Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Chapter 147 Letter

When Lin Qingyan heard that there was a letter for her, she was delighted and asked Wang Lanlan hurriedly, "Is there a letter for me? Where is the letter?"

Wang Lanlan looked at Lin Qingyan, who was rarely excited, and smiled as she took out the letter hidden on her body and handed it to her.

"Yes, the letter was sent to the brigade headquarters. My father saw it and thought that I came here frequently recently, so he took it home and asked me to deliver it."

"Thank you, thank you, village chief uncle."

Lin Qingyan took the letter and looked at the familiar handwriting on the envelope, her eyes a little blurry.

"Hey, why are you being so polite? Don't you want to see what's written?"

Ye Yi quickly grabbed Wang Lanlan, who was tactless, and dragged her to her room.

"Lanlan, I still don't know how to solve the problem we studied this morning. Come over and let's study it again."

"Ye Yi, you are so stupid. Didn't we find a solution that day? Why don't you know how to do it?"

Wang Lanlan couldn't accept it a little, but she didn't refuse Ye Yi's pull and followed Ye Yi to her room.

Lin Qingyan took the letter and didn't rush to eat. She went back to the room and opened the letter first.

It was from her mother, and in the letter she briefly described the recent situation at home and told her that her family had already arranged her brother's marriage.

Judging from the content of the letter, my sister-in-law was still the same sister-in-law from my previous life. There was not much introduction to her situation, it just simply said that she was married.

At the end of the letter, the younger brother added a few words to show off. Lin Qingyan looked at the postmark time of the letter, which was about the same time as when she sent the things back.

No wonder I felt that I received the letter so quickly just now, it was a bit strange, it turned out that this was not a reply for receiving something.

The last time I sent things home, I didn't prepare anything for my brother's wedding, but I did send some fabrics, which would not be bad as wedding gifts.

It seems that there is less than a month left until the Chinese New Year. I will decide whether to buy a gift or not when I go back and see the situation.

Lin Qingyan didn't take this matter to heart, and naturally didn't know that a farce was waiting for her.

After she finished reading the letter, she folded it and went to the kitchen to get some rice. Fortunately, the soup cooled down slowly, so the dishes were still warm.

Although Ye Yi and Wang Lanlan were arguing in the house, they were also paying attention to the situation on her side. When they saw her come out of the kitchen, they knew that she had finished reading the letter, so they came to find her.

"You haven't had lunch yet?" Ye Yi looked at Lin Qingyan in surprise.

"Yes, I had something to do in the morning and came back late. I'm preparing to eat now. You guys come and eat some." Lin Qingyan invited them to eat together.

"Hurry up and eat, we have all eaten."

"Yes, yes, I just came here after dinner at home."

Seeing that Ye Yi and Wang Lanlan both refused, Lin Qingyan asked them with a smile:

"I'm cooking mushroom and pork ribs soup, and braised pork ribs. Are you sure you don't want to try it?"

As soon as Wang Lanlan heard about braised spareribs, she swallowed her saliva. Her mother really knew how to manage life. Even though she had been out for a while and her mother gave her one dollar every time she came back, the food at home didn't get any better.

She was helpless. She had money now, but she didn't dare to eat or buy meat, for fear that her mother would turn her house upside down.

Although she wanted to eat it madly, she still refused firmly. This time she pulled Ye Yi out quickly.

"Take your time to eat. We'll come back to see you when you're done."

Lin Qingyan felt a little embarrassed when she saw her running away so quickly. Wasn't this a bit too much? She was teasing the child too much.

Lin Qingyan could only finish her meal quickly, pack up her things, take out some of the things she had bought today, and also take out a jar of each of the soy sauce and vinegar that she had bought in bulk last time.

Then I went to call them.

When the two came in and saw a lot more things in the room, they looked at Lin Qingyan in surprise, waiting for her explanation.

"Wang Lanlan, let me ask you something. Your father is the village chief. Do you know which family in our village has a harder time?"

Lin Qingyan's question made Wang Lanlan very confused. She was never shy, so she asked directly.

"The village is having a hard time? Which kind do you mean?"

"It's just that life is hard, but it's not the kind of hardship that comes from being lazy and gluttonous." Lin Qingyan thought for a while.

"I understand what you mean. It's like the case in Hu Zi's family? Hu Zi's father was attacked by a wild boar when he went up the mountain. His leg was hit by the wild boar.

The village doctor couldn't cure him, so he was sent to the town hospital. He borrowed a lot of money, but still couldn't be cured. Later, Hu Zi's father's leg was broken and he couldn't go to work.

All the housework was done by Huzi's mother. Huzi's father sometimes made bamboo baskets or baskets, but everyone in the countryside could make them, and they couldn't sell them for much money. Their life was very hard, and they only had two meals a day, and they were not full.

Wang Lanlan felt a little sad when talking about their family. In this era, men are the main labor force in the family. If a man is injured, the life of the woman and children will be very miserable.

Lin Qingyan knew Hu Zi and had helped her deliver messages. Hu Zi's mother also often helped the male educated youth in the educated youth point to sew and mend things and exchange them for some things.

"I know Hu Zi's family. Are there other similar families in the village?"

"Are there other similar families in the village? Actually, our village is better than other villages, but there are still a few families like this.

For example, there was an old lady at the end of the village. She was of a high generation, but she lived the hardest life. Her husband was a soldier, but he never came back after liberation.

She had a son, and she worked hard to raise him alone. When he grew up, he wanted to find his father, so he joined the army. He would write to her in the first few years, but in recent years, there has been no news at all.

Everyone in the village said that they might be dead, but the old lady didn't believe it. She felt that her husband and son were alive. She had been living on relief from the village for the past few years.

Fortunately, in 60, her son still had news and sent her food, otherwise the village would have been unable to help her at that time. "

Wang Lanlan talked about the things in the village, and she seemed familiar with them. She went on to talk about the situations of several families.

Seeing that she was thirsty from talking, Lin Qingyan poured her a glass of water. After Wang Lanlan drank the water, she felt much more awake instantly.

Then he asked Lin Qingyan: "What's wrong? Why are you asking so many questions about the village?"

"It's okay. I just want to ask about the situation in the village. Some things still need to be carefully planned. I will tell you in detail after I consider it."

Lin Qingyan did not say that she wanted to help them directly.

She still knew the story of Shen Mien and Dou Michou, so she had to think carefully about how to help them and make their lives a little better.

Ye Yi, who had been silent the whole time, did not express much opinion. It was rare for her to be silent today, and she seemed to be thinking about something.

Lin Qingyan noticed that she was uneasy, but she didn't say anything, nor did she ask any more questions in front of Wang Lanlan.