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Xi'an Province, Li County, Hongqi Commune.

The postman rode his bicycle into Puzhai Village, attracting the attention of the villagers.

There haven't been any new faces in the brigade for quite some time. The last one was a reporter from the city who came looking for interview material. They asked the reporter a lot of questions about the brigade, but then they disappeared without a trace. I don't even know if the news has been published yet.

I wonder who the postman is delivering mail to this time, and if there's anything interesting going on.

"There's a letter for Song Mancang's family," the postman called out.

Upon hearing the postman's call, the villagers' eyes immediately lit up.

Song Mancang's family has two sons and a daughter. His eldest son works in the brigade, and his daughter is married in the town. The only one who can write back is his second son, Song Wenyuan, who is far away in the army.

If it were before, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but just last month, Song Wenyuan's daughter almost died because of her grandmother's favoritism. She was bullied in various ways after returning from a medical visit to the county town. Song Wenyuan's daughter-in-law finally couldn't take it anymore and took her daughter to the army to join her husband.

Judging by the time, she has been in the army for about a month now, and should have settled in by now. It's just the right time for her to write back.

"coming."

Ma Cuihua came out of the house, politely took the letter from the postman, and warmly invited him to come in for hot water, but the postman refused.

The villagers couldn't help but spit in disgust at Ma Cuihua's pretentious act.

If she had treated her daughter-in-law with the same attitude, her daughter-in-law wouldn't have run away with the child.

Although it is said that he went to the military, many people still have doubts about this.

I heard that Shen Anning got back the money she earned from selling her job from Song Wenying; it was several thousand yuan.

With so much money, why bother going to the army to find Song Wenyuan, that lowly soldier who risked his life?

I'll have to put up with my mother-in-law Ma Cuihua's temper again.

Wouldn't it be better to take your child and live somewhere else?

They only earn a few dozen yuan a year. Shen Anning has so much money. Even with a child in tow, there are plenty of men willing to take her in. She won't have to worry about the rest of her life.

Ma Cuihua seemed to notice the villagers' gazes. At this point, she was too lazy to put on an act in front of everyone and scolded, "What are you looking at? My son sent back a letter; he must have sent money back again!"

After saying that, she slammed the door shut and began calling for her eldest son.

"Wenqiang, Wenqiang! Look at what your brother wrote in his letter."

Although Song Wenqiang works on the farm at home, he did attend primary school when he was a child and can recognize basic characters.

Upon hearing his mother's call, he got off the heated kang without hesitation, opened the envelope, and read its contents.

Over the years, most of the money that Song Wenyuan sent back was used by Ma Cuihua for his family's expenses, and Song Wenqiang also tacitly accepted that the money he sent back every month belonged to them.

As a result, he realized something was wrong after watching only the beginning.

In the letter, Song Wenyuan did not inquire about his family's situation as he had in the past. Instead, he criticized his family members and stated that he would no longer send money back.

Seeing this, Song Wenqiang was momentarily at a loss for words when speaking to his mother, whose face was still beaming with joy.

Ma Cuihua stood aside, waiting for good news from her son.

But after waiting for a while, her son still didn't say anything.

A sense of foreboding rose in his heart: "What happened? What did the letter say? Could something have happened to Wen Yuan?"

Song Mancang, who was smoking a pipe to the side, also looked over. He appeared nonchalant on the surface, but in reality, he had been listening intently.

Song Wenqiang swallowed hard, not daring to repeat the contents of the letter directly, and instead shifted all the blame onto An Ning.

"My sister-in-law went to the army base and complained to my second brother, who said..."

Ma Cuihua glared at him: "What did he say? Just say it! I want to see what nice things he can say!"

Thinking of his younger brother's cold face when he came home six years ago, Song Wenqiang didn't dare to add fuel to the fire. He simply said, "He said we didn't take good care of Xiao Ni'er and almost caused her death. He said we won't be able to give the family the ten yuan we used for household expenses anymore."

"what?"

Ma Cuihua was furious: "He's going to cut off the family's allowance for a good-for-nothing? That good-for-nothing just accidentally fell and hit his head, didn't he? He's still alive and kicking afterward, how did he almost die? That's unfilial! I raised him from infancy, and now that he can earn money, he doesn't recognize his mother anymore?"

Not only did they almost ruin her daughter's marriage, but now they've even stopped giving her the monthly household allowance!

"mom!"

Song Wenqiang felt a little guilty about receiving so much money from his younger brother over the years, so he took the initiative to speak up for Song Wenyuan.

"The second son is busy with training all day long, how would he know about things at home? His sister-in-law must have said something bad about our family to him. As long as we clear up the misunderstanding, he will definitely still be willing to take care of you in your old age."

After hearing what her eldest son said, Ma Cuihua also felt that it made sense.

"Yes! It's all those two good-for-nothings' fault! If it weren't for them, how could my son have become estranged from me? No way! Why should that woman go to the army to enjoy a life of luxury? I want to go too! I'm going to find the battalion commander and get a letter of introduction!"

As Ma Cuihua was about to leave, Song Mancang slammed his pipe heavily on the table: "Sit down!"

Ma Cuihua looked at her husband with some resentment: "What do you mean? That woman can go to the army to enjoy a good life, but I can't?"

Song Mancang frowned, still remembering what the brigade leader and secretary had said a month ago.

It was their family that acted unethically first. If this matter really escalates, it's hard to say who will be more affected.

“If you don’t want your son to be unable to make it in the army and be sent back by the higher-ups, then go ahead!” Song Mancang said in a deep voice.

He knew his second son quite well; he wasn't the type to be easily swayed by others.

If he really wrote this letter, it means it was a decision he made after careful consideration.

However, the second son is a reasonable person, and if we talk to him nicely, he might just send him his pension money again.

Knowing his wife's personality, if he let her cause trouble at the military base, it might really alienate his second son from them.

Ma Cuihua had no idea what her husband was thinking. She only felt that the world was too unfair and there was no justice in the world.

That's her son; it's only natural for her son to be filial to her.

If even an outsider can go, why can't she?

She said she couldn't make it in the military, as if she didn't know that.

There was a soldier on her family's side, so she brought her father and mother to the army base.

Ma Cuihua's eyes darted around. She pretended to accept the fact, then took the opportunity to slip out of the house and walked quickly toward the town.