roccoschili Chapter 148 Someone was killed?
Chapter 148 Someone was killed?
Helpless, Gu Hanchuan quickly finished the rest of the noodles, then offered to help wash the dishes before returning to discuss the important matter.
"Liu Xiangwen's ex-husband, Ding Er, was with me. Later, during a mission, he sacrificed himself to cover us. He died, leaving only his mother and daughter, and life has been difficult for them."
Ding Er's hometown was extremely biased, and after learning of his death, they came to the army base to cause trouble, trying to take all of Ding Er's pension, which of course couldn't be allowed. After all, Ding Er had a wife and son. But he couldn't neglect his parents' filial duties.
Finally, Uncle Jiang divided the compensation money into three parts: one part went to Ding Er's parents, one part to Liu Xiangwen, and the remaining part was temporarily deposited in a bank by Uncle Jiang in a fixed-term deposit, to be changed every three years, under Da Wang's name.
Ye Nuan nodded, agreeing that this consideration was indeed correct.
After all, Da Wang is still young.
"Actually, we originally only planned to divide it into two parts, but later someone said that Liu Xiangwen was planning to remarry, which would mean that Dawang's life could not be guaranteed. So in the end, we decided to set aside a separate part and deposit it in the bank in Dawang's name. Moreover, the passbook is in Uncle Jiang's hands, and Liu Xiangwen cannot withdraw it."
Although it was divided into three parts, Uncle Jiang said at the time that regardless of whether Liu Xiangwen remarried or not, she should at least raise Dawang until he was sixteen. Because the money Ding Er had earned before was also in Liu Xiangwen's hands, before Ding Er's family came looking for us, we had already confirmed that there were two hundred yuan in the Ding family's savings account, in addition to some loose change, about twenty yuan, and some coupons.
For all these reasons, Liu Xiangwen couldn't lie and say she couldn't afford to raise Dawang. Later, when Uncle Jiang learned that Liu Xiangwen had married someone in the military, he felt somewhat relieved; at least Dawang was right under their noses, everyone could see him, and Liu Xiangwen and Zhang Dazhu wouldn't be allowed to mistreat him.
Ye Nuan nodded, agreeing.
Two hundred yuan is a huge sum of money for ordinary people!
However, Liu Xiangwen still has a rural household registration, so neither Ding Er in the past nor Zhang Dazhu now can allow Liu Xiangwen to join the army.
However, Liu Xiangwen has now registered her marriage with Zhang Dazhu, but her household registration is still in her hometown.
Zhejiang Province is relatively good, with abundant agricultural products. Therefore, in the urban grain ration here, about 40% of an individual's quota is refined grain, and occasionally it may reach half, with the remainder being coarse grain.
In most places, the urban grain supply consists of 30% refined grains and 70% coarse grains. This was the standard for most members of the Ye family when they lived in Anshi.
However, the Ye family was relatively well-off, so Ye Anjia and Li Xiu would exchange coarse grains for fine grains every month so that their children could eat well and grow taller. If that wasn't possible, they would buy some expensive grains.
The situation is better in Zhejiang Province. Ye Nuan and Gu Hanchuan's supplies are basically half coarse grains and half refined grains, which is related to their rank.
Eating whole grains occasionally is fine, and Ye Nuan felt that her family actually ate whole grains relatively infrequently.
Moreover, Ye Nuan has plenty of food in her space, so she's not short of something to eat.
However, Liu Xiangwen and her children are not registered here, so getting food becomes a problem.
How old is Dawang?
Gu Hanchuan couldn't really remember, since he hadn't had much contact with Ding Er's family when Ding Er was alive, and he had only seen Da Wang a limited number of times.
"Probably seven or eight years old."
Speaking of Da Wang, Gu Hanchuan recounted the story of sending Da Wang to school.
Ye Nuan then learned that Zhang Dazhu, whom Li Xiangwen married, had a son and a daughter, the son being older and the daughter younger.
"Uncle Jiang heard from others that Zhang Dazhu's son had gone to school for a year, but Dawang had been helping with chores at home. That's why he came to us to discuss this matter. The school is right in our compound, just a few steps away. There's no need to worry about safety, and the fees aren't high either, only a few yuan per semester."
Li Xiangwen could afford the money, but we all thought she didn't want to. Later, Uncle Jiang suggested that if it really came down to it, we should talk to Zhang Dazhu, and only then did Li Xiangwen agree.
Ye Nuan sneered; this Li Xiangwen was truly interesting.
Doesn't she feel sorry for her own son?
"Alright, I understand the situation. I'll go see Da Wang when I have the chance. I've seen this kind of thing before. You should also tell your comrades that if they feel sorry for Da Wang, they should bring him some food, and it would be best if he ate it in front of you."
Gu Hanchuan was slightly taken aback, then his expression turned somewhat unpleasant, perhaps as if he had thought of something.
Ye Nuan could tell from his expression that he must have noticed something, so she decided to stop there.
The fireplace in the living room was filled with firewood. Since both of them were there, they were burning the thinner kind, and they had to add a few sticks every now and then.
The fireplace in the bedroom is relatively simple; you just throw in a few thick pieces of wood, and it will burn for half a day.
Ye Nuan occasionally goes to the mountains to collect herbs. She has also made arrangements with the brigade leader there to exchange some firewood with the villagers in her personal capacity. This is extremely rare in the resource-scarce countryside!
Ye Nuan would occasionally trade eggs with her fellow villagers, which allowed her to openly take out the eggs from her spatial storage.
For example, if she replaced ten eggs, she would go back and put thirty more in the kitchen. Anyway, Gu Hanchuan wouldn't ask, because he didn't know where the eggs came from.
However, in the past few days, Ye Nuan felt that things were not very peaceful at home, as if there were signs of a rat infestation.
Furthermore, Ye Nuan also mentioned wanting to get a dog, mainly because sometimes when Gu Hanchuan is away on missions, she's all alone at home, and she gets quite scared.
A few days later, Gu Hanchuan brought back a puppy. Although it was called a puppy, it was actually almost three months old. It hadn't shed its puppy coat yet and looked very fluffy. Ye Nuan recognized it at a glance as a German Shepherd, the kind people often call a German Shepherd.
This type of dog is very loyal and is an excellent guard dog.
"So cute!"
After getting a dog, Ye Nuan started thinking about getting a cat as well, mainly because she was worried that the food in the kitchen would be wasted.
After hearing what she said, Xiang Lan felt that her family should also get a cat. After discussing it, the two of them went to the village to find the brigade leader.
"You've come at just the right time. We have a few litters of stray cats here that recently had kittens. Why don't you take a look?"
"Is this okay? Won't these stray cats hurt people?"
"Little kitten, what's wrong? Besides, even though they're called wild cats, they were all house cats at first. They were only driven out because their families couldn't afford to keep them anymore. These cats probably survive by eating leftovers or catching a few mice somewhere."
Ye Nuan nodded. That was indeed the case. As long as there were mice, the cat would never starve.
Even though it's a stray cat, I can't just take it for free.
After discussing it, Ye Nuan and Xiang Lan each took out four ounces of sugar coupons and gave them to the brigade leader, who was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling for a long time!
As soon as the two entered the compound gate, they heard someone shouting, "Help! Someone's been killed! Help!"