Flash Marriage with an Officer: A 70s Comeback Story
Flash Marriage with an Officer: A 70s Comeback Story Chapter 73

Chapter 73 : Uncle remits money

After selling the oranges, Su Mo went home.

In a quiet place, she took out a basket of white pears, a basket of various vegetables, and a few pounds of tangerines from the space.

Upon returning to the brigade, Su Mo went to Lu’s house first. Li Yue’e happened to be at home, so Su Mo asked her to bring a basket to collect the pears.

“Mom, I only bought one basket of pears, so I’ll give you most of them,” Su Mo said.

“Okay, you decide how to divide it. I didn’t expect that I could actually buy a whole basket for you,” Li Yue’e replied, surprised. She had only mentioned it casually before.

She thought she could only get ten pounds of pears at most, but she didn’t expect her to actually buy an entire basket. The third brother’s family is indeed a capable one.

Su Mo gave most of the basket of pears to Li Yue’e, then opened the coarse earthen cloth covering another basket and took out seven or eight tangerines, placing them in the basket.

“I also happened to have some oranges, so I bought some and will give you a few to try.”

When Li Yue’e saw that the other basket was full of various juicy vegetables, her eyes lit up again.

“This smart person is different. The things the Third brother’s wife buys are all the best, even the vegetables she buys are better than others.”

Thinking about the load of cabbage that the second brother’s family bought from her mother’s family today, Li Yue’e felt a little disdainful. Although the second brother’s family said it was a gift from her mother’s family, she didn’t believe it at all.

With Zhao Jiuxiang’s personality of being stingy, how could he give away a load of cabbage to his daughter for free?

“Third daughter-in-law, where did you buy these vegetables? They look delicious.”

“I bought them in the county. They were cheap, so I bought some. You can take some too, Mom.” Su Mo deliberately took out so many vegetables. These vegetables were also grown with supernatural powers, and eating them would be good for Lu Boming’s health.

“Okay, then you can give me some.” Li Yue’e said, and they would pay for it later, along with the pears.

She had eaten the vegetables brought from the third brother’s house several times and always thought they were sweeter and more delicious than others.

Su Mo shared half of all the vegetables with Li Yue’e and helped her carry the bamboo basket back to the room.

“How much do I owe for the third family’s things?” Li Yue’e asked.

Su Mo waved her hand. “Mom, this is a gift from Changzheng and me to Grandpa. I don’t want any money.”

“How can this be possible!” Li Yue’e was anxious and wanted to pay. How could she eat at the third brother’s house every day?

“Mom, when you divided the family property, Grandpa gave us 100 yuan. As the younger generation, how can we just take the old man’s money?” Su Mo held Li Yue’e’s hand. “Grandpa won’t cough so easily after eating this pear, so let him eat more.”

“Whatever your grandfather wants to eat, your father and I will buy it, and it’s your turn now.”

“It is our duty to show filial piety,” Su Mo said, then quickly headed out. “Mom, I’m going home first.”

Seeing Su Mo leave so quickly, Li Yue’e felt helpless, but her heart was warm.

The third brother has good taste, and he made the right choice in marrying this wife.

“I put a few bundles of wheat straw in your yard. The temperature dropped today, and there might be frost in a few days. You should cover the vegetable garden at night to prevent the vegetables from being damaged by frost,” Li Yue’e shouted.

“Okay,” Su Mo responded, got on her bike, and went back home.

After arriving home and moving the things back into the house, Su Mo went to the yard to check. Sure enough, she saw a few bundles of wheat straw piled in the corner, and the vegetable patch had been watered. It must have been Li Yue’e who helped her water it.

Su Mo transferred some supernatural power to each vegetable garden, then returned to the house, took out some coarse cloth, and began to sew a quilt cover for Zhang Zhen’s quilt.

Su Mo was already very experienced at this. She first used a sewing machine to piece together the coarse cloth to make an open quilt cover. After placing the quilt inside, she sewed the opening shut with white cotton thread. It took a little more than an hour to finish.

Seeing that it was getting late, Su Mo started preparing dinner.

Before cooking, Su Mo cut the 5 catties of pork she had just bought into 5 strips, each weighing about 1 catty, then set aside a little for later use and put the rest back into the space. She planned to cook a portion every time she went to the cowshed.

After setting aside the reserved meat, Su Mo took two tomatoes, chopped them into small pieces, and took some flour from the space. She added water to the flour, stirred it into small dough balls, preparing to make dumpling soup for dinner.

Using the same small stove from the past days, she heated oil in a pan, fried the tomatoes into a paste, then added the minced meat and stir-fried it. She added sugar and pepper to taste, poured in water, and brought it to a boil. Then, she slowly added the dough balls while stirring.

While the dumplings were cooking, Su Mo cracked an egg, beat it, and poured it into the soup. She stirred it quickly and evenly, then added chopped green onions and an appropriate amount of salt, before serving it from the pot.

It was simple and delicious, and Su Mo enjoyed it.

After dinner, Su Mo began to take stock of the food she had stored.

The 150 buns she made earlier had all been eaten; the leek-filled ones were gone, about ten with cabbage and pork filling were left, and there were around twenty with mushroom filling remaining.

When the brigade slaughtered pigs and distributed the meat, she planned to buy more to make more buns and dumplings. When the weather froze, she would ask her parents to hide the meat in the snow, to be dug out and steamed when she wanted to eat it.

She had consumed about five or six hundred kilograms of fruit, but not much else.

The money totaled 3054.74 yuan! She had taken 873.4 yuan from the cowshed, plus the 100 yuan given by Geng Changqing, so the total was nearly 1,000 yuan.

It was all thanks to the gifts from her elders that she became wealthy early on.

However, she earned more than 200 yuan from selling fruits, which was considered a high income at the time.

As for the manuscript, the newspaper in Hai City should have received it by now. She would know the result in about ten days, whether it was accepted or not.

That night, Su Mo closed the doors and windows and made a cotton coat for Xiao Ding, using Su Tingqian’s size as a guide. After making several sets in a row, she had become an expert. Su Mo finished the cotton coat that night and only needed to sew and reinforce it the next day.

The next day, Su Mo was at home knitting a sweater. She hoped to finish it in the next few days and then make meat sauce to send to Lu Changzheng so he could wear it when the weather got cold.

At that moment, Lu Changzheng was leading a team of people through the jungle quickly. Gunshots could be heard from time to time not far away. The team was covered in dirt, their beards untidy, looking like wild men. Yet, everyone had happy expressions, showing that they had completed their mission.

In the afternoon, an announcement came over the brigade radio, asking Su Mo to go to the brigade headquarters to sign for a remittance slip.

The postman couldn’t deliver mail to every household, so he would send it to the brigade headquarters and let people pick it up. If a letter required a signature, people would be notified through the broadcast to come and sign for it.

Su Mo quickly put down her sweater and went to the brigade headquarters, thinking that maybe Lu Changzheng had sent money.

When the broadcast was made, the announcer also announced who had letters, so when Su Mo arrived, many people came to collect theirs. Most were educated youths, with a few villagers mixed in.

After greeting the people she knew, Su Mo went to the postman to sign for the notice.

A nearby auntie asked curiously, “Su Zhiqing, did your husband send money back?”

When Su Mo saw that the remitter was Fu Manhua, she replied, “No, it was sent by my family.”

The old lady leaned over and exclaimed, “Oh my! They sent 50 yuan. Su Zhiqing, your family really loves you.”

Su Mo: …

It seemed like there was no privacy at all with remittance advice forms these days. If you paid a little attention, you could see everything.

Soon, the news that Su Mo’s family had remitted 50 yuan to her spread throughout the village. When Li Cuihua heard about it, she was so angry that she didn’t even eat dinner and went to lie on the kang.

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