roccoschili Chapter 453 10 Military Service in the 60s
Chapter 453 10 Military Service in the 60s
"I have a performance in a couple of days," Yu Lingling waved her hand.
“This is my son.” Nie Shenyuan turned and left, protecting Tuanzi. “There are still people waiting for dinner at home, so I’ll go back first.”
"What?" Yu Lingling asked incredulously, watching Nie Shenyuan's departing figure.
None of the young soldiers next to her could answer her question, and several female soldiers from the cultural troupe standing nearby also heard what was happening.
Yu Lingling felt her face burning, and those people's gazes seemed to be mocking her.
When did Nie Shenyuan get such a big son?
Nie Shenyuan was delayed on the way back, so he walked very fast, afraid that the food in his bowl would get cold.
When I got back to the house, I saw Xie Qingyu in the main room from the yard.
She stood in the living room, looking around, holding a pen and a notebook, seemingly writing something down.
Hearing the voice behind her, she turned around and said, "You're back. Let's eat first."
Xie Qingyu first took Tuanzi from her, helped him wash his hands, and then looked at Nie Shenyuan, gesturing for him to wash his hands as well.
Nie Shenyuan unconsciously went to wash his hands before coming over.
Nie Shenyuan brought back a lot of food, and it was much better than what he had at home.
"Thank you." Xie Qingyu ate some normal food, and then watched Tuanzi eat a little. Although he was a small child, he was already very skilled at using chopsticks.
"Are you taking a break today?" Xie Qingyu asked as she watched Nie Shenyuan clean up the leftover food after finishing her meal.
Nie Shenyuan nodded.
He can rest for a day after returning from a mission. In addition, Xie Qingyu just came to accompany the army, and the higher-ups approved an extra day of leave for him, so he can stay at home for two days.
"How did you get here... When did you have your child... You..." Nie Shenyuan had been holding back countless questions, and now he finally had a chance to speak.
"This child is yours!" Xie Qingyu emphasized.
Nie Shenyuan paused for a moment, then nodded. "I know it's mine."
After all, Tuanzi looks so much like him, and their ages match.
“I don’t mean to doubt you. I just want to say that you didn’t write to tell me you were pregnant. Giving birth must be very hard.”
It would have been better if this hadn't been mentioned, because as soon as it was, Xie Qingyu's tears started falling instantly.
“Sigh…” As soon as Xie Qingyu started crying, Nie Shenyuan panicked. He frantically tried to find something to wipe Xie Qingyu’s tears, but there was nothing in the new house, and he couldn’t even find a scrap of cloth.
Tuanzi, who was standing nearby, noticed this and quickly reached out to wipe away Xie Qingyu's tears.
"Don't cry, I know you've had a hard time. It's my fault, I—" Nie Shenyuan didn't dare to say it out loud.
He knew that Xie Qingyu married him only to make her life easier and that she didn't really like him as a person. So, over the years, he regularly sent money home as a form of compensation to Xie Qingyu. But in reality, he didn't treat Xie Qingyu as his wife at all, thinking that if she ever found someone she liked, she could divorce him.
I never expected that she would give birth to his child.
"My daughter and I are starving to death at home. You haven't even sent a single letter. You have no conscience!" Xie Qingyu accused first.
"It's my fault." Nie Shenyuan looked at the tears hanging on Xie Qingyu's eyelashes, not even hearing what she said, and immediately admitted his mistake.
“What’s the use of sending money every month? We don’t have any food coupons, we can’t buy anything, and we don’t have any work points…” As Xie Qingyu spoke, tears streamed down her face, making her look truly pitiful.
Nie Shenyuan suspected that he had been holding back for too long and that something was wrong with him, otherwise why would he have some bad thoughts when he saw Xie Qingyu like this?
He didn't even dare to think too deeply, squatting down in front of Xie Qingyu and looking at him, "It was my oversight."
Nie Shenyuan knew that in the countryside, work points could be selected, and if you exchanged them for grain, you could also exchange them for coupons.
only......
He overlooked the fact that Xie Qingyu, a sent-down youth from the city, was completely incapable of doing manual labor.
Looking at her fair face and hands, you can tell she can't do much work.
Plus, they have a child; I don't know how they managed to get by.
Nie Shenyuan's sense of guilt reached its peak at that moment.
“It’s my fault. If I had known it would be like this, I would have sent the tickets back to you as well. Now that I’ve been promoted to deputy regimental commander, I can accompany you to the army. You can stay here from now on. All the money and tickets from home are yours.”
As Nie Shenyuan spoke, he went to rummage through his pile of things to find his savings.
"This is the money I've saved up over the years, and some tickets. Keep these tickets, and see if I can take you out to buy some things tomorrow." Nie Shenyuan simply handed the money to Xie Qingyu.
"There aren't many tickets left. Some people come to exchange tickets, so what's left are some common ones." Nie Shenyuan found it hard to say.
Another reason he didn't send the ticket back was that when they first got married, Xie Qingyu made it clear that she had money and tickets and didn't need Nie Shenyuan to support her.
She also showed off a bunch of her tickets at the time.
Therefore, Nie Shenyuan never sent a ticket back home.
In addition, his mother had passed away, so he basically exchanged these tickets for people in the military who needed them.
The rest were mostly common grain coupons and meat coupons. Other coupons such as oil coupons, sugar coupons, and cloth coupons were only issued in the last two months, and there weren't many of them.
"Give all of these to me?" Xie Qingyu looked up at Nie Shenyuan with wet eyes after crying.
That look softened Nie Shenyuan's heart.
"Here you go, but there aren't many tickets. Buy whatever you want. If you need any tickets, just tell me and I'll borrow some from others." Nie Shenyuan's tone softened unconsciously.
Only after he finished speaking did he realize that his tone was off, so he coughed awkwardly and then changed the subject, "I saw you holding a pen just now, what were you writing?"
"Let's see what else we need to fill in our room. We don't have enough stuff right now. Are there any sofas around here that we can put in the living room? That way, when guests come, they'll have more comfortable seats." Xie Qingyu put the money Nie Shenyuan had just given her aside, took out her notebook, and said to Nie Shenyuan.
"Also, we have a coal stove that should be able to cook, but we don't have any coal yet. Should we go and buy some?"
"Yes, this is sold somewhere. I'll go buy some later."
"We don't have pots, pans, or utensils. If we're cooking at home, we might need some grain. Is there anywhere we can buy those?"
"I can go out to buy some tomorrow, and then I'll ask them to bring it back for me. Some of the locals sell it too. If I need anything else, I can just go to the market here to exchange for some."