The soft educated youth takes control of the cold military officer

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Chapter 18: Pension, no news

Chu Sangning was puzzled: "Isn't this a good thing?" Aunt Lin was so worried that she couldn't sleep all night. Shouldn't she be happy that her son had news?

Pan Wenlan sighed: "This time, a letter came, and there was a lot of money. We all know about Xingyan's salary. He hasn't been promoted yet, so it's impossible for him to have so much salary."

"Maybe...maybe there was an accident, and the army issued...pension." Pan Wenlan said the last three words in a whisper, for fear that her mother-in-law would think too much if she knew.

"Ah?" Chu Sangning took a breath in surprise, and her pupils trembled slightly.

"Let's wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll take my husband to the county post office to ask." Pan Wenlan was also having a headache. For no reason, the army suddenly sent a letter and gave so much money. No wonder her mother-in-law would think too much.

Chu Sangning thought of how Aunt Lin was crying and almost fainted, and her heart softened. She asked worriedly, "Do you need my help?"

"It's okay, I'll go." Pan Wenlan was embarrassed to bother Chu Sangning, and pretended to be calm.

Since receiving the letter from the army, Lin Xiuzhi didn't speak all day. Whoever talked to her was dazed and couldn't hear a few words.

It was even more exaggerated at dinner time. Even the food was salty. Chu Sangning swallowed a mouthful of salt, and it took him a long time to calm down.

Others dared not touch the mold. Seeing his absent-minded appearance, Jiang Panan stopped laughing at the dinner table and ate the steamed bun in his hand slowly.

"Don't worry, Xingyan is strong, nothing will happen." Jiang's father was not good at speaking. He also had his son in his heart, but he was the head of the family after all, so he couldn't panic at this time.

He opened his mouth to comfort his wife, but he didn't expect to directly ignite the bomb of Lin Xiuzhi.

Lin Xiuzhi put the bowl in her hand on the table with a bang, her face dark and her breathing rapid: "I'm not anxious? How can I not be anxious? That's a piece of flesh that fell from my body."

"Our brother Yan has not been by my side since he was a child. I have told you that being a soldier is hard and tiring, but you didn't listen and supported him to join the army. Now, my brother Yan--"

Lin Xiuzhi cried again while speaking, covering her eyes with trembling hands, lowering her head and shoulders, and making a soft cry.

No one spoke at the dinner table. Jiang Panan covered his mouth nervously, fearing that his breathing would touch his grandmother's head.

Jiang's father sighed helplessly, picked up the dry pipe and wanted to smoke but didn't, lowered his eyes and didn't say anything.

"Mom, I'll go to the post office tomorrow to ask, don't worry." Pan Wenlan knew that she couldn't panic at this time, so she hurried to comfort her.

"Yes, yes, let Wenlan ask tomorrow, she is an educated youth and knows a lot." Jiang's father seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Auntie, I also have to deliver a letter to my family tomorrow, so I'll ask by the way." Chu Sangning thought that she would also go to the county tomorrow, so she spoke.

Lin Xiuzhi's eyes were red, and she held Chu Sangning's hand, looking at her pleadingly, with a trembling voice: "Sangning, you must ask, you must ask."

Chu Sangning patted her hand and nodded seriously: "Auntie, don't worry."

The next morning, Chu Sangning and Pan Wenlan got on the ox cart to the county to sell goods. Pan Wenlan looked at Chu Sangning's big and small bags and smiled.

"Are you sending all this back home?"

"Well, the wild vegetables here are quite fresh. I'll send them to my dad to try. I also exchanged some specialties with fellow villagers, which are not available there."

Pan Wenlan was slightly absent-minded and murmured, "You have a good father."

"Well, my mother died early, and my father didn't remarry. He said he was afraid that I would be wronged." Chu Sangning also accepted this father from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help but smile a little more when he talked about it.

When he arrived at the post office, Chu Sangning put the package on the table. The people at the post office smiled and asked, "Comrade, are you an educated youth?"

"Ah? How did you know?" Chu Sangning's eyebrows flickered and asked curiously.

"We have seen many educated youth mailing things, but you are the one who mailed the most. I am afraid you mailed all the things back." The post office staff weighed them with a smile and asked Chu Sangning to take the stamp and fill in the address.

"It's one yuan and eighty-seven cents in total."

Hearing that the postage was so much, Pan Wenlan smacked her lips and gave Chu Sangning a thumbs up, "You are really a little cotton-padded jacket, your father must be very happy."

"Sister Pan, stop teasing me, there are business to do."

After Chu Sangning finished speaking, Pan Wenlan became serious and took out a piece of paper from her pocket. She walked to the post office staff, "Comrade, I want to ask, can I contact this place?"

When the staff saw the address, they frowned, "I'm afraid that won't work. Who among you is a military family member?"

"I, I am, he is my brother-in-law." Pan Wenlan said.

"Comrade, I'm afraid we can't tell him about this important military location, but you can send him a letter, and he will contact you when he sees it."

Pan Wenlan smiled bitterly and shook her head, "We just can't contact anyone."

The post office staff's heart softened when they heard this, and they enthusiastically helped to give advice: "Do you know the unit's phone number? Why not call them?"

Pan Wenlan pursed her lips and said nothing. If she knew the phone number, she would just call directly, why bother to go to the post office to ask.

The soldiers were often on missions, and they could not be contacted for ten days or half a month. The post office staff comforted them, saying, "Don't worry too much, comrade. The troops are often on missions. Maybe when they complete their missions, they will write to you."

What else could Pan Wenlan do? The post office could not help. She was worried all the way back. Thinking of her mother-in-law's eager eyes early in the morning, Pan Wenlan didn't know what to say when she got home.

She asked, "Sang Ning, what should I do now?"

If she told the truth, her mother-in-law would definitely think too much. If she kept doing this, her body might collapse. But if she didn't tell the truth, what if, what if... if something happened to her brother-in-law, Pan Wenlan felt that she would become a sinner of the Jiang family.

Chu Sangning thought that keeping a secret was not a good thing, and a white lie was still a lie. Maybe no news was the best news.

After returning home, looking at her mother-in-law's eyes, Pan Wenlan shook her head and told the truth: "You can't go to the post office privately, after all, the work of the banquet is special."

Lin Xiuzhi looked depressed, and the dark circles under her eyes could not be concealed. She nodded disappointedly and went to the kitchen without saying a word.

She couldn't go to work in this state. Jiang's father wanted his wife to rest at home for two days, but Lin Xiuzhi refused.

"Forget it, I'll just work. I'm tired and can't remember anything."

Lin Xiuzhi's condition could not be hidden from other people in the village. Nowadays, everyone knows exactly what everyone eats, not to mention such a big thing.