Gu Lixia picked up the thermos, picked two cucumbers, washed them, and called Jiang Huaixi to leave.

Gu Lixia sat down and the first thing she did was to make tea.

Then he began to write a reply to Guo Zilii.

"Self-reliance,

Actually, I don't know how to address you. I am the wife of Huainan's second uncle, the second aunt in your letter.

People cannot choose their own birth.

But you can choose your own future.

For example, you are now a worker.

Even two months ago, I was in exactly the same situation as you.