Chapter 72: Three Letters

An Yinan found a place with no one around to enter her space, and read the letters first.

She did not know why, but while she used to look for her godmother's letter to read first, this time she subconsciously found Chen Xun's letter.

Chen Xun's letter contained many words, filling three full pages; in it, he introduced his suspicion that there were people from Little Japan in Quanshui Village, though the language was relatively cryptic, so even if the letter were intercepted, those who had not experienced it would not quite understand.

He also introduced the interesting things from their daily training, and that the clothes had been received; he indicated that except for training and specific occasions, he would wear the clothes she made, as he was covered in sweat during training and was afraid of getting the clothes dirty, and for specific occasions, he had to wear the uniform issued by the Military and could not wear his own clothes.

Seeing this, An Yinan blushed involuntarily, and her heart rate sped up a little.

Had she been flirted with?

At the end of the letter, that man had even drawn a few red beans; she did not know where he found red ink, and the red was smudged in a patch—if she had not identified it carefully, she really would not have seen that it was actually red beans.

"Exquisite dice inlaid with red beans, do you know of the lovesickness deep in the bones?"

An Yinan involuntarily thought of that man, and the two times he had appeared to massage her temples.

Just as she was about to put the letter into the envelope, she felt an obstruction, and only then did she look inside the envelope; there was actually another piece of paper.

She took that paper out and saw that inside the paper, which was sealed on all four sides, it was actually wrapping a Watch Ticket, a bicycle ticket, and a money order for thirty yuan.

……

An Yinan was somewhat speechless; why did he keep giving her money? And seeing the bicycle ticket, she actually did not know how to refuse……

After looking at the watch on her wrist, she found her godmother's letter again, which carefully asked about her recent situation, her physical condition, and her environment.

It even said that the clothes had been received, and her godfather and she liked them very much; now, except for necessary occasions, her godfather would tell everyone he met, "The clothes my daughter made for me, look at them; my daughter is just wasting money, I'm such a rough man, what does it matter what I wear!"

Looking at the vivid description in her godmother's letter, she could still imagine the scene at that time, and the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily.

Moreover, her godmother had sent the rent over and had also tucked in another money order, which contained fifty yuan.

……Alright then! Let's just say, we seem to look very short of money……

After reading her godmother's letter, she opened the letter from the eldest brother of the Chen Family.

But the words on the letter were somewhat different, relatively softer, and there was a bit more warmth between the lines; it even explained that the eldest brother had gone out to execute a mission, so she was replying to the letter on his behalf, and she told An Yinan the height and measurements of the eldest brother of the Chen Family, stating that her hands were clumsy and she only knew how to hold a gun and could not hold an embroidery needle, and that it was the eldest sister-in-law.

In her godmother's letter, it was mentioned that the eldest brother had gotten married, though they had not held a wedding, but the Military's marriage application had already been approved, and the two had officially received their certificate and established a marital relationship.

The eldest sister-in-law was a soldier and an elite soldier in the Military; when executing a mission, she was saved by the eldest brother, who carried her on his back step by step to the rescue station, otherwise she would have long since passed away.

Only then did the two develop feelings for each other, and a year later they formed a revolutionary bond.

An Yinan smiled; the eldest sister-in-law asked her to help make clothes, and between the lines, she could feel the eldest sister-in-law's helplessness; it was not mocking her, nor was it ordering her around. As an orphan in her past life, her heart was more sensitive and fragile, and she could perceive even the slightest emotion, even in a letter.

Although the eldest sister-in-law's handwriting was relatively soft, it also carried a sense of fortitude and murderous aura, but when she was wording things, she tried to be as gentle and soft as possible.

It could be seen that she valued her very much; although they had never met, and although she was only a god-sister, there was no looking down on her at all.

An Yinan was silent for a moment, and finally whispered, "How nice."

After packing everything up, she opened the packages one by one; her godmother had actually sent grain……

Let's just say, in this Northeast province, even if there is a grain shortage, people won't starve to death; her godmother and the others all have limited grain, so they definitely don't have more than her.

Following the grain, there were also three bottles of Clam Oil and two bottles of Snow Cream; no wonder the letter carefully said that the wind in the Northeast was strong, and she must protect her hands and face well so they would not crack.

Looking at this pile of things, it would be impossible for An Yinan to say she was not moved.

She checked the time; the remaining two packages were not opened, and next time she wrote a letter, she would have to tell her godmother clearly that her own grain was enough to eat.

She checked that there was no one around, and only then did she leave the space, subsequently leaving the woods and going to the State-run Restaurant.

"Ershu wrapped some wontons for you to take back and freeze; you can boil them whenever you want to eat them." Liu Mei pulled An Yinan to the side.

Just at this moment, she heard an argument coming from the Main Hall.

"What's wrong with these vegetables? It's good enough that there are any; the weather is so cold, the vegetables are all frozen, where would there be so many fresh vegetables?" a voice shouted loudly.

Then a young girl sounded like she was crying, "None left? If there are none, then our State-run Restaurant won't take them; don't send vegetables over from your village next year."

"Don't send them then! Cheap and yet so much trouble! Without our village sending vegetables, let's see how your State-run Restaurant cooks."

There were three people in the Main Hall; besides seeing the Cashier, there were two others, an old man and a young man. The old man had a worried face and did not speak, but that young man was extremely arrogant.

"What's going on?" An Yinan asked curiously.

Liu Mei looked at the two men in the Main Hall with some disdain, "Look, that old man is the village chief of Shitou Village. Last year, our State-run Restaurant was looking for a village to supply vegetables, and so that Shitou Village begged people and sent vegetables, letting Xiaomei agree to have their village supply the vegetables. This autumn, they came over to demand a price increase, but if it was just a ten percent increase, it would have been fine."

"As a result, that young man demanded a thirty percent increase right away. Xiaomei definitely wouldn't agree; she couldn't explain it to those above, so they made a scene once already. This time they came again, saying if the price isn't raised, they won't supply vegetables."

This was a bit excessive.

"Without our Shitou Village supplying vegetables, I'd like to see where you'll get so many vegetables. Without vegetables, what the hell is your State-run Restaurant going to open for?" That young man's mouth was foul, his finger pointing at the Cashier, spitting as he spoke.

The Cashier had been pampered since she was a child; she was an only child, and even Liu Mei, who had a very good family background, was only a food runner and couldn't get the cashier position, which showed her family's background.

Hearing the young man's words, her face grew even darker, "Without your Shitou Village, there's Tukuai Village, and Wushui Village; there are plenty of villages to supply vegetables, we aren't short of one Shitou Village."

When the young man heard this, he said, "You b*tch, you don't know what's good for you."

As he spoke, his hand swung up.

As soon as An Yinan heard the Cashier's words, she knew it was bad and hurried toward Xiaomei.

Such a person was definitely not a good person; they were either a hoodlum, or someone who had committed a major mistake, or even someone completely unscrupulous.